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Unlocking Westworld's 7 Most Baffling Mysteries
Answering your most burning questions.
We're officially halfway through the first season of Westworld, and the show that some critics hoped would prompt water-cooler conversation about artificial intelligence and its existential ramifications on our own future has become, instead, a wildly popular new guessing game for fans of TV mysteries. What else did we expect from J.J. "Mystery Box" Abrams and Jonathan "The Prestige" Nolan? Of course there's room for Westworld to be both philosophical exercise (with, oh yeah, incredible performance and amazing visuals) and fan-theory fodder. But the twists of this show are inextricably linked to understanding the more nuanced intellectual aspect of Westworld, so perhaps, halfway through the season, it's time we take a closer, spoiler-free look at some of the most puzzling mysteries.
I say the two are linked because—unlike, say, the True Detective Season 1 mystery of "Who is the Yellow King?"—the answers to the twists of Westworld will likely fundamentally change our understanding of what story we're watching. With True Detective you were watching two characters compellingly grapple with their inner demons no matter which monster they were chasing. With Westworld (as we'll explore), you may not know what you're watching at all. The closest comparison I can make is to Nolan's 2006 film The Prestige, where one actor is playing multiple characters and you don't know it until the very end. That both changes your entire understanding of what you just watched and invites an immediate re-watch to puzzle over the timeline. I argue we're seeing something very similar here.
And the HBO series, like its comely robot stars, seems somewhat self-aware about all of this. Before the series premiere, the official account tweeted out the following as discovered by Redditor LunaNic:
The logo did end up being a vital clue (we'll touch on that in a second) but, more importantly, the show is encouraging its audience to dig deep into the mysteries it's laying out. And, in fact, the show-runners, incredibly, kept their own cast and crew in the dark. Star Evan Rachel Wood (Dolores) recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she was scrutinizing Anthony Hopkins's performance (just like the rest of us) in Episode 5 in order to get a few hints:
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what's going on in that scene, and who they are to one another, and why he's so scared. . . . I thought I might be able to get clues from his performance, and then it changed every time. So I was like, "Aw, man! It could be anything!"
And Episode 4 director Vincenzo Natali said in a recent interview with my Decoding Westworld podcast co-host, Dave Chen, that he wasn't told anything about the timeline of the episode he was shooting.
Just a few more disclaimers before we dive in. The production woes on *Westworld'*s first season may account for a few mystery inconsistencies we see. According to Natali, he shot Episode 4 a year ago, and that was even another year after Jonathan Nolan shot the pilot. In the span of those two-plus years, the production of Westworld shut down entirely so the show-runners could work out some of the bugs. Who knows how many narratives got dropped or altered in all that time? I should also say that while this is a spoiler-free post (all evidence presented is from scenes that have aired up through Episode 5), there is another level at the bottom of the page. Shall we call it "The Maze"? There, you'll find some clues based on official footage HBO has released from upcoming episodes. But until we get there, you're as safe as can be. Let's dive in.
Who Is the Man in Black?
We'll start easy with a question the nimble minds over at Reddit cracked within two episodes. But if you're already on board with this one, stick with me here. There are some new, handsome Ed Harris–esque wrinkles in the theory. The most popular answer to this mystery presumes that we're looking at (at least) two different time periods in the park's 35-year history. Here are the basics: William (Jimmi Simpson) and Logan (Ben Barnes) have entered the park at some point in the past. Let's say around 30 years ago. Fans have pointed out that the Westworld logos are different when William and Logan enter the park vs. what we see in the "modern" story line. (Thanks for the hint, Westworld Twitter account!) In fact, the only other time we see that older-looking logo is, you guessed it, during Dr. Ford's (Anthony Hopkins) 30-plus-year-old flashback, on a lab coat. If you re-watch the episodes with the two timelines in mind, it does mostly track. William and Logan don't interact directly with anything happening now with Ed Harris's Man in Black and the older Anthony Hopkins. Going hand in hand with this theory is the notion that white-hat William—due to some trauma in the park—will turn into the black-hatted Ed Harris. Clever editing in that milk-can meet cute certainly supports the theory, and there has to be a reason we don't know the Man in Black's name yet, right?
So how does kind-hearted William turn into such a violent, cold-hearted rapist? Ah, there's the rub. Did we really see him rape Dolores in Episode 1? (Let's not get too lost in the weeds of questioning what rape is; we can definitely agree Dolores went through something traumatic in that barn.) We see the Man in Black drag her into the barn, yes, but later we see what may have happened inside, and it seems like the Man in Black was more interested in jogging Dolores's memory than having his way with her. Perhaps he hoped she would help him find the maze. Perhaps it's something else.
There's also an even more altruistic interpretation of that scene. We know that on most nights the Milk Bottle bandits attack and murder Dolores's family and, most likely, sexually assault her or let a guest do so. In a way, the Man in Black might have saved Dolores from being raped. When he meets her again in the streets of Sweetwater he expresses regret he can't join her at the homestead again that night perhaps knowing that, without him, she might be in more danger. (For what it's worth, she's safe that night. The Milk Bottle bandits were too busy glitchily melting down in a saloon.)
So if we accept the William-equals-Man in Black theory (bolstered, in my opinion, by the fact that both actors have piercingly blue eyes), then how did William go from mildly hapless park attendee to someone who can do whatever he wants there? The show is already laying the track for some personality changes. We see the once-shy William taking to gunfights like a duck to water. But the Man in Back also told Dr. Ford that he rescued the park from the ruinous suicide of Arnold 35 years ago.
Logan told William in Episode 5 about how Arnold's suicide put the park in financial "free fall" and that the company where both he and William work was thinking of buying more shares and therefore rescuing the park. Let's assume Logan doesn't make it out of this little adventure alive. Could William—surely promoted from executive vice president in Logan's absence—become the angel investor Dr. Ford so desperately needs? Does he, in essence, own the park and therefore get to do whatever he wants? We know the Man in Black is involved in some sort of health-based organization ("You literally saved my sister's—" one guest enthused before being cut off). Could organic prosthetics courtesy of Ford's android technology be part of that? (More on that in a bit.) Last hint before we move on.
Sure, this could just be some more mustache twirling from Logan and, yes, it's an efficient way to underline the class-based tensions between these two. But it could also be a quick little nod to William's future sartorial choices. You might want to pay attention to how William was assiduously cleaning a bit of blood off his white hat in Episode 2, but has now just let the dirt have its way. The hat is positively brown now, and I'm guessing it will only get darker.
What's Going on with Dolores's Glitches?
If we accept that the show is bouncing back and forth between William's time (30 years ago) and the MiB's (now), then Dolores is our connective tissue. If you re-watch the series with that premise in mind, it's clear that our journeys into the past are all initially preceded by someone (a disembodied voice, the Man in Black) urging Dolores to "remember." The show employs a through-the-looking-glass motif (we already know the show-runners think of Dolores with her blue dress and long blonde hair as Alice) to send Dolores back in time. She stares at her own reflection, and suddenly she's transported.
But are we actually watching Dolores in two time periods concurrently? Yes. The show is using very tricky editing to pull this off, but once you know what to look for, it's pretty clear that modern-day Dolores, now off her prescribed loop, is retracing the journey she took with William 30 years ago. We saw a bit of this as Lawrence's (Clifton Collins Jr.) creepy little daughter appeared and disappeared in Las Mudas in Episode 4, but Episode 5 makes it even more obvious. In Dolores's first scene she is clearly all alone in that graveyard. Until she's not.
We later see her standing outside a coffin in Pariah. Once again the camera pans around to show her all alone, and then, suddenly, William is there. We should assume modern-day Dolores is back in Pariah just as she was 30 years ago. She also, for whatever reason, decided to make the same costume change. As the episode ends, we see Dolores in her jaunty-shirt-and-pants combo on the train with Lawrence and William. (This is tricky so bear with me.) She's standing with bundles and barrels to her back looking at Slim's coffin as William and Lawrence sip whiskey on the other side of the car, sitting on crates and trunks. Then the camera switches angles and we see Dolores standing next to the coffin and the empty crates and trunks where William and Lawrence once were.
In other words, she went off her loop 30 years ago and she's off her loop again now, retracing her steps and remembering William. She's following voice commands that at first sounded like Bernard (Jeffrey Wright), the Man in Black (Harris), and even Ford (Hopkins). But now, as she's waking up, she's hearing them in her own voice. All this has happened before and will happen again.
Who Is Bernard?
I won't bore you with this one too much because I went in depth on it last Sunday. You can read all about that here. But there has been a lot of evidence that Bernard is secretly an android. And, as I argued Sunday, that he might also be a clone of Arnold. It sounds far-fetched, but if the post on Sunday didn't convince you, here's some new evidence. We know Bernard's son Charlie died in the hospital. We also know, thanks to some exposition from Ford, that Arnold also suffered a personal loss that sounded a lot like the death of a kid. But how could Bernard's kid have died in the hospital if, as Ford tells us in Episode 1, diseases are no longer an issue for the outside world?
Perhaps they hadn't quite cracked curing all diseases 30-plus years ago when Arnold's kid was dying and have figured it out since thanks to the Man in Black–funded Delos technology ("You literally saved my sister's—"). We saw that hospital scene with "Bernard" and Charlie during a flashback while he was talking to his wife (played by Gina Torres). But I'd argue that we're looking at Arnold there. And, probably, even looking at Arnold talking to his (ex?) wife. And definitely looking at Arnold in those one-on-one interrogation scenes with Dolores where Jeffrey Wright wears dark clothes that we don't ever see him wear in other scenes.
That's right, Westworld is showing us three points on Dolores's timeline: 35 years ago when Arnold was alive, 30 years ago when she met William, and now with the Man in Black in play. All those one-on-one scenes are triggered by the similar flashback mechanisms that put Dolores with William. She's remembering the most important people in her life—Arnold and William (not you, Teddy)—as she travels on her path.
Who Is Wyatt?
Listen, I know we're all practically choking on the mysteries at this point, but, sorry, I have another one for you. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if anyone is actually who they say they are on this show, so it's worth pointing out this little inconsistency in Teddy's (James Marsden) story about Wyatt. Teddy says multiple times that Wyatt was his sergeant down in "Escalante." He says it to Ford when he gets his new story uploaded and he says it again to the bounty hunters. Only problem here is that in Teddy's flashbacks, he's wearing the three stripes of a sergeant and "Wyatt" only has the double stripe of a corporal. That's not a mistake the military-history nerds at HBO would make.
O.K., so is Teddy actually Wyatt? The real ruthless killer? I'm not quite prepared to make that claim. Doesn't make total sense that he would be strung up by his own men, does it? But he might be. When Ford first presents the Wyatt narrative, he says to Teddy—whose main function, remember, is to keep Dolores on the farm—"Maybe it's time you did have a proper backstory. It starts in the time of war with a villain called Wyatt." Maybe he means Teddy is the villain. All I know is that there's something very fishy about this story (just look at the guilt and regret on Teddy's face as he flashes back), and, more than anything, I suspect Wyatt is a distraction from the real adversary. We'll get to that.
How Have the Rules Changed?
A lot of people who don't like the multiple-time-periods theory complain that it over-complicates the narrative. And I won't necessarily disagree with that. But I think it also clears up a few inconsistencies. We've been puzzling over why the host's bullets bruise William but don't bother the Man in Black one bit. Is it possible the bullet technology has changed over the past 30 years? I think there's also been a significant policy change in how much the hosts can actually hurt the guests. When William gets to the park he has to undergo an intake questionnaire basically to establish how much pain he can endure. We then see the hosts slap, punch, and choke Logan. If we accept that all that happened 30 years ago, we can reconcile that host-on-guest violence with Bernard's Episode 1 assertion that the modern-day bots wouldn't hurt a fly.
When Elsie (Shannon Woodward) is giving the expositional info dump about why only certain hosts can fire guns, chop wood, etc., she says to Stubbs (Luke Hemsworth): "Thanks to a new policy from your boss, only one of them is authorized to handle the axe." If the policy is "new" then it wasn't in place 30 years ago, which would explain why it was so easy for Dolores to shoot those Confederados in Episode 5. Perhaps the new rules from corporate (which require security to authorize the Man in Black's pyrotechnic effects, etc.) are all part of a kinder, gentler, safer Westworld that had to undergo a serious security overall after the "incident" from 30 years ago.
How Did the Robots Evolve?
One of the biggest questions those doubting the three time periods have is about the evolution of the technology of the robots. If William is in the park 30 years in the past, wouldn't the robots be positively primitive? But it's a mistake to think that all the robots 30 years ago would look like the herky, jerky Old Bill character Ford likes to visit in cold storage. We see in flashback that even before the park opened (they spent three years in development), the bots were extremely life-like and, according to Ford, passing the Turing test.
Via Ford's flashback, we see them dancing, strolling, and bleeding when scratched. I don't think anything we see in this flashback from when the park opened is all that different from the robots in William's story.
But the big revelation we got in Episode 5 is that while the robots were once made of circuits, they're now entirely organic biomatter. "When this place started, I opened one of you up once. A million little perfect pieces," the Man in Black tells Teddy. "And then they changed you. Made you this sad, real mess. Flesh and bone, just like us." (Someone still needs to explain the blood transfusion technology to me.) So if that's the case, what do we make of the physical injuries we've seen William and Dolores inflict on the hosts? If you prick 30-year-old robots, do they bleed? I say yes. There's a huge difference between the squib-esque blood spatter we've seen coming off the hosts William and Dolores shoot in and around Pariah and the gory explosive messes we've seen from the modern-day injured hosts.
I hope that convincingly clears the robot question.
Where Is This All Heading?
If we accept that Dolores and the Man in Black (and, in another life, Dolores and William) are on their way to the center of the maze, then we can expect we're headed toward a showdown. The big question, here, is what does the Man in Black want out of all of this? He tells Lawrence he's here to set the robots free and he tells Armistice (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) that what he wants out of the maze is "a story with real stakes" and that "you could say I'm here to honor Arnold's legacy." Well, what did Arnold want? We know from Ford that his partner wanted consciousness for his creations—to give them free will. Why would the Man in Black want that? Well, it all goes back to—no surprise—Dolores. (The Man in Black calls her name the "magic word" when he's talking to Teddy.)
We know William (who we're now assuming is the Man in Black's younger self) came into the park skeptical of its charms and we know that, just five episodes in, Westworld is weaving a spell on William. Or, at least, Logan seems to think so. ("In a sense, I was born here," the Man in Black tells Lawrence.)
First the park threw the intake host in the white dress (Talulah Riley) at William. He declined. Then came Clementine (Angela Sarafyan), first in whore mode and then in damsel-in-distress mode, William declined. And then came Dolores. As Logan has been saying all along, she's the perfect bait for William, who told Clementine he wanted something "real." (We can assume Logan's sister is a pretty shitty, insincere fiancée, right? If she's anything like him?) So what does the park send William? A lovely robot who appears to be waking up. (Maybe she is.) If she can make her own decisions (to shoot Confederados and stray from her loop), she can choose to be with William. And that, to him, is the most seductive prospect the park can offer.
But let's assume the burgeoning love story between William and Dolores doesn't end well. At the very least he's been wiped from her memory. At worst he finds out she never cared for him at all and it was all part of the park's trap to lure him in. No wonder he's been taking it out on the robots ever since. Some people have asked why, if Dolores went rogue in the park 30 years before, she wasn't simply put in cold storage. If the Man in Black is both an older William and a major investor in the park, we can see why Dolores might have protected status. She's kept prisoner in a hellish, traumatic loop on the farm by Teddy, who acts as both jail keeper and something of a facsimile for the virtuous William. Ford may have even programmed Teddy with William and Dolores's milk-can meet cute. But what do we guess poor William/Man in Black—nursing a broken heart and injured pride for having fallen for it—would want now after all these years?
For Dolores to remember him, yes. But also to try to wake her up (and any other robot, why not?) again, so he can figure out once and for all if she actually even wanted him. If any of it was real between them. ("Choices, Lawrence. No choice you ever made was your own. You have always been a prisoner. What if I told you I was here to set you free?") Yes, even after 30 years, he cares about her. In the words of Clementine, "Real love is always worth waiting for."
Am I putting a lot of speculation out there? Sure. But I don't think it's inconsistent with what we've learned about William so far. I also think that "love" being the answer to both what's at the top of Arnold's consciousness pyramid and the goal of the Man in Black's bitter quest is, perhaps, the most Nolan-esque solution I can think of.
That means that it's not Wyatt who is a worthy adversary for the Man in Black. It's Dolores. She's the one with the ultimate power to destroy him. Imagine if she fully wakes up and still rejects William? He'll be permanently crushed. And I think Ford—who wants all investors out of his little world, especially ones with carte blanche like the Man in Black—knows that. That's why he's not stopping her on her journey. In fact, in creating a new story line for Teddy, her jailer, Ford essentially freed Dolores to wander off her loop. And now he's creating a spectacular new story for the two of them to play in. Dolores was almost certainly involved in Arnold's death 35 years ago, so all of this, as Sizemore predicted, is potentially Ford "chasing his demons right over the edge."
Here we enter a brief round up of some hints from footage in the HBO trailers for the rest of the season. (Oh and, for what it's worth, I didn't talk about Maeve (Thandie Newton) because although I find her story line absolutely fascinating, I don't consider it all that mysterious. As for the transmitter mystery. I don't particularly care . . . yet.) I don't consider the following a spoiler, but if you do, now is the time to leave.
O.K.! For a better look at how the old bots look a lot like the "new" bots, here we see both Dolores and the little-boy bot in their more mechanical forms. Also, I'm not saying that the park has only ever had one black technician, but could those be Jeffrey Wright, a.k.a. Arnold's hands assembling Dolores?
More compelling evidence that William and the Man in Black are the same person? They like the same knife. We saw Ford give it a significant look in Episode 5 as if he's seen its dirty work before.
If this isn't the face of a man figuring out he's a robot clone, I don't know what is.
And, finally, I'm guessing the finale will involve the Man in Black and Dolores squaring off at the center of the maze. (If not a literal one, then a figurative one.) I also expect the action will rapidly cut back and forth between whatever goes wrong between Dolores and William to whatever conclusion she and the Man in Black reach. Something, perhaps, like this.
Westworld Season 1 Photos
Joanna Robinson is a senior staff writer at Vanity Fair.


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The first science fiction in color and 3D? A moon voyage that was a true vision of the future
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By C.J. Bunce
One hundred and thirteen years ago this month, film audiences saw a bright future for the very first time.
The science fiction film was the French classic Le Voyage dans la lune, or A Trip the the Moon, created by science fiction special effects and animation pioneer George Méliès, who modern film audiences may know as one of the heroes of Martin Scorcese's Academy Award-nominated film Hugo. The famous scene in A Trip to the Moon where the rocketship blasts into the Man in the Moon's eye is a classic bit of film nostalgia, the full 14-minute film based on two classic works: Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon, and H.G. Wells's The First Men in the Moon. You can't have a better science fiction pedigree than A Trip to the Moon. But the first science fiction film available in color?
The Victorian era meets the future in this scene from the 1902 color film A Trip to the Moon
Film enthusiasts for literally a century were aware that A Trip to the Moon was originally released in theaters not in the typical black and white that monopolized film into the 1960s, but in color. But how could that be? The story was a secret treasure of sorts, that stayed hidden until 1993, when a film collector revealed the sole remaining color copy of the 1902 film in Barcelona. The 13,375 frames of decomposed material was practically worthless until film preservationist Serge Bromberg found a way to catch the photographed images when the material was deposited with a special chemical vapor. Every day for two years his staff worked through each frame, and in 2010 digital technology had come so far as to allow the preservationists to re-build the film at Technicolor's laboratories in Los Angeles, using a $500,000 grant from French film foundations. The result was revealed to audiences at the Cannes Film Festival three years ago.
Film pioneer Georges Méliès mixed stunning color animation and special effects in this view of the future of travel in A Trip to the Moon
But before the film was revealed, a matter of sound arose. The original film was created before the concept of the talkie, or even the playing of music to accompany the film. No score had ever been created for A Trip to the Moon. The same foundations that had financed the restoration selected the French band Air to compose a 16-minute soundtrack for the film. Because the homegrown film was considered by the French to be so revered as a national treasure, musicians Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel were themselves elevated to celebrity status. After completion of the soundtrack, Air began composing a full musical score expanding on the themes they created for the film. Their sound is both futuristic and modern, and has been compared to their influences: Pink Floyd, spaghetti Western composer Ennio Morricone, and the bands Vangelis and Tangerine Dream.
But where does the 3D fit in?
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Though it's a sure bet he'll linger in the minds of most for his omnipresent Levi's advert and 1999 European chart-topper "Flat Beat," music video director Quentin Dupieux turned in some excellent electronic productions as Mr. Oizo. Far from the madding crowds of ad-oriented hipster trance or jungle, "Flat Beat" was a midtempo techno production with heavily distorted effects and a playful nature that fit perfectly with the visual focus, a lovable yellow puppet. Following the infectious single's freak success, Dupieux continued releasing bizarre, innovative Mr. Oizo records, influencing numerous styles of left-field dance music. While still a teenager, Dupieux began directing short films for French television, and turned in no less than eight works between 1994 and 1998. His associations with the music world began in 1997, when leading French dance citizen Laurent Garnier serendipitously bought a car from Dupieux's father. Dupieux directed the video for Garnier's "Flashback" single, as well as the long-form video Nightmare Sandwiches, starring and featuring music by Garnier. That year, he also moved into music production, with his debut single, "#1," appearing on Garnier's F Communications label. After the video he (naturally) directed for second single "M-Seq" landed on an ad-agency desk, he was tapped to direct the commercial that launched Levi's vaunted non-denim line of trousers. The eccentric advert -- featuring a puppet named Flat Eric maniacally bobbing his head to the music in the passenger seat of a Chevelle while a nonplussed human driver concentrated on the road -- soon became famous across Europe, and the single (also on F Communications) hit number one all across the Continent. (It eventually sold over two million copies.) The obligatory full-length, Analog Worms Attack, followed in October, and earned American distribution early the following year. Dupieux also directed the video for "Party People" by Alex Gopher. After taking some time off to update his studio from analog to digital, his computer-driven album Moustache (Half a Scissor) arrived in 2005. The glitchy, frenetic album was a major left turn from his previous work, and was deemed "unlistenable" by the very label that released it, F Communications. Nevertheless, the album obtained a small cult following, and ended up being influential to the emerging generation of French dance producers spearheaded by Justice and the Ed Banger label. Appropriately enough, Mr. Oizo signed with Ed Banger in 2006, with the Transexual EP following on the label in 2007. Dupieux's first feature film, Steak, was also released that year; its soundtrack was written by him as well as SebastiAn and Sébastien Tellier. The full-length Lambs Anger landed in 2008 as the most dance-oriented Oizo album to date, and featured guest artist Uffie. After working on Uffie's 2010 debut album, Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans, Dupieux collaborated with Gaspard Augé of Justice for the soundtrack to his next film, Rubber. The fourth proper Oizo full-length was the 2011 effort Stade 2, an album that brought back some of the dissonance and glitch. Also that year, Moustache (Half a Scissor) was given its first vinyl release by Brainfeeder, the label founded by Flying Lotus. Film work occupied the next few years as Dupieux directed Wrong (2012) and Wrong Cops (2013), both of the films accompanied by Mr. Oizo soundtracks. The latter film featured an appearance by Marilyn Manson, who also sang on the track "Solid" on Mr. Oizo's 2013 EP Amicalement. Dupieux returned to Brainfeeder for 2014's The Church, which highlighted Mr. Oizo's cartoonish darkness and fondness for West Coast hip-hop stylings. Back on Ed Banger, his 2015 single "Hand in the Fire" featured vocals from pop star Charli XCX. A vastly different version of the song appeared on Mr. Oizo's 2016 full-length, All Wet, which also featured appearances by Peaches, Boys Noize, Skrillex, and others.
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Analog Worms Attack (Mr Oizo)
Electronic - Released by F Communications on Oct 11, 1999
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If the 'Justice League' Villain Confused You, This Will Help
Steppenwolf and his Parademon minions come straight from DC's Fourth World comics.
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Those leaving Justice League and wondering what Steppenwolf actually wanted, what the deal was with the Mother Boxes, and what about that weird teleportation tube — it's OK. While the movie was less than forthcoming about the backstory of the villain beyond, "He's a bad guy and he's doing bad stuff," there's a lot more information to be found in DC's comic book mythology, and it can help you understand some of the ambiguous stuff in the movie.
Steppenwolf first appeared in 1972's New Gods No. 7, a creation of legendary artist Jack Kirby. It wasn't necessarily the most auspicious of debuts, in that he dies in the very same issue. Nevertheless, before his death (at the hands of Highfather, whose wife Steppenwolf murdered earlier in the story), he comes across as a bloodthirsty, violent leader of the military forces of the planet called Apokolips, given to declaring things like, "He's my kill!! I'll hang his skull in my trophy hall!" in the midst of battle, which just so happens to be his favorite place to be.
Most importantly for the purposes of Kirby's Fourth World — the overall title given to the majority of the creator's 1970s output for DC, which includes the New Gods, Forever People and Mister Miracle series — Steppenwolf is the uncle to Darkseid, the fascistic arch villain of the entire comic book mythology. This would turn out to be important when, after his death, Darkseid would prove to be surprisingly sentimental and resurrect Steppenwolf as a more loyal, although no less fierce, commander of his army and central figure in his ruling elite. It's in this role that Steppenwolf would lead invasion forces in Darkseid's name, cementing his nephew's power base and searching for the "Anti-Life Equation" that's central to Darkseid's ambitions.
The Anti-Life Equation, to all intents and purposes, is a Macguffin that Kirby rarely explained any details of, but essentially it was something that would allow anyone who possessed it to eradicate all free will in the universe. It's worth noting that, while the planet Apokolips itself goes unnamed in Justice League the movie — although Steppenwolf's home world is described as "apocalyptic" in passing — Darkseid is mentioned by Steppenwolf himself at one point, suggesting that he is, indeed, out there somewhere.
In Warner Bros.' DC movies, Darkseid has been hinted at as the "big bad" — someone akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Thanos. Though in Justice League, Darkseid was only briefly mentioned, and it's unclear if Warners still plans on introducing him in a future movie. Justice League's use of Parademons would suggest that there's an eventual Darkseid reveal in the franchise's future, or at least the possibility thereof; Parademons, according to comic book mythology, are Darkseid's troops, although they're far more straightforward in their origins than the "regular people, twisted by Steppenwolf" explanation given in the movie.
Like both Steppenwolf and the Parademons, the Mother Boxes are part of the Fourth World comic book mythology, although the comic versions are utterly unlike their cinematic counterparts in anything but name. Rather than being a third of a destructive machine that could turn Earth into a hellscape, the original conception of a Mother Box was a living computer favored by the New Gods — in other words, the good guys — that could nurture and heal its users, communicating through a series of pings that are somehow understood by whoever it's talking to at the time. Described, at times, as both mystical and technological, the Mother Boxes of the comics are essentially magical mystery boxes that allowed heroes and writers alike to skip over problematic elements and keep the story moving.
The Mother Boxes of the movie are closer to the comic book mythology's Father Boxes, the bad guys' version of a Mother Box. If this seems to be stretching the naming convention a little bit too far, be aware that Granny Boxes and Orphan Boxes have also shown up throughout the decades of comic series touching on the worlds Kirby created for DC.
The final piece of Justice League's inspiration from Jack Kirby's work relates to Steppenwolf's preferred mode of transport in the movie. Although it's never named, the villain is unmistakably using Boom Tubes — a teleportation method from the comic books that's so named for the sound it makes when it disappears, allowing travel between two locations via a glowing tunnel of some sort. The science behind it has never been fully explained, and indeed, could be best described by a cover blurb appearing on 1971's Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen No. 171: "Kirby says: 'Don't ask! Just buy it!'"
All told, Justice League pulls heavily from the Fourth World of DC's comic book lore, while oddly not referring to it directly. Perhaps doing so would have made the movie feel overstuffed with new concepts, or maybe even silly — are movie audiences ready to hear the words "Boom Tube" spoken with a straight face? — but whatever the reason, it's a loss that can make the threat at the heart of the feature feel empty and ill-considered. The truth is somewhat different, but it's difficult to make that case without reading Kirby's work first. Perhaps DC should have released its planned Fourth World Omnibus a few weeks earlier.
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I use Atlassian's Bamboo for continuous integration on a lot of projects. I'm a huge fan, it's a solid product with a lot of flexibility and the OnDemand service coupled with EC2 instances and custom EBS volume make for a really robust cloud based solution to continuous integration. Almost every project I put into Bamboo involves a call to load composer and install dependencies. Many of the projects I dabble with belong to other people and so they're locked down with some form of authentication and not normally in Packagist. In the past this has created some challenges with installing my composer dependencies, but this past weekend I think I finally found a tolerable solution to my dilemma.
In addition to being a big fan of Atlassian's Bamboo I also really like Atlassian Bitbucket. I became a heavy Bitbucket user back before Atlassian bought the product because I was a heavy Mercurial user and it was the only hosted solution available. When they were bought and added git I kept using them because they offer free private repositories, whereas competitor GitHub does not. I've had problems when I develop a private package and then want to use it in an application. My workaround up until this weekend was to create a "deployment" user and give them access to my private repository, finally including it's username/password on my vas url in the repository block of my composer.json. This is all sorts of ugly and I have never been satisfied with it. In addition to not being safe or secure it also chews up one of the sacred five users you can team up with on a private repository.
So this weekend I set out to find a different approach to private Bitbucket packages in composer. One that wasn't so ugly and didn't make me feel so insecure about my setup.
BitBucket (and GitHub for that matter) have this concept of a deployment key. It's a private/public ssh key combination that grants read-only access to your repository without chewing up a user account to do so. It's specifically geared toward the problem I was trying to solve. In my case Bamboo executes it's tasks as the 'bamboo' user. The trick is getting the private portion of your deployment key into a place that Bamboo can use it. Bamboo OnDemand creates EC2 instances when it needs to run a build and then terminates it after its done. This is great because it keeps costs low and it means you don't have to worry about a machine getting gunked up with stuff between builds. It also means there's no shared state between runs, so sticking a private key on your EC2 instance only helps you for a little while. But wait a minute... what if I set that up with a task in my job when it runs?
Fortunately Bamboo lets you lock down your user's ability to see these sort of things and the logs don't show anything indicating what's going on, which makes it relatively secure - at least seemingly more so than sticking a plain text password in my composer.json file.
Now if you're familiar with Bamboo at all you know that the initial repository setup does not allow you to clone using ssh. This is limited only to the Java implementation of git that Bamboo uses to poll the repository. The default EC2 images ship with a full first class git, and so that means if you declare your package in the repositories block like "[email protected]:team/project.git" it'll use the aforementioned key and load just fine.
Life is a lot easier with an on-premise install of Bamboo where your disk persists between builds and you can set that key up permanently, but for those of us living in the cloud this will do the trick. You can use this approach on-premise too though and you can even use it with Jenkins if that's your preferred continuous integration implementation.


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Made with supple, multi-layered leather uppers, this pair of archive-inspired A.R. Trainer sneakers see adidas remaster a classic court look for the streets of today. Going for a Grand Slam, the low-topped pair take design cues from an 1988 tennis trainer that was designed to perform on all surfaces – from grass and clay, to concrete. Branded with subtle Trefoil detailing, the simple and sporting sneaker boasts EVA cushioning underfoot and comes capped off with robust rubber outsole tooling at the base.


The development of the electrical tooth brush transformed the way individuals care for their teeth. Still, many individuals staunchly stand by the regular design, believing that the advantages of a powered toothbrush do not exceed its disadvantages. The tooth brush has a lot of its own advantages, with relatively couple of imperfections. Electric versions have numerous drawbacks; however, numerous dental professionals think that the advantages they supply warrant the price, trouble and also power requirements. One crucial factor to consider is the degree to which electrical toothbrushes have actually motivated kids to adopt good oral hygiene habits. Below are the advantages and disadvantages of both types, so you can determine for yourself which kind is appropriate for you and your household.
The humble tooth brush has been around considering that the Chinese Tang Dynasty, dating to the very early 600s. The modern-day manifestation, making use of nylon bristles, really did not come along up until the 1930s, however. Before that, bristles were made from all-natural fibers such as equine hair. For centuries, people have efficiently cleansed their teeth with this device. It is cost-efficient as well as most dentists give them away to their patients each time they come in for a cleaning. They never ever need to be charged and you don't have to keep extra batteries around. They're resilient, very mobile and job just as well in international nations.
Possibly the most significant benefit of this brush is that you have a massive selection of options with regard to dimension, shape, style and also stiffness. Obviously, you have to do the job yourself and keep track of for how long you brush. Possibly the greatest trouble is that hand-operated toothbrushes, when utilized inaccurately, can create permanent damages to teeth and also gum tissues. They additionally break swiftly and also the plastic material used to make them is not naturally degradable, contributing to the garbage dump issue. The bright side is that manufacturers have addressed this and presented the very first naturally degradable versions.
Dental professionals enjoy electric tooth brushes since they make it simple for their patients to practice good dental hygiene. You simply put the brush head versus your teeth as well as gum tissues and relocate around, gradually as well as systematically. The brush does the rest of the work. They have an on-board timer to track usage, making it specifically practical for children. Research study reveals that they are a lot more reliable general for cleaning the teeth and also they often tend to be less destructive to dental surfaces when made use of effectively. The primary drawback is the demand for reenergizing or battery power. Batteries, unless you use the recyclable type, additionally contribute to the land fill problem. Electric versions are large and clunky and also still fairly expensive. Get more information about brushing and flossing from this link.
Themed versions of the electric tooth brush are especially enjoyable for children, encouraging youngsters to accept brushing appropriately at a young age. What little lady would not like brushing with Barbie or Cinderella rather than an uninteresting plain brush? Young boys freak out for Transformers and also Monsters, Inc. Some versions feature stickers, permitting children to personalize their very own brush. A number of manufacturers have actually presented mild, small electric tooth brush versions particularly developed for infants as well as toddlers, urging parents to start oral hygiene as soon as baby teeth arise.
The decision between guidebook and also electric toothbrushes is eventually best suggested by your family dentist. Each person has distinct needs when it come to oral health, as well as what benefit a single person isn't always appropriate for another. Ask your dental expert if an electrical toothbrush may profit you and also your family members.


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Aspirin, Rivaroxaban Similar After Total Hip, Knee Arthroplasty
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 21, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- For patients who have undergone total hip or knee arthroplasty, extended prophylaxis with aspirin does not differ significantly from rivaroxaban for venous thromboembolism prevention, according to a study published in the Feb. 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
David R. Anderson, M.D., from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and colleagues conducted a multicenter randomized trial involving patients who were undergoing total hip (1,804 patients) or knee (1,620 patients) arthroplasty. All patients received oral rivaroxaban until postoperative day 5 and were then randomized to continue rivaroxaban or switch to aspirin for nine or 30 days after total knee or total hip arthroplasty, respectively. Patients were followed for 90 days.
The researchers found that venous thromboembolism occurred in 0.64 and 0.7 percent of patients in the aspirin and rivaroxaban groups, respectively (difference, 0.06 percentage points; 95 percent confidence interval [CI], −0.55 to 0.66; P < 0.001 for noninferiority and P = 0.84 for superiority). Major bleeding complications occurred in 0.47 and 0.29 percent of patients in the aspirin and rivaroxaban groups, respectively (difference, 0.18 percentage points; 95 percent CI, −0.65 to 0.29; P = 0.42). Clinically important bleeding occurred in 1.29 and 0.99 percent of patients in the aspirin and rivaroxaban groups, respectively (difference, 0.3 percentage points; 95 percent CI, −1.07 to 0.47; P = 0.43).
"Extended prophylaxis with aspirin was not significantly different from rivaroxaban in the prevention of symptomatic venous thromboembolism," the authors write.
Several authors disclosed financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
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A sweet and spicy mango preserve made with diced green mangoes cooked with sugar, spices, garlic and ginger oil. Serve with rotis, puris and pappadums. Add to curries while cooking for a sweet taste. Recipe for Salmon Steaks with Chutney Balsamic Glaze provided on bottle.


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Using Social Media For Recruitment
Look beyond the CV
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Maria Maguire
Years ago, a friend of a friend emailed into his work to inform them that he was sick and would not be coming into the office that day. Hours later, a picture appeared on Facebook of him holding a beer at another friend's barbecue. The truant in question kept his job, but it's safe to say that his employers were less than impressed with his lack of dedication. We are now at a point at which social media has blurred the distinction between an employee's work and private lives. Many people will have colleagues as connections on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms, and they also have access to their personal friends throughout the working day. Social media output now matters professionally, and employers have started using it to find potential recruits as well as keeping tabs on current staff.
Think of using social media to find potential applicants and the mind immediately goes to LinkedIn. The professional social network has just over 100 million monthly active users, all of which are either currently in employment or are using the site as part of their self-promotion to entice potential employers. According to Adweek, 94% of recruiters have used LinkedIn to vet potential candidates, compared with just 65% for Facebook and 55% for Twitter. This isn't surprising - particularly given LinkedIn's USP - but recruiters are also now experimenting with actively advertising jobs on different types of social media, from Twitter to Snapchat.
Generational change is a key contributor to this development. Users are now spending far more time in apps than on browsers, a shift that means they expect to be able to perform an array of tasks from within these apps. There's a reason giants like Facebook Messenger is incorporating payment technology between users, and apps like Citymapper have the functionality to order an Uber natively. If employers can tap into a market of younger users that expect to be reached through apps, they could have access to the best of an entire demographic. McDonald's knows this. This year, the fast food chain launched 'Snaplications' in Australia, a filter that allowed users to send a 10-second video clip to McDonald's directly in lieu of a resume. The 10-second clip, the company says, is just an opportunity to show enthusiasm and a positive attitude, with a more official process following the initial interaction.
Employer loyalty has given way to professional development in terms of priority for many millennials. This means that employers are not just targeting those seeking jobs, but actively those that currently have jobs. To attract the best talent, then, brands need only to advertise a 'better experience' than their competitors. Google, for example, has built a reputation for having David Lahey, VP International at Jobvite, said: 'At first, many recruiters used these platforms just to check up on people, now full-blown campaigns can be run and candidates sourced. On top of this, recruiters are also starting to realize how much of an impact social media recruiting has on their employer brand. It can enhance and differentiate your business in the eyes of candidates.'
Social media also allows for targeted job postings. The development of display advertising is such that employers can dynamically identify a specific type of user to put their posting in front of. A user's cookies and search history can be mined to raise the likelihood of finding a potential candidate, and it's a low effort way of appealing to active and potential job seekers. Perhaps surprisingly, Facebook remains employers favourite social media network for candidate selection, with 75% of recruiters claiming to use it, against just 38% for LinkedIn. This is perhaps because LinkedIn's jobs section can be a costly route for startups or small businesses, where the Facebook Marketplace is free to advertise on for anyone (with the drawback of being unable to target specific groups).
Naturally, employers can only get one perspective of a candidate from their social media presence, and it's important to distinguish it from their professional life. Also, it's key that employers consider that social media may not be the best place to find the people they need. Andy Headworth, founder of Sirona Consulting, said: 'You need to ensure your target audience are actually on social media in the first place, and then more specifically which social media platforms they are on.' Then, employers should tailor their approach to the platform they're using. The type of messaging and engagement used is different. For example, LinkedIn is primarily a professional network where people 'expect' communication around work subjects. Facebook is much more personal and the same approaches would be met with negativity.'
Brands should also consider their own social media presence when attracting prospective employees. Reviews, tone, quality of output - these all matter when potential candidates are deciding whether or not to pursue a role. When your company is looking for staff, though, consider looking past the CV and engaging with prospective employees on a less formal level. Social media can be a great way of isolating a potential talent pool, engaging with candidates one-on-one, and finding out more about the people that you hope will take your business forward.
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Who Outed the CIA Annex in Benghazi?
Question No. 1: Did the attackers know that secret location, or did they learn it that night? By Eli Lake.
More than eight months after the 9/11 anniversary attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, the CIA is still trying to find out how the attack that killed two former Navy SEALs at the agency's annex transpired.
The attack on the CIA base came more than seven hours after an armed mob stormed the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, setting the compound ablaze and killing U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and Sean Smith, a State Department communications officer who was with him.
On Wednesday, Deputy CIA Director Mike Morell—along with CIA officers who were at the agency's Benghazi base on the night of the attack—testified at a classified hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In the closed hearing, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the proceedings, Morell was asked by Republican members about how the second wave of attackers knew to go to the CIA annex, which was a mile away from the diplomatic mission. Morell responded that at this point the CIA did not know whether the attackers had known the location of the annex or learned about it on the evening of the attack, according to these sources.
The attackers fired five mortar rounds within 90 seconds at 5:15 a.m. on September 12, according to the State Department's official review of the Benghazi incident known as the Accountability Review Board (ARB). The last three mortar rounds hit the roof of one of the CIA annex buildings, where two CIA contractors and former Navy SEALs, Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty, were keeping watch. Both men were killed by the mortar fire; another diplomatic security officer standing watch on the roof was severely injured, nearly losing a leg.
How the attackers knew about what was supposed to be a secret CIA facility is important. If the attackers had known for weeks about the facility and had staked out a position to fire the mortar rounds, it suggests the Benghazi attack was planned in advance and not the "flash mob with guns" that Obama administration officials described to reporters in the weeks following the attack.
If the attackers learned the location of the facility that evening, it would suggest the Benghazi assault was more of a target of opportunity and was therefore not planned well in advance of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
One U.S. official familiar with the briefing told The Daily Beast that one working theory about the attack on the annex is that the militants that fired the mortars learned of the CIA annex location earlier that evening, when Woods and others rescued U.S. personnel from the diplomatic mission, and then drove a convoy through Benghazi to get to the annex. The convoy carrying the Americans was chased and fired on by attackers along the route back to the annex.
However, one U.S. intelligence official with detailed knowledge of the events in Benghazi disputed that view. This official said the Special Operations team that arrived by aircraft that evening from Tripoli was tailed by the attackers on the drive from the Benghazi airport to the CIA annex.
The State Department's own ARB says the Special Operations team from Tripoli arrived at the annex at 5 a.m. Benghazi time. "Less than 15 minutes later, the Annex came under mortar and RPG attack, with five mortar rounds impacting close together in under 90 seconds," it says.
When asked whether the Special Operations team from Tripoli was followed from the airport to the CIA annex, Morell said he did not have any evidence to support that claim, according to U.S. officials familiar with the closed hearing.


When early education advocates spoke at the inaugural Preschool Nation Summit on August 5, their rhetoric had a common denominator: national pre-K is necessary to encourage economic success and close the opportunity gap between poor and rich students.
"You see now the outline of a truly national movement," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, the keynote speaker. Hosted at Scholastic's Manhattan headquarters, the summit was organized by Los Angeles Universal Preschool (L.A. UP), a nonprofit that provides pre-K to more than 11,000 children in Los Angeles.
De Blasio framed the pre-K movement as a double investment: Early education lightens the burden on hard-working parents and addresses inequality by improving economic destiny.
But how this mayoral vision for universal pre-K should coalesce into a national movement was unclear. Panelists from public and private organizations offered competing ideas on measuring quality in education, assessing teachers and, most importantly, securing funding for comprehensive programs accessible to all.
The city plans to boost full-day pre-K enrollment from 20,000 in the last academic year to 50,000 by September, still shy of the estimated 73,000 children who need pre-K, according to the mayor's office.
Student attendance and teacher satisfaction are important measures of success, Fariña said. As a former elementary school principal, Fariña created a policy where class monitors walked late preschoolers to class instead of their parents, motivating students to arrive on time. These details are important because pre-K students require a more personal, socially-based learning experience than older students, she said.
Panelists cautioned results will not be immediate. For example, New York City plans to measure pre-K students' academic success by evaluating if children are reading at grade level by the end of second grade, Farina said.
In most state pre-Ks, funding per child is inadequate to provide quality early education, said Kris Perry, executive director of the First Five Years Fund, a bipartisan advocacy group that focuses on early education. "This is something that has great urgency," she said.
Poor children with limited English proficiency enter elementary school with "a huge disadvantage," said Rehema Ellis, NBC News' education correspondent. On average, low-income children enter first grade being read to for a total of only 25 hours, whereas middle class families have logged more than 1,000 hours, she said.
Restructuring national priorities – an ambitious policy endeavour – is necessary to translate universal need into universal action, added Steve Barnett, executive director of the National Institute for Early Education Research, an organization that conducts early education research.


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Abrasive es el álbum debut de la banda de post grunge Puddle of Mudd lanzado en 1997. El álbum es extremadamente raro y es el único disco con distribución limitada del grupo. Los temas "Nobody Told Me", "Said", "Piss It All Away", "All I Ask For" y "Abrasive" fueron relanzando con el álbum Come Clean.

Lista de canciones
 "Abrasive" - 3:13
 "Nobody Told Me" - 3:50
 "Stressed Out" - 3:48
 "Hour Glass Man" - 4:29
 "Migraine" - 3:24
 "Said" - 3:10
 "All I Ask For" - 4:42
 "Purple Heart" - 3:24
 "Locket" - 3:37
 "Time" - 2:51
 "Piss It All Away" - 4:59

Personal
 Wes Scantlin - voz, guitarra eléctrica
 Sean Sammon - bajo
 Kenny Burkitt - batería, percusión

Álbumes de Puddle of Mudd
Álbumes debut de 1997
Álbumes de post-grunge
Álbumes en inglés

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Dorf on Law: How Much Are We Willing to Spend on Being Well Regulated?
In areas of foreign policy, I think there continues to be sound advice in Theodore Roosevelt's "Speak softly and carry a big stick." I'm not convinced that any of our presidents since perhaps George H. W. Bush have succeeded in both sides of that policy. The growth of ISIS can be attributed both to George W. Bush's inability to "speak softly" and Barack Obama's reluctance to "carry a big stick."
The magic bullet that was never tried in post-war Iraq was keeping a continued, long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq to function not as an occupying military force but as a supplement to local police forces. This force could have supplemented local efforts to prevent ISIS control of Iraqi territory. While thankfully the U.S. forces in Iraq took more than 30 days to leave, their absence created a power vacuum that allowed the growth of ISIS.
Unfortunately, continued military presence on this scale would have been expensive both financially and in American lives. Further, there would be significant political capital lost in continuing a war that is rightfully viewed by the American public as unjustified. However, the cost of the military presence to provide stability is exactly the price that America should pay for starting the destabilizing war in the first place.
Republicans are no better. While McCain may have been right that it should have taken "100 years" of U.S. presence to create a truly stable Iraq, most Republicans expect military force to be a quick fix to all problems. Further, they fail to recognize that the use of force needs to be accompanied by diplomacy that eliminates or at least reduces the need for further violence. This diplomacy includes nation-building, but it also involves diplomacy on a more personal level to reduce individual hatred and create a lasting peace. This includes the acceptance of refugees.
I wish I could say that I believed any of the candidates for president would be able to fill both the roles both of chief diplomat and Commander in Chief, but I'm not sure I see that kind of balanced, nuanced capability from any of them. Further, even if that capability existed in one of them, it would be unlikely to show itself during the primary season where the candidate's role is to tell the most extreme members of the electorate exactly what they want to hear.
The primal rationale for government, indeed the only unassailable rationale for government is that in return for the populace giving some of their income/wealth to fiscally support government and in return for the populace giving up some of their individual rights and agreeing to conditions that they otherwise would not accept, government agrees to protect the populace from harm.
If government is unable to protect the residents of the United States; If all of us must be armed (and incredibly dangerous as Mr. Buchanan's post describes) then what is the point of government? Of course, Republican hysteria notwithstanding the U. S. government and other western governments have done a remarkably fine job of protecting its citizenry.
There is or course no complete protection against an individual or a group of individuals intent on killing another individual or a group of individuals where the killers are willing to die. But in the United State a person is far more likely to die from unsafe practices of the owner of a firearm, or from the irresponsible actions of an inebriated driver or even from a law enforcement officer then from a terrorist attack. If Republicans were really serious about protecting the populace rather then promoting fear and distrust for their own political gain they would at the very least be in favor of regulations for the safety of guns.
Quite a few wars (official and unofficial) have taken place involving America since TR's "Speak softly and carry a big stick." It is not clear to me that our foreign policy should be guided by this advice what with the world of changes that have occurred in the world since TR's utterance over a century ago. It's interesting that Greg brought this up, although not quite responsive to the question raised by Neil. But while interesting, Greg did not include the legal reasons American troops were not left behind in Iraq by the Obama Administration. Those reasons included decisions made by the Bush/Cheney Administration regarding certain legal protections for our troops remaining in Iraq. Iraqi leaders wanted America out.
Neil's question revives the Heller (5-4) and McDonald (also 5-4) decisions which discarded the 2nd A's prefatory clause. While Scalia's Heller opinion provided dicta on regulations in a not to historically accurate manner supported by originalism, it did not do so in the context of a "well regulated militia." So I don't know if Neil is looking for a revival of these decisions or focusing upon the dicta and what might be reasonable regulations under the modern (5-4) view of the 2nd A, or perhaps both.
Justice Holmes' statement in Schenk not giving 1st A speech protection to yelling fire (whether truthfully or falsely) in a crowded theatre comes to mind, obliquely, with some of Neil's examples of armed persons in attendance at a forum invaded by terrorists here in America. I share Neil's concerns. Perhaps being "well regulated" should be a collective rather than an individual determination.
President Bush signed an agreement to take out American troops & it is what our country and Iraq itself wanted. Shag is correct here. The term "magic bullet" is usually applied a tad sarcastic, since there usually isn't one. It isn't President Obama's fault. He's not really some sort of magical person who can avoid past commitments, the will of this country and desires of the locals like that. And, long term U.S. presence itself would likely cause problems as it tends to do over history to have foreign troops in a land. Our own history suggests this.
George HW Bush decided to have a limited approach regarding Saddam in Kuwait which was sound and Obama has repeatedly also had a limited approach including getting international support. See, e.g., Libya, putting aside (like Kuwait itself) if it was good policy. And, by leaving Saddam in power, the danger continued. Meanwhile, Al Qaeda and other groups rose in power, for various complicated reasons. I'm not sure how different Bush41 would have acted than Obama. He didn't leave some force in Iraq, even though in the process it resulted in at least two groups to be victims of human rights violations in the aftermath.
There is no "magic bullet." Obama to me is the best option in the real world. Hillary Clinton seems a bit more militaristic but is close enough to be the best choice. Her experience in foreign service here helps as compared to those on the other side for sure.
I intentionally glazed over the legalities of staying in Iraq, and especially that Iraq didn't want us there. This was a conquered country, we could have made continued military presence for stability's sake a requirement of the government hand-off, much like we did in Cuba during TR's presidency.
I'll admit that I didn't realize the extent to which Obama was merely carrying out the agreements which George W. Bush had already established. This significantly weakens my Obama criticism, while strengthening the criticism of Republicans and their expectation that violence is a quick fix.
Of course I agree with Joe that there isn't any "magic bullet." I was objecting to the implication that there was nothing involving the U.S. military that could have been tried but wasn't. Terming this a "magic bullet" was rhetorical, and my intent wasn't to say that any single action would fix the plethora of complex problems in the middle east.
I agree with Joe that Hillary Clinton seems the strongest of the current candidates on foreign policy, and certainly a better choice than any of the Republican candidates. I'm just disappointed that "reluctant start an unprovoked war" is what qualifies as a nuanced opinion on U.S. foreign policy. It certainly isn't a blueprint for the proper application of force in furtherance of U.S. and appropriate humanitarian interests.
Growing up during the Great Depression in a New Deal immigrant family, I have continued on as a progressive to this day. But I am disappointed with the Republican presidential candidates because they are having intramural battles but hating Obama for everything as what they have in common, rather than discussing substantive issues and challenging Democrats on such issues, so that voters have a better idea of what is involved. Democratic candidates need testing, as well as Republican candidates. Eventually the Republicans will nominate a candidate but that candidate may have difficulty during the general election avoiding the extreme positions taken by the various Republican candidates. Who knows, it might be Trump or Carson. But the rest of them have been involved in a political cat fight. Will voters in the general election ignore the campaign extremes of the Republican candidates? As a kid growing up in Boston in the late 1930s, early 1940s, I remember Father Coughlin trying to convince the Catholic majority with hatred of others. Very few were convinced by him. But today we have the Republican candidates spewing hatred of the others, now Syrian refugees.


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We made many memories in our younger days.
May God give you comfort and show Love through all of us.
We love you Rezzy! We will miss you forever and ever!
Barb and Family .. Thinking of you in your time of Loss.
We would like to pay our respects to the Reznicek family and Mary Bray for the loss of Rezzy,He was a great person and friend and will be missed terribly by everyone, R.I.P my friend and fly high, love you buddy.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rick's family.
R.I.P. man with a heart of gold. Mary and girls we are so very sorry for your loss. GOD BLESS YOU ALL to his many families and friends.
Mary, we are so sorry to hear of Rezzy's passing. You and the family are in our thoughts and prayers.
Our sympathy and prayers for the family.
Dear family so sorry for your loss !
With our deepest sympathies. RIP Rezzy! You will be missed by many!
We are so sorry to hear of Rezzy's passing. He was always ready with a smile and willing to visit. He will be missed by so many. God Bless you all.
When I heard Rezzie past, didn't believe it, it still doesnt seem possible. Many thoughts and many prayers!!!!
Rest In Peace Rezzy. You will be missed.
Jerry ,Christy and Martin Jones.
Mary & family, we are so very sorry to hear of Rezzy's passing. Please know you are all in our thoughts & prayers. Rezzy was such a sweetheart, who always had a smile on his face. He will be dearly missed.
To Ricks Family sorry for your loss. Rick will be missed..
I'm going to miss this guy. I am sorry for your loss. Prayers for the family,and friends.
So Sorry To Hear Of Rezzy's Passing! He will be Dearly Missed! R.I.P.Rezzy!!
Rest In Peace "Rezzy", You Will Be Missed. Thoughts & Prayers To Mary & The Entire Reznicek Family.
Sorry for your loss.Thoughts and prayers to the family.
Thinking of your family in your loss.
Rest in peace Rick. You were loved by many and will be missed by many. Thoughts and prayers to Mary and the Reznicek family.


We have a whole day to explore Salt Lake City before our vacation is over!
Andreas suggests to drive out to the Great Salt Lake Desert. Soon after breakfast we head west on HWY80 towards the sun and blue skies and away from the clouds hanging over the city. We take exit 41 about half way to Wendover to walk around the sand dunes and a short off road tour. We stop along the Highway to explore the salt flats – it looks like salt and it tastes like salt – it is salt! Then we continue and soon realize that we have to go all the way to Wendover because there is no HWY exit anymore. The next exit is Bonneville Speedway (this is where a lot of speed records have been achieved – in 1970, Gary Gabolich's rocket car, "Blue Flame", attained a spectacular 622.4 miles per hour – and a lot of cars have been tested). This is the place Andreas secretly hoped to see anyway! We drive all the way to the end of the road, then Andreas gets the chance to test the 4Runner on the International Race Track! The result is a big smile on his face and a car full of salt!
For us it's time for a coffee, so the next stop is McDonalds at Wendover. Before heading back to Salt Lake we find a car wash to get rid of the salt crust.
It's a long 120 mile drive back and we take a few short breaks, the last one at State Marina. The water of the Salt Lake has an average salinity of 15%, regular ocean water has only 3.5% salinity.
In the afternoon we visit Temple Square. This is the headquarters of the Mormon, basically their Vatican, a huge temple, the office building from the outside and visitor centers plus some other buildings all very nice and well maintained.