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SIMPSON BAY, St. Maarten (June 06, 2019) - The Managing Board of the Princess Juliana International Airport - SXM announced they would be sharing the notable $100 million restoration plan during a week-long workshop with an internal core team to transform the hurricane damaged terminal building into a modern 21st century airport. The information was shared during the Reconstruction workshop of the "Package 2" operations, which kicked off at the former check-in area of the terminal building on June 10, through June 15, 2019. The airport is currently being operated from the "Package One" Temporary operations on the ground level.
This record investment is scheduled to get underway upon receipt of the funding by both the World Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) via a loan agreement. The workshop's curriculum entailed updates on the mold remediation process, an interior and exterior design scope, project review summary, project schedule and specifications review.
"What we have done is put together two teams, which includes internal employees, engineers which encompasses the Corgan company, which were contracted to design and lead the architectural works of the project," said Brian Mingo, CEO of SXM Airport. This historic investment to modernize the SXM Airport will not only ease travel through this major hub, but it will ensure our airport joins the ranks as one of the major terminals in the world. All administrative and design documents are in place to move full force ahead with this extensive process in due time."
"It took awhile because of the administrative procedures, funding, and arbitration proceedings with the insurance company. It has been an uphill battle, but we are proud to say that we have reached to this point of today's kick off milestone and we are moving full speed ahead," declared the CEO.
"It's a great intake at this point to see that we are finalizing the project's design, whereby we will have the drawings upgraded from 90% to 100% completion," added Michel Hyman, COO of SXM Airport.
"I think this is the phase that we are anxiously looking forward to and I'm particularly elated to arrive at this milestone with our team and the Corgan company. This latest plan for the modernization of SXM Airport will build upon our efforts to improve this world-class facility and to enhance the traveler experience, following the reconstruction development," concluded Hyman.
The initiative supports the reconstruction of the passenger terminal facilities of the Princess Juliana International Airport to restore the airport's function and to improve its resilience to future hurricanes. The planned works will include, amongst others, the replacement of the passenger boarding bridges, entrance doors, partitions, counters, electrical and IT systems, baggage handling system and security installations. The new passenger facilities will feature state-of-the-art technological improvements and security enhancements.
The project further includes the remaining mold remediation and cleaning process of the passenger terminal, which was also executed prior to the "Package 1" Temporary Operations, before moving back operations from the Arrivals and Departure temporary pavilions into the ground floor of the terminal building on December 14, 2018.
The announcement also falls in line with the forthcoming revisions of the master plan for the redevelopment of the airport, as led by the CEO, Brian Mingo and the Project Management team.
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06/01/10 "The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers." - Ruth Benedict
06/02/10 "My own view about bringing up kids is praise, praise and praise again." - Sir Richard Branson
06/03/10 "A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul." - George Bernard Shaw
06/04/10 "The Interstate highway system has made it possible to go from sea to shining sea without seeing anything." - Charles Kuralt
06/05/10 "A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her." - David Brinkley
06/06/10 "Americans have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?" - Alexis de Tocqueville
06/07/10 "You better live your best and act your best and think your best today, for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow." - Harriet Martineau
06/08/10 "History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly, it is not a sufficient condition." - Milton Friedman
06/09/10 "Pride, like humility, is destroyed by one's insistence that he possesses it." - Kenneth Bancroft Clark
06/10/10 "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure." - Helen Keller
06/11/10 "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
06/12/10 "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them." - James Baldwin
06/13/10 "How often in life it is a truth that we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies." - Leon Uris
06/14/10 "The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment not of sentiment, but of history." - Woodrow Wilson
06/15/10 "I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work." - Neil Armstrong
06/16/10 "They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." - Andy Warhol
06/17/10 "Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." - Albert Schweitzer
06/18/10 "Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second - and best - in comfortably going through everyday life, that is, having had a good night's sleep and not being hurt by new shoes." - Theodor Fontane
06/19/10 "I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage." - Charles de Secondat
06/20/10 "I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection." - Sigmund Freud
06/21/10 "We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over." - Aneurin Bevan
06/22/10 "The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." - Sydney J. Harris
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06/25/10 "I cannot seem to feel alive unless I am alert and I cannot feel alert unless I push past the point where I have control." - Charles Bowden
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06/27/10 "Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt." - Herbert Hoover
06/28/10 "We Americans are the best informed people on earth as to the events of the last twenty-four hours; we are the not the best informed as the events of the last sixty centuries." - Will Durant
06/29/10 "Spontaneity is total sincerity - and as a rule the civilized adult is goaded into it only by despair, suffering or imminent death." - Alan Watts
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In January, I started a new way of life. Nothing dramatic, but it was time for a change. I decided that I was tired of the way I looked and felt. I decided to become more active and to eat better. I signed up for MyFitnessPal; I started a "Biggest Loser" type of competition at my local Y; and went on about my day.
As I sit here at the beginning of month 8, I decided to look back at what I have done.
Achievement 1 – Weight Loss – to date, I have lost about 30 pounds. I'm not done yet, and it's not coming off as fast as I would like, but that's ok. Am I eating better? Mostly. Can I do better? Sure, but who wants to give up chocolate?
Achievement 2 – Running – to date, I have raced in 2 virtual 5k races and 3 other 5k races. I am not the fastest runner, but I am working on it. I will say this though, as much as I like the 5k races with other people, I really like the virtual races. I don't feel as much pressure that I am going to be the last one to cross the finish line. I have at least 3 5k races, a 4-mile virtual race, a 10k, and a half-marathon planned for the next 3 months.
Achievement 3 – Weight Lifting – if you had asked me in January to lift weights, I would have headed straight to the machines and gone to work, but not challenged myself. In April, I decided that I needed more of a challenge. I poked around on some forums and other websites and found New Rules of Lifting for Women. I started the program in May and am in the 2nd phase. I have (mostly) enjoyed what I have learned while doing it. In addition, I feel stronger and a bit braver…especially those days in which I am the only female in the free weight area.
Achievement 4 – Clothing – I have dropped 3-4 sizes since January, depending on the brand, style, and type of clothing. This has to be one of my biggest complaints – garment manufacturers cannot seem to standardize their sizes. On top of that, the classic size 8 is not the current size 8 (in my opinion anyway).
Goal 1 – Weight Loss – lose another 10 pounds by the half-marathon, lose remaining weight by the end of the year (but NO LATER THAN March 1).
Goal 2 – Activity – stick with workouts. I have found that it helps me to plan them out for each month. Then I know what to expect and I can plan the rest of my day with certain expectations. I also need to find something to train for.
Goal 3 – Weight Lifting – finish New Rules of Lifting for Women by the end of the year. I should be able to accomplish that, unless my half-marathon training interferes too much. After that program, I need to decide what I am going to do. I may go back and start over, or I may decide to try something different. Who knows?
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The end of the Grandview Freedom Run Race (7/4/2012).
Without a doubt, this has been a hard journey (kind of like the race pictured above). It's not going to get easier. I'm lucky that I have a supportive husband and two little girls who think it's a lot of fun to "exercise" with Mommy on those days I decide a DVD is going to be the extent of my workout. I'm lucky to have supportive friends. I'm thankful for those people in cyber-land who run contests, who blog about their efforts, who are always willing to give information to newbies, and serve as inspiration.
As I refocus myself on the rest of the year and the activities I have coming up, I would like to say thank you. Let's keep supporting each other.


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Slate magazine thinks that fastidious chefs are doing it wrong and that everyone needs to relax when it comes to worrying about the perfect oven temperature to cook their masterpieces – because the perfect oven temperature is a myth. Apparently some people pay people to "calibrate" their ovens every year, a waste of money given the fact that ovens heat above the set temperature and allow it to cool below before reheating, and the fact that different parts of the oven will maintain different temperatures to the area with the thermostat. This is a total vindication of my "make it up as you go along, don't measure things and see what happens" philosophy of cooking.
Neil Armstrong is recovering well from heart surgery according to a report from NPR. Armstrong, the first man on the moon, now aged 82, recently had heart bypass surgery according to his wife. Neil Armstrong is an outspoken opponent of recent cutbacks to the NASA budget, recently telling Congress: "For a country that has invested so much for so long to achieve a leadership position in space exploration and exploitation, this condition is viewed by many as lamentably embarrassing and unacceptable".
PoliticalOmnivore writes a smart review of David Frum's first novel, "Patriots", which I am currently also reading. Frum, a leading American and Canadian conservative intellectual, and former Bush administration official, has written an excellent novel which provides an insider's glimpse into the seedy underside of Washington D.C., and the way that recent political trends (the Tea Party etc.) are influencing the behaviour of the thousands of political operatives working in D.C., serving the powers that be. I will be publishing my own review of "Patriots" on this blog in the coming days.
Another piece from Slate, scolding us for admiring the physiques of the female Olympic beach volleyball competitors, rather than their athletic skills. Justin Peters, the author, makes a fair point, though I think he goes a little too far in referring to Boris Johnson as an "asshole couch dweller".
The astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station have a unique perspective on the London 2012 Olympic Games, writes astronaut Joe Acaba on his NASA blog. He writes: "I think watching the Olympics reminds us that we share one planet and that we can respect one another no matter what our differences, yet at the same time we can be proud of who we are and what we represent".
A moving memorial from The Economist to recent failed missions to Mars, against the background of the recent success of NASA's Curiosity rover in landing successfully on the surface of the red planet.
The same left-wing blogs who so viscerally oppose the idea of unpaid internships, or the government's welfare-to-work plans for unpaid work experience in exchange for benefits, are apparently posting recruitment advertisements for people to work as interns in a "voluntary" capacity. Blogger Guido Fawkes calls them out for their blatant hypocrisy.
<< Nothing else worthwhile to report on British politics. The Olympics eclipses everything… >>
A rare voice of sense in today's Republican party, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md) has spoken out against the hysteria and apocalyptic language being used by some of his GOP colleagues as the budget "sequester" – the compulsory draconian spending cuts designed to kick into effect if the two parties could not agree a comprehensive spending deal – comes closer to becoming a reality. Appealing to the better nature of lawmakers, Bartlett says: "We need to stop with all the superlatives about the thing and be rational about it and involve the American people on it. It's their country. It's their kids that will have to fight the next war. They have a right to be involved, don't they?" Hear, hear.
The Economist ponders the difference between "buying a little social justice with your coffee and buying a little Christian traditionalism with your chicken". Their conclusion: "… the best arena for moral disagreement is not the marketplace, but our intellectual and democratic institutions. We hash out our disagreements, as best we can, in public deliberation. The outcome of this deliberation becomes input to official policymaking, which in turn determines the rules of the game for business."
Tim Stanley, writing in The Telegraph, cries a river for Mitt Romney over the recent harsh campaign ads that the Obama campaign has unleashed upon the Republican nominee-in-waiting. Pulling the partisan blinkers firmly into position over his eyes, he conveniently skips any mention of Republican "death panel" talk, or GOP intransigence on striking a bipartisan deal on the budget and deficit reduction. According to Dr. Stanley, "… we can also detect a strategy for winning that runs counter to liberal faith in his powerful personality. In short: hope and change are out; divide to win is in."
Semi-Partisan SummaryBeach Volleyball, Cooking, David Frum, gay marriage, Mars, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Olympics, Politics, Presidential Election, US Election
Pamela Haag, writing at Slate, has had enough of the "mommy" prefix being applied to everything from jeans to porn to jobs to blogs. In an interesting piece, she goes on to argue that the effect of these mommy-isms is to diminish the work or activities outside motherhood that women engage in.
The Economist ponders the recent death of author Gore Vidal and laments that it marks the passing of an age when politics was less…dumbed down. Recalling Vidal's famous televised altercation with William F. Buckley Jr., they note: "It is hard to imagine men like Vidal and Buckley, two snobbish East Coast intellectuals with lockjaw patrician accents, being invited onto prime-time television now to opine on the hot-button issues of the day. Vidal's death earlier this week, at age 86, marks not only the loss of a provocative novelist and political thinker, but also the demise of a brand of public discourse. It seems there is no longer a place for the erudite and witty public intellectual in America. Instead of learned allusions to classical literature, public figures, including the president of the United States, are now expected to drop their G's and speak knowledgeably about the cast of The Jersey Shore". Indeed.
NPR gazes at Britain from across the pond and raises an eyebrow at the marked uptick in explicit British patriotism that has been observed in this jubilee and Olympic year. I think that they do British national pride a disservice saying things such as: "Never before have British sports fans sung the national anthem, or flourished their (proliferating) red-white-and-blue Union flags, with such gusto. Never before have British commentators yelled so loudly at the slightest sign that their one of their countryfolk may secure a medal". After all, national pride can be expressed in many ways, not all of which require flying a massive flag above a car dealership. But nonetheless, they do have a point. NPR go on to ponder the likely impact of this new-found patriotic expression on the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum.
A really interesting article by Damian McBride, detailing the first 24 hours of the 2007 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Surrey, and the then newly-appointed Prime Minister Gordon Brown's reaction to it. Lord knows I am no fan of Gordon Brown's – given a few seconds of silence in any social gathering I am liable to launch into my anti GB diatribe – but I must admit that he did have his good qualities (earnestness, attention to detail) as well as the bad. McBride notes: "At the end of those 24 hours, even before we were clear how serious the outbreak was, there was no question – whether you were a government official, a political journalist or a punter watching the TV – that the PM was in control of this crisis and was personally directing every aspect of how it would be dealt with." This article humanises Brown, and reminds me that no matter my stark disagreements with him on policy, he worked very hard – albeit egotistically and misguidedly – in service to the country.
Washington "elites" are more out of touch than ever with the rest of the country, and far more tolerant of persistent mass unemployment, argues Jonathan Chait, writing in New York Magazine. For those like him, Chait writes, the great recession "…is more akin to a famine in Africa. For millions and millions of Americans, the economic crisis is the worst event of their lives. They have lost jobs, homes, health insurance, opportunities for their children, seen their skills deteriorate, and lost their sense of self-worth. But from the perspective of those in a position to alleviate their suffering, the crisis is merely a sad and distant tragedy."
Place your bets now. Mitt Romney is beginning to meet with and "audition" the various Republican contenders to take the Vice Presidential spot on his ticket. Some options are more palatable than others, but whether Romney picks a "boring", safe candidate or takes a risk with an unconventional bold choice will say a lot about how confident his campaign is of victory, or conversely how worried they are about their prospects and are looking for another game-changer.
Charles Krauthammer was obviously watching a different foreign trip than the one the rest of us witnessed as Romney embarked on his overseas tour. Using his Washington Post column to declare the trip an unbridled success, Krauthammer has convinced himself that Romney's undercutting of the official US position on Jerusalem and criticism of Palestinian culture were somehow smart diplomacy. Others might argue that these actions were contrary to his earlier promises (and standard convention) to avoid criticising US policy while a presidential candidate on foreign soil, and that regardless of ones views on the Middle East peace process, it might be a good idea to avoid enraging one of the two sides before you have even won election.
Semi-Partisan SummaryCharles Krauthammer, Gore Vidal, Jonathan Chait, London Olympics, Mitt Romney, Mommy Blog, Olympic Games, Olympics, Politics, Presidential Election, Scottish Independence, US Election, William F. Buckley Jr
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Free speech continues to be squashed in Britain as a teenage Twitter user is arrested for sending mean-spirited and hurtful tweets to British driver Tom Daley. In a wonderful piece of journalism, the BBC neglect to tell us the precise wording of the tweets in question, saying only that "the 18-year-old received a message telling him he had let down his father". Unhelpful, BBC. They go on to report: "A 17-year-old boy was arrested at a guest house in the Weymouth area on suspicion of malicious communications". Apparently this is a crime in Britain, now. It goes without saying that mocking an Olympic athlete and making insulting reference to his late father is reprehensible and in very bad taste; equally it should go without saying that it should not lead to arrest, criminal charges or incarceration
Email may be king for most of us these days, but in Japan the humble fax machine is still alive and well, and in frequent use, both in the workplace and at home. This is partly attributable to the aging population – with one in five Japanese being over 65 years of age, many of these older citizens are more comfortable with the familiar fax technology. Also a factor is the perceived impersonality of the email as a medium for communicating with valued clients, or sending time-critical messages.
An extremely valuable Stradivarius violin was left on a train in Switzerland by an absent-minded musician. This makes me feel slightly better about losing my bank card last month.
At the conclusion of his Beethoven symphony cycle with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at the BBC Proms, Daniel Barenboim gave a moving impromptu speech thanking the audience and the organisers for the opportunity. In his remarks, he said: "Our gratitude to the BBC who gave us this wonderful, unique opportunity to be here and play all the Beethoven symphonies – and in every concert one, and sometimes two, works by Pierre Boulez – and have all that televised. Ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you, we travel a lot, there is no country in the world that would do that for music and for culture". Barenboim is not my favourite musician in the world, but the work that he is doing here is priceless.
Following the sad death of author Gore Vidal at age 86, The Guardian has assembled a selection of 26 of his most memorable quotes. My personal favourite: "I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television". Or perhaps: "There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise".
The BBC reports that many disabled people feel that media coverage about benefit cheats has worsened attitudes toward them. The article states: "When asked what could be contributing to such hostility, 87% singled out people claiming disability benefits to which they are not entitled. And 84% highlighted negative media coverage about benefit cheats". Based on these numbers, you might be forgiven for thinking that the thing that would make the most improvement for genuine claimants would then be to crack down harder on illegitimate claimants. But apparently 84% trumps 87%, and what we actually have to do is have the government tone down its rhetoric about fraudulent claims, and have the media stop reporting about it. Who knew?
The Labour Party was forced to apologise and disassociate itself from comments made by supporters, eagerly anticipating the death of the former Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. The Telegraph reports: "Last night, Louise Mensch, the backbench Conservative MP, called on Labour to respond after being sent a message by a follower who claimed to have worked for the Party inviting her to a party following Lady Thatcher's death". Labour responded, saying "Language like this has no place on politics or civilised society. No one should be wanting to celebrate the death of anyone."
We have it all wrong, according to Rush Limbaugh. Mitt Romney's overseas trip to the United Kingdom, Israel and Poland was actually not a complete disaster. We just think that it was because the US press pool travelling with Romney are deliberately harassing him (by this, I think he means asking him questions at press conferences) and trying to trick him into making mistakes. Like Sarah Palin's famous "gotcha questions". Says Limbaugh: "They're trying to create gaffes. They're working on behalf of Barack Obama. They are attempting to carry forth the meme that Romney's foreign trip is a disaster, that it's one gaffe after another. They're trying to do this in the mainstream. And the fact of the matter is Romney is having a home run of a trip". Well, that's good, then. Insulting your best ally on day 1, fawning to appease the views of one particular Israeli party (despite promising not to create new foreign policy as a candidate travelling abroad) and being rebuffed by the Polish Solidarity movement are all good things, in Limbaugh's world view. Of course, if you want to make the argument that these things don't matter because the only important thing is the perception of the trip back home, as Romney's aides are trying to do, it might help if the candidate actually spoke with the US press pool that are travelling with him.
Tim Stanley, writing in his Daily Telegraph column, comes late to the Chick-fil-A party but essentially agrees with the view taken by Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald, many others and myself, that attempts by local politicians to bully Chick-fil-A by withholding permits to open new outlets as punishment for the views of their executives is unseemly, unwise and unconstitutional. He does close with a good point though, aimed at Rahm Emanuel: "Someone should explain to Rahm Emanuel that gay rights was supposed to be about guaranteeing privacy, abolishing legal discrimination and defending the dignity of the individual against the prejudice of the mob. It wasn't supposed to be about creating a new standard of acceptable opinion and enforcing it with the muscle of the state. Liberalism without a profound respect for difference is just fascism by another name."
Mark Oppenheimer, writing in The Nation, has an interesting profile of Canadian/American conservative thinker and former Bush Administration aide, David Frum. I'm quite an admirer of Frum's (though we would disagree strongly on some issues), particularly since he penned the famous "Waterloo" piece criticising the Republican tactics opposing US healthcare reform, which got him fired from one of the jobs that he held at the time. This long-form piece looks in some depth at the evolution in Frum's thinking, showing the areas where he has moved (gay marriage, tax policy) and those where he has definitely not moved (foreign policy). In an interesting aside, the author characterises David Frum's new position thus: "Frum has found a new synthesis, according to which a moderate welfare state stabilizes the United States so that it can remain internationally strong. A little liberalism at home helps keep us neoconservative abroad."
What happens when an electricity grid failure knocks out power for half the population of one of the most populous nations in the world? Well, apparently, the story gets buried deep down at the bottom of the BBC News homepage. I did not know that it was possible for a technical fault or excessive consumption to cause such a widespread failure, but given that it is, I hope that the British and American governments are taking suitable precautions to guard against a similar failure, perhaps caused by malicious intent rather than technical fault.
In another bold signal of intent, China has announced plans to land an unmanned probe on the surface of the moon next year, as part of their wider project to land a man on the moon at an unspecified time. China has already achieved significant milestones in terms of human spaceflight, recently including their first spacewalks, first manual docking manoeuvre and first female astronaut.
Semi-Partisan SummaryBBC Proms, Chick-fil-A, Daniel Barenboim, David Frum, Free Speech, gay marriage, Gore Vidal, marriage equality, Mitt Romney, Politics, Social Media, Space Travel, Twitter
July 25, 2012 Samuel HooperLeave a comment
Amanda Marcotte, writing at Slate magazine, makes a compelling case for movie scriptwriters and directors to show more condom use in their movies. She makes a fair point: "In the world of movies and TV, people seem to be having sex all the time, but they almost never talk about or are shown using contraception. Since so much of movie sex serves the plot, you get encounters that are much more spontaneous than they would be in real life, without any pause in the action to wrap it up. Young viewers could easily get the sense that the norm is to hop right in bed with someone without ever worrying about unintended pregnancy." And it's true – if realism is your aim (and admittedly this is not always the case), pretending that people hop into bed with each other without going through that awkward "fumbling in the bedside cabinet drawer" moment is a misrepresentation, and one that can be easily (and, if done well, humorously) corrected.
Jim Henson Studios, creator of The Muppets, is boycotting Chick-fil-A over that company's president's condemnation of gay marriage. In a stern rebuke, their statement reads: "The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors".
Proco Moreno, Alderman of Chicago's 1st Ward, joined in the anti Chick-fil-A backlash, stating that he would block the restaurant chain's attempts to open their second Chicago outlet in his district because of the aforementioned statement issued by their CEO. His statement is somewhat over-the top – "If you are discriminating against a segment of the community, I don't want you in the 1st Ward" – it is hard to see how any discrimination is taking place, as the restaurant does not check the sexual orientation of its customers upon entry, or have any policies in place that discriminate against one or another. But the fact remains that needlessly coming out in favour of a regressive social policy position that has no direct impact on your business or bottom line, can cost you money.
Getting in on the act, The Onion reports on Chick-fil-A's new homophobic sandwich. Reports The Onion: "In a press conference to reporters, company representatives said the homophobic new sandwich will include the national fast food chain's trademark fried chicken filet wrapped in a piece of specially-smoked No Homo ham that would be topped with a slice of Swiss cheese and lathered in a creamy new Thousand Island-based Fag Punching sauce".
The UK economy shrank by another 0.7% according to the latest figures released today. Iain Martin, writing in The Telegraph, thinks that George Osborne has six months to turn things around. I would guess that this estimate sounds about right, but I am not optimistic that Osborne will do anything differently, given his obstinate refusal to implement the needed supply-side reforms, and his obsession with trying to score cheap political points from Ed Balls, a diversion which should be beneath him.
The Guardian's foremost education journalist twists herself in knots trying to explain why she is against private schools, and yet is sending her daughter to a private school. She takes a whole article, and many unnecessary words to explain what I can say in just three – she's a hypocrite. She says: "I remember reading about Diane Abbott's decision to send her son to the £10,000-a-year City of London school. She said she was a mother first and a politician second, a point that resonated strongly with me." Precisely. She's happy to inflict her left-wing social engineering on other people to make them conform to her ideal worldview (uniform standards, uniform people, uniform outcomes), but as soon as her own interests come in to play, she takes the conservative position.
Oh noes. The house of cards built by Grover Norquist has started to come crashing down as more and more elected officials repudiate his "tax pledge". Whether you think the current tax burden in America is sustainable or not, I think most reasonable people can agree that Norquist's pledge is overly restrictive on lawmakers, preventing them from closing unwarranted and discriminatory tax loopholes on the grounds that doing so would constitute a "tax increase". Norquist, and his advocacy group Americans for Tax Reform, are one of several significant hurdles standing in the way of a fundamental simplification of the existing byzantine tax code. We should all cheer its demise, and hope that similar obstacles from the American left fall by the wayside too, in the name of meaningful, lasting reform.
It is hard to disagree with this piece from Marbury, discussing the old-fashioned political art of persuasion, and the relative aptitudes of Obama and Clinton at using it. Through the lense of the Northern Irish "Good Friday" peace accord, Marbury looks at the way that President Clinton was able to flatter, cajole and reassure the key parties so that they reached a point where a deal could be signed, and how this skill is currently lacking in the Obama administration. Money quote: "Obama likes the big set-piece speech. But every policy he has backed, from the stimulus to healthcare, has declined in popularity the more speeches he made about it. His speeches explain things very well, very precisely. But they don't change minds. This, it turns out, was the big hole in Obama's campaign rhetoric of unification, of bringing red and blue together. He spoke about it eloquently, but he was never going to be the president who put it into action. Obama is a preacher, not a persuader. He's terrific if you already agree with him, but doesn't have much impact on those who don't."
Jacob Weisberg, writing in Slate magazine, effectively deconstructs the Romney campaign's attempts to smear President Obama with the "Chicago machine politician" label. Says Weisberg: "Of course, Romney isn't interested in this kind of nuance. 'Chicago-style politics' is mainly just a way for him to call Obama corrupt without coming out and saying so".
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In an interesting piece from Slate Magazine, Hanna Rosin delves into the deeper meaning behind the fact that the men strived to protect the women as the horror of the Aurora Colorado shooting unfolded. In an interesting and poignant article, noting the various ways that traditional "manhood" is being eroded by economic and social forces, she concludes: "Throwing your body in front of your girlfriend when people all around you are getting shot is an instinct that's basic, and deeper. It's the same reason these Batman and Spider-Man franchises endure: Because whatever else is fading away, women still seem to want their superhero, and men still seem to want to be him."
Through the prism of astronaut Buzz Aldrin's memoirs and a recent Soyuz rocket launch, Atlantic magazine takes an interesting look at the intertwining of human spaceflight endeavours (perhaps the pinnacle of our scientific accomplishment) with religion and the sacred world. As well as the obvious example of Aldrin taking communion while on the surface of the moon, the author also considers other examples: "here is a priest, outfitted in the finery of a centuries-old church, shaking holy water over the engines, invoking God's protection for a journey to near-earth orbit. That these two spheres of human creation co-exist is remarkable. That they interact, space agencies courting the sanction of Russian Orthodox Christianity, is strange". A long article, but well worth a read.
Mike Huckabee thinks that Chick-fil-A's decision to come out in opposition to gay marriage equality is just super, and is proposing that Americans make this Wednesday "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" in recognition of their "principled" (some might say irrelevant, because a corporation is harmed by gay marriage even less than a heterosexual human being) stance.
NPR reports in depth on the Vatican's decision to send a crack team of Bishops to oversee the Leadership Conference of Women Religious – an organisation representing the majority of nuns in the United States – due to concerns that they are promoting "radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith". Sister Pat Farrell, whose interview forms the basis of this article, sees things rather differently, and while she says that the LCWR will do its utmost to engage with the Vatican in good faith, there may be some elements of the mandate with which they cannot comply. Money quote from Sister Pat: "The question is, 'Can you be Catholic and have a questioning mind?' That's what we're asking … I think one of our deepest hopes is that in the way we manage the balancing beam in the position we're in, if we can make any headways in helping to create a safe and respectful environment where church leaders along with rank-and-file members can raise questions openly and search for truth freely, with very complex and swiftly changing issues in our day, that would be our hope. But the climate is not there. And this mandate coming from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith putting us in a position of being under the control of certain bishops, that is not a dialogue. If anything, it appears to be shutting down dialogue."
A British couple holidaying in British Columbia caught a big fish. A really, really big fish. A really, really, really really big fish. The creature weighs nearly half a metric tonne, is 4 metres long and is estimated to be at least 100 years old. Makes for some good bragging rights back at the local pub when they go home…
Minister of the Bleeding Obvious states the bleeding obvious in this story from The Telegraph. Treasury minister David Gauke informs us that it is "morally wrong" to pay tradesmen (plumbers, builders, electricians etc.) with cash in hand, as this makes it easier for them to evade VAT or income tax. Aside from the fact that every cabinet member from Cameron on downwards needs to quit the moral preaching (why can't you just say "illegal" or "wrong"?), his basic point is right. Until he goes on to say: "Getting a discount with your plumber by paying cash in hand is something that is a big cost to the Revenue and means others have to pay more in tax". Seriously, Mr. Gauke? You expect us to believe that the black economy makes our taxes higher? You would tax us just as much as you already do even if you could get your hands on this missing slice of revenue, you would just find new ways to fritter it away on pointless, undeserving goals. So let's not pretend that the cash-in-hand job that your local plumber does on the sly is the one thing standing between us and an actual competitive tax code. You must think we're all really dumb.
The Commons Culture Committee has reported that they believe the UK's current gambling laws are outdated and have not kept pace sufficiently with technological innovations such as online gaming. Overall, this appears to be a liberalisation of the market, which is good news. However, the proposed bill has been somewhat watered down in an attempt to assuage the concerns of detractors who worry about potential negative externalities.
It's starting to get real. The BBC reports that the Crown Prosecution Service has decided to charge eight individuals with a total of 19 charges relating to the "phone hacking scandal". Included in those facing charges are Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. So now the Long-Winded Leveson will not be the only thing keeping this dull story in the news. Hooray.
Inspired by the movie "Legally Blonde", 22-year-old US State Senate candidate Mindy Meyer has blinged up her website with a lot of bright pink, bad MIDI sound files and other bells and whistles. If you ever wanted to know what you would get if you crossed a political website with MySpace at the peak of its popularity, here is your answer. She would clearly make a great state senator, because according to her homepage, she is against corruption. Says Meyer: "This is how politics has to change. There is always corruption, but I have the intention to follow my values and ensure that none of what happens in my district is corrupt." Well, that's sorted, then.
Commentary magazine takes a hatchet to President Obama's reputation for being a brilliant orator. Alana Goodman calls Obama out for his recent speech in Roanoke, Virginia, not because of his "you didn't make that" line but for dull, flat words and delivery when he goes off the autocue. She takes the line where Obama says "There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don't do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires" as a particularly egregious example of pedestrian speech-giving. She concludes: "For the past four years, liberals have tried to sell us on the idea that Obama is one of the greatest speakers of all time. Now they're complaining that conservatives are taking his words literally and not cutting him enough slack. Which one is it?".
In an excellent, frank op-ed in the New York Times, David Blankenhorn charts his evolution from opposing to supporting the idea of gay marriage. Though disappointed that society no longer thinks of marriage primarily in terms of providing the optimal environment in which to raise children, but instead as an official sanctioning of private relationships, he concedes that given this is how marriage is now viewed by most, the best thing to do is to try to strengthen the institution under its new definition, by welcoming committed gay and lesbian couples into the fold. He eventually comes to the conclusion: "So my intention is to try something new. Instead of fighting gay marriage, I'd like to help build new coalitions bringing together gays who want to strengthen marriage with straight people who want to do the same".
A good long-form article from The Daily Beast explaining some of the underlying factors and influences behind the GOP's sinister anti-Muslim hysteria. I thought I had heard pretty much everything when it comes to crazy quotes uttered by Republican lawmakers and "intellectuals" on this topic, but this article introduced me to a few more sad examples.
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Gypsum board, often called drywall, is the ubiquitous wall sheathing material in today's residential and commercial buildings. Drywall is lightweight, inexpensive, and relatively easy to install and repair. Unfortunately, over extended use drywall tends to accumulate holes, tears and other damage. The method used for patching drywall holes depends on the size of the hole. Small holes, for example those caused by doorknob impacts and errant tool strikes, can be patched readily using a small scrap of drywall. Learning how to patch a small hole in your drywall using this method will allow you to keep your walls looking their best.
Cut a small scrap of drywall. Begin by finding some scrap gypsum board that is the same thickness as the wall you are repairing. Use a drywall saw to cut a small rectangular section of this scrap drywall big enough the cover the hole in your wall. Place the scrap rectangle over the damaged wall to ensure that it is large enough.
Cut the outline of the scrap piece away from the wall. Place the scrap rectangle of drywall against the damaged wall and outline it using a pencil. Then, you will need to clear away the existing drywall along the outline you drew to make room for the new piece.
Begin by using a drywall saw to cut 4 lines from the hole to each corner of the outlined rectangle you drew. Then, use a utility knife to score the drywall paper along the entire outline.
One at a time, snap each of the 4 pieces of damaged drywall along the scored line. Clear them away with your utility knife, using the knife to clean up the edges of the cut if necessary.
Insert a piece of wood backing into the hole. To help secure the scrap drywall rectangle into the hole, you will affix a scrap piece of wood behind the wall. 1"x3" or 1"x4" (25x75 mm or 25x100 mm) lumber works well for this.
Begin by cutting the scrap of wood to a length about 6 inches (15 cm) longer than the height of the rectangular hole. Apply a continuous strip of general purpose glue along the face of the wood.
Insert the wood backing into the hole, and then orient it so that it spans the hole with about 3 inches of overlap on the top and bottom. Press the wood against the wall to seat the glue against the back of the drywall.
Using an electric drill, drive 2 drywall screws through the wall into the wood backing both above and below the hole. This will secure the wood to the wall and give the new drywall piece a firm backing for support.
Place the drywall patch into the hole. Fit the rectangular drywall patch snugly into the hole. Press it firmly against the wood backing to ensure contact with the glue, and drive 1 or 2 drywall screws through the patch and into the wood.
Tape over the joints between the patch and the wall. From this point on, the project should be finished just as you would finish a joint between drywall panels in a new installation.
Apply strips of drywall tape along the edges of the new drywall patch. Run your finger along the tape to ensure that it is firmly seated.
As an alternative to drywall tape, you can apply a cutout of window screening over the entire patch. This screening can be seated into a thin layer of joint compound.
Apply the first coat of joint compound. Use a 6-inch (15 cm) drywall knife to smear a thin layer of joint compound over the patch. Make sure to cover the entire patch as well as each of the 4 seams between the patch and the wall.
Apply the second layer of joint compound. After allowing the first coat to dry overnight, go back over the area using a 12-inch (30 cm) drywall knife. Apply a thin coat as before, extending the coverage area a few inches (cm) and feathering the joint compound as smoothly as possible into the existing wall surface.
Sand and paint the drywall. After allowing the final coat of joint compound to dry overnight, sand it gently using a fine-grit sandpaper. The drywall is now ready to be primed and painted to match the existing finish.
Very small holes in drywall, like those created by screws or picture frame hangers, can simply be filled in with vinyl spackling and touched up with paint.
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Q: How to accelerate download speed of a file using Python? I am trying to download a file located on the web through write function with the wb mode. Files are being downloaded too slowly when it is compared to the speed of downloading through a web browser (as I have a high-speed internet connection). How can I accelerate the download speed? Is there a better way of handling file download?
Here is the way I use:
resp = session.get(download_url)
with open(package_name + '.apk', 'wb+') as local_file:
    local_file.write(resp.content)

I have experimented that the download speeds of requests and urllib3 libraries are almost the same. Here is the experimental result to download a 15 MB file:

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*requests: 0:02:00.689587

*urllib3: 0:02:05.833442
p.s. My Python version is 3.7.0, and my OS is Windows 10 version 1903.
p.s. I have investigated the reportedly similar question, but the answers/comments did not work.

A: Seems odd, but it makes sense -- the browser caches the download, where writing directly to file does not.
Consider:
from tempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile
temp = SpooledTemporaryFile()
resp = session.get(download_url)
temp.write(resp.content)
temp.seek(0)
with open(package_name + '.apk', 'wb') as local_file:
    local_file.write(resp.content)

That may be faster.
If you can create an asynchronous write to local file, you won't hold up your program.
  import asyncio
  async def write_to_local_file(name, spool_file):
      spool_file.seek(0)
      with open(package_name + '.apk', 'wb') as local_file:
          local_file.write(spool_file.read())

Then:
from tempfile import SpooledTemporaryFile
temp = SpooledTemporaryFile()
resp = session.get(download_url)
temp.write(resp.content)
asyncio.run(write_to_local_file("my_package_name", temp))

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Celebrating Art in the Reel World
'Frozen': a Cinematic Wonderland
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Sisters…Sisters…There were never such devoted sisters…
This sentiment of Irving Berlin's lyric from an older Christmas classic is what is at the heart of the new Disney movie being released just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Frozen, which is based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1854 tale, "The Snow Queen", gambles by celebrating traditional old-school Disney while at the same time tossing them on their crowned heads.
They succeed mightily, creating what will no doubt be an animated blockbuster with this thoroughly modern story beautifully told and rendered, with heroines audiences will embrace and songs they will remember. Lucky for the movie-going world that Disney held on to their love of this tale, an interest which goes back to 1952. They have found a way to bring it into the 21st century, and still keep a bit of the original intact.
Optimistic fast-talking Anna and eventual queen Elsa are sister princesses in the kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa has a magic ability to create ice and snow, and as children, they experience a near-fatal accident while playing, when Elsa's magical ice leads to a fall for Anna.
Their parents sequester Elsa to keep Anna safe, and even after their mother and father (Disney trope alert!) die in a shipwreck, they grow up lonely, away from each other, and divided by a closed door.
Years later, on Coronation Day, love-starved Anna falls within hours for Prince Hans and announces their engagement to the new queen. Displeased and mostly level-headed Elsa says no, and pulls the Disney Ice Capades version of a Carrie in front of her coronation guests. Embarrassed, the new queen runs off into the wilderness, throwing the whole kingdom into eternal Winter.
Fearlessly, Anna goes out to save her kingdom, bring back Summer, and get her beloved sister back. On this trek, she meets and gets help from mountain jock Kristoff, his trusty reindeer Sven, a magical snowman Olaf and a bunch of trolls.
A number of aspects of this movie come together to make it so successful…
Nothing about classic Disney heroines, or their story arc, is trotted out in the same way. There are two heroines to choose from, not one. There is no real villain. Romance is not the focus of the story, nor is a romantic happily ever after the goal. Here, just plain happy will do nicely, thanks very much.
Frozen drives right past "Damsel in Distress" and instead takes a sharp turn at the corner of "Independence" and "I Can Do It" avenues. These girls are strong and complicated, and are figuring life out as they go along. Here, the focus is on love of family, on siblings and their undying connection.
Much of the credit for Frozen's contemporary spin on an old fable, with its authentic and positive female role models and more fully fleshed out characters both literally and figuratively, goes to Jennifer Lee, a screenwriter and the first-time female animated feature director in Disney's 76 years.
She showed up at the perfect time. Adolescence and womanhood have always been far more complicated than ever portrayed in a Disney princess story. Blame the strict archetypes in fairy tales. In Frozen, Lee breaks it down and builds it back up in just the right way.
Yes, Anna falls in love in hours. But later, when Kristoff teases Anna about falling in love so shallowly, we know we've found a new hero, however their relationship develops. All of the sudden, we want romance, because they are so genuine and real with each other.
Frozen knits together a 2D artistic aesthetic with 3D computer animation in an exciting way that only animation geeks will truly understand, but from which all audiences will benefit. A great deal of experimentation and new software development was required to make the snow and ice look real, as well as to give the characters more believable expressions, and, as always, better hair. There were many new programs designed and redesigned, some with names like Tonic (for hair) dRig (used mostly on Olaf) and Snow Batcher (for when characters make contact with snow).
They even created a new program for the layers of clothing required in a Scandinavian wardrobe. All this results in a sort of "real life" or "truth in acting" believability never before seen in 3D animation.
The biggest downside to Frozen is the decided similarity between Tangled's Rapunzel and Frozen's Anna. Apart from being near dopplegangers, on the continuum of spunky female characters they land in the same place.
It's like they are Steve Austin, from the '70s show The Six Million Dollar Man, with Anna being rebuilt as the better, stronger, faster and wiser of the two. It's as if they knew with better software they could revisit their recent work and go beyond the limitations of just a few years ago. Using hair as an example, Tangled's Rapunzel had 27,000 very long hairs, whereas Frozen's Elsa had 420,000.
The question, though, is why make Rapunzel and Anna have such similar facial features and other characteristics? As an audience member, the advancement is immediately evident in Anna when put next to a slightly less advanced character with similar basic design. It could have been a considered choice. Advanced rigging used for all the characters in Frozen allowed for far more nuanced facial expressions to be utilized to show emotion, making them all, including Anna, more sympathetic and lifelike.
This is a problem that 3D computer animation has continually faced when aiming for the expressiveness conveyed by animation artists in the characters of Disney's 2D films. They are finally bridging that gap.
It's rather odd that in most of the promotion of Frozen, the musical aspect of the film isn't featured prominently as one of its best strengths.
Disney "Broadway is our sequel" Studios knew what they were doing when they went to the songwriting team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Robert is a Tony-winning composer and lyricist, for co-penning "The Book of Mormon" and "Avenue Q." Kristen, his wife, created music with him on the 2011 Disney film Winnie the Pooh. They committed to working on Frozen after seeing an early concept image of Elsa and Anna on two sides of a closed door, which captured their imagination, especially since they have two daughters themselves.
There are some very fun or sweet ear-worm inducing songs, as well as several that are quite poignant, but in every case these expertly crafted tunes move the story along.
"Do You Want to Build A Snowman?" is sung by Anna as a child growing up trying to get her sequestered and beloved sister to come and play with her. "Love Is An Open Door" is Anna singing about falling in love with the first person who has paid any attention to her after her long struggle for attention from her sister.
"In Summer" is a wonderful soft-shoe by the eternally optimistic embodiment of childlike joy Olaf (inspired voicing by Josh Gad) who, truth be told, seemed obnoxious in the trailers, and is anything but when experienced in the film. What a delight he is in every frame, but especially during his song, where he fantasized about sunbathing and drinking in the hot sun.
The audience completely falls for him, as they should if their own heart isn't made of snow. The centerpiece of all the songs is "Let It Go," which is the first song accepted by the filmmakers that the Lopez team wrote. Sung by Idina Menzel as Elsa, it is both a vocal tour de force as well as a gorgeously lush and poignant ode to independence.
This show-stopper is the perfect time to show all the greatest advancements in special effects animation, as the character lets loose, creates her palace of ice, allowing her true self and her power to shine. There is no competition at awards time against this monster of a song.
There is something with which Cinema Siren can assist, that will alter your potentially conflicted response to the movie's composed score. Prompted by confusion about Christophe Beck's music, some of which recalls the drumming and vocalizing in The Lion King far more than any Nordic music I'd imagined, I discovered both the Frozen character design team and the composer found inspiration from the indigenous people of the region.
I declare a former ignorance of the culture of the Sámi, the Finno-Ugric people of Norway, Sweden and Finland. They are coastal fishermen, fur trappers and reindeer herders. Their traditional clothing include beaded leather boots, leather coats and fur-lined shawls with embroidery. While Kristoff's costume and design is most Sámi influenced, Anna's attire also has elements taken from them. Their traditional music is based in a cappella singing, accompanied by hand drums.
Christophe Beck, with the help of Sámi yoiker Frode Fjellheim, uses yoiks, or Sámi song chants, and the drums that accompanied them, as framework for the film's opening music. He also employed a variety of other regional traditional instruments and vocal techniques. Anyway, now when you hear and see Sámi influence, you'll know! Kudos to Disney for including that aspect of traditional culture, and by extension, educating film fans.
Frozen is, above all, an entertaining and charmingly poignant tale about love overcoming fear. Absolutely worth your time and money, this is perfect fare for families looking for a night at the movies. Though you can skip the 3D glasses, seeing it on the big screen will feel like visiting your own classic Disney memories, while enjoying all the best the studio has to offer in the 21st century.
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" "This blade was forged from the righteous energy within thee. It possesses the power to destroy this evil force. But be warned, this evil is not of the human world. It has magic beyond your understanding. Trust not what you see, but what you feel." "
—Odin, Ra and Vishu, Episode XXXVIII: The Birth of Evil, Part 2
Samurai Jack's katana, originally The Emperor's katana, is a holy katana that was forged by the three gods Odin, Ra and Rama for the sole purpose of destroying Aku and was the only weapon that was capable of doing so in the world.
The katana forged by the three Gods.
When Aku invaded the Emperor's domain, the gods Odin, Ra and Rama forged the katana from the power of righteousness extracted from the Emperor's spirit. Its divine nature was capable of inflicting burning wounds to Aku, which were very difficult for him to regenerate from. Enough strikes with the katana essentially negated Aku's ability to regenerate from his wounds, at which point further damage could severely weaken his powers or seal him inside the katana.
The katana could only be used for good; in the hands of evil, it could never harm an innocent. That was first demonstrated on one occasion where Aku took the katana and attempted to kill Jack with it. Instead of stabbing Jack, the katana simply struck Jack's chest without causing any harm at all (Episode XXX: Jack and the Zombies).
However, that property appeared to apply only to biological lifeforms and not to robots, as Jack, when he was infected by Aku's essence became Jack-Aku, either killed or grievously harmed an innocent robot with the katana, but appeared not to be able to kill the Lizard Monks, whom he struck with it and only rendered them unconscious (Episode XLIII: The Aku Infection).
Very few characters other than Jack used the katana in the series, most notably the King of the Spartans, after his own sword was broken and Jack threw him the katana to protect himself (Episode XXV: Jack and the Spartans). It was also revealed that The Emperor had used the katana to kill the bandits that threatened him and his family after they refused to leave them in peace (Episode XCIV). To some extent, what the Spartan King did goes against what the African Chief said. In Young Jack in Africa, the Chief told Jack that only he could use it. Is is possible that the Chief meant against Aku, as only Jack and his father have used in on Aku himself.
At some point over the next 50 years, Aku began to actively destroy all of the world's time portals. After he foiled Jack's attempt to use the last of them and destroyed it, Aku mutated three innocent rams into monsters for Jack to fight. Overcome with rage and despair, Jack killed the mutated Rams, only to stare in horror when he saw what he had done. The sword fell from his hand, fell into the pit where the time portal had been, and was out of Jack's reach.
Years later, when Jack had regained his will thanks to his new friend and ally Ashi, he descended the pit with the help of a large bird. The katana was nowhere to be found, and Jack understood that he hadn't lost the sword; rather, the sword had left him. After he left the pit, Jack went to the cliff's edge and entered an astral plane by meditation. After a journey, Jack realized that his anger had consumed him, and vanquished the personification: Mad Jack. After Jack regained balance, the three gods restored him to his former self, full of confidence and hope, and returned the sword to him after they infused it with his own righteous spirit, which made the blade even more powerful to destroy Aku (Episode XCVIII).
Aku confronted Jack, who learned from Scaramouche that he had lost the sword and the assassin was unaware that he had reclaimed it. Aku killed Scaramouche and made to leave upon realizing his mistake, but deduced Ashi's heritage, and turned her against Jack. Jack used his sword to defend himself, and after a slight cut to her corrupted form, Ashi begged Jack to kill her. Jack was unable to, and dropped the sword as he fell to his knees in defeat. Aku then seized the sword in triumph (Episode C).
The katana was kept a few distance away from the bound Jack and then shown to the world to commemorate Aku's triumph on its wielder, intending to keep it as a trophy after executing Jack. When Jack's allies assaulted Aku's lair, the freed Jack attempted to reclaim the katana, only for Ashi to stand in his way. Once Ashi succeeded in breaking free of Aku's control, while still retaining his powers, she stretched her arm out, grabbed the katana and handed it to Jack before she opened a time portal to take herself and Jack back to the past.
Upon returning to Aku's lair in the past, Jack struck furiously at Aku, and destroyed his mass with just a few strikes from the largely enhanced sword despite his attempt to flee. As the last remnant of Aku attempted to run away, Jack stabbed him from above and sealed him in the katana. With a final thrust to the platform, the remain of Aku spread throughout his lair before exploding, leaving only a crater and destroyed the threat of Aku forever (Episode CI).
After the destruction of Aku, the katana was presumably kept somewhere in his restored palace as it was when it first appeared.
The katana had the power to cut through any mundane substance, given that there was enough force behind it: Jack was, for instance, unable to cut through the Adamantium armor of the Ultra-Robots without artificial strength enhancement (Episode XVIII: Jack and the Ultra-robots). The katana was able to vanquish mystical beings that could not be slain by conventional means such as the Minions of Aku, The Sirens, and the evil spirit of the Well of King Ozric. Those beings were vaporized after they were slain with the katana.
Likewise, similar magically enhanced objects could also prove immune to being cut by the katana: The Scotsman's Sword was imbued with magic runes and proved to be too resilient for Jack to destroy (Episode XI: Jack and the Scotsman). The katana was incapable of harming and destroying beings of divine origin such as the Minions of Set (Episode XXXI: Jack in Egypt). The katana was also incapable of destroying the magical orb that imprisoned The Fairy (Episode XV: Jack Tales).
This Katana's powers may only be used for good. However, in the hands of evil, it does not harm innocents which Aku attempt to kill Jack only to struck with no effects on him.
The katana itself, possibly due to its divine origin, seemed to be essentially impervious to harm; it simply rebounded off of substances that it could not harm instead of shattering upon impact, and could be used to block or deflect virtually anything without suffering damage. Unlike more mundane katanas, which required extensive maintenance, Jack's katana appeared not to require any sort of upkeep, though Jack was shown to sharpen it on one occasion.
After Jack had passed his test, the gods made it more powerful than before by infusing the purity and strength of Jack's own spirit. This can be seen when Jack managed to destroy a huge portion of Aku in just a few strikes and severely reduced his regeneration and shape-shifting abilities, allowing Jack to destroy him for good.
The katana's main purpose was to destroy Aku and defend the innocent; however, one very important aspect that Jack had failed to consider in his first battle with Aku, was that the sword was still just a tool, whose true power depended on its wielder (Episode I: The Beginning). Likewise, its wielder must be pure in heart, or else they would be unable to use it, as shown when it abandoned Jack when he gave in to his anger.
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The origin of the katana is similar to Mjölnir, the hammer of Thor in Marvel Universe; both were created with rare magic, possess immense power and take the form of the wielders cultural weapon. Odin was even involved in the creation of both, though two separate versions.
Both weapons can only be wielded by someone worthy and their owners, Thor and Jack have to pass their tests to prove their worthiness to wield them again.
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