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This article provides the properties and schema for Azure subscription events. For an introduction to event schemas, see Azure Event Grid event schema.
Azure subscriptions and resource groups emit the same event types. The event types are related to resource changes or actions. The primary difference is that resource groups emit events for resources within the resource group, and Azure subscriptions emit events for resources across the subscription.
Resource events are created for PUT, PATCH, POST, and DELETE operations that are sent to management.azure.com. GET operations don't create events. Operations sent to the data plane (like myaccount.blob.core.windows.net) don't create events. The action events provide event data for operations like listing the keys for a resource.
When you subscribe to events for an Azure subscription, your endpoint receives all events for that subscription. The events can include event you want to see, such as updating a virtual machine, but also events that maybe aren't important to you, such as writing a new entry in the deployment history. You can receive all events at your endpoint and write code that processes the events you want to handle. Or, you can set a filter when creating the event subscription.
To programmatically handle events, you can sort events by looking at the operationName value. For example, your event endpoint might only process events for operations that are equal to Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/write or Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/write.
For a list of sample scripts and tutorials, see Azure subscription event source.
Azure subscriptions emit management events from Azure Resource Manager, such as when a VM is created or a storage account is deleted.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceActionCancel Raised when action on resource is canceled.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceActionFailure Raised when action on resource fails.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceActionSuccess Raised when action on resource succeeds.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceDeleteCancel Raised when delete operation is canceled. This event happens when a template deployment is canceled.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceDeleteFailure Raised when delete operation fails.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceDeleteSuccess Raised when delete operation succeeds.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceWriteCancel Raised when create or update operation is canceled.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceWriteFailure Raised when create or update operation fails.
Microsoft.Resources.ResourceWriteSuccess Raised when create or update operation succeeds.
The following example shows the schema for a ResourceWriteSuccess event. The same schema is used for ResourceWriteFailure and ResourceWriteCancel events with different values for eventType.
The following example shows the schema for a ResourceDeleteSuccess event. The same schema is used for ResourceDeleteFailure and ResourceDeleteCancel events with different values for eventType.
The following example shows the schema for a ResourceActionSuccess event. The same schema is used for ResourceActionFailure and ResourceActionCancel events with different values for eventType.
topic string Full resource path to the event source. This field isn't writeable. Event Grid provides this value.
data object Subscription event data.
authorization object The requested authorization for the operation.
claims object The properties of the claims. For more information, see JWT specification.
correlationId string An operation ID for troubleshooting.
httpRequest object The details of the operation. This object is only included when updating an existing resource or deleting a resource.
resourceProvider string The resource provider for the operation.
resourceUri string The URI of the resource in the operation.
operationName string The operation that was taken.
status string The status of the operation.
subscriptionId string The subscription ID of the resource.
tenantId string The tenant ID of the resource.
For an introduction to Azure Event Grid, see What is Event Grid?.
For more information about creating an Azure Event Grid subscription, see Event Grid subscription schema.


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DNC chair on whether Democrats will win back House
Washington (CNN) - Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says her party will gain seats in the House of Representatives in this year's midterm elections.
But the congresswoman from Florida wouldn't go as far as others in her party have in predicting that the Democrats will win back control of the House come November.
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Asked Monday by CNN anchor Kate Bolduan on "New Day" about the Democrats' chances to retake the chamber, the DNC chairwoman said, "I think we have tremendous opportunities across the country. I think we're going to pick up seats."
Democrats need to pick up 17 seats from the Republicans to regain the majority in the House, and with the shrinking number of competitive congressional districts most political handicappers say its unlikely the Democrats will recapture the chamber. And political observers see the recent retirement announcements of a handful of longtime Democratic representatives who would become chairs of powerful committees if their party retook the majority as a sign of the unlikely prospects of such a Democratic victory.
But earlier this month the second-ranking House Democrat predicted his party was in good position to take back the House.
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer pointed to a fundraising advantage for Democrats, lower poll numbers for congressional Republicans, divisions inside the GOP ranks, and a good recruiting class of Democratic challengers.
"All of those combined in my view give me great optimism that we're going to win back the House."
CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser and CNN Senior Congressional Producer Deirdre Walsh contributed to this story
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Name jk. Sfl. GOP CRUZ lee&rubio 24billion dallar LOSS of your tax money conservatives,the garbage of America.
Looking at the GOP INCOMPETENCE and OBSTUCTION of EVERYTHING that could help the economy and the American people for the LAST SIX YEARS , why would ANYBODY , even republicans VOTE for this GOP TRASH .the GOP runing AGAINEST healthcare as their ONLY ISSUE is a LOSING one trick piney agenda . We will show the GOP in November that they really are the party of STUPID!!!!
February 24, 2014 09:09 am at 9:09 am |
Straight democratic ticket you vote this time....GOP is so nonsense, the most horrible in centuries.
Rudy NYC
If Democrats campaign on raising the minimum wage, then that will be a winning issue. The CBO report has been severely distorted by Republicans. The report was noteworthy for its' vagueness. The report predicted the possibility workers leaving the workforce, not jobs being eliminated as has been mischaracterized by Republicans. Show the report's *exact wroding- to the public, and expose the Republican mischaracterizations of it.
Hector Slagg
If the Liberal's and Democrats would realise that most of the people are capable of taking care of them selves it wouldn't matter who was elected. Most things the Federal Government is doing belongs in the States where it is Constitutional. The main job of the congress, in the domestic sector in the confines of the Constitution is to make the laws as fair as possible. Congress has no business in the Welfare Business or the Medical Business, or in most cases collecting and disbursing money. That needs to be returned to the states.
The Democrats need to run on their record, and the record of Republicans from the last Congress. Let's face it, the GOP actually worked against the benefit of the vast majority of Americans. At the very least they can be described as being "do-nothings". The reality is they were far, far worse. Treasonous, even in some light.
If Democrats are smart about branding and what the GOP really is, they can win.
If you want to get ANYTHING DONE they will WIN back the house. Why would even the GOP vote to contine a G op Polocy of doing NOTHING for the next two years??????
Not gonna happend. Low voter turnout will keep things just the way they are.
Fair is Fair
Someone tell her that the "Fifi Perm" is soooooooo 1980's.
Tampa Tim
Fairy – You are soooo junior high school.
Lynda/Minnesota
Well, their working calendar (113 days in session courtesy of Cantor-R-VA) certainly suggests that they will have plenty of time getting out the vote in their home districts.
Was a man Schultz is another inept person, like the BIGGEST LIAR OF THE TEAR , all you get is lip service.
At least she's honest something you'll never get out of one republican and readers here know it..Ms.Shultz is being lied about locally in Florida because republicans here don't have really anything negetive about her that sticks with constituents..Better luck next time republicans after midterms if there is another next time...
February 24, 2014 10:00 am at 10:00 am |
This woman is a lunatic. Nancy Pelosi also predicted the Democrats would retain the House in 2010 when they lost a record number of seats and control of the House. Democrats still have not grasped the devastation that Obamacare has done to this country and to millions of people. People know Obama has delayed things to hide further devastation. The ONLY thing that can stop this is the removal of as many Democrats from office as possible in 2014 & 2016.
Someone doesn't like women in power, green can be such an ugly color.
@ Rudi
I agree with you that raising the minimum wage can be the issue which will sway a lot of voters come Nov. But there is one thing which is missing at the moment. That is organising people to vote. This coming mid-term election should be taken like it was the General Election 2012 otherwise the work done that time will end up in vain. People need to understand that it was nice to elect and re-elect Pres. Obama, but he needs the gears to implement what he campaigned for, i.e. give him both Chambers to work with and we will all see miracles as it was during his first two years in his first term.
Rick McDaniel
I think she may be in for a rude awakening.

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Waiting for prior authorization hurts people who need speedy treatment
Coronavirus offers opportunity for physicians to try telemedicine
For medical practices that have not yet embraced telemedicine, this could be the perfect opportunity to get patients on board and start providing an additional service that could eventually grow the practice. As more people use Skype and Zoom to keep in touch with grandchildren and other family members, patients may be more receptive to telemedicine than physicians expect. And with a wide array of easy-to-use, cloud-based telemedicine systems available, it's simple to start offering telemedicine and keep patients safe while continuing to treat them.
For instance, at Long Island Select Healthcare (LISH), physicians conduct virtual video visits for patients using a HIPAA compliant app on a tablet that enables the provider and the patient to have a secure conversation. Doctors use telehealth for scheduled mental health visits and for scheduled medical visits, including follow ups and medication checks, and on demand visits for urgent care.
Patients use the tablet provided by LISH to log into a virtual waiting room at the time of their appointment. They select the provider they are scheduled to see. The provider logs into the system and selects the patient from the list of waiting patients. This activates the video and both parties can see and hear each other. The patient can see both the provider and themselves on the screen. "Video lets us see our patient's expressions and body language, as well as hear what they or their caregiver has to say, which makes it possible to assess, diagnose and treat many conditions," says Dr. James Powell, chief medical officer and interim CEO at Long Island Select Healthcare.
LISH launched its telehealth initiative as a pilot program, choosing a selection of patients to try it out. It took some conversations to explain the process, the benefits and the technology to the selected patients and their advocates and caregivers. "We got them excited about the convenience, flexibility and safety aspects of telehealth, and praised them for being the trailblazers," Powell says.
To get started, LISH selected upcoming appointments and arranged with patient and provider to make them telehealth visits. Those early video appointments were important learning experiences. LISH staff helped patients through the inevitable challenges with connecting to wifi, exploring boosters and hotspot solutions. Team members went to each patient's residence to help with the first, second and even third video visit. Staffers also made reminder phone calls before scheduled video appointments, so the patient or group home staff would remember to use the tablet instead of get in the car. "We responded as quickly as we could to each hurdle so we would not lose momentum or trust," Powell says. "Fortunately, when patients have a successful visit from the comfort of their own home, they love it and are motivated to do more."
Today, LISH has 187 patients taking advantage of telehealth options. We continue to learn and refine our approach. And we are more convinced than ever that being able to offer virtual visits and other types of virtual care will enable us to take superior care of our patients.
Creating a hybrid approach
Of course, not all healthcare visits can be handled via video or phone. There are times when a provider needs to examine or treat a patient in person. But experienced telehealth providers say that's the beauty of telemedicine: They're able to conserve time so that they have more time to spend with the patients who really need their attention in person.
"Level 1, 2 and 3 visits take up precious office hours, resulting in longer wait times for patients with more demanding needs," says Samant Virk, M.D., a neurologist and founder of MediSprout, a telemedicine platform that allows doctors to quickly implement telehealth into their practices. "By using video for straightforward, low-complexity visits like maintenance check-ins and prescription refills, doctors can reserve in-person time for level 4 and level 5 visits."
For instance, telemedicine visits are ideal for most medication refills, minor urgent care (such as UTIs, colds and rashes), diabetes and hypertension follow up, lab results, post-op visits, birth control and fertility, and mental health, says Tisha Rowe, M.D. founder of telemedicine platform RoweDocs.
While it is important for people to be exposed to telehealth and understand its benefits, Sashini Seeni, M.D., general practitioner at DoctorOnCall, cautions against substituting in-person visits to diagnose illnesses with telehealth consultations. "Telehealth functions not to diagnose but rather to reveal a list of possibilities regarding your symptoms," Seeni says. "A proper diagnosis is made with proper history taking with examinations and necessary investigations. When it comes to non-diagnostic medical advice, it is convenient to get it from a telehealth platform. It saves time for both the patient and the healthcare professional."
Prepping a practice for telehealth
At LISH, it was easy to get providers engaged and excited about telehealth: "Everyone recognizes it is the future," Powell says. But it took some time to develop the infrastructure needed to facilitate telemedicine.
For instance, LISH contracted with an IT team to get up to speed technology-wise. It needed robust internet access, computers updated with cameras and microphones, and new laptops. Practice leaders also had to restructure some roles, create procedures for scheduling, and create new telehealth fields in the EMR (although it has not yet integrated telemedicine with the EMR). Training staff-including call center, schedulers, providers and care coordinators-is an ongoing process, Powell says.
However, some cloud-based telemedicine platforms are positioned to help providers manage a quick and smooth transition to video healthcare visits. Some platforms can get providers up and running in a few days or less.
Getting patients on board
Offering telemedicine options can reduce demands on crowded medical facilities and create cost-saving, resilient healthcare systems, Seeni says. However, to capitalize on the benefits of telehealth, patients must be willing to give the method a try.
Not every provider or practice has the bandwidth to send staffers into patients' homes for the first few video visits, like LISH. Instead, Rowe recommends teaching patients to use the telemedicine app while they're in the office so they will have it ready and understand how it works when they need it.
Some physicians worry that their elderly patients-those who may need to stay away from crowded offices most-will resist using telehealth technology. But that's not necessarily the case, Rowe says. "It may take longer for them to adopt it but once they do, they love it," she says. "Telemedicine allows elderly patients to maintain their independence. Those who rely on others for transportation are no longer bound to others for appointments. It also allows family visits so they don't have to relay info to family members."
Once they're accustomed to the technology, patients largely value the convenience and personal attention available with telehealth visits. "Besides being safer, telemedicine saves time and money," Rowe adds. "I have patients doing visits from work, home, in the car and even at Target."
Article source: https://www.medicaleconomics.com/news/coronavirus-offers-opportunity-physicians-try-telemedicine
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'We have a long way to go' - Eagles boss managing expectations
Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira managing expectations after good start
By Henry Tomlinson @HenryTJourno Sports Reporter
Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira
PALACE boss Patrick Vieira is managing expectations after a promising start to his reign as manager.
The Frenchman was viewed as a risk when he was appointed over the summer but has proved doubters wrong after revolutionising Palace's style of play.
The previous manager Roy Hodgson had stabilised the club in the Premier League with defensive football, which was very different to Vieira's style.
This season Palace have shown a lot of promise and are challenging for a spot in the top ten in the Premier League.
Patrick Vieira took over at Crystal Palace in the summer
Speaking on ITV prior to the FA Cup victory over Millwall, Vieira said: "I fully understand, talking with the Palace fans and talking about the people who are around the players or working in the football club.
"There is this kind of expectation of these football clubs to win silverware.
"It's about what can we do to give ourselves the chance to win something. [But] where we are now and winning the FA Cup or challenging teams in the top ten, we still have a long way to go."
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"We came here and we adapt ourselves to the football club," added the Frenchman.
"We don't want to change the heart of this football club because this club exists before and it will exist after us, so we adapted ourselves to the football club.


We are 8 episodes in and I still can't quite decide whether I like it or not… but I keep watching! I don't hate it, I'm just on the fence.
I saw it advertised and thought something along the lines of "ooo HBO" and "if it's got Sir Anthony Hopkins in its got to be good" but it took me quite a while to understand it was all about, after the first episode I was so confused and couldn't understand why I thought it was such a good idea! I hate not getting something, but I guess that's why I carried on with it, to try and suss it out.
If you haven't watched it, give it a go. If you have, what do you think about it?


The Department of Health Services has an excellent opportunity for a full-time Research Coordinator to work with the Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC), one of 26 Prevention Research Centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HPRC conducts community-based research that promotes the health and well-being of middle-aged and older adults, particularly those with lower incomes and in ethnic/cultural minority populations most at risk of health disparities. The Research Coordinator will support activities across several projects in the areas of chronic disease prevention and control.
This position will coordinate a suite of new contracts that HPRC has with the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to a) increase the availability of and access to arthritis-appropriate evidence based interventions, and b) disseminate and support the implementation of innovative practices for hypertension and high blood cholesterol management. This position will be the liaison between the HPRC research team and partners at the WA DOH Office of Healthy and Safe Communities and the Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes Prevention Program, and will have a significant contribution in designing and conducting research activities.
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Q: Creating 32-bit ODP.Net OracleConnection object is very slow I'm using the Oracle ODP.Net 11.2.0.2 provider to connect to an Oracle database. When I run the following code as a Console application, the creation of the OracleConnection object takes over 2 minutes:
using System;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;

namespace OracleConnectionTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Creating connection...");
            OracleConnection conn = new OracleConnection("Data Source=mydatabase;User Id=myuserid;Password=mypassword");

            Console.WriteLine("Opening connection...");
            conn.Open();

            Console.WriteLine("Closing connection");
            conn.Close();

            Console.WriteLine("Done");
        }
    }
}

The slow creation occurs whether I run the console application from the command line or from Visual Studio. However, if I run it with the debugger enabled (using F5), then it runs extremely quickly. If I compile the .Net project as 64-bit (and use the 64-bit Oracle client) it runs quickly. If I create the connection in a Windows Service application and start the service, it connects quickly. A co-worker is able to run the same code with the same 32-bit client installed and it runs quickly for him.
There must be something unique to my environment causing the slowdown. Where would I look to determine what is happening?

A: Try creating the "log\diag\clients" directory structure in your Oracle home. See this blog post - the blogger had the same problem you had and resolved it by creating that directory structure.

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As a chiropractor in Freehold, every day I take time to research different articles and research on many health topics as I like to share all types of health information with residents of Freehold, NJ and surrounding communities of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Howell and Jackson, NJ. Today I found an article and video that hit home as I also perform flexion/distraction technique to help my patients with disc problems in their spine.
Dr. Kevin Venerus' blog about degenerative disc disease and chiropractic was very informative about how flexion distraction is very effective in treating varying forms of disc disorders such as bulges, herniations, and slippage, but also beneficial for stenosis, facet syndrome and spondylolisthesis.
As a Livonia Chiropractor, Dr. Venerus is well versed in flexion/distraction technique and helping patients with disc problems of the neck and lower back. This technique actually helped me when I injured my L5 disc. Nothing else was able to relieve the pain or get me back on my feet. It prevented me from enjoying my normal activities, but upon being introduced to flexion/distraction, I was quickly back to normal. Due to this experience I learned the technique to help my patients suffering with lower back pain due to herniated discs. It has a highly successful result of around 85% without the harmful side effects of drugs or surgery.
ACCOUNTABILITY… If you think BP should be held accountable for the Gulf, Who should be held accountable for YOUR health?
Hello. My name is Dr. Brokstein, and I am one of the leading chiropractors in Freehold, New Jersey. I was just thinking about how we are currently seeing one of the most tragic environmental disasters of all time. In the Gulf of Mexico oil is taking over the eco-systems and endangering wildlife, the economy, food, water and much more.
In the news we keep seeing how BP needs to be held accountable for what happened, as this dangerous substance (oil) is killing living organisms. Many are complaining BP didn't have any checks in place, precautions taken, or emergency plans just in case.
How is this different than what you do to your body every day and our current health care system?
Let me explain….I think all people should be held accountable for their own health! Just like BP is responsible for this toxic soup in the Gulf, each person is doing a similar thing every day by pouring toxic and unhealthy substances in their body, and on their body. If you continue to choose to put toxins in your body…. you are endangering YOUR system! You are increasing your risks of disease and illness as you put more caffeine in your body, smoke cigarettes, drink sodas and other drinks or products filled with High Fructose Corn Syrup, diet drinks with aspartame and other artificial sweeteners, processed foods, genetically engineered foods, lotions, soaps & cosmetics filled with chemicals..the list goes on and on. To top all those toxins… Americans poison their bodies more as we consume 75% of the world's medications causing serious side effects, yet Americans life expectancy ranks 42nd in the world. If we use the most drugs, than why is our health the worst of all developed nations? These drugs are just a mask of symptoms that in truth are just another toxin being put into your body.
Then to top it all off, Americans think they have the right to "poison" their body daily, causing health issues…but that our government should cover the costs. This is as absurd as thinking that the government should cover the costs of what BP was irresponsible with in this disaster.
If you are to be careless of not doing things to help maintain and prevent health issues, you should be held accountable and responsible for the health costs you incur!
Are you ready to be held accountable for your health?
Whether you have headaches or migraines, back pain, neck pain, stress and anxiety, disc problems, arthritis, sciatica, fibromyalgia, allergies, asthma, ear infections, digestive problems, or a weak immune system and you are ready to take control of your health and live a happier lifestyle, I can help. If you are striving to be optimally healthy and prevent future health issues, we have natural programs to assist you. If you live in Freehold or the neighboring towns of Marlboro, Howell, Manalapan, Colts Neck, Jackson or other neighboring towns in Monmouth County, schedule a complimentary consult at our office, Hometown Family Wellness Center located at 9 Broadway in Freehold, NJ. I will perform a thorough computerized state of the art nervous system exam, adrenal function test to see how your body is handling stress and measure your toxicity levels. I will show you how you can take accountability and turn your health around.


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The Next Big Thing Interview
Posted on March 6, 2013 by Sharanya Manivannan
I was tagged by Christopher Martin, author and editor (of Flycatcher: A Journal of Native Imagination) to participate in this blog meme. "The Next Big Thing", is meant to find and promote new and in-progress books, by getting their authors to answer a series of questions. [I've seen some versions of this meme with one question fewer, but I've decided to answer them all]. I'm tagging: poet Monica Mody, who has a new book, Kala Pani, out soon; erotica author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, who always has an anthology in progress; and poet Anindita Sengupta, who has just completed her second collection. Looking forward to their interviews; in the meanwhile, here are my answers:
What is the working title of your book?
"The High Priestess Never Marries". It's a book of stories, short and long.
What genre does your book fall under?
Fiction. Literary fiction, preferably, with a distinctly feminist leaning. But if I'm realistic, some people will call it chick lit. And that's okay.
Where did the idea come from for the book?
It was something I used to say to my friends, partly with rue and partly with sardonic pride: "the high priestess never marries". After a decade of romantic complication, I had begun to see my life through the lense of the pseudo-historical notion (backed up by evidence from the devadasi tradition of South India to the oracles of Greek antiquity, among other cultures), that in order to retain her personal power, the "high priestess" – the free spirit, the maverick – had to disavow social norms expected of other women, such as the security of husband and household. In exchange, she was allowed freedoms, education and individual and political agency that most women did not receive. That was very much how it felt to me, as a woman in the early 21st century – that it was still a very either/or dichotomy, I could be an alpha female or I could be in a relationship, but not both.
So all the stories fundamentally grapple with the question of whether it is possible to both have love and be free. The story that probably best exemplifies this tussle might be "Afternoon Sex", in which a woman is utterly devoted to her husband and the institution of marriage, believing both to have saved her life, but some primal part of her nature remains unexpressed and so she has this parallel life, another lover.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Stories of love and its consequences, underpinned by the motifs of sweetness, wildness and greed.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
My women friends' and my own experiences, and some of the cautionary tales that the men we were in love with and whom we thought we wanted to be like turned out to be. Many of us spent a great deal of time in dramatically dysfunctional relationships, often with permeable boundaries and complex power dynamics. Some of them were happy (see "Gigolo Maami"); some of them not (see "Greed and the Gandhi Quartet"). All of them were rich experiences, but what was really interesting were the aftermaths. How it could take a year to admit to oneself that what had taken place was abuse. The bizarre self-flagellation that comes with cheating on someone who claimed infidelity was negligible. The fact that one's libertine or bohemian ideas don't exist in a vacuum, but remain subject to the mores of the time and society in which one lives, as well as to human nature. The latent misogyny in heterosexual relationships. The fact that no amount of theory, politics or ideology can save you from being blinded by longing. The consequences, basically.
What actors would you choose to play the part of your characters in a movie rendition?
Although the stories are buoyed by female protagonists, it's the male characters who'd be really fun to cast. What you have are these wilful, out-of-the-ordinary women who are fatally attracted to these men who are either terrible for them or with whom they are somehow unable to reconcile that love/freedom schism they perceive. So you can imagine: young or old, stupid or cunning, cruel or seemingly benign… they are very sexy men.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
I don't have an agent or a publisher, so far. But the book is still incomplete, and until and unless it is completed I hesitate to go searching. But several of the stories have been published individually. They've appeared or are forthcoming in Flycatcher: A Journal of Native Imagination, Hobart, Verity La, Out of Print, Pure Slush, The Moth, Bengal Lights, Elle, Monkeybicycle, Erotique, Rose Red Review and the anthology Baker's Dozen. One of them received an Elle Fiction Award from Elle Magazine (India) in 2012, another was a winner in this year's Best of the Net anthology and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Most of the stories were written in about ten months, and what followed has been a fallow period of almost a year. There are only a few stories left that I want to write, but it's impossible to say when or if that will happen. Also, my own understanding of what I want the book to be is evolving. I've already removed several stories from the manuscript, for example. Narrative and emotional cohesion matter to me when putting together a collection, something I've done only twice in the past, with a chapbook and a full-length book of poetry. The pieces must feel like they belong together, and add up to more than the sum of their parts.
What other books would you compare yours to within your genre?
Sandra Cisneros' Woman Hollering Creek for three reasons: its women-centricness is close to mine, its Spanglish inspired my Tanglish, and I love the easy mix of flash fiction and short stories, which The High Priestess Never Marries also has. Pam Houston's Cowboys Are My Weakness, because those stories deal explicitly with that mixture of toughness and tenderness that independent, but empathic, women have. Gitanjali Kolanad's very under-rated and graceful Sleeping With Movie Stars, which like my book is set primarily in Madras and also deals with love and lust as morally ambiguous articles. I didn't think Junot Diaz's This Is How You Lose Her quite fulfilled the premise he put forth in the media about the book – regarding a self-reflective masculinity and accountability in love – but the impetus is not dissimilar from my stories.
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest?
Right now, I am at a philosophical crossroads. For most of my life, I really did believe that a complicated woman could not have an uncomplicated love life. I don't feel that way anymore. I started out writing this book as a way to broach and explore questions about choice, ambiguity and consequence – but as the answers started to come, the easy-breezy, bindaas agency of my protagonists started to look far less easy and far less like agency. I'm working now from a space of doubt, not from a space of deceptively balanced equivocality. So here's what I have to find a way of reconciling now, and it's important to me to be able to do so, because I do not wish to write in the absence of integrity, if not clarity: what if the high priestess archetype is also only a reactionary paradigm, or if that model is in fact a way of perpetuating a system by creating a space for exclusion within it? And what if the high priestess wants to marry? Is she then not who she thought she was, or had she only always been limited by the notion?
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Some Recent Press
I talked to Isahitya (October 2012) about vulnerability, mysticism and the book I'm concentrating on now.
And to Doodleblue (August 2012) about my old column, "The Venus Flytrap", and what I dislike about India.
And to The New Indian Express from London (July 2012) about participating in Poetry Parnassus.
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News and Poems
First, the poems.
"August, The Year After" is in issue 1.3 of White Whale Review, an online literary journal.
"Possession" is in Volume 7 of A Cafe in Space, a print journal on and inspired by Anais Nin, out February 21. Although I hadn't written this piece with Nin in mind, she has been a big influence, and I was honoured that the editor solicited my work.
"Chennai" appeared in The Lit's Muse quarterly, also a print journal, in November.
"Cassandra's Ghazal" will appear is in the third issue of Clementine, a web journal of persona poetry and photography some time this month. I'll update this link when it does. (updated)
The Poetry With Prakriti Festival has also just published its first anthology, a collection featuring work by poets who read in its 2007 and 2008 editions. I have three poems, "This Hummingbird Heart", "How To Eat A Wolf" and "Frida to Sharanya" (all of which were in Witchcraft) in this book, which will be launched later this month.
And the news: I was shortlisted for a Toto Award in Creative Writing this year. I didn't win, but I did have a nice weekend in Bangalore, attending the awards ceremony, hanging out and shopping, and just enjoying the little break. I also received a nice Special Jury Commendation, which reads as follows: "[her poems are] sensitive and insightful, with strong images and metaphors… moments of intense beauty… a lot of promise, a lot of passion". The winners were playwrights Abhishek Majumdar and Ram Ganesh Kamatham; the other two shortlisted nominees (from 158 applicants) were Joppan George and Hemant Mohapatra. The Totos are given annually to Indian artists under 30 who show potential in creative writing, photography or music, in the memory of the late Toto Vellani.
On the flip side of the coin, I judged IIT Saarang's poetry competition this year. I tell you, this side of the coin is far less stressful. Hehe. Can't remember if I mentioned being a featured poet at the first Poetry With Prakriti Slam in December, but ditto – I wouldn't have wanted to compete. I always balk at the thought.
I've becoming increasingly lazy about my blog, which explains why I've just collated all these new links and happenings into a single post instead of letting you know what's new as I go along. The fanpage on Facebook gets updated more quickly, and most of what's above has already been posted there. And then there is Twitter. I've been meaning to redesign the blog – perhaps that might motivate me about it again.
Finally, I'm always open to doing small readings, if I'm in your city, and interviews for your personal blogs. If you'd like to discuss either, please drop me a mail at sharanya(dot)manivannan(at)gmail.com(dot)com. I'm a little curmudgeonly, and if you just leave a comment or (god forbid) tweet at or Facebook me, I will probably ignore it.
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It's Still The Witching Hour
Posted on March 21, 2009 by Sharanya Manivannan
I had such fun being live on air with Chennai Live 104.8FM's Jane Jeyakumar this afternoon that I wished I'd announced it earlier! Hope some of you caught me there. Here are a few more media snippets on me/the book. Rumjhum Biswas talks about the launch, Vaibhav Vats writes an article based on an interview he did last month, and Verve magazine runs a feature in their March issue – with a never before published poem.
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After The Chennai Launch
I woke up the morning after the launch with some badass blues. Readings normally leave me feeling exhilarated, but I was so sad that morning that it was over. Good readings are rare in Chennai. Very rare. That I stressed out over it, instead of just savouring it, left me regretful.
That being said, it went well. I think about 50 people came. If I didn't say hi to a familiar face and give you a hug, I apologise. There were just so many people and so much to do and the press to speak to immediately before and after.
Speaking of press — big thanks to Niladri Bose of Hello FM, who ran a pre-recorded interview with me on his weekend shows. And to Sonali of Chennai FM, who recorded something just before the launch. Also to Ponnu Elizabeth Mathew of The New Indian Express for putting me on the cover of Monday's Expresso. And to Shonali Muthalaly of The Hindu for this article in Metroplus. As tends to happen in print journalism, there are discrepancies — for instance I have never lived in Canada and do not consider myself a Sri Lankan refugee as to do so is to undermine the plight of people far less privileged than me (I'm assuming these two things were gleaned from an extremely literal reading of a certain poem in my book), and I'd probably said witches were persecuted, not castrated (!). I know that The Times of India ran an interview in three of its neighbourhood supplements but haven't seen it yet. I'm also interviewed in this month's Verve magazine, which is on the stands now.
But none of those made me quite as happy as Orange Jammies' post here.
I'm deeply grateful to Ranvir and Devika of the Prakriti Foundation. I've known them for years professionally but only recently have gotten to know them on a more personal level. Both of them are inspirations to me in their own ways.
I'm also especially grateful to Salma, Vivek Narayanan, Tishani Doshi and Rumjhum Biswas, who all came to the launch. The support of other poets is so important.
And if anybody cares what I wore, I wore a ridiculous copper sulphate blue dress. :)
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Review: "The Shape of the Beast: Conversations With Arundhati Roy"
Posted on May 18, 2008 by Sharanya Manivannan
First published in today's The New Sunday Express.
Over a decade after the extraordinary success of The God of Small Things, and somewhere before the publication of what will only be her second book of fiction, comes The Shape of the Beast. This collection of fourteen interview transcripts chart Arundhati Roy's career as a political activist from between 2001 and the present, and thus comes almost as an exercise in taking stock, in looking both backwards and forwards. Its insight into the mind of one of our foremost public intellectuals is valuable.
In many ways, this is an extremely deliberate book, clearly seeking to fashion an arc of evolution with its snapshots of Roy's opinions at particular points. Fortunately, it is largely devoid of the egotism one might expect from any such venture by a similarly larger-than-life celebrity. The hero of The Shape of the Beast is undeniably Roy – but her choice to speak for many is by far its central focus.
The Beast in question is, naturally, a political animal. In these interviews, Roy takes on, in her penetratingly poetic manner, the hegemonies of state, religion, imperialism, corporate entities and social constructs. All of them have been published before, so in themselves they say nothing new. But collected together they shed light not so much on the nature of the Beasts that democracy, egalitarianism and sheer goodness are up against, but on the woman who dares to outline their shapes.
What we get then are interviews which seek to understand where Roy's perspectives come from, how her upbringing and life prior to and since fame shaped the logic behind her activism. The dialogues segue easily from the political to the personal, exploring the relationship between her background and belief system. Whether discussing American imperialism, Maoist insurgency, Narmada Bachao Andolan or Kashmir, the connection to Roy's fundamental principles is laid bare. Unpopular as her views have been in some circles, both her stunning clarity of thought and refusal to be ignored are evident in these interviews. The Shape of the Beast thus functions convincingly on two levels: as a comprehensive source of the opinions to date of our most beloved and beleaguered activist, and, simply, as fodder for fans.
The most revealing interview of all is the final one, conducted in March 2008, in which Roy speaks about herself as a person, a writer and a celebrity and the private and public negotiations of these selves and projections. The political weight of the other conversations is absent here, and because of this it knits together the two Roys who have inhabited our common consciousness since 1997 – the glimmering, melancholic writer who gave us The God of Small Things and the fierce, incisive activist we have seen since then.
The book's success lies primarily in the fact that it is neither mere defense for a decade of what some have seen as incidental activism, nor an exercise in self-congratulatory vanity. There is certainly some amount of careful persona distillation here, but hers is a voice that represents in equal measure both the disenfranchised and the simply far less eloquent. And for this, one remains grateful.
"I insist on the right to be emotional, to be sentimental, to be passionate," says Roy in one of the interviews. This is exactly the kind of statement that does not endear her to her detractors, but it is also the reason why the rest of us remain so enamoured. She dares to be a subjective voice speaking on objective things, an anomaly in an arena of clichéd catchphrases and the politically fashionable, if not politically correct. Love her or loathe her, we need Roy. And this book, in a nutshell, is why.
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The Word Witch
Posted on May 8, 2008 by Sharanya Manivannan
By now, you know that plans for the book have come to a standstill. And I don't owe you the story because I have to save something for the memoirs, right? Let it just be said that it was all pretty Twilight Zone. Is all, actually.
However, when production was still in full progress, I did an online conversation with a friend from a long time ago, as part of what we thought would be book-related publicity. There's no sense in holding onto the interview for future use — by the time the book does come out, it may be outdated.
It's a pretty comprehensive interview, and Michael is a wonderful interviewer. Rereading it, I was struck by something profound.
The day after I realised that my book was in total limbo, a dear friend had a vision of one of my past lives which revealed a great deal. It also told me that choosing to name the book Witchcraft was a decision with a wisdom I had not known at the time. But which I had also always known.
And that is why I do not fear for the book's future.
I have posted the Q+A up on its own page on this blog, here.
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Shakespeare's Cleopatra: A Study in Moods
Claire Luce
"Age cannot wither, nor custom stale, her infinite variety," noted William Shakespeare about the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. In this recording, American stage actress Claire Luce (1903–1989) presents the full range of Cleopatra's complex character, rangings from provocative seductress to tragic victim, in scenes from the timeless play Antony and Cleopatra. Transcripts of the scenes heard on the album are included in the liner notes, followed by a biography of the performer.
Introduction Claire Luce 01:37
Act I, Scene 1 (If It Be Love Indeed...) Claire Luce 02:01
Act I, Scene 2 and 3 (Saw You My Lord?) Claire Luce 04:05
Act I, Scene 5; Act II, Scene 5 (Charmian! Give Me to Drink Mandragora...) Claire Luce 07:51
Act III, Scene 7 (I Will Be Even with thee Enobarbus) Claire Luce 01:46
Act III, Scene 11 (What Shall We Do Enobarbus?) Claire Luce 01:20
Act IV, Scene 4 (Oh...Sleep a Little!...) Claire Luce 02:35
Act IV, Scene 12, 13, 15 (O!...Help Me My Women!...) Claire Luce 00:48
Act IV, Scene 12, 13, 15: Continued (O-Antony!...Ah, I Had a Prophesying Fear...) Claire Luce 05:31
Act V, Scene 2 (Antony Did Tell Me of You Proculeius...) Claire Luce 01:47
Act V, Scene 2: Continued (Now Iras, What Thinkst Thou?) Claire Luce 05:19
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This week the Western Development Commission (WDC) was invited by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to discuss what it takes to sustain a viable rural community.
The committee is holding a series of meetings to get to the heart of what makes a rural community sustainable and viable. Cathaoirleach of the Committee (Committee members can be seen here) Peadar Tóibín T.D. has said: "There is a deep imbalance in the distribution of jobs, enterprise and resources in this State causing major difficulties in urban and rural areas. Developing sustainable enterprises, improving tourism opportunities, promoting and encouraging agribusiness and creating jobs are crucial in halting population decline and in sustaining rural communities".
During their deliberations the Committee will examine all aspects of the requirements of rural communities in modern Ireland. They have divided hearings into six different streams: employment, emergency services, local services, quality of life, education and transport. They will gather evidence from witnesses from all four provinces, including the Gaeltacht, including representatives from Leader partnerships and Government agencies, local service and local interest groups, business, education, farming, financial and transport sectors, and health care, leisure, sport and charity organisations as well as the relevant Government Departments. It will be a wide-ranging and comprehensive study.
The hearing on Wednesday 26th October 2016 considered the employment stream which includes investment, development and employment in rural areas, doing business and locating workers in rural areas and incentives for rural enterprises, resource-based industries and creative and media industries. It was attended by the WDC acting CEO Mr Ian Brannigan and Policy Analyst Dr Helen McHenry and also heard from Enterprise Ireland, Irish Small and Medium Enterprises; Údarás na Gaeltachta and the Irish Farmers Association. A recording of the webcast of the debate can be seen here. The transcript of the meeting and the opening statement from the WDC will be available shortly.
The previous meeting of the committee on the subject (Wednesday, 12 October 2016) heard the views of a number of rural development organisations (the transcript is available here).


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Updated: November 28, 2022, 2:23 PM
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From Houston to Hollywood: Wife works in oil & gas, while husband stars in Hollywood movies
Published: November 27, 2022, 10:09 PM Updated: November 28, 2022, 2:23 PM
HOUSTON – Actor Dave Maldonado and his wife moved to the Spring area from Louisiana about 20 years ago for her job in the oil and gas industry.
At that time, Maldonado started pursuing acting in the Houston area with theatre, indie films, and commercials.
Fast forward to 2022, the local actor has built a strong resume working with stars such as Chris Pratt in Amazon Prime's Tomorrow War, Tom Hanks in Greyhound, and Diane Keaton in POMS.
And more recently, he has a recurring role in the new Sylvester Stallone show, "Tulsa King" streaming on Paramount +.
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Maldonado also appears in the Showtime drama, "Your Honor," with Bryan Cranston and Michael Stuhlbarg. And he is reprising his role as Lieutenant Cusack on season 2 of the show, streaming on Showtime on Jan 13, 2023.
Maldonado chatted about how he made a career in Hollywood while living in Houston and his latest roles.
Watch Maldonado's complete interview in the video above.


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When anyone mentions the word "art" around Dan he will immediately start gushing about how the plaza art fair is one of his top five favorite things to do. (The other four on the list vary depending on the season, his mood, who he is talking to, etc. but the plaza art fair is always there).
He looks forward to it all year long and I agree that the plaza art fair is amazing, how couldn't it be?
The region's best art + Kansas City's best food + the brink of Fall weather = a good time EVERY time.
Also, our house is almost exclusively decorated from our art fair finds the previous years.
Dan and I had made it a tradition that every year we would buy something from the plaza art fair. However, this year two things happened.
One, we just returned from a pricey trip to Hawaii and anytime I return from a trip, I am always in money saving mode. More on this later - but I hope to stay in money saving mode for quite some time.
Two, we met my sister's family there. I was so happy she brought Kauffman and Hallaway - it had been more than 2 weeks since I had seen them and that was not acceptable. I was going through withdrawal.
However, it appears that just about everyone else in Kansas City likes the plaza art fair just as much as we do. It was the most crowded I have ever seen it, making maneuvering between stands by myself difficult. Therefore, pushing a double stroller from place to place was virtually impossible.
We didn't purchase any art, but we still had a great time and came home with a much more valuable item.
Having Kauffman stay the night gives me a little preview of how much I am going to enjoy full time motherhood.
We watched Disney movies, rode the tractor, played on the swing set, built Leggos, sang songs, cuddled, threw the ball, kicked the ball, you name it, we did it. We even were able to see a rare Chiefs win!
A wonderful weekend and great start to the week.


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His Life New Muslims
Muhammad: The Noblest of the Prophets and Messengers
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By Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin `Abdullah Al-Tuwayjiri
His Lineage and Upbringing
He is Muhammad ibin `Abdullah ibn `Abdul-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn `Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy ibn Kilab ibn Murrah ibn Ka`b ibn Lu'ay ibn Ghalib ibn Fihr ibn Malik ibn Al-Nadr ibn Kinanah ibn Khuzaymah ibn Mudrikah ibn Ilyas ibn Mudar ibn Nizar ibn Maʿd ibn `Adnan.
He lived a life full of great manners, beautiful conduct and pleasant characteristics.
His noble lineage has been preserved until Adam (peace be upon him), and his mother was Aminah bint Wahb.
He (peace be upon him) was born in Makkah in the Year of the Elephant, equivalent to the year 570 CE.
His father `Abdullah died while his mother was still pregnant with him. When he was born, his grandfather `Abdul-Muttalib took care of him, and his mother passed away when he was six years old. When his grandfather died, his uncle Abu Talib took are of him.
He lived a life full of great manners, beautiful conduct and pleasant characteristics, so much so that his people gave him the nickname of "The Trustworthy."
Prophethood
At the age of forty, Muhammad (peace be upon him) attained prophethood when the Truth (i.e. the revelation) came to him in the cave of Hira' whilst he was worshipping, and he (the angel) informed him that he was the Messenger of Allah. He then began calling his people to iman (belief) in Allah and His Messenger, and calling them to worship Allah alone and to stay away from worshipping other than Him.
As a result, he received various types of harm at the hands of his people, but he remained patient until Allah manifested His religion. He then migrated to Madinah where legislative rulings were prescribed, Islam attained honor and the religion was completed.
He (peace be upon him) then died on a Monday in the month of Rabi` Awwal in the year 11 AH, and his age was sixty-three. He joined the Highest Companions (in Paradise) after he conveyed the clear message, strove hard in Allah's Cause as he ought to have strove, guided his Ummah to every good and warned them from every evil. So may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him.
His Unique Characteristics
From amongst the unique characteristics of the Prophet (peace be upon him) is that he is the seal of the prophets, leader of the messengers and leader of the pious. The message he was sent with was general for the thaqalayn (the jinn and mankind), and Allah sent him as a mercy to the worlds. He was taken on the night journey (Al-Isra' to Bayt Al-Maqdis (Jerusalem) and from there ascended to the heavens (Al-Mi`raj).
Allah called upon him (in the Qur'an) by his ascription to prophethood and messengership, and he was given concise speech that entailed vast meanings. Finally, Allah bestowed upon him five unique characteristics that were not given to the other prophets.
Jabir ibn `Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated:
The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "I have been given five things which were not given to anyone else before me: Allah made me victorious by awe (by His frightening my enemies) for a distance of one month's journey; the earth has been made for me (and for my followers) a place for praying and a thing to perform dry ablution, therefore anyone of my followers can pray wherever the time of a prayer is due; the booty has been made lawful for me, yet it was not lawful for anyone else before me; I have been given the right of intercession (on the Day of Resurrection); and every prophet used to be sent to his nation only, but I have been sent to all mankind." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
He (peace be upon him) was also given unique characteristics that his Ummah was not, among which were: permission to continuously fast without break; marrying without giving a dowry; marrying more than four wives at one time; his wives being unlawful to marry after his death; not being allowed to take charity; being able to hear and see what others could not, like seeing Jibril (Gabriel) in his true image that Allah created him upon; and finally, he is not inherited from.
The article is an excerpt from the author's book "Summarized Islamic Fiqh In Light of the Qur'an and Sunnah", translated by Kamil Ahmad & Jawad Beg.
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The fun doesn't stop once you've crossed the finish line; now it's really time to celebrate or something like that! Along the way one of your friends is sure to have pulled off some ridiculously embarrassing moves that you won't be able to let them live down. After all that's just a part of the fun!
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Kick back with your friends, grab some food and enjoy the music. We'll have live DJ's from you favorite local radio stations. You hear them on the way to and from work, now meet them in person!
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I'm not sure about the numbers statewide.
Other than a leaking roof, where the water ran down into the wall and out into the closet and soaked the carpeting, I survived fine. Throughout the flood, I was busy trying to meet a work deadline amidst power outages. The entire week was a bit surreal. Rain was falling each day and I was given a nearly impossible printed circuit to design in a nearly impossible time frame. Actually it was four circuit boards, but I only completed two.
The biggest inconvenience has been transportation. It's now nearly two weeks after the flood and the main roads in and out of the area are still closed.
I wish I had some spectacular photos to share, but there was never any time to go out and take photos.
I am tired of all of the hyperbole in the media regarding this event. There is so much misinformation and comparisons of apples and oranges. So I've pretty much stopped keeping up on things.
Fall is a bit late this year, very little color has developed so far. Given that the peak of the wildflowers were a couple of weeks late in mid-summer, followed by the peak mushroom season being late, I can conclude that Fall will be a bit late.
I don't think the heavy rains portend a bad winter. The monsoon and winter weather patterns are nearly opposite of each other and different forces are in play. Prior to the heavy rain storm, the monsoon was running pretty close to average. So therefore I'll bet winter will be average, if not a few weeks late getting started.
Glad to hear you survived unscathed :).
I'm glad though you had some damage, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
Trying to complete work in such conditions can't have been easy.


Is the somewhat fractured world we live in today just a result of random developments - or a deliberate ploy? And is the picture we are presented with in the mainstream an accurate one? Given that so often it appears not to be, it is inevitable that many have begun to question the very foundations of the society in which they live.
When a recent poll claimed to have found that a large majority of British people considered themselves to be 'happy', it came as something of a surprise to much of the population. From the evidence of everyday conversation not many people, in the West at least, really seem to be happy with the world we live in today. Perhaps it was just the way the questions were asked, or perhaps the whole poll was some kind of Orwellian exercise in social conditioning, but overall the fair majority of citizens generally appear to hold negative views on the state of things. Notably, the coverage glossed over the not-insignificant finding that over one in four put themselves in the 'anxious' category.
For all our scientific achievements, great discoveries and the many convenience comforts of the modern Western world, there remains a pervading sense that civilisation has taken a wrong turn somewhere down the line. Secrets and lies seem rife within governments and institutions, countries go to war on very shaky grounds, and an agenda of control and surveillance appears to have replaced the relative freedom the West once knew. Fear of climate change, fear of terrorism, fear of flu pandemics, fear of poverty, fear of immigrants and outsiders, fear of almost everything; all these threats seemingly dangled above our heads and actively inflated by media shock merchants mean we increasingly act from a place of threatened security rather than from expansion and joy.
The prevailing impression is that we are poised on the brink of political, economic, spiritual and social breakdown as the family unit dissolves and the old foundations of respect and a sense of the sacred dwindle away into disorder, systemic corruption and crime. Meanwhile, the savage austerity measures seen in several countries amidst the current economic turmoil have focused many minds on loss (or, in some cases, simply the fear of loss), rather than abundance.
Positive thinking, then - a vital commodity in unstable times - is currently dwarfed by the seeming enormity of the problems that face us and the coverage given to them. Yet, despite the unquestionable reality of big issues to be dealt with, there is strong evidence that we are being disproportionately presented with a negative view of a world that may in truth be much brighter than we are being allowed to see. The version of society we perceive through our screens and newspapers almost unfailingly promotes fear and darkness, and tempts us to give our freedom away, almost as if encouraging hope and liberty would be an irresponsible thing to do. Almost as if there is an agenda.
The dark things are sometimes real enough - but so is hope and positivity. Yet the latter are without question downplayed as if, to those in control, a divided and unhappy society is far more preferable. Either way, little in our world quite seems to make sense anymore - that is, if one assumes that the world is being run for the benefit of us. What if that is not the case?
Some say the current state of our civilisation is the result of a series of giant mistakes, the product of error built upon error and rebounds from endless corrective manoeuvres born of desperation, as humankind evolves with depressing slowness. However, an increasing number of people believe that life has become the way it is because a hidden strata of our society wants it to be that way. After all, are we really so incompetent as a species? Have we learnt nothing? Many individuals and groups seem enlightened and intelligent, living positive lives and trying constantly to create positive change; yet society as a whole stubbornly refuses to move on from its litany of mistakes, continually repeating the faults of the past.
This is where we enter the world of 'conspiracy theory'. It has become an abusive term in recent times, applied by the establishment to marginalise anyone who questions the status quo. An encouraged contempt for conspiracy theorists has allowed these questioners to be pushed neatly to the fringes as sad characters to be shunned, ridiculed or even feared. Books by mainstream journalists (like David Aaronovitch's Voodoo Histories), which exist to knock down alternative views on recent history and falsely present all conspiracy theorists as far-right or even anti-Semitic extremists, are given massive media coverage, while the actual evidence presented by those being marginalised is given little or no airing and kept out of polite society. At the same time, fragile 'strawman' theories are forever pushed into the public eye via the tabloids and built up hugely, only to be quickly despatched.
Mohammed Al Fayed's clearly doomed attempt - whatever the ultimate truth - to prove in the British High Court in 2008 that Princess Diana was murdered on the orders of Prince Philip provides a good example [pages 91 & 341]. With such an extreme accusation, and with important evidence oddly unpresented or deliberately withheld, it was clear from early on that a verdict to support the conspiracy view would be unlikely; yet certain tabloid newspapers screamed each new clue as sensational fact, before the predictable climbdown - or subsequent silence. By loudly fanfaring weaker cases before the inevitable public demolition, all conspiracy theories are brought into disrepute by simple association. Yet the theories for which there is substantial evidence, such as the anomalies surrounding 9/11 [Chapter VIII], are largely ignored or singled out for ignorant dismissal by sneering columnists - usually by failing to address the evidence itself and personally attacking or stereotyping the researchers instead.
Why is there such a stigma against those who question the establishment view? Is it because they are, in fact, asking pertinent questions no-one else dares to about the mysteries and cover-ups that seem to surround us? Even a superficial glance at both history and the patterns of today confirms that such things have long been indelible components of our world, yet we live in a culture of denial. Indeed, conspiracies and a wide belief in supernatural forces may be underpinning the society we live in to a much greater degree than anyone suspects.
For all the scorn regularly poured upon it, conspiracy theory seems to become perfectly mainstream when it suits a purpose; when British traditions see effigies of Guy Fawkes burnt or exploded each November 5th, for instance, we commemorate 'The Gunpowder Plot', one of the best-known historical conspiracies, which nearly saw the assassination of King James I. At the other end of the spectrum, the widely accepted - and promoted - belief that bin Laden and Al Qaeda perpetrated the 9/11 attacks is a modern conspiracy theory writ large (yet is never presented as such). And how many people today really believe that John F Kennedy was killed on the whim of a single fanatic with a personal agenda? Conspiracy theory only becomes a pariah when it's turned around and focused on the very people who want us to believe it of someone else.
'The belief that the government or a covert organisation is responsible for an event that is unusual or unexplained, especially when any such involvement is denied'.
Given this definition and the lessons that history, both ancient and modern, have to tell us about global deception, who can seriously deny that conspiracies are rife and very real? Theorising about conspiracies is therefore a perfectly legitimate line of enquiry, and the term 'conspiracy theorist' is interchanged throughout this text with (the sometimes preferred) 'truthseeker' in a firmly non-abusive sense.
...The subtext of which would appear to be 'don't dare to ask questions about anything that isn't obvious'. We clearly shouldn't trouble our undeveloped minds about such things. But why not? Why shouldn't we be curious as to whether Shakespeare really wrote his own plays or whether they were ghost-written, or collaborations? Why wouldn't we want to know why something as huge as the Moon landings appears to have such shaky evidence to support it? Why can't we ask why overt occult symbolism appears in so much architecture and iconography? Why shouldn't it be questioned as to how nearly 3,000 people died so easily on 9/11 when normal security procedures should have prevented it? Is the asking of these questions proof of a personality defect? If so, why is it that the people who are now calling society to account come from such a wide cross-section of class and education? Anoraks and fanatics we will always have with us, and they can be loud and undiscerning sometimes, but in recent years the ranks of the challengers have been swelled by a quiet and largely sensible majority.
Toynbee does make an important point to express that if 'anything might be true' then 'the world ceases to make sense or to be governable by common consent'. Many people believe this to be precisely the case, but are not allowed to express it. Suppressing debate isn't healthy and can lead to extremism - something the world has too much of. Toynbee's typical journalistic contempt implies that nothing requires evidence to support it in the conspiracy world and that all who question official dogmas are agitating fantasists. But most self-respecting truthseekers accept the need for clear presentation of reasoned evidence, and it is this approach that we will take here. Much of that evidence is persuasive enough that it deserves a fuller examination.
From people tired of such lazy media dismissal, a world of 'truth movements' and campaigns has proliferated in these obvious days of global deception and political obfuscation - a sure sign that we have collectively lost faith in those making the big decisions on our behalf.
Much of this book is necessarily focused on things past, concentrating on events which have shaped the world we live in now. But the temptation to think that new eras leave behind the suspicions of old should be avoided. When Barack Obama had to re-swear his inaugural oath of allegiance as the 44th President of the United States of America the day after fluffing a line during his first attempt in front of millions of viewers on 20th January 2009, this was done 'out of an abundance of caution' and to avoid 'conspiracy theories'. This extraordinary action was a tacit acknowledgement of how widespread and influential conspiracy theorising has become in recent years.
Within hours of Obama's inauguration, in amongst the joyous celebrations from those hailing his historical accession, the Internet was also awash with speculation from those less sure: as Obama hadn't spoken the correct oath (the word 'faithfully' got transposed to a less solid place in a sentence), was he, in fact, really president? Was this a deliberate strategy so that he could not be held technically responsible for his actions if things went awry? With malicious rumours circulating that Obama's birth certificate might have been faked to enable him to take office, unpleasant echoes of the events which marred George W Bush's infamous 2001 presidential election 'victory', with its wide allegations of voting fraud, threatened to undermine the support of a minority, but clearly an influential one. If born outside the USA, Obama would not be eligible as president - some claim his real place of birth was Kenya, with not unreasonable grounds for their doubts given some of the anomalies in the 'official' certificate. The decision to re-take the inaugural oath illustrates that every action, no matter how small, is now under scrutiny from those who no longer trust authority - and those in power know it. Not that doing this in any way assuaged the doubts. If anything it raised further questions: Why was the second oath not filmed? Why did Obama not swear on a Bible this time? Were any of the first orders signed by Obama in the hours before the second oath legally binding? And so on.
Such is the climate of doubt we live in today. Let down so many times by a system that, well-meaning or not, appears so often to be corrupt, coldly authoritarian and not running to programmes that seem to benefit the common person, people have lost faith in their leaders and confidence is at an all-time low. The modern global financial disaster brought about by supposedly reckless bankers and negligent governments (but see page 73), together with events such as the 2009 British MPs' expenses scandal, rudely awakened a new and more eclectic portion of the population to considering alternative views on the way the world is run. Those they thought they could trust have proved themselves unworthy of such faith, and the consequences of the betrayal have trickled into everyday lives in a very tangible way, as jobs, savings and pensions have tumbled.
The election of new leaders such as President Obama forever seems to raise touching hopes for real change, but rarely does it come, with nearly all politicians cast from the same flawed mould. The elevation of Obama saw supporting masses full of enthusiasm, which bucked the doubting trend for a short while, but the faith was wobbling in some just weeks after his inauguration, and the period since has seen a sharp decline in his popularity, despite his second-term election. Who could, after all, live up to such high expectations, argue pundits, especially in a climate where only hard decisions, not crowd-pleasers, can be made?
Yet many outside of the polite mainstream, which had bordered on drooling hagiography during his first presidential electioneering, quickly pointed out that those who helped Obama to power behind the scenes appeared to be precisely the same characters who had helped create previous messes (such as political 'hawk' Zbigniew Brzezinski, credited by some with actually creating Al Qaeda by masterminding the training of Afghan 'freedom fighters' following the 1979 Soviet invasion), and those Obama appointed to office were, predictably, the same breed of powermonger as before. Even George W Bush's Defence Secretary Robert M Gates, a member of the opposition Republican party, was initially retained from the previous administration.
These observations raised legitimate fears: was this just the same old agenda as before? Were the strings still being pulled from mysterious levels above? Those without faith in a system that appears always to be the same behind the scenes, no matter who is in charge, remained unconvinced that a saviour had arrived. Indeed, some saw Obama as quite the opposite; a wolf in sheep's clothing. His failure to close the highly contentious Guantanamo Bay detention centre [page 188], despite his many vocal promises to do so, for example, and the fact that within a single year he had sanctioned more assassinations in the Middle East than his predecessor had in two terms, only reinforced this view. The massive increase in drone attacks over the likes of Pakistan under Obama's administration, with many resultant 'collateral' casualties, suggests to some that far from being over, the 'War on Terror' has simply entered a new and deadlier phase - but more surreptitious in its approach.
So the times we find ourselves in now seem no less prone to suspicion and conspiratorial musings than before. Indeed, as the global recession has continued on, resentment against politicians and, especially, bankers has grown, directly or indirectly encouraging civil unrest in countries such as Greece and also the UK, which saw student rioting in 2010 and an anarchic explosion of urban violence and looting in the summer of 2011 [page 305] - raising the question in some minds as to whether such responses might be actively stimulated for the purpose of justifying more social control, as we shall explore. Certainly, rather than attempt to understand some of the wider processes that might lead to unrest, not least the huge financial inequalities which have seen class divisions deepen massively, instead those at the bottom of the ladder have effectively been scapegoated as the cause of society's woes, cheaply stereotyped as benefit cheats and skivers bringing down the economy. Executives at the top, meanwhile, continue to receive enormous bonuses, while everyday folk die from cold, afraid to put the heating on in a world of insane energy prices and falling savings. Such an imbalanced situation, combined with the ingrained culture of blatant political dishonesty, is bound to create a fractured culture. If authorities feel hurt that they are so often the target of conspiracy theories and mistrust, they only have themselves to blame.
Problematically, the age-old response from our leaders to a doubting population seems to be to distract them with bigger events elsewhere. Numerous truthseekers believe, for instance, that the multiple revolutions that have swept the likes of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Syria, amongst other Arab states, with uncertain long-term outcomes, have been manipulated from behind the scenes by Western powers either keen to increase their influence or provide useful diversions from problems at home.
If one turns around the naive assumption that the world is run for our collective benefit, and starts to consider just for a moment that it might, in fact, be run instead for the needs of an elite few, with their own murky plans, the uncomfortable effect is that everything begins to make a horrible kind of sense and some of the unexplained mysteries and many dark cover-ups begin to form a pattern. Some things are mysteries through the simple absence of an answer. But certain areas may remain obscure because somebody prefers it to be that way. The purpose of this book is to explore the possible patterns that might be falling into place before our very eyes in these times of growing doubt and subterfuge. Many thinkers believe we stand at a pivotal moment in human history. Understanding the shape of it all could hold the key to unlocking the cell of ignorance which has perhaps held us imprisoned for far too long.
If there is, then, an underlying global agenda that does not have our best interests at heart, how do we identify and expose it so that mass-awareness and subsequent action might dispel its worst effects? Perhaps, in response, we need to create our own agenda - a 'truth agenda' - a process which simply looks again at the world as presented to us and asks whether the surface glamour and veneer of philanthropic intent holds up to logical scrutiny.
Applying the Truth Agenda is a straightforward method of selecting significant events that have shaped our modern world, and starkly and methodically peering just under the veneer to see what lies beneath. In so doing, different underlying motivations to usual surface appearances often present themselves, and many underexposed details are revealed, as this book demonstrates. Such analysis is not original - many other concerned individuals share the task today, and others will doubtless join in. But we appear to live in times where getting to the heart of what is really going on seems to matter more than ever, especially with such sweeping global means of communication, blatant economic manipulation and technological influence now available to those who may have ambitious plans for centralisation and concentration of power.
The 2010 WikiLeaks controversy, in which thousands of previously classified international diplomatic and miltary documents were released without permission on the Internet (and through selected newspapers), caused outrage amongst authorities, but conclusively demonstrated that dishonesty underpins almost every level of decision-making around the world. Yet the WikiLeaks information was merely scratching the surface. Indeed, aside from the doubts and legal complexities surrounding the curious figure of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, many conspiracy believers suspect the organisation to be either a victim of, or party to, a manipulation in itself, pointing to the rather selective nature of the subjects exposed.
So far, for example, there has been a strange absence of even a sliver of information that might shed light on any aspect of 9/11, either to confirm or deny the official account [see Chapter VIII]. However, WikiLeaks has at least served the purpose of further flagging up a different way of looking at the world to a previously dormant public. The more souls who can raise awareness of what might be occurring to our collective detriment, the more chance there is of creating a positive collective solution. This book is but one more small contribution to the process, but the hope here is to encapsulate in an accessible and coherent way many of the key issues, as identified by the world of truthseeking, that can seem confusing and overwhelming to the uninitiated.
Over the years, investigation by many intrepid researchers (including this author) into unexplained phenomena have revealed how a systemic underlying belief in the supernatural and esoterica, and, indeed, participation in conspiracies, has shaped our civilisation. This is denied, of course, and paradoxically a veneer of logical scientism is generally presented to us as the foundation of modern society - but the reality is that deeper scrutiny reveals something else altogether. By applying the Truth Agenda to a series of what may at first appear to be unrelated elements, it becomes apparent that there is a linking thread connecting many of the power and belief structures that shape the civilisation we live in today. These, in turn, almost certainly play a part in fuelling the control issues that increasingly bind us, as the unfolding of the subsequent chapters will hopefully demonstrate.
Doubts about the way the world is being run today are leading an increasing number of people to reconsider 'conspiracy theories' in a new light. If the world is not being run for our benefit, then whose? Changes of political administrations briefly raise hopes for new eras, but the continued policies and inherent dishonesties of old mean that doubts among the public and probing enquiries from truthseekers remain legitimate. Applying a simple process of analysis to the key events of recent history may reveal important hidden layers, offering clues to the real agendas motivating our society.


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David Moyes
Moyes and his men having last laugh
THERE are more than a few people at Everton who are allowing themselves a wry smile.
Following their struggle against relegation during the last campaign and the subsequent sale of star striker Wayne Rooney to Manchester United at the end of August, few expected David Moyes' side to be contesting at the business end of the Barclays Premiership table this season.
But, after 10 games, the Toffees are in anything but a sticky situation.
Saturday's 3-2 win at Norwich means Everton now have 22 points after chalking up seven victories in the league - just two wins fewer than during the whole of last season.
While Moyes is refusing to get too carried away with his team's early success, he admits to harbouring a determination to keep them up with "the top boys" and that everyone at Goodison Park is now "having a wee snigger" at the expense of their critics.
It was a sentiment echoed by striker Marcus Bent, who netted his side's second goal five minutes before the break.
"A lot of people had written us off before the season started, so it has been nice to throw a little bit back," declared the striker, a bargain £450,000 summer signing from cash-strapped Leicester.
"Everton are a big Premiership club and have not really been achieving what they are supposed to be.
"I might not be a superstar, but I have come in and worked hard to help both Everton and myself achieve something.
"We are all working hard and working for one another."
That strong team ethic was clear to see at Carrow Road, with Kevin Kilbane on hand to sweep the ball home after a flowing move and fine run from Australian winger Tim Cahill to put Everton 1-0 up after nine minutes.
Bent added a second for the visitors just before half-time.
Norwich hit back with two goals by Leon McKenzie and Damien Francis before the break, but substitute Duncan Ferguson clinched the three points for the visitors after the break.


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Q: ios google maps delegate events not firing in simulator For some reason, I can't seem to get tap and longtap and all the other delegate events to work in my simulator.  I think I installed everything correctly because the map shows up on the screen, with a custom button click I can put a marker on the map, but it will not recognize the delegate events.  Am I doing something wrong???
mapviewcontroller.h
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <GoogleMaps/GoogleMaps.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@interface MapViewController : UIViewController <GMSMapViewDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate>

@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet UIView *mapContainer;
- (IBAction)addmarker:(id)sender;
@end

mapviewcontroller.m
#import "MapViewController.h"

@interface MapViewController ()

@end

@implementation MapViewController{
    GMSMapView *mapView;
}
@synthesize mapContainer;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
mapView.delegate = self;
mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;
mapView.settings.myLocationButton = YES;
mapView.settings.compassButton = YES;
//CLLocation *myLoc = mapView.myLocation;
GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:-33.86 longitude:151.20 zoom:15];
mapView = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.mapContainer.frame.size.width, self.mapContainer.frame.size.height) camera:camera];
[self.mapContainer addSubview:mapView];
}

- (void) mapView: (GMSMapView *) mapView didTapAtCoordinate: (CLLocationCoordinate2D) coordinate{
NSLog(@"%f, %f", coordinate.latitude, coordinate.longitude);
}

- (void) mapView:(GMSMapView *)mapView didLongPressAtCoordinate:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)coordinate{
NSLog(@"tapped");
}

- (void) mapView:(GMSMapView *)mapView didTapInfoWindowOfMarker:(GMSMarker *)marker{
NSLog(@"tapped info");
}

- (void) mapView:(GMSMapView *)mapView didBeginDraggingMarker:(GMSMarker *)marker{
NSLog(@"dragged");
}

- (IBAction)addmarker:(id)sender {
CLLocationCoordinate2D position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-33.86, 151.20);
GMSMarker *marker = [GMSMarker markerWithPosition:position];
marker.title = @"hello";
marker.map = mapView;
}
@end

The only thing that works is the IBAction.  Also my location and compass buttons do not show up.  Any ideas of why it's not working?  I declared the delegates...

A: You need to set all properties after the object initialization.
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];

GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:-33.86 longitude:151.20 zoom:15];
mapView = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, self.mapContainer.frame.size.width, self.mapContainer.frame.size.height) camera:camera];
mapView.delegate = self;
mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;
mapView.settings.myLocationButton = YES;
mapView.settings.compassButton = YES;
[self.mapContainer addSubview:mapView];
}