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Image Entertainment presents
Black Sabbath (I Tre Volte Della Paura) (1963)
"To stay here, even for one night, could prove fatal, believe me."
- Gregor (Glauco Onorato)
Review By: Mark Zimmer
Stars: Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier, Jacqueline Pierreux
Other Stars: Lydia Alfonsi, Mark Damon, Susy Anderson, Milly Monti, Harriet Medin
Director: Mario Bava
Manufacturer: WAMO
MPAA Rating: Not Rated for (violence, gore, partial nudity)
Run Time: 01h:35m:41s
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In the early 1960's, the horror anthology was at a peak; in addition to Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, there was Thriller, hosted by Boris Karloff. The movie studios saw that there was profit to be made in the subgenre, especially after the success of 1962's Tales of Terror starring Vincent Price and Basil Rathbone.
AIP studios sought to repeat that success, adding to the mix Karloff himself (as host and actor) and Italian director Mario Bava, who had had a huge hit with the 1960 film Black Sunday. The result was this film, released in the rest of the world as The Three Faces of Fear, in reference to the three unrelated stories contained therein. AIP knew a good title when they saw it, however, and rechristened the film in the US as Black Sabbath, copying the earlier Bava success. Retitling wasn't enough however, for AIP cut, rescored and rearranged significant parts of the film for US audiences.
Image Entertainment, as part of its continuing Mario Bava collection, presents, for the first time in the US, the original, uncut film, with the original score. The complete picture exists only in Italian, so the Italian version is provided here. This has some unfortunate consequences, not the least of which is seeing Boris Karloff speaking with some other voice in a foreign language. Couldn't portions of the English dub, with Karloff's own voice, as well as those of the other non-Italian actors, been included as an alternate track?
The first story, The Telephone concerns a young woman who is being stalked by an unseen person who continually calls her on the phone and threatens her life. This segment comes off far better in the European version; for a change it now makes sense, unlike the AIP version previously available in the US. The lesbian subplot is restored, which helps provide motivations for the characters that previously made little sense at all.
What was the last story in the US version is here the centerpiece: The Wurdulak. Loosely based on a short story by Alexei Tolstoi, this segment features Karloff as old Gorca, the patriarch of a Russian family. Gorca has ventured out into the mountains to slay Alibeq, a Turkish bandit who is also a wurdulak, a type of vampire that feeds on the blood of those he loves best. When Gorca returns after five days in the wilderness, Alibeq is dead....but is Gorca dead—or undead—as well?
The final, and most terrifying, segment is The Drop of Water. Miss Chester (Jacqueline Pierreux) is a nurse who resentfully tends to the body of a medium who died in mid-trance with the dead. Spotting a ring on the corpse's hand, Miss Chester pockets it. However, the medium is not to be so easily robbed, as Miss Chester soon learns to her dismay. The horrible grinning, popeyed visage of the persistent medium is memorable and gruesome indeed. This is the stuff that nightmares are made of.
The film ends with a humorous coda that breaks the fourth wall; this segment has been unseen in the US until now. Concluding with the harrowing The Drop of Water almost demands a little bit of levity to wrap things up.
Black Sabbath is still a quite effective fright feature; the tension in all three episodes is substantial. The original arrangement makes more sense from this standpoint; the first and third segments are set entirely indoors and very claustrophobic. Opposed against this is the wide-open second segment, the openness of which is maximized by a dense fog throughout. Bava was a cinematographer originally, and his use of the camera is bravura, constantly on the move when useful, and tensely static at other times. Other than a severed head, the gore is quite restrained. The overall mood of at three segments is one of paranoia, fear and guilt. And isn't that what a good horror film is all about?
Rating for Style: A
Rating for Substance: A-
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1 - Widescreen
Original Aspect Ratio yes
Anamorphic yes
Image Transfer Review: Overall, the Technicolor image looks quite good. Blacks are strong and colors are quite rich. Bava uses a different color thematically in each segment: the red of the phone in The Telephone, the blue of the fog in The Wurdulak, and the intense and horrific green of The Drop of Water. In each section, the emphasized color comes through cleanly, while the background colors are subdued. The intense red and blue of the opening narration flirts with oversaturation, but is tremendously effective if a little surreal.
The source print is a little disappointing; there are three or four instances of significant damage or dirt, and numerous small speckles throughout the film. The film could have stood a little restoration. However, there are large sections of the print which are virtually flawless. If not for the damage, this would be an 'A' or 'A-' grade.
Image Transfer Grade: B
Mono Italian no
Audio Transfer Review: The original mono sound is adequate throughout. In a few places, the music is a little distorted. The sound effects (particularly the bone-chilling wind effects in The Wurdulak) come through quite nicely. In all, an effective and clear soundtrack. Hiss and noise are practically nonexistent.
Audio Transfer Grade: B+
Disc Extras
Static menu
Scene Access with 16 cues and remote access
Subtitles/Captions in English with remote access
Cast and Crew Filmographies
1 Original Trailer(s)
Packaging: Snapper
1-Sided disc(s)
Layers: single
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Gallery of stills and promotional materials
Extras Review: Tim Lucas (editor of Video Watchdog and Bava historian) gives us another lengthy essay on the production of the film, as he has done with all the other volumes in this Mario Bava series. This essay is besmirched a little by a silly factual error: he claims that the telephone had not yet been invented in 1893, when it had actually been patented back in 1876. That gaffe aside, the essay is quite informative.
A gallery of about 80 stills, lobby cards, posters and pressbook materials are included. Instead of being static, advancing when you want to, each item is shown on the screen for only three seconds. This arrangement is a little irritating, but by no means as bad as the menu design for the biography and filmographies. Bava gets both a bio and a filmography; Karloff merits only a selected filmography. While these are both better than average in content, the menu design is maddening. At each frame of these lengthy extras, the default option is to go back to the features menu; the viewer must push the right button twice in order to advance. This is a ridiculous design that I hope will never be repeated.
Finally, there is an Italian theatrical trailer, which is also subtitled, and presented in 1.78:1 ratio. It is in acceptably good condition.
The subtitles for the film and the trailer are in an easy-to-read yellow. They are optional, if you happen to speak Italian, or want a closer look at the lower portion of the screen.
Since this was only a single layer disc, would it have been that difficult to also present the US cut on a second layer? That would have been useful for comparison purposes, as well as not robbing Karloff of that most recognizable voice.
Extras Grade: C
A classic horror film is given a rather good presentation here. I would have liked to have at least portions of the English track as well, but overall the picture and sound are better than average. A nice selection of extras rounds out the package. Recommended for anyone looking for an old-style scary movie.
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Developing immigrant integration policy in the Irish public sector: An international human rights and public sector duty approach
Murphy, Cliodhna and Caulfield, Leanne and Gilmartin, Mary (2019) Developing immigrant integration policy in the Irish public sector: An international human rights and public sector duty approach. Administration, 67 (4). pp. 27-45. ISSN 2449-9471
This paper outlines a new approach to the development of immigrant integration policy in Ireland that is informed by an international human rights and public sector duty perspective. Based on a comprehensive review, the paper outlines the current state of immigrant integration policies in the Irish public sector, highlighting the limited awareness of this issue among public bodies. It also provides practical guidance for public bodies wishing to develop more effective immigrant integration policies, drawing from international human rights treaties and from examples of policy development in Ireland. Given the reality that Ireland is now a well-established immigrant-receiving country, the paper concludes that Ireland urgently needs a coherent and comprehensive approach to the development of immigrant integration policy. A human-rights-based approach offers such a method and would allow Ireland, through its public sector, to become a leader in immigrant integration policy development. This approach requires the elaboration of specific integration policies in order to ensure that migrant populations can practically access fundamental human rights such as housing, education, healthcare and employment.
Developing; immigrant integration policy; Irish public sector; international human rights; public sector; duty; approach;
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https://doi.org/10.2478/admin-2019-0025
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Kanye West, a talented narcissist, and Bret Easton Ellis, a less talented narcissist, are currently working on a film together, according to Ellis, who is not a genius, like Kanye West, though he is a narcissist, like Kanye West.
Here, Ellis appears to be attempting to reframe some of his more controversial moments—shittalking Kathryn Bigelow, shittalking Alice Munro, the whole "Generation Wuss" thing he also discusses in the Kanye interview, his presence on Twitter—as a statement about showing something real about yourself to the public and the press, rather than "your best self." At his best, Ellis is, as Gawker's Rich Juzwiak put it, "angry, self-serving, contradictory, justified, and human," but it's been a long time since he's been at his best.
Combined with his recent work—The Canyons and Lunar Park are two low points in a mixed career—Ellis's attention-grabbing should diminish expectations for whatever it is he and West are working on (if, in fact, it ever actually happens, which is doubtful). But I think that West is exactly what Ellis needs. West has made some of the best art of the past decade and he always gets the best out of his collaborators—just listen to Watch The Throne and Magna Carta Holy Grail back-to-back. Regardless, this project has to be good because Kanye is involved; his involvement trumps Ellis's.
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Saint Peter and Paul's Church
The church was caused to be built towards the end of the 12th century, and was later transformed several times by the Osl family (or the Premonstratensian Provost of Csorna which received lands from them). The splendid present-day main portal and southern aisle were built around 1230. Following the Mongol invasion it was rebuilt to already include Gothic details. For example, the sitting booths of the sanctuary were also made at this time. The renovation of the church which was demolished after the Turkish destruction was completed in the 1740s. The reconstruction between 1957 and 1960 preserved the Baroque vaults and tower but unravelled Roman and Gothic details where it was possible. The southern aisle and the small northern sacristy were reconstructed on the excavated medial supporting walls. The inside of the church stands out due to the beautiful harmony of Roman, Gothic, Baroque and Modern architecture and fitting. The nave is covered by a banded barrel vault. A medial confessional is seen on the northern wall. The southern wall includes Gothic sitting booths. The former altarpiece of the church was placed here which is probably the work of Jr. István Dorfmeister. There are 18th-century wooden statues in the sanctuary. The altar, the crucifix and the reliefs of the stations of the cross are the works of Ernő Szakál. The former cemetery surrounding the church was excavated. Carvings which cannot be returned to their original place can be viewed in the Lapidarium.


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Submetering is one of the most popular methods for energy management. Energy management procedures are vital in limiting operation expenses, as well as understanding your energy consumption. These services are especially useful for individuals that manage multiple buildings, departments, or tenants. They are also valuable for companies that require a large amount of energy use. Submetering systems can help you allocate utility costs, as well as find places where you can save energy. This will ultimately help save you money. In addition to all of the practical benefits of submetering, saving energy is good for the environment and helps to create sustainable buildings. Tenants are increasingly concerned with energy efficiency, so this may also help landlords draw more tenants to their properties. It can also help companies obtain more customers that are concerned with the company's environmental impact.
In order to successfully implement an energy management system, you must collect detailed information about your energy use. Without this information, there will be no way to use effective strategies to reduce energy consumption or to determine how much energy operational processes will require. Without all of the necessary data, you'll essentially be shooting in the dark with no concept of the proper direction to go. This will result in excessively ineffective energy consumption. This will cost you a significant amount of money in the long run. It is important to gather all of the necessary tools when you begin to oversee energy management for your business.
Electrical submetering begins with installing a power meter that measures energy use. These power meters can be implemented to measure the energy use of individual tenants, departments, buildings, appliances, and more. It can be designed to separate energy use in whatever way you want the energy to be monitored. Electrical submetering also collects the data in a single, centralized location, which makes it easy to compare and analyze the data. This can help you find where energy is being wasted, where energy efficiency could be improved, how much energy a process needs, and many other things. It will also allow you to find a pattern regarding your company's energy use. This will help you detect and resolve any significant abnormalities.
Electrical submetering can help draw tenants to a landlord's property, as well as significantly increase their overall satisfaction. People care about energy efficiency and management, both because of how it affects their cost of living and how it impacts the environment. Tenants will be much more likely to choose a property that implements an electrical submetering system, rather than one that uses another system or doesn't practice energy management processes. This helps to increase their overall satisfaction, because submetering allows tenants to have direct control over a portion of their living expenses. They are able to use energy conservation strategies to lower their utility expenses.
Tenants are also likely to feel like submetering is a much more fair method for utility bill allocation. It will require tenants to pay only for their own energy use, rather than forcing them to pay for a portion of the entire building's use. Tenants will be much happier when you use an electrical submetering system to determine your utility bill allocation. Additionally, electrical submetering will encourage tenants to save energy, which will help lower overall operation costs.
Electrical submetering results in effective, accurate measurements. Other methods of energy management require a certain level of estimation regarding energy consumption. Ratio utility billing, for example, separates utility bills by a percentage based on factors like the number of tenants or rooms in a unit. Though this is a superior method for splitting the bill equally between all of your tenants, it may not always accurately reflect the actual energy consumption of your tenants. A power meter measures the electrical use accurately, which will give you an exact knowledge regarding how energy is used in your business.
It is only possible to completely optimize your energy use when you have all of the necessary data. Electrical submetering will allow you to monitor every aspect of your regular energy consumption, right as it is being used. This will allow you to create and implement effective techniques to make the best possible use of your energy. Gathering all of the applicable data will allow you to determine what energy conservation methods will be the most effective for your situation.
Not only will electrical submetering help you determine how to optimize your energy use, but it will also help you find where energy is used excessively or wastefully. This can ultimately alert you to problems with your appliances, tools, or many other kinds of energy use. By finding where energy is being wasted, you can quickly eliminate any issues. This will save a significant amount of money for you, your company, or your tenants. It can also alert you to older, energy-guzzling appliances that are in need of an upgrade.
Electrical submetering gives you a very detailed picture regarding your energy use. This will help you understand how you are using energy, where you could be conserving more energy, and how much money you should budget for necessary energy expenses. Submetering services are invaluable for implementing the best energy management system possible.
Submetering can be used for many other things beyond electrical use. It can be used to help monitor the consumption of water, gas, and many other utility types. Electrical submetering is one of the best ways to monitor utility use, as well as allocate applicable utility expenses. They can help you quickly find problems with your machinery or appliances, before they become exceedingly costly. Submetering processes will allow you to have an overall view and understanding of your energy consumption. Here at Vitality Energy, we offer premium utility submetering services that will provide all of these benefits. To learn more about how to implement submetering services for your energy management project, contact our experts at Vitality today!


On Friday night, Steelers first-round pick T.J. Watt dominated in his NFL debut, notching two sacks against the Giants. Unfortunately, his older brother and arguably the best defensive player in football, Texans star J.J. Watt, wasn't able to watch T.J. do his best J.J. impersonation because he was stuck in training camp meetings.
Eventually, though, J.J. found out about T.J.'s debut. For that, J.J. can thank Kendrick Lamar -- yes, the Grammy Award-winning rapper.
As J.J. revealed on Saturday, it was a text from Kendrick Lamar that notified him of his brother's two sacks.
"I came out of my meeting and I actually had a text on my phone and the first text that I saw, it was the most crazy thing in the world," J.J. said, per the team's website. "I read the text and it said, "I see your little bro out there balling. I hope all is well.' And I looked and I was like, that was from Kendrick Lamar. I was like, wait a second, what did my little brother do? So I go on Google, I check it out and it said two sacks in four plays."
Naturally, J.J. immediately told T.J. about the text.
"I texted him so he could see after the game what Kendrick said and I just thought that was like the craziest thing in the world, to see one of the best rappers in the world -- possibly the best rapper in the world -- text me about my little brother," J.J. said. "But it was just so cool. It was such an awesome moment to see him go out there and do what he does. I mean, he's a great football player. I'm very excited to watch him play. He's worked so hard, he's overcome a lot in his career."
I'm not sure what's cooler: Getting two sacks in your NFL debut or knowing that Kendrick Lamar is impressed by your NFL debut. Either way, Friday night was a good night for the Watts.


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Human tissue oversight in hospitals: an AABB survey
Title Human tissue oversight in hospitals: an AABB survey
Authors Kuehnert MJ, Yorita KL, Holman RC, Strong DM
Journal Transfusion
Date Published Feb
Accession Number 17302763
Keywords *Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Blood Banks / standards / *statistics & numerical data, Cross Infection / epidemiology / *prevention & control, Guideline Adherence, Health Care Surveys / statistics & numerical data, Hospitals / standards / *statistics & numerical data, Humans, Internet, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Tissue Banks / standards / *statistics & numerical data, Transplantation, Homologous, United States / epidemiology
BACKGROUND: Reports of human tissue allograft-transmitted infections have underscored the need for better accounting of allografts in health-care facilities. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) implemented new storage and issuance tissue standards for hospital oversight as of July 1, 2005. This study sought to survey hospital tissue responsibilities. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: The AABB Tissue Task Force conducted a Web-based survey distributed to all 904 hospital institutional members in January 2005. The survey asked about tissue type used, breadth of responsibility, hospital department involvement, and views on AABB involvement. Data from 402 of 904 (45%) respondents were tabulated and analyzed. RESULTS: Among the 402 respondents, 325 (81%) used allogeneic and/or autologous human tissue. The most frequently used tissues were musculoskeletal (n = 240, 74%) and skin (n = 169, 52%) allografts. The department of surgery (e.g., operating room; n = 245, 76%) most often had responsibility for tissue use, followed by the blood bank (i.e., transfusion service; n = 164, 51%); surgery most frequently had responsibility for all tissue types except peripheral blood progenitor cells. Only 32 of 402 (8%) respondents had plans for increased oversight in the next 12 months; 129 of 178 (72%) thought there was a role for AABB in developing guidance on hospital tissue responsibilities. CONCLUSIONS: In this survey, most AABB member hospital respondents indicated facility use of allogeneic and/or autologous tissues. Although tissue allograft responsibility by surgery was extensive, hospital blood banks also had significant involvement. Few blood banks, however, plan increased oversight in the near future. Given JCAHO standards, blood banks have an opportunity to assist their hospital in planning for assigned tissue responsibilities and oversight to ensure patient safety.
DOI 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01088.x


Dr Frank Houghton Assistant Lecturer, Department of Humanities, Limerick Institute of Technology, Moylish Park, Limerick, Ireland. His current interests include the use of GIS, spatial inequalities in health and healthcare provision.
Frank Houghton was born a Royal Air Force brat in Singapore, and through his father s work was raised in England, Scotland, Wales, the Netherlands and Germany. He studied for his undergraduate degree and MA in Peace Studies at the University of Ulster, where he also trained as a teacher. He subsequently obtained an MSc in Computer Science at the Queen s University of Belfast before going on to be awarded a PhD in health geography at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth.
Throughout many of these years of study he worked part-time as a Research Assistant on a string of short term research contracts, effectively serving an apprenticeship in research. He was subsequently hired as a Researcher in a Department of Public Health on a project exploring the possible human health effects of alleged pollution in an investigation in County Limerick (Ireland). Here Frank developed a love for health/ medical geography (as well as the sociology of health) and health inequalities, which started him on the path to his PhD. While working in Public Health he also developed an interest in the potential use, and misuse, of GIS.


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We're about two weeks late on announcing this, so if you're interested in playing 4v4 this year, please give this your immediate attention: sign-ups are available on the league page, now.
There is no draft, teams register themselves as a whole. There is also a form for individuals to sign up if they're not already associated with a team.
We will take registrations this week so we can get our jersey order placed as soon as possible. Thanks for your help!


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VOTE DEAN DAVIS
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Thank you Broken arrow
I first want to thank God for being with me and my family during this endeavor and guiding me. Without his grace none of this would be possible. I am so honored to have won the trust of so many people during the past few months. This victory tonight would not be possible without each of you having faith in me. I am humbled by your support and I thank you!
I want to thank my family, friends and volunteers who put in countless hours and offered me moral support and always believed in the vision we all share. I also want to say a special thank you to Laura Steele who is a class act and a wonderful person who deserves the utmost respect for running such a clean and quality campaign. The other candidates who ran in the June primary who chose to endorse me - thank you for your faith in me and committing to help me work for Broken Arrow and all of District 98.
The victory tonight is great, but the work is not yet done. We have one more race to win. I know with your continued support and prayers we will take this momentum to victory in November!
Republican Candidate for State House
A SUCCESSFUL mEET AND gREET
Thank you to the OKC Firefighters ASsociation for endorsing my Campaign.
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My endorsement letter from the Broken Arrow Local Fire Department. It is my honor to represent the daily hero's of our community.
OFFICIAL press release of candidacy
DEAN DAVIS FOR OKLAHOMA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 98
Republican Candidate for District 98
Broken Arrow, April 11, 2018—Dean Davis, a resident of Broken Arrow and member of the Republican Party has announced he is running for Oklahoma House of Representatives District 98.
"I am running in order to bring a voice of common sense and a proven record of strong leadership to the Capital at a time when both are sorely missing. Politics as we know it has failed us; previous elected officials have failed us and passing the buck needs to stop because our future and our children's future depends on it."
"I know that together we can achieve so many wonderful things for our district and our state. I will work every day to make life better for all of us and I will never forget who I work for and who I represent."
Quick actions of Broken Arrow school staff, students with portable defibrillators save two lives
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BROKEN ARROW — Six Broken Arrow Public Schools staff members and two students were recognized as heroes Monday for their quick responses that saved the lives of a student and a coach this school year.
Staff members Dean Davis, Mike Humphrey, Julia Price, Paul Croft, Daniel Steward and Taylor Coatsworth, as well as students Avery Mize and Chance Holloway, were recognized by Broken Arrow Fire Chief Jeremy Moore, Assistant Fire Chief Mark Steward, Mayor Craig Thurmond and school district leaders at Monday's school board meeting.
Physical education teachers Davis and Humphrey, along with Price, a school nurse, were recognized for their response when Taylor Malonson, a high school senior, collapsed and became unresponsive during a weightlifting class Nov. 28.
Davis, Humphrey and Price used CPR and an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to attempt to resuscitate Malonson, shocking his heart four times before emergency responders arrived, according to the school administration.
Malonson had a pulse again before he was taken by ambulance to a hospital, from which he was released about a week later.


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At 4:16 p.m., a burglary from motor vehicle was reported at Wendy's on Western Avenue.
6:24 p.m., burglary from motor vehicle was reported at Goodwill on Senator Way.
7:07 p.m., a motor vehicle crash was reported on Capitol Street.
7:31 p.m., a motor vehicle crash was reported on Riverside Drive.
11:11 p.m., disorderly conduct was reported at Motel 6 on Edison Drive.
At 12:32 p.m., a theft was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
2:08 p.m., threatening was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
2:09 p.m., harassment was reported on Brunswick Avenue.
At 10:29, a burglary was reported on North Main Street.
1:39 p.m., threatening was reported on Lovers Lane.
At 9:02 a.m., a traffic offense was reported on Millard Harrison Drive.
At 3:40 p.m., an assault was reported on West River Road.
At 9:54 a.m., a motor vehicle crash was reported.
At 12:13 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported at Tim Hortons on Western Avenue.
3:46 a.m., disorderly conduct was reported on Federal Street.
8:59 a.m., criminal trespassing was reported on Hicks Road.
9:40 a.m., a hit-and-run was reported on Bridge Street.
10:33 a.m., a motor vehicle crash was reported on Capitol Street.
12:38 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Water Street.
1:07 p.m., a 41-year-old Augusta woman was summoned on charges of unlawful possession of a scheduled drug and drug paraphernalia.
1:16 p.m., an assault was reported on Mount Vernon Avenue.
2:12 p.m., criminal mischief was reported at McDonald's on Bangor Street.
3:03 p.m., a motor vehicle crash was reported near the intersection of Water and Bond streets.
3:04 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on State Street.
3:40 p.m., a theft offense was reported on Water Street.
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Q: SF Short Story - Behaviour-affecting "Light Globules" emanating from wires I am trying to identify a Sci Fi short story I had in a compilation of short stories bought for me in the 1970's. I think the book was printed before then and may have been a Nebula or Hugo winner.
The story relates to the main character having some sort of condition that means he can see "light globules" detach from radio masts and wires and attach themselves to peoples heads. Those then affected suffer behavioural changes. I cannot remember the outcome. I would love to know what it is as it seems to predict fears over use of mobile phones.
I think other stories included one about people searching for every name of God, when they found the answer they watched all the stars going out one by one.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif -- April 17, 2006 --Incentia Design Systems, Inc., an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software company that focuses on the timing and synthesis market, today announced the availability of a new release of its TimeCraft™ software with an advanced On-Chip-Variation (OCV) capability for improving the accuracy and efficiency of static timing analysis for 90 and 65nm designs.
TimeCraft's advanced OCV engine provides both level- and location-based OCV analysis to address the effects of on-chip statistical process variation, which can no longer be ignored in nanometer designs. It effectively eliminates excessive guard banding, improving timing accuracy and reducing the effort to close timing closure. The native engine-based implementation approach is easy to use without limitation and delivers the best performance in runtime and memory usage when compared to other available solutions.
"With our new advanced OCV capability, TimeCraft continues to establishes itself as the leader in nanometer timing analysis and signoff," said Arthur Wei, Vice President of Operations at Incentia. "Its introduction continues our commitment to offer the best-of-the-class timing tools."
Traditional OCV uses a constant derating factor and may impose unnecessary performance penalties on nanometer designs. These penalties include reduced performance, larger die sizes and longer design cycles. TimeCraft's advanced OCV uses variable derating factors based on logic level and physical location to select the optimal derating factor for each timing path. This results in fewer timing violations, and allows design teams to rapidly achieve timing closure. It also provides an effective alternative to the difficult problem of using statistical analysis to model process variations. Furthermore, the OCV engine is integrated with TimeCraft to deliver the best analysis performance in runtime and memory usage. This improves turnaround time and reduces design cycles.
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TimeCraft is fast a full-chip, gate-level static timing analyzer (STA). TimeCraft provides the capability to accurately analyze and close timing on complex SoC designs. Its rich features enable timing verifications at the pre-signoff (ECO iteration) stage and final signoff for all kinds of design applications.
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Map showing the territories of the Iapygian tribes.
The Iapygians (Greek: Ἰάπυγες, Ĭāpyges; Latin: Iapyges, Iapygii) were an Indo-European people who inhabited Apulia in classical antiquity. They lived in the eponymous region Iapygia and were divided in three populations: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians. Their land was annexed by the Roman Republic, and they were eventually Latinized and assimilated into Roman culture.
The Iapyges have unknown origins but could have been an Illyrian tribe.
Illyrian colonization of Italy (IX century BC).
They spoke the Messapian language since the Messapians themselves were the southernmost tribe of the Iapyges. Their other tribes included the Daunians and the Peucetians.
The name Iapyges is derived from Greek authors, who linked the tribe's origin to Daedalus's son Iapyx. They were called Apuli, Salentini (or Sallentini) and Calabri by Roman authors. Iapygians were akin to the Oenotrians, an ancient Italic people who lived in the territory of Basilicata and Northern Calabria.
The genitive forms, -aihi- and -ihi- corresponding to the Sanskrit -asya- and the Greek -oio- , appear to indicate that the dialect belongs to the Indo-European family. Other indications, such as the use of the aspirated consonants and the avoiding of the letters m and t as terminal sounds, show that the Iapygian dialect was essentially different from the Italian one and corresponds in some respects to the Greek dialects.
The supposition of an especially close affinity between the Iapygian nation and the Hellenes finds further support in the frequent occurrence of the names of Greek divinities in the inscriptions and the surprising facility with which the people became Hellenized, presenting a striking contrast to the shyness in the respect of the other Italian Nations. Apulia, which in the time of Timaeus (400 BC) was still described as a barbarous land, had in the sixth century become a province thoroughly Greek, although no direct colonization from Greece had taken place.
19th century German historian Theodor Mommsen believed that the Iapygian people were either the oldest immigrants to, or the historical autochthones of Italy.
The Iapygians are mentioned by Polybius as having provided Socii troops for Rome's armies in the wars against Carthage.
^ Outline of Universal History, Volume 1 by George Park Fisher, 2009, page 232, "... now Calabria, and in Apulia, there was another people, the Iapygians, whose origin is not certain, but who were not so far removed..."
^ The student's atlas of classical geography, consisting of fifteen maps, constructed and engraved by Edward Weller ... and descriptive letterpress by Leonhard Schmitz, Michigan Historical Reprint Series, 2005, page 14, "In the south-eastern peninsula we meet with the Iapygians, of unknown origin: Central Italy contained a great number of tribes..."
^ Mommsen, Theodor (1885). The History of Rome. Leipzig: Reimer & Hirsel, Leipzig.
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UNION, N.J. (4/9/19) –Taylor Nyberg tallied a hat-trick as the Kean University women's lacrosse team dropped their New Jersey Athletic Conference home opener to Montclair State University, 17-8 on Tuesday evening.
Four players tallied hat-tricks for the Red Hawks who improve to 6-7 overall and 1-1 in the NJAC. Meghan Tillger and Morgan Graham each recorded two goals apiece for the Cougars who fall to 3-9 overall and 0-2 in the NJAC.
Nyberg evened the game at 1-1 on a free position shot with 22:11 remaining. MSU proceeded to score seven straight goals and held an 8-1 advantage with just over 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Graham broke up the Red Hawks scoring with a goal off a Dana Meehan assist. Montclair State added two more goals to take a 10-2 lead into halftime.
The Cougars made things interesting in the second half, when Kean scored four goals in the first 10 minutes to cut the MSU lead to 11-6. Nyberg scored two, while Graham and Tillger each notched one. The Red Hawks answered with another five goals to push their advantage back to 16-6 with 7:54 remaining.
Danni LeSaint and Tillger each added a goal before the final buzzer went off.
LeSaint and Tillger each finished with three draw controls, while Emily Bretschneider and Lauren Munoz both collected three groundballs. Bretschneider also totaled two caused turnovers.
Josie Pagano and Gabby Krug combined for 10 saves in 60 minutes of work between the pipes.
Head Coach B.J. Johnson and the Cougars will return to action in Galloway, N.J. on Saturday, Apr. 13th, against the Ospreys of Stockton University at 4:00 p.m.


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Q: Multipe exec.Command function with pipelines does not give a output in Golang I'm trying to execute program in golang and catch output of the second program to pass web output.
Single execution is does not cause any problem ,
//One exec
        t := time.Now()
        filename := "backup-" + hostname + "-" + t.Format(time.RFC3339) + ".img"
        w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+filename)
        // Set HTTP header befare Transfering data.
        w.Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")

        ddCommand := exec.Command("dd", fmt.Sprintf("if=%s", r.URL.Path[6:]))
        pipeIn, pipeWriter := io.Pipe()
        ddCommand.Stdout = pipeWriter
        ddCommand.Stderr = pipeWriter

        go writeCmdOutput(w, pipeIn)

        ddCommand.Run()
        pipeWriter.Close()

but when I added second program to function, program does not give any output.
                // Get time and set headers
                t := time.Now()
                filename := "backup-" + hostname + "-" + t.Format(time.RFC3339) + ".img.gz"
                w.Header().Set("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename="+filename)
                w.Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")

                pipeIn, pipeWriter := io.Pipe()

                ddCommand := exec.Command("dd", fmt.Sprintf("if=%s", r.URL.Path[9:]))
                gzipCommand := exec.Command("gzip ", "-1", "-")

                gzipCommand.Stdin, _ = ddCommand.StdoutPipe()

                gzipCommand.Stdout = pipeWriter
                go writeCmdOutput(w, pipeIn)

                _ = gzipCommand.Start()
                _ = ddCommand.Run()
                _ = gzipCommand.Wait()
                pipeWriter.Close()

But when I try to run command without pipeline the execution gives a realtime output. Example command
topCommand := exec.Command("top","-d 0.5", "-b", "-n 5")
awkCommand   := exec.Command("grep", "bash")

awkCommand.Stdin, _ = topCommand.StdoutPipe()
awkCommand.Stdout = os.Stdout

_ = awkCommand.Start()
_ = topCommand.Run()
_ = awkCommand.Wait()

So how can I fix this issue ?
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In line with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), especially its strategy to diversify the economy by making technology an enabler for forex revenue earnings, the Buhari administration would be actively supporting Google's Next Billion users plan intended to ensure greater digital access in Nigeria and around the world.
This will afford millions of Nigerians access to the Internet and particularly support content distribution.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, gave the assurance during a meeting with Google executives at the company's corporate headquarters in the Silicon Valley at the start of the investment road show he is leading to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
This is in line with Nigeria's ERGP plans, and the country's quest to become a data driven digital economy, knowledge and business process outsourcing hub for the global market, and making gains in terms of the efficiency and transparency of process that a digital economy offers.
The Vice President later met with a series of key technology investors and also visited the headquarters of LinkedIn where he was the Special Guest at the firm's Fireside Chat in a room packed full of Nigerians in Diaspora among others.


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Newman Nation embraced the hugely successful class of 2010 for one last weekend. The eight seniors on the basketball team rewarded their fans with two final exciting victories at home. The Red (25-4, 11-1 Ivy) used dominant defensive efforts to take down Princeton (17-8, 8-3 Ivy) and Penn (5-20, 4-7 Ivy) and secure at least a share of a third-straight Ivy League championship.
Saturday night's game featured just as much emotion, but for very different reasons. The senior class –– led by Ryan Wittman, Jeff Foote and Louis Dale –– played its final home game at Cornell in front of 4,473 very supportive fans. Each of the team's eight seniors was honored before the game. Those seniors –– with help from sophomore guard Chris Wroblewski, among others –– proceeded to dismantle the Quakers and earn a 68-48 victory over the only Ivy team that has beaten the Red this season.
The whole team should be proud of the way it played defense Friday against Princeton. The Red forced turnovers on three of Princeton's first four possessions and never looked back. Princeton managed just 47 points on 38 percent shooting for the game. Wroblewski and senior guard Geoff Reeves combined to limit Princeton's top scorer –– sophomore guard Doug Davis –– to just four points on 2-of-12 shooting.
"Geoff Reeves really bothered him [Davis] with his length and his energy," Donahue said.
Princeton's defense on Cornell was equally stingy. The Red averages 74.5 points and 9.4 3- pointers per game, but was held to 50 and two, respectively, by the Tigers. For the past two seasons, Princeton has played at a methodical pace and relied on its suffocating defense. Friday's game was no different.
The Tigers contained most of Cornell's offensive threats; however, the one player the Tigers could not stop was center Jeff Foote. Foote scored 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting in the first half and finished with a game-high 19 points.
The game was eerily reminiscent of the previous meeting between the two teams this season. In that game, Cornell prevailed, 48-44, in New Jersey. Both games were disciplined, physical battles dominated by defense.
The Red certainly did a good job of getting to the foul line. Fifteen of Cornell's final 19 points in the game came at the charity stripe. The Red made 13 of its last 14 attempts, including two after Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson was whistled for a technical foul. Dale also scored three of his four points when he knocked down all three free throws after being fouled on a shot from behind the arc.
Dale's free throws gave Cornell a five-point lead with just over two minutes remaining. Princeton scored the next four points to get within a point with four seconds remaining. The Red quickly got the ball to Wittman, who was fouled with two seconds remaining and proceeded to sink both free throws. Princeton's Dan Mavraides –– who led his team with 13 points in the game –– launched a shot from midcourt at the buzzer which would have sent the game into overtime, but fell well short of the hoop.
Cornell's tough defense carried over to Saturday's matchup against Penn. Penn's first six possessions of the game resulted in three turnovers and three contested jump shots, none of which found the net. Meanwhile, Dale and senior Andre Wilkins –– who was part of an all-senior starting five –– took charge of the game for the Red. Wilkins made two steals, hit a jump shot and tipped back his own missed layup in the opening minutes.
Dale followed up a subpar game against Princeton with a strong first half versus Penn. The senior guard scored 11 points in the opening eight minutes to set the tone for the Red. He hit from behind the long line three times during that stretch.
Penn, which stunned then-ranked Cornell two weekends ago, stayed within striking distance for much of the first half, but the Quakers fell apart when sophomore guard Zack Rosen had to go to the bench with three first half fouls. Without Rosen, the Quakers were left without a true point guard and their offense sputtered. During one eight-minute stretch in the first half, Penn managed two points and seven turnovers. The Quakers finished the game with 21 turnovers.
Rosen played just 28 minutes because of foul trouble, but still managed to score 23 of his team's 48 points. Wittman led Cornell with 18 points and a career-high six steals. He put the game out of reach by scoring 12 points during a span of just over five minutes early in the second half.
With the win, the Red clinched at least a share of the conference title, which the team can win outright with a win in either of its games next weekend. The team also exacted revenge over the only Ivy team it has lost to this season.


I am using Smartermail Enterprise 15.4.6151. When A user tries to add a new contact by clicking on the sender of an email they received, they get an error message. The standard "add new contact" method accessed through the contacts section works just fine.
Hi Brian. I have a fix for this issue. Please uninstall your current build of SmarterMail 15, and then download and install this version.
Hello Rod, thanks for your quick reply. Which version is this? Is it a step back as a work-around is it something that has not been released yet?
Brian, this is the latest available version of SmarterMail 15.4 that also contains this fix.
Thanks Rod, so just to be clear. It's a version BEYOND 15.4.6151? I have 15.4.6151 installed right now and it has the error. I just want to make sure I have a VERY good reason to restart my server since I lose all of my abuse detection blocked IPs each time I do.
Brian, yes, this version is 15.4.6183.
Super! I'll give it a try. Thanks!
Rod, any chance you can post the release notes for this version? Just afraid to put it into production without knowing all that's been changed. Thanks.
Hi Kevin! I believe this build only resolves the Oops page error when saving a contact from an email in the web interface. I'll verify tomorrow morning.
Hi Rod, happy new year!
Any word on what else is included in this build? Or when the the next minor will be released that incorporates this fix? Thanks.
We are releasing a minor today.


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Cao Đài is a Vietnamese religion that emerged during the French colonial period of the 1920s. Caodaism is famous for its feature of syncretising significant religions' doctrinal teachings into its plethora of ideas. The beliefs include Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Islam, and claimed of receiving spiritual directions from its prominent figures such as Mary, mother of Jesus, the biblical Noah, and Buddha himself. The religion quickly gained followers by the millions, within a decade of propagation, attracting both the rural peasants and the French-educated urbanites.

Soon after, Caodaism began to attract attention from various political actors due to its insurgent ideas which eventually saw some of its factions participating in an armed insurgency against the French, the Japanese and the Communists until the 1950s. As a result, the religion was demilitarised, its leaders incarcerated, and followers suppressed under the different political regimes, which attributed to the fall of its influence within society. As the communist forces gained total control after Saigon's fall in 1975, religious persecution towards the Caodaists intensified, and the religion was officially banned. As the main Tây Ninh Holy See and other sites were deeply militarised and their external religious practices prohibited, it almost seemed that the religion would disappear with no successive generation of leaders to lead it. Many of its followers went underground to survive, while others sought refuge abroad from religious persecution, thus creating diaspora communities in countries across the world. Following the period of economic reform in the 1990s, Caodaism was able to resurrect its public presence through the reopening of its temples as religious presence regained state legitimacy. However, the controversial seance practice remains prohibited until today.

Diaspora communities

Of the approximate 4 million followers worldwide, the Cao Đài diaspora community today hosts 13,000 to 15,000 members in countries like the USA, Australia and Cambodia. Except for Cambodia, which has had a Caodaist presence in its state since the religion's formative years in the 1920s, most of those in exile were boat refugees who came between 1975 and 1985 and are primarily situated in the US and Australia. Despite its relatively small number, the diaspora community holds a significant position in the development of contemporary Caodaism today.

Cambodia

Cao Đài followers were already present in Cambodia from the initial years of the religion and were mainly situated in Phnom Penh. Focusing on Caodaism's veneration of Mother Goddess, the early settlers built the Kim Bien House of Gratitude (Báo Ân Đường) for the Mother Goddess on Pierre Pasquier Street in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. By 1927, successful proselytisation by the Vietnamese settlers had brought many Khmers into its influence, who became attracted to Caodaism through the shared veneration of the goddess figure, which facilitated their ease of conversion. As numbers grew, the new Cao Đài community began constructing the second Mother Goddess House of Gratitude during the same year. It was also known as the "Mother Goddess House of Worship of Toul Svay Prey". Soon after, the land adjacent to the Kim Bien House was purchased by Caodaists to construct the first Cao Đài God Temple, which was completed in 1937. Together, these buildings were referred to as the Kim Bien Temple and were officially inaugurated on 22 May 1937 by Phạm Công Tắc, the co-founder of the religion, and other prominent Cao Đài personalities.

The temple quickly became the centre of missionary activities. It was here that Phạm Công Tắc and other Caodaists received a seance spirit message from Victor Hugo's spirit, ordering the establishment of the Cao Đài Foreign Mission. The new mission became the link that connected the Khmer community with the local Vietnamese followers and the Cao Đài Tây Ninh Holy See in Vietnam.

Veneration of goddesses among the Khmers was popular in the southern region of Vietnam and Cambodia, such as the veneration of Neang Khmau (Black Lady). The sacred pilgrimage site of Black Lady mountain was located near the Cao Đài Tây Ninh Holy See; thus, the Khmers were significantly involved in the Holy See's construction as they would gain better access to their pilgrimage site through this new construction and its facilities. The Cao Đài leaders acknowledged the contribution of the Khmers towards the nascent religion. In return, they were awarded a designated space for the Khmer followers (Tông Đạo Tồn Nhân) in the Holy See and the permission to build the Kim Bien Temple (Tông Đạo Kim Biên) in Cambodia.
As the number of Khmer Caodaists increased, the new community began to face opposition from its royal Theravada-Buddhist family in Cambodia, who declared a prohibition on Khmers visiting the Holy See and other Cao Đài centres local and abroad as it is seen as a threat to their authority over the Khmers. However, as the French were still in control of Indochina, this ruling was not strictly implemented, allowing more Khmer to embrace Caodaism. However, the transethnic connection was severed by the 1950s due to socio-political conflicts between both countries and subsequent nation-building periods, which oversaw increased tension between the Vietnamese and the Khmers. The newly-minted Cambodian government even forced the relocation of the Kim Bien temple in 1955 to diminish the Vietnamese religion's influence. Due to the diplomatic moves between Pham Cong Tac, who was already in exile in Cambodia, in his negotiation with King Sihanouk, the Cao Đài community managed to get a hold of vacant land on Mao Tse Tong Boulevard, and construction of the new temple began by 1955. Despite facing numerous demolition threats by the Cambodian government for unauthorised construction, the building was finally ready by 1962 after the royal intervention by Prince Sihanouk's mother.

The political upheavals in the 1970s in Vietnam and Cambodia have impacted the Cao Đài community significantly. Under the Lon Nol and Pol Pot regimes, anti-Vietnamese sentiments were invoked, and the Vietnamese diaspora in Cambodia was almost eradicated; they were either expelled or killed. The local Cao Đài community were also gravely affected as their centres were forcibly closed except for the main Kim Bien Temple. Later in the late 1980s, the community was further suppressed under the Cambodian government's nationalisation movement, which denied citizenship towards non-Khmer people. This resulted in the severe social, economic and political marginalisation of the Vietnamese Cao Đài diaspora and the maintenance of its main temple. Without any political leverage, the Cao Đài diaspora continued to lose their plots of land to the state by 1991. Rising anti-Vietnamese sentiment kept them from voicing their grievances for fear of violent retaliation from the larger community. This marked the end of Khmer Caodaist converts.

Since the official recognition of the Caodaism as an indigenous religion in Vietnam in 1997, the Cambodian diaspora community have declared their allegiance to the main Tây Ninh Holy See and seek political protection from it against the ethnic discrimination, they continue to face in Cambodia. Positioning itself as the younger subordinate to the Holy See's central power, the diaspora Tim Bien Temple members placed great importance in submitting themselves to Vietnam and the Tây Ninh Holy See. Today, 2000 Caodaists reside in Cambodia, most of which are of Vietnamese origin or descendants of Khmer converts.

The USA

The Vietnamese Cao Đài diaspora began to settle in the USA in 1975, primarily as refugees escaping the socialist regime after Saigon's fall. Like many refugees who deal with forced migration, the Cao Đài Vietnamese diaspora community had been transplanted into a foreign land, unfamiliar to their culture, lifestyle and religious tradition. For Caodaists, religion became a core component in maintaining an ethnic connection with their Vietnamese counterparts. The religion's nationalist teachings had to be modified as they lost their homeland through the exile experience.

Upon arrival, the Vietnamese Caodaist refugees were mistaken for Buddhists or Confucians as their religion was mainly unknown in the West. They also experienced the Christian missionary movement as Christian families sponsored many in the integration process into American society. As a token of appreciation, many Caodaists became nominal Christians while maintaining their indigenous belief in private. However, this faith-switching practice proved difficult while navigating their new lives (finding jobs, learning English) and dealing with the trauma of losing their ethnic identity after being forcefully uprooted from their land and culture. The desire to keep their religious tradition alive intensified as they continued to meditate privately and observe vegetarianism. Despite being in a land of religious freedom, the Cao Đài diaspora community encountered marginalisation based on their ethnicity and minority religious position. Through contact with a multicultural, multiethnic, and religiously diverse society, the Cao Đài community has seen itself as part of the modern development of religious expression, less displaced for its syncretistic character.

This experience by the diaspora in the 1980s set the tone for the Cao Đài community's future as they slowly revived their religious presence in public through the construction of many temples across the U.S, most notably in California. Hosting nine Cao Đài temples, California is home to 90% of the Caodaists in the country, with 1350 followers in 2010. Most follow Tây Ninh Caodaism, as reflected in the five temples associated with this denomination, namely: the Chestnut, California, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento Cao Đài temples, while two are non-denominational but are led by Tây Ninh Caodaists, namely the Anaheim temple and the Pomona temple. The Vietnamese Cao Đài diaspora in the USA also continue the veneration of the Mother Goddess, similar to their Cambodian counterparts and altars dedicated to her can be found in the San Jose and Chestnut temple in northern and southern California, respectively.

Direction of the community

The exile experience has also brought two significant impacts to the religion and its community. The first is the globalisation of the faith and the second is the reconstruction of its doctrinal practices abroad. The reformulation of its direction from fighting for nationalism to embracing a global call to suit the new context that the diaspora communities found themselves in. This enabled the continuation of the religion outside of its homeland and the possibility of gaining new adherents outside of the Vietnamese ethnicity. The diaspora community in California is generally divided into two factions, each with leaders of different aspirations for their communities.

Exclusivist – religion in exile

One side of the coin takes an exclusivist stance to protect the community from the West's harmful influences that could degenerate its religious values. Seeking to maintain the purity of the religion in exile, these Cao Đài leaders focus on inculcating traditional values such as prioritising the community over individuals and respecting one's elders. A solid connection is maintained with the groups in its homeland, such as maintaining a strong affiliation to the Tây Ninh Holy See, further highlighting the importance of the Holy Land connection among the exiled members. This group tends to be conservative in its response to adaptation and changes within the religion and see themselves as similar to the Israelites facing the Exodus.

Inclusivist – universal faith in unity

The other side aspires for a universal identity that is inclusive to all and is welcoming to innovative ideas within the religion to suit the time and space of the diasporic experience. Using modern technologies, this group has produced English-medium religious and educational content and disseminated it through cable television, blogs, and publications both on- and offline. Citing inspiration from the other syncretic religions such as the Baha'i faith and exiled religious community of Tibetan Buddhism, the community sees hope in the survival and thriving of its people in the new land.

New adaptations

Female spirit mediums and newfound practices

As the Tây Ninh Holy See activities became strictly policed after the fall of Saigon in 1975 and the subsequent banning of public practice of Caodaism, many official positions were forcefully vacated. This, in turn, allowed the diaspora communities to appoint their spirit mediums and officials to oversee their religious affairs. This period witnessed the increase of women's participation in the formal hierarchy of overseas Caodaism and saw the rise of women spirit mediums. This phenomenon is not entirely new, as the religion upholds the concept of yin and yang. Before the exile, the Jade Emperor or Cao Đài represented masculine energy and its appointment of male officials into the hierarchy was an expression of yang. However, Cao Đài changed his expression to represent the feminine yin by appointing female mediums to suit the time when the religion was relegated to the underground and meditation and seances were held privately.

This newly-revived feminine approach to the religion is shown in the construction of the Thiên Lý Bửu Tòa (Court of Heavenly Reason) temple in San Jose, the first temple in California which was founded by the female spirit medium Bách Điều Hòa and run by a female archbishop. Bách Điều Hòa's centre initiated a new denomination which ordains American-born Caodaist as clergy independent of Vietnamese consent and are active in conducting domestic and international Cao Đài conferences. Her moves towards the localisation of the religion were not without support. It is claimed that she was directed and her directions approved by the spirits. As a female spirit medium, she was equally connected with the past spiritual leaders who had contacted other Caodaist male mediums and received a total of 54 messages. Some of them came from the Jade Emperor, Jesus Christ and Buddha. Interestingly, her temple also had new contact with a new American spiritual leader, the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith. This inaugurated a new spiritual direction from another Western leader, after Victor Hugo and Joan d'Arc.

Like other Vietnamese Americans, the Cao Đài community also celebrates Vietnamese cultural festivities such as Tet and the Mid-Autumn Moon Festivals. The community has also organised new celebrations to represent their diasporic experience, such as the anniversary celebration of "Black April" of 30 April 1975 in remembrance of the national tragedy of the fall of Saigon. This celebration takes a religious turn as temples prepare their own sets of prayers for the day and display the former Saigon regime's flag at its exterior. Some may interpret this display as an anti-communist critique of the current socialist regime. Another perspective is to understand the sacralization of a political flag as a way of mourning for the loss of authority and the homeland. As the Saigon regime no longer exists, it is treated like any deceased ancestor of the community who would be remembered and mourned for. Close contact between the Cao Đài community and Christians has allowed certain Christian practices to influence the ritual practices of the diaspora community, such as holding communal prayers and meditative sessions on Sundays, instead of the traditional prayer time of the new moon and full moon of the lunar religious calendar and adopting the concept of Sunday school to provide spiritual and language classes for its members.

Critique of the current Tây Ninh officials

Despite achieving state recognition as an official religion of Vietnam, Caodaism continues to face state restrictions on the public aspect of the faith, such as the prevalent banning of seances in the temples and the appointment of religious officials by the state instead of its religious body. Many in exile are concerned with the state-chosen officials who form the religious hierarchy today, whom they see as pro-government and therefore acting favourably towards the state. This has caused many to lose respect for the Holy See of Tây Ninh's current spiritual guidance.

Further reading
Hoskins, Janet Alison. The Divine Eye and the Diaspora: Vietnamese Syncretism Becomes Transpacific Caodaism. University of Hawai'i Press, 2015 .

References

Caodaism
Vietnamese American


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The Literary Content of Some Picassos
Moreland is talking to Maclintick, who is drunk and depressed. Maclintick is bemoaning how his wife Audrey treats him; Moreland sees a parallel: "It wasn't for nothing that Petrach's Laura was one of the de Sade family."[CCR 204/212 ]
Petrarch and Laura de Noves
Venetian School, ~1510
oil on canvas 22 x 28 in
photo credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
from BBC Your Paintings
Petrarch (1304-1374), the Italian poet, wrote sonnets of unrequited love to Laura. She rejected him, not because she was a distant ancestor of the Marquis de Sade, but because she was married. Not surprisingly, there is no fourteenth century picture of them together and the unknown sixteenth century Venetian artist shows them side by side by juxtaposing existing portraits of the two.
Dante and Beatrice
Henry Holliday, 1893
oil on canvas, 55 x 78
Walker Gallery of Art, Liverpool
photo public domain from Wikimedia Commons
Maclintick recalls a picture of Petrarch and Laura, but Moreland corrects him, reminding him of a picture of Dante and Beatrice. This painting by the Pre-Raphaelite painter Henry Holliday (1839 – 1927 ) shows Beatrice in white, walking with 2 woman friends. She is ignoring Dante because she had heard gossip about his infatuation with her. Like Petrarch's, Dante's love was unrequited; he is thought to have met Beatrice only twice; the first time, she was eight and he was nine years old. Holliday traveled to Florence for research to paint the locale accurately. This is Holliday's best known painting. Maclintick says that reproductions of it were commonly displayed in boarding houses.
The Long Engagement
Arthur Hughes, 1859
Birmingham City Art Gallery, Birmingham, England
photo in public domain from Wikimedia.org
A Hopeless Dawn
Frank Bramley, 1888
The Tate, London
photo from The Tate via BBC Your Paintings
Moreland, who relishes speaking of art and literature, makes an enigmatic statement: "The literary content of some Picassos makes The Long Engagement or A Hopeless Dawn seem dry pedantic studies in pure abstraction." The Long Engagement and A Hopeless Dawn are sad Victorian scenes. The engagement is long because the curate is too poor to marry his fiancee. The dawn is hopeless because the kneeling woman knows that her husband is lost at sea. When Moreland calls these "studies in pure abstraction," perhaps he means that although the paintings were superficially realistic, their portrayal of emotion was so excessive that they were unrealistic.
We repeatedly read this conversation of Moreland and Maclintick, which ranges from Petrarch to James Joyce, looking for clues as to which Picassos were on Moreland's mind. By the mid 1930's Picasso was the richest, most famous, and perhaps most prolific living painter. Moreland might have been thinking of Picassos beyond our ken.
Pablo Picasso, 1905-1908
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
© 2011 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
We have puzzled over what Moreland meant by the 'literary content of some Picassos." Is he talking about art featuring writers, about art illustrating writing, or about art telling a story? Picasso wrote poetry and plays and was friendly with many writers, but in the context of the other paintings Moreland was discussing, portraits of these friends, like Gertrude Stein, do not seem to us to have the 'literary content' in question.
Illustration for Lysistrata
Pablo Picasso, 1934
The Print Club, New York
photo from OpenCulture.com
presumed under copyright
If Moreland is talking about art illustrating writing, many Picasso images merit consideration. Picasso illustrated over 50 books and articles. His Don Quixote has become much more widely reproduced than Dante and Beatrice, but this image is from 1955, so Moreland could not be referring to it in the 1930's. However, in the 30's Picasso was illustrating works like Ovid's Metamorphoses and Aristophanes' Lysistrata with etchings that are much less "dry and pedantic" than Hughes' or Bramley's work.
If Moreland is talking about art that tells a story, some works by Picasso qualify more than others. Picasso, along with Braque, is credited with inventing Cubism, one of the pioneering forms of Abstract Art. While the real basis of some Cubist works is discernable, the style evolved to more abstract works that lack any evident narrative (see for, example, Picasso's early collage, Still Life with Chair Caning), so that we do not think of these Picassos as 'literary.'
The Tragedy
Pablo Picasso, 1903 oil on wood, 40 X 28 in The National Gallery of Art, Washington photo public domain in US from Wikipedia
During his Blue Period (1901–1904), Picasso literally had "the blues," becoming severely depressed after the suicide of a friend. His paintings, monochromatic shades of blue, with attenuated but still recognizable depictions of the sad, poor, or oppressed, could match Victorian melodrama tear for tear. We do not know what befell the trio shown at the left, but we instinctively see them as a family and wonder about their pain. The Tragedy is as much of a story picture as The Long Engagement or A Hopeless Dawn. We doubt that Picasso of the Blue Period is what Moreland had in mind when he is rejecting the sentimentality of Bramley and Hughes.
Maclintick cares little for art or novels, yet introduces James Joyce's Ulysses into the conversation. We wonder if this is a clue to a different interpretation of Moreland's statement. Some of Picasso's later work, including paintings from the mid 1930s when Moreland and Maclintick were talking, told stories in much more symbolic, less direct ways, requiring more work from the viewer to understand the metaphors, just as Ulysses tells a story but is not the easiest novel to read. We are thinking specifically of Guernica.
oil on canvas, 140 x 310 in
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrin
image from Wikipedia. org
presumed under copyright, see Wikipedia for non-free media rationale
Guernica is full of anguish, showing a tragedy, not of an anonymous trio, but of a whole town devastated by bombing in the Spanish Civil War. The multiple distorted bodies and the iconography, particularly of the bull and the horse, have spawned many controversies about their interpretation. This is literary modernism to contrast with the classicism of Dante and of Pre-Raphaelites like Henry Halliday.
Powell is showing us a Moreland who is sick of the sentimentalism and narrative literalism of the age he grew up in, and who is championing the modern taste for metaphor as representation. After all, to the extent that Moreland is modeled on Constant Lambert, he is modeled on a composer who wrote music for Romeo and Juliet and Cymbeline, and the classical tales of Pomona and of Tiresias. He must constantly have been struggling with how music, that most abstract of arts, could represent known stories without resorting to narrative literalism and sentiment.
We have used 'literary' as a launch pad for a selective recap of Picasso's career and for flights of speculation about Moreland's intent. We are sure that Moreland would welcome further conversation.
1 Response to The Literary Content of Some Picassos
vgreig007 says:
Loved this article. Very informative & intriguing.