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Nameless: Issue 1
Alex Hurst, a fellow blogger, suggested I check out this graphic novel (she has a great blog: click here to check it out). When I asked about it at the local comic store, the owner agreed that I might like it. So I picked up the first installment.
I will say that there are some things I like about this issue, and some things that do not work for me. I suppose I should get the negative stuff out of the way first.
The story seemed a little choppy for me. It could be that the writer is just establishing the story and the characters, but it just felt a rough. Also, and this is just a personal thing, the abundance of foul language seemed unnecessary to me. I am definitely not one who is offended by curse words, and the language did not offend me in the least. I just felt it was not necessary and did nothing to add to the natural language of the characters. In fact, it made the language seem contrived. Including curses for the sake of including curses is not a sign of good writing, in my humble opinion.
What did work for me was the inclusion of references to kabbalah and astrology, particularly the connection between sephirot. The fact that the writer knows about the connection between Malkuth and Yesod bodes well. But this is not enough to justify following another arc right now. In fact, I am trying to reduce the number of comics I am following for a little while to focus on some other things.
Thanks for stopping by. Cheers!
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"Odyssey" by Homer: Book XXI – The Test of the Bow
In this episode, Penelope announces she will marry the suitor who can string Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow through a line of 12 axe heads. The suitors all fail, and then Odysseus, still disguised as a beggar, easily strings the weapon and shoots an arrow through the axe heads.
The first thing I considered when I read this episode was the symbolism of the 12 axes. My initial thought is that the axes represent the 12 zodiac signs. There is a lot of support for astrological symbolism incorporated into The Odyssey. For more information on this topic, I recommend visiting the Symbol Reader blog. Search the page for posts on The Odyssey. There are several very good posts there on astrological symbolism in the text.
When Odysseus asks for a try at the bow, the suitors are opposed. Telemachus speaks up and strongly asserts his right over who can use the bow. The bow, therefore, becomes a symbol of authority over the household. Once the bow is placed into Odysseus' hands, then he will once again be master of the house.
Mother, as to the bow and who may handle it
or not handle it, no man here
has more authority than I do—not one lord
of our own stony Ithaka nor the islands lying
east toward Elis: no one stops me if I choose
to give these weapons outright to my guest.
(Fitzgerald Translation: p. 402)
Finally, there is another analogy regarding the bow that is worth noting. The narrator (which we can assume is Homer as poet/bard) establishes a connection between Odysseus' bow and the harp of the poet/bard. Homer is asserting that warriors and poets are similar in essence, that deep down in the psyches of both, there is a shared attribute which both the bard and the warrior possess.
But the man skilled in all ways of contending,
satisfied by the great bow's look and heft,
like a musician, like a harper, when
with quiet hand upon his instrument
he draws between his thumb and forefinger
a sweet new string upon a peg: so effortlessly
Odysseus in one motion strung the bow.
Then slid his right hand down the chord and plucked it,
so the taut gut vibrating hummed and sang
a swallow's note.
(ibid: p. 404)
Just as the tension of the bow increases before the arrow is launched, so the tension of the overall story increases before the moment when Odysseus launches into his attack on the suitors. It is impossible to get to the end of this book without diving right in to the next episode. Check back soon for my thoughts on Book XXII. Cheers!
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"Odyssey" by Homer: Book XIX – Recognitions and a Dream
Quite a bit happens in this book. Odysseus speaks with Penelope (though he is still in disguise and she does not recognize him. The elderly maid, Eurycleia, while washing Odysseus' feet, recognizes his scar and realizes his true identity. Penelope tells Odysseus about a dream she had, which he interprets for her. And finally, Penelope decides to hold a contest using Odysseus' bow to see which of the suitors she will marry.
There were several passages in this episode that I found interesting. The first was when Penelope describes how she tricked the suitors by telling them she needed to finish her weaving before she could marry. She would weave during the day and then surreptitiously undo her weaving at night (Fitzgerald Translation: p. 358). The tale presents Penelope as similar to Odysseus, almost like a feminine trickster archetype. It is clear that she also relies upon her wit and craft, as does her husband.
The next passage that caught my attention was when Odysseus swears to Penelope that her husband will return.
Here is my sworn word for it. Witness this,
god of the zenith, noblest of the gods,
and Lord Odysseus' hearthfire, now before me:
I swear these things shall turn out as I say.
Between this present dark and one day's ebb,
after the wane, before the crescent moon,
Odysseus will come.
I found it interesting that not only does Odysseus swear by the gods, but also by the hearth. I suspect the hearth served as a kind of altar. I can picture statues of gods around a hearth, and it appears that the hearth was used as a place to burn offerings to the gods. The hearth is clearly considered to be something sacred.
What is even more important about this passage, though, is the astrological symbolism. Odysseus predicts his return to coincide with the new moon, the period after the waning cycle before the new crescent forms. So when the moon is in this phase, it is considered to be veiled. The moon still exists, but it is hidden. This represents the state of Odysseus. He is there, but veiled (disguised). As the moon begins the cycle of revealing itself, then Odysseus will also reveal himself. So essentially, we have a cosmic connection between the heavens and the events with which Odysseus is involved.
The last passage I want to discuss from this episode concerns the two types of dreams.
many and many a dream is mere confusion,
a cobweb of no consequence at all.
Two gates for ghostly dreams there are: one gateway
of honest horn, and one of ivory.
Issuing by the ivory gate are dreams
of glimmering illusion, fantasies,
but those that come through solid polished horn
may be borne out, if mortals only know them.
I interpret this as representing the two types of consciousness: normal waking consciousness and the deeper subconscious. What is puzzling, though, is which type of dream symbolizes which type of consciousness. Are the glimmering illusions and fantasies what we perceive when we delve into our subconscious minds, or are the illusions what we perceive to be real in our normal state of consciousness? Are the dreams associated with the polished horn reality as we perceive it through ordinary consciousness, or is it the realm of forms and archetypes associated with the subconscious that mortals need to interpret symbolically? Personally, I feel that ordinary reality is the glimmering illusion and that the subconscious is the realm of divine truths, "if mortals only know them."
There are lots of other thought-provoking passages in this episode (I have many more entries in my journal), but as another famous poet wrote, "Brevity is the soul of wit," so I will choose not to write too much. I do encourage you to read this episode closely, though. There is a lot here and it is worth the effort to read closely and carefully.
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"Sonnet 14: Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck" by William Shakespeare
Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;
And yet methinks I have astronomy,
But not to tell of good or evil luck,
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality;
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Or say with princes if it shall go well,
By oft predict that I in heaven find:
But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
And, constant stars, in them I read such art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself to store thou wouldst convert;
Or else of thee this I prognosticate:
Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.
This is another one of the fair youth sonnets where Shakespeare entreats the young man to procreate. I really liked this one because of Shakespeare's use of astrology and prognostication as metaphors.
Here the speaker claims to be able to see the future, although not from the conventional means of divination. The speaker claims to see the future reflected in the eyes of the fair youth, which are described as "constant stars." The young man is the embodiment of truth and beauty in the poet's opinion and the poet claims that if the young man would relent and accept his paternal responsibility of fathering children, then those children will also embody truth and beauty. Likewise, should the youth decide against having children, then the poet foresees an end to truth and beauty. It is almost an apocalyptic vision, where the phrase "doom and date" represents doomsday.
I have always been fascinated by the idea of the poet as a seer or visionary. I love that in this sonnet Shakespeare draws from this idea. I also find it interesting that emphasis is placed upon looking within a person, through the eyes which are the windows to the soul, in order to see a person's future.
This poem works for me. The metaphors and symbolism are inspiring and the words themselves are very fluid and lyrical. It's definitely one of my favorite fair youth sonnets.
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Joyce's "Ulysses" – Episode 17
This episode corresponds to Odysseus' return home to Ithaca in Homer's Odyssey. According to SparkNotes, it is "narrated in the third person through a set of 309 questions and their detailed and methodical answers, in the style of a catechism or Socratic dialogue." Since I'm not a Catholic, I can't really say that it was like a catechism, but I will say that for me, the style resembled the method of scientific inquiry, where one seeks to get to the truth or prove a theory by posing a series of questions. It is strange reading, since much of what takes place in the episode is discussion between Bloom and Stephen, and then later Bloom telling Molly about his day, yet there is noticeably no dialog whatsoever in this episode.
In Joyce's novel, Bloom also returns home, but it is not a triumphant return such as with Odysseus. He realizes he does not have his key and is locked out. After Stephen leaves, Bloom bumps his head on furniture that has been moved, adding to the sense that although he is home, it does not feel like home. He then gets into bed with Molly who is asleep at that point and notices signs that Blazes Boylan had been there and had sex with Molly in their bed. I can't help but feel sad for Bloom.
As with all the episodes in this book, this one is also packed with lots of symbolism, so I am just going to focus on a few passages that were key for me on this reading.
Bloom is depicted as feeling dejected. He had hopes of doing significant things with his life, but he feels as if he never did.
Why would a recurrent frustration the more depress him?
Because at the critical turningpoint of human existence he desired to amend many social conditions, the product of inequality and avarice and international animosity.
As Stephen is leaving, both he and Bloom step outside and together they look up at the stars. Bloom has an epiphany as he realizes his connection to the universe. He envisions universes within himself, universes within each atom that composes everything in existence. It seems as if he grasps the connection between the scientific and the mystical, as symbolized by astrology. It is a fairly long passage, but it warrants including here.
With what meditations did Bloom accompany his demonstration to his companion of various constellations?
Mediations of evolution increasingly vaster: of the moon invisible in incipient lunation, approaching perigee: of the infinite lattiginous scintillating uncondensed milky way, discernible by daylight by an observer placed at the lower end of a cylindrical vertical shaft 5000 ft deep sunk from the surface towards the centre of the earth: of Sirius (alpha in Canis Major) 10 lightyears (57,000,000,000,000 miles) distant and in volume 900 times the dimension of our planet: of Acturus: of the procession of equinoxes: of Orion with belt and sextuple sun theta and nebula in which 100 of our solar systems could be contained: of moribund and of nascent new stars such as Nova in 1901: of our system plunging towards the constellation of Hercules: of the parallax or parallactic drift of socalled fixed stars, in reality evermoving from immeasurably remote eons to infinitely remote futures in comparison with which the years, threescore and ten, of allotted human life formed a parenthesis of infinitesimal brevity.
Were there obverse meditations of involution increasingly less vast?
Of the eons of geological periods recorded in the stratifications of the earth: of the myriad minute entomological organic existences concealed in the cavities of the earth, beneath removable stones, in hives and mounds, of microbes, germs, bacteria, bacilli, spermatozoa: of the incalculable trillions of billions of millions of imperceptible molecules contained in cohesion of molecular affinity in a single pinhead: of the universe of human serum constellated with red and white bodies, themselves universes of void space constellated with other bodies, each, in continuity, its universe of divisible components bodies of which each was again divisible in divisions of redivisible component bodies, dividends and divisors ever diminishing without actual division till, if the progress were carried far enough, nought nowhere was never reached.
Source: NASA
Bloom's epiphany continues as he realizes that god is ineffable. It is impossible for any human to understand and know the divine source, we can only use symbols as a way to allow us a glimpse of the true essence of the divine.
His (Bloom's) logical conclusion, having weighed the matter and allowing for possible error?
That it was not a heaventree, not a heavengrot, not a heavenbeast, not a heavenman. That it was a Utopia, there being no known method from the known to the unknown: an infinity, renderable equally finite by the suppositious probable apposition of one or more bodies equally of the same and of different magnitudes: a mobility of illusory forms immobilised in air: a past which possibly had ceased to exist as a present before its future spectators had entered actual present existence.
Bloom then gazes at the moon. As he does so, he recognizes the lunar orb as a symbol for the goddess.
What special affinities appeared to him to exist between the moon and woman?
Her antiquity in preceding and surviving successive tellurian generations: her nocturnal predominance: her satellitic dependence: her luminary reflection: her constancy under all her phases, rising, and setting by her appointed times, waxing and waning: the forced invariability of her aspect: her indeterminate response to inaffirmative interrogation: her potency over effluent and refluent waters: her power to enamour, to mortify, to invest with beauty, to render insane, to incite to and aid delinquency: the tranquil inscrutability of her visage: the terribility of her isolated dominant implacable resplendent propinquity: her omens of tempest and of calm: the stimulation of her light, her motion and her presence: the admonition of her craters, her arid seas, her silence: her splendour, when visible: her attraction, when invisible.
After getting into bed with Molly and noticing the signs of Boylan having been there, Bloom seems to resign himself and kisses Molly's buttocks, which wakens her. It is revealed that they have not been intimate for 10 years, which would explain Molly's affairs. After Bloom finishes telling her about his day, they lay in silence. Above them, the light from the lamp casts concentric circles on the ceiling, representing the eternal cycles of life-death-rebirth, and also the cycles of myths as represented in stories.
What moved visibly above the listener's and the narrator's invisible thoughts?
The upcast reflection of a lamp and shade, an inconstant series of concentric circles of varying gradations of light and shadow.
Molly is then depicted as the Earth Goddess from which all life is born and to which all life returns. Bloom becomes the archetype of the weary traveler, at the end of his journey, returning to the womb of the divine female source from which he was created, thus ready to begin the cycle once again.
In what posture?
Listener: reclined, semilaterally, left, left hand under head, right leg extended in a straight line and resting on left leg, flexed, in the attitude of Gea-Tullus, fulfilled, recumbent, big with seed. Narrator: reclined laterally, left, with right and left legs flexed, the indexfinger and thumb of the right hand resting on the bridge of the nose, in the attitude depicted on a snapshot photograph made by Percy Apjohn, the childman weary, the manchild in the womb.
Womb? Weary?
He rests. He has travelled.
The episode ends with an unanswered question.
The question is left unanswered because the tale is eternal. Bloom has returned to his point of origin and the cycle must begin again, and the myth, like all existence, must continue in the never-ending circle.
This is, in fact, the end of the tale for Leopold Bloom. The final episode is Molly's famous internal soliloquy, which I will cover in my next post.
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"Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot – Part 3 of 4: The Dry Salvages
The third of the Four Quartets, "The Dry Salvages," uses water and the ocean as metaphors throughout the poem. The ocean symbolizes the collective unconscious, where our individual consciousnesses can either drift aimlessly, or merge and become part of the Universal Mind.
Eliot begins the poem by establishing a connection between water and the divine consciousness, or god. God is represented by a river, implying that a connection with god provides a pathway for our consciousnesses to flow into and merge with the collective unconscious. Unfortunately, we have allowed our obsession with science and technology to interfere with our ability to connect with the "river god."
I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river
Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and intractable,
Patient to some degree, at first recognized as a frontier;
Useful, untrustworthy, as a conveyor of commerce;
Then only a problem confronting the builder of bridges.
The problem once solved, the brown god is almost forgotten
By the dwellers in cities—ever, however, implacable,
Keeping his seasons and rages, destroyer, reminder
Of what men choose to forget. Unhonoured, unpropitiated
By worshippers of the machine, but waiting, watching and waiting.
Eliot then makes the connection between our consciousness and the collective. In keeping with Eastern mystical traditions, it is described as being with us and at the same time around us. It is what connects us to the world around us, as well as to all creation.
The river is within us, the sea is all about us;
The sea is the land's edge also, the granite
Into which it reaches, the beaches where it tosses
Its hints of earlier and other creation:
(Lines 15 – 18)
In the second section of the poem, humans are depicted as lost and adrift in the sea of consciousness. Our psyches have become fragmented and we are like the wreckage of ships tossed aimlessly, instead of voyagers navigating the realm of the divine consciousness.
There is no end of it, the voiceless wailing,
No end to the withering of withered flowers,
To the movement of pain that is painless and motionless,
To the drift of the sea and the drifting wreckage,
JMW Turner
Later in the poem, Eliot attempts to describe the connection between the individual and the collective consciousnesses, but admits that it is something beyond verbal expression.
I have said before
That the past experience revived in the meaning
Is not the experience of one life only
But of many generations—not forgetting
Something that is probably quite ineffable:
(Lines 96 – 100)
For me, the final stanza, which comprises the entire fifth section, is the most fascinating. Here, Eliot describes our interest in the mystical arts as an attempt to guide us through the turbulent sea of consciousness.
To communicate with Mars, converse with spirits,
To report the behaviour of the sea monster,
Describe the horoscope, haruspicate or scry,
Observe disease in signatures, evoke
Biography from the wrinkles of the palm
And tragedy from fingers; release omens
By sortilege, or tea leaves, riddle the inevitable
With playing cards, fiddle with pentagrams
Or barbituric acids, or dissect
The recurrent image into pre-conscious terrors—
To explore the womb, or tomb, or dreams;
(Lines 184 – 194)
While I personally do not think this poem is as great as the first two in the book, it is still a very good poem and worth taking the time to read. There is quite a bit more in there that I didn't cover but could certainly be explored, such as the metaphor of the train symbolizing our movement from past to future, as well as some interesting allusions to Christian and Eastern mysticism. Again, it's definitely worth reading.
Look for Part 4—"Little Gidding"—soon.
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"Four Quartets" by T.S. Eliot – Part 2 of 4: East Coker
In my previous post, I looked at the first of the Four Quartets: "Burnt Norton." The second poem in the collection is much darker than the first and offers a bleak view of modern society.
The poem is structured in a circular style. The first and last lines of the poem are mirror reflections of each other. The poem begins with "In my beginning is my end" and concludes with "In my end is my beginning." So from a basic structural view, Eliot is challenging the reader to read the poem over multiple times, but I also see deeper symbolism. In the cycle of life, death, and rebirth, when you are born, your consciousness is separated from the Divine Consciousness and your connection is severed. Likewise, when you die, your consciousness is reunited with the Divine until it is time to be reborn again, as part of the eternal cycle.
The overall theme of the poem is that modern humans, with all our science, technology, and money, are essentially destroying ourselves and the world in which we live. It really doesn't seem like there is much hope for us. In the poem, Eliot offers only one possible path by which to save ourselves, and that is through Christ.
In the opening stanza, Eliot sets the tone for the poem, evoking images of a crumbling society while incorporating references to Ecclesiastes, thereby letting the reader know that our world is in decline and the only chance for salvation is through biblical wisdom.
In my beginning is my end. In succession
Houses rise and fall, crumble, are extended,
Are removed, destroyed, restored, or in their place
Is an open field, or a factory, or a by-pass.
Old stone to new building, old timber to new fires,
Old fires to ashes, and ashes to the earth
Which is already flesh, fur, and faeces,
Bone of man and beast, cornstalk and leaf.
Houses live and die: there is a time for building
And a time for living and for generation
And a time for the wind to break the loosened pane
And to shake the wainscot where the field mouse trots
And to shake the tattered arras woven with a silent motto.
As the poem continues, we are provided with a view of life during a simpler time, before we became slaves to science and technology.
On a summer midnight, you can hear the music
Of the weak pipe and the little drum
And see them dancing around the bonfire
The association of man and woman
In daunsinge, signifying matrimonie─
A dignified and commodiois sacrament,
Two and two, necessarye coniunction,
Holding eche other by the hand or the arm
Whiche betokeneth concorde. Round and round the fire
Leaping through the flames, or joined in circles,
The imagery here makes me think of a pagan ritual. Villagers are gathered together and partake in rituals celebrating the union of man and woman. I would even venture to suggest that Eliot is likely depicting a Beltane ritual, where the symbolic sexual union of man and woman evokes a sympathetic type of magic resulting in the fertility of the earth. I also love the shift in language to an "Olde English" style. It is almost like reading Chaucer.
The Dance by Matisse
After this pastoral section, the poem takes a darker turn. We are presented with a prophecy, one in which astrological signs and omens point toward the inevitable destruction of humanity.
Thunder rolled by the rolling stars
Simulates triumphal cars
Deployed in constellated wars
Scorpion fights against the Sun
Until the Sun and Moon go down
Comets weep and Leonids fly
Hunt the heavens and the plains
Whirled in a vortex that shall bring
The world to that destructive fire
Which burns before the ice-cap reigns.
The following lines impacted me the hardest. Here, Eliot describes the root of our demise, the rich and powerful who view the world as theirs and seek to exploit the planet and all those who dwell upon it, dragging us along with them on the path to destruction.
O dark dark dark. They all go dark,
The vacant interstellar spaces, the vacant into the vacant,
The captains, merchant bankers, eminent men of letters,
The generous patrons of art, the statesmen and rulers,
Distinguished civil servants, chairmen of many committees,
Industrial lords and petty contractors, all go into the dark,
And dark the Sun and Moon, and the Almanach de Gotha
And the Stock Exchange Gazette, the Directory of Directors,
And cold the sense and lost the motive of action.
And we all go with them, into the silent funeral,
Nobody's funeral, for there is no one to bury.
These lines terrify me. They could have been written today. As I look around at what is happening to our world, I see a handful of people taking the rest of us along with them to the grave. And when we reach that point of collapse, there will be no one left to bury the dead. We will decay along with all our creations and everything that we built. Ultimately, we will succumb to ourselves.
But Eliot sees one chance for us to save ourselves, and that is through the acceptance of Christ's teachings. He sees Christ as a healer, able to cure our societal ills and disease.
The wounded surgeon plies the steel
That questions the distempered part;
Beneath the bleeding hands we feel
The sharp compassion of the healer's art
Resolving the enigma of the fevered chart.
Near the end of the poem, Eliot writes: "As we grow older the world becomes stranger." This is true on two levels. On a personal level, as we mature we no longer live the lives of simplicity that were ours as children and youth. On a societal level, our culture and society changes as it ages. Technology and science have replaced our wonder at the mysteries of life and existence. As a result, we find ourselves strangers in a strange land, in a world that becomes stranger and less recognizable with each passing day. It is a sad possibility that one day we may awaken into a world which is completely unrecognizable to us. I hope that day does not come.
Look for Part 3—"The Dry Salvages"—soon.
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January 12, 2014 · 8:42 am
"Spring" by William Blake
I know it's not spring yet, but this is next up in the Songs of Innocence, hence I read it.
Sound the flute!
Now it's mute!
Bird's delight,
Nightingale,
In the dale,
Lark in sky,–
Merrily,
Merrily merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little boy,
Little girl,
Sweet and small;
Cock does crow,
So do you;
Merry voice,
Infant noise;
Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.
Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face;
As is often the case with Blake's poetry, it appears deceptively simple but in actuality it is quite complex. While this seems like a playful song celebrating spring, with music and joy, there is actually a much deeper symbolism hidden in the poem. The key is in the refrain: "Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year."
The question we need to ask is—why is Blake welcoming in the new year in spring? I suspect that he is drawing from astrological cycles. According to the zodiac, Aries is the first sign of the astrological cycle, which would place the new year celebration around the time of the vernal equinox. The vernal equinox is also symbolic of rebirth after the cold death of winter. So taken together, we have the rebirth of life, the beginning of a new cosmic cycle, and the rebirth of the god and/or goddess (if we tie in resurrection mythology usually associated with that time of the year). That to me seems like a genuine new year as opposed to the rolling over of the Julian calendar.
Blake never ceases to fascinate me. I can't think of another poet who can present such profound ideas in such whimsical lines of rhyme. He was a genius and an artist.
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So Bill has relayed where we have been and what we ate. While he was doing the Imperial War Museum I went to the Tate Modern, the only big museum in London I have never been to since it wasn't there when I was in London last. It is an interesting building and maybe I was just too tired (first time I have ever almost fallen asleep standing up) but wasn't overly impressed with their exhibits. I have seen more innovative art at The Whitney. But it was worth checking out.
Of much more interest was an exhibit of Adonis, a Lebanese born poet/artist who apparently is now in his 80s or passed away. The exhibit was collages, simple but very effective shapes set on top of Arabic script. Because I couldn't read the script my experience viewing this work was probably different than someone's who had the language to give a context to the forms created by the collages. Taking the language out of the experience allowed me to imagine what he might be trying to convey by relating just to the visual aspect of the work.
 I found myself initially frustrated by not being able to read the script but then entered into viewing the work very differently and becoming drawn into the dialogs set forth between the forms in each piece and their relationship to the visual aspect of the Arabic script background. There was a book of his poetry translated and he spoke of the tragedy of loss and war but states that a lot is lost in translating. So this was a treat to stumble across. And then the fellow I sat next to on the bus to the airport today knew of this man which was kind of fun.
So London is now behind us and now we explore Scotland. We met a very nice man on the plane and I can tell that Scotland is going to be quite different than London. Already the local pub is not a chain and there was not one person wearing a suit in there. Of course we didn't really have time to go to the less uptown areas of London. Got to love the British though, even when they curse and argue they sound so much more civil. Scottish accents are great fun though and poor Bill can't understand most of what they say with his poor hearing.
So more later. Hope we are not boring everyone, but then again, no one is obligated to read this.


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September 11, 2012 by rastelly
Burlap Cat Part 3
Yes, I know that Christmas is still a-ways off. I started this serial last year, and mayhaps should have waited for a more appropriate time to post it. It is I feel, not a Christmas story so much as a supernatural mystery that is currently occurring over the holiday season. I reference past installments so the reader need not start at the beginning . . . None the less – I hope you enjoy this very early present from me to you . . . (Note – those who do want to start at the beginning will find the other 2 parts under "Short Stories" Just scroll through to find them –
Joanne relaxed in the quiet comfort of the crowded restaurant. Sylvan's always managed to be noisy and yet somehow serene. There was nothing to do except make conversation and stare at the odd, vintage knick- knacks lined up on shelves nearly hidden by the shadows on the ceiling.
The menu offered every kind of food imaginable, from local favorites, to the exotic and trendy. Joanne always ordered vegan, not that she was a vegan. Saying the word just made her feel hip and sophisticated.
Her parents laughed and joked with each other. This was supposed to be family time but Joanne made no attempt to join the conversation.
Mere hours ago something had stepped – uninvited – into her life.
That something preoccupied her constantly.
Joanne feared her secret might slip if she answered too many of her father's questions. He was just trying to seem interested in the affairs of an average teenage girl. Joanne could use some advice but hers wasn't a problem an adult could understand. Heck, hers wasn't a problem anyone could understand.
Right now she wanted to lose herself in the drone of happy people and the promise of great food, but the jingle bells ring of her mother's phone brought it all back.
"Joanne?" Mother's voice was full of concern. "Mr. Bellows says he found your bike smashed to pieces near his drive way. Honey, what happened?"
Joanne told her parents what they wanted to hear. The rain had caught her as she checked the mail. She had run home and forgotten her bike. A car must have struck it. She was given the usual lecture about not going out in rainstorms no matter how much you wanted those Christmas cards (and the cash they contained). Neither one of them seemed to care about the expensive bike she had ruined and were just glad their daughter wasn't road kill.
Joanne's problems would rest for the time being, allowing her to enjoy a truly spectacular plate of rice pilaf and the complementary bowl of fried bananas.
They were on their way home when Joanne's good friend David decided to call. "What the hell Jo! We thought some pervert had gotten you. What were you thinking just leaving that bike in the road and not telling anyone?" Joanne sighed. "My parents already beat me over the head with that, it won't happen again." David snorted. "Understood. By the way I wrote to that website."
Joanne kept a death grip on the phone.
Three days ago David had shown Joanne a website that sold Items reputed to be cursed.
An ancient stuffed cat made of burlap had caught Joanne's attention. Joanne had made no attempt to buy the thing, yet four hours ago it arrived in a battered, unmarked box.
At first it seemed David was playing a prank. Joanne had forced him to take the creepy thing back, though he claimed the site had just made a mistake. David named it Marvin and had teased her with it until she left his house, hoping to never see the thing again.
Joanne had stopped at her neighbor hood mail box on the way home from David's.
Joanne had been startled to see the cat resting on a post as if waiting for her.
She ran, just as a truck struck the mail box and smashed her bike.
Joanne had then tucked the cat under her coat and raced home, Not sure of what else to do with a thing that had apparently saved her life.
It was still resting on her bed as far as she knew, having thankfully not followed her to Sylvan's.
David had promised to contact the site where Joanne had first seen the Burlap cat, if only to prove she was just being paranoid.
What David had to say now, however, did nothing to dismiss her fears.
"The site answered me almost right away. They swear they had nothing like that for sale. I told them what happened and they loved the story. They want the cat Joanne. They said they would give you fifty bucks for it."
David sounded excited but Joanne was confused. Many thoughts raced through her mind. Would selling the cat really be the end of it? Would the thing be angered somehow? Was it right to simply get rid of a thing after it had seemingly prevented her death?"
Joanne still feared the cat greatly. She would do without hit and runs and burlap cats if she could.
David shouted. "Hello!" "Augh!" barked Joanne. He whispered. "Sorry, but you weren't answering. So how about it? All the money can be yours. I'm reaping a small fortune this Christmas." Joanne couldn't answer. It had all come at her so fast. What she needed was time to think. She ended the call. There was a text but she ignored it. Joanne eventually had to turn off her phone.
David rang the doorbell later that night. Joanne was in her bedroom staring into the cats one black, button eye. Her mother answered the door saying, "Jo it's David!" Joanne still contemplated the cat. There came a soft knock on her bedroom door. "JO!" said David. "We need to talk."
Joanne reluctantly emerged from her place of safety. Like it or not, David was the only person who at least partly understood her situation. He turned on the television when she entered the living room, perhaps to mask the sounds of what would be a very odd conversation.
"Jo this thing was sent to your house not six hours ago and already your like a different person. First, you tell me you don't want it – that your scared of it. You say your going to leave it at my house, but then you take it with you at the last-minute."
"Dave" said Joanne. "First off, I'm pretty sure I did leave it at your house. Last I remember, It was sitting there on the coffee table. Since I was already out in the rain I stopped at the mail box. You know that yellow post that protects it from the road? Well, the cat was on top of it. Just like someone took it from you and left it there for me to find."
David smiled at Joanne the way he smiled at old ladies who swore they had seen ghosts. He was preparing his "are you sure it wasn't your dog" routine.
"Jo, suppose you did take the cat without realizing it. Suppose you took it out of your pack when you checked the mail. I once searched for hours for a pencil I was holding in my hand. It's the holidays! Your not thinking about dumb things like reality. Your thinking about that twenty-four hour Skyrim binge you've been meaning to run for the past two and half months of school." He winked. "I know I am."
Joanne turned away from him. "It was a that." David crossed his arms behind his head. "You were already keyed up over the way it got here, which I'll admit, was a little weird, but there's probably a logical explain – " Joanne interrupted him. "I ran when I first saw it, that's when a truck smashed my bike, had it not been for the cat I – I – I "
There was a very long wait before either of them found words. David went first. "Had it not been for the cat you would not have been out there in the first place. Look Jo, regardless of what I believe, according to you it saved your life, which makes it good? Think Jo, your whole life you've never been involved in an accident until now?" Joanne was silent. David went on. "I didn't know a person's personality could change as quickly as yours has. The Jo I know would not be cowering in fear of a stuffed animal. If there is any proof something isn't right with this thing, it's in the fact the great Jo Jonson doesn't like it. I say, sell the cat."
Joanne smiled. "I'll still have to sleep on it." David headed for the door. "You are probably still shaken by that brush with the truck. I'd wait for the shock to wear off. I'm meeting some friends at the mall tomorrow. A local band is performing. Just throwing it out there in case you feel like you need to get out of the house. Please watch yourself Jo."
David left and Joanne returned to her room. She threw herself across her bed, right beside the burlap beast that had her so worried. To think she could fall asleep in the same room with it, Joanne really was the great Jo Jonson.
Early the next morning Shelly and Eric arrived with David, David's parents, and several small, annoying children who seemed to be even less enthused to be there then Joanne's older friends. "All aboard the Polar Express!" Shouted David as Joanne shrugged into some fresh clothes.
He was waiting in the living room. Someone outside was furiously pounding a horn. "I thought you said we would be going to see a band!" whined Joanne as she trudged down the stairs. "I Did." said David. "The Sweet Street Carolers!"
Joanne headed back up the stairs. David followed. "Please Jo, don't throw me to the preschoolers!" David caught her coat. "There are six children out there who's parents want keepsake photo's with Santa. My own folks agreed to take them but plan to spend the whole time shopping. There's a giant sand box full of real snow for the kids to play in. It's our job to hang out at the food court and watch them. I know It's going to be a chore but with you around I'm sure we'll make the best of it."
Joanne was a sucker for flattery. She left the house and squeezed into the large van waiting outside. A hyperactive two-year old smacked her with an elf doll until she took it away. David slid in beside her. "My cousin's a handful so we'll both be in charge of him." David handed the doll back to the boy. "You like to run off, don't you, Randy." Randy smiled, now seeming to be the picture of innocence.
Shelly was present with a niece and two sisters, one of whom was six and absorbed in a video game.
Joanne didn't know Shelly very well. She was a relative of David's and a total buzz kill.
Eric was in charge of his siblings, twins that bickered constantly. He was mostly a fun guy, but his insistence on following Shelly around made him less so.
The mall, a monstrous, castle-like building, was every bit as crowded as Joanne expected it to be. They waited for what felt like hours for the stupid pictures with Santa, only to have Randy start crying at the last-minute. Joanne wondered if this was more about having the perfect Christmas card photo then any real fun for the kids.
The snow pit was a hit though, at least with Randy. The other kids complained of being cold and wet and opted to ride the carousel instead, leaving Jo and David to fend for themselves at the less popular end of the food court.
David raised his computer case to block a snowball. "I'll forgive you if you don't want to talk about it, but you didn't happen to see who was driving the truck?" Joanne shook her head. "It was a white or gray pick up. The weather was bad so it was hard to tell the exact color. I didn't get a license plate either. They probably lost control because of the slippery road. They probably didn't even know I was there anyway."
David's eyes shot toward the snow pit, then he sighed and shook his head. "Jo now ya got me seeing that stupid thing."
It sounded like a joke but Joanne took it seriously. "Where?" David caught her as she left her seat. "That kid over there, see? It's just a Hello Kitty." Joanne shook him off and headed for the snow pit.
It was not just a Hello Kitty.
A little girl sat at the entrance to the snow pit, playing with the burlap cat. Joanne used all of her strength to remain calm. "My, that's a beautiful dolly." Joanne said to the girl. "May I see it?"
The girl laughed at Joanne and tossed it to another kid.
Joanne had no intention of joining a game of keep away, so she waited at the entrance to the snow pit. Joanne wasn't sure what would be the best way to handle this, but one thing was certain. She couldn't let the burlap cat out of her sight.
The cat was eventually passed to Randy, who seemed to want to give it to Joanne. The boy climbed through the snow in his bulky blue coat, but veered past her at the last-minute, disappearing into the crowd.
"Crap" Said David as he appeared beside Joanne. They ran through the throngs of people desperately searching for the missing boy.
Jo soon caught sight of Randy's red scarf. He was inching along the wall giggling to himself.
They both raced toward him. Randy squeezed under a partition as soon as he was discovered. David grabbed the large canvas wall (on to which a holiday scene had been painted) and dragged it sideways. Joanne secretly hoped security would come running. They could use extra help catching randy.
Behind the canvas wall was an empty space used for storage. Toward the back was a plastic curtain. Randy pushed past it.
David climbed over covered crates with Joanne close behind him. They emerged into the deserted right wing of the mall. The wing was currently under renovation. Thick sheets of plastic covered everything like ice. Dust hung like mist in the air. Randy's shadow disappeared around a corner.
Joanne and David tried to keep up but by the time they rounded the bend he was gone.
Joanne caught her breath. "Is there a number we can call for security? Have them watch all the doors or something." David ran into an empty store and emerged empty-handed. "I've got a number for the police – but by the time they – " Joanne left when she heard a noise. David started to dial. Joanne heard the noise again. Both shouted "Randy!" at the top of their lungs. A small voice called, "Just a minute!" They flew toward the source of the sound.
Randy was standing on a tarp-covered bench, picking peeling, white paint off the wall behind it.
"I found a train." he said, pointing to part of an old poster somewhat exposed by the paint.
"That you Did." said David. "The painters couldn't get it off so they painted over it." David gripped the boy's shirt. "Next time just ask Santa for a train, and don't go wandering off!"
They started to walk back.
"Marvin!" Shouted Randy as he reached for the toy he'd left on the bench.
Joanne had completely forgotten, about the burlap cat.
David was frozen, both by the sight of the cat and the fact Randy had chosen the same name for it.
He handed the boy to Jo, and picked up the cat. "Randy where did you find this?" "In the snow."said the boy, pointing back toward the lobby. Joanne gritted her teeth, hoping the boy wasn't too attached to his new friend. "Randy someone lost their teddy. I think we should give it back."
Randy ignored the tattered, stuffed toy in David's hands, and started to fall asleep. "Okay." said the boy, oblivious to the trauma he had caused.
David spoke gravely as they reentered the public section of the mall through the canvas partition, the sleeping Randy in tow. It wasn't like him to be so serious. "Jo if this is some kind of game you are playing with me, confess now and I'll forgive you. Face it, you are the only one who could have given this to Randy and told him I named it Marvin."
Joanne didn't know what to say.
David spoke for both of them.
"Joanne, I'm selling this crazy thing to the crazies, any objections?" Joanne shook her head, though she felt slightly guilty inflicting the cat on someone else. At least the people receiving it might know what they were dealing with. Perhaps it would be happier with some occult collector, so happy it would leave her, and those around her, alone.
Joanne expected to see the cat waiting on her bed when she arrived home. The weight of the world fell off her back when she saw that it wasn't. David called that night to say that he had shipped it.
Joanne doubted this was the end of it, but a day passed, then another. The fifty dollars arrived and Joanne soon dared to hope.
Christmas morning however, was not as merry as it could have been, for sitting amongst the presents under the tree was – the burlap cat.
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4 thoughts on "Burlap Cat Part 3"
thelostgirl3 says:
so then what happens? I demand to know! (as soon as you get around to it of course :p)
Thanks for reading. This one was longer then usual, so I didden't
think many people would read it. With three installments this one is
my longest running series. Once again thanks for reading, and
thanks for following.
Sharmishtha Basu says:
very well written rebecca.
Thank you. I was hoping that many people would
enjoy it. Happy halloween – from the states.

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Continuing on with the series on sea fishing tackle this section will deal with what are termed rigs or end tackle, the business end containing the hook or hooks and different ways of attaching them and why.
We make almost all of our own rigs so that we can customise them for specific venues / target species and, when you make you own end tackle you can be sure of the quality of the knots, hooks, swivels etc. For most of this section I will refer to the website of a company called Gemini who make the majority of bits and pieces we use and although we make our own end tackle they supply completed rigs ready to use as well as the bits needed to make them.
as it tends not to 'kink', both lines can be purchased from all good tackle dealers.
Where distance isn't an issue the rigs most used are either what is called a 1 up, 1 down flapper or a 2 up flapper – see here on the Gemini website. This notation comes about from the position of the hooks in relation to the sinker or lead when the rig is anchored to the sea bed. The hooks we use are usually size 2, 1, or 1/0 in an aberdeen long shank pattern baited with worm. The smaller size 2 for flat fish such as Flounder or Dab and the large 1/0 for anything else such as dogfish, whiting, codling or even bass.
Once it becomes necessary to get more than one bait that little bit further out the 'rigs' need to be streamlined. For this we use 2 hook clip down rigs using the same size hooks as above. This is undoubtedly the main rig that we use in most of our fishing – especially from the beaches in the north west of the UK, North Wales and Anglesey. The rig releases the hooks on contact with the sea at which point it operates in the same way as a normal flapper rig.
For the 2 hook rigs the main 'body' line is 60lb breaking strain and the hook lengths are usually 15 – 25lb.
Sometimes it is necessary to get that one large bait out as far a possible and for this I use a pulley rig. The hooks sits behind the lead durng the cast but releases, as above, when the sinker hits the sea. This system is designed to lift the lead clear of snags on retrieving a fish and hence minimising tackle loss in snaggy areas but it works just as well on flat beaches as well as more demanding rocky venues.
Another variant of the this rig is the up and over pulley rig which enables a very long trace or snood (the part of the rig that holds the hook) to be used. This is especially useful where the fish (such as rays) tend to 'sit' on the bait before moving away as it minimises the chances of the fish being spooked by the rest of the rig. Also – as it utilises a long flowing trace, it is very effective for predatory fish that need a bit more movement in the bait before they strike.
Both the above rigs are usually armed with strong size 2/0, 3/0 or even 4/0 hooks which as well as being very strong can carry quite a large bait such as a full calamari squid.
Pulley rig bodies are usually made from 80lb line due to the line being bent over where it connects with the main 'reel' line. The hooks lengths are anything from 30 – 60lb depending on species being targeted.
Once the rigs are built they are individually stored and labeled in re-sealable bags (so that only those being used get wet from the sea spray) and tied with a food tie so that they don't get tangled. We also make more than one of every type of rig we use so that once we've found the right rig for the venue and conditions we can have another baited up ready to go when we retrieve the one in use and a few spare for those inevitable tackle losses caused by 'snagging'.
Next time hooks – aberdeen, semi-circle, long shank, what does it all mean!


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Nebraska receives good news with starting CB announcing return for 2021 season
Hunter Hodies | 16 days ago
It was a tough season for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2020 but they received some huge news on Monday going into 2021.
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After much thought and consideration…….. Let's take it back for one more ride Husker Nation!!! #GBR pic.twitter.com/on3sb5pXZK
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I had never really taken the time to think about the person working the phones. If we have a hard time understanding them, they probably have a hard time understanding us.
Thank you for the very important reminder that they are real people with real lives trying to help us with our needs.
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I also came over from Kathy's post..you did offer an important reminder that these people answering phones are real people with real families and this if their livelihood. We need to respect the job they are doing and work with them.
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I get that part that we are all human.
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THQ are 'excited' about the Wii 2
May 10th, 2011 in News
Could the Wii 2 receive a port of Saints Row 3?
It could be that THQ have something in the works for the Wii 2. According to IndustryGamers, Brian Farrell, boss of THQ shared his thoughts about the Wii's successor in an earnings call a few days ago. Unsurprisingly, he did not release any eye-popping details about the Wii 2 or confirm that the publisher had any games for it.
He would only reveal that he was 'excited' for it and that THQ intended to support Nintendo's next home console. According to gaming website CVG, in February, Brian had let slip that Nintendo announcing a new console might not be a suprise for the company, suggesting that they had already come into contact with it.
THQ is responsible for publishing popular games such as Red Faction and Saints Row. They have already showed support for the 3DS and had intended to bring Saints Row to the platform before it was cancelled for unknown reasons. It seems quite plausible that they would support the Wii 2 and maybe even grace it with a Saints Row game.
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Apple releases iOS 9.1 beta 5 to developers, members of the public beta program
Apple's Software
by Brent Dirks
Less than a week after releasing the previous beta version, Apple has just seeded iOS 9.1 beta 5 to registered developers and members of the Public Beta Testing Program. The software can be downloaded over-the-air or through Apple's Developer Center.
We'll let you know if there are any other major changes in this software version.
The software will bring support for the iPad Pro's new Smart Keyboard and Apple Pencil along with the revamped Apple TV. It also includes a number of new emoji options.
It's unknown when the software will officially arrive to the public, but since iOS 9.1 is needed to setup the new Apple TV through an iOS device, it could land before the end of the month. A recent report said that both new products will be available to order in late October and show up in stores in early November.
Apple says different A9 chips vary in battery life only 2 to 3 percent
Update: Apple says there is no policy change regarding apps in the Purchase History


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Q: Why did Voldemort kill James Potter? I know that Voldemort wanted to kill Harry because of Trelawney's prophecy, but why did he kill James Potter when it was Lily Potter that was protecting Harry?

A: James was quite literally between Voldemort and his intended victim
It might seem like stating the obvious, but James was physically blocking Voldemort's path. By killing him, he got him out of the way.
James is an important rebellion figure
It's important to remember that James isn't just the father of Voldemort's prophesied enemy, he's also an important anti-Voldemort figure in his own right, colluding with the others of his circle of friends to create the Order of the Phoenix. Even if Harry hadn't been there for some reason, it's likely that Voldemort would have still chosen to attack James.
The Killing Curse is his signature move
Voldemort often kills when he could potentially stun his opponents. He seems very comfortable with the Avada Kedavra curse and it's essentially his signature spell. Ultimately this is his downfall because rather than simply attacking baby Harry physically, he chooses to use his favourite spell (which then backfires hilariously).
He was irked by James' audacity

Lily, take Harry and go! It's him! Go! Run! I'll hold him off –'
  Hold him off, without a wand in his hand! … He laughed before casting
  the curse …

You don't leave an enemy behind you
As @ChrisHayes pointed out in his comment, most spells seem to be reversible. Since Voldemort is intent on killing his son, it makes no sense to leave James Potter behind him
This goes double for leaving him alive in general. It's very likely that James would come back to seek personal revenge on Voldemort, even at the cost of his own life.
As a favour to Snape.
Snape, presumably has told Voldemort of his dislike of James Potter. It's certainly possible that Voldemort would have killed James as a perceived favour to Snape.


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Trump Doubles Down on Dismantling America (#58)
The America that Americans and the World knew no longer exists because of Trump's latest actions. It is gone forever because of an unthinkable crossing of a line that had been held sacred by all previous Presidents and administrations. Trump, with the initiative and assistance of others in the Republican Party, has wilfully crossed the line of a President directly interfering in an ongoing FBI investigation, by openly discrediting and firing the senior most officials in the FBI and putting undue political pressure on others in the Department of Justice ('DOJ'). And now, he has released a blatantly misleading memo, openly opposed by the Heads of the Intelligence Agencies and the DOJ, as it jeopardised the Nation's security, because it was specifically designed with handpicked talking points, errors and omissions of facts, to do one thing, which is to discredit the 'Russia Investigation' being led by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
It has been no secret that Donald Trump has vehemently opposed the Russia Investigation, even though enough of his family and closest advisors interacted with Russian officials and operatives, for Mueller to have obtained indictments against a number of those advisors from the Courts. All of which, and the fact that the investigation kept getting ever closer to Trump and his family, made Trump and his allies in the Senate and Congress desperate enough to obliterate the red line of non-interference by law makers and the President into an ongoing DOJ and FBI investigation, for purely political and personal purposes.
The ill-conceived, poorly-constructed, highly-one-sided, partisan (Republican) memo is a pure diversionary play to deflect attention away from, and to discredit, the Mueller investigation. In that mission the memo is being portrayed, by the Republicans and the President, as a document that brings transparency into the practices used by the FBI investigators, and to shed light on the wrong-doings of the agents to falsely and improperly target Donald Trump and his campaign advisors, to prevent him from being elected as the U.S. President.
If the charge of bias and obstruction were true, it would mean that the agents and officials in question were simply incompetent, because of the fact that he got elected anyway, but Trump and his fellow conspirators are alleging 'corruption' no less, at the highest levels of the FBI.
Now, well before the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump had engaged in a relentless and blatantly false allegation that President Obama was not born in the United States; which he admitted was a wrong assertion immediately upon being elected. Then he asserted, falsely, that his crowd size at his inauguration was the biggest, even though it was demonstrably obvious that it was smaller than Obama's inauguration crowd. Not one to back down when proven wrong, Trump also claimed that he was stepping into a disastrous situation left by his predecessors, even though a dimwit could tell such a claim was outlandishly false.
Still not to be deterred by his growing number of falsehoods, Trump as President shockingly accused former President, Obama, for illegally wire-tapping Trump Tower. That allegation was shocking because it was unthinkable for a sitting President to engage in such a criminal act. Predictably, the allegation was proven to be totally wrong after a thorough and totally unnecessary investigation. (Unnecessary – because by now it was becoming abundantly clear that Donald Trump lied, brazenly and repeatedly, to distract the public from negative news that was dogged him).
And so it went, lie after lie, proven again and again to be pure lies and falsehoods until in ten months of his Presidency, it was estimated that Donald Trump had lied or stated falsehoods of over 1600 times and was on track to possibly lie 2000 times, in his first full year in Office.
He constantly lied about ObamaCare being a disaster, when it covered millions more Americans and continued to be signed on to by millions of Americans that previously had no healthcare insurance or the means to get it.
Trump lied about the U.S. having Trade deficits with every country, when it didn't.
He lied about America's Corporate Tax Rates being the highest, when after all the legal deductions and loopholes available to companies, they simply weren't.
He lied about the recent tax cuts being the biggest in American history. They weren't, not even close.
He lied about the tax cuts being designed to really help the working families, when according to all the experts they were really designed to help the rich and the big Corporations.
He lied about the economy being strong due to his policies when the growth was an extension of 8 years of growth during the Obama years, as was the record setting climb of the stock markets, and the decline to record lows of the unemployment in the country, also due to Obama.
And so, this Republican memo is also a lie.
It is neither transparent nor factual, and very misleading.
It does not give the full accurate account of the investigation it attempts to discredit, it cherry picks information, out of context, and skews to its highly partisan mission to discredit the FBI. Both the Head of the FBI Christopher Wray, and the Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said so. They are both Republicans and both were chosen and appointed by Donald Trump.
The other Heads of America's intelligence agencies, the CIA and the NSA, have also been against the release of this memo, on the grounds of its inaccuracies, the highly classified nature of some of the underlying information, and its ability to undermine the credibility of the FBI, the DOJ, and the security of the country.
But neither Donald Trump nor his Republican backers care.
In their view it is another necessary lie, albeit a huge nation-damaging one, which is required to serve their personal purpose of preserving power at any cost, only this time it is at the cost of destroying everything that once made America great - a country where the rule-of-law was practised without the interference from politicians that could openly undermine it. Without that, America is just another dictatorship, or a two-bit Banana-Republic with no integrity.
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Cancer still stands as one of the major health threats of the 21st century, and there is no formal "cure" for it, nor a preventative measure. However, throughout the 20th century, advanced cancer treatment options were developed, and cancer treatment therapy often involved the likes of chemotherapy or full-body radiation. Today, however, a form of non-invasive cancer treatment has been developed and is proving effective so far: proton beam radiation. This new form of non-invasive cancer treatment is known for only affecting the cancerous growth's area and having a minimal impact on the rest of the body. In short, proton radiation therapy has very little collateral damage, and this may may it among the safest and most precise of all cancer treatment methods. A diagnose cancer patient may opt for this sort of non-invasive cancer treatment, and if they do, they may expect a simple but effective procedure.
What does this form of non-invasive cancer treatment entail? A machine called a synchrotron will electrically excite, or stimulate, a series of protons and then issue them from a nozzle in a narrow and tightly controlled beam. This beam will then focus its energy on the intended target, a tumor or cancer cells, and destroy them upon contact over the course of several sessions. Not only does this form of non-invasive cancer treatment destroy the cancer cells, but it has little effect on the rest of the body, and studies have shown how comparatively little collateral damage one may expect compared to other cancer treatments. For example, women who have proton beam therapy done for breast cancer will have only half the radiation exposed to their lungs as they may expect from traditional full body radiation treatment. Their heart, meanwhile, will experience no radiation at all.
Many men develop prostate cancer, but this form of cancer may also be treated with proton beam therapy and studies show how effective it is. Over 90% of men who underwent this process reported no issues with their sexual health afterwards. What is more, researches reported that 99%, 94%, and 74% of men with low, moderate, or high risk prostate cancer reported no signs of cancer recurrence five years after they had proton beam radiation done on them to destroy the cancerous growths. As of now, not all forms of cancer can be treated with this non-invasive cancer treatment, but many can, and a diagnosed cancer patient may be offered this particular treatment method by their doctor.
Once a patient has been diagnosed with a form of cancer that may be treated with proton beam radiation, their doctor may refer them to a cancer treatment center that offers this service. What might happen in typical sessions for proton beam radiation? To start with, the patient will have their X-rays taken to show where the cancerous growth or tumor is, along with its shape and size. This allows the doctors there to know where to use the proton beam and where not to. That is, they will clearly see the target area.
Now, the patient will be led into a treatment room that has the synchrotron in it, and the patient will either sit or lay down on a table, based on the cancer's location in their body. The doctors will now adjourn to a nearby room, where they can remotely control the synchrotron. They can also use an intercom to talk with the patient if need be, and they will advise the patient to hold still during the procedure. Once everything is ready, the beam will activate, and the doctors will guide the synchrotron's beam across the patient's body in the affected area to destroy the cancer cells. This precise beam will cause very little, if any, damage to surrounding cells or tissues due to its focused energy. This beam will be used for only a minute or two.
The entire process from start to finish takes around 45 minutes, and a patient may go in for several sessions until their cancerous growth has been totally destroyed. The patient may go in for follow-ups, and based on proton beam therapy's performance so far, the risks of recurring cancer may be fairly low. This may vary case to case, though.


Karachi is the largest city and former capital of Pakistan on the Arabian Sea near the Indus River delta. The capital of Sindh province, it is Pakistan's chief seaport and industrial center. Karachi is not just a city. It is a unique city in many ways.
From a medium-size city of less than 500,000 population in 1947 it grew to well over five million in 1981 and, according to most conservative estimates, has now exceeded 10 million mark. The area of Karcahi divison is about 3,366 sq. km with more than 18 towns and 6 cantonment boards.
This metropolitan city of Karachi was until 1725 A.D. just a barren piece of land , washed on three sides by the blue waters of the Arabian Sea. A few fishermen lived in a small huts on the sunny creek.
There was a pool of water on this barren piece of land which was known as Kalachi-jo-Kun. Kalachi was the name of fisherman whereas kun meant a deep kitch. Therefore, "Kalachi-jo-Kun" meant the deep ditch of Kalacahi, the fisherman.
A few mud huts sprang around this point and their numbers increased. Gradually a village came into being . This village was called as Kalachi-jo-Ghote, which as time passed grew into prominence.
Karachi is located on semi-arid zone but due to marine affects, it enjoys a moderate climate. May and June are hottest months of the year with temperature as high as 43.3 degree centigrade while January is the coldest month with temperature as low as 5 degree centigrade. The mean annual rainfall is about 7 inches.
Karachi is a city that has a large variety of places to go and things to do. In every part of the city there is some club or organization. No matter where you are, you can be guaranteed a good time.
Some of the attractions you will enjoy are handicrafts, particularly rugs and carpets of rare design and beauty, produced by talented artisans. You will find extensive range of restaurants feature cuisine from world over, clean and golden beaches, Theme parks, Zoo, Country & Water parks, Ship breaking tours and many more.
Karachi is a shoppers paradise. If you have the power to purchase you can get finest products at the most reasonable prices in Karachi. Crockery, furniture, paintings, crystal works, marble products, steel goods, classical stitched clothing, glassware, automobile, watches, best textile products and much more.
Like Lahore, you also found many historical buildings in Karachi. To name few, some are like Tomb of Quaid-e-Azam, City Courts, The Empress Market, Liaquat National Library, Karachi Port Trust, Sindh assembly buildings, Sindh Madressah-ul-Islam and Wazir Mansion (Home of Quaid-e-Azam).
Other renowned places are like Habib Bank Plaza, MCB Tower, PSO building, Avari Towers. Habib Bank Plaza is the tallest building of the city and the country.
However, many new building construction poses threat to 50 year dominance of Habib Bank tower and in near future MCB tower will replace this title from Habib Bank.
Karachi is also famous for its educational network. There are a number of schools, colleges and institutes imparting education in the fields of science, arts, engineering and information technology. Many universities main campuses resides in Karachi. It also host number of international university campuses and attracts many overseas students.
Some of the well-known universities and institutes include Karachi University, Agha Khan University, NED University, Baqai Medical University, National University, Hamdard University, IBA, Sir Syed University and many more.
The most of the major banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, corporate houses are based in Karachi. The Industrial areas of the city are SITE, Landhi, Korangi and New Karachi where enormous small, medium and large industrial units are located. Their entire managerial and financial activities are routed through this city. The presence of central bank's head offices is the manifestation of it.
Karachi Stock Exchange is the biggest trading center of equity and debt securities. The major money market and currency dealer operates from here. The local and shipping companies are also stationed here owing to its status of being a port city. The people from every nook and corner of the country have settled here due to their economic dependence on the city.
The Karachi-Peshawar highway links the city with the interior of Pakistan, while the Karachi-O'Mara highway extends along the coast. The Karachi to Zahedan highway connects it with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries. Express roads radiate from the city centre, while feeder roads connect the express roads with local streets.
Karachi is the terminus of Pakistan's railway system, which mainly serves to transport goods between Karachi and the interior.
There are also passenger trains, as well as a circular railway that skirts the city on the north and the east, for commuter traffic and the transport of goods between the port and the industrial areas.The two main railway stations are the Cantt Station and the City Station.
Karachi Airport, known as Jinnah Airport, provides international and domestic services. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is the national carrier. Aero Asia, Bhoja Air and Shaheen Air are other Pakistani airlines.


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His feelings for Katniss will be revealed and at the same time be exploited during the games. This is the day of the reaping. About two weeks later, her 5th grade advanced English teacher started reading the first book to the class. We have only affordable prices for you, and we offer a quality service. We read one chapter a night and then discuss. In the first novel, the eponymous Hunger Games occur. It received good reviews when released in March 23, 2012, especially for the actor who interpreted Katniss Everdeen, Jennifer Lawrence.
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She was absolutely thrilled and loves the book. There is only one rule: Kill or be killed. The whole country must watch the games on television. And everyone fell in love with it. On the train, Katniss experiences luxury like she's never known and gets to eat the richest, most decadent food.
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Katniss and Peeta ride the train to the Capitol. It was published in 2008 and has sold millions of copies. Maybe, if I read it with her — either to her or match her chapter for chapter and then discuss. He also directed several of the stories from The Book of Blood. Her hair is blond, her eyes blue and her skin pale, common characteristics of the merchants of District 12.
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