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Recent Unrest Fails to Dampen Spirit of Mandalay Nat Festival
Burma Marks 26th Anniversary of 1988 Uprising
Thai Case Casts Spotlight on Business of Surrogacy
Malaysia Plans Overhaul of National Airline
China Under Pressure as US Pushes Plan to Ease South China Sea Tensions
The Day a New Burma was Born
Burmese Among Victims of Massive Jade Scam in China
Screening of 'Bengali' Citizenship Bids Begins in Arakan State
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A 92-year-old Kachin man, who is living in a camp for internally displaced person, recalls his decades of fighting against—and for—the Tatmadaw.
By Seamus Martov 11 August 2014
NHKAWNG PA, Kachin State — Lazum Htang, a 92-year-old Kachin man living at the Nhkawng Pa camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) near Kachin State's border with China, doesn't think very highly of Myanmar's military. "I am very unhappy now because of the army," he says, expressing a view shared by many of his fellow Kachin.
Unlike the vast majority of the estimated 100,000-plus Kachin people displaced by the current conflict in their home state, however, Lazum Htang has a special reason to be displeased with Myanmar's Tatmadaw, or armed forces: He was once on their side.
It was while serving in the Tatmadaw in Nyaung Lay Bin in 1949 that he got shot in the arm by rebels from the Karen National Defense Organization (the precursor to the Karen National Union) during a massive Kayin offensive which began shortly after Myanmar achieved independence. The bullet passed through his arm, leaving a scar that is still visible nearly 70 years later.
Lazum Htang originally joined a Kachin unit in the military in 1946 during the brief resumption of colonial rule that followed the country's liberation from the Japanese. Like many other ethnic people of his generation, his memories of that period were positive. "We were free during the time of the British," he says.
He was discharged in 1957, but his 11-plus years of service in the Tatmadaw, most of which were spent in the 2nd Kachin Rifles, would come in handy when the Kachin uprising began in 1961.
Like many of his fellow Kachin, Lazum Htang joined the Kachin Independence Organization's (KIO) village militia forces. It was an extremely difficult time, he says. Unlike the well-supplied KIO of today, in those days, the group had only the barest of necessities. "We only had one set of clothes and homemade guns," he recalls.
While he and his unit were going hungry deep in the forest, his wife Gaw Lu Hkang, now in her mid-eighties, was left to look after the kids. Things got particularly bad after she and her children were forced to flee their village for the first time in 1964 and again the next year. "The army rounded up the villagers many times. The first time we fled was very difficult; we had no food," she recalls. It was while they were on the run from the military that three of their 15 children succumbed to illness.
After the KIO made gains in their area in the 1960s, Lazum Htang returned to farming and raising his large family. Life was difficult but manageable. The resumption of hostilities in Kachin State in 2011 once again meant that Lazum Htang and his family were displaced. "If this was a good government, we wouldn't need to run," he says.
According to Lazum Htang, this latest episode in the Kachin conflict has been worse for civilians than those that came before. "Now the army troops are worse. Whatever they see, they kill," he says—a view supported by numerous human rights reports highlighting the army's targeting of civilians during their ongoing operations in Kachin State.
Hard of hearing and having difficulty walking, Lazum Htang is resigned to the fact that he isn't likely to outlive the conflict. "We're just staying here to die," he says. But, he adds: "We don't want to die in the camp. We want to die at home."
At these words, his wife of 60 years, who is sitting quietly next to him, breaks down in tears.
This story first appeared in the August 2014 issue of The Irrawaddy magazine.
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Review: Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch – "I Think I'm Obsessed"
Upon a first glance, this novel sounds like my future autobiography. Alas, it is not. Really disappointing.
Must look good next to actual sand. On a beach. In the middle of some exotic location.
Keep your mind occupied so you don't think about the pile of stress you usually carry on your shoulders or the overwhelming debt you still owe to someone… somewhere.
Enjoyable characters. Engaging plot. Exciting twists and turns. Effortless delivery. Basically, a lot of "E" words. Sorry not sorry.
This novel is Sarah Dessen-esque in the amount of brain power it requires to read, and I mean that in the most positive way. It puts on no airs and does not aim to be anything other than a pleasant novel with cute characters and a sweet romance.
After Lina's mother's passing, Lina seems to struggle with her own sense of identity. What better way to sort that out than to be shipped across the pond to a father you've never met? I felt for the poor girl and I was rooting for her journey of self-discovery to succeed. I did have to keep in mind that she had been shipped off to Italy. Italy. Can that ever really be a bad thing? I think not.
Ren was a likeable character with a sweet, mushy center. He almost caused a couple toothaches, he was that sweet. Loved him.
The only bad aspect is that I found this novel a little too predictable. This did not altogether detract from my reading experience, though. It is what it is!
Erlend Øye is a babe. Not quite sure how this Kings of Convenience member of Norwegian blood came to be singing in Italian on a solo career move, but I won't question it when it sounds like this. In Italian, "la prima estate" means "the first summer". Fitting for a book about summer romance in Italy, yeah? Have a listen. And fall in love.
Overall, I'd give Welch's novel 3/5 hearts. While it likely was not one of my top ten of 2017, it was a fun, delightful summer read!


PSA said Punch's dual-clutch design, allowed for fewer components and a lighter and more compact transmission system.
PARIS -- PSA Group has accelerated its move into electrification by signing an agreement with the Chinese-Belgian supplier Punch Powertrain to provide electrified dual-clutch transmissions for 48-volt mild hybrid vehicles.
The transmissions, which will appear in PSA vehicles by 2022, will have a 48-volt motor mounted in the so-called P2 position, between an internal combustion engine and the transmission. PSA has set a target of offering electrified versions of 100 percent of its range by 2025.
The companies are in discussions about manufacturing the transmissions at a PSA facility, and are exploring the possibility of extending the partnership, according to a news release.
In the release, PSA said Punch's dual-clutch design, allowed for fewer components and a lighter and more compact transmission system.
Punch is based in Sint-Truiden, Belgium. It was originally a subsidiary of the automaker DAF and was later taken over by ZF. It is now owned by the Yinyi group, which acquired the company in 2016. Punch's main factories in Nanjing, China, and Belgium together produce more than one million transmissions annually. In the past year, it has inaugurated factories in Iran and Ningbo, China.
Punch primarily supplies continuously variable transmissions to Asian customers, including BAIC Group, Dongfeng, Geely and Proton. PSA is its first large European customer, said Gert-Jan Vogelaar, director of strategic marketing at Punch. He declined to say the value of the PSA contract.
The company is making a major push into electrification, Vogelaar said. The first electrified products will appear this year, including a continuously variable transmission for plug-in hybrids and a full electric powertrain.
To support its move into electrification, Punch acquired a French power electronics company, Apojee, in January.


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China eyes Gilgit-Baltistan for cherry imports
BEIJING: China has stepped up its efforts to explore Pakistan's northern region, as it mulls importing the country's popular fruits.
A delegation of Chinese quarantine experts and government officials recently visited the picturesque Gilgit-Baltistan region – home to cherry orchards – in Pakistan.
They checked the farm-to-market quality of Pakistani cherry and, according to Pakistani officials, the visitors returned home satisfied.
There is a possibility that China would soon start the import of cherries from Pakistan.
A group of journalists, including those from Economic Daily – China Economic Net (CEN), went to a cherry orchard in the Gilgit–Baltistan region and talked with officials, growers and exporters for the fruit's export to China.
They held a meeting with Gilgit Baltistan Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman and inquired from him the potential and opportunity for promoting trade and economic ties between China and GB.
Currently, China imports a bulk of its cherry from South American countries to meet the growing demand of the exotic fruit.
"China wants to gain market access for cherry from Gilgit-Baltistan – something which it didn't have access earlier," said Shahid Abdullah, Deputy Director of the Directorate of Plant Protection Department, Ministry of National Food Security.
"Gilgit-Baltistan produces 4,000 metric tonnes of cherry per season. And since local consumption is limited, farmers export the fruit," Abdullah said.
Cherry is an easily perishable fruit – with little shelf life – so Pakistan has been looking for nearby destinations to export the fruit, he said, adding that China, being a next-door neighbour with an ever-growing appetite for the fruit, is the most viable option in this regard.
"In the past, we would send samples, but they were never accepted. Now, China has finally agreed to take a step forward by sending its officials to Pakistan," Abdullah said.
The Chinese quarantine experts' delegation visited cherry orchards to see if there was any disease or pest in the fruit that could become a concern of quarantine.
"Their major concern was fruit fly, but they didn't find any," Abdullah informed.
He said the delegates collected samples of leaves and bark of cherry trees for pathologists back home to ensure the fruit is disease-free.
"The two countries are expected to complete pest risk analysis (PRA) – an international requirement – before the export formally starts."
He said the Chinese side will also be preparing a post-visit report in which experts might mention mitigation measures and recommendations to rectify the issues, if any.
"The delegation also visited laboratories. We have integrated pest management (IPM) lab that has biological control agents. There are controls in the lab for things found in the plant, like preys in the orchards, refrigerator requirements, etc," the ministry official said.
The delegates also visited the pack houses in GB, where cherries are processed to increase their shelf lives.
About transportation, the official said shipping containers carrying cherries would be sent by road via Sost dry port on the China-Pakistan border. "Getting access to the Chinese market for cherry export will be a major breakthrough, which can be followed by the export of apricot and potatoes."
Meanwhile, GB Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GBCCI) President Imran Ali said the Chinese delegation has assured that they would remove hurdles to ensure the import of cherry from Pakistan.
"They [Chinese officials] said they will also recommend their government to import Pakistan's cherry, which is purely organic."
He said the Chinese delegation was satisfied with everything – from the quality of the fruit to processing and packaging.
It may be mentioned that CEN recently contacted the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan. Wang Zhihua, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, said that China's efforts to promote the field visit and inspection and quarantine of Pakistani cherry is the first step towards achieving the goal of Pakistan's cherry export to China.
"The embassy will continue to promote relevant work in the future, and will strive to enable Chinese consumers to taste the delicious Pakistani cherries as soon as possible," he added.
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Thanks to Matthew for this exclusive invite!
Spread the love for music and good food courtesy of this ultra-exclusive Retrolicious 2015 Welcome Dinner event last February 6, 2015, at Starker. Organized by the coolest class of Singapore's celebrity biosphere: Class 95 FM and Fly Entertainment, in close collaboration with a little over 50 personalities got invited to join in this special feast – from local artists, to media representatives, sponsors, crews, bloggers, friends, and all that. Time to show how Singaporeans welcome international music celebrities!
A starry night and a starker-y inspired blowout, the event was held in one of the top beer-bar places in Singapore, Starker Fresh Beer. The unassertively impressive high end casual bar place at the Zhongshan Park branch has set the mood for the event: bricks and wooden fixtures, yellow-lit ambiance, cozy Friday crowd. The place fits like a charm.
Retrolicious is an annual throwback-oldschool kind of outdoor music festival that brings back those big acts from the 80s-90s. This year, Singapore is graced by the presence of three music stars: "I'll Be Your Everything" Tommy Page, "All For Love" Color Me Badd, and "I Swear" All-4-One.
The welcome dinner started off with fizzing energy from the cream-of-the-Singapore-crop crowd, led by Class 95 TV's Mike Kasem and Joe Augustin. The No. 1 English Radio Station DJs introduced the music icons as they entered the room one after the other. The room was instantaneously galvanized with claps and cheers from everyone. It was off to a good start.
It was followed by some chit-chat and intro pep talk about Singapore culture, and some tossing up food for good fortune: Lo Hei for good luck. Everyone's excited. Up went the chop sticks and so are the cameras and cheers from all in the room. Indeed, a good luck celebration dinner.
Starker satisfied everyone with Friday night food fit for a casual yet satisfying dinner. Plus points for serving their Asia Beer Awards winning beers: Lager, Aromatic, Dunkel, Charcoal.
All-4-One, Color Me Badd, and Tommy Page, together with the rest of the djs, like Jeremy Ratnam and Jean Danker, were more than willing to share the limelight with the rest of the invited guests; gladly striking a chat with others, taking pictures with everyone else.
Going all undercover photographer kind of night gig, yes. (Almost) rubbing elbows with living music legends… seeing the vocal gods behind the forever-on-repeat song "I Swear", well… I swear by the moon and the stars in the sky, this is one for the books, that's for sure.


QR codes are really gaining ground. More and more companies and business owners are using QR codes to promote their goods and services and to strengthen their brands. And more and more people are learning about these codes, learning how to scan them, and learning how convenient they are.
Here are the latest reliable statistics related to QR codes from comScore, Inc.
* In June 2011 alone, around 14 million Americans have scanned QR codes on their smartphones.
* Most QR codes – almost 50% to be more specific – are found on newspapers and magazines.
* 35.30% of QR codes can be found on product packaging, 27.40% on websites, 23.50% on posters or flyers, 13.40% on brochures and business cards, 12.80% on storefronts, and 11.70% on TV.
* 58% of QR codes were scanned by people at home, 39.40% were scanned at a retail store, 24.50% were scanned at a grocery store, 19.70% were scanned at the workplace, 12.60% were scanned on public transit or outdoors, an 7.60% were scanned at a restaurant.
* 60.5% of scanners are male, the rest are female (of course).
* A majority – 36.80% – of scanners are within the 24-34 age group.
* People aged 35-44 represent 19.60% of the scanners; those aged 18-24 represent 16.60%; those who are 45-54 years old represent 12.40%; while people aged 13-17, 55-64 and 65 above represent the least number of scanners at 7.40%, 4.10% and 3% respectively.
comScore is a known leader in measuring the digital world. These statistics came as a result of a research on mobile QR code scanning for June 2011, based on comScore MobiLens service data. comScore has confirmed that the study was explicitly and entirely about QR codes, an that the respondents were shown a QR code sample to ensure there are no confusions.
These may look like nothing more than numbers, but knowing them will help you, as business owners, know how to plan out your QR code campaign. You will know which age group to target, or where to place your QR codes in order to attract the most number of possible scans. In short, you can come up with a strategy to get the best results out of your campaign.


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Chih-Chung Ting is a PhD student at CREED under the supervision of Jan Engelmann since September 2016. After he obtained his bachelor's degree in psychology, he worked with Professor Shih-Wei Wu and did his M.Sc in Cognitive Neuroscience at Yang-Ming University in Taiwan. To study social decision making and moral judgment, he worked as a research assistant at the Brain and Consciousness Research Center for one year. His research interests involve emotion, social interaction and the computations underlying decision-making. To know how affective and social components influence various types of decisions, and how the brain processes information under specific emotional states, he will start a series of experiments and investigate the underlying behavioral and neural mechanisms. Currently, he is working with Jan to study how anxiety impacts our learning performance.


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Canucks Fleeced In Brandon Sutter Trade
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Brandon Sutter Must Prove Himself With Canucks
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On Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins got together for a somewhat surprising hockey trade. The Canucks sent Nick Bonino, Adam Clendening, and a second-round pick to Pittsburgh for Brandon Sutter and a third-round pick.
Shortly after the trade, Michael Pityk had you covered here at Today's Slapshot from the Pittsburgh point of view of this trade. Clearly the Penguins got better on Tuesday. When you throw in the Eric Fehr signing, it was a great day for hockey transactions in Pittsburgh.
Not so much in Vancouver.
Let's start with the main players involved: Bonino and Sutter.
Borrowing the tweets from Pityk's article to describe the advanced stats differences between the two players:
Put this all together, and Bonino is the better scorer and is better at puck possession. But there must be a reason that the Canucks wanted Sutter so badly, right?
For what it's worth, here is how Canucks GM Jim Benning describes Sutter, who he seems to covet. Also keep in mind that Canucks coach Willie Desjardins is familiar with Sutter from when he coached Medicine Hat and Sutter played for Red Deer of the WHL.
"Brandon Sutter, to me, is a foundational piece going forward." – Jim Benning
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) July 28, 2015
Sutter will help the Canucks in faceoffs, particularly in their defensive zone. Over the past three seasons, Sutter has taken faceoffs in the defensive zone 53.2%, 58.9%, and 62.2% of the time (Behind the Net). The Canucks needed help in faceoffs, finishing 29th in that department last season with a 46.7% success rate. Sutter's career average is 50.6%, while Bonino's average is 47.4%.
There is also more of a physical edge to Sutter's game. Although he is not an overly physical player, he took 86 hits last season to Bonino's 31. Bonino's lack of physical play did not make him popular with Canucks fans, particularly later in the season when his scoring tailed off.
There is, however, one more reason to prefer Bonino to Sutter: his cap hit. Bonino earns a cap-friendly $1.9 million over two more seasons, while Sutter earns $3.3 million on his current contract with one year left. If Benning is calling Sutter a foundational piece, then expect Sutter to earn a raise on that $3.3 million.
Work still being done on Sutter extension in VAN, but hearing five years is expected to be the term. AAV sounds like just under $4.4M.
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 30, 2015
For all intents and purposes, let's assume Sutter and Bonino hold similar value. Bonino is a favorite of the advanced stats crowd, while Sutter's intangibles resonate more with the old-school hockey crowd.
This deal also featured an exchange of draft picks. The Penguins received a second-round pick, while the Canucks received a third-round pick. That one's easy: Advantage Penguins.
To sweeten the offer for Sutter, Benning essentially threw Adam Clendening in for free. He was supposed to be a potential power-play quarterback, but his four points in 21 games last season didn't get the job done. In addition, the Canucks appeared to prefer Frank Corrado as a sixth defenseman because Corrado is stronger defensively. Clendening has promise, but the Penguins already have defensemen with his skill set, such as Kris Letang and Derrick Pouliot.
So why on earth would Benning make this deal? He seems to make a habit of overpaying for certain players that he desires, such as trading for Brandon Prust and signing Derek Dorsett (4 years, $2.65 million) and Luca Sbisa (3 years, $3.6 million) for probably more than they would have received on the open market.
If Sutter is signed at $4.4, the Canucks will have over $13 million tied up in Sbisa, Dorsett, Prust and Sutter. Ouch.
— Sheldon Smith (@sheldons465) July 30, 2015
Will the Canucks be a tougher team to play against in 2015-16 than they were in 2014-15? Yes. Will the Canucks be a more talented team in 2015-16 than they were in 2014-15? No.
Maybe Benning is really planning a full-on rebuild. But he is keeping the faces of the franchise (Daniel Sedin and Henrik Sedin) so it doesn't appear that way. From a business standpoint, this so the Canucks can continue to sell tickets, since the word "rebuild" will keep many a fan away from Rogers Arena during those cold rainy winter months.
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Saying the Canucks got fleeced is way off. Sutter is the better player.
He also has a lot more heart and competitiveness than Bonino. He's a Sutter and plays like a Sutter the same way Bobby Clarke did – not ever wanting to lose. Bonino doesn't have that quality and that doesn't show up in those stats. At the same time, I can't see the Canucks getting better, they are getting worse with their other moves and teams like the Oilers and Flames are on the upswing. (Coach Desjardins also played with the Sutters in the 70s with the Lethbridge Broncos).
You are so far off… its like you have never seen Sutter play. He is one of the softest in the NHL, he will never win you a battle on the boards. They say Bonino is no better… but Bonino can bring up his linemates and produce more points when not forced into the top two lines. Guess what, Bonino is NEVER going to be the 2nd line center in Pitt. Van vastly overpaid, and Sutter is not better. Learn hockey bud. Two soft players, Bonino outscores Sutter, for what will be next year, under half the price.
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Bonino is a LH shot, and slow. On VAN he'd be buried at 2C, working the second PP unit, which is really not very good right now, and playing as a slower C on the PK against younger, faster players. While I'm hearing noises that he might be moved to LW to play up, I'm not sure that's the plan, as Pittsburgh needs a third option at C more than another opportunistic sniper at wing who can't drive the bus.
Sutter, while not as gifted offensively, is a faster-skating RH shot with better faceoff metrics. He will likely get significant 1PP time, and will pair up with either Higgins or Burrows on the top PK unit. While not physical, per se, he is much more physical than Bonino.
It's entirely possible, especially if Bones gets shifted to wing, that both players could post career numbers this season. And it's worth noting that both players would be facing declining usage & worse numbers if they continued playing for their old team. I'm unsure which team won this trade (early returns would indicate the Pens did, but we'll wait to judge until the puck has dropped), but it's pretty clear to me that Bones and Sutter are both big winners individually.
He will only be the 3rd line center until Fehr comes back off IR most likely. Initial reactions were that Fehr would get the 3rdC spot over him, but due to his injury rehab to start the seaon, that may not occur until the following season.
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I don't like much of anything Benning has done since he became GM. But, as they say, the game is played on the ice.
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The Satanic Temple Declared A Religion By The U.S. Government
The infamous Satanic Temple is now an official religion, according to the U.S. government.
Religion in the United States is in a peculiar place right now, and many groups seem to forget that church and state are meant to be separate, resulting in religious statues being built in front of government property and churches getting exempt from taxes. But one religious group has fought against these questionable practices: the Satanic Temple, the organized satanist movement who fights for common sense as a cultural fixture and the separation of church and state. Now, the government has decided to recognize the Temple's relevancy, as the religious group has just announced via their website that the IRS has officially affirmed their status as a legitimate religion under the federal government of the United States.
Amongst the privileges given to the Satanic Temple by the government are exemption from taxes and the ability to host public events.
The Satanic Temple released this statement on the matter:
"We are pleased to announce that for the very (first) time in history, a Satanic organization has been recognized by the United States Federal Government as being a church.
"The Satanic Temple recently received notice from the IRS affirming our status.
"This acknowledgement will help make sure the Satanic Temple has the same access to public spaces as other religious organizations, affirm our standing in court when battling religious discrimination, and enable us to apply for faith-based government grants."
This is not the first time The Satanic Temple has been in the news involving the government. As a form of protest in 2015, the Temple showcased a bronze statue of Baphomet, sculpted by Mark Porter, to be alongside the Ten Commandments structure that was erected at the Oklahoma Capitol. When the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the Ten Commandments structure was unconstitutional, the Temple held onto their statue until 2018, where it found home at the Arkansas Capitol building, next to the same Ten Commandments statue it was meant to protest.
On the contrary to popular belief, the Satanic Temple does not actually believe in Satan, and unlike the Church of Satan founded by Anton LaVey, they don't believe in the black magic either. It's much more a political movement than a religious one, fighting for the secularism of the United States in the name of reproductive rights, LGBT rights, science, and other social and political issues. The Temple addressed on their website:
"The mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will. Politically aware, Civic-minded Satanists and allies in The Satanic Temple have publicly opposed The Westboro Baptist Church, advocated on behalf of children in public school to abolish corporal punishment, applied for equal representation where religious monuments are placed on public property, provided religious exemption and legal protection against laws that unscientifically restrict women's reproductive autonomy, exposed fraudulent harmful pseudo-scientific practitioners and claims in mental health care, and applied to hold clubs along side other religious after school clubs in schools besieged by proselytizing organizations."
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Darwin's is an unflinching view of the world: natural selection only works because the ill-adapted cannot compete and so die off or fail to reproduce. It is not the strong that are selected but the weak that are eliminated.
Darwin made no claims that natural selection could be applied to human society – but others did, including Herbert Spencer. This idea of social Darwinism was popular in the late 19th century. Social conservatives liked the idea as it could be used to support social inequalities – survival of the fittest was the natural order.
It also captured the idea of inevitable social progress. Just as humans were the pinnacle of evolution, so civilised society was the height of human endeavour.
But this was not the only application of evolutionary thinking to humans and human society. Because of the harsher climate, humans from the north were thought to be subject to stronger selection pressures, and so were fitter than those from tropical regions.
Ideas of racial superiority were common. So too was the belief that society depended on the quality of its population. Reproduction by 'low-grade' people – the 'feeble-minded' or infirm – was thought to be damaging to a nation in a competitive world.
In response, the eugenic movement promoted the idea of selective breeding to preserve and enhance society. Eugenic ideas were common and largely respectable in the early part of the 20th century. They were taken to the extreme by the Nazi Party in Germany during its time in power.
Social Darwinism and eugenics are now discredited. This is due partly to the greater emphasis on individual freedom, and partly to a recognition that society is not shaped by forces outside our control: we decide for ourselves what kind of society we want.
Composite portraits by the eugenicist Francis Galton, 1883.
Is it ever right to think about improving the characteristics of a human population?


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FunbagTime for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? [Email the Funbag](mailto:funbag.deadspin@gmail.com).
Your letters:
Sean:
My older brother is a Philadelphia Phillies fan and my little brother is a Boston Red Sox fan. During the 2009 World Series, my little brother despite being a Red Sox fan rooted for the Yankees to spite my older brother. Is this allowed in sports fandom or is he trying too hard to be a heel?
Your little brother is a piece of shit. Tell him to his face. A PIECE OF SHIT. By his reasoning, he hates his own brother more than he hates the Yankees. And here I thought Red Sox fans hated nothing more than those pesky Yankees. It all goes back to my argument that Red Sox fans and Yankees fans secretly adore one another and want to hump on the bathroom floor. "I FACKIN' HATE YOU! I FACKIN' HATE YOU! I FACKIN' LOOOOVEEEE YOU!!!!"
You see, if the Yankees succeed while the Red Sox fail, Red Sox fans can still bitch about them and do their whole "sky is falling" routine. They can always take that Yankees win and make it about themselves. But if neither team makes the World Series, then it isn't as easy to do. It isn't as easy to be like, "Noooo! The fackin' Giants won it awll! OWAH HAHHHTS AHH BROKEN!"
By the way, speaking of the Red Sox, did you see this fucking Shaugnessy column? Did you? The only thing worse than Pubeface's column is the Schwab ad-style artwork of his big stupid face over in the sidebar.
We are reeling. Our world no longer makes sense... Have there been worse days in the history of New England sports?
Oh, God. EAT A BAG OF AIDS. Your football team lost in Week 2 and your baseball team has won two titles in the past decade. OMIGAWD! IT'S BILL BUCKYDENTNAHHHBOONE ALL OVAH AGAIN! What a complete ass. When a Boston team wins, he's an ass. When a Boston team loses, he's an ass. AMERICA IS SUFFERING FROM YOUR CUNTINESS.
Nathan:
Is toilet paper gluttony at work acceptable? At home, I'll use two to three squares per wipe depending on the quality of the paper. At work? I gleefully spin off of a fistful for every pass; probably 14-15 squares at a time. Granted work TP isn't high quality, but I can't help but to indulge in the luxury of free toilet paper and knowing the commode would suck down a bowling ball.
Yeah, I concur with that. Work TP is usually Scott Tissue, which is thinner than most cell membranes. You HAVE to use a lot of it. You can spin off 500 yards of Scott tissue and by the time you've bunched it all together it's condensed down to the size of a bullion cube. It's brutal stuff. You have to use as much as possible to prevent the stinkfinger. And if that means clogging the work toilet, so be it. You know damn well that's not YOUR problem. Totally different story at home. In order to avoid a call to the plumber, I'm basically trying to wipe my ass with a postage stamp.
I take a secret amount of pleasure in abusing free stuff. At the gym shower, I of course use FISTFULS of free conditioner, which makes my hair smoother than an ice rink. And if there's free food to be had in an office, sometimes I'll test out various foods to see which one is best fit to gorge on. Like if there's a tray of cookies and they're all different, I may test drive one cookie by eating a bite. And if it's not awesome, I'll just throw that shit away and try another one, hoping it's better. Meanwhile, babies in Cambodia are dying of starvation. Tough shit, kids. Maybe if you pulled yourself up by your bootstraps, you too would be able to callously discard of cheesecake brownies when they don't live up to your expectations.
Zach:
I recently read a study that essentially said drinking diet soda is better for you than drinking orange juice. Whenever I tell people about this, they get outraged, terrified that their years of drinking orange juice to stay healthy were all for nothing. Does this also enrage you?
It does not, because I drink far more diet soda than I do orange juice. Orange juice gives me phlegm and canker sores. All diet soda will give me is fifth-stage pancreatic cancer ten years from now! NOT EVEN CLOSE.
This is the kind of information the big-money juice lobbyists in Washington don't want you to know. Juice is just soda without the bubbly deliciousness. One cup of OJ has nearly 30 grams of sugar, which is actually more sugar than what you'd find in one cup of Coke. Giving your kid juice is basically saying to them, "Here! I'd like you to start throwing shit and crying in five minutes! DRINK UP, JOHNNY!" It's idiotic. Juice is a waste of time.
Kristofferson Kriskristofferson:
On average, how many napkins do you use while eating a burger?
The answer is infinity. I grab as many off the stack as I can, which is why many fast food joints and rest stops have instituted stingier napkin dispensers, to keep folks like me from grabbing fistfuls of them and killing entire swaths of national timber acreage in the process. I also take far more Taco Bell sauce than is acceptable. I take enough packets to make a bed for a small animal to lie down and sleep on. I want enough Fire Sauce to char my colon completely. I don't want to use this colon one day longer, I tell you!
By the way, I was out with a friend eating sushi last week and the sushi joint refused to keep a bottle of soy sauce on the table. Instead, every time my little soy sauce boat ran low, I had to flag down a waitress. UNACCEPTABLE. Listen to me, you sushi-serving, hentai-porn watching FREAKS: You give me my soy sauce bottle on the table, so that I can drown my shit in sodium as I see fit. I AM RUNNING THE FUCKING SHOW HERE. NOT YOU.
Often, when I attempt to type Deadspin's URL into my iPhone's address bar, I often accidentally type "Deafspin.com." I get only an error message, but what do you suppose would exist on a hypothetical "Deafspin.com"?
The site of a lobbying firm representing the hearing impaired. And what does Big Deaf's trade association want? I'll tell you what they want: to push their deaf agenda on the American public. They'd like deaf people to be able to MARRY. They want more deaf characters on TV, and not just the ones played by Marlee Matlin. They want more deaf Congressmen. Well, I'm sorry, deaf people. But I'm not gonna let you run roughshod over my nation and its values. I CAN'T HEAR YOUR DEMANDS.
What percentage of your bathroom visits account for dumping? I'd say I'm at about a 3/1 ratio of peeing to dumping. I feel as though this is normal.
That probably is normal. I'm a freak with a chronic weak bladder, so I go to the bathroom to piss about twenty times a day (not an exaggeration). I even went to therapy for it. And I improved after a while, until I stopped doing all the asshole-strengthening exercises I was supposed to do. Now I'm back to pissing like an 87-year-old.
(FUN FACT: I learned in physical therapy that you can alleviate the urge to urinate by pulling up on your bellybutton. Try it! You'll giggle!)
So my percentages are all out of whack. The average person pisses about 6-8 times a day and defecates once or twice. So that 3-1 ratio is right about on target. Here would be the normal breakdown of a man's trips the bathroom (not time spent, but number of visits):
45% Urination
15% Defecation
15% Self-Gratification
10% Showering
15% Deliberately going into the bathroom and doing nothing simply to avoid talking to people/doing work, or to simply bury your head in your hands and cry
Now, that's a normal person. Mine is:
5% Showering
5% Defecation
5% Self-Gratification
5% Avoiding socializing
5% Walking in with my dick in my hand, unsure if I have to piss or not
I didn't factor kids into this. Kids ruin those percentages, especially during potty training. I spend a solid ten to twenty minutes in the bathroom every night hunched over the tub trying to get my kids clean. By the time it's over, my knees are ON FIRE. It's horrible. Never wash your children.
Paul:
We're all fucking off at the end of the work day today talking about douchebags that used to work here. Someone mentioned this former middle management guy that you could just tell was a total ass clown. He eventually left the company or got canned, not sure, 6 or 7 years ago. Someone thought they had heard he became a motivational speaker, so we googled him and VOILA! This website is GOLD.
Mistakes are NOT an option.
Mitchell:
I am going to be a senior in college this fall. I am an English major, but I have no idea what to do with the degree once I graduate. If you had to give a college kid advice for the "real world" what would it be?
Your future success lies in whether or not you can make other people money. That's the beginning and end of it. Like, if you're a bank teller, you're fucked. You're not generating revenue. You're basically a necessary evil your bank would like to do away with as soon as it can get old people to finally figure out how to use and to trust a goddamn ATM. You're overhead. You don't want ever want to stay in a job like that, because you're essentially waiting to get shitcanned. It's one of the horrible things about working out in the real world: That creeping realization that what you do has virtually no value to whoever it is you work for. It's a shitty, lonely feeling.
One other random tangent: one of the reasons the American economy is fucked is because of health care. It's really hard to get decent health care if you don't work for some giant corporation, and so the general incentive for American workers is to go to work for some big asshole company, when the incentive should be for people to strike out on their own and follow their own business ambitions. I say this because I spend $800 a month on a stupid health care plan and every time I write that check I want to unleash Global Thermonuclear War on my insurance company's headquarters.
You know what? Just... don't go out into the real world. Do what Thornton Mellon told you to do. Go live off your parents like a goddamn leech for a few more years. You don't want this kind of heat. It blows.
Steven:
I had a dream last night that I beat a coworker to death with a baseball bat because he was molesting his daughter. I barely know the guy and I don't think he has kids and before last night, I harbored no ill will towards him. I just ran into him in the hall and I kept walking since I didn't know what to say to the child molester. What's the protocol here?
I think you're gonna have to stalk him, just to make sure. It has to be MORE than a dream, doesn't it? Isn't it your ESP powers telling you this man is a kiddiediddler? I think so.
By the way, I've never had a dream where the scenario in my brain actually comes to pass. And that is bullshit. I feel like everyone is entitled to at least one creepy instance of a dream proving prescient. MY GOD! THE PLANE REALLY IS CRASHING!
HALFTIME!
Lobo:
What's the difference between seltzer water and club soda?
No clue, and I say this as someone who drinks two giant bottles of Zazz every day. THE BUBBLES MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE. A simple Google search reveals club soda has more sodium. Also, tonic water is still made from dead baby plasma.
If you could attain a superpower that would allow you to feel completely refreshed and alert 24/7 without having to sleep, would you take it if it meant that you could never actually sleep? If you think about it, you could get an insane amount done during that extra time, and you would never feel sluggish like everyone else in the world, but the caveat is you would never have the break of sleep nor dreams. You could lie down and "rest" but it wouldn't do anything.
I read Keith Richards' autobiography and apparently Keith NEVER sleeps. Maybe ten hours a week or so. He says this has allowed him to live half an extra lifetime. He even stayed up five days straight once to record "Before They Make Me Run". His secret? 100% UNCUT MERCK PHARMACEUTICAL COCAINE. And I guess this would make you a more productive human being, but I'd fucking kill myself if I never slept, even if I never got tired. Because most everyone else would still be asleep, and that would suck. Ever been stuck up at night wide awake without anything to do? No one to call? Nothing on TV? No one to email? No websites you like updated from earlier in the day? It blows. It feels like you're dead to the world. Meanwhile, everyone else is fast asleep and dreaming of ninja sex and floating in the sky on giant taco shells. I'll take the sleep. Sleep allows you to take a break from this universe and allows your subconscious to work out shit it doesn't have time to figure out when you're awake. It also gives you a fresh reset to the day. Ever go to sleep pissed at someone, then wake up and not feel as pissed anymore? Sleep did that. NO MURDERING YOUR GIRLFRIEND FOR YOU!
Troy:
Have you ever come to one of those flashing lights that says "Red traffic signal ahead when flashing", and come upon a green light? I always feel like I just cheated traffic or something. It is the greatest thing ever!
It's even better when you come across a sign telling you there's road work or congestion ahead, only you realize after a few more miles that the sign was WRONG. Here I was, waiting for some horrible hourlong bottleneck, and the road is free and clear! It's like I was just given an extra hour to live. I feel like a hundred dollars.
Kevin:
My wife told my daughter she did not want to cook bacon because she didn't want the whole house to smell like it.
If you had to pick the top 3 different smells that you could pick your house to smell like 24/7, wouldn't one of them be bacon? Women.
I've heard the same complaint from my wife, and not just with regards to bacon. Pretty much any lingering smell from a meal will cause her to remark the next day. "Hey, it still smells like roast chicken in here." It does? WELL COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS BECAUSE THAT SHIT IS DELICIOUS. This is because women have the olfactory senses of a goddamn bloodhound. I can't get away with ANY smell in my house. Not secret bacon snacking. Not a quiet fart over in the playroom. All of it gets detected, which is BULLSHIT. If it were up to me, the whole house would smell like bacon, barbecue, and roasted nuts all day long.
And it's even worse if they're pregnant. A pregnant woman can smell farts you haven't even laid yet.
I work in an office with a tiny bathroom with only 2 stalls. The problem with this bathroom isn't the size, but this black faux marble tile that is extremely reflective. So reflective that when if you're sitting in one stall while the other is occupied, and you both position your legs incorrectly, you can look each other in the face mid-shit. Here's a picture I took from my eye level while the other stall was empty. You can clearly see the bowl and the flushing mechanism, plus a lot more when it's occupied. This forces me to have to spread my legs wider than my optimal pooping stance (knees at shoulder width apart, so I can lean on my elbows while playing games on my phone) in order to block any potential line of sight. Not to mention that I can now separate my coworkers into standers and sitters when it comes to the wiping issue, WHICH IS INFORMATION I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE. This stupid decision to not use a normal tile turns my relaxing poops, which can provide a welcome break in the middle of the workday, into rushed situations where I scramble to finish before anybody else comes in. What should I do?!
Oof. That is brutal. It's hard to just say, "Don't shit at work," because shitting at work is FUN and because you gotta go when you gotta go. Also, a simple "look up" instruction also proves foolhardy because half the joy of pooping is staring at the floor while you're bearing down and pushing that little fudgebaby out of your body. You need to do a couple of things. ONE: Begin taking Metamucil so that you can establish a regular pooping schedule. I take Metamucil every day, and the trains run on time. 9AM and lunchtime. The schedule is IRONCLAD. That way, I know when I'll be shitting, and can plan accordingly. If you find your office bathroom unacceptable, you're going to have to plan ventures out of the office to go poop in restaurants or perhaps even a nearby hotel. You can do that when you know your BM schedule. Otherwise, you're gonna have to scout out other bathrooms in the building (I assume they're all similar) or rub down the floor of your bathroom with vaseline.
I have a list of things that due to a certain 'overindulgence' or 'specific event' I have personally ruined for life. I can't even take a sip of orange juice because of the terrifying amount of screwdrivers consumed in college. I can't touch gin because of the involvement in a game of beruit using it instead of beer. My 4 year college diet of nightly switching between rice and spaghetti has destroyed the appeal of both. Anything you'd like to share with the class? Can be music and movies too.
I feel like everyone has a liquor or spirit that they avoid due to a bad experience. Like you, I can never drink gin again because, when I was on the football team in college, we ended two-a-days every year by throwing a G&T party, where everyone got shitfaced on gin & tonics even though, as I said earlier, tonic water is made from dead baby plasma. And, this being college, the team captains would buy equal parts gin to tonic. Sometimes, they barely bought tonic at all.
I remember going up to the bar and the team captain poured the cup 7/8 full of gin and then added a splash of tonic. And I remember standing there horrified, because I didn't really want to drink it, but I was also scared of asking him for more tonic and looking like a complete gash. But in the back of my mind I was like, "I don't want to drink this. I really don't. I shouldn't do something I don't want to do." So I asked him for a little extra tonic and he just smiled and shook his head. Not a fucking chance in hell he was gonna top it off. So I drank it and then had some more and then threw up all over the goddamn place. Gin is awful.
I also can't listen to Fountains of Wayne anymore, which is a band I used to like, only I put too many of their songs on the office iPod a few years ago and thus the office playlist was unbalanced towards playing a fucking FOW song every ten minutes. I killed the shit out of them. I do that with bands a lot, as I'm sure you have. And if you ever want to read the old (gory details can be found bleu cheese story, you can find it over at KSK. Do not eat lunch while reading it. And NEVER eat at Pizzeria Uno. Ever.
BW:
So last October I was hiking with my fiancée (now wife), who enjoys that sort of thing. I'm lazy and prefer to sit on the couch. Anyway, on this particular hike, I was bitten by a tick, which I later discovered (after a series of late night hives invasions and emergency room visits) made me allergic to mammal meat. Short of an allergy to beer or cheese dip, this has to be the shittiest allergy ever, right? I mean, I can still eat chicken and fish, but fuck, that shit every meal gets old fast.
The outdoors can go fist itself.
Holy shit, that's possible? A tick can ruin you for bacon forever? That's not right. I'd much rather have the tick give me Lyme Disease. At least I'd get some sleep. I know people who are allergic to alcohol, which is probably something that will keep your healthy and living longer but holy shit does it sound horrible. Sometimes, I think people who say they're allergic to booze are just making it up. They turn red when they drink and they're like, "I think I'm allergic to red wine!" Whatever, honey. You're shithoused and ashamed of it! The only thing you're allergic to is objective self-analysis!
Also, I'd never want to be allergic to water. Or oxygen. Those would be troublesome allergies.
Jake:
You have been sent to Hell. Doesn't matter why. Anyhow, in Hell you live with a roommate, and the Devil, being the ridiculous fellow that he is, makes you choose between two people as your roommate: Adolf Hitler or Jeffery Dahmer. Who do you choose?
I don't think it's even a question that you'd choose Hitler. I wouldn't want Dahmer constantly trying to cut open my ghost body and eat my ghost organs. Furthermore, Dahmer isn't as interesting of a person. When he wasn't killing people and eating them, he was more or less keeping to himself and going to work like your average boring person. Hitler, on the other hand, overthrew his government, started a war, and engineered death and murder on an almost unimaginable scale. He so endlessly fascinates people that even those born well after he passed away (like myself) are still prone to wonder about his motivations and methods. If I were stuck as his roommate in Hell, and it turned out that I wasn't able to kick him in his stupid Kraut ghost jaw, I'd pepper him with questions FOREVER. Why the fuck did you do it? What's with the mustache? Were you sexually deviant? Who do you like in the GOP primary (ZING!)? I'd never tire of grilling him. Shit, I'd ASK for him to be my roommate. Much better than Daulerio.
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Brandon:
I farted in the car with the circulating air turned on in my car. The fart smelled awful since I had been up until 3 in the morning the night before celebrating the Blackhawks Stanley Cup victory. After the standard 30 seconds the smell was "gone". But then I thought to myself, "Hey, I have the circulating air on in here. The same air I just farted into is just being recycled throughout my car". So my question is, did I just get used to the smell and thought it didn't smell anymore or is the whole circulating air thing just a total sham? Also "That Smell" by Lynyrd Skynyrd was on the radio while this thought process was going on. Seemed quite apropos.
I always thought the circulating air thing was a sham because, if you're car isn't taking in ANY new air from vents, wouldn't you eventually suffocate? (NOTE: I do not know science.) But I do think we all get used to smells after a while. Especially men. When I was in college, you'd walk into a friend's room and the smell would be horrid, and the friend would look at you like you were some kind of super-nosed freak for smelling anything. You get used to the stench.
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Dr Cate will be facilitating "Interpersonal Therapy in Practice", a 20-hour program which has been developed to provide GPs and interested mental health professionals with an opportunity to learn practical skills in Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to manage patients in their everyday practice.
IPT focuses on how interpersonal relationships affect the individual and their mental health, with particular focus on issues around grief, conflict and social support. The workshop will be informative and interactive. Working with common couple issues will also be addressed.
Who: GPs seeking FPS mental health accreditation (to claim FPS item numbers 2721 and 2725; applicable to items 170-172), or wanting to upskill or maintain mental health accreditation. Interested mental health professionals also welcome.
This activity has been approved by the RACGP QI&CPD Program in the 2017-19 triennium: 40 Category 1 points – Activity: 126254And accredited by the General Practice Mental Health Standards Collaboration (GPMHSC) as a FPS ST (Primary Pathway) activity for the 2017-19 triennium.
Brisbane Hilton in May prior to the BFD Conference on 29th and 30th May.
(More workshops may be held depending upon demand).
PAYMENT can be made via the website shop.
1) Introduction to hypnosis – all the basics, including inductions, safeguards, deepening the relaxed state, giving suggestions and self-hypnosis. The use of hypnosis to reduce stress and anxiety and to change behaviours (e.g. quit smoking) will be covered.
2) Next level hypnosis – focussing on a range of life and clinical issues (such as sleep problems, low mood and pain), and how hypnosis can specifically assist the client to manage these issues. Various scripts and tools will be provided.
'Introduction to Hypnosis' will run on Saturday 31st August (9.30-5pm) and Sunday 1st September (9.30-3pm) in Watsonia in Melbourne, Victoria.
The cost will be $520.00 (plus GST $52.00).
Please email Dr Cate if you are interested in attending. A flyer will be up soon.
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Everything in life comes with a price tag.
Sometimes people have a particular skill that allows them to "get by" for a little while, but I believe my opening statement is irrefutable.
The Olympic champion pays the price through years of practice, just for a shot at the goal.
The entrepreneur pays the price by risking time and money. Again, often years of toil.
The corporate executive sacrifices social activities, perhaps family life, and spends years climbing the ladder. Or perhaps spent years in school, making those same sacrifices in the classroom along the way.
The question is, are you willing to pay the price for what you wish you achieve in life?
If your goal is bigger than what you're willing to pay . . . you simply cannot have it.
For instance, I've been an amateur athlete all my life. I love sports. I grew up playing basketball, football, and baseball. I also played golf and segued over to men's softball (after the pounding of football, baseball, and basketball became too much). I've worked out at the gym off and on for 25 years, and still do. But I haven't had abs in, well (full disclosure), I've never had abs! Maybe when I was six, but I think those were ribs!
I'm an intelligent man. I know exactly what to do to have abs. I've seen the moniker "abs are made in the kitchen." And guess what? I'm not willing to pay that price. I'd rather eat steak and drink Johnnie Walker than have abs. It's that simple.
I look back at life and wonder what it would have been like to go to Harvard. The price of Harvard would have been less time playing and partying. I would have needed to develop strong study habits and strive for A's in school. If I could go back, I might pay that price. But as a teenager, I certainly was not willing. Would it have been worth it? Most likely, yes.
I have, however, paid the price in life. We all have, be it in a positive or negative way.
When I was in my late 20's and early 30's, my life revolved around working at the newspaper and playing softball. I was pretty good. I played in multiple leagues and traveled to play in tournaments. I lived for it. Looking back, it was the time of my life. When I was 33, though, and in my prime, I started my own business. I knew there would have to be sacrifice and I made the decision to "pay the price" and give up the most important thing.
Was it worth it? Absolutely, yes! For me.
The point I'm making this week is that you must first decide what it is you may want in life.
Next, check the price tag. What will you be willing to sacrifice? Don't even waste your time thinking you can attain the goal without paying your tuition. So if the price is more than you can justify – either lower your expectations or increase your sacrifice.
So true my friend. Looking back over my 61 years, I know that when I made a decision to go after something, I got it. Great post Tommy !!


Forensic computing in the workplace: hegemony, ideology, and the perfect panopticon?
Citation : Stahl, Bernd Carsten, 1968- (2008) Forensic computing in the workplace: hegemony, ideology, and the perfect panopticon? Journal of Workplace Rights, 13 (2), pp. 167 - 183.


Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world.
Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era, (many films noir were adaptations of such novels), and may first be clearly seen in films released in the early 1940s.
Film noir was defined in retrospect by film historians and critics; many of the creators of film noir later professed to be unaware at the time of having created a distinctive type of film.
Whereas film equipment has undergone drastic changes in the course of a century it is a little miracle that 35mm has remained the universally accepted film size.
Films from 10 to 15 meter lengths in special containers were for rent from Edison depots or by mail.
An optimum use of the film width was obtained by expanding the image and reducing the size of the perforations on both sides.
A film style is a recognizable group of conventions used by filmmakers to give specific meaning, or depth to their work.
Film style is distinct from film genre, which defines what a film is about -- Western films are about the American West, love stories are about love, and so on.
Although some styles are strongly associated with certain genres, a style can be applied to any genre -- Barbarella is a surrealistic science fiction film, for example.
Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional.
Rubble film was the style of choice for those films made directly after World War II dealing with the impact of the ravages of the War on the countries at the center of battle.
In its arbitrary empirical heralding of film styles and directors, it negated the audience of film.
Film studies have since shifted to a critical approach, from critical analysis of film styles and conditions of film-making to a critical analysis of social relations, particularly bet-ween audience and film texts.
Film as entertainment looks at film as a temporal escape from reality, where the self of the au-dience is temporarily lost in favor of identifying with film characters.
Film is an art form that's only slightly more than 100 years old, yet in that time it has become one of the most dominant of contemporary texts, and arguably one of the most popular.
In this course, you'll learn how films are composed and constructed, and ways to analyze and contextualize what you see.
This introduction to film will study a variety of classic motion pictures to acquaint the student with their value as literary and cinematic art.
A genre is a subject matter, so a cowboy movie for example, but you could film it in different styles like 'film noire' and 'surrealism'.
A film noir doesn't have to go about a specific subject or class of subjects so it's a style.
I thought it would be something like that, but with multiple contributors you're going to have a hard time keeping Film styles and Film genres from cross-pollinating.
A film style is a recognizable group of conventions used by (A producer of motion pictures) filmmakers to add visual appeal, meaning, or depth to their work.
Film style is distinct from (Click link for more info and facts about film genre) film genre, which defines what a film is about -- (Click link for more info and facts about Western film) Western films are about the American West, love stories are about love, and so on.
Although some styles are strongly associated with certain genres, a style can be applied to any genre -- (Click link for more info and facts about Barbarella) Barbarella is a surrealistic science fiction film, for example.
However, one must also remember that film is a series of photographic images projected successively onto a two-dimensional surface and that, taken image by image, it can best be described in terms peculiar to the graphic artist and the photographer: composition, colour, contrast, quality of light, exposure, grain, filtering.
Their films are story oriented and they make "a slightly stylized presentation that has at least a surface plausibility" (Giannetti 5).
In the final analysis, as the writer of critical essays on film, you need to examine the various techniques used in the film under your discussion and clearly demonstrate to your reader whether the filmmaker has been successful in achieving his desired impact on the audience.
COURSE DESCRIPTION This three-credit course will explore film genres, major themes of leading producers and directors throughout the world, film styles; as well as film terms, from silent film classics to commercial and experimental films of the present.
Films under discussion will be selected from those aired on commercial-free basic cable television channels.
Describe how the film is representative of its time period OR analyze an actor's or actress's cinematic contributions (refer to specific scenes).
A film style is a recognizable group of conventions used by filmmakers to add visual appeal, meaning, ordepth to their work.
Film style is distinct from film genre, which defines what a film isabout -- Western films are about the American West, love storiesare about love, and so on.
Although some styles are strongly associated with certain genres, a style can be applied to any genre-- Barbarella is a surrealistic science fiction film, for example.
That is, even though styles of filmmaking and explicit social values expressed in films change and evolve over time, favorite films are judged in terms of styles and values prevalent at the time a movie was first seen, rather than being judged according to current film standards and styles.
Films cited by respondents were categorized by the research team according to their judged genre "fit." The genre, defined by narrative conventions, plots, and themes carrying socially-shared meanings, is a common simplifying device (or heuristic) on which audiences base preferences (Austin and Gordon, 1987).
However, while film styles change, for older filmgoers a favorite film from an earlier era may be viewed through the stylistic lens that was in fashion at the time the film was initially viewed.
Film festivals have been the only places to see on the big screen the works of French director Claire Denis, one of the most interesting of contemporary filmmakers: sadly, only two of her films have had a theatrical release in Australia.
In this film, Gordon travels to North Korea to investigate the phenomenon of the massed games, a vast and gruelling political, athletic and acrobatic spectacle staged in honour of Kim Jong Il.
The film shifts tone as it moves towards a devastating final scene, involving Lee's new line of work that is bound to divide viewers.
Some films are so far from left field that you end up with a crick in your neck for a week after watching them.
If first-time director Devor's film was a person, it'd be starring in one of those quaint little antacid advertisements from the late Fifties, the ones that featured a cutaway human body with little bongo drums for corpuscles and a mambo rhythm beating out the plinkety-plinking heartbeat.
Devor's film, too, is a contradiction in styles: too funny (unintentionally or otherwise) to be taken seriously, and too steeped in the tradition of film noir to be entertaining any other way.
Exploration of ways in which traditional genres and alternative film forms establish or subvert convention in expectation, thematic and ideological concerns, narrative containment and excess, the representation of the body, the use of music and voice, and the construction of space in the cinema.
Films are considered in a matrix of African American film history, feminist film theory, and legacies of fl feminist writing.
A study of film noir as a genre of American commercial cinema in relation to the social and cultural history of the United States in the 1940s and 1950s.
Because they were filmed in fl and white, they seemed unreal to me, a perpetual netherworld where everything, even the disasters, worked with sinister, clocklike precision.
And before I knew the style of film (I should say art form) he often played in possessed a label, there was one he starred in that stood out in my subconscious.
Film Noir, most powerful and abstract of all classic Film styles, yet as soon as you recognize its outlines that define its allure they are gone, like the dissipation of well formed smoke rings.
All three films use their opening title sequence to signal from the outset the sensibility that defines them.
The film, especially in its early parts, faithfully emulates the aesthetics of '60s film and television family entertainment, only later deviating from this style in order to represent the decay of that milieu's associated values.
These films are by no means the first to use retro titling styles in order to signal their relation to earlier works.
Film styles for the evening session will vary and include, but will not be limited to: narrative, documentary, comedy, historical or experimental.
These old films could be converted to digital and made into documentaries as part of a community project by those interested in film and the history of this area.
If the director of the film is in attendance, they will be given the opportunity to provide a brief statement of their work before the film.
Film Studies offers between thirty and forty courses each semester that explore the dynamics of screen representation in topics including media and culture; race, nation, and ethnicity; gender and sexuality; film styles and genres; production and distribution; and technology and new media.
Since the program began in 1991, Film Studies graduates have used the Certificate to compete successfully for admission to prestigious film schools and graduate programs; for positions in film and video production; for employment in film and video distribution and exhibition, in digital and new media; and as editors, producers, actors, and independent filmmakers.
In order to be awarded the Certificate, students must fulfill all criteria and submit a transcript to the Film Studies office or verification of grades in their final semester before graduation.
The Sagano and Yamato films are designed to evoke the feeling of the far East and were developed for the Asian market, according to 3M literature.
Customized specialty film is gaining ground rapidly, especially with the availability and ease with which it can now be made using computers, a change echoed by everyone interviewed.
By using a computer to design and cut decorative film, Garlo explained, a tinter is free to clean and prepare his window for application at the same time, which cuts down on the time it takes to do the job.
Utilizing both documentary and dramatic films, this course seeks to understand the way in which mass movements have been mobilized by film and how societies have rebuilt their images after unimaginable devastation through film.
Films in the fantastic mode, such as the horror and monster movies of 1960s and the present will be dealt with as one of the key sites for constituting social fantasy partly sustained by the cultural machinery known as cinema in the age of modernization.
Third, the course evaluates the films as art works interpreting issues and themes in Philippine society, such as censorship and morality, art and commerce, film and politics, authoritarianism and artistic freedom, hispanism and anglosaxonism, patriarchy and the stereotyping of females and gays, and foreign influence and national identity in cinema.
Among the films and literary sources examined closely during the course are Witness for the Prosecution, Rear Window, and Tom Jones, Blow-Up, Noises Off, and Silence of the Lambs.
This course is designed to familiarize new film graduate students with the history and aesthetics of narrative filmmaking.
Among the most influential of all film movements, Italian neorealism broke with the theatrical tradition in cinema and gave a new emphasis to the representation of place, the particulars of an actual environment, and the social and material circumstances in which the characters find themselves.
As her interest grows, the eyeline match (that is the connection between looker and looked) is stressed with matching close-ups of Anna's face and Icarus's falling into the ocean in the painting.Again, this implies that Anna is looking directly at Icarus's body.
Depending on how much movement is included, a long take can make a film tense, stagnant and spell-binding, or daring, flowing and carefree.Indeed, directors like Altman, Welles, Renoir, Angelopoulos, Tarkovski or Mizoguchi have made long takes (usually in combination with deep focus and deep space) an essential part of their film styles.
One of the film's theme songs is played in its entirety, from a slow, elegiac beginning to a frenzy crescendo that is abruptly cut off by the first gunshot.
This years' winners bring to this event, a variety of film styles, that when woven together create a beautiful expression of what this festival is all about.
This film was made by Joel Guy, who filmed the whales from atop a surfboard, on the outrigger canoe, and underwater.
This film features incredible music performances by various artists and reconnects us to our neighbors and ancestors in the South Pacific.This film was produced and directed by Kenneth K. Martinez Burgmaier.
Lists articles on specific films and film subjects in monthly supplements that are cumulated quarterly and annually.
Includes 245, 000 film titles and 98,500 alternative titles; 180,00 actors and actresses' names and 12,500 alternative names and 35,000 director's names in films produced in over 165 countries between 1895 and 1996.
Films are also appraised in relation to others of similar theme and genre, and commentary is provided as to how a given film affected the filmmaker's career.
Rouch did not--and it has come to be appreciated as the most powerful manifestation on film of the effects of colonization upon a subjected people.
One of the crucial films in the cinematic essay genre.
Film about the impossibility of making a documentary--that all docs are "fakes".
These DVD audio commentaries examine the film styles, themes and historical context of these key films by directors Akira Kurosawa and Sam Peckinpah. The commentaries are screen specific, keyed to the action unfolding on screen, but also contextualize the films and directors in terms of their essential cultural and aesthetic issues.
The DVD format is ideal for film criticism and commentary because it permits close attention to the texture and details of film narrative and audio-visual design.
Ran (1985) is Kurosawa's adaptation of Shakespeare's King Lear, and the commentary examines the connections between film and play, along with Kurosawa's use of Japan's period of 16th century civil war as the backdrop for the story.


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Wengyuan léase Uéng-Yuán ()  es un condado bajo la administración directa de la ciudad-prefectura de Shaoguan. Se ubica al este de la provincia de Cantón, en el sur de la República Popular China. Su área es de 2174 km² y su población total para 2018 fue más de 350 mil habitantes.

Administración
El condado urbano de Wengyuan se divide en 8 pueblos que se administran en poblados.

Referencias

Condados de la provincia de Cantón

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Q: Navigation Bar is Hidden in JSQMessagesViewController I am working on incorporating a chat feature in my app and everything is working smoothly using JSQMessagesViewController except that I can't get the navigation bar to show in the view controller. I have tried almost everything it seems like but it seems to be hidden by the view or something although I am not sure of this. Here is my code for the Conversation view controller:
import UIKit
import JSQMessagesViewController
import Firebase
import AVKit

class ConvoVC: JSQMessagesViewController {

var chatRoomId = Variables.chatRoomID
var outgoingBubbleImageView: JSQMessagesBubbleImage!
var incomingBubbleImageView: JSQMessagesBubbleImage!
var messages = [JSQMessage]()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    senderId = uid!
    senderDisplayName = uid!

    let factory = JSQMessagesBubbleImageFactory()

    incomingBubbleImageView = factory?.incomingMessagesBubbleImage(with: UIColor.jsq_messageBubbleLightGray())
    outgoingBubbleImageView = factory?.outgoingMessagesBubbleImage(with: UIColor.jsq_messageBubbleBlue())

    collectionView.collectionViewLayout.incomingAvatarViewSize = CGSize.zero
    collectionView.collectionViewLayout.outgoingAvatarViewSize = CGSize.zero

    let query =  ref.child("ChatRooms").child(chatRoomId!).child("Messages").queryLimited(toLast: 10)

    query.observe(.childAdded, with: { (snapshot) in
        if snapshot.exists(){
        if  let data        = snapshot.value as? [String: String],
            let id          = data["sender_id"],
            let name        = data["name"],
            let text        = data["text"],
            !text.isEmpty
        {
            if let message = JSQMessage(senderId: id, displayName: name, text: text)
            {
                self.messages.append(message)

                self.finishReceivingMessage()
            }
        }
    }
    })

    //let navigationBar = UINavigationBar(frame: CGRect(0, 0, self.view.frame.size.width, 64)) // Offset by 20 pixels vertically to take the status bar into account

    //navigationBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
    //navigationBar.delegate = self as! UINavigationBarDelegate

    // Create a navigation item with a title
    //let navigationItem = UINavigationItem()
    //navigationItem.title = contacts[i].firstName

    // Create right button for navigation item
    setupBackButton()

    // Make the navigation bar a subview of the current view controller
    //self.view.addSubview(navigationBar)

}

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewDidAppear(true)
    self.navigationController?.isNavigationBarHidden = false
}
func setupBackButton() {
    let backButton = UIBarButtonItem(title: "Back", style: UIBarButtonItemStyle.plain, target: self, action: #selector(backButtonTapped))
    navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backButton
}
@objc func backButtonTapped() {
    dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)
}

override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell{
    let cell = super.collectionView(collectionView, cellForItemAt: indexPath) as! JSQMessagesCollectionViewCell

    let message = messages[indexPath.item]

    if message.senderId == senderId {
        cell.textView!.textColor = UIColor.white
    } else {
        cell.textView!.textColor = UIColor.black
    }

    return cell
}

override func collectionView(_ collectionView: JSQMessagesCollectionView!, messageDataForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath!) -> JSQMessageData! {
    return messages[indexPath.item]
}

override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    return messages.count

}

override func didPressSend(_ button: UIButton!, withMessageText text: String!, senderId: String!, senderDisplayName: String!, date: Date!) {
    let messageRef = ref.child("ChatRooms").child(chatRoomId!).child("Messages").childByAutoId()

    let message = ["sender_id": senderId, "name": senderDisplayName, "text": text]

    messageRef.setValue(message)

    finishSendingMessage()
    JSQSystemSoundPlayer.jsq_playMessageSentSound()
    self.finishSendingMessage()

}

override func collectionView(_ collectionView: JSQMessagesCollectionView!, messageBubbleImageDataForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath!) -> JSQMessageBubbleImageDataSource! {
    let message = messages[indexPath.item]
    if message.senderId == senderId {
        return outgoingBubbleImageView
    }else {
        return incomingBubbleImageView
    }
}

}

Here is the code for the didSelectRow method in the class that comes before the conversation view controller:
func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, didSelectRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) {

    let chatFunctions = ChatFunctions()

    ref.child("users").child(uid!).observeSingleEvent(of: .value) { (snapshot) in
        let userOne = User(snapshot: snapshot)
        self.chatRoomIdentity = chatFunctions.startChat(user1: userOne , user2: self.matches[indexPath.row])
        self.senderDisName = self.matches[indexPath.row].firstName
        Variables.chatRoomID = self.chatRoomIdentity

        self.present(ConvoVC(), animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

}

Thanks in advance!

A: You are presenting it modally on this line which would present it full screen (so no navigation bar):
self.present(ConvoVC(), animated: true, completion: nil)

Push it onto the navigation stack instead like this:
self.navigationController?.pushViewController(ConvoVC(), animated: true)

If you don't have your first controller set as the root view controller of a navigation controller, make sure to do so beforehand.
Either that or set ConvoVC as a root view controller of a navigation controller and present that navigation controller
self.present(navigationController, animated: true, completion: nil).

The first solution will let you pop the ConvoVC and back to the previous view controller via the navigation bar, whereas the latter will not (you would have to dismiss it).
I highly recommend reading up on iOS navigation & segues as it's a core aspect of any iOS application.

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Carmen Añon
Carmen Añón (Barcelona, 1931) has trained as landscape architect and has a wide experience including cultural landscapes' restoration and management, cultural heritage conservation and promotion, monitoring and assessment methods, and practice of landscape architecture in relation with cultural assets. She has served as President of the International Consultative Committee of ICOMOS and member of the Executive Committee; Vice-President of the ICOMOS National Spanish Committee and President of the International Scientific Committee of Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS-IFLA, being now Honorary President. Coordinator for the ICOMOS experts for evaluation missions of cultural landscapes, has carried out many evaluation missions for World Heritage and served for four years as member of the World Heritage Committee. She is one of the Charter of Florence signatories.
She has also a long experience in education and training due to the many courses, seminars and conferences she has organized for universities and training centers around the world such as the Centre Raymond emaire of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), ICCROM Centre (Rome), Ecole Superieure de Versailles (France) and Universities of Barcelona, Florence, Madrid, Milan, Evora , Lisboa, Mexico, Buenos Aires, Brussels, etc.; she has also participated in more than 200 conferences, seminars and congresses. Her written work includes a long collection of books, articles, and papers.
She is currently honorary member of the Accademia delle Arti dei Disegni (Firenze), Instituto de Estudios Madrileños, Comitato Cientifico della Fondazione Benetton and several other institutions in relation with cultural landscapes and cultural heritage.
Carmen Añón has been awarded with the Piero Gazzola Prize (ICOMOS), Cruz de Oficial de Isabel la Católica (Spain), Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite (France) and several other international awards and prizes.


It might not have the altitude of its sister ski stations in the Alps, but in many respects Cauterets is a more pleasant place to hit the slopes. While many of the Alpine resorts have been ruthlessly modernised and are crammed to capacity during the winter and summer seasons, Cauterets has clung on to much of its fin-de-siècle character, with a stately spa and grand 19th-century residences dotted round town.
Snow usually lingers here until early May, returning in late October or early November. In summer the landscape around Cauterets transforms into a hikers' paradise, with trails winding their way into the Parc National des Pyrénées.
Discovery and observation of the fauna mountain dweller between the valley of Gaube and the valley of Marcadau, we shall be on the lookout for the big ungulates of our mountains. During this hike, for our most great pleasure, we take advantage of wintry conditions to follow the tracks of the local fauna, Izards, ibexes, owls, it is equipped with a long sight and with our snowshoes, that we shall leave to their search to learn it a little more on these animals which populate our mountains thanks to comments informed about your guide in mountain.We shall have to meet in the morning in front of our offices to Cauterets. Short route in vehicle of 15 minutes up to the starting point of the hike. Equipment and departure. First part of day in progress in snowshoes and hide(carriage) of the mountain izards in undergrowth. Arrived at the lake of Gaube and meal break. Return through the forest covered with snow before stopping in front of south slopes of the valley of Marcadau to observe ibexes. We shall enjoy all together of one delicious pie in blueberries. Return in the vehicle before returning to Cauterets late in the afternoon.
We shall have to meet in the morning in front of our offices in Cauterets. Short route in vehicle of 15 minutes up to the starting point of the hike at the "Pont d'Espagne" where we will equip ourselves for the start. We will progress in snowshoes in undergrowth. Enjoy the gentleness of the undergrowth and discover the most beautiful view of the Gaube Valley, the lake nestled at the foot of the mythical Vignemale. Delight and personal satisfaction guaranteed! Arrived at the lake of Huats where we shall enjoy all together of one delicious pie in blueberries. Return through the forest covered with snow. Return in the vehicle before returning to Cauterets for 12:30.


Registration card released after Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologizes for taking DNA test.
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren indicated that her race was "American Indian" in a handwritten registration form filed in 1986 with the Texas State Bar, according to a new report on Tuesday that documents the presidential hopeful's efforts to identify as a minority during her earliest days as a law professor.
The revelation, initially reported by The Washington Post, is the first known instance of Warren claiming Native American ancestry in an official document or in her own handwriting. It threatened to add more ammunition to already-frequent attacks by Republicans, including President Trump, deriding Warren for claiming such ancestry to bolster her academic career.
Warren's office, questioned by The Post, did not dispute the authenticity of the bar card.
Last week, Warren apologized to the Cherokee Nation for taking a DNA test in an attempt to prove she had Native-American ancestry, and on Tuesday, she again more broadly apologized for identifying as Native American "for almost two decades," according to The Post.
Senator Warren introduces 'ultramillionaire' tax and apologizes for her DNA test; David Spunt reports.
"Although the conventional wisdom among students and faculty is that the Law School faculty includes no minority women, Chmura said Professor of Law Elizabeth Warren is Native American," the article stated, referring to Harvard spokesman Mike Chmura.
And a 2005 document obtained by The Hill indicated that the University of Pennsylvania Law School considered Warren among its past minority faculty members. Warren, who had resigned by the time the university published that document, taught at the law school in the 1980s and 1990s before taking a professorship at Harvard.
Through it all, Warren has maintained that she did not use her claims of ancestry to advance her academic career. An extensive investigation by the Globe did not support the contention that Harvard had relied on Warren's' claims of Native American heritage in deciding whether to hire her.
And over the weekend, Harry Reid, the longtime Democrat who represented Nevada in the Senate for three decades and served as the Senate majority leader for eight years, declined to endorse Warren's nascent presidential run.