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April 29, 2022 June 5, 2022 Keith Watch
1966 | Hong Kong
AKA: 金菩薩 (Jin pu sa)
Director: Lo Wei
By Keith Allison
When one thinks of the myriad espionage exploitation films that flickered across movie screens in the wake of James Bond's unprecedented success as a film franchise, one generally thinks of the countless cheap though often entertaining Eurospy entries into the genre. After all, there were scores of them, and a lot of them weren't half bad. The ones that were half bad were still at least half enjoyable. The desire to mimic James Bond and, in doing so, perhaps mimic a little of the success, was hardly the sole property of America and Europe, however. Bond was as big in Asia as he was everywhere else in the world, and Asian film industries were just as quick to cash in on the trend with their own particular twist on the superspy genre.
As with their European counterparts, a good many of these films are impressive and fun despite having smaller budgets than Bond. The Asian spy films were able to compensate for the financial difference the same way European movies did, exploiting the one thing American films of the same nature did not have: location. Eurospy films could "trot the globe" for peanuts, considering how easy it is to go to a different country in Europe. Since many of the films were often co-productions between two or more nations, even a modestly bankrolled Eurospy actioner could find itself in Paris, Rome, Venice, Milan, London, Berlin, Madrid, or any number of lavish locales in between. In Asia, it was much the same. A production from Japan or Hong Kong could actually save money in many cases by trotting down south and shooting the exotic scenery of Thailand or Indonesia. Both continents had built-in globe-trotting at their disposal.
Cheap American spy films, on the other hand, were stranded. Where were they going to go? New York, Los Angeles, and Vegas may seem exotic in an international context, but there was nothing in any of those cities Americans hadn't seen before, even in the 1960s. Sure we had Hawaii, but shoestring budget exploitation films couldn't afford to fly there any more than they could fly to Tokyo or Copenhagen. Unlike Asian and European exploitation film crews, American crews were pretty much stuck, which is why so many of the American offerings in the genre are often dull. No one wants to watch a spy jet set off to Iowa.
Of the Asian countries who got in on the spy craze, Japan had the best-known films outside of their own market. The Japanese films tended to seize upon the most eye-catching pop-art aspects of the genre and blow them up tenfold into something that resembled a sumptuous blend of James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thrillers, and Barbarella. Although less well-known than their Japanese brethren, and slightly less polished, Hong Kong's entries into 1960s spymania are nothing to sneeze at, and some of them take the pop-art psychedelia even further than it was taken in Japan. Golden Buddha has more than enough of that to keep fans of cloak and dagger doings happy, not to mention the fact that it has sexy femmes, hidden treasure, exotic locales, and a guy in a gold lame super-villain outfit. And I haven't even begun to describe the lair.
Golden Buddha begins with our dashing man Paul Chang Chung as Paul. He's not quite a Cary Grant, but he reminds me of Toho Studio's number one super-suave leading man from the same era, Akira Takarada. What all three of those gents have in common is the ability to lend an everyman quality to elegance, or maybe it's adding a touch of sheer elegance to an everyman. As James Bond, Sean Connery had class to spare but existed at an unobtainable level. No one could be James Bond. He never had to deal with the mundane aspects of life, like doing laundry or going grocery shopping. The elegant everyman was clever, sophisticated, and charming, but he was also real, or at least more real than James Bond.
Grant, for as glamorous as Cary Grant was, may still be jetting around fighting international villains, but you also see him staying in crummy hotel rooms, struggling to cook himself some dinner, and going to a regular job. They were real-life touches that made Grant's persona seem almost obtainable. The same goes for Akira Takarada and Paul Chang Chung. They were always smartly dressed and one step ahead of the game, but they also had relatable qualities and problems that made them seem more believable. James Bond created a myth, something one could aspire to but never hope to actually achieve. The elegant everyman, on the other hand, was something that you could hope to become.
Paul is a businessman on his way to Singapore to seal some manner of deal. On the flight, he meets an old friend from the judo club who is on his way to Bangkok to attend to some family business. Both men carry the same briefcase. Can you guess what happens? When Paul is forced by inclement weather to stay an extra day in Bangkok, he discovers the mistaken briefcase identities and decides to use his time in Thailand to get the proper case back. Well, first he gets sidetracked to a massage parlor full of willing girls; but after that, he goes to get the case back. A man's got to have his priorities, doesn't he?
Getting back his briefcase gets complicated when he discovers his old friend with a stiletto knife stuck in his chest. Paul isn't too terribly upset. I guess they weren't close friends, just old friends. He grabs the contents of his briefcase, shovels them into his friend's briefcase, and heads home, intent on not getting tangled up in the whole affair. That would be fine if it weren't for the fact that assassins and thugs are suddenly coming out of the woodwork and chasing Paul, demanding that he turn over to them the secret of the golden Buddha—a small statuette he discovered in his friend's briefcase. Before long, Paul is on the run and trying to figure out the riddle that will unlock a fortune in buried treasure. In a refreshing twist, the police are involved but Paul is not on the run from them or mistaken as his friend's killer or anything like that. The cops just sort of like to hang around and pretend they are reading papers.
Director Lo Wei delivers a tightly-paced adventure film that never feels especially serious but also never veers into comedy. It's tempting to apply the term "camp" to a film of this nature, but camp implies a certain degree of intention on behalf of the filmmaker. Campy or not, Golden Buddha delivers the goods. There is plenty of action, mostly in the form of energetic but poorly-choreographed fistfights. Even the fight scenes in Frankie Avalon beach party movies were better than the ones here. It's not that they aren't going for it. Every time there is a fight, Paul Chang Chung and his opponents throw themselves around with gusto, flinging each other across the room, through the windows, bouncing across the bed, things of that nature. The problem lies in the fact that not a single punch lands anywhere near its target, and everyone does that jerky "turn my head to the left, then to the right, then up, then down but never really sell anything" movement when they're being hit.
Paul is, like many of the characters in this and similar films, one-dimensional, but it's a good dimension. He's a decent guy (except when it comes to reacting to the corpses of old friends), handy with a gun or a judo throw, and happy to bed a beautiful woman in the name of, well, bedding beautiful women. He's charismatic, and that makes him interesting even though he's not complex. The other characters are predictable, but that's not a negative. After all, spy films became popular because they followed a formula but found ways to tweak the formula while still staying true to it. Paul finds himself with two women in his life, as the hero in spy films often did. One is noble and good, the other is sinister and evil. Fanny Fan Lai, a bombshell with sex appeal in spades (and a regular in Shaw Brothers spy movies), is the femme fatale of the piece, an operative of the mysterious Skeleton Gang who is out to steal the secret of the golden Buddha.
Our more modest heroine is Jeanette Lin Tsui as the sister of Paul's murdered friend and possessor of one-third of the golden Buddha's secret (her older brother has the other third). What Jeanette lacks in terms of Fanny Fan's bombshell appeal she more than makes up for with enchanting beauty, graceful demeanor, and plenty of elegant 1960s attire. Unfortunately, she's not nearly as active as your better Bond girls from the same time, or some of her colleagues in other Shaw Brothers spy and caper films, such as Tina Chin Fei (Summons to Death) or Cheng Pei-pei (Brain Stealers). Jeanette's damsel-in-distress is less interesting for her lack of ability, but she at least cracks a vase over a guy's head and, as far as I remember, never trips and falls while running away from the bad guys. That's got to count for something.
Lo Wei himself stars as the villain with a fashion sense that would send even David Bowie or Elton John into a fit. The man wears amber sunglasses, a shiny gold foil suit (with standard "evil villain" Mandarin collar), knee-high black boots, and a cape with a giant pointy collar. Now that, my friends, is a quality megalomaniacal villain's wardrobe. The villains of today are woefully inadequate when it comes to selecting the proper attire for trying to throttle the world with your iron grip. These days, they're all in dull military uniforms and business casual. Hardly any villains these days wear capes, let alone a gold foil Nehru jacket. Where's the style? Where's the flamboyant flair that lets the world know you are not a man to be trifled with?
As the head of an organization with tentacles in all parts of the world, with a vast space-age underground lair and hundreds of henchmen, you'd think Skeleton Gang Leader would set his sights a little higher than recovering a small chest of jewelry. I'm sure it's valuable stuff, but I bet the Skeleton Gang spent twice as much as it was worth just trying to get the thing. Maybe he just wants glittery things, and who can blame him? But then, ultimately, none of it matters anyway. The Skeleton Gang could have recovered the treasure of the Golden Buddhas with almost no effort, but they chose instead to go running about, shooting at things, getting into judo fights, and ruining a variety of latticework. For them, it's all about the journey; not the destination.
The leader's fabulous outfit is simply one part of the overall beautiful look of the film. The budget may have been smaller than a Bond budget, but it seems to have been larger than the average Eurospy film, or at least better used. It's full of eye-popping color and space-age decor. The Skeleton Gang's lair is a thing of beauty, an amalgamation of every swanky space station, secret lair, and bachelor pad ever seen on the screen. When the film isn't traipsing about the labyrinthine corridors of the evil lair, it's reclining in an exotic lounge, parading through lovely Thai travelogue footage, and otherwise taking advantage of the fact that Shaw Brothers productions knew how to throw together some beautiful sets.
Best of all, the mysterious treasure turns out to be actual treasure and not a note that says, "Peace on Earth" or some nonsense like that.
Tagged 1960s, Asian Espionage, Espionage, Fanny Fan Lai, Hong Kong, Jeanette Lin Tsui, Keith Allison, Lo Wei, Paul Chang Chung, Shaw Brothers
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import os
import re
import subprocess
import sys
import tempfile
import time
try:
    # python 2
    from urllib2 import urlopen
except ImportError:
    # python 3
    from urllib.request import urlopen

import fixtures

from pbr.tests import base

class TestWsgiScripts(base.BaseTestCase):

    cmd_names = ('pbr_test_wsgi', 'pbr_test_wsgi_with_class')

    def test_wsgi_script_install(self):
        """Test that we install a non-pkg-resources wsgi script."""
        if os.name == 'nt':
            self.skipTest('Windows support is passthrough')

        stdout, _, return_code = self.run_setup(
            'install', '--prefix=%s' % self.temp_dir)

        self.useFixture(
            fixtures.EnvironmentVariable(
                'PYTHONPATH', ".:%s/lib/python%s.%s/site-packages" % (
                    self.temp_dir,
                    sys.version_info[0],
                    sys.version_info[1])))

        self._check_wsgi_install_content(stdout)

    def test_wsgi_script_run(self):
        """Test that we install a runnable wsgi script.

        This test actually attempts to start and interact with the
        wsgi script in question to demonstrate that it's a working
        wsgi script using simple server. It's a bit hokey because of
        process management that has to be done.

        """
        self.skipTest("Test skipped until we can determine a reliable "
                      "way to capture subprocess stdout without blocking")

        if os.name == 'nt':
            self.skipTest('Windows support is passthrough')

        stdout, _, return_code = self.run_setup(
            'install', '--prefix=%s' % self.temp_dir)

        self.useFixture(
            fixtures.EnvironmentVariable(
                'PYTHONPATH', ".:%s/lib/python%s.%s/site-packages" % (
                    self.temp_dir,
                    sys.version_info[0],
                    sys.version_info[1])))
        # NOTE(sdague): making python unbuffered is critical to
        # getting output out of the subprocess.
        self.useFixture(
            fixtures.EnvironmentVariable(
                'PYTHONUNBUFFERED', '1'))

        self._check_wsgi_install_content(stdout)

        # Live test run the scripts and see that they respond to wsgi
        # requests.
        self._test_wsgi()

    def _test_wsgi(self):
        for cmd_name in self.cmd_names:
            cmd = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, 'bin', cmd_name)
            stdout = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
            print("Running %s > %s" % (cmd, stdout.name))
            # NOTE(sdague): ok, this looks a little janky, and it
            # is. However getting python to not hang with
            # popen.communicate is beyond me.
            #
            # We're opening with a random port (so no conflicts), and
            # redirecting all stdout and stderr to files. We can then
            # safely read these files and not deadlock later in the
            # test. This requires shell expansion.
            p = subprocess.Popen(
                "%s -p 0 > %s 2>&1" % (cmd, stdout.name),
                shell=True,
                close_fds=True,
                cwd=self.temp_dir)

            self.addCleanup(p.kill)

            # the sleep is important to force a context switch to the
            # subprocess
            time.sleep(0.1)

            stdoutdata = stdout.read()
            self.assertIn(
                "STARTING test server pbr_testpackage.wsgi",
                stdoutdata)
            self.assertIn(
                "DANGER! For testing only, do not use in production",
                stdoutdata)

            m = re.search('(http://[^:]+:\d+)/', stdoutdata)
            self.assertIsNotNone(m, "Regex failed to match on %s" % stdoutdata)

            f = urlopen(m.group(1))
            self.assertEqual("Hello World", f.read())

            # the sleep is important to force a context switch to the
            # subprocess
            time.sleep(0.1)

            # Kill off the child, it should force a flush of the stdout.
            p.kill()
            time.sleep(0.1)

            stdoutdata = stdout.read()
            # we should have logged an HTTP request, return code 200, that
            # returned 11 bytes
            self.assertIn('"GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 11', stdoutdata)

    def _check_wsgi_install_content(self, install_stdout):
        for cmd_name in self.cmd_names:
            install_txt = 'Installing %s script to %s' % (cmd_name,
                                                          self.temp_dir)
            self.assertIn(install_txt, install_stdout)

            cmd_filename = os.path.join(self.temp_dir, 'bin', cmd_name)

            script_txt = open(cmd_filename, 'r').read()
            self.assertNotIn('pkg_resources', script_txt)

            main_block = """if __name__ == "__main__":
    import argparse
    import socket
    import wsgiref.simple_server as wss"""

            if cmd_name == 'pbr_test_wsgi':
                app_name = "main"
            else:
                app_name = "WSGI.app"

            starting_block = ("STARTING test server pbr_testpackage.wsgi."
                              "%s" % app_name)

            else_block = """else:
    application = None"""

            self.assertIn(main_block, script_txt)
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In Norway sales of electric and hybrid cars, have now overtaken sales of cars using fossil fuels. This now makes Norway the global leader in the movement to cut down vehicle emissions.
Although Norway is a major oil producer, it is nevertheless a champion of electric, cleaner-for-the-environment vehicles. Norway gives generous incentives to make electric vehicles cheaper to purchase, and additional benefits are provided once these electric vehicles are put onto the roads.
Other countries have also increased their promotion of electric and hybrid cars. China is trying to improve its air quality and break into the new vehicle technology. The government there wants 20% of cars sold in China to run on non-fossil fuel by 2025. By 2040, Britain and France will stop using gasoline, and diesel-powered cars.
But Norway is well ahead of the other countries of the world, with 52% of the cars sold in the country in 2017 running on non-fossil fuels, according the data from Norway's Road Traffic Advisory Board (OFV). The market for diesel cars fell sharply. They were thought to be more friendly to the environment, but are now seen as polluting, because of their noxious fumes.
The Norwegian Electric Vehicle Association spokesperson, Christina Bu said that sales of electric cars could have been even higher, if some customers had not been waiting for new models, such as Tesla's Model 3, to come out.
Electric vehicles comprise a small portion of the world market at the moment. But carmakers such as Tesla, which produces only electric vehicles, and big companies like Volkswagen, have invested large amounts of money in the growing electric car market, and say that will not be long before electric vehicles, are as ubiquitous and cheap as fossil fuel cars. More charging stations and other electric vehicle technology are being constructed.
Ford Motor and General Motors say that they will put more attention on electric vehicles, and other carmakers such as Volvo are getting rid of fossil fuel cars completely. James Dyson is an example of one of the businessmen who have plans for producing their own electric cars.
As the electric car market grows, the makers of electric vehicles are encountering challenges. Tesla is taking longer than expected in getting its new Model 3 out, their first car aimed at the mass-market. There has been a recent drop in car sales in the United States. This might slow down the expansion of the market for electric vehicles.
Nevertheless, Norway is planning to remove all fossil fuel cars by 2025.
Norway's enthusiasm for electric cars has been aided by big government subsidies and tax concessions that make electric vehicles easy for Norwegians to adopt. The government is expanding the national network of electric vehicle charging stations. Also electric car drivers are offered other benefits such as exemptions from road tolls, cheaper parking, and use of bus lanes in rush hours.
So in Norway, electric cars, easily known by license plates that have the letters EK or EL, are numerous. Teslas are frequently to be seen in affluent parts of the capital, Oslo. Charging stations are easy to find in most cities.
"I had been wanting an electric car for a long time for environmental reasons, but they were expensive," said Zanete Anderson Lilley, an adviser in the Norway branch of the World Wildlife Fund, an environmental organization. She eventually got a Kia Soul, a small 5 door electric car, which cost 200,000 kroner, or about $24,600, in 2017.
Last year, Norway's conservative government proposed paring back the various forms of tax relief for electric cars. But the plans attracted criticism and have not moved forward.


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Q: How to tell hibernate to print the column name instead of column number in the log? I was able the get the below log
Hibernate: insert into ORGANIZATIONALUNITCATALOG (ID, SYSTEMID) values (null, ?)
[main] DEBUG org.hibernate.type.LongType  - binding '0' to parameter: 1

after specifying the log4j properties as
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.sql=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=DEBUG

Is there a way to tell hibernate 3.2.x to show the binding column name instead of the column number? i.e. I'd like to see the log line as
[main] DEBUG org.hibernate.type.LongType  - binding '0' to parameter: SYSTEMID

A: log4j.logger.org.hibernate.type=TRACE should do it.
If you still have problems, try enabling trace on these too
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=TRACE
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.engine.query=TRACE
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.jdbc=TRACE

In addition make sure you have TRACE logging enabled in your config.  Many times default config files will set logging at DEBUG as the lowest.

A: Use log4j.logger.org.hibernate=debug

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Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles – Case Solution
Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S., the third-largest company in the industry of car hire, is planning to match the loyalty program of its market-leading competitor (Enterprise). The marketing and operations managers of the company must review the company's financial statements and decide on whether they could afford the program and how much should they spend on matching Enterprise's program.
John Deighton and James T. Kindley
What should Walkins do? What factors help explain the performance of Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.? What market forces may impede it in the future?
Assuming Olympic responds to Enterprise, how should it do so? What is the potential impact of emphasizing dollars spent versus days of rental? What is the potential impact of removing blackout dates?
What is the cost of matching Enterprise? How much should Olympic be willing to spend on the Medalist program?
What is the monetary value of a medalist to Olympic?
Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles Case Answers
Case Study – Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles
Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S. is the third-largest company in the industry of car hire in the U.S. It has a market share of 7%, below the market leaders, with Enterprise having 50% and Avis with 14% (Deighton & Kindley, 2013).
The company has a competitive advantage of offering low prices than that of competitors. It has a medalist reward program for loyal customers. The program has been modified frequently in the past in response to the competitive landscape of the market. Each rental day is equivalent to free 24 hours. Olympic needs to respond to the strategy of Enterprise by shifting the reward program from days rented towards the dollar spent.
Option for Walkins
Walkins should change the reward program to match that of Enterprise. The company already has the most competitive prices in the market and, therefore, it has to strive to get the most value out of the customers. Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S. should follow the lead by the Enterprise, which is expected to impact negatively to Hertz (Deighton & Kindley, 2013). This move will not only add revenue to the company but will also help in increasing market share at the expense of Hertz.
The available program that is based on the days spend has proved to be impactful to Olympic. It generated 21% of its revenue in the past year. Besides, the free day program has been relatively costly to the company, a problem that can be solved adequately by the new proposed plan of the spent dollar (Deighton & Kindley, 2013). The available program has a variable cost of $21. It also has other fixed expenses that are not captured in the free-day reward.
One of the factors that explain the performance of Olympic is the ability to change and adapt according to the market conditions. This competency has been critical to the sustainability of the company in mitigating risks and expanding its market growth. Olympic is also steered by serving customers with vast diversities. Although it targets the value-conscious customers, it also reaches out to the affluent ones and shoppers that travel for leisure and business.
A significant factor that may impede the future of Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S. is intensive competition. The company has a relatively small market share in comparison to the giants like Enterprise, Hearts, and Avis. The fierce competitive landscape has been forcing some players to merge with a goal of economies of scale (Deighton & Kindley, 2013).
For some, it was more of a drastic plight than finding the need for a merger. There were some that were forced out of the market. For example, the market had nine national competitors in 2002, and by 2012, five had already been phased out.
Responding to Enterprise
Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S. should follow the leadership strategy of Enterprise. It needs to adopt the dollar spent approach rather than the days of rental. This model is based on monetary value for both customers and the company. It can be significant in minimizing both variable and fixed costs for the company by ensuring that the credit points are awarded according to the amount of money that a customer spends. Customers will benefit from this program since frequent travelers pay more for their daily rentals. It implies that the process of…


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Ultimate Ears unveils Wonderboom 2 Bluetooth speaker, this time with stereo pairing
Scott Scrivens
2019/06/05 5:24am PDT Jun 5, 2019
The original Ultimate Ears Wonderboom was a tiny and cute little portable Bluetooth speaker that could float on water and sounded pretty decent — all for just $100. There was little not to love about it, a sentiment echoed by Jeff in our review. It must have been a good seller for UE owner Logitech, too, as it's seen fit to bring out an updated version with better sound and more features.
Probably the most important new capability offered by the Wonderboom 2 is stereo pairing. You were able to connect more than one speaker with the previous generation, but stereo sound wasn't possible. Now you can pair two of them and throw them in the water for a full-on stereo pool party. A new feature called Outdoor Boost enables an EQ setting specifically designed for louder and crisper outdoor audio, and the bass will also generally be beefier.
The ingress protection rating has been upgraded from IPX7 to IP67, meaning the Wonderboom 2 is now dustproof as well as waterproof. Battery life is also improved, with UE promising 30% more than the 10 hours offered by its predecessor. The new speaker isn't that visually distinct from the first gen model, but it comes in the following unnecessarily named colors: Deep Space Black (Black), Crushed Ice (Grey), Radical Red (Red), Bermuda Blue (Blue), and Just Peach (Pink). "The kids" will love those names, I guess.
Pricing thankfully stays the same as the original Wonderboom, at $99.99/£89.99/€99.99. It's available for pre-order on the UE site in the US, the UK, and Europe. Amazon.com also stocks it.
ULTIMATE EARS BRINGS EVEN BIGGER SOUND AND BASS IN THE PORTABLE WONDERBOOM 2
Outdoor Boost and True Stereo Pairing Enhance Ultimate Ears' New Pint-Sized Wonder
AUSANNE, Switzerland & NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultimate Ears is back to introduce the next generation of our critically acclaimed portable and waterproof BluetoothⓇ speaker— Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 2. This new speaker rocks even bigger 360-degree sound than before and extra bass anywhere you need it. With an all-new Outdoor Boost mode, extended 13-hour battery life, IP67 rating, Double Up true stereo pairing and eye-catching two-tone knit fabric, WONDERBOOM 2 is ready to accompany you on day trips, beach detours and biking adventures with booming sound to follow you every step of your journey.
Tweet Now: Portable sound gets surprisingly bigger - anywhere you want with the new Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 2, now with Outdoor Boost for louder, crisper audio for life's adventures. #LiveUltimate www.ultimateears.com/press
"Our customers love the original WONDERBOOM, so we wanted to give them even more of what they enjoy in WONDERBOOM 2," said Charlotte Johs, general manager of Ultimate Ears. "We've taken on-the-go music listening even further with new audio features that fit your outdoor environment and the ability to experience true stereo sound when you pair two WONDERBOOM 2 speakers together. Now, you can take music anywhere and enjoy even bigger, crisper 360-degree sound in any conditions, all day long."
The brand new Outdoor Boost feature is specially-tuned for outdoor listening. Simply press the button located on the bottom of your WONDERBOOM 2 speaker to turn on Outdoor Boost and experience louder, crisper audio with a built-in and pre-adjusted equalizer (EQ) that compliments any outdoor environment.
Unlike its predecessor, WONDERBOOM 2 now comes equipped with even more bass, thanks to a lower cutoff frequency, 30 percent more battery life and a new IP67 rating, making it waterproof, dustproof, and able to float. With a redesigned button interface on the top, you can easily play, pause and skip tracks directly on the speaker. You can even pair two WONDERBOOM 2 speakers using the upgraded Double Up feature to enjoy a true wireless, left and right stereo experience, or simply party louder.
Each speaker comes in a stylish two-tone fabric, drawing inspiration from this season's athleisure wear and colorways. WONDERBOOM 2 will be available in the following five colors: Deep Space Black (Black), Crushed Ice (Grey), Radical Red (Red), Bermuda Blue (Blue) and Just Peach (Pink).
Ultimate Ears WONDERBOOM 2 is available now in select countries in Europe, and for pre-order in the U.S. for a suggested retail price of $99.99. It is also expected to be available in Asia, and Australia and New Zealand beginning this summer. Pricing varies by country. For more information, please visit www.ultimateears.com or connect with us on Instagram.
Wonderboom 2
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Aaron Rogers Asking for Fan Demonstration During the Anthem; How Patriotism Says No
By: Arlen Williams | Gulag Bound
Dylan Buell / Getty Images photo, from Washington Post
The NFL's most heralded rivalry, Bears vs. Packers, continues tonight at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, with the series tied at 94-94-6. But out-hyping the drama of this actual game, as the generations-long contesting teeter-totters, is this from Aaron Rogers and the Green Bay Packers, themselves.
Aaron Rodgers calls for fans to link arms like players
GREEN BAY – Quarterback said the Packers are going to ask the fans at Lambeau Field to join the players in linking arms on Thursday night during the national anthem prior to the game against the Bears.
Without getting into the ins and outs of the whole orchestrated President The Donald vs. NFL pro-wrestling style blow-up, for your perusal, my comments at the article two days ago, are as follows.
Respecting the standards of the founding of the United States of America brings about racial healing, among other good effects. Disrespecting the flag is not a cure for the personal sins of racism or a minority of rogue cops.
But then again, those that are determined to believe that criminals who are threatening to kill police and who happen to be black are innocent victims, are apparently obdurate against reality.
Hush up and learn. Do your jobs. Then, use your own soapboxes.
Stand at attention. Hand over heart. That's the standard, to respect our national standard, the U.S. flag.
So, does that help anyone?
Insolence can sneak into the human soul very subtly. From his ESPN interview a few days ago, Mr. Rogers is on a spiritual journey. As with "Christian" in Pilgrim's Progress, I hope that Packer progresses in the right direction, rather than the typical outcome of the "progressive."
As for the NFL's present political herd mentality, along with considering how they have dealt with concussions and other injuries, the world of sports betting, and their influence on children over the years, I suggest this fresh article, featured in a very recent edition of The Globe & Malevolence, "Humans are Herd Animals: Study Finds People are More Unethical when Operating in Groups."
Also see this political linkage, explored in Gulag, "Richard Trumka and the NFL, That Explains It," plus comment #1 to the article.
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Beware Det. Drebin's March, O Trump-assassinating 'Julius Caesar' Troupe
How tasteless, spiteful and gruesomely distorted of soul can progressives get?
Don't answer that! Please!
But, here's something scooped up from a few miles along the path. Via Newsmax, this (or if you're familiar with this news, just scroll to the end):
The New York Times on Monday stated that it would continue as sponsor of New York Public Theater's production of "Julius Caesar," despite a social uprising over the depiction of Caesar looking very much like President Donald Trump.
CNN parent company, Time Warner, also remains as a sponsor of the play in which Caesar, or Trump, in this case, gets assassinated at the end.
And there, they link to their July 6 story, this:
Shakespeare in the Park Casts Trump as 'Julius Caesar,' Kills Him Onstage
First, it was Kathy Griffin's brutal depiction of herself holding a bloody severed head of President Donald Trump; now New York's Shakespeare in the Park is casting Trump as Julius Caesar and depicting his assassination onstage.
For a video report, by Inside Edition:
Now, here in the Gulag, we do not condone violence (which of course, is to be distinguished from active defensive measures). But take note. What goes around can come around!
Via the realm of altering-right memedom and in this particular instance, @Thomas1774Paine in Twitter:
We have dispatched NYPD Detective Frank Drebin to handle the #ShakespeareCentralPark and @nytimes #Trump play debacle situation. pic.twitter.com/58I3Cy0KXF
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) June 12, 2017
And to life-disoriented progs on Broadway and in the greater Marxstream media… you should be wary of justice. It can come from the funniest places. Seriously.
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Yes, Trump Did Condemn Radical Islamic Terrorism in Speech to Arab Muslims (quotes/transcript/video)
And what does this say? Click to see the featured tweet/clip.
President Trump's speech before the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday did specifically condemn what he has before called "radical Islamic terrorism," despite what we have heard from reporters and pundits for days. That he did not choose to string those words together in that order is simply beside the point.
Consider the following. Very clearly, he was speaking to Muslims about Muslims, that is, believers in Islam. Further, he directly condemned the "extremism," or the "radicalization," or "fanatical" interpretation of their ideology and the "terrorism" concomitant with it. So, there you have it. In the following excerpts, emphasis is added to make the point.
Trump began to draw the lines early in the address, "But in sheer numbers, the deadliest toll has been exacted on the innocent people of Arab, Muslim, and Middle-Eastern nations. They have born the brunt of the killings and the worst of the destruction in this wave of fanatical violence."
But what fanaticism and violence did Trump describe? Very soon he specified: "The true toll of ISIS, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Hamas, and so many others, must be counted not only in the number of dead. It also must be counted in generations of vanished dreams." Later in the speech, he added Iran and its ally/puppet, Syria to the litany. What major strand do these terrorist entities have in common, but Islam?
Further quotations from the president, spelling out what all in the know realize he has addressed as "radical Islamic terrorism":
But this untapped potential, this tremendous cause for optimism, is held at bay by bloodshed and terror. There can be no coexistence with this violence. There can be no tolerating it, no accepting it, no excusing it, and no ignoring it.
Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person, and falsely invokes the name of God, it should be an insult to every person of faith. Terrorists do not worship God, they worship death.
If we do not act against this organized terror, then we know what will happen. Terrorism's devastation of life will continue to spread. Peaceful societies will become engulfed by violence. And the futures of many generations will be sadly squandered.
If we do not stand in uniform condemnation of this killing—then not only will we be judged by our people, not only will we be judged by history, but we will be judged by God.
Starving terrorists of their territory, of their funding, and the false allure of their craven ideology will be the basis for easily defeating [them].
But you can only unlock this future if the citizens of the Middle-East are freed from extremism, terror, and violence.
Will we be indifferent in the presence of evil? Will we protect our citizens from its violent ideology? Will we let its venom spread through our societies? Will we let it destroy the most holy sites on earth? If we do not confront this deadly terror, we know what the future will bring: more suffering, more death, and more despair. But if we act, if we leave this magnificent room unified and determined to do what it takes to destroy the terror that threatens the world, then there is no limit to the great future our citizens will have.
Semantically, it should also be noted that where Trump spoke of this violent form of Islam (commonly singled out as political and violent Islamism, or Jihadism) free of the word "radical," he lays the issue more squarely at the feet of any and all Muslims, not less so, letting them sort through the crisis. When a sect presents a radical version, after all, it means to offer to change something at its root. But Trump at times let the roots simply lay wherever they may be found.
Since there are many passages in the Quran which call for violence, since its eschatological promise and aim is violent, and since Muslims are commanded to emulate the (extortive and violent) life of Mohamed, it is only right to express humanity's concerns of Islamic violence, whether divergent or central, and whether episodic or systematic, to all Muslims.
Transcript of the address | Video:
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Diana West Shows-up Robert Mueller's NWO Snowflakedness on Islamic Terrorism
Behold the NWO* Deep State's own Robert Mueller, now the official independent counsel assigned to Donald Trump, with Democrats hoping he will become America's new Inspector Javert to President Trump's Jean Valjean.
Of course, in the vast authority given him, Mueller can also investigate the misdeeds of the likes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and their camps, at least during or beginning with this last campaign and pre-inaugural season. Do we think he will?
Summing up this video, as he and James Clapper assert in presser answers during a 2010 counter-terrorism seminar:
America can fight "Jihadis" as long as we never use such (Koranic) terminology anywhere they might hear it. We can also train them in FBI techniques! And we must never label Muslim Brotherhood's stealth Jihad as what it is, since that organization, formerly designated as a terrorist or terrorist-sympathizing entity, is too big to fail among America's Muslim population, 99.9% of which is "every bit as patriotic as" you or me!
Yeah, never mind the percentage who fund terrorism directly, to say nothing of indirectly. Don't discredit the American patriotism of those who just happen to be faithful enough Muslims to believe in Jihad (global caliphate-building warfare) one of its most fundamental tenets. Don't even think about the many American Muslims who believe in Sharia Law, or who refuse to denounce terrorist Hamas and Hezzbollah in Israel, or ISIS for that matter. And never mind that the most powerful leaders of Islam around the world insist that it is very much a global political endeavor, just as Mohamed, co-authors, and interpreting mullahs have laid out, in the Koran itself and its ever growing libraries of supporting materials.
From October, 2010 and the Center for Security Policy, via Diana West's tweeting, today (it's only 6 min., 47 sec.):
West, whom we are at times privileged to feature in Gulag, has been reminding (warning) us all about Robert Meuller since he was named White House Inquisitor yesterday.
How come we didn't get such a headhunter for Barack Hussein Obama, by the way?
I'll make a link for you here, to tweets with @Diana_West_ and Mueller in them. I hope you appreciate the read.
I also hope President Trump has at least begun to understand, by now, that he must stop trying to bring along power players in the NWO in attempts to save America from it, just as we must stop trying to bring along Jihadis to fight Jihad. That is just not America First, Mr. President. But that is the subject of another entry.
PS: Snowflakery? Snowflakistry? Snowflakidity? Should I post a Twitter poll on it? (Edit: done, please help me out here.)
*As with the term "jihad," the "new world order" is adopted by its own practitioners, coined because there have to be words for destroying the sovereignty of all the world's nations, in order to bring about globally governed empire.
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'I Hope You Can Let This Go'
By: Arlen Williams – Gulag Bound
"'I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go,' Mr. Trump told Mr. Comey, according to the memo. 'He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.'" – New York Times, 5/16/2017
New York Times, cant live with it, pass the beer nuts.
'Why Isn't Communism as Hated as Nazism?' Dennis Prager Wants to Know
from partyoffreedom.org.au, "The Socialist Origins of Fascism and Nazism"
While I sometimes disagree with Dennis Prager's perceptions of certain principles and solutions, I recommend his and any honest examination of this question. Such a study reveals very harmful strategies and tactics by global collectivists (they like to say "communitarian") elites for generations.
For more on this intentional distortion of current events, history, and political philosophy, I recommend looking into Diana West's revelatory book, American Betrayal and the work of a very underrated hero of the Twentieth Century, Norman Dodd. These recommendations go to Mr. Prager, too.
Prager's transcript and Prager University quiz page begins:
When people describe particularly evil individuals or regimes, why is it that they use the terms "Nazi" or "fascist," but almost never "communist?" Given the unparalleled amount of human suffering communists have caused, why is "communist" so much less a term of revulsion than "Nazi?"
Communists killed 70 million people in China, more than 20 million people in the Soviet Union (not including about 5 million Ukrainians), and almost one out of every three Cambodians. And communists enslaved entire nations in Russia, Vietnam, China, Eastern Europe, North Korea, Cuba and much of Central Asia. They ruined the lives of well over a billion people. So, why doesn't communism have the same terrible reputation as Nazism?
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Oath Keepers' Alert for Ann Coulter's Thr. 4-27 Berkeley Speech: Come; Follow Their Lead
From Oath Keepers' site, taken April 15, 2017
An Oath Keepers' Call to Action was released on Tuesday night, April 25. It concerns the appearance of Ann Coulter at Berkeley University on the evening of this Thursday the 27th. Concerned they are, very, and they are making detailed requests of any fellow patriots planning to attend or demonstrate there.
Without a strong show of support and actual defensive potential, lives will be in danger, I concur. You know Berkeley, right? — the seedbed of the collectivists' allegedly free speech movement, now the locus of neo-Marxist Antifa thuggery in America's west.
Word has now gotten around that Antifa (including the San Fernando Valley's Oak Roots Collective) is self-indicated as America's contemporary branch of the Trotskyite movement of the same name. It was intended to be globalist from the beginning and cut its teeth in Germany's 1930's. There, they engaged actual fascists in violent street skirmishes and weren't very kind to freedom lovers either. Here and now, Antifa's fellow travelers incite them to violence with the old Bolshevik's own charge, "Acquaint them with the pavement."
Grab every fascist or every isolated group of fascists by their collars, acquaint them with the pavement a few times, strip them of their fascist insignia and documents, and without carrying things any further, leave them with their fright and a few good black and blue marks.
Berkeley, February 1, Milo time: https://twitter.com/mrdaveyd/status/826993174576893952
It has also been made clear in patriot media that the mayor of the City of Berkeley, Jesse Arreguin, is a member of a subversive group interoperational with this Antifa branch (BAMN, initials for By Any Means Necessary). It is run by Yvette Felarca. She teaches middle school. Good morning, Ms. Felarca. At a very recent protest, one reporter observed that while Berkeley cops did not step in to separate Antifa from pro-Trump demonstrators, they became very engaged when the latter came near Felarca.
Wait, WHAT!? The mayor of Berkeley is a member of BAMN? Is that why we were arrested the moment we went near their leader Felarca? pic.twitter.com/nIjqPCVtwN
— Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) April 21, 2017
This apparently answers the question of why, time after time, the Berkley Police have been ordered to stand away, instead of keeping Antifa and the pro-American demonstrators separated (video, example). They have allowed numerous people be injured, some requiring medical treatment. In a normal state, the governor would assign its National Guard, if the local government and its police department were not protecting the innocent. But this governor is Jerry Brown (D). At least one video researcher suspects police actually fired a concussion grenade into a mixed and argumentative crowd at the April 15 skirmish. The explosion in question apparently raised emotions further, immediately provoking a violent outburst (video). Such is the kind of suspicion that arises when subversion is observed.
Coming to the rescue, Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters are patriotic organizations consisting of former law enforcement officers and members of our United States Armed Services. They make it clear they are preparing for engagement, should it become necessary to protect the peaceful from harm. It is essential that pro-free speech demonstrators at Thursday's event submit to their leadership, do what they say, just how they say, without exception. Violence of this kind tends to escalate with repeated events, especially when the promise of mass media spectacle also escalates. With Ms. Coulter setting foot on the grounds, that is assured.
Are you a local and will you be there to show your support? Remember, the whole world will be watching.
Without excerpting Oath Keeper's bulletin, you may find it here:
CALL TO ACTION: ALERT! You are Needed to Protect Ann Coulter Speech this Thurs, April 27 in Berkeley! – Oath Keepers
Time to Stand Again in Defense of Free Speech [NOTE: This is for those within driving range. See detailed note below] Oath Keepers and patriots, NEW MISSION. ANN COULTER SPEECH, APRIL 27, BERKELEY, CA It is now confirmed that Ann Coulter will indeed speak in Berkeley California on Thursday afternoon, April 27.
Gulag Bound and our daily, The Globe and Malevolence will keep you apprised. Personally, I suggest a word of prayer.
In Twitter: @ArlenWms, @GulagBound
Ancient Historians on Jesus Christ: World's Most Elaborate Conspiracy Theory, or… Not?
God born into the flesh of man; died to pay the price of sin, for those who believe in and yield their lives to him; resurrected to overcome that separation from God above; and ascended back to Heaven till he returns — true or false? That is the crux of it, pardon the Passion season pun.
It has been said the life of Jesus, from a small town in the middle of the world called Nazareth, is the most well documented of ancient history. We have more historical detail and validation of his biography than, for example, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, or Genghis Khan.
Further, he is the subject of the most extensive study of any human, ever since. And the most "extreme" view of him is actually the shared eyewitness view of his followers and the contemporaries they convinced, now generation upon generation. They corroborate his own attestations with courtroom consistency.
Beyond that, in the most mutually corroborative accounts, the Bible's four Gospels (i.e., "Good News" in Ancient Greek) he is shown to have fulfilled Old Testament prophecies spread over hundreds, even thousands of years. Many of these were regarded as confounding mysteries… until he solved them by bringing them to pass. That is, if one believes all the documentation is not an astoundingly vast and intricate work of conspiracy concocted right under the noses of Jesus' contemporary skeptics and powerful opposers.
Yet beyond this, one of the often cited proof points of Christian apologists is the historic accounting of so many people so consistently willing to die for sake of this story, their confession. And these were renown for seeking to uphold the morality and ethics taught in the Bible, martyrs including those original eyewitnesses, Jesus' disciples and chroniclers.
Must all this testimony be further corroborated by less interested historians of approximately that time, to dare be believed? J. Warner Wallace has briefly summarized just such accounts in a single article, "Is there Any Evidence for Jesus Outside the Bible?" His site is called Cold Case Christianity.
Wallace suggests the decision of what to believe about Jesus is not unlike the same kind of evaluation concerning two much more recent happenings.
Two well documented historical events with a rich set of evidences. In spite of this, both events have been interpreted in a variety of ways. It shouldn't surprise us then to find the historical records of Jesus Christ might also experience the same type of scrutiny and diverse interpretation. Did Jesus truly live, minister, died and rise from the grave as the Gospels record or was it an elaborate conspiracy? One thing we know about the Kennedy assassination and the World Trade Center attack: regardless of interpretation, there were eyewitnesses to the events, and the events did truly occur. In a similar manner, the ancient evidence related to Jesus reveals there were eyewitnesses and He did exist in history. Is there any evidence for Jesus outside the Bible? Yes, and the ancient non-Christian interpretations (and critical commentaries) of the Gospel accounts serve to strengthen the core claims of the New Testament.
He refers to historians, Thallus (52AD), Tacitus (56-120AD), Mara Bar-Serapion (70AD), Phlegon (80-140AD), Pliny the Younger (61-113AD), Suetonius (69-140AD), Lucian of Samosata: (115-200 A.D.), and Celsus (175AD). He also cites the Talmudic references of Medieval Jewish writings. Not all were kindly disposed to Jesus of Nazareth being the Bible's Messiah.
What does Wallace conclude? I will let you look into that at will, but my careful suggestion as a Jesus Truther, don't take too long.
"Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right?" – Jesus, Luke 12:57.
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Joke
Hey, there's a new funny going around, very timely this July. Here's one version.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were invited on a Pacific cruise with wealthy donors. Mid-ocean, a terrible storm seemed to come from nowhere and they were shipwrecked. Hillary and the Donald found the same life raft, alone at sea. At one point he saved her life, at another, she saved his. They washed ashore on a desert island never to be seen again and together they saved America.
What I like about it, besides the outcome, is its versatility. It can be lengthened to a shaggy dog story, or shortened to a one-liner depending on the situation.
But the time is now very short for each party to do the right thing, the very important thing, and disqualify each of these two, or overrule their tentative delegate counts, based on what should have been learned about them by now.
h/t: Zabeth
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Talking the Insanity of Hillary vs. Trump with Dan Lynch, KUBC
Brilliant work, Democrats and Republicans. Yay, America!
Are so many Americans so jaded, they can't see tyrants in front of their faces anymore? Or, that ignorant? Both, you say? Conservatives included? Yeah.
I have tended to let others do the talking in Gulag Bound, lately. For example, Terresa Monroe-Hamilton is a much better news hound, with excellent perspective. Cream of the crop.
And Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. is perhaps the world's most authoritative source on Donald Trump's dangerous, extreme, malignant narcissism (a.k.a., megalomania).
But if you'd like a brief synopsis of the trouble America is in, if the Republicans don't do the right thing and disqualify Trump (and for that matter, if the evil Democrats don't summon just a little sense and do the same with Clinton) then I may have served you well in just a few minutes this morning, talking with Dan Lynch on KUBC AM 580 in Colorado. Dan is great, too.
If that helps at all — as it should — I suggest the articles of the Bound. See our tag, #NPDTrump. (Here is #NPDTrump in Twitter, by the way.)
It seems our best hope may come from calling for the Republican National Convention to disqualify Donald Trump for his textbook mental disorder. I would say mental illness. #DisqualifyDonald!
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On February 18th, 2018 the world lost a beautiful soul in my great-grandmother. Kind, smart, and sarcastic as heck, she left my family with a hole that will forever be impossible to fill. Sixteen years is a long time to have with a great relative and I'll forever be blessed with the memories associated with the little lady and her big heart.
Point Marion, Pennsylvania is a town with approximately 1,126 people normally, but 1,130 people at Easter time when my family would head on down to celebrate. I remember being 6 years old and walking to church with my gram when she reminded me to never step on the cracks in the sidewalk, "you'll break your mother's back." There was humor in her eyes as she said it, but fear in mine as I remembered all the times I'd stepped on sidewalk cracks before. How in the world was my mom still alive??!! Gram didn't say anything at my facial expression, just laughed and kept walking.
My mother is actually the reason I'm writing this in the first place. During the calling hours, we were sitting there and she looked over at me and my sister and said, "You know your gram wanted to go to business school." She didn't say anything after that, just looked away, and we all continued with the next few days, but what she said got stuck in my mind. A week later, I'm sitting here writing this post, and I decided to learn more about this business school thing. I called my grandmother and brought it up again asking if my own mom was correct in her small statement. Of course she was right, as I'm learning moms tend to be.
Right out of high school, my great-grandmother had received a scholarship to what we now call a business school. She turned down the opportunity at a college education to take care of her own mother who was very sick. Once she was married, Gram ended up taking a job at West Virginia University Hospital where she was highly admired. My Nunni laughed as she recalled all the times at the hospital they would ask her for advice and assistance. My Gram was quite the performer and starred in a few drama club productions too. The lady could even play the violin and was in her high school symphony. This reminded me of the times my own house has been filled with the horrific sound of the violin my dad bought for himself because he woke up one day and wanted to know how to play. He swears it's a fiddle, not a violin, and at this point no one has the heart to argue with him.
My dad and his "fiddle" actually bring our small little trip down memory lane full circle. My great-grandmother lived her life for her family and proved everyday the importance of having each others backs. These past few weeks have brought me an even bigger appreciation for the people around me. An appreciation for the mornings I wake up and see my sister wearing my shirt. An appreciation for my best friend's obnoxious laugh and my grandma's need to remind me how good salad is for you. For the nights when the whole family somehow ends up in my room when all I wanted was to go to sleep, and the mornings when my mom reminds me that the roads might be bad even though it's 70 degrees and sunny. Most importantly, however, these weeks have brought me a huge appreciation for my great-grandmother and the impact she will forever leave on my life. I mean even now I still avoid a big sidewalk crack if I spot one, you know, for my mother's sake.
Ainsley is a teenage girl who currently lives with her family in Olmsted Falls, Ohio. Ainsley loves big cities, pretty sunsets and cute dogs. She fills her time by dancing, reading good books and singing in the shower.
Ainsley hopes to pursue a career in journalism and write for a women's magazine. Until then however, she is just working on making it through high school.
What a beautiful tribute written by such a refreshing young voice. Very nice piece, Ainsley. Keep writing!
Love this Ainsley! You are a very talented writer!
Ainsley this is a wonderful tribute and I'm sure your gram is so very proud of the person you are becoming. I always love reading your pieces and learning from your insight and perspective. Keep writing-you have a gift!


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The Blues and Brews festival will be held from 12-8 p.m. in Bradley Park, across from Convention Hall.
Thousands are anticipated to turn out for a day of live performances by talented blues musicians, food, crafters and sponsor exhibits, a craft beer and wine garden, and activities for the entire family. The festival is rain or shine, free to the public, dog friendly and all ages are welcome to attend.
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A Special Meeting will be held at the Palais des Nations on Thursday, 29 November to mark the annual observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The day traditionally provides an opportunity for the international community to focus its attention on the question of Palestine.
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Swastikas, 'Go Trump' Spray-Painted At Beastie Boy's Memorial Park
The hateful messages were left on a play structure.
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11/18/2016 10:12pm EST | Updated November 19, 2016
A memorial park honoring Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch was found defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti Friday, spray-painted with swastikas and the words "Go Trump."
.@beastieboys Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights was left defaced with ugly symbols of hate today. This cannot be the new normal! pic.twitter.com/xWjS7HLNyG
— Karen Wang (@kw492) November 18, 2016
Adam Yauch Park in Brooklyn Heights, New York, where Yauch used to play as a child, was named for the Beastie Boy after he died of cancer at age 47 in 2012. Yauch and the other Beastie Boys were of Jewish heritage.
"This is the park where our kids play," one Instagram user wrote. "Wake up people. This is not ok."
"Adam Yauch stood for tolerance," the New York City Mayor's Office tweeted in the wake of the incident, condemning the hateful crime.
Adam Yauch stood for tolerance. Call 911 if you see vandalism, harassment or hateful acts. #NotInOurCity https://t.co/scpiFTkNix
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) November 18, 2016
By Saturday, the graffiti had been removed, and the park was adorned with hearts and uplifting messages of support written in chalk.
Hateful, Pro-Trump Graffiti In Adam Yauch Park Replaced With Neighborhood Love. https://t.co/kD9nq8V8VB @bradlander @DanielSquadron pic.twitter.com/2um45sMF5A
— Fort Greene Focus (@ftgfocus) November 19, 2016
Community leaders condemned the initial vandalism, and announced a rally to "stand up against hate" would be held at the park on Sunday.
"Hate has no place in Brooklyn, NYC or America" a Twitter post from the Beastie Boys' official account stated on Saturday, indicating the remaining group members would be present at the rally.
The defacing of Yauch's memorial park follows a number of anti-Semitic, racist and hateful acts that have been reported in the days since Donald Trump became president-elect. In a similar act of vandalism, one student drew swastikas on classmates and another drew the anti-Semitic symbol on a white board along with the words "Go Trump."
Many Americans have expressed concern over these displays of intolerance and have questioned the president-elect's racist, misogynistic and anti-Muslim rhetoric during his campaign.
Since the election, thousands have taken to the streets to protest Trump's election, chanting "Not my president" and "Love trumps hate."
This article has been updated to include new details, including the removal of graffiti, the messages of support left at the park and news of Sunday's rally.
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