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void CombatSystem::registerHandlers() {
    events()->subscribe<AttackEntityEvent>([&](const AttackEntityEvent& event) {
        this->handleAttack(event.attacker, event.defender);
    });
    events()->subscribe<KillEntityEvent>(
        [&](const KillEntityEvent& event) { this->killEntity(event.entity); });
}

void CombatSystem::handleAttack(EntityId attacker, EntityId defender) {
    EquipmentComponent* l_attackerEquipment =
        components()->get<EquipmentComponent>(attacker);
    unsigned int damage = 1;
    if (l_attackerEquipment && l_attackerEquipment->rightHandWieldable != 0) {
        EntityId l_weapon = l_attackerEquipment->rightHandWieldable;
        WieldableComponent* l_wield =
            components()->get<WieldableComponent>(l_weapon);
        damage = l_wield->baseDamage;
    }

    HealthComponent* l_health = components()->get<HealthComponent>(defender);
    if (!l_health) {
        // Invincible?
        return;
    }
    updateLog(attacker, defender, damage);

    GraphicsEffectComponent* effect =
        components()->make<GraphicsEffectComponent>(defender);
    effect->type = EFFECT_CHANGE_COLOR;
    effect->duration = 15;
    effect->new_color = Color(RED);

    if (damage < l_health->health) {
        l_health->health -= damage;
        events()->fire<UpdateExperienceEvent>(attacker, 100);
    } else {
        // killEntity(defender);
        events()->fire<KillEntityEvent>(defender);
        events()->fire<UpdateExperienceEvent>(attacker, 500);
    }
}

void CombatSystem::killEntity(EntityId id) {
    const Location location = entities()->getLocation(id);
    if (id == components()->getUnique<PlayerComponent>().id) {
        events()->fire<RemoveEntityEvent>(id, location);
        return;
    }

    // Create the corpse if it's an NPC
    if (components()->get<NpcComponent>(id) != nullptr) {
        EntityId corpse = instantiatePrefab("corpse", location);
        components()->make<SpriteComponent>(corpse)->sprite =
            components()->get<SpriteComponent>(id)->sprite;
    }

    events()->fire<RemoveEntityEvent>(id, location);
}

void CombatSystem::updateLog(const EntityId& attacker, const EntityId& target,
                             int damage) {
    std::stringstream str;
    DescriptionComponent* l_attackerDesc =
        components()->get<DescriptionComponent>(attacker);
    DescriptionComponent* l_targetDesc =
        components()->get<DescriptionComponent>(target);

    if (l_attackerDesc != 0) {
        str << "The " << l_attackerDesc->title;
    } else {
        str << "Something";
    }

    str << " attacks ";

    if (l_targetDesc != 0) {
        str << "the " << l_targetDesc->title;
    } else {
        str << "something";
    }

    str << " and causes " << damage << " damage!";

    if (attacker == components()->getUnique<PlayerComponent>().id) {
        events()->fire<AddLogMessageEvent>(str.str());
    } else {
        events()->fire<AddLogMessageEvent>(str.str(), "warning");
    }
}


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This healthy muffin is my own most recent mixture of muffin recipes from Annalise Roberts's wonderful cookbook: Gluten Free Baking Classics and some morning glory muffins I saw somewhere, maybe King Arthur Flours. They are breakfast muffins so not that sweet, great texture and totally yummy. I also love them for snacks. They are healthy; more fruit and no sugary topping. If you want to add extra sweetening use my oatmeal topping from my chocolate chip banana muffin recipe. This time I used chopped apple, pumpkin puree, craisins and big curls of dried coconut; great combo!
Because they lose moisture if they sit around I freeze any I won't eat in 2 days; I love using a Ziplock freezer bag for this but cool them first. Label carefully with date and contents…be sure to eat them within a month.
Heat oven to 375, placing the rack in middle of oven. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. One batch makes 15-16 muffins.
Combine milk and oil, beat in eggs. Add liquids to big bowl; stir until blended. Note: If you used regular sugar you will need to leave out the extra 2 tbsp. of milk.
Fill muffin pans 3/4 full. Bake 20-24 min until golden brown. Do not overbake or they will be dry. Remove immediately from the pans and cool on a rack. Freezes well for up to 3-4 weeks and keeps in fridge (well wrapped) a few days.
Originally published in March 2016; minor recipe changes.
Pumpkin makes homemade baked goods even better tasting. A few days ago I made a batch of pumpkin muffins; they turned out nice. I did the upgrade version: mini chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Really amazing flavors and great texture in the resulting muffins!
This recipe is my version using the banana muffin recipe from Annalise Roberts's wonderful cookbook: Gluten Free Baking Classics as my jump off place. They are easy to make, perfect in texture and totally yummy. I used coconut palm sugar; low on the hypoglycemic scale which is great for me. I do love to sprinkle the raw muffins with chunky sugar before baking. I sprinkled them this time with oatmeal but I do love to use coarse sugar too.
I freeze any I won't eat in 2 days; in a Ziplock freezer bag. They make perfect snacks. My grandson loves them as much as I do. Enjoy!
Heat oven to 350 degrees, placing the rack in middle of oven. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. One batch makes 12-14 muffins depending on how large you want them.
Mix all dry ingredients in bowl of stand mixer or big bowl. Add nuts and then pumpkin puree, stirring into the dry ingredients. Combine milk and oil, beat in eggs. Add liquids to big bowl; stir until fully blended.
Fill muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake 22-23 min until golden brown. Do not over bake or they get dry. I baked these on the convection setting of my new range; done in 17 minutes. Rest for five minutes and then remove from the pans using a fork, cool on a rack. Freezes well for up to 3 weeks.
Originally published in 2016; minor updates to recipe as to using a convection oven.
Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins With a Surprise Inside!
A few years ago I combined my chocolate chip muffins with my classic banana nut muffins to create a lovely sweet snack. When I made a batch of them yesterday I decided to move the streusel from the top to the insides of each muffin because so often bits of the topping can come off especially after they have been frozen. I thought that this way it is safely trapped inside the muffin for a sweet surprise.
Success: they are perfect in texture, moisture and totally yummy with that bit of streusel filling that goes so well with the chocolate chips. I left out my usual half cup of chopped walnuts; add some if you like…I was out of walnuts and wanted to keep it a bit simpler.
I don't include a picture of the inside of a muffin as it really doesn't photograph the filling very much; just bite into one and you will know it is there.
Mix filling dry ingredients, rub butter in with your fingertips.
Heat oven to 350 degrees, placing the rack in middle of oven. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. One batch makes about 14 or 15 muffins.
Mix all dry ingredients in bowl of stand mixer or big bowl.
Add bananas; stir to coat them with dry mix, then add the chocolate and stir briefly.
Combine milk and oil. Add liquids and the two eggs to bowl. Stir on low until well blended.
Fill muffin pans 1/3 full. Sprinkle with filling and top with another glop of batter to fill the pan about 2/3 to 3/4 full. It doesn't have to look perfect; the batter will rise and swallow up the streusel into the heart of the muffin. I had a bit of filling left over so I sprinkled it on top of half the muffins. That looked great too!
Bake 20-22 min until golden brown. Do not overbake or they get dry. Remove from oven and let cool 5-6 min before gently turning them out from the pans to cool on a rack. I use a butter knife to release them by running it around the edge once before tipping them out. They freeze well for up to 3 weeks. They keep in my ceramic muffin/cookie jar for a few days.
Note: This muffin recipe is my third generation version of the banana muffins from Annalise Roberts's wonderful cookbook: Gluten Free Baking Classics.
I love trying new versions of things; a few years ago I cam up with this magical idea: I combined my chocolate chip muffins with my classic banana nut muffins. Muffin heaven is here and I baked this afternoon so there are a couple in my muffin jar for snacks! The rest go in the freezer to stay fresh for a sweet chocolatety banana muffin treat.
They are perfect in texture, moisture and totally yummy. I put a streusel topping on them but a good measure of it fell off; do try to press it in firmly, I guess I wasn't firm enough! They are good even without the streusel topping if you like less on top, could instead sprinkle with chunky sugar for a nice finished appearance. And if you only have one kind of chocolate chips I am sure they will still be fantastic. I just loved the contrast of big dark chips with small semi-sweet ones.
Mix topping dry ingredients, rub butter in with your fingertips.
Or just use 1/3-1/2 cup gf oats sprinkled on top; this lower calorie topping is my go to these days.
Heat oven to 350 degrees, placing the rack in middle of oven. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. One batch makes about 16 or 17 muffins.
Add bananas and walnuts; stir to coat them with dry mix, then add the chocolate and stir briefly.
Fill muffin pans 2/3 full. Sprinkle with topping and press in carefully if you do the streusal. Bake 20-24 min until golden brown. Do not overbake or they get dry. Remove from oven and let cool 2-3 min before gently turning them out from the pans to cool on a rack. I use a butter knife to release them by running it around the edge once before tipping them out. They freeze well for up to 3 weeks. They keep in my ceramic muffin/cookie jar for a few days.
Note: This muffin recipe is my version of the muffins from Annalise Roberts's wonderful cookbook: Gluten Free Baking Classics.
Post originally put up by me in 2015, minor changes to text.
I have a tiny confession to make; I seldom buy store made baked goods. I just don't. As an accomplished home baker I tend to not be willing to spend a lot of cash on something that I fear will be substandard. These past three and a half weeks have been spent recovering from a total knee replacement which I really needed. Unable to cook until the last week or so, and just not having any appetite, I haven't been tempted by much, until a dear friend brought a package of four fat Udi's GF blueberry muffins as a get well gift. I put them in the freezer as they were still mostly frozen and I wasn't hungry at that moment. A day later I thawed one and shared it with my sister who is visiting to help me out; it was kinda large I thought for me with my shrunken appetite. We warmed it a tad in the microwave and shared our impressions.
The actual muffins look even better than they do in this photograph!
Karen is not gluten free but she has happily enjoyed my gf baked goods over the past four years, even agreeing that some of my baked items are better gf than they ever were! Russian teacake cookies, for one, which get snarfed up very quickly by company. Well, the muffin was quite tasty, great texture, not crumbly or gluey which are common failures. Karen liked it too and was impressed by the flavor and the texture. It was sweet but not overly so and the blueberry flavor was just right; strong but not over the top. I detected a hint of lemon in the muffin which made me like it even more. The top had a light sugary crust which was a treat too. This sure was a lot of deliciousness in the shape of a muffin and I was pleasantly surprised as, sometimes gf baked stuff can be pretty gnarly. I liked knowing that someone who doesn't need to eat gf enjoyed it too so you can serve this to your non gf family/friends without any fear.
A bonus is that they are dairy, soy and nut free if you need to avoid those food categories this is a great breakfast for snack choice. One muffin has 270 calories which is quite a bit but I tend to eat half for a morning snack and the other half later on in the day so it counts for two snacks in my world.
So, if you like blueberries this muffin is a treat and I wholeheartedly recommend them. I make my own blueberry muffins which are darn tasty if I may brag a bit but if you aren't a baker, these are an excellent choice. Buy a package and get your yummy on!
Oh nuts, out of muffins….again. I love muffins for their great flavor, texture and how easy they are to make. Plus they are really portable and they freeze like a dream. Homemade snacks have the great feature of no chemical preservatives or additives like snack bars you buy which is a great attraction for me. Plus, if you have never baked gluten free these muffins are a super easy starter recipe.
This is a riff on my fall of 2014 version on a muffin recipe out of Annalise Robert's cookbook; Gluten-Free Baking Classics. It is very similar to her blueberry muffins but with some cranberries and a coarse sugar topping. Yes, my picture has the streusel topping (forgot to take a pix when I made them with coarse sugar on top) and I am adding the streusel recipe at the bottom just in case you prefer it. The sugar sprinkles are extra easy and quicker when you don't have time for fancy streusel. Either option for a topping is great.
I was never been a big fan of cranberries until a little over year ago! I decided to experiment with them and found that they play very well with a variety of fruits for muffins, tarts, pies and crisps. The cranberries brighten the flavor and add a lovely rosy color. Try to look beyond your prejudices as to their "zingy" flavor and give cranberries a second try. I am so glad I did.
These muffins will not disappoint: delicate texture yet slightly crunchy outside with great berry flavor and just enough sugar for me. To measure I poured about 1 cup of blueberries and added the rest of the measure out of the bag of cranberries. Or the opposite proportions…use any proportion of fruit that you prefer. I used frozen fruit; easy to get in the winter, don't defrost them before adding. The coarse sugar topping insures that they look fancy and it goes on in moments.
There are walnuts in there to so you get some really great nutrients from the fruit and nuts. Not much guilt in eating one of these treats! You can swap the white sugar for coconut palm sugar which is very low as far as raising blood sugar. Just increase the milk by 2 tbsp if you do.
It is smart to freeze any you won't eat in two days time; a zip lock freezer bag works great.
Directions: Heat your oven to 375 degrees, placing the rack in middle of oven. Spray muffin pans with cooking spray. One batch makes 12-16 muffins. I got 16 when I made them yesterday.
Mix all dry ingredients in bowl of stand mixer or big bowl Add fruits and walnuts; stir to coat them with dry mix. Combine milk and oil. Beat in eggs, add vanilla. Add liquids to big bowl; stir just until blended. It is a very thick batter.
Fill muffin pans 2/3 full. I use a big serving spoon and fill it about half way to dump in each muffin space. Sprinkle the top with the coarse sugar. Bake 21-23 min until golden brown. Do not over bake or they will taste dry. Remove immediately from the pans and cool on a rack. They freeze well for a few weeks, if they last that long. Keeps in fridge (well wrapped) or an airtight cookie jar for 2-3 days.
Alternate Streusel Topping: Mix the following in a bowl, make sure the butter is in tiny pebbles; use your fingertips to blend.
Sprinkle on top; press in lightly to help it adhere.
I don't put pumpkin in my tea/latte or ice cream or candy as I see others indulging in but pumpkin does make homemade baked goods even better tasting. A few weeks ago I made a batch of pumpkin muffins, new recipe for me: they turned out nice. But I wanted to upgrade them in this latest attempt so I added mini chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Really amazing flavors and great texture in the resulting muffins!
This recipe is my own version using the banana muffin recipe from Annalise Roberts's wonderful cookbook: Gluten Free Baking Classics as my jump off place. They are easy to make, perfect in texture and totally yummy. I used coconut palm sugar; low on the hypoglycemic scale which is great for me. I do love to sprinkle the raw muffins with chunky sugar before baking. Yes, I get the irony there but I only put a few grains and they look so pretty! Streusel would be nice but actually adds more sugar and calories than my bits of fancy big sugar.
I freeze any I won't eat in 2 days; in a Ziplock freezer bag. They make perfect snacks.
Fill muffin pans 2/3 full. Bake 22-23 min until golden brown. Do not over bake or they get dry. Remove immediately from the pans and cool on a rack. Freezes well for up to 3 weeks.


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Report22 Apr 2018
Kiprop retains title and Bounasser takes surprise victory in heat of Vienna
Nancy Kiprop wins the Vienna City Marathon (© Organisers / Herbert Neubauer)
Nancy Kiprop successfully defended her Vienna City Marathon, setting a personal best of 2:24:18 at the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday (22).
With temperatures well above 20C, Kiprop was on schedule to break the 18-year-old course record of 2:23:47 up until 35 kilometres. Her pace dropped in the closing stages, but she was still rewarded with a two-second PB and a five-minute winning margin.
Morocco's Salaheddine Bounasser surprisingly won the men's title in a PB of 2:09:29 in a race where world record-holder Dennis Kimetto dropped out just after half way.
A course record looked likely for most of the women's race as the lead pack passed through 10 kilometres in 33:54 and 15 kilometres in 50:40. Ethiopia's Helen Tola, who had the fastest PB of the field, soon dropped out of the lead quartet and trailed Kiprop, Celestine Chepchirchir and Fatuma Sado by 33 seconds at half way.
The deficit grew by more than a minute within the space of a few kilometres and Tola dropped out before 30 kilometres.
By that point – reached in 1:41:29, which pointed to a finishing time of 2:22:45 – Kiprop and Chepchirchir were alone in front. Then Chepchirchir faltered and Kiprop, running all on her own, could not keep up the pace but did enough to win in 2:24:18.
"I am happy to have won again in Vienna," said the 38-year-old, whose winning mark is the second-fastest time ever in the history of the Vienna City Marathon. "Unfortunately it was too hot to break the course record."
Ethiopia's fast-finishing Melesech Tsegaye overtook Chepchirchir during the final kilometre to take second place in 2:29:51 to Chepchirchir's 2:30:39.
Seven runners formed the first group in the men's race, running behind three pacemakers. The pack tried to maintain the scheduled pace as long as possible. The goal had been a time between 2:07 and 2:08, but with the temperatures rising to well above 20C, the pace slowed.
A 10-kilometre split of 30:25 was followed by a half marathon time of 1:04:39. The fastest man on the start list, Dennis Kimetto, had already been running at the back of the group from about 15 kilometres onwards, but he was right in the middle of it a little later.
However, the world record-holder – who has finished only two marathons since setting the world record of 2:02:57 in Berlin in 2014 – lost contact at about 22 kilometres. A big gap soon opened and Kimetto was limping. A muscle problem in his left calf forced him to stop before 25 kilometres.
Noah Kigen, the last pacemaker, dropped back after leading the field to 30 kilometres in 1:31:50, but he continued in the race and eventually finished fifth. With Kigen relieved of his duties, Ishmael Bushendich took the initiative and he left behind all but one rival.
Salaheddine Bounasser followed the Kenyan before storming away with two miles to go. "I got stitches, so I could not respond," said Bushendich.
Entered with a PB of 2:10:04, 27-year-old Bounasser hadn't been regarded as one of the big favourites, but he ran well in the heat and improved his lifetime best by 35 seconds, winning in 2:09:29.
"I thought I had a chance to get into the top three, but not to win," said the Moroccan.
As was the case last year, Bushendich finished second in 2:10:03 with Samwel Maswai taking third place in 2:11:08
Nicholas Rotich, a training partner of Eliud Kipchoge and often used as a pacemaker but competing here as an athlete in his own right, finished fourth in 2:12:00.
Organisers for the IAAF
Leading results
1 Salaheddine Bounasser (MAR) 2:09:29
2 Ishmael Bushendich (KEN) 2:10:03
3 Samwel Maswai (KEN) 2:11:08
4 Nicholas Rotich (KEN) 2:12:00
5 Noah Kigen (KEN) 2:12:03
6 Abrha Milaw (ETH) 2:12:57
7 Dominic Ruto (KEN) 2:13:23
8 Paulo Paula (BRA) 2:13:30
1 Nancy Kiprop (KEN) 2:24:18
2 Melesech Tsegaye (ETH) 2:29:51
3 Celestine Chepchirchir (KEN) 2:30:39
4 Fatuma Sado (ETH) 2:32:18
5 Askale Alemaheyu (ETH) 2:32:47
6 Tinbit Weldegebril (ETH) 2:36:02
7 Eva Wutti (AUT) 2:37:59
8 Nolene Conrad (RSA) 2:38:17
Nancy Jepkosgei Kiprop
Salaheddine Bounaser
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THE BIG ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CARICATURE
For Cartoonists
For Maecenas
Baba Noboru
Cartoonist, illustrator, comic artist, poster artist
He was born in Sannohe (Japan).
After graduating from high school came under military call, served in the Imperial Navy.
After the establishment of peace, he took part in the development of land in the mountainous area of Iwate Prefecture, but gave up after a year and returned to his home, where he worked as a substitute teacher.
At the same time he began to study art.
Baba drew signs and posters for theaters, and In 1948 he worked as an artist for a US military base near Hachinohe.
In addition to drawing posters, he began experimenting with cartoon, and in 1949, at the urging of children's book expert Shigeru Shiraki, he left for Tokyo to seek his fortune.
Baba began his cartoon career drawing for the children's educational magazines put out by the Japanese corporation Shogakkan.
His received considerable attention with works such as "Young Post"and "Kappa from the mountains".
In 1956 his series on a pig named Butan, which ran in "Children's Book" from 1954 to 1957, won him the first award for children's cartoons.
Butan was a cute little piglet who was always involved in a variety of adventures, but it was his mild-mannered misfit character that accounted for his appeal among children. Most of the Baba's works at this time featured animals as main characters.
In 1958 Baba joined the Manga Sudan (Cartoonist Group) and made a transition to adult comics, producing popular works such as "Forward, Granny!", "Crimsom Thief" and "Elementary and Junior High School Paradise."
For many years he created adult comics and illustrated children's books.
His "Eleven cats" is something of a classics and won him yet another award.
The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, 1981
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Disney CEO Bob Iger strikes back at Martin Scorsese's faulty remarks about Marvel movies
Bob Iger expressed his immense sadness over the comments of Martin Scorsese about Marvel movies in his recent interview with the BBC.
Written By Pinkvilla Desk 114609 reads Mumbai Updated: November 3, 2019 08:15 pm
Bob Iger gave a perfect response to the comments of Martin Scorsese.
Hollywood has seen some very heated debates over the years. But, the one ignited by the controversial comments of Martin Scorsese about Marvel movies is hitting new heights. As we have seen Francis Ford Coppola also following the path of Scorsese. But, there are some big names too on the other side of the table to support Marvel movies. Now, the main man Bob Iger has come forward in his recent interview to give his views on Scorsese's comments.
BBC interviewed Bob recently and asked him about Star Wars, Disney's upcoming streaming service, and Martin Scorsese. So, jumping straight to his spicy reaction on Scorsese calling Marvel movies 'Non-Cinema', he said, "Ouch! Martin Scorsese is a great film-maker. I admire him immensely. He's made some great films. I would debate him on this subject. First of all, Marvel's making movies. They're movies. That's what Martin Scorsese makes. And they're good movies." Bob continued "I don't think he's ever seen a Marvel film. Anyone who's seen a Marvel film could not in all truth make that statement."
The world has spoken. Marvel Studios' #AvengersEndgame is the #1 box office opening of all time. See it again in theaters (link in bio)
A post shared by Marvel Studios (@marvelstudios) on May 7, 2019 at 9:43am PDT
Well, it's easy to suspect that Iger isn't impressed by the comments of Scorsese, whom he respects a lot. We all know that Scorsese is one of the greatest filmmakers of all-time and we will never be able to see anyone quite like him ever again. But, it's also true that his comments about Marvel movies had a smell of jealousy in it. Yes, this could be the case because superhero movies have overpowered every other genre in Hollywood.
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Also, the prime credit of this goes to the duo of 'Disney and Marvel'. Last year, 'Avengers: Infinity War' was the highest-grossing movie of 2018 and this year 'Avengers: Endgame' broke the record of James Cameron's Avatar. So, do you think Marvel movies aren't cinema and all this record-breaking success is a coincidence? Tell us about your views in the comments section below.
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thx :)
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thx for the help
found this way to fix it
fflush(stdout); // Will now print everything in the stdout buffer

and again, thx

A: The stream is buffered, and flushed when a \n is encountered.
See:Why does printf not flush after the call unless a newline is in the format string?

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Honolulu Weekly (US), October 5, 2005
Honolulu Weekly met with Mills and Reeves to discuss their bad habits. And an "All thumbs" review by Ragnar Carlson.
by Gary M. Kramer
Mike Mills' screen adaptation of Walter Kirn's novel, Thumbsucker, is a coming of age dramedy about Justin (Lou Pucci), a teenager who's trying to kick the titular addiction with the help of his orthodontist, played by Keanu Reeves. Honolulu Weekly met with Mills and Reeves to discuss their bad habits.
What attracted you to Walter Kirn's novel?
Mills: When I first read the book, the thing that stuck out to me was the way Kirn showed family relationships in a really honest way. It was not contrived, nor did he make fun of people. I like that kind of compassion for the characters. It echoed my family, so it quickly became a really cathartic personal project for me. That's what kept me going. After a while, I felt it was my story, my family.
Is Justin's thumbsucking an addiction, an act of regression or a metaphor for innocence?
Mills: It works on many levels. It is an addiction—a way for Justin to deal with his anxiety and fears. It's self-soothing. And when it is taken away, there are replacements, a series of substitutes—Ritalin, pot or sex. On another level, hopefully we can go, "I don't suck my thumb, but I have some secrets," or "I have some things about myself that I would rather put a mask on, and if people knew this secret thing about me, I'd be a little less lovable." I think everyone in the movie is putting on masks. It is exciting to me when they make their shifts.
Keanu, how did you get involved in this movie?
Reeves: I was looking for work, I read the script. It's a great role. I liked [the character] Perry's richness of feeling. I don't know another way to describe it. I believed in it.
Keanu, you are a big name in a small film. How was it to make a small movie?
Reeves: I'm just here to tell the story and do the work. I'm really happy with the film. My hopes and expectations were realized. The humanity and humor and insightfulness and intelligence—that's what I read, and that's what I experienced.
Mills: He never said "I'm special," or "I'm different." Working with Keanu was much like working with electricians or the grip—someone who wants to come to work. The worst thing you can do is pay too much attention to him.
So how do you deal with fear and shame?
Mills: I develop complicated careers where you have to talk to strangers. That's actually a really honest answer.
Reeves: Aaay! Not well.
How long did you suck your thumb?
Mills: I wasn't a thumbsucker. I am sure I did [it], but I wasn't a prolonged thumbsucker. I had all the anxiety. I should have sucked my thumb—it would have made my life easier—but I didn't. In doing this movie, I've had dozens of people come up to me and say, "I suck my thumb."
What were you both like as teenagers?
Mills: We had this crazy, rascally gang…(laughs). I really wanted to live in a whale. It seemed so fucking cool.
Reeves: I always wanted to rob a bank when I was little. It sounded like fun. The plotting, the planning, the danger.
Teenager—that's a big stretch in time, isn't it? In developmental aspects.
Mills: So many different phases.
What was your favorite phase?
Reeves: [laughs, blushes]
You're blushing.
Reeves: Of course! Thank God! Thank God, I have something to blush for. Imagine if I didn't. It would be like aaahhhh!
All thumbs
"I have to find something distinctive about myself."
—The opening line of Thumbsucker
Every film about adolesence is subversive of something. Rebel Without a Cause stood in defiance of pathological '50s order, the Breakfast Club undermined the pettiness of cool and American Pie…umm…resisted the tyranny of those who would keep us from screwing our food. Maybe because the essence of teen angst is against-ness, it's nearly impossible to make an authentic movie about teenagers that doesn't subvert something. Thumbsucker is working against something, even if no two viewers are likely to agree on just what.
The film follows 17-year-old thumb jockey Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci) on a disjointed, zig-zagging journey from winsome loner to high-octane superachiever to something harder to define. After sucking his way through high school despite a curious nature and an irresistible sweetness of spirit, Justin hits bottom and finds salvation in a diagnosis of ADHD and its Ritalin remedy. From there, he's off to the races—that's at least two double entendre in this paragraph, for those keeping score- and suddenly the former ne'er-do-well is a triumphant success. Sort of.
Thanks to the masterful hand of director Mike Mills, it's difficult to tell how Justin is really doing. It's not just that neither Justin nor his peers nor the adults in his life, who are not the bogeymen of many a teen drama but complex, flawed people who want the best for Justin even when they don't know where to start, can't seem to agree. It's that it's simply hard to tell whether the kid is better off or not.
Even when Justin's newfound glory begins to morph into something else, we're left wondering whether he wasn't truly better off with the medicine. Anyone who's spent time as or around a struggling teenager will find the perplexity of Justin's condition haunting, an effect heightened by the voice of the late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, whose presence in nearly every scene seems to foretell a perpetually imminent doom. Thumbsucker is as maddening, at least in part, as it is moving, and for all the right reasons.
Mills coaxes exceptional performances from an already impressive cast. Vincent D'Onofrio and Tilda Swinton are outstanding as Justin's oblique, quietly desperate suburban parents, and Vince Vaughn's portrayal of a concerned teacher is reminiscent in its sensitivity of his role in Return to Paradise. Keanu Reeves turns in his best work in years as a hippie guru dentist.
None of their work distracts for long, however, from the amazingly gifted Pucci. The 20-year-old turns in a Justin distinct from any of his predecessors (think Igby, or Gilbert Grape) yet familiar enough to bring you right back to That Moment. Not the one where you thought you knew it all. The one after that.
Thumbsucker opens Oct. 7 at Dole Cannery Theatres
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The Legal Status of Jerusalem
The Dome of the Rock (background) and Western Wall. Old City, occupied East Jerusalem. (Photo: Chris Hazou)
Institute for Middle East Understanding
Under international law, East Jerusalem (including the Old City and its holy sites) are not legally part of Israel.
Since Israel's establishment in 1948, the US and international community have refused to recognize the sovereignty of any country to any part of Jerusalem in the absence of a permanent Arab-Israeli peace agreement.
No country in the world, including the US, has its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem.
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Hudson Valley Waterfall Guide
Author: Russell Dunn
Led by Russell Dunn, author of top-selling and critically acclaimed guides to the waterfalls of the Adirondack, Catskill, and Shawangunk mountains, discover 100 "cool cascades" along the Hudson River and its tributaries—one of America's greatest watersheds and a designated National Heritage Area. Hudson Valley Waterfall Guide features detailed maps, easy-to-follow directions, charming vintage postcard illustrations, extensive history and background, and includes waterfall adventures for every level of ability. Visit waterfalls in Saratoga, Albany, Washington, Rensselaer, Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Westchester counties in New York, plus Bergen County, New Jersey, and see for yourself why the National Park Service dubbed the Hudson River Valley "the landscape that defined America." Visit falls where mills and foundries furnished munitions for the American Revolution and the Civil War, and where Revolutionary War soldiers cooled off while building forts to defend the valley. See the waterfall that was home to the once world-famous Burden Waterwheel—which served as inspiration for the Ferris Wheel—and the fall made famous in James Fenimore Cooper's classic, The Last of the Mohicans. From the obscure to the legendary, Dunn includes every falls of note along 150 miles of "America's Rhine," from gentle roadside cascades, to towering behemoths hidden within woods and canyons, to falls best viewed from a canoe or kayak.


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All right, today's post is going to be a quick one, as I'm celebrating my 26th wedding anniversary with my lovely wife, Sarah. But we do have a couple bits of very good news for you…
The first big announcement today is that CBS, Paramount, and the estate of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry are officially releasing a 3-disc Blu-ray collection on 12/13 called Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault. Produced by our old friend Roger Lay, Jr., who created many of the amazing features for the recent Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: The Next Generation Blu-rays, this set will contain 12 classic Original Series episodes (specifically The Corbomite Maneuver, Arena, Space Seed, This Side of Paradise, The Devil in the Dark, The City on the Edge of Forever, Operation – Annihilate!, Metamorphosis, Who Mourns for Adonais?, Mirror, Mirror, The Trouble with Tribbles, and Return to Tomorrow) along with 3 new documentaries, including Inside the Roddenberry Vault (featuring Rod Roddenberry looking at long-lost film reels), Star Trek: Revisiting a Classic (a retrospective look at back at the making of the series), and Strange New Worlds: Visualizing the Fantastic (a look at the series' visual effects and futuristic technology). [Read on here…]
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Confucian Democracy in East Asia
Theory and Practice
Author: Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Date Published: May 2014
This book explores a mode of democracy that is culturally relevant and socially practicable in the contemporary pluralistic context of historically Confucian East Asian societies, by critically engaging with the two most dominant theories of Confucian democracy - Confucian communitarianism and meritocratic elitism. The book constructs a mode of public reason (and reasoning) that is morally palatable to East Asians who are still saturated in Confucian customs by reappropriating Confucian familialism and using this perspective to theorize on Confucian democratic welfarism and political meritocracy. It then applies the theory of Confucian democracy to South Korea, arguably the most Confucianized society in East Asia, and examines the theory's practicality in Korea's increasingly individualized, pluralized, and multicultural society by looking at cases of freedom of expression, freedom of association, insult law, and immigration policy.
The only book available on the topic of Confucian political theory that directly and critically engages with other Confucian political theorists active in the English-speaking world such as Daniel Bell, Joseph Chan, and Sor-hoon Tan
Attempts a democratic political theory (or normative political theory), rather than Confucian political philosophy, that is focused more on theorizing a particular mode of democracy (in the Confucian societal context) than on modernizing ancient Confucian philosophy
Applies the political theory of Confucian democracy to one of the actual East Asian societies (namely, South Korea), thereby offering a concrete idea about the practicality (or the real social and political meaning) of the theory
'A remarkable study that raises the question: are Asian societies essentially autocratic or are they compatible with modern democracy? If the latter, how can their symbiosis be best understood? Rejecting the incompatibility thesis, the author calls into question presumed Asian preferences for thick communitarianism (neglectful of individual liberty and social pluralism) and public meritocracy (neglectful of popular accountability). Proceeding in a clear, analytical fashion, Kim defends the idea of a Confucian civil democracy whose institutions, supported by Confucian habits and mores, can provide a bulwark for public freedom, democratic citizenship, and good governance. This is an admirable vision designed to call forth the better angels of democracy.' Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame and author of Dialogue among Civilizations
'Confucianism is neither ready-made for democracy nor inalterably opposed to it. As Sungmoon Kim shows in this important book, however, a Confucianism worth defending in the complex, multicultural East Asia of today both can and must incorporate a robust form of democracy. Kim deploys a wealth of careful arguments that draw from classical Confucianism, a wide range of Western political theorists, and the distinctive political culture of modern Korea. The result is a rich and provocative work that successfully bridges theory and practice. Anyone interested in the future possibilities for democracy and for Confucianism - whether conjoined or not - will have to take this book seriously.' Stephen C. Angle, Wesleyan University
'Sungmoon Kim's Confucian Democracy in East Asia is a deep, subtle, and beautifully written examination of two contested concepts, democracy and Confucianism. Kim's aim is to articulate a philosophically credible and politically realistic vision of what Confucian democracy can be in twenty-first-century East Asia. Besides succeeding at that task, Kim reminds us that there are many unexplored possibilities for aligning distinctive identity-conferring beliefs with democratic and liberal political ideals. A must-read for comparative philosophers and political theorists.' Owen Flanagan, Duke University
'Writing in a deep, subtle, and analytical manner, Kim aims to articulate a culturally relevant and politically effective model that is built on Confucian habits and mores and is supported by largely liberal-democratic political institutions … The volume is a must-read for those who are interested in future possibilities for democracy in East Asia.' Choice
'Sungmoon Kim's Confucian Democracy in East Asia: Theory and Practice is a brilliant and engaging contribution to our understanding of democratic theory and practice.' Jeffrey Flynn, Philosophy East and West
'Kim displays a vast and subtle knowledge of both Confucian and Western political theory … Kim is able to bring Western political theory and Confucianism into a rich dialogue and he takes up sophisticated and nuanced positions on many of the most important questions that arise in relation to definition of his core terms, such as 'democratization' and 'liberalism'.' Brian Esparza Walker, The Review of Politics
'[This book] moves the study of both Confucian political thought and comparative political theory towards a greater sensibility to, and engagement with, the actual contemporary political reality of the Asian, and more generally, the non-Western, world.' Loubna El Amine, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
'Kim's book is rich and provocative. He has made his arguments by drawing on and debating with different Western and Eastern Confucian scholars, ancient as well as contemporary. His theory attempts to avoid the problem of the emphasis on individualism in liberal democracy and the oppressive tendency of Confucian communitarianism.' Andrew T. W. Hung, European Political Science
Part I. Beyond Thick Confucian Communitarianism and Meritocratic Elitism:
1. The Confucian social self and its discontent
2. Toward civil Confucianism
3. Against meritocratic elitism
Part II. A Pluralist Reconstruction of Confucian Democracy:
4. Value pluralism and Confucian democratic civil society
5. Confucian familialism and public reasoning
6. In defense of Confucian democratic welfarism
7. Rethinking political meritocracy: selection plus two
Part III. Paving an Exemplary Path: The Korean Case:
8. Motivating and legitimating Confucian democracy: the politics of Chŏng
9. Public reason and the liberalism of human rights
10. Confucian civility and expressive liberty
11. Confucianizing multiculturalism.
Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Sungmoon Kim is an Associate Professor of Political Theory at City University of Hong Kong. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park and previously taught at the University of Richmond. His research interests include comparative political theory, democratic theory, and history of East Asian political thought.
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Critical Elitism
Deliberation, Democracy, and the Problem of Expertise
Theorizing Confucian Virtue Politics
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Political Meritocracy in Comparative Perspective
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'hunted down and executed by Taliban'
Afghan sniper who helped British Army
New York Post, by Lee Brown
Posted By: Ribicon, 9/14/2021 3:25:04 PM
An Afghan sniper who worked alongside British special forces in the war-torn country was hunted down by the Taliban on Monday and executed in front of his family, according to a former UK army colonel. The victim, a father of five only identified as "N" to protect his surviving kin, reportedly was murdered after being one of the hundreds of Western allies left behind during a disastrous evacuation effort. "He [had] been in hiding because of the threat he faced," British former Col. Ash Alexander-Cooper, who was once a senior adviser to the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs, told the Times of London.(Snip)"It was entirely predictable
A "disastrous evacuation effort" caused directly by the Pentagon after having been in total control of Afghanistan for 20 years. Instead of Medals Milley and Affirmative Action General Austin the the alleged president being in prison, we scarcely even get a "Ha ha, my bad!"
Reply 1 - Posted by: GO3 9/14/2021 3:36:49 PM (No. 914481)
Another lesson: if we are the invaders then we should do our own dirty work.
Reply 2 - Posted by: Roscoelewis 9/14/2021 3:37:25 PM (No. 914482)
...just one of hundreds
Reply 3 - Posted by: dickiedeeb 9/14/2021 3:37:50 PM (No. 914484)
Traitors justice
A simple question. Why would this guy just wait around for his executioners to arrive? Why would he not flee the country, or at very least the area where he is known?
Reply 5 - Posted by: Quigley 9/14/2021 3:52:48 PM (No. 914499)
As schmoe might say "nothing's perfect; did i tell you beau died? He served in the space force on aldebaran [or something]. Oh look at that shiny over yonder."
Reply 6 - Posted by: earlybird 9/14/2021 3:54:45 PM (No. 914501)
As I type, Blinky Blinken is withering under Rand Paul's questioning… Blinken deserves far worse… The only good thing I see is that Blinken is aging before our eyes. Not getting much sleep?
Right. From in front of our laptops, thousands of miles away, let's blame this man for not getting himself out of harm's way. For once, I am speechless. I thought I'd seen cavalier, but this takes the cake.
Reply 8 - Posted by: RedWhite&Blue2 9/14/2021 4:39:06 PM (No. 914548)
You know what Milley and Biden deserve???
Reply 9 - Posted by: bighambone 9/14/2021 4:39:42 PM (No. 914551)
Biden is going to need extremely good luck if he ever has to go to the UK and ask for British military coalition support to lunch another politically based military diabol by invading some other third world country and then retreating and surrending when the going gets tough. As according to British commentators the UK Parliament as it stands now will never assist or trust Biden again. Essentially what Biden did was dump the UK as an ally, and took up with the Taliban as his new ally as far as the Afghanistan fiasco goes. Telling the commander of the British Airborne Force at the Kabul Airport or his staff that they are not welcome at US Military staff meetings is not a good way for Biden or the US to keep the trust of what has been America's closest ally for over a hundred years.
Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 9/14/2021 4:45:01 PM (No. 914560)
A coworker was born in Chile, and his family emigrated to the USA when he was a child. He was born in Chile because his grandfather and grandmother, and their son and daughter fled the Nazis searching for Jews in their native Germany during WW2, and managed to cross the border into Switzerland, then later settle in Chile. The son was my coworker's father. I knew a woman who was a bush pilot in Alaska, had a PhD and eventually became a professor teaching at a small college in the midwest. When she was twelve, in Germany, in the Soviet sector, the border was closed and they began to build the wall to divide East and West Germany. Before the physical wall had reached her small city, as a 12 year old girl, she decided that freedom was important, and while her family stayed home, she took a small suitcase with a few belongings and walked all night in the countryside, dodging patrols, guided by the stars. By dawn she was in the Allied occupation zone. She lived in an orphanage until she was an adult, emigrated to the US, got a college education, a commercial pilot's license and lived and worked in the Alaskan bush for many years. I know multiple Cubans who have difficult stories of escaping Castro in small boats, and I lived in Key West in the very early 60s when many of them came over and I saw the tiny boats that brought 20 or so people. Not everyone sits and waits for rescue when things turn bad in their home country. Some find their way to a new place and make a new life.
Reply 11 - Posted by: curious1 9/14/2021 4:58:12 PM (No. 914570)
#4, another question would be, why didn't he have a rifle and take a good number of these simps with him?
Reply 12 - Posted by: daisey 9/14/2021 4:58:13 PM (No. 914571)
But it was done in a professional and businesslike manner. Dear God, I detest these liars in this administration.
Reply 13 - Posted by: chumley 9/14/2021 5:16:59 PM (No. 914593)
Only an idiot would help this country, or serve it in any way. That applies to foreigners and Americans equally. I am ashamed of the years I spent serving this criminal cabal. The things that made America great have been replaced by pure evil.
Reply 14 - Posted by: MDConservative 9/14/2021 5:42:10 PM (No. 914615)
Seems the Brits missed evacuating a few, too. OTOH, the sniper was a member of the Afghan national army...which seems to have been less than heroic at crunch time.
Reply 15 - Posted by: rytwng 9/14/2021 5:42:56 PM (No. 914617)
Will the Taliban hunt down Biden and Milley?
Reply 16 - Posted by: TLCary 9/14/2021 5:44:07 PM (No. 914618)
When stornings and amputations just won't do, the Biden Taliban goes all the way back to its roots. Com'on man, they helped save the planet by reducing his carbon footprint.
Reply 17 - Posted by: smokincol 9/14/2021 5:51:45 PM (No. 914625)
and diapers body count just keeps on growing MAGA,A
Reply 18 - Posted by: Omen55 9/14/2021 6:26:17 PM (No. 914660)
Another Biden related death.
Statue of N.J. city's 1st Black mayor
was crumbling. This new bronze
one replaces it. 1 reply
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, by Rebecca Panico Original Article
Posted by Ribicon — 9/16/2021 1:21:05 AM Post Reply
Federal, state and local leaders on Tuesday unveiled a statue of the late Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson in front of city hall about two years after another sculpture of him began to crumble shortly after it was erected. Gibson was Newark's first Black mayor, who served from 1970 to 1986 and governed over the city shortly after the 1967 riots, which some call a rebellion. City officials unveiled a statue of Gibson in Lincoln Park in 2019, but visible cracks began to be seen on the sculpture's face about a month later.(Snip)It sits just a few feet away from the George Floyd statue that was donated
Utah investigators 'not ruling anything
out' in double homicide near missing
Gabby Petito incident 2 replies
Fox News, by Michael Ruiz Original Article
Posted by Ribicon — 9/16/2021 12:23:16 AM Post Reply
Moab, Utah–Utah investigators have not ruled out a potential connection between two high-profile cases in the scenic campgrounds around Moab–a grisly double-homicide that left newlyweds dead and an apparent lovers' quarrel involving a woman who has since gone missing.(Snip)Crystal Turner, 38, and Kylen Schulte, 24, were last seen on Aug. 13 at Woody's Tavern on Main Street in Moab. They were found shot to death in the South Mesa area of the La Sal Loop Road five days later.(Snip)Schulte worked nearby at a co-op grocery store called Moonflower–the organic, herb-scented bodega where Gabby Petito, 22, and Brian Laundrie, 23,
Virginia high school teacher says making
kids behave in class is 'white supremacy' 23 replies
New York Post, by Lee Brown Original Article
A Virginia high school teacher is under fire for calling efforts to make kids behave in class "the definition of white supremacy." Josh Thompson, an English teacher at Blacksburg High School, posted a since-deleted TikTok video attacking the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program used in Montgomery County schools, Fox News said.(Snip)"The idea of just sitting quiet and being told stuff and taking things in in a passive stance, is not a thing that's in many cultures," Thompson claimed. "So if we're positively enforcing these behaviors, we are by extension positively enforcing elements of white culture," he claimed with a smug smile.
Moderna says people who received its Covid
vaccine last year are nearly
TWICE as likely to get a breakthrough
infection compared to those
who got the shot recently 13 replies
Daily Mail (UK), by Mary Kekatos Original Article
Moderna Inc says people who received its COVID-19 vaccine last year are nearly twice as likely to get a breakthrough infection compared to those recently vaccinated. Breakthrough cases occur when people contract the disease 14 days or more after receiving their final dose of the shot. New data published on Wednesday found 88 breakthrough cases of COVID-19 among Americans vaccinated from December 2020 to March 2021.(Snip)The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company also reported 13 severe cases among the early vaccination group compared to six in the later group. What's more, there were three Covid hospitalizations and two deaths in the group vaccinated last year compared to no hospitalizations
Shocking photos show 4,500 migrants camped
under bridge in Texas community 10 replies
An impromptu migrant camp under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, has swollen to more than 4,500 people, according to Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez, who said it's become an untenable situation for all involved. Shocking photos show the crush of people, some sleeping on the ground, with clothes strung around them on lines or concrete barriers. The camp had been hovering in the hundreds of occupants for several weeks, but a new surge of a couple hundred people a day has sent the number skyrocketing.(Snip)"They're technically not in custody. They come up, they're given a ticket for placement, and they're laying around waiting for a bus
'We're not going to have a country left
in three years': Trump predicts
America will come to an end before
the 2024 election 20 replies
Former President Donald Trump predicted that the U.S. would be over even before the next presidential election—in his latest dig at President Joe Biden. 'And our country has gone really downhill in the last eight months, like nobody's ever seen before,' Trump told his former press secretary Sean Spicer, calling into Spicer's Newsmax show Tuesday night. 'And we're not going to have a country left in three years, I'll tell you that.' Trump continued to protest that the 2020 election was 'rigged' against him—mentioning 2022 and 2024 in the same breath. 'And you go to these elections coming up in '22 and '24—we're not going to have
FBI director 'furious' over botched
Nassar probe, apologizes for misconduct 35 replies
Washington Times, by Emily Zantow Original Article
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday apologized to the U.S. gymnasts who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar and said the agency's failure to properly investigate allegations against him "was beyond the pale." "I am sorry that so many people let you down over and over again and I am especially sorry that there were people at the FBI who had their own chance to stop this monster back in 2015 and failed, and that is inexcusable, it never should have happened, and we are doing everything in our power to make sure it never happens again," Mr. Wray said.(Snip)After reading the report, Mr. Wray said, "I was heartsick.
WH defends Milley given 'context,'
Joint Chiefs affirm calls to China 33 replies
New York Post, by Mark Moore Original Article
President Biden is standing by Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, despite accusations he committed treason during the final weeks of the Trump administration by reassuring his Chinese counterpart that then-President Trump would not attack Beijing. "I have great confidence in Gen. Milley," Biden responded to reporters on Wednesday, moments after press secretary Jen Psaki appeared to excuse Milley's alleged conduct as acceptable in the "context of this period and time in history" given that he did so while Trump was in his final days as commander in chief and amid the backdrop of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Breaking news: Gen. Milley admits he DID
have calls with China but says
they were held in coordination with
the DoD and confirms he met with
staff to discuss nuclear weapons protocols 19 replies
Daily Mail (UK), by Elizabeth Elkind & Katelyn Caralle Original Article
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley confirmed on Wednesday he did speak to Chinese officials after a bombshell report claims he phoned his counterpart there over concerns then-President Trump would take rogue action to stay in office. Multiple journalists posted the lengthy statement on Twitter, reportedly issued by Milley's spokesperson Colonel Dave Butler. 'The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates with Chiefs of Defense across the world, including with China and Russia,' the statement began.(Snip)The first phone call reportedly took place days before the November election, and the second happened shortly after the Capitol riot. In his statement Milley maintained that the phone calls
Watch it live: Simone Biles accuses FBI
of turning blind eye to Larry Nassar
sexual abuse 13 replies
New York Post, by Jack Morphet Original Article
Posted by Ribicon — 9/15/2021 12:04:32 PM Post Reply
A distraught Simone Biles has accused the FBI of turning a blind eye to the sexual abuse perpetrated by sicko sports doctor Larry Nassar. (Snip)Biles' former Olympic teammate McKayla Maroney also accused the FBI of ignoring her pleas for help.(Snip)Maroney said the FBI deliberately ignored accusations leveled at the disgraced doctor. "After telling my entire story of abuse to the FBI in the summer of 2015, not only did the FBI not report my abuse but when they eventually documented my report 17 months later they made entirely false claims about what I said," she said. "I was molested by the US gymnastics national team and Olympic
Top U.S. general in Afghanistan contradicts
Biden, told chain of command
not to pull out 11 replies
Washington Times, by Joseph Clark Original Article
The top U.S. general on the ground in Afghanistan told top Pentagon officials that he opposed the total withdrawal of troops before President Biden made the final decision. In a closed briefing Tuesday to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen. Austin Scott Miller confirmed that he registered his dissent with Mr. Biden's decision with the top brass—Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin; Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the head of U.S. Central Command.(Snip)According to the Washington Post, Gen. Miller warned against a total pullout and said the rapid collapse of the Afghan government would be the likeliest result.
Trio of former US spies admit to providing
high-tech hacking technology
to United Arab Emirates after they
left the government and agree
to pay $1.7 million in penalties
to avoid charges 6 replies
Associated Press & Daily Mail (UK), by Geoff Earle Original Article
Three former U.S. intelligence and military operatives have admitted providing sophisticated computer hacking technology to the United Arab Emirates and agreed to pay nearly $1.7 million to resolve criminal charges in an agreement that the Justice Department described Tuesday as the first of its kind. The defendants—Marc Baier, Ryan Adams and Daniel Gericke—are accused of working as senior managers at a UAE-based company that conducted hacking operations on behalf of the government. Prosecutors say the men provided hacking and intelligence-gathering systems that were used to break into computers in the United State and elsewhere in the world.(Snip)It appears to be part of a growing trend
California Governor Newsom Survives Recall Election 54 replies
National Review, by Brittany Bernstein Original Article
Posted by Dreadnought — 9/15/2021 12:03:33 AM Post Reply
California voters overwhelmingly chose to keep Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom in office in a recall election on Tuesday. Newsom was spared after a projection by the Associated Press showed that a majority of voters opted against recalling him. With 61 percent of the estimated vote in, early returns showed that 5.3 million voters supported keeping Newsom in office, while 2.5 million Californians voted in favor of his removal. The September 14 recall election was triggered after a petition to remove Newsom received more than 1.6 million verified signatures — a sign of Californians' frustration
California Gov. Newsom crushes Republican-led
recall effort 35 replies
Associated Press, by Kathleen Ronayne & Michael R. Blood Original Article
Posted by IowaDad — 9/15/2021 7:50:12 AM Post Reply
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite warnings the race would be close, California Gov. Gavin Newsom decisively defeated efforts to kick him out of office, a win the Democrat cast as an endorsement of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his party's liberal values. Newsom cruised to victory in the recall election Tuesday, boosted by healthy turnout among an overwhelmingly Democratic electorate, ensuring the nation's most populous state will remain a laboratory for progressive policies. With an estimated two-thirds of ballots counted, the "no" response to the question of whether to recall Newsom was ahead by a 30-point margin.
California, You Blew It Again 23 replies
Issues & Insights, by Editorial Original Article
Not only did California Gov. Gavin Newsom survive the recall election, the vote margin was tilted so far in his favor by Wednesday morning that he's likely to see the results as a mandate to issue another round of harsh pandemic rules. What is certain is that he will consider it a signal to press the Blue State agenda that's made California a miserable experience for so many.Recalling a Democratic governor in a state where roughly twice as many Democrats are registered to vote as Republicans was always going to be a nearly impossible task. At one time, polls indicated Newsom could be ousted. It appeared a chance to climb
Can the Post Office Be Trusted With Mail-In Ballots? 23 replies
American Spectator, by Jack Cashill Original Article
As I write this on Sunday afternoon, a Thursday Washington Post article headlined, "Postal Service workers not included in President Biden's mandatory vaccination order, source says," remains on the Post website uncorrected. According to Post reporter Jacob Bogage, "postal workers would be strongly encouraged to comply with the mandate," but they would not be forced to get vaccinated. To his humble credit, Bogage noted the paradox of Biden exempting "a massive chunk of the federal workforce … that interacts daily with an equally large swath of the public." (Snip)The case of former Erie, Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins shows the folly of entrusting 66 million ballots to an entity openly hostile
CNN and WaPo Write Devastating Articles
Outlining General Mark Milley as
Leader of Military Coup Against
President Trump 21 replies
Posted by earlybird — 9/15/2021 4:08:45 PM Post Reply
The headline stories today are large, and so is the background as these issues surface. Context becomes increasingly important as each aspect is reviewed. As you look at the stories, remember this context (emphasized as a reminder):(snip)Factually, President Trump's strategic approach toward foreign threats and foreign intervention (through the use of geopolitical economic pressure) was a major paradigm shift that removed the Defense Department from a primary role, and placed them back into a more appropriate 'contingency' role when it came to foreign policy and national security. It was obvious from the outset of the Trump administration that the Pentagon did not like that position.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry — Time's
most insufferable 19 replies
New York Post, by Maureen Callahan Original Article
Most influential? More like most insufferable. Proving that magazines are irrelevant and more out of touch than ever, Time has named Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to their Time 100: The Most Influential People of 2021.Please. Can you name one real-world, practical application deployed by these two phonies that's served anyone but themselves?Let's see. They began 2021 with a bang, sitting down with Oprah to launch verbal ballistic missiles from a lush Santa Barbara garden, claiming that the British royal family didn't care that a pregnant Meghan was suicidal
Larry Elder, 'Gracious in Defeat':
'We May Have Lost the Battle,
but We Are Going to Win the War' 19 replies
Breitbart Politics, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article
Posted by Imright — 9/15/2021 10:24:47 AM Post Reply
Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder told supporters to be "gracious in defeat" as he conceded the results of the recall election on Tuesday night, which Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) won in a landslide, crushing an effort to unseat him. (Video) As of Wednesday morning, the "no" vote led the "yes" vote by nearly two-to-one (64.2.% to 35.8%), a stunning result given that several polls of likely California voters in late July showed Newsom within the margin of error or even losing.


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Events Startup 101
How to limit the impact of cancelled events
"Stockpiling" has gone viral, Corona beer has gone flat, hand gel has become the hottest accessory to come out of Milan fashion week and Megan and Harry are the only ones still going on holiday. So far the 2020 events calendar is looking disappointingly familiar to the departures board at San Francisco Airport with delays and cancellations splattered everywhere.
Big headlines and moaning tweets aside what practical steps, other than washing our hands (which here at Gallium we suggest you maintain indefinitely) can we take to mitigate the impact of cancelled events and stop hard work, opportunities and investments going to waste.
We are in an ever-advancing technological world that is making us more interconnected than ever before.
This not only means we can watch strangers dance on TikTok or FaceTime but crucially businesses are no longer limited to single markets which means our definition of co-workers are increasingly no longer those under the same roof. 'Remote working' is a term that didn't exist all that long ago but now is an everyday concept, in fact telecommuting has grown 115% in the past decade (according to State of Telecommuting) meaning the thought of self-isolation is already less daunting than perhaps just a few months ago.
Let's utilise the tech we have
Yes, we aren't robots and often meeting/networking in person is a much more pleasant and worthwhile experience, but social networking sites in the US are currently estimated to be worth $46.0bn so take a look at organising some of those meetings via Zoom, Google Hangouts, Skype or WeChat.
Have a look at your insurance/mitigation plans internally Life is unexpected by definition.
It may be time to consider having a look at your companies formal and informal plans for events as COVID-19 may have stumped you travelling to an event, but so could a random stomach flu or a broken leg. With events such as SXSW and GDC being cancelled brands are needing to reconsider how they drive those partner conversations or media announcements in other ways should disaster hit.
Scale it down a notch
Realistically, certain gadgets and gizmos require some hands-on fun and watching via screen is just not the same. Travelling and large crowds of people are the dangers causing the event cancellations. Why not try going independent and localised. Working with your agency to set up a more small scale or 1-to-1 meetings to showcase products and demos, all you need is a little room and a hand gel dispenser and everyone can stay safe! Plus, not everyone enjoys 10 hour flights for a 5 minute hands on, so you might make some friends by allowing them to stay in their own city. Maybe this could all be an opportunity to force the technology industry to see the capabilities and possibilities in the future of working/events. That and thinking more about whether people actually need to travel for their news or not.
Events cancelled so far:
IHA (Chicago) – cancelled
SXSW (Texas) – cancelled
Book fair (London) – cancelled
EDCON (Vienna)- cancelled
MWC (barcelona) – cancelled
GDC -(san francisco) – Delayed
Adobe – (now online)
Paris Blockchain Week (Paris) – Postponed
F8 (San Jose) – Cancelled
EmTech Asia (Singapore) – postponed
Workday (Orlando) – Cancelled
Google News Initiative Global Summit (California) – cancelled
ASEAN (Las Vegas) – Delayed
Shopify (Ottawa) – Cancelled
Venice Carnival (Venice) – cancelled
World Athletics Indoor Championships (China) – Delayed
007 premiere – delayed
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CES 2023: The importance of government support for startups
In preparation for CES 2023, Gallium Ventures supported promising Japanese startups to get ready for the influential technology showcase, Showstoppers, thanks to the encouragement of their government-related organization JETRO. The responsibility a government has to support entrepreneurs within their region is an ever-evolving picture. Various countries are taking their support of startups far more seriously to help boost the economy and it is a crucial role for the government to play. Fast-growing startups are seen as a PR stroke to many governments as proof that businesses should either open shop or expand out to their neck of the woods, and...
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If you're finally getting used to the idea of Aria growing up — and having less hair — in the second half of Pretty Little Liars season 6, get ready for your world to be rocked. Lucy Hale now has some downtime in filming PLL; you know, the show she's been involved in since 2010. In her off time, she's working on some major side projects. Her most recent? An indie comedy film called Dude. Although we don't know much about Lucy's popular NYU-bound character, she just revealed a major clue about Lily's appearance.
It turns out that Lily looks a lot like…#TBT Aria. Lucy just posted a pic on Insta, and her hair is longer. Like, way longer. In fact, her blunt bob of the last few months is completely transformed into past-the-shoulder strands.
The craziest part? It happened overnight. Her caption: "Say hello to hair for Lily. I ate MiracleGro. #dude2016 thank you as always @kristin_ess!" shows that she's obviously as surprised by her new 'do as we are. While this magic is clearly thanks to hair extensions, we're still waiting for the day when the beauty world comes out with a miracle instant hair grower. Until then, Lucy can count on her hair guru, Kristin Ess.
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