MONDAY MELTDOWN: Chained To Certainty: Are we confused because we have chosen to wander?
Are Wandering and Being Confused the Same Thing?
But I never feel victim to it!
Hey Ethel! I'm not sure if confused is what I ever feel (but I can see from the Christian perspective why you would think that.) I have chosen a path away from the certainty of religion so I can live my life more open to my own human experience and that others. I found that for me, the certainty of Christianity led me away from the inclusive human experience I truly desired. So as you see confused, I see as wandering. When you wander, it can be confusing sometimes.
Well, I think the obvious answer is no. But let's evaluate it for a bit because what Ethel brings up has definitely been in my own thoughts multiple times through this process of religious deconstruction.
The Tolkien quote comes from a poem he wrote called, "All That is Gold Does Not Glitter" (alternatively known as "The Riddle of Strider" or "Song of Aragorn"). It was written for his fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It alludes to an integral part of the plot and describes Aragorn, son of Arathorn.
The poem appears twice in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume of The Lord of the Rings. It appears first in Chapter Ten, "Strider", in Gandalf's letter to Frodo Baggins in Bree, although when Frodo reads it he does not realize that Strider (Aragorn) is the subject of the verse.
Bilbo repeats the verse at the Council of Elrond. He whispers to Frodo that he wrote it many years before, when Aragorn first revealed who he was.
In Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Lord of the Rings for film, the poem appears in The Return of the King, when Arwen recites the last four lines of the poem as her father Elrond prepares to reforge the shards of Narsil for Aragorn.
The first line is a variant and rearrangement of the proverb "All that glitters is not gold", known primarily from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, resulting in a proposition bearing a completely different meaning: Aragorn is vastly more important than he looks.
Lines three and four emphasize the endurance of Aragorn's royal lineage, while five and six emphasize its renewal. They can also be seen to represent a spark of hope during a time of despair and danger.
Line seven refers to the sword Narsil.
Line eight foreshadows the crownless Aragorn's accession to the throne of both the kingless Gondor and the vanished Arnor.
In the context of the story, the "Not all those who wander are lost" line refers to the Rangers, who are viewed as wanderers or vagabonds by the ones the Rangers protect from evil. I often referred to myself as a "Sailor" when confronted by those want to know what I believe.
So I don't look at wandering as a bad thing. Leaving the certainty of religion naturally leads to a wanderers life as long as the one wandering are intrigued by its uncertainty.
So is it right for those that never leave the dock to criticize those that have taken to the sea?
Have I fallen into "confusion" or have I embraced it as part of the sailing life I have chosen?
Christianity has decided to place certainty at its core. The heaven and hell narrative, the war of good and evil, the black and white, right or wrong preference of a binary existence is very appealing. It creates answers for things. If gives you a sense of being anchored.
Certainty makes life and decisions easier. Asking, what does God want? or what would Jesus do? Serves as a perfect distraction from us having to ask ourselves, what do I want?
But in that anchoring, it makes exploring impossible.
It often fears the spiritual narrative of others because it could create questions to the anchor you've chosen as your spiritual reality. So while it puts "God" if you believe in one, it also puts you in a box.
You never fall into confusion because you never leave the dock.
This isn't a right or wrong issue, it's a preference of lifestyle. I'm happy Ethel never feels confused. But I hope her certainty makes allowances and open doors for others in her life besides just those who agree with her. That fact that she listens or follows us at all is probably proof that she does.
The reality is, when you leave the dock you will be confronted with, thoughts, experiences, and beliefs that put everything you know to be true at risk.
Every chain link connecting you to your anchor, every board and nail that holds your dock together will be examined, and you'll find that what you anchored yourself to is lacking and that much of it is profoundly harming social inclusivity. It's destroying the ties of unity in humanity rather than building them.
When that begins to happen, to the anchored you'll seem to be confused. Those who consider themselves found will only be able to see you as lost. It's disheartening, but part of the process.
So you see Ethel, while you may see me and others as confused, we're just navigating the waters of an open ocean without an anchor.
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Jason Fitzpatrick @jasonfitzpatric
Updated June 25, 2018, 8:51am EDT
If thoughts of playing Maniac Mansion, The Secret of Monkey Island, Kings Quest, and other classic point-and-click adventures sends tingles of nostalgia to your mouse hand, read on as we show you how to enjoy the classics on your computer with ScummVM.
As any fan of old-school point-and-click adventures can tell you, installing and running the retro classics from the 1980s and 90s on a modern computer is a complete and utter crapshot. If you can even get the old games to run in compatibility mode they are plagued with graphics and audio issues that radically decrease playability and put a definite dent in your nostalgia fix.
Thankfully, there is a sizeable overlap between the realms of skilled programmers and die-hard point-and-click adventure fans. The result of that overlap is the ScummVM project—a multi-platform game engine that acts as a modern front end for old game scripts. ScummVM essentially replaces the executable that launches the original game with a shinier, more efficient, and feature packed interface that allows for everything from custom support for individual games to enhanced gaming saving. As long as you have the data from the point-and-click games (even if you can't run the original game on your computer) you can import them into ScummVM.
Now that you're pumped and ready to get playing your retro favorites, let's review what we need and get started.
For this tutorial you'll a small number of things, all of which are free.
A copy of ScummVM for Windows
A note on the necessary items: We'll be using ScummVM for Windows but ScummVM is a highly ported application and is available for everything from Mac OS X and Linux to Android, iOS, Wii homebrew, and more. For a full list of the two dozen plus operating systems and platforms supported check out the Platforms entry in the ScummVM wiki.
As for the game data files, you can acquire them in one of several ways. If you have the the original game disks/discs and the ability to read them, you can simply copy the files over. You can also download point-and-click games that have been released for free legal download or browse the list of compatible games in the ScummVM wiki and check out the links to sites that still sell the vintage games. If paying $10 for a 30 year old point-and-click game is a bit rich for your budget you can always hit up eBay and other reseller locations to scoop up old games on the cheap.
As an alternative route, for games no longer in production or distribution, there are multiple sites that host retro games that have fallen into the realm of "abandonware". A cursory search engine query should help you find them.
Installing ScummVM and Placing Your Game Files
Installing for ScummVM is dead simple—especially if you download the portable copy—just run the installer or extract the zip file to a location of your choosing. Once you've installed or extracted it, run scummvm.exe.
On first run, you will see two things, a warning message (indicating that the scummvm.ini configuration file is missing and a fresh one will be created) and the actual ScummVM interface window as seen above.
To get started we need to add some games. For our test we're going to use the Sierra games classic Hero's Quest (a lesser known title in the genre of King's Quest and Space Quest that is dear to our hearts). Regardless the game you're using, the steps will be the same.
Extract or copy the game files to the location you wish to store your games. We're storing them directly in the ScummVM directory so should we decide to copy the whole setup to another computer everything is already neatly organized. Our copy of Hero's Quest went into /ScummVM/Games/Hero's Quest/.
Once the game files are finished copying to their new directory, head back into the ScummVM interface and click Add Game.
Navigate the to the appropriate directory and select choose—if the game is not on the compatibility list or missing key files ScummVM will not allow you to select the directory.
Once we click choose, we're presented with a settings menu for the specific game. (Those of you with eagle eyes will note that the game name is Quest for Glory and not Hero's Quest—Sierra changes the game name after a conflict with the Hero Quest board game by Milton Bradley).
Within the settings menu we can tweak the game engine and sound output (among other configuration options). Since ScummVM is a highly supported app and the game already had a unique ID in the ScummVM database, we're going to skip messing around with any settings until we play the game.
Let's fire it up and see how it looks. Click OK to exit back to the main interface, there you should see a new entry for the game you just added, like the one seen above. Click Start to launch the game.
So far so good; the main splash screens loaded and the game transitioned smoothly to the main menu. Let's create a character and take him for a stroll around town.
Oh sweet blast of nostalgia to the dome—the game is just as we remember it from the point-and-click goodness to the yo-yo infatuated good on the steps of town hall. Success!
Thanks to some sharp coding and excellent support, you should experience similar smooth sailing, but on the off chance that you're having your run of trouble with ScummVM, trouble shoot it with the following checklist:
Is my game supported by ScummVM?
Do I have the requisite data files copied into the game directory?
Does the game come on multiple CDs? If so, check out the advanced file naming tips in the detailed ScummVM installation guide.
For more advanced configuration problems, check out the ScummVM manual and wiki.
Between the excellent coding and support documents, you're sure to get your game working in no time.
Have a retro-gaming tip, trick, or old game to sing praise for? Sound off in the comments to share the wealth!
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As the number of Holocaust survivors dwindles, it falls to future generations to ensure their stories remain vibrant and strong.With that in mind, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education brought groups of students and teachers from around the world this week to Poland to not only participate in Tuesday's 70th anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz camp, but to give them the a deeper understanding of the horrors of World War II.
Silence is Not an Option: A Lesson from Paula Lebovics
The school I teach at in Alberta, Canada, is considered a "unique setting" within our public school system. This means that our programming is designed to meet the complex learning, social and emotional needs of elementary children who exhibit extreme behavioral and emotional difficulties which impede their ability to be successful in school, community and home.
Echoes and Reflections Publishes New Online Lesson on Contemporary Antisemitism
Echoes and Reflections, a Holocaust education partnership program of USC Shoah Foundation, Anti-Defamation League and Yad Vashem, published a new lesson dedicated to teaching students about antisemitism as it exists in the world today.
Two Polish-Language Lessons Available Online for Teachers
USC Shoah Foundation has published two Polish-language lessons about the Holocaust, complete with clips from the Visual History Archive, on the USC Shoah Foundation website. They are available for free to educators around the world.
Lesson by "Teaching with Testimony" Graduate Published Online
For the first time, USC Shoah Foundation has published a lesson that was created by a teacher in the Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century professional development program.
Center for Advanced Genocide Research to Participate in Lessons and Legacies XIV Conference
USC Shoah Foundation will offer workshops on the Visual History Archive for the dozens of Holocaust scholars from around the world who will attend the biannual conference.
In Search of a Global Ethic: Lessons from the Big Cities
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2010/03/25: Teaching with Testimony: Lessons Learned
March 25, 2010: This plenary session follows up on earlier breakout sessions that addressed issues related to how context, teaching methodologies, and teaching objectives differ based on course discipline. This session is moderated by Mark Baker (Associate Professor, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia). One representative from each of the four groups reports on:
Ingrid Alexovics's Teaching with Testimony Lesson, "Heroes"
Teachers Share New Testimony-Based Lessons at Master Teacher Hungary 2016 Follow Up
Following another arduous school year, 17 teachers who participated in the 2016 edition of USC Shoah Foundation's Master Teacher program in Hungary returned to present the testimony-based lessons they developed and piloted in their classes over the past year.
Teaching with Testimony 2013 Graduates Share Lessons at Follow-Up Session in Budapest
One year after learning how to incorporate testimony into their lesson plans, the 2013 Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century graduates in Hungary returned for a follow-up session to share the lessons they have now piloted in their classrooms.
The 2014 cohort of Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century in Poland reunited to share the lessons they piloted in their classrooms over the past year, with impressive results.
Lesson About Infamous Terezin Ghetto using VHA Testimony Now Available to Czech Teachers
The Jewish Museum in Prague has teamed with USC Shoah Foundation to provide a new testimony-based lesson plan for teachers in the Czech Republic. The lesson, "International Committee of the Red Cross and Terezín," is about the Terezín ghetto and its use as a source of Nazi propaganda in a 1944 International Red Cross report.
Israeli Ambassador to Hungary Observes Testimony Lesson at USC Shoah Foundation Partner School
His Excellency Ilan Mor, Israeli Ambassador to Hungary, observed a lesson taught by a Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century graduate at Berzsenyi Dániel High School, a USC Shoah Foundation partner school in Budapest, Hungary.
Eleven new lesson plans and long term educational projects were developed during the fourth Polish edition of the Teaching with Testimony program.
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During his visit to Los Angeles, Ignatieff will visit and speak at institutions across the city, with an emphasis is on faith-based and community-based leadership in areas of racial tension.
Educators convene in Hungary and Poland for training on using genocide-survivor testimony in lessons
USC Shoah Foundation's annual Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century program is a one-year professional development initiative for educators that begins with a six-day seminar for educators.
USC Genocide Awareness Month: Lessons from Rwanda: Yannick Tona's Story of Survival and Activism
Survivor of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and youth activist Yannick Tona will speak on his experiences during the genocide and relate them to concerns of the modern day, including the need for continued genocide education and for social responsibility in the media. ASC 207 (Annenberg Geoffrey Cowan Forum), 6:30 – 7:30pm, with a reception to follow.
IWitness debuts timeline activities for high school students with lesson about Elie Wiesel's 'Night'
By collecting clips of testimony to construct a "GeoStory" - a map and timeline with videos - students can discover how changes in time and place shape history.
Steven Spielberg discusses lessons he hopes students will take away from rerelease of 'Schindler's List'
In a webinar interview, the film's director and the Institute's founder says he believes that 25 years after the release of 'Schindler's List,' the film is more important than ever. "Especially for the young people today, who face a country and a world where democracy is threatened."
Tom Lantos on his education in Hungary
Tom Lantos describes in detail the specific lessons and tricks he learned to memorize particular aspects of his Latin lessons. He continues to speak on the importance and affect his Hungarian education had on him.
Workshop in Russia
One hundred educators recently attended Lessons of the Holocaust and Contemporary Russia, a three-day seminar in Kaliningrad organized by the Russian Research and Holocaust Education Center. Svetlana Gorbacheva, an educator who has visited the Institute and created an educational lesson which incorporates testimony, modeled the lesson during the seminar.Album posted on: December 19, 2008
Workshop in Slovakia
The Institute is working with the Holocaust Documentation Center (DHS) in Slovakia to assist the development of additional lessons based on testimony from the archive. At a DSH-organized seminar in Bratislava, Martin Šmok presented clips of testimony from local survivors, and two lesson authors–Eva Kizáková and Alica Virdzeková–demonstrated their lessons to the participants.Album posted on: December 19, 2008
Norbert Friedman with a Message to the Future
Norbert Friedman talks about the importance of learning lessons from the Holocaust, which include human compassion for others, tolerance of different religions and respect for human life.
Teaching with Testimony Poland 2014 Follow up, Nov. 21-22, 2015
The 2014 cohort of Teaching with Testimony in the 21st Century in Poland reunited one year later to share their lessons and discuss best practices.


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If the phrase "voice of a generation" were trademarked, it may well belong to Bob Dylan.
But the singer and poet, whose surprise win of the Nobel Prize for Literature only cements his iconic status in 1960s counterculture, has been an uneasy spokesman.
Best known as a folk singer, the 75-year-old Dylan cruised past prominent US novelists of his age range such as Don DeLillo and Philip Roth — to say nothing of late, quintessentially 1960s writers such as Jack Kerouac — to be the first American to win literature's most prestigious prize in more than two decades.
Foreshadowing the decade's burgeoning youth culture and political turbulence, Dylan wrote the song in 1963 just after the landmark March on Washington catalyzed the civil rights movement and he offered an early live performance of it after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
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Dylan has gone on to address civil rights and has conjured up plenty of characters both dark and inspirational from the American past.
Yet he has steadfastly brushed off his label as his generation's voice, saying — with what appears to be sincerity rather than false humility — that he simply wants to play music.
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On his recent tours, Dylan has proven to be the ultimate crowd un-pleaser — he rarely says a word to the audience, cares little if they can see him on stage and, most notoriously, has little interest in playing hits.
And unlike many of his folk contemporaries, such as his former partner Joan Baez, Dylan has never affiliated himself directly with political movements.
At the 1985 Live Aid concert for Ethiopian famine relief, Dylan quipped that some of the money should go to US farmers struggling to pay their mortgages — a comment that was jarringly off-message for the day, but instigated the Farm Aid series of relief concerts led by Willie Nelson.
Jeff Taylor, a professor of political science at Dordt College in Iowa who has studied Dylan's politics, said that the rock icon may most accurately be described as an anarchist — impassioned by social justice but with a cynical streak.
"I think he's highly political but it depends on how you define politics. He's someone who has always had a strong social conscience," Taylor said.
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Among previous Nobel laureates, Taylor said that one parallel with Dylan could be Francois Mauriac, the French author who won in 1952. Like Dylan, Mauriac wrote with deep religious undertones but primarily was tackling human injustice.
Dylan "never wanted to be a political or social leader, but the irony is that he did become that because he voiced so many things people were feeling," Taylor said.
Yet Dylan late in his career may have finally seen himself as a voice of his generation in one sense.
He has been unabashed of his advancing age and in 2015 gave his first interview in years to the magazine of AARP, the US association of retirees and seniors.
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I tested in my local it's working fine ,i hope it will resolve your problem.

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String concatenation - https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.string.php

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Local experts have been calling for the copyright laws to be amended because of the rapidly changing digital environment.
The global music industry says business has dropped about 80 per cent since the mid-1990s, mainly due to piracy.
Internet Society chairman Charles Mok said the new rules should be clearer. He is concerned they will target people who edit a copyrighted clip or music file for fun.
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STANDARD LIGHT BULBS AND THE RULE OF LAW (PART ONE)
September 5, 2018 Clark Silcox Comments 0 Comment
Our friends in the energy efficiency advocacy community have raised their voice recently contending that the Administration is poised to curtail energy savings from more efficient light bulbs by wrongfully saving certain incandescent light bulbs from regulatory extinction.
NEMA filed a petition to review a Department of Energy (DOE) rule in March 2017 that addressed this issue; therefore, we have something to say about that.
Our objective in filing the lawsuit was simple: to get a court to order DOE to adhere to the text of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) enacted by Congress in 2007 that authorized DOE, among other things, to amend or adopt energy conservation standards for various types of "general-service lamps," which are the standard light bulbs that come in four technological flavors: incandescent, compact fluorescent, and now light-emitting diode (LED) and induction.
Why did NEMA appeal the DOE rule? Because the Department issued a rule that vastly expanded the types of lamps to be regulated beyond the standard light bulb to include specialty lamps with unusual lamp bases that do not fit in a standard "medium" screw base socket, lamps that operate at non-standard voltages, lamps that narrowly focus a beam of light on a small area and do not provide "omnidirectional" lighting like a standard light bulb provides, lamps that operate only at low wattages and provide very low light output instead of the wide range of light outputs that standard light bulbs provide, and a host of other niche lighting products that are not used in lighting applications served by the standard incandescent lamp. The DOE's rule redefining general-service lamps was a regulatory expansion that relied upon an interpretation of Congress's text that, in our view, can only be described as legally erroneous. In the development of its final rule, DOE also declined to consider facts about these lamps that were relevant to this issue.
To its credit, the DOE agreed it would look at these facts and NEMA's legal argument and reconsider whether it had made a mistake or not. NEMA's appeal was settled. No promises were made that the outcome would change, but a serious case was presented that would warrant the Department's reconsideration. NEMA's legal arguments about the correct interpretation of the statute are a matter of public record. If the DOE agreed with most or all of these arguments about what types of light bulbs are subject to regulation as general-service lamps, the Department would not be backsliding on energy efficiency as our friends have claimed: the Government cannot backslide from a point they could not legally stand upon in the first place. To think otherwise would erode the rule of law and the primacy of Congress in writing our laws. What DOE is now doing, in part, is deciding whether or not its prior rule defining general-service lamps violated the law it has authority to implement.
DOE agreed to resume the general-service lamp rulemaking and make various determinations about what energy conservation standards should apply to general-service light bulbs. In its January 2017 rule redefining general-service lamps, DOE intimated that maybe it had no more work to do determining whether to amend or adopt energy conservation standards for these lamps despite the fact that Congress said DOE "shall" do just that. Again, NEMA is asking DOE to adhere to the text of the statute enacted by Congress in 2007.
In the meantime, the marketplace is already realizing significant energy savings as consumers rapidly transition to more efficient general-service light bulbs before any regulation is effective. In this same 2007 legislation, Congress indicated that it expected that whatever determinations DOE made with respect to energy conservation standards for the various types of general-service lamp (including possibly making no changes in standards for general-service incandescent lamps if that could not be justified), DOE's standards should produce energy savings that are greater than or equal to the energy consumed by a 45 lumens per watt lamp in every socket. If DOE's rule failed to produce these energy savings, Congress directed the Secretary of Energy to ban the sale of lamps that failed to meet a 45 lumen per watt standard by January 1, 2020. This is referred to as the "backstop" provision, a term which the dictionary defines as a "last resort." The backstop could also be triggered if the DOE determined that standards in effect for general-service incandescent lamps should be amended and failed to publish a final rule by January 1, 2017. DOE has not yet determined that standards in effect for general-service incandescent lamps should or should not be amended. If DOE determines that they cannot be amended because such standards are not technologically feasible or economically justified, then the January 1, 2017, deadline is irrelevant and the sales ban is not triggered provided that the above-described energy savings requirement is met. A report recently published by ICF succinctly summarizes the regulatory status of the pending proceeding.
A preliminary analysis submitted to the rulemaking record by NEMA in early 2016 showed that the marketplace was likely to meet that energy savings goal without amending general service incandescent lamp standards. More recent data now available demonstrates that NEMA's preliminary analysis was conservative. 2018 year-to-date data indicate that domestic sales of more energy-efficient, general-service LED lamps appear to be headed toward exceeding domestic sales of general-service incandescent lamps and CFLs by approximately two-to-one by the end of the year. Sales of general-service LEDs will exceed sales of CFLs and incandescent light bulbs. And while sales of CFLs are shrinking dramatically, the substantial installed base of CFLs and LEDs is generating energy savings for the class of general-service lamps in sockets (including the halogen incandescent lamps) beyond what a 45 lumen per watt lamp in every socket would generate.
What this marketplace development signifies is that there is not a market failure problem that requires a heavy governmental regulatory hand here. Lighting manufacturers and consumers have brought about a significant transformation in energy savings without heavy government regulation. A sales ban for general-service incandescent lamps effective on January 1, 2020, on the other hand, does present a host of problems for retailers, consumers and manufacturers. It would be a perverse interpretation of the statute's backstop clause to conclude that the statutory "last resort" was triggered when Congress's energy savings goals are met. DOE needs to examine this issue and reach an interpretation of EISA that is not at war with itself.
The questions of 1) the proper definition of a general-service lamp, 2) whether to amend or not to amend general-service incandescent lamp standards, 3) whether to end exemptions for certain incandescent lamps, 4) whether or not to adopt a 45 lumen per watt standard for general-service lamps or a sales ban in 2020, or 5) whether to adopt standards for general-service LED lamps or amend standards for CFLs are all pending in the ongoing DOE rulemaking. Congress directed the Secretary of Energy to make these decisions, and we expect to see these decisions forthcoming in the coming weeks and months.
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A Nation Must Think Before it Acts The Role of the Director of National Intelligence as 'Head' of the Intelligence Community
The Role of the Director of National Intelligence as 'Head' of the Intelligence Community
Gordon Liu
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In recent weeks, there has been controversy over who President Donald Trump would nominate as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after the resignation of Dan Coats. This discussion makes it an appropriate time to ask some questions: How influential is this position? Is it something truly worth being concerned about?
The DNI was supposed to take over leadership of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the collection of 16 different U.S. intelligence agencies along with the DNI's own Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), with the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. The former head of the IC was called the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and held a dual role as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the IC. The CIA is a more traditional intelligence agency with capabilities in intelligence collection, analysis, and covert operations. ODNI helps the DNI in integration efforts and its other duties and responsibilities (118 Stat. 3665).
Over the years, it has been noted by many that the DNI is quite limited in its ability to manage the entire IC. Indeed, during the Obama administration, there was a public dispute between the CIA and the DNI over the authority to appoint overseas DNI representatives, which may have led to the dismissal of DNI Dennis Blair. While the public might never know the complete extent of the DNI's actual influence, as the inner workings of the IC remain secret, there are some ways in which the public can look at the DNI's influence, such as the President's Daily Brief, the National Intelligence Estimate, interagency disputes, public appearances, and legal authority. When looking at these elements, it appears that the DNI is the more influential position in the White House despite the trouble it sometimes faces.
Influence on Presidential Documents
While the DNI may not appear to have much influence in the drafting of the President's Daily Brief (PDB), it maintains an influential and crucial managerial role. The PDB is a document that the president receives every day that historically has been created by the CIA. For instance, it is rather telling that a CIA analyst, and not an analyst from another agency, is part of the group that gives the briefing to Trump. The specifics about which high-ranking person is present during these briefings does change with each new president, but the content of the PDBs does seem to be mostly CIA products. This makes sense since the ODNI does not have intelligence collection capabilities and instead focuses on helping the DNI direct the IC. The DNI's role is more managerial. However, the DNI reviews the final product before it reaches the president.
The influence the DNI has in National Intelligence Estimates (NIE) greatly outshines its influence in PDBs. NIEs are larger documents that are authorized by the DNI; they represent the judgment of the entire IC on any topic. Here, the DNI has more control of the created product, which gives the DNI more overall influence in foreign policy. Having such influence over how the NIE is written is extremely important in foreign policy since previous NIEs have been partially declassified, whereas PDBs are largely kept away from the public. Declassified NIEs can significantly alter international opinion on an issue, which can place political pressure on the president to act a certain way, as seen with the 2007 Iran NIE when the People's Republic of China changed its stance regarding enacting further sanctions on Iran.
Regardless of who actually drafts the material in the NIE, how the NIE is phrased matters significantly. Going back to the 2007 Iran NIE, according to DNI Mike McConnell, the conclusion should have read more along the lines of "the Iranians halted the design of an implosion warhead" and not the published conclusion of "until Fall 2003, Iranian military entities were working under government direction to develop nuclear weapons." Whereas Mike McConnell's conclusion suggested that there were other parts of a nuclear weapons program that Iran was still developing, the published conclusion appeared to significant parts of the media as a strong endorsement that the totality of the nuclear weapons program was cancelled. The immediate response by opponents of the administration to the declassified NIE was to attack the administration for politicizing intelligence. The conclusions also helped end President Bush's attempts at gaining international support for stronger sanctions on Iran.
Instances of IC infighting are highly dependent on the people involved, and cannot be said to be reflective of the power, or lack thereof, of the DNI. The very notable dispute between DNI Dennis Blair and DCIA Leon Panetta over the authority to select overseas chiefs of station occurred due to Blair's lack of closeness to President Obama, combined with the always challenging DCIA-DNI relationship. While Obama's decision to side with the CIA in this dispute did hurt DNI authority, his decision did not necessarily lead to the DNI being unable to fulfill its duty as an integration overseer—these station chiefs have since appeared to recognize the value of integration. In this regard, while the authority of the DNI decreased and the CIA maintained the status quo, the loss did not stop the DNI from promoting a more integrated IC. It should be noted that this instance of in-fighting is not the only one; in 2005-2006, there was controversy surrounding the new DCIA Porter Goss and DNI John Negroponte, which led to Goss's resignation. Reportedly, Goss's resignation actually was the result of Negroponte ousting him, with the approval of Bush, over a dispute regarding parts of the CIA becoming part of the ODNI. If this is true, then it would suggest that the outcomes of DNI-DCIA infighting are more dependent on the president at the time taking a side.
Speaking for the Intelligence Community
The fact that the DNI was the public spokesperson in light of the revelations regarding the National Security Agency's worldwide surveillance programs suggests that despite siding with the CIA over the DNI earlier, the Obama administration still firmly saw the DNI as the leader of the IC. DNI James Clapper evidently had the trust of the administration, which is something that is crucial to having good President-IC relations. While this level of trust may not always be present for all administrations—as Trump has publicly disagreed with Coats over intelligence estimates—it is still significant that the DNI is seen as the leader of the IC and therefore accountable for the IC.
There is no denying the lack of true authority the DNI has on certain matters, like how it can only transfer up to $150 million out of one agency in a fiscal year (Section 4014), or how it can only consult the Secretary of Defense regarding the acquisition of new major systems for military intelligence agencies (118 Stat. 3654). The DNI's sometimes contradictory and overlapping authorities do weaken its influence relative to the CIA, but it does hold some crucial authorities that ensure its relevance. It maintains useful coordination authority, something the DCIA lacks—the DNI is responsible for developing joint procedures between the CIA and Department of Defense to improve coordination between the two (Section 1013). By being the main coordination authority, the DNI maintains relevance as an authority that keeps the IC well-functioning in the eyes of Congress and possibly in the eyes of IC personnel, if Clapper is to be believed. According to Clapper, integration has become an accepted part of IC work, and IC personnel feel that "the sum is truly bigger than the parts." Of course, this argument assumes that the individual agencies are working as intended and are functioning well and that Clapper is telling the truth regarding how IC personnel feel about the DNI, which there reason to doubt. Regardless, the DNI is in a better position to close the gaps between the various intelligence agencies.
The DNI, compared to the DCIA, does appear to be the more influential position in Washington. While the DNI does not have important authorities over the operations of IC, it does have an important role as both the symbolic head of the IC and the main integration authority. The DNI's influence over NIEs is substantial, while the DNI's lack of influence over the PDB does not necessarily hurt it as much since it maintains a managerial role. Bureaucratic infighting has gone both in favor of the DNI and against it, so there is precedent for the president strengthening and weakening the DNI's position in the IC. Ultimately, the DNI's unique position of being the IC manager gives it an importance that cannot be matched by the DCIA. While the DCIA is without a doubt influential, the DNI maintains important authorities and positions that make it the overall more important position when considering the entirety of the U.S. government and how that, in turn, affects the IC.
Gordon Liu was a summer 2019 intern in the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He has a BA in War Studies & History from King's College London and is currently working towards an MA in Security Studies from University College London.
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Paula Vgori offers psychic readings, dowsing, and tarot cards at our fairs.
A gifted medium who has astounded many with her accuracy of messages.
Along with psychic medium Michelle Gomie they advertise locally as "Psychic Harmony" and read at various venues and spiritualist churches throughout Surrey so do look out for their banner.


Strangely, the trailer for season 2 of Netflix's Marvel's Daredevil was released last week. The strange part is that it kind of ended on a cliffhanger. Yes, the trailer ended on a cliffhanger! Today, part 2 of the trailer was released. The action comic book series makes its return on everybody's favorite aphrodisiac (Netflix & Chill) on March 18th.


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Harley Quinn ist eine US-amerikanische Zeichentrickserie über die gleichnamige Protagonistin. Die Pilotfolge wurde vom Streamingdienst DC Universe am 29. November 2019 veröffentlicht. Die zweite Staffel startete am 3. April 2020. Seit dem 29. September 2021 strahlt Warner TV Comedy die erste Staffel im deutschsprachigen Raum aus.

Am 19. September 2020 verlängerte HBO Max die Serie um eine dritte Staffel. Am 31. August 2022 verlängerte HBO Max die Serie um eine vierte Staffel.

Handlung

Staffel 1
Die Serie handelt von den Abenteuern von Harley Quinn. Nachdem sich der Joker von ihr getrennt hat, versucht sie der Legion of Doom beizutreten. Gemeinsam mit Poison Ivy gründet sie ihr eigenes Team, das neben den beiden aus Clayface, Doctor Psycho, King Shark und Sy Borgman besteht, und will eine bekannte Schurkin werden. Als sie ihr Ziel erreicht hat distanziert sie sich von ihrem Team und wird vom Joker, der Gotham eingenommen hat, immer noch nicht ernst genommen. Am Ende gelingt es Harley mit ihrem Team den Joker zu stürzen, was allerdings auch zu der Zerstörung von Gotham führt. Im Verlauf der Staffel verliebt sich Poison Ivy außerdem in Kite Man und es kommt zu Kämpfen mit Batman.

Staffel 2
In der zweiten Staffel wird Gotham von dem Rest der USA isoliert und von der neugegründeten Injustice League geführt, die die Stadtteile an die Schurken Bane, Pinguin, Riddler und Mr. Freeze aufgeteilt hat. Harley weigert sich der Injustice League beizutreten und versucht mit ihrem Team Gotham zurückzugewinnen, indem sie mit ihrem Team die anderen Schurken besiegt. Sowohl der Joker und Batman haben überlebt, wobei der Joker seine Erinnerungen verlor und Batman noch kampfunfähig ist, weswegen Batgirl für ihn einspringt, die von James Gordon unterstützt wird.

Hintergrund
Am 20. November 2017 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass das zu dem Zeitpunkt in Entwicklung befindliche Streaming-Portal mit Inhalten von DC Comics, das später DC Universe benannt wurde, unter der Produktion von Jennifer Coyle 26 halbstündige Folgen über die Figur Harley Quinn bestellt hat. Als involvierte Produktionsunternehmen wurden Ehsugadee Productions und Warner Bros. Animation genannt. Harley Quinn wurde als animierte Action-Comedyserie für Erwachsene angekündigt, die von Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker und Dean Lorey geschaffen wurden und die auch die Drehbücher verfassten. Gemeinsam mit Sam Register sollten sie auch als Executive Producer fungieren. Im Oktober 2018 stieß Kaley Cuoco mit ihrem Produktionsunternehmen Yes, Norman Productions zum Produktionsteam hinzu.

Für die englischsprachige Synchronisation der Serie ist Charlie Adler verantwortlich. Ursprünglich sollte Harley Quinn durch Margot Robbie, die Quinn im DC Extended Universe verkörpert, synchronisiert werden. Im Oktober 2018 wurde jedoch bekannt gegeben, dass Kaley Cuoco diese Rolle für die Serie übernehmen wird.

Im Juni 2018 wurde die Serienpremiere für 2019 angekündigt und im folgenden Oktober der Release-Termin auf Oktober 2019 präzisiert. Die Veröffentlichung der letzten Episode wurde für Anfang 2020 angekündigt. Am 4. Oktober 2019 wurde die Veröffentlichung jedoch auf den 29. November 2019 verschoben. Vor der Veröffentlichung wurde sowohl auf der New York Comic-Con als auch auf der San Diego Comic-Con 2019 ein Trailer zur Serie veröffentlicht.

Rezeption
Die Serie erhielt überwiegend positive Kritiken mit 87 von 100 Punkten auf Rotten Tomatoes und einem Metascore von 82 von 100 Punkten. Der Hollywood Reporter lobt das gut geschriebene Drehbuch, den Humor und nostalgischen Charakter der Serie. Variety sieht den Erfolg vor allem in den Charme eines Samstagmorgencartoons, der aber durch die unzensierte Gewaltdarstellung zeigt, dass sich an ein erwachsenes Publikum gerichtet wird. Dabei wird Harley Quinn als eine Person dargestellt, die ihren eigenen Weg und ihre Unabhängigkeit vom Joker sucht, sich dabei aber oft naiv, lustig oder seltsam anstellt.

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2 New Jersey Officers in Serious Condition with Coronavirus
March 23, 2020 • by POL Staff
Two Jersey City, NJ, police officers who have tested positive for the coronavirus are in serious condition and an additional 16 officers are quarantined, Mayor Steve Fulop said at a news conference Sunday morning.
Fulop also said that another 42 police officers are out of work due to experiencing various symptoms that could be attributed to the novel coronavirus, NJ.com reports.
"There's no question that we are seeing an impact on first-responders," Fulop said. "I just want to highlight how appreciative we are that they're out there every single day."
Fulop said the city is initiating new protocols within the police and fire departments to halt the spread of the respiratory illness.
Police Chief Michael Kelly, who oversees 950 police officers, said the department can't practice social distance due to the nature of their job. Instead all Jersey City precincts and patrol cars will get daily "deep cleaning," as well as an on-demand aerosol cleaning.
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Lawmakers Want to Award Capitol Officer Congressional Medal for Diverting Mob
Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) introduced the measure, saying Goodman deserves Congress' highest civilian honor after he was captured in photos and videos leading rioters away from the entrance to the Senate chamber.
L.A. Prosecutors Try to Drop Special Enhancements for Accused Cop Killers, Judges Reject Requests
Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky ruled that it was "not in the interest of justice'' to dismiss the special circumstance allegations of murder of a peace officer in the performance of his duties and murder to avoid or prevent a lawful arrest, along with gun allegations, against Kenneth Earl Gay, now 63, in connection with the June 2, 1983, slaying of Officer Paul Verna.
MN Woman Donates $10,000 Each to Her Local Police and Fire Departments
Longtime La Crescent resident, Mrs. Dahlen, surprised the departments by donating $20,000 during the city council meeting on Monday night. $10,000 for the police department and another $10,000 for the fire department.
FBI Arrests Arkansas Man Over Beating of DC Officer with Flagpole During Capitol Riot
Authorities said Peter Francis Stager was seen in videos of the riot holding an American flag on a pole, then using that pole as a weapon to strike the officer who was working to secure the building.
3 NY Officers Injured Saving Man from Burning Motel
According to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, deputies called to the scene briefly spoke with someone through the door of room 112, but the person stopped responding. With the help of the property manager, they got the door open and found the room was filled with smoke.
NY Attorney General Sues NYPD Claiming Excessive Force During Floyd Protests
New York's state Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday sued New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and the city's police commissioner over allegations the police used excessive force against protesters after the death of George Floyd in May.
Houston Officer Resigns After Accusation of "Penetrating" Capitol
There is an investigation underway and Chief Art Acevedo said he is "highly confident" [the officer] will be facing federal charges. He is now on administrative leave
CA Deputy Kills Mountain Lion Stalking Trail Walkers
The deputy was responding to 911 calls from a couple walking on a bike trail east of Placerville. They were walking with their two small children in a stroller and had their two small dogs with them. They were being followed by an adult mountain lion for about 10 minutes.
Retired PA Firefighter Arrested Over Assault on Officers with Extinguisher, Not Suspected in Sicknick Murder
The projectile he is accused of throwing was not the one that killed Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was also struck in the head by a fire extinguisher during the melee and later died from his injuries, authorities said.


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Historical Dictionary of Sikhism
Author/Artist W H McLeod
W H McLeod / Oxford University Press / Hardcover - Sold out
Author: W H McLeod
A comprehensive dictionary of terms, concepts, events, and personalities in the study of the Sikh religion and history, the Historical Dictionary of Sikhism has been compiled by one of the most renowned authorities in Sikh studies. It includes:
- More than 1000 entries on the Sikh religion, history, and society explained in an accessible way. The entries include specific terms such as bana, bhog, and bung, as well as general concepts as they occur within Sikh belief, such as monogamy, patriarchy, and rites of passage.
- Thoughtful cross-referencing within entries to facilitate us of the Dictionary by lay readers.
- An Extensive updated bibliography of extant works in the English language on the religion and history of the Sikhs.
This is a necessary source book for students, scholars, and general readers in Sikh studies. Practicing Sikhs will find the Dictionary immensely useful. For those with little knowledge of Sikhism, it will be an invaluable companion to any work on the Sikh religion.
Hew McLeod is the leading scholar of Sikhism in the western world and this dictionary provides an authoritative reference work for those interested in the history and development of this important religious movement and the Sikh community.
- Peter Reeves, Asian Studies Review
- Hew McLeod is to be commended for the splendid recourse that he has placed in the hands of those seeking to understand the history and religion of the Sikhs.
- William W Emilsen, Journal of Religious History
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The Descendants of Guru Amar Das and Guru Ram Das
Chronology of Sikh History
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Syria conflict: Question mark over next round of peace talks
Officially, the next round of peace talks for Syria is due to start in Geneva on January 25.
But UN diplomats say a delay looks increasingly likely, with the sticking point continuing to be confusion over which rebel representatives should attend.
"At this stage, the UN will proceed with issuing invitations when the countries spearheading the International Syria Support Group process come to an understanding on who among the opposition should be invited," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
"The Secretary-General urges those countries to redouble efforts to reach that agreement."
At odds over President Assad's future, the leaders of Russia and Qatar met in Moscow on Monday.
Hosted by President Vladimir Putin, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, is in Russia for a two-day visit aimed at discussing the Middle East and energy, according to local news agencies.
Speaking on the Syria talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rolled optimism and prudence into one.
"Qatar and Russia expect that, in accordance with a UN-backed plan, talks between the Syrian government and the opposition will begin in the nearest future, this month," he said.
The consequences of the conflict continue to be felt beyond Syria's borders.
A woman was killed and a female student wounded on Monday when a rocket thought to have been fired from Syria struck a school in southeastern Turkey.
Turkish army radar showed shots were fired into the border province of Kilis from ISIL outposts inside Syria, military sources operating in the area told Reuters, adding that the army had retaliated "in kind".
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Why won't the US Supreme Court do anything about racism?
Tonja Jacobi & Ross Berlin
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is professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.
Ross Berlin
is a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Kevin G Ross of the Minnesota Court of Appeals and a graduate of the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in Chicago.
The Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fired 16 shots, killing the African-American teenager Laquan McDonald; 14 of those shots were apparently fired while McDonald lay on the ground. It took four years and the expulsion of the state attorney general before the trial against Van Dyke for first-degree murder resulted in convictions for the lesser crimes of second-degree murder and aggravated battery this October. Before the shooting, Van Dyke ranked among the worst 3 per cent of officers in excessive force allegations, making him identifiable as a 'problem officer' even before he killed McDonald. This case is remarkable not for the violence committed by a white police officer against an unarmed African American, but because it involved a rare instance of the United States' legal system scrutinising a police shooting. The courts in the US have done little to intervene more generally in the mass surveillance, mass violence and mass incarceration affecting people of colour.
Racial division has always been the transcendent theme of American society. But with the proliferation of recording devices on every phone, there has been an explosion of videos showing police committing various acts of violence against minorities. Now the US is being forced to face the reality of police beatings, shootings, and police officers taunting people of colour whom they have stopped on the street with little justification. Yet the US Supreme Court has refused to weigh in on these obvious racial discrepancies in the criminal justice system. Instead, it emphasises constitutional colourblindness, which allows it to avoid confronting the judiciary's role in perpetuating racial discrimination in the US.
The Supreme Court has historically been viewed as a model for functioning constitutional democracies because of its power of judicial review, which enables it to act as an independent check on government. But even though the Court now expends roughly one-third of its docket on criminal justice cases, it consistently ducks the key challenges of discriminatory police stops and frisks, fatal police shootings, unconscionable plea deals, mass incarceration, racially disproportionate sentencing and disproportionate execution of racial minorities. For these reasons, we argue in a recent article in the UC Davis Law Review that the Supreme Court has made itself supremely irrelevant in several important ways.
The first involves the Court's power to regulate police-civilian interactions. The most common interaction that members of the public have with the police is in short, nonvoluntary stops initiated by the police, requiring very low levels of suspicion. In New York City, between January 2004 and June 2012, police conducted 4.4 million of these stops. In Chicago during the same period, police conducted approximately four times as many stops. A lower court found that the New York Police Department was unconstitutionally targeting racial minorities: 91 per cent of stops were of nonwhites, even though they make up only 67 per cent of the city's population. But a higher court reversed the decision to prevent the stops, which disproportionately subject young black and Latino men to the indignity of forced encounters, physical patdowns and an alarming number of fatal police shootings.
Despite strong evidence that police disproportionately detain racial minorities, the US Supreme Court has said that it will not examine whether police target particular individuals based on their race, so long as the police can identify other, race-neutral facts that support their suspicions. Even highly subjective facts, such as a person's 'furtive behaviour' or presence in a 'high-crime neighbourhood' will suffice. But the Court's permissive attitude toward police stops has serious repercussions: it is often during these short stops that fatal shootings and other violence between citizens and police occur. Such violence ensues with strikingly higher frequency in the US than in other countries. One study estimated that in 2014 police in the US killed 458 people. In that same year, police in Germany killed eight people; in Britain, zero people; and in Japan, zero people. By failing to regulate police stops, the US Supreme Court is enabling this astonishing number of civilian deaths at the hands of police.
The Supreme Court also ignores the racial injustice playing out at later stages of the criminal justice process. The US is a global anomaly in its rate of imprisonment, with 2.3 million people in prison in 2017. That figure is 30 per cent higher than the second-highest nation, China, despite the US having a significantly lower population. Per head of population, US imprisonment is four and a half times that of England and Wales, six times that of France, and nearly nine times that of Germany. In 2016, an additional 4.5 million people were on probation or parole in the US, meaning that approximately 6.6 million people were under correctional supervision during that year. This mass incarceration affects racial minorities disproportionately. Blacks are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of whites nationwide, and at least 10 times the rate in five states. Studies have shown that arrest records alone cannot explain why racial minorities are sentenced more frequently and more severely than whites. It is estimated that discrimination by prosecutors after arrest drives approximately 25 per cent of sentences for racial minorities. Despite this evidence of systemic inequality, the US Supreme Court has had little to say about racially disproportionate mass incarceration.
The Supreme Court also seems indifferent to the disproportionate imposition of the death penalty on racial minorities. The Court has refused to consider the fact that more than 54 per cent of the current death row inmates are black or Latino, and only 42 per cent white. The Supreme Court closely examines every other aspect of imposition of the death penalty, recognising that application of this 'ultimate punishment' ought to be rare and subject to careful oversight. Yet the Court has said that the disparate application of the death penalty to different racial groups does not trigger constitutional protection.
These issues are tearing at the fabric of US society, with protests blooming in response to videos of police shootings and evidence emerging of police and prosecutors targeting traditionally disadvantaged minorities. Yet the Supreme Court has little to say in the face of readily apparent racial disparities in the criminal justice system that it is meant to oversee. The Court is abdicating its responsibility to regulate the US criminal justice system, hiding behind newly created 'colourblind' conservative doctrines that limit its own review of these undeniable social ills. And with the recent appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to secure a five-vote conservative majority, it might be decades before the Court's criminal justice rulings offer meaningful protections to the people most impacted by that system. Meanwhile, people of colour are paying the price.
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Kama muta: a new term for that warm, fuzzy feeling we all get
Alan Fiske


Found On Scarano's Shoebox: Toddler?
As many of you have probably observed as you have read this blog yours truly has a "thing" for derelict construction sites (such as the above eyesore which comes courtesy of north Brooklyn's good friend, Robert Scarano). I also spend a great deal of time documenting street art. So you can imagine my delight when I discovered the following.
The kid's cute, isn't he?
Yes, he is. That's about the best thing that can be said for this building.
She laughed and we parted ways.
Perhaps this is the beginning of a trend, e.g,; derelict sites replacing milk cartons as awareness raisers for lost children? I suppose only time will tell.


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Editor Update: James R. Gapinski's novella is a Montaigne Medal Finalist
James R. Gapinski, managing editor of The Conium Review, was named a 2019 Montaigne Medal finalist for his novella, Edge of the Known Bus Line (Etchings Press; University of Indianapolis, 2018).
This prize is an offshoot of the Eric Hoffer Award, which focuses on works published by small, micro, and academic presses. The Montaigne Medal, given in honor of the French philosophy Mchel de Montaigne, is specifically reserved for thought-provoking works that "either illuminate, progress, or redirect thought."
The full list of finalists can be found on the Eric Hoffer Award website. Congrats on being named a finalist, James!
Editor Update: Pre-Orders for "Edge of the Known Bus Line" on sale now!
Our managing editor, James R. Gapinski, recently won the Etchings Press novella prize. Etchings Press is run out of the University of Indianapolis. James's new book will be released in late May. Pre-orders are on sale now. Reserve your copy from the University of Indianapolis website.
This is James's second release in 2018, with Messiah Tortoise coming out last January from Red Bird Chapbooks. Congrats on all your recent publications, James!