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25 Points: The Weaklings XL
Posted by Impossible Mike @ 12:00 pm on May 27th, 2014
The Weaklings XL
by Dennis Cooper
Sententia Books, 2013
84 pages / $12.95 buy from Sententia Books or Amazon
1. Dennis Cooper's The Weaklings XL repeatedly interrogates three unknowables: the body, desire, and language.
2. Language is eternally indefinite: "You're the / one who fired a gun at his head, so high / on whatever, and so depressed by my / lack of whatever that you were afraid you / might have otherwise not hit the target, / wherever I was at the time."
3. We can never truly know our own bodies, the insides, the way they function. Because of this, one might assume the only way we can ever truly know the idea of a body is through exploration of the body of another. This is akin to Blanchot's conception of death: we can never know our own death, we can only know the death of another.
4. Desire is impossible to ever know, to ever understand, to ever achieve in the sense of a totality. Cooper's poems show how parts of desire can be hinted at in physical altercations, but desire is always immaterial and, thusly, can never be adequately incorporated into an experience.
5. In a suite titled "BOYS2BRELOCATED," a selection of invented "personal ads" by under-age gay (or not gay, because it doesn't really matter) men/boys soliciting sex, 666HEAVYMETAL666, 17 years old, posts the following: "DO YOU REALLY GIVE A CRAP? I'M SCARRED OK." The suite presents a context in which misspelling echoes the reality of the quick-typing mode of the internet, where the reader can imagine these personal ads would be found. However, in a bizarre semantic twist, the context of the typo allows a double reading of the message: "SCARRED" can either be read as it is typed, as "scarred," as in wounded, damaged or affected, or it could be taken as a misspelling of "scared," as in frightened, terrified. This dynamic back-and-forth is all the context any of the personal ads need.
6. Before recent years Dennis Cooper was mostly known as a transgressive writer who was obsessed with writing about the sexual murders of young boys. This is his content. The success of his writing is dependent upon this obsession: it's not literal (as in, I don't think the claim could be made that Dennis Cooper the person is interested in murdering a young boy in a sexual context), but it's the guiding force of the work. It's a metonymic mode that allows a total and occasionally exhausting exploration of the indefinite nature of language, desire, and the body.
7. Somehow in recent years the content of Cooper's work has been "white-washed" and the focus has turned onto his ability to construct sentences. Dennis Cooper is a brilliant prose stylist, and at the level of the sentence is work is amazing. This is demonstrated throughout all his work, I think; the poems here, all of the novels, his work in theater. However, I think ignoring the obsessive thematics of the work is doing the work a disservice. It strikes me as a sort of intellectualization that would position the work as some sort of purely intellectual art. Cooper is a brilliant writer who demonstrates remarkable intellect, but I think to read the sentences while ignoring the content would be a futile gesture. Language and the body, language and desire, these things are all linked.
8. Bernard Noël's early career as a poet consisted of works that interrogated the relation of language to the body. This often resulted in the work carrying on into dark places. As a poet, I think Noël's work is far stronger in its interrogation of the body/language divide, and much more accomplished. However, nobody reads Bernard Noël, especially not American audiences, as very little of the early poetry is available in English, and what is available is in no way easy to come by. In opposition, however, Cooper's novels are far more accomplished than Noël's single 'straight-forward' novel, The Castle of Communion.
9. Cooper's poetry, while less formally/visually interesting or experimental than his novels, strips the words to the core of the problem that is often present in the novels: how can one mete language with desire, with the body.
10. In the annals of juvenile "trying to out-gross" one another, I remember hearing a "joke."
"What's the best thing about having sex with a twelve year old girl in the shower?"
"Slick her hair back and she looks like an eight year old boy."
11. When I was 20 years old in the art department of my state university I put on a solo show in a friends basement/gallery space. I called it THE DESPERATE PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGINATION and collaged a flyer using some 70s gay-porn I had found in the trash. The image on the flyer was a younger boy blowing someone whose head was out of frame. I photocopied the image in high-contrast, scratched out the eyes of the younger man with a black pen and annihilated the cock being sucked with an eraser. I used a type-writer to layout the text. I shrunk the image to quarter-sheet and made copies, which I posted up around the art building. Before the show's opening I got a Facebook message from someone I'd never met before, a woman asking me if I considered myself a misogynist. I responded to her that I was confused, and she told me she had seen the flyer. I told her that there were only men on the flyer for my art show, and told her that if she'd like to engage in dialog on the use of pornography in art after she attended the show then I'd be more than willing to. She never wrote back.
12. Two days later someone told me that the cops were looking for me in the art building, but there was never any follow up so I wasn't sure if one of my friends was just trying to build some sort of mythos to generate interest in the show.
13. Occasionally in these poems gender becomes fluid, or displaced, or is absent to begin with. Most of these poems involve objectifying the body or "concept" of a younger man in a configuration of an abstracted gay sex. Of course, that's only a singular reading. The rest of the poems offer a position of a young man who wants his body & entire sense of being to be "destroyed," most often this destruction is considered against violent & abstractly intellectual sadistic sex. In a certain headspace sex can be nothing beyond a destructive act.
14. If desperation and sadness are two real human emotions then they are emotions worthy of interrogating through literature. To posit the emotions as valid for art only in a safe context would be to refuse the emotions their weight.
15. The work in this book is deceptively simple. The work is difficult.
16. Regularly, throughout his oeuvre, Dennis Cooper has dealt with the level of distance between "author" and "persona." In Guide, a novel from the George Miles Cycle, one of the main protagonists who perpetrate abuse &, in general, bad decisions, is named "Dennis."
17. Poetry is often considered as expressive of the individual writing it, though I'm not sure why a reader is inherently able to separate fiction from the life of it's author, but poetry becomes mere expression. I blame the way literature is taught in public school (I blame this for a lot of things).
18. These poems are all simultaneously fictive and expressive.
19. The poem which closest demonstrates a kinship between the "speaker" of a poem and the "person" of Dennis Cooper is "IT TURNS OUT," a four-part reflection that ends with the following:
When I started writing
I was a sick teenaged
fuck inside who partly
thought I was the new
Marquis de Sade, a body
ready to communicate
with Satan who was us-
ing my sickness as his
home away from home,
and there's your proof.
The poem practically taunts the reading, asking them to allow the ideas in the poem and the idea of the person of Dennis Cooper to be conflated into one, which of course paints Dennis Cooper as a perverted sick fuck but this is literature and if literature isn't challenging then what's its purpose?
20. Similarly, the poem "FRIENDSHIP" challenges Cooper's relationship with promoting & rallying behind the work of young people in the arts for the last 25 years. It's a meta-awareness that seems like the relief of a secret that one never really had.
21. Despite all the darkness & gravitas the best thing about Dennis Cooper's poetry, especially in this collection (and also brilliantly on display in his collection of short stories, Ugly Man) is that it's hilarious. But of course we shouldn't forget that Georges Bataille conceived of laughter more or less as a corporeal response to tottering on the brink of the abyss.
22. E.H. (from 8 POEMS FOR JEROME SALA)
Not to brag but if one more muffled voice jokes, 'Your ass could teach a poetry workshop,' or 'I don't know what's cooking in that oven, but can I invite myself over for dinner?' or 'Don't mind me, I'm just looking for the cure for colon cancer,' or 'I'm no Freud, but I can tell you why the guy who cleaned the bathrooms at your kindergarten paid you $20 not to flush,' or 'If I suffocate, tell my mom I loved her,' or 'Just call me Jules Verne,' or 'You should list your anal membranes on the stock market,' or 'I never though I'd say this, but I envy Gene Simmons,' or 'Fuck man, what did you eat for dinner, God?' or 'Next time I'm in a bar, I'm going to order your douche,' I'm going to scream.
23. One of the things I repeatedly find exciting and remarkable about Cooper's work is how it intensively explores male sexuality without being phallocentric. In Cooper's world, the penis is like a rag tossed to the floor while the ass is like a golden ticket to heaven.
24. When it comes to poetry, or writing that is most-often referred to as poetry, I almost exclusively enjoy books that function as books, rather than individual poems. The Weaklings XL is without a doubt just a collection of poems, one strung together from almost 20 years worth of writing, but the universe it is situated in is so consistent that one can't help but read the work together (and I think it stems out of Cooper's work in novels as well), and thus means the book functions beyond a poetry collection, more as a book, in a way of intertextuality.
25. Before sitting down to read this book, I read The Weaklings for the fourth time. The first two times I read The Weaklings was when I borrowed a copy of the original limited edition that had been put out by Fanzine Press from Kevin Killian. I had just moved to San Francisco and didn't have very many books with me so was desperate. I had been wanting to read the collection since its release, but the limited hardback edition Fanzine put out was always out of my price range. At the time I read it, I was more confused than most of Cooper's protagonists, and the book, despite reading it twice, carried little import to the state I was in. Since it's republication in what I assume to be an expanded format (hence the "XL" tagged on to the title), I've read the book two more times, closer this time. It's easier to maintain a distance and read as a reader when you're more stable, and sure, I guess that's me now. The book strikes me as important and strong, despite being titled "The Weaklings," and as such sits as a sort of intertextual "side-note" to Cooper's entire career as a novelist.
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Rovný (též Rovensko) je zaniklý sídlištní komplex tvořený vesnicí, tvrzí, hospodářským dvorem a mlýny. Nachází se asi 3,5 kilometru jižně od vesnice Drahoňův Újezd v okrese Rokycany. Celý areál je chráněn jako kulturní památka ČR.

Historie

První písemná zmínka o Rovném pochází z roku 1367, kdy zdejší tvrz patřila Mikuláši z Rovného. Po něm jsou jako majitelé uváděni Martin z Rovného a později jeho syn Mikuláš z Rovného, který byl farářem ve Lhotě pod Radčem. Od něj ji koupil Vojslav Vlk z Miletic připomínaný v roce 1410. Dalším pánem se stal Oldřich z Vlkova a po něm od roku 1418 Lvík z Jivjan. V roce 1433 je uváděn jako majitel domu v Plzni, na jejíž obraně se podílel při obléhání města husity vedenými Prokopem Holým. V té době tvrz i s vesnicí nejspíše zanikla, ale je možné, že k tomu došlo až za poděbradských válek. Posledním známým majitelem v patnáctém století byl roku 1486 připomínaný Václav Gut z Dubňan.

Na konci patnáctého století se Rovný stal součástí libštejnského panství a v roce 1540 zde zůstával jen mlýn. Roku 1573 ho od Kryštofa z Valdštejna koupili Lobkovicové ze Zbiroha. Na počátku šestnáctého století byla vesnice obnovena, ale definitivně zanikla v období třicetileté války.

Stavební podoba
Sídelní areál se nacházel v údolí drobného levostranného přítoku Koželužky. Vesnici tvořila řada usedlostí postavených okolo 200 metrů dlouhé a sto metrů široké návsi, kterou protékal potok. Na jižní straně se dochovaly pozůstatky středověkých usedlostí, jejichž čitelnost zhoršuje přítomnost pozůstatků mladších těžebních jam a milířišť. Podél severní strany stávaly čtyři mladší usedlosti. Jejich základem byly trojdílné domy s půdorysy o rozměrech 9–12 × 20–31 metrů postavené na kamenné podezdívce. Kromě nich lze rozeznat další hospodářské objekty jako hraniční zídky, dvorky či hnojiště.

Ve vsi se nacházela soustava čtyř rybníků, z nichž třetí obklopoval ostrůvek, na kterém se dochovalo tvrziště o rozměrech 35 × 24 metrů. Jeho obvod chránila hradba s nejspíše čtyřbokou věží v severovýchodním nároží. Součástí hradby byla obytná budova s rozměry 14 × 7 metrů. Do tvrziště se vstupovalo z hospodářského dvora po mostě přes příkop. V hospodářském dvoře stávaly dvě sýpky, dvoudílná roubená stavba vytápěná pecí a dlouhá podsklepená budova, po které se dochovala deset metrů široká, 22 metrů dlouhá a 2,5 metru hluboká jáma. Pod tvrzí stával mlýn a k dalšímu vedl asi 200 metrů dlouhý náhon.

Přístup
Okolo sídlištního areálu vede zeleně značená turistická trasa z Plískova do Radnice.

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Zaniklé tvrze v okrese Rokycany
Zaniklá sídla v okrese Rokycany
Archeologické lokality v Plzeňském kraji
Přírodní park Radeč
Sídla v Křivoklátské vrchovině
Kulturní památky v okrese Rokycany
Drahoňův Újezd

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The IHSA girls swimming sectionals on Saturday allow for advancement into the state meet either by winning an event or by posting times within the IHSA standards. Divers will also compete for state spots by either claiming first at their sectional or placing within the top 32 across the state.
The Mid-Suburban League teams will be attending the Stevenson and Downers Grove North sectionals for a chance to make relays and send individuals to compete at the state meet next weekend at Evanston.
Diving will begin at 9 a.m. and swimming at 1p.m. at both locations.
At the Stevenson sectional, Barrington will once again be facing off against the other top MSL teams for top spots to advance swimmers into the state meet.
Along with their MSL competitors, Barrington will have Stevenson as added competition in what should be a very fast sectional meet.
The Fillies had the depth and talent to once again claim the title of MSL champions and are gearing up for a successful sectional meet to set the tone for the rest of their championship season.
Leading the way in the freestyle will be Barrington's Allison Penrod, Alyssa Schwengel, Adelaide Reader, Maggie Graves, and Ellie Graves, while Sophia Kuehn and Lilian Reader would handle the individual medley and stroke events.
The Fillies claimed every relay victory at the MSL meet and are very likely to send all three of their relay teams to state this year, further highlighting the talent and depth of this Barrington team.
Having placed 10th at state last year the Fillies aim to place higher into the Top Ten, a team goal that is certainly achievable with this year's impressive depth.
Going head-to- head with the Fillies will be North Suburban League champions Stevenson. After impressive performances by Ashley Carollo, Claudia Rzeznik, Abigail Li, Jennifer Xiong, Jessica Nyborg, Maddy O'Donnell, Lucy Stevens, and Elizabeth Cao, the Patriots will certainly be in the running for top spots and state cuts.
Having placed 15th at last year's state meet, the Patriots certainly have the grit and talent to replicate and even exceed another high placing at this year's state event.
Another standout team from this year's MSL conference meet was Hersey. The Huskies are a young team and have many key swimmers who will be integral to the success of this sectional meet and beyond.
Freshman Mollie Lumsden made a huge splash at her conference debut, claiming some individual event victories and contributing to the success of Huskie relays.
Teammates Bianca Teves and Shannon Blumenfeld will also aid the Huskie relays in securing top spots as well as a chance to place high in their individual events, allowing for a promising sectional and eventual state meet for Hersey this year.
Fremd has shown some impressive relay and individual performances throughout its season and should be expected to place well, possibly securing spots at the state meets in both relay and individual events.
Key to the Vikings' success will be Lauren Savage, Sophia Keuhn, Elizabeth Serino, Megan Helsdingen, Sarah Rothmeyer, and Kristina Buzuloi.
Buffalo Grove senior Emily Schulstad will lead the Bison, once again having the potential to steal some top spots in the distance events.
Despite no clear state candidates, the teams from Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Palatine, Wheeling, Hoffman Estates, and St. Viator have the potential to post some impressive times and sneak into those top cuts and earn lifetime bests.
The Downers Grove North sectional will be a chance for MSL teams Schaumburg, Conant, and Elk Grove to send some swimmers to state.
Leading the way for Schaumberg will be sisters Hannah and Nina Mollin, who may snag some top spots and head to the state meet.
Conant's Megaumi Komoto and Elk Grove sophomore Natalie Wlodarz had standout performances at the MSL meet this year and will certainly be swimmers to watch over this sectional weekend.


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Debbie Tenzer, "Do One Nice Thing: Little Things You Can Do to Make the World a Lot Nicer"
A few years ago, Debbie Tenzer was feeling overwhelmed by all the crises in the news. But rather than give in to despair, she thought, Maybe I can't solve our big problems, but I know I can do something. She realized that helping doesn't have to be difficult or expensive or time-consuming. You can help simply by doing one nice thing. So that's what she vowed to do, one day a week. Not every day–she says she's not that nice–but once a week was a promise she could keep.
So she started a website, DoOneNiceThing.com, and each week she posted an easy way to help people around town or across the globe. Good news traveled fast, and now Debbie is the leader of a worldwide kindness movement with fellow Nice-o-holics in ninety countries. They've sent . . .
Do One Nice Thing has many new, easy ideas for small deeds that anyone can do (and includes explicit information on how exactly to execute the ideas, so you don't have to go digging for information or resources). There's even a chapter of nice things you can do in minutes without leaving your desk.
Join Debbie and her army of Nice-o-holics, and give the world some help–and some hope. Best of all, the more help you give, the more hopeful you'll feel. And before you know it, you won't be able to stop.


ACCELERATED EXAMINATION PROCEDURE REVISITED - Law Office of David McEwing, P.C.
The USPTO has announced the grant of the first patent under the Accelerated Examination Procedures. Numerous commentators have opined (some strongly) that the advantages of the procedures are outweighed by inherent risks taken by the applicant (or more exactly the applicant's attorney).
Much of the concern has to do with the search and certification requirement. The applicant is obligated to perform an exhaustive search and report the search results to the examiner. Omitting a prior art document can later open up the patent to invalidity and claims of inequitable conduct.
Repeating portions of my Accelerated Examination Procedures blog of August 2006, a significant expansion of the Accelerated Examination Procedures is that the applicant must conduct a search and the search must include foreign patent documents and non-patent literature. This is a broadened search. As a change, a search report from a foreign office will not satisfy the search requirement.
The search must be directed at the invention claimed or that may be claimed.
The applicant must specify the field of the search by class, subclass, date of search, the search logic, the name of the files searched and the databases searched. The applicant is required to insert into the petition affirmation that he/she has a good faith belief that the pre-examination search was conducted in compliance with the stated requirements.
In addition, the applicant must include an IDS with the petition "citing each reference deemed most closely related to the subject matter of each claim." Further the petition must include an identification of all the limitations in the claims that are disclosed by the reference specifying where the limitation is disclosed in the cited reference.
Also, there must be a detailed explanation of how each of the claims are partentable over the references cited.
The petition support documents must include a concise statement of the utility of the invention as defined by each independent claim.
The petition support documents must also show where each limitation of the claims finds support under 35 USC 112 (1st paragraph).
The support documents must further identify any cited references that may be disqualified as prior art under 35 USC 103(c) amended by the Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act.
If the filed application with support documents for accelerated examination, is found lacking in any manner, the applicant will be give a singe one month period to cure the deficiency.
It appears to me that there will be significant ramifications regarding the scope of an allowed patent that is the product of the accelerated application. Particularly, the applicant appears to narrowly define the scope of the invention and affirmatively describe the relationship of the invention and the prior art.


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Thursday, May 13, 2-3pm ET
How to collaborate with plan administrators (and start a dialogue)
Importance of reviewing company health plans regularly and thoroughly
Assessing breadth of provider networks, reimbursement rates for providers, utilization-management practices, and out-of-pocket costs
Explanation of parity and how to address it; parity analyses requirements
Considerations for self-insured employers with third-party administrators
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Strategic Advisor in the firm's affiliated consulting practice, EBG Advisors
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Q: How to remove black edges on georeferenced images with GDAL After an image has been georeferenced the transformation creates black edges, how could I set these to white instead of black using GDAL?
Would I have to somehow create a colour table and set nodata to white?

A: Use GDAL's nearblack utility.  It converts black, white or any specified color to black/white.

A: A nodata value is just that, no data. So the idea of having it white, black, or any other colour within the dataset doesn't make sense. Now, obviously when you load an image into a GIS, you have to represent nodata as something, and this is, in Quantum GIS at least, either whatever is underneath, or if there is nothing then the project's background colour. So there is a decoupling of what nodata means, how it is stored, and how it is represented.
If you're getting black regardless of the background colour of the GIS you're using, then the chances are GDAL hasn't set a nodata value at all, and it just defaults to black pixels. So you need to explicitly tell GDAL how you want nodata to be stored. With gdalwarp you use the -dstnodata command line switch to achieve this. You may find that nodata values in the source image aren't carried over in a warp operation, in which case you need to set it explicitly with -srcnodata. If you want to override an image's nodata vaue, you can do that with gdal_translate -a_nodata ....

A: Between gdal_translate and gdal2tiles.py, use gdalwarp with -dstnodata parameter. For example, if you want to turn these black edges to white (255 255 255):
gdal_translate <ORIGINAL_FILE.jpg> cache/transform/georef.tif -of GTiff -gcp 3798 138 26.355081965420457 59.34191837150522 -gcp 3448 4920 26.35345118233987 59.323597258855266 -gcp 8108 3875 26.387508872834236 59.327911749143276

gdalwarp -dstnodata "255 255 255" cache/transform/georef.tif cache/transform/warp.tif

gdal2tiles.py --profile mercator --s_srs 'GEOGCS["WGS 84",DATUM["WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS 84",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY["EPSG","7030"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","6326"]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0,AUTHORITY["EPSG","8901"]],UNIT["degree",0.01745329251994328,AUTHORITY["EPSG","9122"]],AUTHORITY["EPSG","4326"]]' --zoom 12-16 --title 'New tiles' --tile-format jpeg --webviewer all cache/transform/warp.tif <TILES_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY>

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TransForce Inc. Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid on its Common Shares and Amendment to its Normal Course Issuer Bid on its Convertible Debentures
Montreal, Quebec, July 27, 2012 – TransForce Inc. ("TransForce" or "the Company") (TSX: TFI), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced its intention to repurchase certain of its issued and outstanding common shares (the "Shares") pursuant to a normal course issuer bid (the "Bid"). The Bid is subject to the approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") and TransForce will file shortly with the TSX a notice to commence the Bid on or about August 2, 2012 until August 1, 2013. TransForce's intention is to purchase for cancellation up to a maximum of 7,000,000 Shares, representing 9.3% of the 74,885,958 Shares forming the unrestricted public-float of the Company, over a twelve-month period at the prevailing market price of the Shares at the time of such purchases. As of July 26, 2012, there were a total of 95,667,014 Shares issued and outstanding. The actual number of Shares that may be purchased and the timing of any such purchases will be determined by TransForce. Any purchases made pursuant to the Bid will be made through the facilities of the TSX in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX.
During the most recently completed six months, the average daily trading volume for the Shares of TransForce on the TSX was 190,652. Consequently, under the policies of the TSX, TransForce will have the right to repurchase during any one trading day a maximum of 47,663 Shares, representing 25% of the average daily trading volume. In addition, TransForce may make, once per calendar week, a block purchase (as such term is defined in the TSX Company Manual) of Shares not directly or indirectly owned by insiders of TransForce, in accordance with the policies of the TSX.
In the opinion of the board of directors of the Company, the Shares have been trading in a price range which does not adequately reflect the value of the Shares based on TransForce's business and strong financial position and are driving an unusually high yield. As a result, TransForce believes that, at appropriate times, repurchases through the Bid can enhance shareholder value and represents an attractive investment and an appropriate use of TransForce's financial resources.
In addition, TransForce has entered into an automatic share purchase agreement with National Bank Financial Inc. in connection with the Bid. Under the agreement, National Bank Financial Inc. may acquire, at its discretion, Shares at any time on TransForce's behalf, subject to certain parameters as to price and number of Shares.
TransForce has not purchased any Shares pursuant to a normal course issuer bid during the preceding 12 months.
Amendment to Normal Course Issuer Bid With Respect to its Convertible Debentures
The Company announced today that it has entered into an automatic purchase plan ("Plan") with National Bank Financial Inc. in order to facilitate the repurchase of its 6% Convertible Debentures and 5.65% Convertible Debentures under its previously-announced normal course issuer bid which began on May 31, 2012. Under the Plan, National Bank Financial Inc. may repurchase, at its discretion, Convertible Debentures on TransForce's behalf under the normal course issuer bid during the Company's self-imposed blackout periods.
The Plan will be implemented as of August 2, 2012. Purchases will be made by National Bank Financial Inc. based upon the parameters prescribed by the TSX, applicable laws and the terms and conditions of the Plan until such time as the normal course issuer bid in respect of the Convertible Debentures is in effect or the Plan is otherwise terminated at the option of Company.


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Digest 08.27.2020: COVID-19 Price Gouging | Alaska AG Resigns | Honda's $85 Million Multistate Settlement
Attorneys General Are Vigilant About Pandemic-Related Price Gouging and Illegal Balance Billing
Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro sued online seller M & B Multi Services Inc. and its owner (collectively "M&B") for allegedly gouging the price of hand sanitizer in violation of the 20% price increase cap set by Pennsylvania's Price Gouging Act. The complaint alleges, among other things, that M&B sold 8-ounce Purell hand sanitizer for as much as $75.80 each. The complaint seeks injunctive relief, restitution, disgorgement, civil penalties, and attorneys' costs.
Connecticut AG William Tong sent a letter to several healthcare provider associations and licensing boards to warn their members that charging additional fees for personal protective equipment used in providing services to patients may constitute illegal balance billing when the charges are billed in connection with the provision of in-network services. According to the AG's office, the additional charges may violate the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act's prohibition against unfair billing practices.
State AGs in the News
Alaska Attorney General Resigns
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy announced that Alaska AG Kevin Clarkson resigned in the wake of allegations that he exchanged potentially inappropriate communications with a staffer.
Former Deputy AG Clyde "Ed" Sniffen, Jr. was appointed by the Governor to serve as the Acting Attorney General until the Governor nominates a permanent replacement and the replacement is confirmed by the legislature.
TD Bank Agrees to $122 Million Settlement over Its "Free" Overdraft Protection
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") reached a settlement with TD Bank, N.A. to resolve allegations that TD Bank's marketing and enrollment practices relating to its Debit Card Advance ("DCA"), an overdraft protection offering, violated the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
According to the consent order, the CFPB alleged, among other things, that TD Bank charged customers overdraft fees for ATM and one-time debit card transactions without obtaining affirmative consent from customers who opened new TD Bank checking accounts, and that TD Bank misled consumers by presenting the DCA as a free feature that was part of a package with the new checking account even though TD Bank charged $35 for each DCA overdraft transaction and the DCA was an optional feature that consumers could decline.
The CFPB further alleged that TD Bank engaged in abusive practices that interfered with consumers' ability to review and understand the DCA's terms and conditions.
Under the terms of the consent order, TD Bank will be required to provide an estimated $97 million in restitution to affected customers. TD Bank will also pay $25 million in civil penalties to the CFPB, and it will correct its DCA enrollment practices to comply with consumer financial laws, among other things.
Loan Broker Allegedly Misled Servicemembers and Veterans about Mortgage Offers
The CFPB reached a settlement with mortgage broker and lender Go Direct Lenders, Inc. ("Go Direct") to resolve allegations that it deceptively marketed mortgages guaranteed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") in violation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Mortgage Acts and Practices – Advertising Rule ("MAP Rule") and Regulation Z.
According to the consent order, the CFPB alleged, among other things, that Go Direct's advertising misrepresented and failed to properly disclose the credit terms of the advertised VA-guaranteed mortgage loans, including advertising a lower annual percentage rate than it actually offered, misrepresenting the fees associated with the loans, and misleadingly described variable-rate loans as fixed. The CFPB also alleged that Go Direct misleadingly implied that it was associated with the U.S. government.
Under the terms of the consent order, Go Direct will pay a civil penalty of $150,000 and will create a compliance program and designate an advertising compliance official responsible for reviewing Go Direct's mortgage advertising, among other things.
Honda Settles Multistate Airbag Suit, Agrees to Pay $85 Million
A group of 48 AGs, led by an Executive Committee including Oregon AG Ellen Rosenblum and New Jersey AG Gurbir Grewal, reached a settlement with American Honda Motor Co. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (collectively "Honda") to resolve allegations that Honda concealed the risk posed by defective frontal airbags installed in its vehicles in violation of consumer protections laws.
The Oregon complaint, which was substantially similar to the complaints filed by other states and territories, alleged that Honda failed to inform regulators and consumers that the frontal airbags had a significant risk of rupture that could cause metal debris to fly into the passenger compartment, resulting in injuries and death, even though Honda's engineers identified significant safety deficiencies with the airbags' inflators.
Honda contemporaneously entered into settlement agreements with the participating states and territories, including a final consent judgment with New Jersey. Under the terms of settlement agreements, Honda will pay over $84.15 million to participating states and $1 million to the National Association of Attorneys General ("NAAG") to be placed in the NAAG Training and Research Institute Endowment Fund. Honda also agreed to include enhanced safety measures in future airbag designs, change its airbag procurement process, implement recurrence prevention procedures to minimize the chance of future injuries, refrain from misleading advertising regarding the safety of its cars, and improve its risk management, quality control, and other critical business functions, among other things.
Electric Shock: Competitive Electricity Supplier Agrees to Pay Millions in Restitution over Allegations of Misleading Energy Consumers
Massachusetts AG Maura Healey reached a settlement with competitive electricity supplier Starion Energy, Inc. and related individuals (collectively "Starion") to resolve allegations that Starion used deceptive and unsolicited telemarketing calls and robocalls to sell its services in violation of the Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act and Telemarketing Solicitation Act.
The complaint alleged that Starion and certain telemarketing companies falsely promised prospective customers lower electricity rates then signed them to variable rate electricity contracts through which customers collectively paid millions of dollars more than they would have paid had they stayed with their original utility company.
According to the AG's office, under the terms of the consent judgment, Starion will pay up to $10 million including $7.25 million in restitution to affected customers and $250,000 in penalties to the state. Of the remaining $2.5 million, $2 million will be forgiven if Starion complies with the terms of the settlement which include not enrolling any new Massachusetts residents in a variable rate contract for a three-year period and hiring a monitor to implement a compliance program to ensure that Starion complies with state consumer protection laws, among other things. The portion of the $2.5 million amount that is not forgiven will fund energy assistance programs.
New York Attorney General Warns Businesses About Credential Stuffing Attacks
Consumer Protection, Cybersecurity, Data Security & Privacy
California Seeks En Banc Review of Ninth Circuit Decision Paving Way to Airport Expansion
Environment & Climate Change, Federal Agencies (FTC, CFPB, FCC), Social Justice
Lead Generation Company Settles Allegations It Misled Millions of Consumers to Collect Sensitive Financial Information
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PM pitches for corporate investment in agriculture
Poornima Joshi New Delhi | Updated on June 25, 2019 Published on June 25, 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday - -
"Agriculture is the backbone of rural economy. But we need to change the old ways of thinking," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
"We need to think beyond partisan lines to hand-hold the farmer. The corporate world has no investment in agriculture beyond making tractors. There needs to be more investment in food processing, building warehouses, facilitating the movement from seed to the market. We need to have a futuristic vision for agriculture," Modi said in his reply on the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
A modern, fast-growing economy which needs to count among the top five in the world has to account for the common man as well as lay down strong infrastructure for such growth to be possible.
"People make fun of Make in India. But can anyone here disagree with the fact that we have to develop our manufacturing sector. Why is it that we, who had more resources and infrastructure than China in defence infrastructure 50 years back are now the biggest importer of defence equipment while China is among the biggest exporter? We need to think on these lines if we have to become a $5- trillion economy," the Prime Minister said, emphasising that the new national slogan beyond "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan" should factor in "Jai Anusandhan (hail innovation and research)".
Targets Opposition
Targeting Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi who were both present in the House, the Prime Minister referred to the various corruption charges against them.
"We will continue our fight against corruption. This is not the Emergency where the Government will put anyone in jail. There are the courts for that. So those who have got bail from the courts should enjoy themselves," he said. Hurling a barb at Rahul Gandhi who went abroad after the elections, he said, "We are servants of the people. We neither have nor do we want the luxury of vacationing abroad after six months of a hard election."
Recalling Emergency, as June 25 is the anniversary of what is commonly called the "darkest chapter in Indian democracy", the Prime Minister said, "On the night of June 25, the soul of India was crushed. Media was silenced, opponents were jailed and judiciary crushed to save someone's government. We remember this day not to show anyone down but to remind everyone that such a catastrophe is never revisited."
Triple Talaq Bill
Making a push for the Triple Talaq Bill, Modi said the Congress has never really cared about the progress and development of the Muslims in India.
"They rid themselves of the opportunity to implement the Uniform Civil Code in 1950s by just implementing the Hindu Code Bill. Then in the Shah Bano matter, another opportunity was missed. Now, there is a third opportunity in the Triple Talaq Bill so I urge you to help us pass it," the Prime Minister said.
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Ace Awards 2016: Special Moments With Our Special Customers
Posted by David Lieberman on April 27, 2016
This year's Marketing Innovation Summit was the perfect setting to bring together B2B marketers, industry thought leaders, customers and partners. We used this opportunity to announce and celebrate the winners of the 2016 Ace Awards.
The Ace Awards are an opportunity for us to recognize and celebrate our digitally savvy and cutting-edge customers that are achieving phenomenal success with Demandbase. We received nearly double the number of nominations from last year, a clear indicator of increase in adoption of Demandbase technology and success experienced with an Account-Based Marketing approach. We are thrilled to announce the winners and runner-ups for each of the following categories:
• B2B Digital Marketing Excellence: This award is for an all-around B2B digital marketer of the year who exemplifies excellence in digital targeting, personalization and measuring results.
W.W.Grainger led this category with a stellar digital strategy which leveraged Demandbase website personalization and forms to specifically target medium and small-sized businesses with unique product and pricing offers.
Renesas won the runner-up award for their approach and execution aimed at attracting the right customers with the right content to their flagship event, DevCon.
A special shout out to some of the other nominees in this category: Blackline, Cornerstone OnDemand, Extole, Wonderlic.
W.W Grainger accepting the B2B Digital Marketing Excellence award
Congratulations to Renesas for taking the runner up position in the B2B Digital Marketing Excellence category
• B2B Account-Based Marketing Excellence: The recipient of the B2B Account-Based Marketing Excellence award will have demonstrated excellence in Account-Based Marketing by aligning with Sales, identifying target accounts and delivering results.
SAP won the award for this category with a sophisticated, multi-geo and multi-segmented ABM strategy.
With a super aligned sales and marketing outlook, Plex Systems came close as the runner-up for their ABM programs and the impact its had on their target accounts.
Special mentions: Athena Health, Box, EMC, Host Analytics, Iron Mountain, MongoDB, Rockwell Automation and Thermo Fisher Scientific were some of the other nominees for this award category.
SAP accepting the B2B Account-Based Marketing Excellence award
Plex accepting the runner up award for B2B Account-Based Marketing Excellence
• B2B Advertising Excellence: This award is for a marketer who has demonstrated excellence in B2B display advertising with a strategy for delivering targeted advertising and measuring success.
Veracode won this category for their laser-focused strategy on landing net new logos from the list of target accounts that were not previously engaged at all. They were unable to attend but, we raised a glass to celebrate their win!
Cloudera and their media agency, Just Media, won the runner up position for their multi-channel approach aimed at attracting a clearly defined set of targeted accounts.
High fives to Power by GE and Skytap, also nominees in this category.
Just Media and Cloudera celebrate as runner up for the B2B Advertising Excellence award
Big congratulations again to all of the winners and everyone who submitted their stories. We look forward to next year's Ace Awards with new and innovative strategies being implemented with Demandbase technology through the rest of this year!


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JS Bank is Pushing the Boundaries of What a Bank Can Do for Sports in Pakistan
Posted 4 months ago by Sponsored
JS Bank stands today as one of Pakistan's fastest growing financial institutions with branches all across the country and in a very short span of time, they have started to challenge the existing banking norms in the country. Not just with their banking capabilities and services, but also how they go above what is expected from a bank.
JS bank is committed to push the boundaries of traditional banking and it aims to give back to the nation and its fellow citizens. The Bank has consistently stood shoulder to shoulder with various Pakistani individuals and entities who are broadening the horizons in the fields of art, literature and athletics both within and outside the country.
This commitment can be seen on the cricket field these days with JS Bank Title Sponsoring the Pakistan vs. Australia ODI Series currently being played in the UAE.
The ODI series, a holdover of the tour that started in October, encompasses a five ODIs, spanning from 22nd to 31st March. The series schedule includes matches in Sharjah, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The series is called JS Bank Cup, named after the main sponsors, and one must say it is an amazing initiative by JS Bank because while the sport is without a doubt the national pastime of Pakistan but since the terror attack in 2009, the stadiums in the country have been empty and the Pakistan Cricket Board has had to pay to relocate to the UAE.
The sponsorship by a financial institution like JS bank is a much-needed boost for the PCB's coffers, helps boost the sport and lends brand recognition for the bank –a win-win-win!
This is an excellent initiative by the bank and we feel that more corporate entities should look towards the bank and learn a valuable lesson in business, reciprocity is a necessary tool that will not only help the company grow but also help boost the customers as well as the nation as a whole. As they say, straight down the ground for a massive six!
While the host nation, Pakistan has lost the series with two matches still to go, but it has been an amazing series with batting triumphant over the bowling, and Australia being the deserved winners. Even though the team has lost the series, it has been good exposure for some of the youngsters in the team and for others to make their say in a World Cup year.
Hopefully, the selectors will keep a close eye on all the players and select a team that will show a strong running in the World Cup. The board has been clear that they see this series as an audition for the final World Cup squad and it is safe to say that the whole series has not been a wash.
JS Bank has been vocal that they hope to see cricket grow and have said they aim to stand by and support the team in every way possible.
Bank Gives Loans to PCB / Domestic Owner :
Bank should arrange Platform for find New Talent
Bank should arrange board for preparation of new talent according to INTL Players etc
Bank do it all things if bank consider only in cricket not in commission.
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Politics as the Art of the Possible: The McCaul Commission
By Ryan Hagemann
Yesterday, the final text of the "National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges" legislation was released. In December, the Niskanen Center released a joint press release supporting the Chairman's proposed Commission, and the released text has not moved us from our initial position of support. In fact, the bipartisan approach and focus on reasonable discourse, practical considerations, and general tone of compromise contained in the text makes this Commission an agreeable means of advancing the broader contours of this debate. While there has been much fanfare surrounding the announcement, there are also many questions from some who are hesitant to support the Commission.
The primary concerns that have been levied against McCaul's Commission are as follows: (1) it could produce recommendations that would be detrimental to the privacy, civil liberties, and economic benefits associated with digital communications technologies; (2) the Commission is nothing more than another blue ribbon panel that follows in an already long line of previously convened review panels and won't offer anything different; (3) the encryption "problem" is not one that requires a solution; and (4) it is more likely than not to favor those who can pass security clearances, stacking the deck in favor of those who don't support strong encryption.
Like other members of civil society, I share all of these concerns, but given the current political landscape—especially in the lingering wake of the Paris Attacks, San Bernardino, and now the battle raging between Apple and the FBI—the fallback options available to privacy advocates are extremely limited. All it takes is one more terrorist attack (which, to be clear, is a question of when, not if) to turn public opinion in favor of potentially onerous demands from law enforcement and drive the public discourse towards support for knee-jerk legislation like that recently discussed by Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr. No one wants that.
Of course, some would argue that the mere presence of this Commission would do little to deflect bad legislation from emerging in the wake of such an event. Then again, it may be just enough of a solution that legislators can comfortably point to the ongoing discussion amongst commissioners as reason not to rush into any ill-advised legislation. Ultimately, there's no way of knowing for certain.
To the specific concerns above, I would respond: (1) there are certainly no pre-ordained outcomes with regards to potential Commission recommendations, but given the broad makeup of the Commission (including cryptographers, economists, advocates from civil society, and the technology industry), it seems unlikely the result will be a "we-must-break-crypto" solution; (2) many of the previous panels convened to examine issues related to encryption excise important stakeholders in these debates and have been largely dominated by members of civil society, the legal community, and technologists (This is not to say their recommendations are not valuable. Indeed, the MIT report "Keys Under Doormats" is a fantastic retort to law enforcement's contention that backdoors or key escrow "solutions" to encryption are neither technically feasible nor desirable.); (3) McCaul's Commission is not, by any means, intended to "solve" any problem associated with encryption—rather, it attempts to examine the larger question of how the challenges faced by law enforcement in the digital age might be reconciled with the need for strong encryption, strong privacy protections, and ensuring the strength and vitality of the digital ecosystem; and (4) the text of the Commission makes it clear that any decision to include a "classified annex," as well as security clearances for commissioners, is left entirely to the members of the Commission itself.
The question with which we are presented is not whether this Commission is the best path forward. Rather, the question is whether this approach, weighed against all available alternatives, is better than doing nothing. I would contend that doing nothing is not an option, especially amidst a seemingly never-ending parade of heated rhetorical flourishes in which civil society and law enforcement talk past one another. Additionally, the wide array of support McCaul's approach has engendered should not be ignored. In addition to Sen. Mark Warner, the Commission has been co-sponsored by Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Angus King (I-ME) and Dean Heller (R-NV). In the House, the co-sponsors include Reps. Jim Langevin (R-RI), Patrick Meehan (R-PA), Suzan Delbene (D-WA), Mike Bishop (R-MI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Will Hurd (R-TX), Kathleen Rice (D-NY), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Dan Donovan (R-NY), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Barbara Comstock (R-VA), Mimi Walters (R-CA), Ryan Costello (R-PA), and Dave Reichert (R-WA). A few choice quotes from Senators advocating the Commission follow:
Sen. Gardner: "the establishment of the Digital Security Commission is essential as it unites our country's brightest experts from the government and private sector who are in the best position to develop and present recommendations to Congress to tackle the issue of digital security."
Sen. Collins: "A dialogue among the Administration, Congress, law enforcement, and the tech community is needed to protect the privacy rights of law abiding individuals in an era where terrorists and criminals increasingly use encrypted devices."
Sen. Bennet: "The commission can help break the gridlock in this debate by providing Congress with serious and substantial recommendations that come from the consensus of experts on all sides."
Sen Capito: "By establishing a bipartisan digital security commission and uniting experts in technology, privacy and law enforcement, we can better understand the full range of solutions needed to keep Americans safe, while ensuring personal privacy and bringing terrorists to justice."
Sen. Heller: "Americans expect Congress to find a path forward, and this Commission is the commonsense first step."
And it's not just members of Congress supporting this approach. Other backers include Ann Beauchesne, Senior Vice President for National Security and Emergency Preparedness at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dana Schrad, the executive director of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, and Michael Beckerman, CEO of the Internet Association. And of course, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board and Apple have also both come out as proponents.
In closing, this Commission, though far from an ideal solution, is the best of all available political alternatives. We should embrace the old adage of politics serving as the art of the possible, and temper our expectations, for both the best and worst possible outcomes of this Commission.
(Further resources exploring the Commission, as well as the text of the bill itself, can be found below)
Full bill text: https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/old_uploads/2016/02/2016.02.29_Commission.pdf
Section-by-section analysis: https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/old_uploads/2016/02/McCaul-Warner-Commission-Sec-by-Sec-1.pdf
Brief two-page memo: https://homeland.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/old_uploads/2016/02/McCaul-Warner-Commission-One-pager-1.pdf
McCaul and Warner at the Bipartisan Policy Center: https://homeland.house.gov/mccaul-warner-commission-2/


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International Day of Peace Manipulated to Promote Vaccinations in Developing Countries
By	Christina England, BA Hons	/	July 27, 2013
International Day of Peace was ambushed and used to promote and distribution of vaccines to children in developing countries.
Each year on September 21, the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Peace, dedicated to recognizing the efforts of those who have worked tirelessly to end conflict and to promote world peace. International Day of Peace is a day of ceasefire, both personal and political. [1]
Sounds idyllic, doesn't it? Something that we all should strive to achieve? However, it appears that International Day of Peace 2012 was not quite as idealistic as it should have been. In fact, last year the day was ambushed and used to promote and distribution of vaccines to children in developing countries.
What Peace Looked Like in 2012
Actor and award winner Jude Law, ambassador for Peace One Day explained in a video exactly how he and his team used last year's International Day of Peace as an excuse to promote the vaccination of millions of children in Afghanistan.
In an explicit video, Mr. Law tells of how he and his crew traveled to Afghanistan to see firsthand how Peace Day can work. He said:
"As a result of peace day agreements in Afghanistan, millions of children were vaccinated and because of all the campaigning of 'Peace One Day' and many other organizations around the world it is estimated that 280 million people were aware of 'Peace Day 2012' and that 5.6 million people behaved more peacefully as a result." [2]
In other words, this group of individuals decided to use International Day of Peace, not to demonstrate how this day had made a difference to the millions of individuals who face conflict, pain and suffering in war-stricken Afghanistan, but instead as an opportunity to promote vaccination programs in developing countries.
I find this absolutely disgraceful.
On July 24th Voice of America gave a heartrending description of life in Afghanistan, and it is not pretty. Sharon Behn writes:
"U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan spokeswoman Nilab Mobarez said the country is in desperate need of continued help."
"An Italian non-profit hospital fights to heal the war's victims even as international aid starts to decline. Doctors were forced to amputate this toddler's leg after a bullet shattered it beyond repair. Medical Coordinator Luca Radaelli, with the Italian non-profit Emergency Hospital, said the child was one of hundreds." [3]
This is what life is like on a daily basis for these people and yet on International Day of Peace 2012 the best that Peace One Day could offer these poor children, in the way of peace, love and harmony, was a vaccination.
Shame on them!
What The Peacemakers Have to Say
Shocked by this, I asked Dr. Rebecca Carley for her views on how International Day of Peace 2012 was used as an excuse to promote vaccination. She said:
"This is yet another obvious example of the lengths the psychopaths who control the world will sink to in their efforts to increase the rate of inoculation with bioweapon vaccines.
Pull young people into a group (using celebrities as the hook) that purports to promote peace … but which actually has an agenda of VACCINATING CHILDREN (as revealed at 0:23 in the video with Jude Law, where he states that 'as a result of peace day agreements in Afghanistan, MILLIONS of children were vaccinated.'
What does this have to do with bringing peace? Of course, the question they ask is, 'Who will you make peace with?' Apparently with the vaccinators who just killed or maimed your children with bioweapon vaccines …"
Harsh words, but I have to agree with Dr. Carley's sentiments. In my opinion, the behavior of Peace One Day was in exceptionally poor taste, and I am not alone in this view.
Mrs. Sallie O. Elkordy, an avid campaigner and advocate for peace, agreed. Watching the video, she stated that Peace One Day's behavior "is an atrocity!"
In 2010, Mrs. Elkordy ran for governor of New York for the Peace Party and she currently advocates to BAN VACCINES 2013 because of their toxic ingredients, the diseases that result and the intent to cause those diseases. [4] She says that the United Nations vaccinated 1.6 million children for Peace One Day in 2011 and "millions" in 2012 and explains that this will happen again on 9/21/13 unless we scream, "STOP!"
She would like anyone who recognizes "the farce that is Peace One Day" to contact Peace One Day and send them this link about the 47,500 paralyzed children vaccinated in India with the live polio vaccine and the admission by Dr. Jonas Salk himself "that mass inoculation against polio was the cause of most polio cases throughout the USA since 1961." [5,6,7] She said:
"There are thousands of other informative links and websites that you can send as well since there is a preponderance of evidence against vaccines."
These are strong words spoken by both Mrs. Elkordy and Dr. Rebecca Carley. However, are these two professionals right to feel angry at Peace One Day's shocking behavior? I looked around the Internet to see what the online sites and newspapers have been saying about vaccination over the last few days.
What The World Needs Now is Peace from Vaccine Adverse Reactions
On July 22, Firstpost India displayed the headline – Did WHO Promote Vaccines in India That Led to the Deaths of Children?
This hard-hitting article told the story of how a leading medical journal recently charged the WHO with the promotion of a discontinued vaccine in India, which ultimately led to the untimely deaths of many children. Firstpost India stated:
"The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME) has accused WHO of promoting pentavalent vaccines 'by stating falsely that no adverse event following immunization (AEFI) has ever been reported with the vaccine.'" [8]
Firstpost continued:
"The journal claims this is contrary to facts."
The author from Firstpost India reported that the journal's editorial was written by Jacob Puliyel, head of St. Stephen's Hospital in Delhi, who had based his work on the detailed investigation of a number of child deaths reported across India.
The children that he had investigated had all died after receiving the pentavelent vaccination Quinvaxem, a vaccine to protect children against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, hepatitis B and h influenza-b, also known as Hib.
According to Firstpost India, these deaths occurred in Bhutan, Sri Lanka, India and Vietnam and First Post India reported that the editorial stated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had not licensed the Quinvaxem vaccine for use and that it had not been used in any other developed countries.
According to the report, 21 children had died after they were included in a limited experiment in India in 2011.
The Business Standard, also reporting on the story, used the headline WHO Accused of Promoting Deadly Vaccine. They wrote:
"'The common factor has been that the children had received the pentavalent vaccine and in most of them, this was followed by high fever, excessive crying and in some, there were convulsions before the child died,' the editorial said.
The journal has also questioned the very rationale for introducing Hib vaccination in India, where the incidence of Hib disease is very low. The editorial estimates that vaccinating 25 million babies could at best save 350 children from Hib meningitis and Hib pneumonia but '3,125 children will die from vaccine adverse effects.'" [9]
Another newspaper reporting on a separate case of babies dying after the Hepatitis B vaccination reported that on July 21, 2013, three babies had died in Vietnam after receiving the Hepatitis B vaccine.
The Sai Gon Giai Phong Daily, the English Edition, reported that that the three newborn babies had died after receiving the hepatitis B vaccination at the General Hospital in Huong Hoa District in the central province of Quang Tri on July 20.
They stated:
"Soon after the babies were vaccinated, their condition deteriorated." [10]
In a separate report written on July 22, The Sai Gon Giai Phong Daily reported:
"Health representatives on July 21 visited families of the dead babies and gave each VND8 million (US$ 377). Mothers of these babies will receive free care at the hospital in future." [11]
Finally, an article by Leslie C. Botha written on July 15, 2013, titled Concerns About HPV Vaccine Effectiveness and Efficiency Continue to Mount stated:
"It is estimated that only 1 to 10% of the HPV vaccine-injured are reporting. So start adding zeros on to the reports of 140 deaths. And then ask yourself – are the HPV vaccines deadly? For 140 families they are. And that's just what is being reported."
I have demonstrated three stories from around the world, reporting on children either dying or suffering from severe adverse reactions after they have received vaccinations included the vaccination schedule. Yet despite the many continuing stories such as these, governments from around the world, hand-in-hand with medical agencies, continue to line up small children to vaccinate them with dangerous, pre-licensed vaccines.
While they do this, they allow organizations like Peace One Day to use International Day of Peace as an excuse to promote these vaccinations, over world peace. In my opinion the exploitation of small children in developing countries to advertise vaccinations on International Day of Peace, was despicable and to use celebrities to promote these vaccines is even worse.
Surely, whatever your personal beliefs are regarding vaccinations, you would likely agree that world peace could have been depicted in a far more suitable way, than to film children lining up to receive vaccinations. After all, what do vaccinations have to do with peace? Absolutely nothing at all!
It appears that these days, any excuse is used to promote how wonderful vaccinations are; however, when children suffer severe adverse reactions, everyone runs a mile and leaves the vaccine-damaged children and their families to pick up the pieces. There are no actors or celebrities willing to speak up for these children, are there? These families are left to suffer in silence while the world carries on, hailing mass vaccination programs in developing countries a success.
I totally and honestly believe that Peace One Day's behavior is beyond redemption.
1. http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-peace-day
2. http://peaceoneday.org/
3. http://www.voanews.com/media/video/1709226.html
4. http://BillionToddlerMarchForSurvival.blogspot.com
5. http://www.facebook.com/peaceoneday
6. http://therefusers.com/refusers-newsroom/rise-in-paralysis-cases…
7. http://www.naturalnews.com/026940_vaccine_vaccines_children.html
8. http://www.firstpost.com/india/did-who-promote-vaccines-in-india…
9. http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/who-accused-of-promoting-deadly…
10. http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Health/2013/7/105702/
The Big Divide: Why Chiropractors Oppose Vaccinations While Medical Doctors Embrace Them
May 03, 2018 / By	Michelle Goldstein
HPV Vaccines Can Kill And They Do!
Aug 10, 2013 / By	Christina England, BA Hons
Urgent Press Release: NY Assembly Voting to Give Vaccines to Minors Without Parent's Permission
Bill Gates Continues 'God's Work', Third World Vaccine Workers Shot Dead
Feb 26, 2013 / By	Christina England, BA Hons


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By Cinéologist on September 12, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Here is a movie that embraces H.P. Lovecraft's short story "Herbert West—Re-Animator," and injects it with wild enthusiasm. What results is a bloody, in-your-face, nearly genius horror-comedy so wildly entertaining, it is impossible to look at without being enraptured by the bizarre images: a cat in pieces still wiggling about, a headless neurosurgeon (yes, ironic), giant intestines seeming to have a mind of its own… It's totally bonkers. But it's a good movie, certainly worthy of a cult following, because director Stuart Gordon, who co-writes the screenplay with Dennis Paoli and William J. Norris, commits to the idea all the way to the finish line.
Herbert West is one of the most memorable mad scientists I've come across in the movies. He is played with gusto to spare by Jeffrey Combs. When Herbert enters a room it feels as though he sucks on all the air from it. He is so rigid, so stern, so unrelenting when it comes to achieving his vision of defeating death, you take one look at the medical student and you are convinced morality and ethics are of no importance to him. What matters is results, and he will get it. And so when he answers a roommate ad posted by Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), one of the most promising young physicians in Miskatonic University, it is expected that Dan's future is sealed.
Love can be felt in every touch of makeup and special effects. Whether it be a rotting hand or eyeballs bulging out of their sockets and then exploding, the filmmakers consistently frame these images in such a way that they look disgusting and beautiful—you want to cringe at the sight of them yet at the same time want to study them closely. I was especially tickled by the more realistic effects like when the superstar scientist Dr. Hill (David Gale) gives a demonstration on how to extract a whole brain from a corpse. His students are unfazed—with the exception of Herbert who despises the man for being a plagiarist. The sight of Dr. Hill still being in science, and thriving, enrages Herbert. He must get on with his late-night experiments.
The picture is peppered with deadpan humor, from the way characters respond to the reality that, yes, the dead can be brought back to life (with certain… concessions) to how a head severed from its body is still able to control the body and perform rather complex tasks. The writers are correct in allowing the more improbable occurrences happen later on because by then we are engrossed by the story's mental universe. We grow curious of what else the work has in store. And how left-field happenings can surprise us in delightful and horrific ways.
Filmmaker James Wan has claimed that horror are the best-made movies in terms of craft. This is highly applicable in "Re-Animator" because so many pieces must be controlled to create a believable and fun experience, not just in terms of blood—how much to use, when to use it, getting just the right consistency to be convincing, and how to make it look good as it spatters on the wall—but also when to use a real head versus a mannequin, how to best angle the camera so that a mechanical effect can look more natural, down to the appearance of the zombie serum so that it looks portentous and capable of standing out amidst the chaos.
By Cinéologist on July 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
★★ / ★★★★
The essence of H.P. Lovecraft's stories are notoriously difficult to get right on film, and Richard Stanley's "Color Out of Space" is yet another example. What should be an enigmatic, sad, and ultimately horrifying story involving a family whose matriarch, Theresa (Joely Richardson), has just undergone mastectomy is reduced to a series of "Did that just really happen?" shock moments—entertaining at first but eventually suffering from diminishing returns. While the special effects—CGI and practical—are visually impressive on occasion, especially eye-catching when the filmmakers dare us to look at the disgusting boils and rotting flesh, I found myself not caring at all about the family. Like their pet alpacas, they are treated merely as sheep to be slaughtered.
The picture shows initial promise, clearly having an eye for beauty. Observe the opening scene closely. We watch the teenage daughter, Lavinia (Madeleine Arthur), an aspiring witch, partaking in a ritual that might help to strengthen her mother's health. During her performance, we learn about her hopes for the family, how she feels about living in a posh but isolated estate, her yearning for independence. She is surrounded by verdant trees, the circle of rocks sitting right next to a pond full of life, how the bright sand allows everything on top of them to pop out. It creates the impression that the story is taking place somewhere far away, foreign, certainly not set during modern times. This fantasy, however, is broken when a curious stranger appears—Ward (Elliot Knight), the hydrologist, a potential romantic interest.
But the stranger is not the only outsider. In the middle of the night, a meteorite crashes on the front yard and creates an explosion. Nathan (Nicolas Cage) and Theresa run out to investigate, imploring their children to get away from the crash site and stay inside the house. Bizarre events begin to happen… starting with the youngest, Jack (Julian Hilliard), who goes into some sort of shock or trance right after the crash. Soon, Benny (Brendan Meyer), the middle child, begins to encounter problems with time.
Although it is interesting that the family members' strange experiences are directly tethered to their interests—for example, Benny enjoys smoking marijuana which can alter one's perception of time, Jack enjoys pretend play so he starts hearing someone, or some thing, attempting to communicate with him from inside the well—it is frustrating that the story fails to take off.
The movie is reduced to showing grotesque incidents. The more this formula is followed, the more the work consistently fails to provide reasons why this particular story is worth telling. We are provided not one original idea. In the middle of it, I wondered what the picture was about. Is it about Lavinia becoming a woman, the meteor serving as metaphor for womanhood? Is it about how one family member's illness (in this case, cancer) can become the whole family's illness (emotional, financial, social stresses)? It is about how helpless or unprepared we are as a species when faced with new or ancient disease? These are just three examples. So as you see, this story could have been so much more. Yet it isn't.
Even Cage's histrionic acting gets old eventually. Because nearly every element is so hyperbolic—the colors, the sounds, the effects, the characters' desperate circumstances—the hammy acting becomes groan-inducing. I was reminded of Panos Cosmatos' avant-garde "Mandy"—in which Cage's hyperbolic facial expressions, behaviors, and overall being feel exactly right. Here, the Cage brand of manic functions more as distraction from the malnourished screenplay.


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