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If you think cancer "experts" are hiding something…you're right!
By	Lee Euler	/	September 1, 2013
Cancer researchers pride themselves on making great strides toward finding the causes and treatments for cancer.
And as they're supposed to in professional medical journals, they publish details about the problems they're addressing… the methodologies they use… the type of people who take part in the studies… the conclusions they reach…
Continued below…
Drink This and Cancer
Comes Pouring Out of Your Body
"If I could pick only one treatment to cure my cancer, this would be it," says a top expert on alternative cancer treatments.
Research conducted by a scientist at the Detroit Institute of Cancer Research showed this is one of the world's most powerful cancer cures. Even the mainstream National Cancer Institute confirmed that this do-it-yourself treatment kills cancer cells. Then they buried the research.
Personally, I've been writing about cancer treatments for almost seven years. Out of nearly 400 that I've investigated, I haven't found an at-home treatment that's better.
It worked for Robert, age 54, who had late stage stomach cancer. His doctors told him he didn't have chance. The most they could do was buy him a little time, using four aggressive chemotherapy drugs PLUS radiation — a deadly, toxic, last-ditch treatment.
INSTEAD Robert used this non-toxic liquid and was completely cancer-free within months. The amazed doctor was forced to admit Robert's cancer was "in remission." Two years later, he was still cancer-free.
Click the link below to watch an important video presentation about this discovery…
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When it comes to investigating chemotherapy treatments, one group of researchers doesn't think so.
This new finding comes from Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Canada. A team led by Ian F. Tannock, MD, FRCPC, PhD, scoured 164 journal articles published over 16 years and made this startling discovery:
The researchers were hiding information about
chemotherapy drug side effects!
The group published their results on Jan. 9, 2013 on the Annals of Oncology website. According to their research, not even one-third of reports on clinical trials for breast cancer chemotherapy medications contained detailed data on side effects and adverse drug events.
I don't know about you… but I don't believe for one second that any chemo cocktail could have been THAT good!
Not only were these breast cancer drug researchers underreporting side effects—but they also went out of their way to report more positive treatment outcomes.
In other words, these studies aren't valid scientific reports. They're disguised sales pieces for chemo drugs.
Think about what this means for cancer doctors and their patients…
Did someone call for a spin doctor?
Doctors are busy, just like most people. To stay current on the latest research, they don't read entire journal articles. They tend to read abstracts – brief summaries provided at the top of the articles — to get the gist of the findings.
Dr. Tannock's group found that two-thirds of the drug studies they examined don't mention serious side effects in these summaries. This held true not only for chemotherapy studies but for cancer studies involving surgery and radiation as well.
The Canadian researchers found similar omissions in the discussion sections and results tables.
This means most doctors prescribing treatments are not aware of the full range of potential side effects. (Actually, the problem goes well beyond cancer drugs. Doctors spend little time educating patients about side effects for ANY prescription drug. It's up to you to find out for yourself.)
The corrupt world of peer-reviewed journals
Dr. Tannock told Reuters about another disturbing trend they noticed in the studies they reviewed: Researchers for these breast cancer drug studies had a tendency to change the definition of success.
Specifically, Dr. Tannock said if a treatment didn't produce stellar results, some researchers just choose a different set of results to report—regardless of whether the study was designed to test them.
Just so we're clear… drug companies often provide the money to study the cancer concoctions they intend to market. So researchers are under pressure to produce glowing reports, or risk seeing research dollars disappear. Some may try to hang on to their virginity, but it seems the drug companies have no trouble finding scientists for sale.
I recently had a behind-the-scenes look at this world of peer-reviewed published research. Sometimes a big-name doctor's name is listed among the authors even though he or she didn't really do anything. A well-known doctor can supplement his income by lending his name to companies trying to get a scientific seal of approval on their products.
And lesser known, working scientists want their studies published in prestigious journals. If they frame their research in a positive light, it increases their chances for publication, additional grants, career promotion and tenure.
But this win-win deal for drug companies and the researchers who do their bidding is a sure loser for cancer patients who are kept in the dark about drug side effects.
One rotten egg that made it to market…
You've probably heard drug commercials that spend maybe 55 seconds describing the benefits—then in the last five seconds a fast-talking motor-mouth comes on, the volume is turned down, and they rattle off a quick list of warnings and side effects.
These are just the dangers that are so common they feel required to tell you about them. Imagine how long the commercial would be if they included unreported side effects!
The practice of underreporting bad effects helps explain how the drug Avastin® could have made its way to pharmacies.
In February 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave an accelerated approval to use Avastin in combination with the cancer drug paclitaxel to treat metastatic breast cancer.
Adding Avastin supposedly prevented angiogenesis — blood vessels growing on tumors to nourish them.
An FDA news release said the speedy approval was based on promising results from one study that suggested Avastin could extend a cancer patient's life.
Avastin's maker, Genentech, completed two additional clinical trials after the drug was approved and submitted data from those studies to the FDA. What did these results show?
Minimal effect on tumor growth
No evidence that patients lived any longer
No indication that quality of life improved when compared to taking standard chemotherapy
In the end, the agency revoked Avastin's approval for breast cancer treatment less than three years after approving it for that use.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg said, "After reviewing the available studies it is clear that women who take Avastin for metastatic breast cancer risk potentially life-threatening side effects without proof that the use of Avastin will provide a benefit in terms of delay in tumor growth that would justify those risks."
And get a load of the side effects some women experienced during the time the drug was approved for use as a breast cancer treatment…
Bleeding and hemorrhaging
Heart attack and heart failure
High blood pressure (severe)
Perforations in the nose, stomach, intestines and other body parts
Before you think warm and fuzzy thoughts about the agency revoking its use as breast cancer treatment—remember it's still on the market to treat other cancers.
What's more, Dr. Hamburg actually invited Avastin's drugmaker to TRY AGAIN stating, "I encourage Genentech to consider additional studies to identify if there are select subgroups of women suffering from breast cancer who might benefit from this drug."
So much for problems in the drug industry. Unfortunately, the health food and supplement industry sometimes has problems of its own. One of the worst is soy — is it safe and effective, or not? This controversy has been simmering for years, and we delved into it to see if we could FINALLY come up with some definite answers. Scroll down to see what we found…
Could This Popular Health Food be
Secretly Poisoning Your Diet?
There's a lot of controversy over whether eating soy is outright dangerous, especially for males. For one thing, it's rich in phytoestrogens, which are plant estrogens that are similar to but not identical to human estrogens. Estrogens are female hormones. Generally speaking, you don't want to eat them if you're a male.
As to whether phytoestrogens are good for you, the answer you get depends on who you ask. [Grammarians: Please don't write to tell me I should have said "whom".] It's very confusing and hard to figure out whether soy is healthy or toxic. We made up our minds to find out what's what, and my research staff came up with some answers that are going to surprise you. . .
Why Most Health Foods are a Waste of Money
By Lee Euler
You can take vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants by the handful and still suffer poor health. Now we know why. Our diets lack a vital food — a type of nutrient that even alternative doctors don't know about. Thanks to this supplement, a mother's lifelong migraines disappeared, and a man with "terminal" kidney cancer was alive 15 years later. He's just one of thousands of cancer patients who have taken this supplement and seen remarkable results.
There's more: It's one of the most popular pain relievers in Germany, used by that country's Olympic team to help athletes get rid of pain and accelerate healing from sports injuries. It outperforms prescription blood clot drugs — in my opinion, patients should take this supplement instead of blood-thinning drugs like warfarin. And it even helps 9 out of 10 autistic children. The mother of a 7-year-old autistic child starting giving him this supplement after reading my Special Report The Missing Ingredient — and he started speaking after having been nonverbal his whole life!
How can ONE supplement possibly do all this? Just ask yourself: What if you were getting NO vitamins in your diet? You'd be very sick. This nutrient is just as important and you're getting almost none. Read more here about The Missing Ingredient, and consider trying it yourself.
Some authorities believe soy plays no role in cancer, and particularly hormone-related cancers (like estrogen-receptor positive breast cancer, uterine cancer, or ovarian cancer). Others point to animal studies suggesting that genistein, a main isoflavone in soy, actually promoted breast cancer growth.
Then along came further research showing that rats and mice metabolize phytoestrogens like genistein differently than humans, so the whole question is up in the air again.
Scientists in the past have said eating soy actually protects you from diseases like cancer, but most of those studies have been observational. In other words, researchers collect diet information from individuals and follow them for several years to see who develops cancer and who doesn't.
But as with any observational study, it could be that the connection between lower cancer risk and soy is due to an overlooked factor related to eating soy, particularly since people who eat soy might be more likely to exercise and eat more vegetables. The exercise and all the other healthy foods that soy eaters eat might offset the bad effects (if any) of eating soy.
Observational studies are prone to error because they don't get at cause and effect. All they can do is point out that "people who have characteristic X also tend to have characteristic Y." A classic example occurred decades ago when a big observational study seemed to indicate that people who drink coffee are more likely to get cancer and heart disease. It turned out it wasn't the coffee. Heavy coffee drinkers were more likely to smoke, and it was smoking that brought on the diseases.
One study says don't, others say do…
We all know prostate cancer is serious business, particularly in the U.S. where one in six men will develop the disease during his lifetime. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, eclipsed only by lung cancer.
For years, men with prostate cancer or even the likelihood of developing prostate cancer have been told to eat soy products. Part of that thinking comes from laboratory studies that show soy contains substances with anti-cancer properties, including isoflavones.
Another part of the pro-soy logic stems from what's been observed in Asia, where soy is a constant in the diet starting at birth. Prostate cancer rates there are much lower than in the U.S., though it does raise the question of whether soy consumption early in life plays a role or whether it's possible to begin a healthy soy regimen at a later age. It also raises the same questions as any observational study: Asians do a lot of things differently than Americans. How do we know it's soy that causes them to enjoy lower prostate cancer rates?
The thing is, there's no hard evidence that soy keeps prostate cancer at bay. And now there's a new study that throws even more cold water on the idea. According to Dr. Maarten Bosland, professor of pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and lead researcher in a recent soy study, daily consumption of soy after surgery for prostate cancer "does not reduce the risk of recurrence."
The study led by Bosland and published in the July 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, included over 150 men with an increased risk of prostate cancer. Each had undergone a radical prostatectomy, which didn't remove all the cancer cells.
Each of the men was assigned to drink either a powdered soy protein drink or a placebo beverage every day for two years. At the end of the study, no significant difference between the two groups could be found in terms of cancer recurrence. Just over a quarter of the men in each group had prostate cancer recurrence within two years.
Dr. Bosland says soy is still safe to take and that it has no adverse side effects, but some studies say otherwise. According to other authoritative figures, like Dr. Anthony D'Amico, chief of radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, soy supplementation brings no harm and may offer a benefit. Dr. D'Amico advises against using the recent study—which he says was quite small—as evidence that people should stop eating soy for health benefits.
The multiple hazards of soy consumption
Another unsolved puzzle is whether soy foods play a different role in the body than do soy supplements. Some say straight soy beats supplements any day, while others point to the shocking prevalence of GMO soy. And if you follow anything GMO-related, you know that it never leads to good news or healthy outcomes. Several reports say as much as 99 percent of soy has been genetically modified, and most soybean plants are treated with a high level of pesticides.
Does that mean organic soy is the way to go? Possibly, but here are some more soy-related facts that should give you pause.
Soy is high in something called phytic acid, which blocks the absorption of minerals like calcium and magnesium. That's one reason third-world countries with grain- and legume-based diets (and thus high phytic acid levels) tend to have widespread mineral deficiencies.
Soybeans have toxins that are so powerful, they're not destroyed during cooking. Many of the toxins are known as enzyme inhibitors, which complicate your ability to digest protein. In one study, animals that consumed enzyme inhibitors ended up developing pancreatic problems, including pancreatic cancer. Yikes!
Soy products tend to have higher-than-normal levels of aluminum, which is known to have negative health effects. It comes from aluminum tanks where the beans are washed and heat-treated. I don't think this is a major worry, but I toss it out there for your consideration.
This brings us back to the Asia question, and why Asian cultures have been safely consuming soy for thousands of years. One theory is that they only began soy consumption after they figured out how to ferment it; before that, they avoided soybeans because of the toxins.
Fermentation makes the nutrients in soy more available on a biological level while destroying their natural toxins. Fermented soy foods include natto, miso, and tempeh. But the downside to those foods is that they're high in sodium. Again, I don't feel this is a major worry, but if you think you're salt sensitive, you need to know it.
The evidence I've seen for fermented soy is highly favorable. I see it as healthy food to eat, with benefits in treating and preventing a variety of diseases including cancer and heart disease. For more on this, check out our Issue #88.
When in doubt, don't eat it
Other than fermented, soy is a minefield. I don't eat it — in defiance of my integrative doctor, a smart man who continues to believe soy is a healthy food. It's just about impossible to reach any definite conclusions about it. That's enough reason to avoid it.
Lee Euler,
Resources from 1st article:
DiVita, L. 2009. The side effects of Avastin. Livestrong website. Retrieved from
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Food and Drug Administration. 2011. FDA Commissioner announces Avastin decision. Available online at
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Oransky, I. 2013. Cancer studies often downplay chemo side effects: study. Reuters. Retrieved from
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"Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy." by Sally Fallon & Mary G. Enig, Ph.D. Mercola: Health Articles.
http://www.mercola.com/article/soy/avoid_soy.htm
"Soyfoods & Cancer." By Lindsey Getz, Today's Dietitian, Vol. 15 No. 4 P. 30.
http://www.todaysdietitian.com/newarchives/040113p30.shtml
"Soy and Hormone Related Cancers." By Suzanne Dixon, MPH, MS, RD, on behalf on the ON DPG, Oncology Nutrition.
http://www.oncologynutrition.org/erfc/hot-topics/soy-and-hormone-related-cancers/
"Soy products linked to cancer in lab tests." By Zach C. Miller, Natural News, 16 July 2013.
http://www.infowars.com/soy-products-linked-to-cancer-in-lab-tests/
"Soy Won't Prevent Prostate Cancer's Return: Study." By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay. WebMD, Prostate Cancer News.
http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20130709/soy-wont-prevent-prostate-cancers-return-study
"What are the key statistics about prostate cancer?" American Cancer Society: Prostate Cancer.
http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/detailedguide/prostate-cancer-key-statistics
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Wonderful Choice for Me! - Kris Merlo Robinson
I went to the Hufeland German Cancer Klinik in March-April 2010 for 6 weeks, July 2010 for 3 weeks, and November 2010 for 3 weeks.
My follow-up treatment in March-April 2011 was great. I had a successful 9th fever therapy treatment. The ultrasound diagnostics taken on me look great, my tumor markers are extremely low and my follow-up blood work back in the States was nearly perfect!
I will return to Hufeland Klinik in July and have a 10th fever treatment. My plan is to then return to the clinic once a year for follow-up and a fever push or two. I continue on their maintenance plan and I work with naturopaths stateside to continue care.
Also, the administrators at Hufeland are working on a new website and have a Facebook page and I am helping them edit a beautiful brochure about their clinic.
Wonderful choice for me! Never missed a beat choreographing gymnastics since diagnosis.
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I want to begin by explaining why I chose this title. First, we go back all the way to Lewis' childhood. From a very early age Lewis had loved fairy stories, legends and myths. He delighted particularly in the myths of the Norsemen – the sagas of Norway and Iceland. …
The Devils in Our World
David Naugle
C. S. Lewis titled That Hideous Strength after a line in a poem by Sir David Lyndsay called "Ane Dialog" (1555) in which Lyndsay was describing the biblical Tower of Babel (Genesis 11: 1-9): "The shadow of that hideous strength, Six miles and more it is of length."
Apocalyptic Themes in "That Hideous Strength"
Marisa White
There's no escaping the apocalypse. For all of us, there will be some "end of the world" experience: whether or not we live to see the cosmic end of all things, everyone must face the inevitable close of our earthly lives and our journeys into the beyond. This inescapable human …
Tolkien vs. Lewis on Faith and Fantasy
I first read the Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings as a teenager, not realizing at the time that C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien were close friends and fellow Christians. I thought it was obvious on first reading that Lewis was writing …
That Hideous Strength: Marriage, Merlin, and Mayhem
That Hideous Strength, the third book of the Ransom trilogy, is one of Lewis's best-loved stories—and also one of his most fiercely criticized. It is a big book, more than twice as long as the two earlier books of the trilogy combined. Admirers of the story find there a literary …
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The Beach Boys have one of the most interesting fan bases in the history of rock music. Not only are they one of the most popular bands, they also have one of the biggest cult followings, and with few exceptions, each side has little patience for what the other side adores. For every fan who cranks up "Surfin' USA" on their car radio, there's another fan sitting in a darkened den, studying the nuances of "H.E.L.P. Is On The Way," Brian Wilson's paean to vegetarianism. They do have one thing in common, though – they both think Brian Wilson is some kind of genius.
Caroline Now! is a 2000 tribute album to the songs of Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys – some songs are Wilson originals performed by other artists; others are Beach Boy songs written by other members of the band. "The aim at the outset," writes Andrew Thomas in the liner notes, "was to produce a different kind of 'tribute' album – one that would shy away from the obvious song choices and delve into the treasure trove that is Brian Wilson's 'undiscovered' work." Indeed, almost all of the two dozen songs are on the obscure side; only five of them were written before "Good Vibrations," the band's critical and commercial peak.
What becomes clear over the length of the album is how devoted these artists are to Wilson's music. A lot of care went into these covers, and the results lead one to hope that the songs will no longer be thought of as underappreciated. Here are five of them.
"Rainbow Eyes" was scheduled to be on Sweet Insanity, the planned follow-up to Brian's 1988 solo album, but court cases and lawsuits buried Sweet's release, and the song didn't appear until 2004's Gettin' in Over My Head, years after it showed up on Caroline Now!. Plucked from obscurity (and soon to return there), Kle gives this song a vocal as light and sweet as the scent of lilacs, only much longer lasting.
"I had some wind chimes and they were beautiful and Carl said, 'Why don't you write a song about them?' And I said, 'Well I'll try,' and so I did." Brian makes it sound so easy, doesn't he? This version, with head Pastel Katrina Mitchell's vocals and Bill Wells's piano, was cut in one take; where the original has an airy feel, this one has more of a sense of water to it.
Over the years since his passing, Dennis Wilson's star has grown brighter and brighter, to the point that many now consider him to have been as much of a musical genius as his brother. You can hear that genius beginning to emerge from its chrysalis in his 1968 song "Lady," released as the B-side of a single, done in collaboration with Rambo, a.k.a. Daryl Dragon, a.k.a. the Captain of "and Tennille" fame. (The 1971 cover by Spring, retitled "Fallin' In Love," is also worth a listen.) This cover comes from Eugene Kelly, of the Cobain-beloved Vaselines, and has the same ocean roar sound of a conch shell pressed to your ear.
"Go Away Boy" was an old Brian song that didn't make an official appearance until 1982, when the Honeys (featuring Brian's first wife, Marilyn) recorded it for their Ecstasy album. The Pearlfishers wipe out the '80s sound, keep the genders unchanged, and come up with one of the album's brightest highlights and biggest revelations.
The oldest song on Caroline Now!, "Lonely Sea" was written in 1962, more than half a century ago. Its beauty and its sentiments, however, are ageless. Eric Matthews' cover brings out all all the melancholy in Brian's original, making for a cover that offers its listeners the best kind of sadness – the kind that doesn't weigh you down, but rather, washes you clean.
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Folklore and Failure – The Field Guide to Evil review.
By lightcastle Sunday, July 29, 2018 0 Review Fantasia	Permalink 0
The best things about A Field Guide to Evil are the premise and the credits.
(And the credits get undercut by the repetitive nature of the bumpers.)
Eight filmmakers from across the globe each give a short horror film in this anthology, drawing from their own local folklore. Unfortunately, the shorts feel like they were put together by directors who thought having writers who understood story and theme would be a burden. Well done horror and Twilight Zone weirdness works by mining thematic resonance about human frailty, structuring the monsters within and without to echo each other. Somehow, that lesson was lost on these directors. If they had abandoned it wholeheartedly for some sort of visual virtuosity, it would almost be forgivable, but outside of a few interesting shots, one can't even mount that defense.
If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the last short, "The Cobbler's Lot", a silent-film homage set in medieval Hungary. It has a sense of playfulness with form which elevates it above the others. In the end, however, nothing quite gets to the level of decently scary, and don't make up for it with thematic resonance. It feels all too much like the kind of creative scenario where no one was allowed to call bullshit on the director/writer, and so none of the flaws were actually corrected.
Overall, a disappointment, although any one of these filmmakers probably deserves another look when they've got someone reining them in.
The Price of Power – A Trio of Fantasia Reviews
By lightcastle Sunday, July 29, 2018 0 Review, Storytelling Fantasia	Permalink 0
Power and what it demands has preoccupied human storytelling since time immemorial.
What we currently call "genre" films, that heady mix of horror, sci-fi, superheroes, and fantasy, have always engaged that question, struggling with what the price of power is – how it isolates as well as empowers.
Over the last week, I saw three films that struggled with the question of power and how to use it, each from a different cultural tradition – Russian, Korean, and Japanese – that nonetheless all coalesced around the point that while intent does not erase the fallout of your exercise of power, intent is crucial to the ethical use of power at all.
The Scythian is a Russian film that slides along the edge of Sword and Sorcery, and absolutely feels drawn from a wellspring of love for Robert E. Howard. My friend Matthew Surridge of Black Gate described this film as "Metal as Fuck" and he isn't wrong. The film is a pile of "Noble Savage" tropes, with a Christian Warrior and an Honorable Savage teaming up to save the Christian's Wife (who is just a Sexy Lamp). I will always have a soft spot for a film that knows exactly what it wants to do and nails it, regardless of other considerations. This film is two badasses fighting. There is a tribute to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome's best fight scene redone in a medieval context. Marten, the Scythian, is played by someone who seems like Tom Hiddleston's central asian clone – all angular cheekbones and screen presence. This is the second film I've seen recently that feels like Russia took the 80's love of cheesy Sword and Sorcery and reinterpreted it with a modern level of special effects and dedication to theme. It's not the most sophisticated storytelling, but it is damn enjoyable. Vengeance, the price of power, and the cynicism of wanting to rule rather than govern are themes that work extremely well in this genre, and the Russians seem to be hitting these themes out of the park.
The other two films that make up this trilogy of power and vengeance are both East Asian and both drawing on the theme of the Witch – a woman breaking the rules of proper behavior by wielding any power at all is dangerous.
Laplace's Witch is a film by legendary director Takashi Miike starts quite well, but falls apart under a slavish desire to adhere to the novel, as far as I can tell. Adapting a novel to the screen is an art, and requires a certain courage to throw out elements that work in text but not on screen. As the last act of this film unfolds, it becomes painfully evident that courage was lacking. Story beats fall apart as they aren't properly set up by the film, although I suspect they made sense in the novel. It is shame, as it wastes a two lovely performances by Suzu Hirose (as the titular witch) and Tamaki Hiroshi (as the dogged cop just trying to solve an impossible mystery). Miike has audacity to spare, but none of it is evident in this film, which is a shame, as the themes of alienating power, what it means to make a mark on the world, and what it means to be a good person or hold responsibility are all solid ones. My sister speaks often of taking the heart of a story and respecting that even as one transforms it into another form, medium, or genre. This is a case of respecting the trappings more than the heart, which is almost invariably the wrong choice.
The final third of my trio is Witch Part 1: The Subversion, an unabashedly over the top love letter to late-80s post-Watchmen comic-book and anime-style "everything is just going to get worse" storytelling sensibility.
Ja-yoon (a stellar Kim Da-mi) is a local farm girl with a sick father and a mother suffering from dementia. She agrees to go on an American Idol-like reality competition to get some money, at the behest of her delightfully over-the-top best friend Myung-hee (Ko Min-shi). Appearing on TV brings her back into the sights of the sinister scientists who experimented on her as a small child, and everything escalates from there.
I compare this to the post-Watchmen era of comic book superhero storytelling, dovetailing with the Akira/Ronin/Elfin Lied style of power and consequence. I can nitpick the pacing of reveals in the film, but that is more about personal aesthetics of what to reveal when. I may prefer specific forms of pacing but that doesn't mean other choices are objectively wrong. One thing I can say is that I appreciate the film stating upfront that is part 1, or the ending would infuriate me a lot more. In the end, this is a lovely superpower (not necessarily hero) origin story that delivers, and I recommend checking it out.
One thing (among many) that is lovely about Fantasia is watching storytelling tropes interpreted through lenses one may not be familiar with. There is a universality to story and theme, and a vast plethora of difference in execution and emphasis that reminds anyone paying attention that the human condition is universal in theme, and diverse in detail. Every story is worth retelling from another point of view; each grid one overlays on an essential plot highlights different aspects of the various truths underlying the human condition. Unless all you crave is a story to tell you the status quo is appropriate, every variant adds some small truth to the mix, every lens highlights a different part of the essential.
More stories and more storytellers appropriating, remixing, and recasting stories in a thousand forms may be the only way to approach truths too difficult to look at directly.
Victims & Suspects – Neomanila Review
By lightcastle Thursday, July 19, 2018 0 Review Fantasia	Permalink 0
A orphaned teenage boy, Toto (Timothy Castillo), tries to raise money to bail out his brother Kiko, under arrest for his links to a drug gang which Toto fears plan to kill the brothers to prevent a confession. Toto ends up under the protection of Irma (Eula Valdez), a professional hitwoman and former friend of his mothers. She slowly begins showing Toto what it takes to be an assassin, becoming both mentor and mother figure.
Neomanila is described as a "neo-noir" that observes "the phenomenon of extra-judicial killings". That feels technically correct, but more evocative of something interesting than this film actually manages.
There are some dark shadows, there is crime, and some moral ambiguity, so I guess it qualifies as neo-noir. But Neomanila doesn't have its heart in it, really. There is nothing particularly creative in the use of light and shadow, and by avoiding ever actually engaging with the politics or morality, the moral ambiguity is affectless rather than something that provokes thought.
The extra-judicial killings going on in the Philippines are a backdrop to the movie, but they aren't actually the point of anything. If you knew nothing about Duerte's War on Drugs, you aren't likely to miss anything save maybe the meaning of some signs. It doesn't observe the extra-judicial killings, the killings are almost completely irrelevant.
Castillo's performance is strong for what he is given, but he is largely a blank passive slate, pushed around by circumstance. He seems like a kid, and is one, which undercuts the world-weary that a noir protagonist thrives in. (It makes his sex scenes fairly awkward as well.) Valdez fits the hard boiled noir tropes better, but is held at an even further remove.
I suppose I could be generous and say it has a Kubrickian sterility that is supposed to suggest something about the meaningless of it all. Maybe that is the intent. But if so, it succeeded too well, telling a serviceable story that doesn't mean anything of note.
By His Bootstraps – Mega Time Squad review
By lightcastle Tuesday, July 17, 2018 0 Review Fantasia	Permalink 0
A quirky little film from New Zealand, shot on a shoestring budget by some of the local indie scene that has spawned on the fringes of the film community produced by Lord of the Rings and other major international features, this is the story of a low-level errand boy (John) in a criminal organization who accidentally steals an ancient Chinese time-travel charm while robbing a cash drop off in an attempted double cross. Discovering this power, he sets about fixing his life and getting the money, accidentally recruiting himself from different points in his timeline into his own gang (The Mega Time Squad) despite being warned that meeting yourself like that will result in a demon coming to eat you.
It's a fun film, and the main actor does a bang-up job portraying the various versions of himself growing more and more annoyed with their other selves. I get the choice to not explain the time travel in detail, even if it does seem at a certain point that it loses track of itself. (In the Q&A afterwards, the writer/director insisted that in fact you can track all the splits and who is who if you pay attention carefully, but I'm not entirely convinced.)
While the fact that having more of himself brings out the worst in John is clearly part of the theme, it does result in one of those situations where the lead character grows ever more unsympathetic. There did seem to be a point when the movie looked like it might resolve that by actually having the love interest call him out on that and switch to becoming either the main character or at least the real hero, but sadly the movie backs away from letting her do that. Since the film apparently was originally conceived as a "By His Bootstraps" like story with only the one actor interacting with himself, this isn't too surprising, but having given up so much of that original idea, it should have followed through even more boldly, IMO.
Given the whole thing was shot in the time the actors were available and with no money for fancy post-production or motion capture, the double effect is extremely well done (aided by shooting the entire thing with a static camera so that the times a static camera was needed to set up shots with more than person, those shots didn't stick out).
I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to see it, but if you like the slightly absurdist Kiwi humour, the performances are quite funny.
One Fist to Start them All – King Boxer/Five Fingers of Death
By lightcastle Saturday, July 14, 2018 0 Stories Fantasia, king boxer, review	Permalink 0
(c) Celestial Pictures
My first FantAsia film was a trip down nostalgia lane to memories of renting random Kung Fu VHS tapes with my friend Josh as a kid in New York City, by way of the iconic Shaw Bothers film, "The Five Fingers of Death", also known as "King Boxer". This film is famously the first major kung fu film to hit the USA, predating Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon by several months. (It is widely considered something of a test run for Dragon.) Martial arts content had been gaining popularity throughout the late 60s, culminating in the TV series Kung Fu, but no one had brought a wall-to-wall martial arts flick to the big screen yet. Would it have any appeal outside the grindcore set?
The film was a huge hit, only to be dwarfed later in '73 by the even bigger hit that was Lee's film. But Five Fingers of Death came first, a grand guignol pile up of martial arts movie tropes that is still influential today. The opening credits give us a screeching wail which Tarantino used liberally in Kill Bill. The name gave us the band name of "Five Finger Death Punch". The screeching wail is actually the power up sound of the hero's secret "Iron Palm technique", in which his hands glow and he delivers supernaturally powerful blows.
Danny Rand says hi.
The film itself, at least this edit and translation of it, is a bit of a mess. The basic story is clear enough, Chih-Hao (Lo Lieh) is a martial arts student and in love with his Master's daughter Ying-Ying (Wang Ping). When thugs attack the master, he is sent to study under a new teacher, and win a tournament to prevent evil martial arts schools from taking over the northern provinces and justify his marriage to Ying-Ying. He goes north, gets trained and struggles with the evil martial arts school led by Meng Tung-Shan (Tien Feng) and his son Meng Tien-Hsiung (Tung Lam looking like a cross between Elvis and Queeg from the Caine Mutiny Trial). How long things take is very unclear (it could be over a year, it could be a couple of months), the character beats are oddly messy at times, with the movie cutting away before anything can land. At times it feels like an ensemble piece that needs another half hour to fill out properly, but they had to cut tot he fights.
And fights there are. There are bar fights, street ambushes, there is a tournament, there is murder, people get their eyes plucked out, bright red blood spews everywhere, the hero has glowing hands. It's like a distilled concentrate of the whole style of that era of movies.
This is far from my favourite Shaw Brothers film, it lacks a lot of the operatic quality and innovative weirdness that they brought to the table for their best work. But it does have a bit of everything, and for a North American audience that had never seen anything like it, I can see why it took off.
Poking around the internet, it seems that there has been talk of a remake since 2016 (sadly, the name attached it Brett Ratner) and I would love to see a remake that takes some time to breathe and let all the various subplots boil properly and get their moments in. The side characters all have potential to be even better with a little love.
Was it as awesome as it was to an underage me? Not really. But a bit like Casablanca, it is amazing to go back and see something that has been so copied and referenced that it takes you a moment to realize this is the source, and marvel at how mind blowing it must have been.


BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Francisco Oliveira, a Taunton resident and graduate student at Bridgewater State College, was named the grand prize winner in the Center for Entrepreneurship Studies Business Plan Competition in May 2010. Oliveira teamed up with two members of the Armed Forces: Staff Sgt. James McCormack of Plymouth, who is also the associate director of marketing for the BSC School of Graduate Studies, and Mass. National Guard Maj. Ronald Cupples of Easton, to enter the CES Business Plan Competition. As the winners, the team received $2,500 for their start-up venture, Platoon Daddy, a web-based marketplace and review site of service providers who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
"We had seven teams compete as finalists this year for their share of the $4,000 to be awarded in start-up money," said Dr. Shannon Donovan, DBA, MFS, co-director of the Center for Entrepreneurship Studies and associate professor, accounting and finance department. "It was a tough competition, but in the end, (Oliveira's) plan was the most comprehensive in terms of planning, budgeting and marketing. The CES is very pleased to see the prize money go to such a deserving candidate."
The Platoon Daddy team is currently using their winnings to set up the company's initial cash flow and to contract with a database developer and website design company to help them kick-start the new business. They are also looking to build business relationships with local banks to help them grow the company.
"We would never be this far along in the launch of our new business venture had it not been for the CES Business Plan contest," said Oliveira. "The free assistance and advice the CES provided along the way — in the form of workshops and individualized guidance — was instrumental in enabling me to write this plan effectively and finish this project in a timely manner."
"And this support did not end when we won the contest; they have helped guide us along the path ever since," McCormack said. "In June, Vicki Donlan, the CES Enterpreneur in Residence, connected us with the Small Business Community Development Clinic at UMass School of Law, where they helped us conduct business names research and counseled us on establishing the business as a corporation in the state of Massachusetts. Due to this guidance, our company should become an official S Corporation by the end of July."
Oliviera and his Platoon Daddy partners are currently researching some alternate online names (for other branches of the military) and looking for strategic partners. They have already set up a blog, Twitter and Facebook pages, as well as a "place-holder" web site at www.platoondaddy.com. They hope to announce a soft, local launch by September.


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The PML Co-Pilot v3 is a 100% CPR-compatible altimeter at a great price! If you want to fly high altitude rockets in a small field, you`ll need it!
CPR is an altimeter based, two step parachute deployment system incorporated into our latest line of high altitude rocket kits. Using an altimeter, a small drogue chute is deployed at apogee allowing for a fast decent. At a user-selectable altitude, the altimeter fires a second charge, deploying the main chute allowing for a soft landing. The altimeter is centrally located in a special compartment within the main airframe. The drogue chute is ejected from a split-point in the airframe just above the fin/motor section while the main is ejected at the nose cone. Both chutes are deployed using our exclusive Piston Ejection System. Click the CPR System button in the webstore for more details.
E = I x R, where E is Voltage, I is Amperage, and R is resistance. We know the Voltage involved depending on the onboard battery. We also know from the specifications of the unit that the ignition device must fire with a certain amperage range. So, we need to find R, the Resistance, to determine which ignition device can work successfully with the device we intend to use.
E = I x R, 9 = 1.25 x R; rearranging, we get R = 9/1.25 or 7.2 ohms. Your ignition device must be 7.2 ohms or more to work properly with the altimeter using a 9v. alkaline battery.
Igniter manufacturers will specify the electrical usability (ohms & volts) range for their devices; contact the igniter manufacturer for their specifications. We strongly recommend that you check each igniter you intend to use before flight to determine that it is good and within the ohm range needed. We also strongly recommend that you ground-test the electronic device you intend to use with the ignition device you intend to use before committing that combination for use in an actual flight. Ground testing instructions are included in our detailed instruction package provided with each of the Electronic Deployment Devices we sell.
Ematches vs. Igniters The difference between ematches and igniters is that ematches are intended to ignite an easy-to-burn substance quickly, such as the BP used in rocket ejection charges. However, an igniter is intended and constructed to produce a large, hot ball of flame for an extended period (say, 0.5-0.75 seconds) to ignite a rocket motor. Ematches typically will not ignite motors unaided as they do not produce a hot enough flame for long enough, whereas igniters certainly could ignite BP. Another significant difference between them, which is critically important for onboard rocket electronic use, is their current requirements. Igniters typically require much more current than an ematch; the current requirements are usually more than altimeters can provide. Therefore, for onboard altimeters, which need to ignite deployment charges, ematches are needed. For staging timers, which need to ignite motors, igniters are needed. Be sure to always check using the equations to be sure an ematch or igniter will work with your onboard electronic device.
PML recommends the M-Tek or J-Tek series e-matches from MJG Technologies (www.electricmatch.com) for both the original Co-Pilot and the Co-Pilot v.2.0.
We prefer the M-Tek series for use with the AccuFire, though the J-Tek series will also work well provided you use a fresh, new alkaline battery.
Click here for a "white paper" by Robert Briody of G-Wiz Partners (makers of the PML AccuFire) on the current consumption of various igniters. In PDF format.
Also available below are Fore and Aft mounts for the PML AccuFire Timer to allow scratchbuilders the simplicity of mounting the AccuFire in a 38mm tube as shown on the Staging page.
The ALL-NEW Public Missiles Ltd. Co-Pilot v3 altimeter was developed exclusively for Public Missiles Ltd. by Missile Works Corp., and was designed specifically for PML's CPR3000 Recovery System (though it can also be used in other applications as well, such as scratch-built deployment systems).
Same footprint as the original Co-Pilot and Co-Pilot v2.0.
* Please note that access to the Base Settings is made available via the CP3 DIP switch and pushbutton interface. The value of all these settings can be verified or reconfigured at any time without the use of the optional LCD Terminal (available only directly from Missile Works at this time here ) or PC USB interface. They provide a "manual" way to set up the CP3. However, the easiest and fastest way to configure the CP3 and review flight data is via the optional LCD Terminal Module or via the free mDACS PC software available below.
Complete on-board diagnostic capability, including battery voltage, baro sensor, input and output test modes, and more.
Post-flight log data such as peak AGL elevation, peak velocity, time to apogee, and more!
Click here for the latest PML Co-Pilot v3 Altimeter Instructions in PDF format.
Click here for the latest version of mDACS software.
Click here for the retired PML Co-Pilot v2.0 Altimeter Instructions in PDF format.
Click here for the original PML Co-Pilot Altimeter Instructions in PDF format.
G-10 mounting sled system for your existing PerfectFlite StratoLogger and StratoLogger CF altimeters. Includes pre-drilled G-10 plate, battery holder and all mounting hardware. This is designed as a direct-fit alternative to the Co-Pilot for the CPR-3000 dual deployment system. Will fit the Fore and Aft Altimeter Mounts supplied with the CPR system. CPR mounts, altimeter, and battery not included.
G-10 mounting sled system for PerfectFlite miniTimer 4 Timer. Includes pre-drilled G-10 plate, battery holder and all mounting hardware. This is designed to replace the AccuFire for the IS-3000 staging system. Will fit the Fore and Aft Timer Mounts supplied with the IS system. Timer and battery not included.
Heavy duty, all metal 9v battery holder and all stainless steel mounting hardware.
Screw, Socket Head Cap, for mounting altimeters and timers to G- 10 sleds including eSled plate. 4/40 x 1/2". Requires 3/32" Hex Key. 4 per pack.
Nut, SS Nyloc type, 4/40 thread. 4 per pack.
Screw, Socket Flat Head, for mounting battery holder to G-10 sleds including eSled plate.2/56 x 3/8". Requires 0.05" Hex Key. 4 per pack.
Nut, SS Nyloc type, 2/56 thread. 4 per pack.
Fore Timer Mount for PML AccuFire Timer or G-10 sled. Used to mount timer in 38mm tube (see Staging Page). Requires 2 HDWE-SHC-2/56 (below).
Aft Timer Mount for PML AccuFire Timer or G-10 plate. Used to mount timer in 38mm tube (see Staging Page). Requires 2 HDWE-SHC-2/56 (below).


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The plans offered by Reliance Jio for its FTTH services would be of three types, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The customer will be getting 100 GB of free data with the base plan and access to Jio premium services such JioCinema, JioTV for the first 90 days.
There are three types of Tariffs- Speed based, Volume based and Special offer tariffs. The best part is that the base plan for Jio broadband internet starts as low as INR 500 per month. However the customer will have to pay a one-time fee of around INR 6000 for the compatible Jio fiber modem.
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Find out what the related areas are that Plant Engineering and Design connects with, associates with, correlates with or affects, and which require thought, deliberation, analysis, review and discussion. This unique checklist stands out in a sense that it is not per-se designed to give answers, but to engage the reader and lay out a Plant Engineering and Design thinking-frame.
How far is your company on its Plant Engineering and Design journey?
Take this short survey to gauge your organization's progress toward Plant Engineering and Design leadership. Learn your strongest and weakest areas, and what you can do now to create a strategy that delivers results.
Below you will find a quick checklist designed to help you think about which Plant Engineering and Design related domains to cover and 149 essential critical questions to check off in that domain.
Consult on Plant Engineering and Design goals and figure out ways to motivate other Plant Engineering and Design users.
– What prevents me from making the changes I know will make me a more effective Plant Engineering and Design leader?
– What are our needs in relation to Plant Engineering and Design skills, labor, equipment, and markets?
– What are the Key enablers to make this Plant Engineering and Design move?
Tête-à-tête about Property designer visions and find out.
– How do you determine the key elements that affect Plant Engineering and Design workforce satisfaction? how are these elements determined for different workforce groups and segments?
– Will Plant Engineering and Design have an impact on current business continuity, disaster recovery processes and/or infrastructure?
– What tools do you use once you have decided on a Plant Engineering and Design strategy and more importantly how do you choose?
Probe Video on demand issues and arbitrate Video on demand techniques that enhance teamwork and productivity.
– Are there any easy-to-implement alternatives to Plant Engineering and Design? Sometimes other solutions are available that do not require the cost implications of a full-blown project?
– Does Plant Engineering and Design analysis show the relationships among important Plant Engineering and Design factors?
– Think of your Plant Engineering and Design project. what are the main functions?
Illustrate Organization design issues and observe effective Organization design.
– How do your measurements capture actionable Plant Engineering and Design information for use in exceeding your customers expectations and securing your customers engagement?
– What is the source of the strategies for Plant Engineering and Design strengthening and reform?
– What new services of functionality will be implemented next with Plant Engineering and Design ?
Revitalize Free content decisions and plan concise Free content education.
– How do we know that any Plant Engineering and Design analysis is complete and comprehensive?
– Does the Plant Engineering and Design task fit the clients priorities?
– How is the value delivered by Plant Engineering and Design being measured?
Cut a stake in Legal aspects of file sharing failures and oversee Legal aspects of file sharing requirements.
– In a project to restructure Plant Engineering and Design outcomes, which stakeholders would you involve?
– Risk factors: what are the characteristics of Plant Engineering and Design that make it risky?
– How can the value of Plant Engineering and Design be defined?
Have a session on Design technology adoptions and oversee implementation of Design technology.
– Meeting the challenge: are missed Plant Engineering and Design opportunities costing us money?
– What business benefits will Plant Engineering and Design goals deliver if achieved?
– Is a Plant Engineering and Design Team Work effort in place?
Map Garden design quality and budget the knowledge transfer for any interested in Garden design.
– Are there any disadvantages to implementing Plant Engineering and Design? There might be some that are less obvious?
– Who are the people involved in developing and implementing Plant Engineering and Design?
– Are there Plant Engineering and Design Models?
Accommodate Design Council visions and get going.
– Why are Plant Engineering and Design skills important?
Think carefully about Design elements and principles tactics and catalog what business benefits will Design elements and principles goals deliver if achieved.
– Do we cover the five essential competencies-Communication, Collaboration,Innovation, Adaptability, and Leadership that improve an organizations ability to leverage the new Plant Engineering and Design in a volatile global economy?
– Where do ideas that reach policy makers and planners as proposals for Plant Engineering and Design strengthening and reform actually originate?
– To what extent does management recognize Plant Engineering and Design as a tool to increase the results?
Study Open manufacturing engagements and handle a jump-start course to Open manufacturing.
– What are our best practices for minimizing Plant Engineering and Design project risk, while demonstrating incremental value and quick wins throughout the Plant Engineering and Design project lifecycle?
– How likely is the current Plant Engineering and Design plan to come in on schedule or on budget?
– How do we go about Securing Plant Engineering and Design?
Collaborate on Open-source movement failures and probe Open-source movement strategic alliances.
– How do we make it meaningful in connecting Plant Engineering and Design with what users do day-to-day?
– What are the long-term Plant Engineering and Design goals?
Interpolate Design by committee leadership and secure Design by committee creativity.
– In the case of a Plant Engineering and Design project, the criteria for the audit derive from implementation objectives. an audit of a Plant Engineering and Design project involves assessing whether the recommendations outlined for implementation have been met. in other words, can we track that any Plant Engineering and Design project is implemented as planned, and is it working?
– What are your current levels and trends in key measures or indicators of Plant Engineering and Design product and process performance that are important to and directly serve your customers? how do these results compare with the performance of your competitors and other organizations with similar offerings?
– What will drive Plant Engineering and Design change?
Extrapolate Biological patent goals and get the big picture.
– Who is responsible for ensuring appropriate resources (time, people and money) are allocated to Plant Engineering and Design?
– What is our Plant Engineering and Design Strategy?
Rank Open-source appropriate technology projects and explore and align the progress in Open-source appropriate technology.
– What sources do you use to gather information for a Plant Engineering and Design study?
– How would one define Plant Engineering and Design leadership?
Understand Floral design governance and slay a dragon.
– Can we add value to the current Plant Engineering and Design decision-making process (largely qualitative) by incorporating uncertainty modeling (more quantitative)?
– How do senior leaders actions reflect a commitment to the organizations Plant Engineering and Design values?
– What are the short and long-term Plant Engineering and Design goals?
Generalize Creative Commons tasks and inform on and uncover unspoken needs and breakthrough Creative Commons results.
– How will you measure your Plant Engineering and Design effectiveness?
– How can you measure Plant Engineering and Design in a systematic way?
Investigate Open admissions quality and report on setting up Open admissions without losing ground.
– What are the success criteria that will indicate that Plant Engineering and Design objectives have been met and the benefits delivered?
Derive from High-level design outcomes and maintain High-level design for success.
– Think about the people you identified for your Plant Engineering and Design project and the project responsibilities you would assign to them. what kind of training do you think they would need to perform these responsibilities effectively?
– For your Plant Engineering and Design project, identify and describe the business environment. is there more than one layer to the business environment?
– What are the usability implications of Plant Engineering and Design actions?
Set goals for Free software license tasks and pay attention to the small things.
– Does Plant Engineering and Design appropriately measure and monitor risk?
Nurse Open Design Alliance decisions and stake your claim.
– Do we aggressively reward and promote the people who have the biggest impact on creating excellent Plant Engineering and Design services/products?
– What role does communication play in the success or failure of a Plant Engineering and Design project?
– Do Plant Engineering and Design rules make a reasonable demand on a users capabilities?
Map Systems Oriented Design quality and drive action.
– How important is Plant Engineering and Design to the user organizations mission?
– What are the barriers to increased Plant Engineering and Design production?
Probe Critical design quality and handle a jump-start course to Critical design.
– Will Plant Engineering and Design deliverables need to be tested and, if so, by whom?
Confer over Sound design projects and ask what if.
– Think about the kind of project structure that would be appropriate for your Plant Engineering and Design project. should it be formal and complex, or can it be less formal and relatively simple?
Review Chartered Society of Designers projects and simulate teachings and consultations on quality process improvement of Chartered Society of Designers.
– Are assumptions made in Plant Engineering and Design stated explicitly?
– What is Effective Plant Engineering and Design?
Scrutinze Experiential interior design outcomes and look at it backwards.
– How do we Identify specific Plant Engineering and Design investment and emerging trends?
Inquire about Book design visions and secure Book design creativity.
Wrangle Fault-tolerant design leadership and oversee Fault-tolerant design management by competencies.
– Consider your own Plant Engineering and Design project. what types of organizational problems do you think might be causing or affecting your problem, based on the work done so far?
– What are internal and external Plant Engineering and Design relations?
Align Icon design risks and probe using an integrated framework to make sure Icon design is getting what it needs.
– What are the key elements of your Plant Engineering and Design performance improvement system, including your evaluation, organizational learning, and innovation processes?
– Is there a Plant Engineering and Design Communication plan covering who needs to get what information when?
Own Sonic interaction design strategies and maintain Sonic interaction design for success.
– At what point will vulnerability assessments be performed once Plant Engineering and Design is put into production (e.g., ongoing Risk Management after implementation)?
– Who is the main stakeholder, with ultimate responsibility for driving Plant Engineering and Design forward?
Ventilate your thoughts about Open-source hardware risks and plan concise Open-source hardware education.
– What vendors make products that address the Plant Engineering and Design needs?
Adapt Systemic Design engagements and devote time assessing Systemic Design and its risk.
– Is Plant Engineering and Design dependent on the successful delivery of a current project?
– How do we go about Comparing Plant Engineering and Design approaches/solutions?
– How do we keep improving Plant Engineering and Design?
Pilot Public domain results and report on the economics of relationships managing Public domain and constraints.
– Record-keeping requirements flow from the records needed as inputs, outputs, controls and for transformation of a Plant Engineering and Design process. ask yourself: are the records needed as inputs to the Plant Engineering and Design process available?
– How can we improve Plant Engineering and Design?
Check Open-source journalism planning and intervene in Open-source journalism processes and leadership.
– Is the Plant Engineering and Design organization completing tasks effectively and efficiently?
Match Design marker outcomes and acquire concise Design marker education.
– What may be the consequences for the performance of an organization if all stakeholders are not consulted regarding Plant Engineering and Design?
– Among the Plant Engineering and Design product and service cost to be estimated, which is considered hardest to estimate?
– Why is it important to have senior management support for a Plant Engineering and Design project?
Systematize Scenic design goals and adjust implementation of Scenic design.
– What are the Essentials of Internal Plant Engineering and Design Management?
– How do we maintain Plant Engineering and Designs Integrity?
Devise One Laptop Per Child issues and observe effective One Laptop Per Child.
– How does the organization define, manage, and improve its Plant Engineering and Design processes?
Extrapolate Design for testing projects and secure Design for testing creativity.
Reason over Landscape architecture projects and find answers.
– Who sets the Plant Engineering and Design standards?
Investigate Product design visions and suggest using storytelling to create more compelling Product design projects.
– How do you incorporate cycle time, productivity, cost control, and other efficiency and effectiveness factors into these Plant Engineering and Design processes?
Have a meeting on Common good issues and raise human resource and employment practices for Common good.
– Will new equipment/products be required to facilitate Plant Engineering and Design delivery for example is new software needed?
– How will you know that the Plant Engineering and Design project has been successful?
Define Platform-based design strategies and devise Platform-based design key steps.
– What is the total cost related to deploying Plant Engineering and Design, including any consulting or professional services?
Consult on Web design program tasks and differentiate in coordinating Web design program.
– Do we monitor the Plant Engineering and Design decisions made and fine tune them as they evolve?
– How do we Improve Plant Engineering and Design service perception, and satisfaction?
Be responsible for Open Knowledge International visions and reinforce and communicate particularly sensitive Open Knowledge International decisions.
– How can skill-level changes improve Plant Engineering and Design?
– Is Plant Engineering and Design Required?
Canvass Power network design outcomes and separate what are the business goals Power network design is aiming to achieve.
– Are there Plant Engineering and Design problems defined?
Familiarize yourself with Design load strategies and report on setting up Design load without losing ground.
– What are your most important goals for the strategic Plant Engineering and Design objectives?
Drive Do-it-yourself biology engagements and proactively manage Do-it-yourself biology risks.
– Does Plant Engineering and Design analysis isolate the fundamental causes of problems?
– What threat is Plant Engineering and Design addressing?
Consolidate European Design Award leadership and gather European Design Award models .
– What about Plant Engineering and Design Analysis of results?
Deliberate over Design of experiments engagements and achieve a single Design of experiments view and bringing data together.
Deliberate Open educational resources quality and look for lots of ideas.
Tête-à-tête about Innovation Management tasks and find out what it really means.
Interpolate Social design planning and revise understanding of Social design architectures.
– What other jobs or tasks affect the performance of the steps in the Plant Engineering and Design process?
Guard Free and open-source adoptions and question.
– What are the top 3 things at the forefront of our Plant Engineering and Design agendas for the next 3 years?
– What are the business goals Plant Engineering and Design is aiming to achieve?
– Which Plant Engineering and Design goals are the most important?
Face Jewelry design engagements and pay attention to the small things.
– In what ways are Plant Engineering and Design vendors and us interacting to ensure safe and effective use?
Conceptualize Automotive design failures and budget for Automotive design challenges.
– Have you identified your Plant Engineering and Design key performance indicators?
Reconstruct Physical design failures and diversify disclosure of information – dealing with confidential Physical design information.
– Can Management personnel recognize the monetary benefit of Plant Engineering and Design?
Mix Level design quality and modify and define the unique characteristics of interactive Level design projects.
Dissect Design closure risks and achieve a single Design closure view and bringing data together.
Interpolate Outline of design strategies and point out improvements in Outline of design.
– Is Plant Engineering and Design Realistic, or are you setting yourself up for failure?
– Can we do Plant Engineering and Design without complex (expensive) analysis?
Explore Societal views on patents results and transcribe Societal views on patents as tomorrows backbone for success.
Trace Open science strategies and integrate design thinking in Open science innovation.
– What other organizational variables, such as reward systems or communication systems, affect the performance of this Plant Engineering and Design process?
– Are there recognized Plant Engineering and Design problems?
Ventilate your thoughts about Web design issues and explain and analyze the challenges of Web design.
– Do we all define Plant Engineering and Design in the same way?
Prioritize Students for Free Culture failures and document what potential Students for Free Culture megatrends could make our business model obsolete.
Troubleshoot Computer-aided garden design issues and give examples utilizing a core of simple Computer-aided garden design skills.
– Do the Plant Engineering and Design decisions we make today help people and the planet tomorrow?
Scan Algorithm design quality and slay a dragon.
Focus on Open Data Indicies strategies and forecast involvement of future Open Data Indicies projects in development.
– Does Plant Engineering and Design create potential expectations in other areas that need to be recognized and considered?
Accommodate Electric guitar design failures and differentiate in coordinating Electric guitar design.
– How do we manage Plant Engineering and Design Knowledge Management (KM)?
– Why should we adopt a Plant Engineering and Design framework?
Transcribe Costume design risks and ask what if.
– What are current Plant Engineering and Design Paradigms?
Confer over Algorithms-Aided Design tactics and oversee Algorithms-Aided Design requirements.
– Does Plant Engineering and Design include applications and information with regulatory compliance significance (or other contractual conditions that must be formally complied with) in a new or unique manner for which no approved security requirements, templates or design models exist?
Disseminate Reliability engineering failures and finalize specific methods for Reliability engineering acceptance.
– Do those selected for the Plant Engineering and Design team have a good general understanding of what Plant Engineering and Design is all about?
Cut a stake in Boiler design tactics and intervene in Boiler design processes and leadership.
– Does our organization need more Plant Engineering and Design education?
Shape Knowledge commons goals and find the essential reading for Knowledge commons researchers.
– Are accountability and ownership for Plant Engineering and Design clearly defined?
Own Concept art adoptions and report on setting up Concept art without losing ground.
Generalize Open Hardware and Design Alliance decisions and ask questions.
– What are all of our Plant Engineering and Design domains and what do they do?
Grasp Open gaming results and spearhead techniques for implementing Open gaming.
– Who will be responsible for deciding whether Plant Engineering and Design goes ahead or not after the initial investigations?
Analyze Music piracy engagements and separate what are the business goals Music piracy is aiming to achieve.
– Do several people in different organizational units assist with the Plant Engineering and Design process?
The open-source movement isn't communism.
Erik De Keyser – for Open Design Alliance, Inc.
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In a general sense, the design load is the maximum amount of something a system is designed to handle or the maximum amount of something that the system can produce, which are very different meanings. For example, a crane with a design load of 20 tons is designed to be able to lift loads that weigh 20 tons or less.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged African leaders to take urgent actions that would rescue the continent's economy from stagnation owing to hunger and malnutrition.
The Media Relations Officer of AfDB Solange Kamuanga- Touassou, made this known in a statement in Abuja at the inauguration of the Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard to raise awareness and end malnutrition.
Kamuanga-Touassou said that the event was also to reinforce commitments by African governments to help wipe out malnutrition from the continent.
He disclosed that the programme was co-hosted by the president of AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and His Majesty King Letsie III, of the Kingdom of Lesotho.
The AfDB official said the event was on the sidelines of the 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa.
He quoted Adesina as urging the leaders not to fold their arms and do nothing while African economies crippled.
"We can no longer afford to watch helplessly as our economies get crippled and suffer stagnation owing to hunger and malnutrition. As responsible leaders, the onus is on us to take action.
"While it is obvious that a road and a port can add to improved trade and economic growth, it is often not recognised that stunting shrinks the size of the brain and therefore compromises the current and future economic growth of nations.
"Africa remains the only continent with high levels of malnutrition and which suffers slow progress to reverse the situation in comparison to the rest of the world.
"United Nations data indicates the number of stunted children in Africa which increased sharply from 50.6 million in the year 2000 to 58.7 million in 2017.
"A growing body of evidence recognises that malnutrition and economic development are closely interlinked," the statement quoted Adeshina as saying.
The president stressed that poor nutrition was responsible for stunting children's growth, harming their educational development and future economic prospects.
According to him, the programme aims to present key findings and recommendations, including calls on governments to increase budgetary allocations for multi-sectoral nutrition plans.
"The scorecard also calls for the enhanced empowerment of women and adolescent girls, and the provision of nutritional support at the most critical time of a child's life – during pregnancy and early childhood.
"The nutrition assessment tool provides a snapshot of the status of key nutrition indicators, including internationally agreed nutrition targets, specific and sensitive interventions.
"Others are policy and legal provisions, nutrition financing, and socio-economic impacts.


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I don't think DJT could be 'forced' to sign poison-pilled legislation, but knowing that may give squishy Republicans cover.
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HAMMOND: The Violence Against Women Act Is A Threat To Gun-Owning Women
Michael Hammond | Gun Owners of America
11:30 AM 05/06/2019 | Opinion
House Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi, are trying to push Republicans into a corner.
They have taken a catchy program that was originally created by Joe Biden and have added a liberal wish-list of provision to its reauthorization.
And they are daring Republicans to vote against it.
Welcome to the 116th Congress!
The program is the "Violence Against Women" reauthorization. Arizona Republican Rep. Debbie Leskoexplained that among the new House-passed provisions is one which would allow "biological males who identify as women to be placed in shelters and prisons right next to vulnerable women."
Gee, what could go wrong there?
Despite Pelosi's assumption that no one would dare vote against a bill called "Violence Against Women" — no matter what its provisions — all but 33 House Republicans voted against it.
In fact, Georgia Republican Rep. Doug Collins predicted, "This radical legislation stands no chance of becoming law and is merely evidence of the majority's regrettable intent to weaponize this important legislation to score political points."
Neither Collins nor House Republicans would have imagined that a few senators and staff in the Senate would take the House-passed leftist wish-list and try to negotiate — with its liberal provisions as a starting point.
But that's exactly what ultra-gun-hater Dianne Feinstein is trying to do. Feinstein is, in particular, trying to push Iowa Senator Joni Ernst to work with her in order to determine which of the Pelosi agenda should pass into law, and which parts of the Pelosi agenda can be left by the wayside.
And there is evidence that most of the anti-gun agenda will be left in the bill — providing victories and momentum for anti-gun, anti-GOP dynasties such as Bloomberg, Giffords, and Brady.
Of course, no rational person would think that would be a good strategy for Republicans to pursue.
Now, over a hundred conservative and pro-gun groups — a who's who of the conservative movement — have written to the Senate and demanded that the Senate throw the House draft into the waste basket.
On guns, the House bill, H.R. 1585, would allow anyone a gun owner has dated to strip the gun owner of their Second Amendment rights by convening a "secret court" — often by just a telephone call to a pliant judge.
Then, by simple allegations not backed up by any proof, the "angry jilted lover" could override constitutional protections by claiming that the person had "harassed" them or that they felt unsafe.
We know that accusers frequently lie, and seldom are called to account for it. In connection with Connecticut's "red flag" gun confiscation program, researcher David Kopel has found that at least a third of initial restraining orders are bogus.
Not only that, Kopel recently testified before Congress how a California man, who was cheating on his wife, used the state's red flag law to have police confiscate his wife's Glock.
Some men will use temporary restraining orders to disarm significant others before assaulting them. So bills like H.R. 1585 can end up hurting the very people this bill is supposed to help, as abusers will be able to disarm their battered victims.
The first time the gun owner finds out about a gun confiscation order against him or her is when a SWAT Team arrives at their door in the middle of the night. We know of at least one case in which a black man in suburban Maryland was shot to death under these circumstances — with no remedy for his death whatsoever.
Hence, H.R. 1585 is like the gun confiscation or "red flag" laws rejected by virtually every non-blue state.
In addition, in Title XII, H.R. 1585 would create special prosecutors to go after veterans, traffic ticket scofflaws, and other innocents who inadvertently tried to buy a gun without realizing the government had barred them from doing so. This, at the same time as they're releasing drug traffickers under last year's sentencing reform bill.
For economic and social conservatives, the House-passed bill makes sure to expand unemployment compensation recipients, thereby imposing a large tax on employers.
And it would dramatically accelerate the movement toward removing faith-based programs as potential recipients of federal funds.
But there's a larger question here.
House Democrats are testing the waters to see how the GOP will respond if they load up must-pass bills with leftist wish-lists.
If Republicans signal a willingness to negotiate over this tactic, the only question will be how many new liberal provisions of law Trump will be forced to sign.
Michael Hammond is the legislative counsel for Gun Owners of America, a gun rights organization representing more than two million gun owners.
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