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The California Budget and Class War
By Ann Robertson
ON FEBRUARY 19, the California legislature, after weeks of wrangling, passed a special budget to address the historically high $42 billion deficit. It represents an unadulterated WASHOUT FOR WORKING PEOPLE who are attacked on almost every front by the Democratic Party, which controls a broad majority in the legislature.
For example, public educations $58 billion budget for K-12 (kindergarten through high school) will be slashed by $8.4 billion, even though California currently allocates less money than almost all other states to education. The state college and university systems will be cut $163 million and $115 million respectively, resulting in many faculty and staff layoffs, despite the fact that both systems are currently turning away qualified students, due to lack of funding. Meanwhile, student tuition will be raised.
Regressive taxes will be imposed, meaning that they will represent a heavier burden on working people and the poor than on the rich, including a sales tax increase from 8.5 to 9.5 percent and a vehicle license fee increase.
But while paying more, working people will receive considerably less from the state. Public transportation will be slashed while health and human services will be gouged by a $1.6 billion cut. And state employees will continue to be forced to take two days off per month, with no pay, of course.
But what went unreported by The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle is that those on the other side of the class ledger - the corporations enjoyed a startlingly different fate. According to the Los Angeles Times, about $1 billion in corporate tax breaks directed mostly at multi-state and multinational companies is tucked into the proposal. Not only were corporate taxes not raised, they were actually reduced, thereby contributing to the deficit rather than alleviating it. And this corporate welfare comes on the heels of a steady decline in corporate taxes.
In the 1980's, 9 percent of corporate profits were taxed by the states. In 2001, it dropped to 6 percent, meaning that in that year and every year thereafter, California lost $1.34 billion in revenue (see The New York Times, July 16, 2003).
Evidently The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle viewed the corporate largess concocted by California politicians in this current budget as nothing new and consequently unworthy of reporting.
The moral of this budget is clear. Corporations are well organized and consequently have successfully pressed for their own narrow interests. LACKING ANY SOCIAL CONSCIENCE, which should surprise no one, they fail to pursue the common good but REMAIN FIXATED ON EVER-GREATER PROFITS FOR THEMSELVES.
In order to avoid a repeat of this disaster and actually reverse this course of events, working people will need to organize themselves in order collectively to insist that society operate in the interests of the majority. This should begin with a demand that the government tax the rich who have acquired unprecedented wealth during the past three decades ֖ in order to fund social services.
Taxing the rich and transferring wealth to working and poor people makes both sound moral and economic sense. When inequalities in wealth are allowed to grow unchecked, THE MORAL FABRIC OF SOCIETY IS STRAINED. Members of the same society no longer find themselves sharing common interests or goals, due to their STARKLY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC POSITIONS. When working and poor people have more money in their pockets, they tend to spend it immediately, thereby stimulating the economy. The rich, with their hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars, have a substantial cushion and hence are not compelled to curtail their consumption when their taxes increase. And many of the rich are the bankers who triggered this economic disaster. They should be required to pay for it.
When working people are united, they have the power to take history into their own hands. After all, there can be no corporate profits, let alone business as usual, if workers collectively refuse to work. Now is the time to organize!
Ann Robertson is a teacher at San Francisco State University and a writer for WORKERS ACTION. She can be reached at aroberts45 at aol.com
California Jobless Hits Double Digits
Crumbling housing and consumer sectors propel unemployment rate to 10.1%, the highest in 25 years.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)—California's unemployment rate rose to 10.1% in January, its highest level in a quarter century, as recession tightened its grip on the most populous U.S. state.
Weakness in the housing and consumer sectors helped drive the jobless rate up from a revised 8.7% in December and 6.1% in January 2008 and to above the national average in January of 7.6%, state officials said Friday.
Economist Jon Haveman of the consulting firm Beacon Economics said he expects California's jobless rate will climb to the mid-10% range and settle there for much of this year.
"It's headed north," Haveman said, noting his outlook reflects Friday's report that the U.S. economy in the fourth quarter shrank at a 6.2% annual rate, the deepest contraction since early 1982.
"Things are just simply worse out there than anticipated," Haveman said. "The outlook for this quarter has certainly got to be awful and we likely won't see positive GDP growth until the first quarter of 2010, and that's when we would expect the unemployment rate to turn around" in California.
Consumer spending across California has plunged in the wake of Wall Street's turmoil, and payrolls have been thinned at a rapid pace in recent months. The state, the world's eighth largest economy, is also suffering from a prolonged housing downturn.
"There is continued weakness in housing-related sectors and we're also seeing weakness in consumer-related sectors," said Kevin Callori, a spokesman for the state's Employment Development Department. "The credit crunch is making consumers less confident, so that's affecting businesses in wholesale and retail trades."
"Basically about a third of the losses (over the past year) have been in consumer-oriented industries," Callori said. "Another third have been in housing and housing-related industries like construction and financial services."
State officials said California lost 79,300 nonfarm payroll jobs in January from December and a total of 494,000 nonfarm jobs from a year earlier, or 3.3% of the state's nonfarm payrolls.
Deep Cuts Threaten to Reshape California
By Jennifer Steinhauer
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not get the election results he sought. Now he seems determined to show California voters the consequences.
In a special election on May 19, voters rejected a batch of measures on increasing taxes, borrowing funds and reapportioning state money that were designed to close a multibillion-dollar budget gap. The cuts Mr. Schwarzenegger has proposed to make up the difference, if enacted by the Legislature, would turn California into a place that in some ways would be unrecognizable in modern America: poor children would have no health insurance, prisoners would be released by the thousands and state parks would be closed.
Nearly all of the billions of dollars in cuts the administration has proposed would affect programs for poor Californians, although prisons and schools would take hits, as well.
Government doesn't provide services to rich people, Mike Genest, the state's finance director, said on a conference call with reporters on Friday. It doesn't even really provide services to the middle class. He added: "You have to cut where the money is."
In less than two weeks, the administration has gone from warning residents that a vote against the budget measures would send the state - some $24 billion in the red into utter turmoil to sanguine acceptance that דthe people have spoken and that the government must move on.
And so it is that administration officials have been sent off to talk to the Legislature and hold conference calls about the latest proposed blows to state programs, while Mr. Schwarzenegger largely tends to other aspects of governing. "He was in Livermore on Friday dedicating the world's largest laser system (for sustaining nuclear fusion), and has updated his Twitter feed. Backstage at the Tonight Show," one tweet said.
The measures proposed by the administration to balance the budget, including the $2.8 billion in cuts outlined on Friday, are unlike any proposed to the states social services in a generation.
Mr. Schwarzenegger, a Republican, is threatening to eliminate the Healthy Family Program, the state's health insurance program that covers over 900,000 children and is financed with state and federal money, as well as the states main welfare program, known as Cal-Works, which provides temporary financial assistance to poor families and a caregiver for the severely disabled.
The $1 billion in cuts to programs for the poor would be met with $680 million in new cuts to education and a 5 percent salary reduction for state employees, many of whom are already enduring furloughs.
These proposals, as well as those that would make cuts to state parks, the prison system and other state agencies, are winding their way through Sacramento now, where they will be voted on by committees and eventually the full Legislature.
Some of the proposed cuts are clearly saber rattling on the governor's part, but there is a nervous acceptance among lawmakers, advocates for the poor and outside budget experts that the state is out of money and time.
If lawmakers sign off on closing the health insurance program for children whose families make too much to qualify for Medicaid, California would be the first state in the nation to close the popular program. Begun in 1997, the program, known as S-CHIP, reimburses states at a higher rate than for Medicaid to deliver health insurance to children and teenagers. With the cuts to Medicaid, the state would probably increase its number of uninsured people by nearly 2 million, the California Budget Project says.
"As the nation is debating how to move forward to provide broader health care coverage," said Diane Rowland, the executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation, "for a state to be scaling back coverage for children would be a major challenge. This program means a lot to working families. It is well run and well liked by people on both sides of the aisle."
Further, the governor has gone after some spending not covered by mandates enacted by voters through ballot measures, a quirk of California budgeting that has helped create the mess the state is in.
"Certainly the programs that were targeted are not protected by the California Constitution or required by federal law," said Jean Ross, the executive director of the California Budget Project, a left-leaning policy organization that analyzes the budget.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature has been uncharacteristically silent on most of the cuts, most likely because lawmakers know that tax increases are not politically palatable, that huge cuts in some form are in the offing no matter what, and that any program they wish to spare will quite likely have advocates among their ranks.
"There is no drawing lines in the sand," said Alicia Trost, the spokeswoman for State Senator Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat and president pro tem. "Everyone knows we're the majority, and we all know where we stand."
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Letter To Kathy
More than any time in history, mankind now faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
- Woody Allen
Here's some excerpts from a letter written by this CUSPER to an old friend today highlighting the plight of SOME OF US AMERICANS struggling to survive.
I'M SURPRISED there's still a middle class to TALK ABOUT.
President Bush SNEAKED SOME STUFF into law right before he left. I thought that included poor people getting free medical and their PILLS taken care of.
It's a foregone conclusion the building where I work is closing in a few months, and work moved to company-owned buildings in other states.
We don't know yet who'll be offered jobs in the other places, or if RELOCATION money offered to anyone, but doubt I'll be offered either, since the other places already have PEOPLE THAT DO MY JOB, and the company layed off a bunch of them last year.
In 2003 AT&T MANAGEMENT tried to coax us to move to a company-owned building in Conyers Georgia, with a (hollow and worthless) verbal promise of employment longevity if we'd relocate, and offered $20K bonus to anyone that volunteered. The veiled threat behind it meant certain doom for those that said no. Those who took the bait moved - got the $20K - and just about all of them got LAYED OFF within a year, not much later than those of us that didn't.
I'm near certain the larger plan with the company I work at today is to CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONS IN AMERICA, and OUTSOURCE WHAT'S LEFT until just about everything is out of the United States, so if they offer something like AT&T did, I'll probably say no. MOVING OUT OF A HOUSE TO A NEW STATE costs tens of thousands of dollars that I don't have, plus there's an eight month glut of homes for sale in ORLANDO, and I'm still trying my coax my mom to move down here with me.
Your husband's two year job search, although very sad, isn't uncommon to us former middle-class techies.
It gotta be killing him on the inside. Thank goodness he has you to lean on.
If misery loves company, he has lots of it.
Highly-skilled professionals I got layed off with five years ago are STILL LOOKING for good jobs. Another marriage is breaking up. That's two people I worked with at AT&T whose families fell apart from FINANCIAL STRESS. The guy drives a limo now for $10/hr. This must be his tenth job in five years. The other poor soul was out of work since his last temp job at Cingular (now AT&T) ended 13 months ago. He finally got a part time job a few weeks ago cleaning toilets at Disney three nights a week at $7.65/hr. He's living in his brother's house for free, after loosing everything, and sleeps in his car in the parking lot on alternate days with the sun beating down on his head to save money on gas, and have enough to pay child support for his baby girl after his marriage's breakup.
I think you're both lucky that your family hasn't been torn apart from money issues.
What's A Typical House Just Outside Of Orlando Worth These Days?
Let's take my house as an example.
It's worth about $160K today - $180K a year ago, and $250K two years ago.
According to a report HERE, it would take almost a year to sell - ASSUMING of course the DEPRESSION our country's in doesn't get any worse.
If that chart keeps going down, pretty soon I'll owe more on it than it's worth.
And if I got no job, and NO HOPE OF GETTING A JOB, it may be time to WALK AWAY from it, and all those pesky credit card bills whose INTEREST RATES JUST WENT UP.
If the feds BAILED OUT YOU AND ME instead of BIG BUSINESS, we'd be MUCH BETTER OFF.
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"The rich will strive to establish their dominion and enslave the rest. They always did...they always will. They will have the same effect here as elsewhere, if we do not, by the power of government, keep them in their proper spheres."
- Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816)
Trump: Obama "absolutely right" on executive pay cap
Donald Trump, businessman and CEO of The Trump Organization, knows a little something about money.
Trump spoke with CNN's Larry King about whether there should be executive pay limits, if there should be a stimulus plan and when there could be an end to the economic downturn. The following is an edited portion of the interview.
Larry King: Is Obama right or wrong to go after these executives with salary caps?
Donald Trump: Well, I think he's ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. Billions of dollars is being given to banks and others. You know, once you start using taxpayer money, it's a whole NEW GAME. So I absolutely think he's right.
King: What about the whole concept of bailouts?
Trump: Well, it's a little bit different. A lot of people are not in favor of BAILOUTS. You know, we talked about all the different things going on in this country. Let's face it, Larry, we are in a depression.
If they didn't do the bailout, you would be in depression No. 2 and maybe just as big as depression No. 1, so they really had to do SOMETHING. The problem is they're giving millions and billions of dollars to banks and the BANKS aren't loaning it.
If you are a prime customer of a bank and if you need 10 cents, you can't get it. The banks are out of business. They're not loaning. Now, billions of dollars has been given. They're supposed to be loaning out that money and they're using it for other purposes, so it is a real mess.
King: If you were in the Senate, would you vote for the stimulus plan?
Trump: Well, I'd vote for a stimulus plan. I'm not sure that all of the things in there are appropriate. Some of the little toys that they have are not really appropriate, and they're a little surprising that they seem to want it, because the publicity on it has been terrible.
I would certainly vote for a stimulus, but I would really vote for banks having to loan out the money because they're not doing that.
King: In your adult career, have you ever seen it worse?
Trump: No, this is the worst ever. This is the worst I've ever seen. 1990 was a bad period of time, but this is far worse, and this is worse on a really global basis. I'm looking at different countries. Every country is bad. Now they're blaming us because of what happened. You know, why not blame the United States? But every country is in trouble.
King: Can you put the blame anywhere?
Trump: Well, look, it's something that, to a certain extent, happens. You go up, you go down. You have recessions. If you just look at the charts over the period of 150 years, you've had good times (and) you've had bad times.
Certainly, there's been a lot of greed. There's been a lot of stupidity. You know, like I say, today the banks don't have money, they don't loan money. But if you went to a bank two years ago and you wanted a $300 million loan, they'd say 'No, we don't want to do that, but we'll give you $400 million,' so I guess, to a certain extent, that's part of the problem.
King: If you had the power, if you could wield, what would you do?
Trump: Well, the biggest problem we have is it's trial and error, Larry. I mean we've never had anything like this before. It is absolute trial and error. They're trying. The new president is trying. Bush left him with a mess—a total mess in many different ways. I really think he's doing the best he can, but it is trial and error.
They try something, if it works, great. If it doesn't work—and the problem is you don't really know if it's going to work for quite some time. If it's really wrong—and it could be wrong—we're going to really have a mess in two years.
Stimulus Plan Explained
Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor and says, "I don't understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?"
The professor replied, "I don't have any time to explain it at my office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend project, I'll be glad to explain it to you." The student agreed.
At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor's house. The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool.
They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a bucket.
Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, "First, go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can."
The student did as he was instructed.
The professor then continued, "Follow me over to the shallow end, and then dump all the water from your bucket into it." The student was naturally confused, but did as he was told.
The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.
The confused student asked, "Excuse me, but why are we doing this?"
The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow end much deeper.
The student didn't think the economics professor was serious, but figured that he would find out the real story soon enough.
However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the student began to become worried that his economics professor had gone mad. The student finally replied, "All we're doing is wasting valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over, everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you'll really have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been truly productive action!"
The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile, "Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill."
No Severance Pay For Nortel Employees
Bankrupt Nortel will fire 3,200 more, and they won't get severance pay
Nortel Networks plans to eliminate 3,200 more jobs over the next several months, as the telecom equipment vendor tries to restructure under bankruptcy court protection.
By Dial Zero
The layoffs are IN ADDITION to 1,800 job cuts the company announced last year. Nortel won't be paying severance to the employees who lose their jobs.
Once Nortel completes the job cuts, the company's work force will have dropped to about 25,000. During its heyday in the 1990s, Nortel employed about 93,000 people.
The company filed for bankruptcy protection in Canada and the US in January and has been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. It still trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and was at 8 US cents Wednesday.
Chief Executive Mike Zafirovski said Wednesday that executives were working to have a restructuring plan ready in March. "We are moving with speed, but we are not moving in haste," he said. He didn't rule out future rounds of layoffs.
Zafirovski said one priority was trying to keep Nortel's current customers on board, but admitted that few were willing to invest in the company's new technologies. He declined to say whether the company would stake its future on selling network gear and services to telecom carriers or to corporations running private networks, where it competes against giant Cisco Systems.
Since its filing, Nortel has suspended plans to sell its promising Metro Ethernet business, leading some analysts to believe that Nortel will focus on its shrinking but highly profitable wireless business.
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IBM Reinvests In America
By Patrick Thibodeau
IBM plans IT center in Iowa—and job applications pour in
Iowa state funding and lower IT wages provide incentives for IBM to employ 1,300 workers to provide support for its U.S. outsourcing clients
With $12 million in state funding as an incentive, IBM is building an IT center in Dubuque, Iowa, that it says will employ 1,300 workers providing support to IBM's U.S. OUTSOURCING CLIENTS.
The state finalized the agreement to contribute to the project on Thursday. And while the money Iowa is pitching in is clearly an incentive for IBM to locate in Dubuque, another reason for the company's interest may be the state's lower IT wages.
Indeed, IBM's decision to locate in a renovated building in downtown Dubuque, which has a population of just under 60,000 people, may be part of a trend by vendors to expand in lower-cost—and lower-wage—regions of the United States.
Mike Blouin, president of the Greater Dubuque Development Corp., said that as part of the deal IBM is obligated to offer salaries that begin in the low-$30,000 range and go all the way up to $70,000 or so, with the average salary in the mid-$40,000.
The Greater Dubuque Development Corp. was involved in the talks surrounding the project. IBM officials declined to comment on the wage agreement.
IBM has already received some 3,000 applications for positions so far, with a third meeting meeting basic requirements for work, said Blouin. Hiring will begin this spring.
Blouin said that 10 percent of IBM's workforce will come from the company's existing labor pool, with the remainder hired locally and from two- and four-year colleges within 100 miles of Dubuque. In fact, IBM has already started recruiting students from nearby Kirkwood Community College.
The lower cost of living was a factor in IBM's decision, said Blouin. The company "is clearly trying to demonstrate that they can bring work to the U.S. shores and do it competitively," he said.
IT salaries in the Midwest can be 20 percent to as much as 50 percent below the wages paid on the East and West coasts, said Nate Viall, a Des Moines-based recruiter who specializes in finding candidates for IBM's i (formerly i5/os) mid-range application development jobs.
IBM, which has some 80 global delivery centers worldwide, said growth in its services business is creating the need for expansion. The types of jobs at the new center will include systems management services and operations, database management and project management services.
A labor group, the Alliance@IBM, said that more than 4,000 IBM employees have been laid off in recent months. IBM won't confirm those figures, but said any cuts are part of an ongoing shift in business. A spokesman for the union said that some employees have been offered jobs in Dubuque, but the union was unsure exactly how many had received offers.
IT services providers have been turning to relatively rural areas to cut costs. PEROT SYSTEM in Plano, Texas, for instance, last fall announced it was adding 90 jobs to a services center it has in Bowling Green, Ky., bringing employment at that site up to 300.
According to the Foreign Labor Certification Data Center Online Wage Library, whose prevailing wage data is used by companies that hire H-1B workers, an entry-level computer programmer job in Des Moines starts at around $42,800. That same job in the Newark, N.J., area would begin at $55,000.
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Undefeated Varsity Tennis Earns Both ISL and NE Championship Titles
It was a great season for RL tennis. The varsity squad, arguably the best in RL history, finished their season this week with a 15-0 record and two titles. In defeating St. Sebastian's this week, RL claimed its seventh ISL title in nine years. Over 90 singles matches this year, RL lost only three, scoring an incredible 87 points over the course of their season. Guided by longtime head Coach Ousmane Diop, the team also won the New England Class B Tournament, which gathers the best teams from Massachusetts and Connecticut. Though RL had made it to the final rounds in the tournament in 2017 and 2018, this was their first New England title win since 2013.
RL was the number one seed in the New England tournament and hosted the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, where they beat Nobles 4-0 and Belmont Hill 5-0 respectively. In the final round, hosted by Groton, RL faced Middlesex—another familiar ISL foe—and clinched the doubles point despite strong resistance from Middlesex players. Captain Joey Barrett (II), Walker Oberg (III), and Captain Brendan Jimenez (I) then won at #1, #2, and #3 singles to seal the title.
As we look toward next year and beyond, Coach Diop is optimistic for RL tennis. The varsity squad is graduating only one senior – Capatin Brendan Jimenez. The other nine varsity players will return next year as defending ISL champions. The junior team also had a successful season, taking home the team prize at their invitational middle school tournament at Fessenden School. This was the first tournament win for RL's junior team. Eric Diop (VI) made it to the semifinal round and Frankie Gutierrez (IV) went all the way to the finals. Will Hutter (V) and Leonardo Bene (VI) also made important contributions to the overall team win.


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Lava from a Kilauea volcano fissure advances up a residential street in Leilani Estates, on Hawaii's Big Island. Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images
Lava erupting from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii destroyed hundreds of homes on Monday night, including the vacation home of Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim, the AP reports. The losses occurred in Vacationland and Kapoho Beach Lots, where lava is flowing into the sea.
The details: Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory also reportedly said lava has completely filled Kapoho Bay, swamped most of Vacationland and covered all but the northern part of Kapoho Beach Lots.
Why you'll hear about this again: The latest eruption began on May 3, and has shown no signs of slowing. Periodic eruptions of steam, ash and rocks from the volcano's sunken crater continue to occur, along with vigorous discharges of lava from more than a dozen fissures in the ground.
Hawaii was built by volcanoes like Kilauea, and this eruption is extending the Big Island's reach slightly by discharging lava into the sea.


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One last word of praise for Laos, in case there wasn't enough in the last post: the butter chicken curry at the airport was swiftly made, cheap and delicious. The world has a lot to learn about airport dining from Luang Prabang. From there we spent a mere 38 minutes in the air until we touched down in Hanoi to begin our journeys in Vietnam. After five days we were both really, really impressed by this city and I totally understand why people sing its praises. I've never felt at a loss of things to see or do, even without any organised excursions.
This was definitely helped by staying in the Old Quarter, where the streets are inherently photogenic and almost everywhere is within easy walking distance. As we were warned, the roads are crammed full of motorbikes and crossing the road involves purposefully forgetting everything you ever learnt as a child. Traffic lights mean nothing and the only way to get across is to stride purposefully into the road. Looking left and right as you cross is actively dangerous, since you're more likely to freeze and fail to move forward to where the drivers have already calculated you will be. At one point at a busy crossing a woman just took me by the arm and marched me across, clearly figuring that I wasn't going to get there on my own. This slow-mo video of Randi doesn't capture the vast numbers of bikes, but was the best way I could think to demonstrate the Matrix-esque 'bullet time' experience of becoming as zen as possible and letting the traffic flow around you.
Other than crossing the roads, however, the Old Quarter is very walkable and the area around the nearby lake, Hoàn Kiếm, becomes totally pedestrianised at the weekend, starting on Friday nights. Wandering around here was our favourite part of Hanoi as the city felt so vibrant and alive, with lots of seating areas by the lake itself. The legend of Hoàn Kiếm is that this was where the Emperor had to return his magic sword (which had successfully been wielded against China during a war) after a golden turtle appeared in the lake and asked for it back. Knowing this story in advance of going to a Water Puppet Theatre show was very helpful for understanding what on earth was going on.
No, there is no rapid transit system… yet. But the Hanoi Metro – the first of its kind in Vietnam – is supposed to start operating later this year! I will be quite happy to come back in a couple of years to check on its development.
A typical street in Hanoi's Old Quarter
The streets by the lake during the pedestrianised weekend
OK, not 100% vehicle free
The Huc Bridge in the lake at night
Tracks running through the streets
The story of the golden turtle was relayed to us during our student-run walking tour of the Old Quarter. This wasn't exactly the typical walking tour experience: the main purpose seemed to be as an English-language learning exercise for the organisers, who were visibly excited to learn that Randi and I were both native speakers. Together with a German couple we took turns to chat with our guide as we wandered around the streets, not really stopping to talk much about our surroundings but getting a chance for a really interesting conversation about gender roles in Vietnam today. We also walked on some train tracks to take photos having been assured that no trains were scheduled at this time, which shows a surprising faith in railway timetables.
On the railway bridge, in defiance of many primary school assemblies
We also visited the Women's Museum, with exhibits on female fighters in war and Vietnamese family life. My favourite game was to compare the different gifts which a bride's family can expect depending on which ethnic group is marrying. It varies a lot. Some are in line for 'hundreds of silver coins', others for a machete and a pick axe, while other groups set the bar a little lower at chicken thighs. We also learnt that parents sometimes give a temporary 'ugly' name to their newborn child to make it undesirable to evil spirits. Examples of these ugly names were not given, but I'd like to think they are all Western ones.
Clay pot dinner
I also enjoyed seeing the Temple of Literature – which was filled with graduating students when we visited – although we didn't spend very long there. Unlike some places (*cough* Bangkok's Grand Palace *cough*) all of the entry fees in Hanoi have been very reasonable so there's no pressure to stay for a long time, and the weather has been mercifully cooler than the rest of our Asian explorations so we could even give the suncream and mosquito spray a break. On our last couple of days the city did descend into a polluted mist which was especially evident on the morning we decided to visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum. Uncle Ho, as he is known here, was keen on a simple cremation but found that it's very easy to be ignored after you're dead and now visitors queue up (mornings only) to shuffle past his embalmed body. There are guards present who would presumably stop anyone who tried to break the rules by taking a photo – and to be honest, I wish there were more tourist spots where photography was so strictly prohibited that you can all look without dodging other people's camera shots.
Temple of Literature
School groups outside the mausoleum
Nearby Hồ Tây lake, which happens to sit on the border between our universe and the endless void
There's an odd quality to the Mausoleum and a couple of the government buildings nearby, decked out in the requisite hammers and sickles and built in a grey Marxist-Leninist style to match the sky. In Russia, the collapse of the USSR provides a sudden historical break point. You can still find the statues of Lenin there, but they belong to a past era to inspire curiosity or nostalgia or indifference or revulsion or whatever. In Vietnam, it still feels obviously anachronistic to see a statue of Lenin in the post-1990s reform era and yet there he is (away from the Old Quarter, towards the more Sovietesque park with the rundown-looking bumper cars) and so too is the same one-party state. Indeed, as a reminder of what lies in the background, the BBC seemed to be blocked on at least one internet connection we used although not on others.
Similar ambiguities are on display at what remains of the Hỏa Lò Prison. The majority of the exhibition is about the use of the prison by the French colonial forces to detain, torture and execute Vietnamese prisoners, although the references to exactly who was doing the detaining are noticeably watered down in the French translations. It then moves on to the use of the prison to hold American prisoners of war during the Vietnam War, most notably John McCain, in what was dubbed the 'Hanoi Hilton'. We learn that for American pilots this was a "serene period of their lives" with plenty of fun group activities and holiday celebrations. Except we all know that this is obviously untrue, and prisoners were tortured here. The tourists know it, and the Vietnamese authorities know that we know it, and it takes a certain mindset to keep insisting on something which is obviously false rather than opt for a subtler approach.
Randi models the little primary school chairs
To be honest I'm surprised the chairs held us all
Much more fun than the prison – and one of the very best things we did in Hanoi – was our street food walking tour on Monday evening. In a small group of Brits (and Australians… originally from Britain) we were guided through eight different restaurants to sample everything from bánh mì to glass noodles to the delicious egg coffee which is a speciality of Hanoi. One restaurant was notable for displaying a large topless photo in the corner of its owner when he was in his 20s. We saw him outside (roughly two decades on) and he feigned embarrassment very unconvincingly. Overall, the food tour did not skimp on the portion sizes and by the coconut ice cream finale I was stuffed.
Prematurely printed t-shirts
Breakfasting on our last morning
The Note Coffee, where some of this blog was written and home to many post-it notes at various levels of sentimentality
A four-person room on the overnight train
On our last day we headed back to The Note Coffee to blog, a café which (as you can see) is festooned with post-it notes. Here we ran into one of Randi's old school friends who just happened to be in Hanoi, and our blogging was paused for a great conversation about the world. Then, after dinner, we headed for the railway station for our next overnight train to Hue. Unfortunately Randi was in the midst of a sinus infection by this point so it wasn't a perfect journey, but the train was perfectly comfortable and ran on time. The only issue for me was that the ride was pretty bumpy, which left me with a headache when I foolishly tried to read before bed.
I'm struggling to finish this post because it was written in so many fits and starts that I'm worried I've lost the thread of Hanoi and failed to do justice to the city. The streets just have so much character and the city feels like a confident, busy place which is not overwhelmed by tourism but treats its visitors well. Just make sure that you plan any visit here to include a weekend to take full advantage of the lake!
Bonus English Language Time
Here is an English lesson on Vietnamese TV:
Allegedly the answer is B
I dispute that this is the only acceptable option. For example:
"We saw the ghostly figure from the window but continued to walk on. On entering the room, the man was no longer there."
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868. Throw Momma From The Train (1987)
By The Mad Movie Man on	 February 24, 2015 1987, 6 - 7.9, 80-89 mins, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Feb 15, Movies Of 2015, Review, United States
7.6 Pretty fun
User Ratings (1 Votes) 9.4
Starring: Billy Crystal, Danny DeVito, Kim Greist
Director: Danny DeVito
Throw Momma From The Train is an American film about a struggling writer, bitter about his ex-wife, and his student, frustrated with his demanding mother. They agree to kill each other's enemies, however once one is pulled off, the other begins to have doubts about the whole plan.
This is, surprisingly, a really entertaining and interesting film. Even though it's meant to be a comedy, it's not actually that funny, but it's got a fun story, a properly unpredictable climax, and some brilliant on-screen chemistry between Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito, and it all comes together to make a film that's as light as anything, but still a lot of fun to watch.
I'll start with what I thought was the best, and by far most surprising, thing about this film: the story. Based off of the concept for Strangers On A Train, the whole 'criss-cross' idea is actually exciting to watch, and it makes for some genuinely unpredictable twists and turns throughout, which really kept me intrigued.
The ending is the best showing of this, but I won't spoil it. Needless to say that the whole story returns to where you would have ultimately expected it, but it deals with that direction in a totally different way to what you would think, making for really exciting watching where you're almost on edge, which is something pretty impressive for a comedy movie.
Also, Billy Crystal and Danny DeVito make an excellent on-screen combo that hugely adds to the fun of the whole film when the comedy falls down. Yes, they're the generic pairing of polar opposites, with one who annoys the other to hell and back, but for some reason, they really inject a great humour into the story that makes it so entertaining to watch.
I only have two problems with this film, mainly the comedy. The problem is that there are all sorts of running jokes and individual gags that pop up here and then, but they're actually quite few and far between, and on the whole not that funny in reality, and it's only Crystal and DeVito that make this a credible comedy, not the jokes.
Secondly, the subject matter is at times not dealt with amazingly well. It's not a huge problem, but at times it feels too dark for the comedy that it wants to bring to the table, whereas on the other hand, it occasionally just is too silly to be exciting, but this is only a minor problem, on the whole, this is a genuinely entertaining film, with top-notch performances, and a really exciting story that keeps you intrigued right up until the end.
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U.S. Supreme Court Review of Roe Could Criminalize Abortion in Wisconsin
For Immediate Release: May 19, 2021 (Updated: May 19, 2021, 3:06 p.m.)
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. This will be the first direct challenge to Roe v. Wade since Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation. Should the Court decide to fully overturn Roe, abortion is likely to become a crime in Wisconsin in all but the rarest of circumstances due to a criminal abortion law in place since 1849 that is currently unenforceable because of Roe.
"Opponents of comprehensive reproductive healthcare have long been planning for this moment to challenge Roe," said Mike Murray, Executive Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin. "By taking this case, the Court will be revisiting nearly 50 years of precedent that has protected people's access to safe and legal abortion in Wisconsin. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin is prepared to fight to ensure that every person in Wisconsin who needs access to abortion can get the care that they need," Murray continued.
Wisconsin is one of nine states in the country with a criminal abortion statute still in place that could immediately go into effect if Roe is overturned. Under the 172-year-old Wisconsin law criminalizing abortion, doctors and health care professionals assisting someone in obtaining an abortion would be guilty of committing a felony. The law has no exception for rape, incest, or the health of the woman.
In January, Senator Kelda Roys and Representative Lisa Subeck introduced the Abortion Rights Preservation Act to repeal Wisconsin's criminal abortion ban to ensure people can access needed abortion care should Roe be overturned. Unfortunately, Republican legislative leaders have blocked the advancement of this initiative.
"Abortion is a deeply personal, private decision that each person must be able to make for themselves, taking into account their own values, responsibilities, and life circumstances. Politicians shouldn't make that decision for someone else," Murray stated. "Wisconsin already has some of the strictest abortion restrictions in the country, and access to reproductive health care remains out of reach for many in our state. We call on our elected leaders to ensure that people in Wisconsin can access abortion care when they need it, regardless of who is on the Supreme Court. The Court's decision to hear this case only reinforces the urgency with which our state legislature must act to pass the Abortion Rights Preservation Act," Murray concluded.
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5 Must-Haves For Your App Marketplace Documentation
Developers are the lifeblood of your app marketplace, which is why you should strive to support them with the best documentation possible. While witty writing skills and cool features like night mode can improve your developer's experience, what's most important is that you include all the information developers will need to get started building their apps.
With that in mind, we're dedicating this article to the five crucial sections your app marketplace documentation simply must include. If you can get all five of these parts in place, we're confident that developers will be more likely to build apps for you, and have a better time doing so. So, without further ado, let's dive into our five documentation must-haves!
1. High-Level About Page
A section that's often forgotten on smaller app marketplaces is a high-level, plain English introduction. It should be written for both app developers and business decision makers. What you include in this section will depend on your audience, but nevertheless, we think it should be mandatory
One common element that all marketplace introductory pages should include is a list of benefits for contributing apps to the marketplace. Over at Shopify and DigitalOcean, they acknowledge that many developers are interested in creating a revenue stream with their applications. As such, both introductory pages make it abundantly clear that you can earn by creating applications.
Here's how Shopify's high-level About page encourages potential developers to sign up.
On the other hand, Slack has identified that many developers will be using the app-building functionality to create internal integrations. As such, they focus their page on that context for app creation.
While all newly created Slack apps start their life installable only by your workspace, we recognize that the ultimate destiny of many, if not most, apps is to be used by your workspace exclusively.
It's worth mentioning that an introductory page is more marketing material than a technical resource. To do a good job of this, you'll want to have identified your target customers and what they're looking to get from using your app marketplace.
Other elements you might include on this page are:
An explanation of what an app marketplace is and does, if you believe your audience might not know this
A breakdown of what functionality developers can leverage and what they might build with that
Quick links to statistics, case studies, and examples (especially for business-minded readers)
Next up on our list is a Getting Started page. We distinguish this from the high-level introductory page, as discussed above, in how it has a much more actionable nature. This page should be written for developers who've already decided to take the plunge and build an app. Some prospective developers may also want to read this page to see what's involved in building an integration, so in addition, it should still be left open to the public.
There's no set recipe for this page, either. Simply ask yourself what developers need to start building their integration. If developers need a license, as is true at Atlassian, here's where you should introduce that. If developers will have the option to build distinct types of applications, this is a good time to explain that and link off to category-specific documentation. Otherwise, consider showing them how to set up a development environment and linking off to a reference of app and platform features they can leverage.
It's worth mentioning that this isn't something all app marketplace documentation websites do. Of the examples discussed in the previous section, both Shopify and DigitalOcean have separate Getting Started pages, but Shopify combines this with their broader introductory page. It's entirely up to you whether to keep the two pages separate or combine them into one.
3. Platform Features
In the previous section, we suggested you link off to a reference of app and platform features that developers can build with. Whether you choose to mention this on your Getting Started page or not, some kind of reference material for your APIs is a definite must-have for your app marketplace documentation.
This shouldn't need much explanation. To know what their possibilities are, developers need to know what data and functionality they can leverage with their apps and integrations. Make this information easily available to them, since it's something developers will be coming back for time and time again.
Here's a snapshot of Slack's feature breakdown, where they introduce developers to individual functionalities.
In this section, you should explain, define, and give examples for API endpoints as would be done for any API documentation. It's worth also mentioning that you may be able to generate a good amount of this documentation automatically if your APIs were built using a specification such as OpenAPI.
If you want to know more about getting this right, there's a plethora of information on the web explaining how best to write API documentation.
4. Submission Guidelines
Let's move back to more marketplace-specific docs elements. The fourth item on our list for app marketplace documentation must-haves is submission guidelines.
You'll almost certainly put apps through a rigorous approval process before you let them onto your public app store. These submission guidelines are your chance to make your expectations clear, and their importance can't be understated. If you're thorough and upfront about what you want and need from developers, it will save you (and the developers) a huge amount of time down the line.
Here are some of the most frequent submission criteria included in app marketplace documentation — feel free to pick and choose from these and include them in your own guidelines:
The app requests only the necessary permissions
Apps are reasonably priced
It is well-built (i.e. it functions as described and does not break or excessively slow down the core platform)
It does not misuse or infringe on any copyright or trademark
The app is sufficiently unique to other apps on the marketplace
An acceptable amount of documentation is included
A privacy policy is included
Branded visual assets are included for the listing, including icons and screenshots
The correct category or categories for the app has been chosen
Last but not least, you should dedicate a portion of your app marketplace documentation to tackling all the formal, money-related aspects of the store. This includes topics like pricing, payment, and billing.
Like the Getting Started section, these formal details might also interest prospective developers. With that in mind, start from the top:
Can developers charge for their applications?
What pricing models can developers use to charge for their applications?
How much of the revenue will developers get to keep?
Beyond these basics, you may also want to discuss some of the more logistical aspects. For example, developers might like to know:
How often they'll be paid
How they'll be paid
What the relevant tax implications are (especially with regard to sales tax)
Final Thoughts on App Marketplace Documentation
There you have it: five essentials for your app marketplace documentation. From high-level introductory pages to nitty-gritty payment details, you'll find that these sections cover almost everything developers need to know. Whether it's business folk wanting to know what your marketplace can do for them or technical folk looking for the development essentials, you'll have it covered! For more information on how you should write this content, be sure to check out our five steps to writing develop guides.
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Corn hole, cutouts, cuttin' up, and dressed up – a fitting description for the activities at Senior Celebration 2018 at Western Carolina University. Whether able-bodied, walker- or wheelchair-bound, regional honorees ages 60 and up shared some level of merriment, and the western-themed event proved to be a hit.
It was a short-lived journey that yielded a long-lasting experience for about 65 seniors from Crawford Senior Center, who traveled to WCU on Friday, Sept. 7.
"The day was filled with multiple offerings for the seniors, including several local vendors, entertainment, informational in-services, vision testing, exercise sessions and bingo," said Rhonda Blanton, representative for Macon County Department of Social Services/Senior Services – Community Resource Center.
Blanton expressed special thanks to Western Carolina University for hosting the event. Region A's Southwestern Commission Area Agency on Aging (SCAAA) presented the event in collaboration with WCU's Office of Professional Growth and Enrichment, Mountain Projects, the counties of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood County, Macon, Jackson, and Swain, and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
The goal was to give back to seniors who have given much over the years. It was one day, but the appreciation was ten-fold. At every turn, seniors were greeted warmly and catered to by volunteers from Region A, staff from respective senior centers, WCU students and attentive vendors. Seniors were served at their tables a delicious, abundant meal, complete with assorted home-style cookies and a choice of beverages.
As if on cue, after the meal, some pound-shedding activities began. While the band Hill Country had serenaded the crowd with several sets, it was time for some dancing. First, Tangled Foot Stompers from Bryson City and Line Dancers from Jackson County Senior Center demonstrated their skills. Then, the dancers invited audience participation in several numbers from bluegrass to country and rock-n-roll. Some seniors needed no prompting and were on their feet engaging others to join and eliciting cheers from peers and students. After the "free-stylers" returned to their seats, everyone joined in a hilarious set of table square dancing.
Emcee Larry Reeves, LTC (Long Term Care) Ombudsman for Southwestern Commission, kept the crowd in good spirits, and his story-telling was a special treat. Reeves also facilitated Bingo prizes and door prizes donated by individuals, senior centers, vendors, and sponsors.
A healthful lifestyle for seniors was encouraged in many ways including: nutritional counseling; fall risk assessments (WCU Department of Physical Therapy and Envolve Benefit Options); free hand and foot massages (Footshines); and free readers and eyeglasses (after screening by Carolina Complete Health).
"To celebrate, highlight and honor older adults from across the region, physical therapy, nutrition, recreational therapy as well as social work students were volunteers, and over 150 students contributed to the event" said Jeanne Mathews, SCAAA Program Coordinator.
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Pachuca, Tigres & FC Dallas post domestic-league wins
Tigres' Eduardo Vargas (pictured) celebrates after scoring against host Puebla in a Liga MX Clausura match on March 5, 2017, in Puebla, Mexico. (Photo: Federico Gutierrez/Straffon Images)
Pachuca rallied from an early deficit to down Club Tijuana, while the emerging Kellyn Acosta notched the game-winning goal for FC Dallas against the LA Galaxy. CONCACAF.com takes a look at the weekend action involving the 2016/17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League semifinalists.
Club Tijuana 2, Pachuca 3
Undeterred by a 1-0 halftime deficit, Pachuca (5W-1D-2L) roared back in the second half with three unanswered goals to down Club Tijuana 3-2 on Friday. The comeback was spearheaded by Franco Jara, who assisted on Roberto Alvarado's equalizer at the left post in the 50th minute, before netting himself 11 minutes later. Jonathan Urretaviscaya then added a third for Pachuca in 74th minute, but Milton Caraglio struck for the host in the second minute of second-half stoppage to set the stage for a tense finish.
Despite the victory, there was bad news for Pachuca as striker and 2016/17 SCCL leading scorer Hirving Lozano (6 goals) was forced to leave the match in the first half with an ankle injury.
Puebla 0, Tigres 2
Tigres (3W-2D-4L) appears to be rounding into form after collecting another road win, topping Puebla, 2-0, on Sunday. Four days after an impressive SCCL quarterfinal, second-leg win at Pumas (3-0), UANL got a first half goal from Jesus Dueñas and a second-half strike from Chile international Eduardo Vargas – his first in five Liga MX games since arriving from Hoffenheim in late January -- to claim the three points.
LA Galaxy 1, FC Dallas 2
After securing passage to the 2016/17 SCCL semifinals in midweek, FC Dallas (1W-0D-0L) launched its 2017 Major League Soccer season in style with a 2-1 win over the host LA Galaxy on Saturday. Memories of a scoreless first half were erased two minutes after the break as Maximiliano Urruti gave FCD a 1-0 lead. The Galaxy leveled six minutes later via the penalty spot through Mexico international Giovani dos Santos, but Kellyn Acosta used a change of speed in the box to net from 16 yards off Roland Lamah's feed.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0, Philadelphia Union 0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC (0W-1D-0L) opened its 2017 MLS campaign with a scoreless draw against the visiting Philadelphia Union on Sunday night. The Whitecaps attempted 12 shots, but only one was on target.
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The Truth about Memento (SPOILERS!) - Page 3 - Nolan Fans
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The Truth about Memento (SPOILERS!)
The famous 2000 film that put Christopher Nolan on the map tells the story of a man on the hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.
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Teddy is actually a cop because HE DOES carry a gun into the isolated building in the scene when Lenny kills Jimmy, and Lenny hits him on the back of the head and then takes the police badge and the gun proving that Teddy is indeed a cop
How do you explain the badge and the gun Lenny finds on Teddy in the last scene?
I think Teddy actually is the 2nd attacker Leonard has been looking for and every time he gets close to identifying his John G., Teddy manages to misdirect him and put Leonard on the scent of someone else, usually by manipulating him over the phone.
The delicious irony of this theory is that Leonard does finally get the real John G., even though he ends up manipulating his own memory to do it.
Very sharp. I've said this since the beginning. I recognize that Leonard's first tattoo could also have been a lie, directed at John Gammell.
And, good catch on Teddy obviously lying about his being a cop. He even thinks about stealing Jimmy's shoes!
This film has some really different theories out there. Some of this thread still makes me laugh. The backbone is still there under all of these layers. The truth remains. Quite the accomplishment by the Nolan brothers.
May 5th, 2015, 1:22 pm
dipayan94
After 3/4 years. i have watched this movie again today, & I have some question that noone asked before i think, In the last scene of the movie(B&W), when lenny heard the sound of a car coming. We get some 3/4 flash moments of his wife in color same as lenny was acting at that time. Why was that scene there?? I didn't get this.. I don't think these flash doesn't have any meaning. there is something.. There is also another question arise, like how the hell lenny remember burt's name in the first time when he find out that he is not in 21 anymore & is shifted to 304.. in the 26:13 min of the movie, lenny says "you don't have to be that honest, Burt"..
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Dear AAA,
I'm sorry, but you're completely missing the point. Please see my post 'The true chronological story of Memento' for the true chronological story of Memento. I haven't written the whole story down in words, but I've summarized it in a single frame.
But here here some spoilers:
- Teddy plays three roles:
1. Corrupt cop (he leads Lenny)
2. A victim of Teddy 1 who takes over (he cooperates with Lenny)
3. A victim of Teddy 2 who takes over (Lenny leads him)
- Lenny is sent to a mental hospital three times
1. First time after Catherine (his first wife) takes an OD of the stash she took from a drugdealer Lenny killed for her.
2. Second time after he killed Teddy 3 because he hears him taking a piss in the bathroom
3. Third time after he stangled Natalie (his second wife) in the bathroom under a shower curtain (after having sex).
- Lenny has three rooms in the Discount Inn (which symbolize the three mental hospitals)
- The most important scene of the movie is a single frame in which his five 'friends' are depicted.
- The most interesting scene is not in the movie. It is in the short story by Jonathan Nolan ("The clouds part, the planets get in a neat little line, and everything becomes obvious."). It is the middle part of scene 18 in my frame (the '666' scene). It is when Lenny realizes he's been used al this time (he sees scene 1 to 17 of my frame in one line). The last part of scene 18 is in the movie ("How can I heal if I can't feel time?"). Lenny realizes the only thing that makes him happy is chasing the rapist/murderer of his 'wife'. So he creates his own 'friend'; a foe. He makes up the story of Sammy Jenkis (who was a fraud) as the guy who killed his own wife and now is in a mental hospital. And he (or better said: Christopher Nolan) creates a character who does not exist at all: Dodd. All memories/sounds/feelings of his murders before are in his story so he can justify all these bad memories to himself. He was looking for 'the one that got away'.
- His first John G. is a gay warden from the third mental hospital who rapes him all the time. Lenny can't resist as he is in a straight jacket ("If I could just reach out and touch her side of the bed I could know that it was cold, BUT I CAN'T.")
- In the end he decides to chase a female foe (Jane G.) because some stupid hooker didn't play her part right in his next recreation of a new John G. She doesn't leave as she is supposed to and so she dies. Lenny 'wakes up' over a new body and justifies this new corpse to himself as (from now on) he is chasing a female foe so it's alright he has killed this woman.
If you've studied the movie as I have (for many years) I hope you will understand at least part of my frame. If not, I'm quit happy to answer any questions.
can you give me the link of your document??
Flexderec
The truth remains.
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La Bourg (Burg im Leimental en allemand) est une commune suisse du canton de Bâle-Campagne, située dans le district de Laufon.

Géographie

La Bourg se trouve sur une colline, dans la vallée du Leimental, à la frontière française. Tout autour du village, en hauteur, on trouve les ruines des châteaux forts de Schönenberg (construit en 1230 et détruit en 1356) et d'Alt-Biederthal, (construit en 1168 et abandonné au ). Plus à l'est se trouve le château de La Bourg, construit en 1250, transformé après 1600 et toujours occupé de nos jours.

Histoire

En 1168, la commune fait partie de la seigneurie de Biederthal, donnée aux Habsbourg par l'empereur Frédéric Barberousse divisée en deux parties. Cette seigneurie est divisée en 1269 lorsqu'elle est vendue en grande partie à l'évêché de Bâle, la seule partie restant aux mains des Habsbourg, groupée autour du château d'Alt-Biederthal, formant aujourd'hui la commune française de Biederthal.

La commune est tenue en fief par les seigneurs de Wessenberg (dont le blason sera adopté comme drapeau communal en 1946) jusqu'en 1793 où elle passe en mains françaises jusqu'en 1815 où elle devient bernoise jusqu'à son rattachement au demi-canton de Bâle-Campagne en 1994.

De nos jours, la commune est principalement résidentielle. En 1990 seuls 29 % de ses habitants actifs travaillent sur le territoire de la commune.

Le Restaurant Ackermann doit son nom à celui d'une famille  bourgeoise du lieu.

Population

Surnom
Les habitants de la commune sont surnommés les Tourteaux (die Kuchen en allemand).

Démographie
La commune compte 187 habitants en 1722, 255 en 1831, 248 en 1850, 163 en 1900, 215 en 1950 et 229 en 2000.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Albert Hofmann, chimiste, inventeur du LSD, y a vécu et y est mort le .
 Hugo Jaeggi (1936-2018), photographe, y est décédé.

Sources

Références

Commune du canton de Bâle-Campagne
Site construit à protéger dans le canton de Bâle-Campagne

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If I have a cuppa and there's a biscuit involved, I totally dunk.
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So, how do we know when it's safe to open our wallets and shop with confidence?
A recent survey suggests consumers feel better about shopping when they are paying less at the pump.
Economic confidence rebounded sharply in September, with 47 percent of people who buy gasoline saying they were optimistic about the economy. That's the highest level of retail joy reported in 14 months.
The National Association of Convenience Stores introduced its monthly NACS Consumer Fuels Survey in 2013 to examine how gas prices affect consumer sentiment.
This time around, optimism increased 8 percentage points from August's 10-month low of 39 percent. Young people have the brightest outlook, with 56 percent of consumers age 18-34 saying they plan to do more shopping in September. Older folks are taking a more conservative approach, with only 12 percent of consumers over 50 planning to spend more at the stores.
Eighty-seven percent of consumers report that gas prices have an impact on their feelings about the economy. With prices at the pump falling about 20 cents a gallon over the past few months, shoppers are more optimistic about spending.
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Harvest time at the farmers market: Your backyard garden may be showing signs of the end of summer. Leggy tomato plants. Fewer snap beans on the vine.
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The market runs every Wednesday through Sept. 24. It's at the Carslake Community Center at 207 Crosswicks St. Booths open at 3 p.m. and keep selling until dusk or when the goodies run out.
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Macy's Bridal Salon by Demetrios at Cherry Hill Mall is rolling out its trunk sale Sept. 16-18. Designer labels include Demetrios, After Six, Alfred Sung, Bill Levkoff, Caterina, Dessy, Eden Maids, Jade, Jordan, and Sweet Beginnings.
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