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Legal Lessons From America: Mazi Nnamdi Kanu And The Nigerian Army
Legal Lessons From America: Mazi…
Mazi Nnamdi Kanu – IPOB Leader
Since his arrest by the Nigerian government in 2016, the issue of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the neo-Biafran movement, IPOB, has generated a considerable amount of interest amongst American watchers of the Nigerian story. I have, in the recent past, written a few essays on issues arising from the matter of Nigeria and Biafra; and just recently, a new and crucial issue caught my attention, and that is: the novel legal dilemma posed by the Nigerian army to Mr Kanu's adjourned criminal trial. This directly arose from the hostile operations the Nigerian army had conducted against Kanu back in September, 2017.
From my straw research of the nuances of Nigerian jurisprudence, there's no known case that has squarely dealt with the situation the army forced on the Nigeria judiciary in this instance. Though, there are legions of rulings by the Nigerian Supreme Court on the tenor of the 'due orocess' and 'fair trial' cannons of the Nigerian Constitution, I found no case that best addressed the issue as it now relates to Mr. Kanu. Conversely, a quick overview of American presidential jurisprudence will show that there are many cases that reflect virtually the same predicament the Nigerian court has found itself since the army's baffling operations against Mr Kanu and the ex post facto declaration by the Nigerian government that Mr Kanu and members of IPOB (numbering in the millions, according to the US State Department) are now terrorists.
What I discovered is that Mr Kanu's criminal trial can no longer, in strict constitutional theory and practice, proceed as expected. The trial is now liable to a motion to dismiss; but given that there may not be sufficient pertinent case development in Nigeria, the Nigerian court can be guided by the rash of US precedents on point, some of which I will now proceed to state and argue below. Keep in mind that the Nigerian presidential Constitution is based – in letters and spirit – on the finest traditions of the US presidential Constitution.
Mr. Kanu who was charged with treasonable felony was later released on bail. The Nigerian Army, as part of its campaign to terrorize Biafrans in Python Dance II, attempted to assassinate Mr. Kanu by attacking his home, spraying bullets throughout the premises, killing scores of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and wounding others. In a classic 'self-defense' against the Nigerian army, Mr. Kanu presumably went underground.
And then, like the blitzkrieg launched by its forces against Kanu and his people, the Nigerian government quickly proceeded to outlaw IPOB as a terrorist organization through a constitutionally questionable ex parte proceeding in violation of various provisions of laws of Nigeria (and laws of nations) on fair hearing.
Part of the the purpose or effect of the Nigerian government's State terrorism against IPOB and Mr Kanu was to intimidate all witnesses who might testify in favor of Mr. Kanu at trial. You might also add that this situation has the effect of complicating the ability of the Court to ensure a fair trial for Mr. Kanu as guaranteed under Section 36 (4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The government's factually-deficient prohibition of IPOB as a terrorist organization was also calculated to inflame popular opinion against Mr. Kanu.
The fair trial guarantee enacted by the the Nigerian Constitution is a direct recast of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution which protects defendants from deprivation of life, liberty and property "without due process of law." In the US, if the court finds that the government has engaged in conduct that "shocks the conscience," the court may utilize the "outrageous government conduct" rule and dismiss criminal charges to avoid a Fifth Amendment due process violation. See Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165, 172, 173 (1952); United States v. Boone, 437 F.3d 829, 841 (8th Cir. 2006); United States v. Russell, 411 U.S. 423, 431-32 (1973) (stating that a court may dismiss an indictment on due process grounds when "the conduct of law enforcement agents is so outrageous that due process principles would absolutely bar the government from invoking judicial processes to obtain a conviction").
See also United States v. Searcy, 233 F.3d 1096, 1101 n.3 (8th Cir. 2000) ("The claim of outrageous government conduct rests on the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment."). Dismissal under the outrageous government conduct doctrine is appropriate "if the conduct falls within the narrow band of the most intolerable government conduct." Boone, 437 F.3d at 841. "Government conduct which is so outrageous and shocking that it exceeds the bounds of fundamental fairness, may violate the Due Process clause and bar a subsequent prosecution." United States v. Hunt, 171 F.3d 1192, 1195 (8th Cir. 1999). See also United States v. Russo & Ellsberg, Crim. No. 9373 (WNB) (C.D. Cal. dismissed because of government misconduct, including illegal wiretaps on the defense team and burglary of the office of Defendant Ellsberg's psychiatrist).
In Kanu's case, the misconduct of the government of Nigeria is far more egregious than in the cited cases dismissed under the due process clause of the United States Constitution. The hallmarks are self-evident – the attempted assassination of Kanu which forced him underground and unable to participate in his own defense; killing, injuring, or intimidating exculpatory witnesses and simultaneously prohibiting IPOB as a terrorist organization despite its unstained record of peaceful protests and international profile as a lawful body.
Accordingly, the Court must find cause to dismiss all charges against Mr. Kanu because the government's misconduct shocks the conscience of the court, the Constitution and the society; and is so outrageous that fair trial principles should absolutely bar the government from invoking judicial processes to obtain a conviction.
Additionally, the totality of Nigerian government's misconducts against Mr Kanu has created what is known in the US as a State 'mob domination' of trial. Mob domination of a trial that intimidates or frightens witnesses or fact-finders by a constructive threat of retribution for assisting the defendant violates fundamental fairness and due process of law. Franks v. Magnum, 237 U.S. 309, 335 (1915); Moore v. Dempsey, 261 U.S. 86, 90-91 (1923) – "if a trial is dominated by a mob so that there is an actual interference with the course of justice, there is a departure from due process of law".
As noted above, the Nigerian Army's extra-judicial attacks on Mr. Kanu's home intending to assassinate him, murdering a score of IPOB members, injuring others, and the fact-challenged condemnation of IPOB as a terrorist organization have created an atmosphere of mob domination that precludes any hope of a fair trial. This atmosphere has predetermine Kanu's conviction. Any witness who sides with Kanu may risk immediate lethal retaliation by the Nigerian government or its agents. Accordingly, the Court should see fit to dismiss all charges against Mr. Kanu because the government of Nigeria has acted to insure any trial would be mob-dominated in favor of conviction.
And there's more: A venerable principle of law since time is that no person should profit from his own wrongdoing. In Mr. Kanu's case, the government of Nigeria is responsible for his underground status by dispatching the Nigerian Army to attack him and IPOB members in his home. Mr. Kanu's underground status is legally justified by the natural right of self-preservation. Therefore, the only fair way is for the court to prevent the Nigerian government from profiting from a situation it deliberately created.
Source: https://adulbert.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/nnamdi-kanu-and-the-nigerian-army-judicial-lessons-from-america/
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Hungry for knowledge? The library is open!
The Detroit storefront office of Workers World Party, in Midtown near Wayne State University, is an anchor to the struggle against capitalism. A lot happens here, from classes, forums and shared meals on Saturday nights to the weekly meetings of the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs on Mondays. On another day volunteers might be stapling signs on sticks for a Black Lives Matter action, putting materials together for a booth at LGBTQ Pride, or silk-screening T-shirts demanding the freedom of political prisoner the Rev. Edward Pinkney.
Now, 5920 Second Ave. will be serving the people's movement in another way. Workers hungry for knowledge — an essential weapon in the class struggle — have a new resource.
The Addington-Dostal-Kiya Memorial Library houses the beloved book collections of four Workers World Party comrades who are, sadly, no longer with us. Wendell Addington died in 1998, Ted Dostal in 2003, and Tashi Kiya and Frances Dostal both died in 2013. But with the library now open, Addington and Kiya of the Detroit branch and the Dostals of the Cleveland branch are still educating the next generation of revolutionaries.
These comrades gave us a rich cross section of movement literature, with a large number of titles covering African-American, labor and left history in this country; liberation movements in Asia, Latin America and Africa; the Soviet Union; and the classic works of Marxism. Many of these books and pamphlets have been out of print for decades. To touch them is to touch a piece of history.
So remember, next time you are in Detroit: The library is open!


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Your Guilty Pleasure Movies
By D.W., August 26, 2008 in General Discussion
A sun tan and a grin
Credit the idea to the Star Trek thread.
We all have horrible movies that we love. Here's just a few of mine.
Manos The Hands of Fate
Thirteen Ghosts (the remake)
Surf Ninjas (anyone else remember that shit?)
Bring It On (solely for Eliza Dushku)
Ernest Scared Stupid
I'll think of more later.
Escape from L.A.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
More to come as I remember them.
JackFetch
Vader knows what you did.
Pretty much anything from the 80s, particularly:
Space Camp
Coming to America (I wish he would do a sequel with his son coming to find a bride since he'd be the right age)
Better Off Dead
Revenge of the Nerds
and a couple hundred more.
Missed it by that much
Anything with Hugh Grant in it. Yes, I'm a closet romcom fan...
George W.
Documentation that babies are evil
Location:New Orleans
Jaws: The Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street part IV: The Dream Master
Teenage Caveman (original Roger Corman version)
This Island Earth
The Punisher (Thomas Jane version)
American Ninja
Surf Nazi's Must Die!
Urban Spaceman
Location:Boston, MA
For some reason, if I'm flipping through stations on a Sunday afternoon, and I happen to come across The Mighty Ducks, I'm compelled to watch it. I don't understand it, but there you go.
NightAngle04
I know the movie is shit don't get me wrong but everytime I see Judge Dredd I just giggle to myself nonstop.
I almost forgot... Double Dragon.
Alyssa Milano was HOT in that movie.
Alyssa Milano was in that movie?? I may have to hire it out.....
SuaveStar
I am reality.
If it's from the 80's I'd forgive a movie for anything it wrong with it.
One of my favourite movies of all time is true lies.
The mighty ducks one and most of two are quite good, anyone who says they enjoyed three doesn't deserve to live anymore.
I also have a soft spot for Jason X, and anything with Steven Segal, that came pre 1998.
Same rule applies for Van Damme.
I just can't help but watch street fighter whenever it's on.
The last few posts in this thread make me want to punch something.
Skyle
Dogma (Anywhere, anytime, it's funny)
Interview with the Vampire (Once I start, I can't stop)
Batman Returns (I've been told I shouldn't like it, but I can't give a f*)
Lolita (with Jeremy Irons)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (Yes, I'm serious)
At least no one's said Saw yet.
I cannot for the life of me figure out why I like Double Dragon. I know it's a horrendous movie, but I can't stop giggling like a bitch everytime I watch it.
Marian: I need to get into Shuko's headquarters! What's he got up there? Heat sensors, infrared, what, what?!
Abobo: Infra-what???
Marian: Don't act dumb!
Abobo: I'm NOT acting!
Like I said in my review of Double Dragon, that exchange right there sums the entire movie up in every imaginable way.
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surf ninjas hell yeah!!! I remember that shit now I have to find it on DVD dang you DW lol
ok since I have been foraging the forums lately and posting everywhere I find an interesting topic here goes
St. Elmos Fire
Back To The Future Series
Lethal Weapon Series
BH Cop Series
Adventures in Babysitting (Featuring George Newbern the voice of SUPERMAN in justice League)
He-Man & She-Ra The Secret Of The Sword
Oliver & Company (Disney)
Masters of the Universe (1987 YES I WENT THERE It was He-man on the big screen it's the only reason I give it a free pass and Frank Angella's Skeletor was cool as hell)
DUDE Where's My Car (only for the chinese lady "And Then......?")
The Mighty Ducks Series (D3 only because it gave closure to the series)
The Batman Superman Movie: Worlds Finest
Money Train
The Naked Gun Series
The Thin Man Collection 1934-1947 RIP William Powell & Myrna Loy
Spider-Man Series
X-Men Series
yea I know it's a lot and I know I'm gonna get flack on some but hey I likes what I likes
Some of those aren't guilty pleasure movies, i.e. movies generally agreed upon as bad but you still like for whatever reason. For instance:
Are not really bad movies.
no their not but everytime when there is nothing really on my 500+ channel DIRECTV service I can put them in and who said guilty pleasure movies had to be bad. Hell I can't wait to get the 2 disc special edition of Iron man
who said guilty pleasure movies had to be bad.
Um. It's kind of in the definition.
I can put them in and who said guilty pleasure movies had to be bad.
Anyone who understands what a "guilty pleasure" movie is.
I am usually referred to as The Master—universally.
Location:Chicago, IL
Yeah, to be a guilty pleasure, the movie has to be considered bad by most people.
In that case, Superman Returns. Stalkers can be sexy if they fly. :angel:
Plus, I found Clark to be genuinely sweet.
ok so everyone basically gave me flack for some of my choices and the definition of "guilty pleasure movies"
BUT I ask you this why can't there be such a thing as a good guilty pleasure movie?????
ex: The Batman/Superman Movie: Worlds Finest (if you liked it and who wouldn't right??)
because pretty much anytime you watch it it makes ya happy no matter what happens even if the internet crashes and we can't get our earth-2.net fix or heaven forbid the forums go down wahhhhhhh I had to watch Worlds Finest after I dound them down earlier this week


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Moves Like Jagger (studio Recording From the Voice)
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/// @author
///    Elisha R. Hughes,
///    CVRTI,
///    University of Utah,
///   based on:
///    Steven G. Parker,
///    Department of Computer Science,
///    University of Utah.
///    July 1994
///
/// @date  November 2004

#include <Dataflow/Network/Ports/FieldPort.h>
#include <Dataflow/Modules/DataIO/GenericWriter.h>
#include <Core/ImportExport/Field/FieldIEPlugin.h>

namespace SCIRun {

template class GenericWriter<FieldHandle>;

/// @class WriteField
/// @brief This module writes a field to file
///
/// (a SCIRun .fld file and various other file formats using a plugin system).

class WriteField : public GenericWriter<FieldHandle> {
protected:
  GuiString gui_types_;
  GuiString gui_exporttype_;
  GuiInt gui_increment_;
  GuiInt gui_current_;

  virtual bool call_exporter(const std::string &filename);

public:
  WriteField(GuiContext* ctx);
  virtual ~WriteField() {}

  virtual void execute();
};

DECLARE_MAKER(WriteField)

WriteField::WriteField(GuiContext* ctx)
  : GenericWriter<FieldHandle>("WriteField", ctx, "DataIO", "SCIRun"),
    gui_types_(get_ctx()->subVar("types", false)),
    gui_exporttype_(get_ctx()->subVar("exporttype"), ""),
    gui_increment_(get_ctx()->subVar("increment"), 0),
    gui_current_(get_ctx()->subVar("current"), 0)
{
  FieldIEPluginManager mgr;
  std::vector<std::string> exporters;
  mgr.get_exporter_list(exporters);

  std::string exporttypes = "{";
  exporttypes += "{{SCIRun Field Binary} {.fld} } ";
  exporttypes += "{{SCIRun Field ASCII} {.fld} } ";

  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < exporters.size(); i++)
  {
    FieldIEPlugin *pl = mgr.get_plugin(exporters[i]);
    if (pl->fileextension != "")
    {
      exporttypes += "{{" + exporters[i] + "} {" + pl->fileextension + "} } ";
    }
    else
    {
      exporttypes += "{{" + exporters[i] + "} {.*} } ";
    }
  }

  exporttypes += "}";

  gui_types_.set(exporttypes);
}

bool
WriteField::call_exporter(const std::string &filename)
{
  const std::string ftpre = gui_exporttype_.get();
  const std::string::size_type loc = ftpre.find(" (");
  const std::string ft = ftpre.substr(0, loc);

  FieldIEPluginManager mgr;
  FieldIEPlugin *pl = mgr.get_plugin(ft);
  if (pl)
  {
    return pl->filewriter(this, handle_, filename.c_str());
  }
  return false;
}

void
WriteField::execute()
{
  const std::string ftpre = gui_exporttype_.get();
  const std::string::size_type loc = ftpre.find(" (");
  const std::string ft = ftpre.substr(0, loc);

  exporting_ = !(ft == "" ||
		 ft == "SCIRun Field Binary" ||
		 ft == "SCIRun Field ASCII" ||
                 ft == "Binary");

  // Determine if we're ASCII or Binary
  std::string ab = "Binary";
  if (ft == "SCIRun Field ASCII") ab = "ASCII";
  filetype_.set(ab);

  //get the current file name
  const std::string oldfilename=filename_.get();

  //determine if we should increment an index in the file name
  if (gui_increment_.get())
  {

    //warn the user if they try to use 'Increment' incorrectly
    const std::string::size_type loc2 = oldfilename.find("%d");
    if(loc2 == std::string::npos)
    {
      remark("To use the increment function, there must be a '%d' in the file name.");
    }

    char buf[1024];

    int current=gui_current_.get();
    sprintf(buf, filename_.get().c_str(), current);

    filename_.set(buf);
    gui_current_.set(current+1);
  }

  GenericWriter<FieldHandle>::execute();

   if (gui_increment_.get())
   filename_.set(oldfilename);

}

} // End namespace SCIRun

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Fetal Heart Rate Birth Injury
$2.5 million malpractice settlement for infant's brain damage at birth
Trial Lawyers Report, 2006
Failure to diagnose and treat signs and symptoms of persistent fetal heart rate decelerations resulting in brain damage
The plaintiff is a four year-old boy who suffered a severe and permanent neurological injury as a result of the defendants' failure to properly recognize and respond to fetal heart rate abnormalities.
The plaintiff's mother entered the hospital on May 3, 1999 at 11:00 p.m. at 31 6/7 weeks gestation with symptoms of fluid leaking from her vagina. The fetal heart rate was noted to be reactive with a baseline rate of 140-150 beats per minute (BPM) and average long-term variability. These were good signs that the baby was doing well. The plaintiff's mother was evaluated and premature rupture of the membranes was confirmed. External monitoring revealed contractions every 2-3 minutes and the plaintiff's mother was given betamethasone (a steroid to facilitate fetal lung maturity), magnesium sulfate and intravenous antibiotics for unknown group B beta strep status.
The labor was uneventful throughout the night and into the morning. As the labor progressed in the morning, however, problems with the baby's heart rate began to develop. As the plaintiff's mother neared 7 cms. dilated (at 7:45 a.m. ), the fetal heart rate was noted to drop to 90 BPM for 4 minutes with a slow recovery to baseline. At this point, the decision was made to bring the plaintiff's mother to the OR for a cesarean section. At 8:00 a.m. the plaintiff's mother was in the operating room being monitored by the defendants but no cesarean section was performed. The fetal heart rate was noted to drop to 60 BPM and essentially remained at that level until 8:55 when the defendants finally decided to do an emergency cesarean section.
The minor plaintiff was born severely bruised and profoundly depressed. He required resuscitation and was transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for further care. The arterial cord pH at delivery was 6.94, indicating a serious lack of oxygen. Head ultrasounds on days 3 and 6 of life revealed a right subependymal hemorrhage and evidence of early periventricular leukomalacia (PVL). The minor child now carries the diagnosis of spastic diplegia. He is required to use braces or crutches to ambulate for any distances.
The plaintiff's experts were prepared to testify that the defendants were negligent when they delayed over 1 hour in performing a cesarean section in the setting of a premature child with a clear intolerance to labor. The plaintiff was further expected to present expert medical testimony that the minor's brain injuries were consistent with lack of oxygen and were not related to his prematurity.
The defendants were expected to testify that there was no delay in performing a cesarean section in this case. The defendants were expected to present expert medical testimony indicating that it was appropriate to wait to perform a cesarean section due to the prematurity of the minor plaintiff. The defendants were further expected to present expert medical testimony that all of the minor plaintiff's injuries were as a result of the prematurity and that the alleged delay in delivery played no part in this unfortunate outcome.
The case was settled one month prior to trial for $2,500,000.
Lubin & Meyer lawyers represented the plaintiff in this birth injury lawsuit involving a drop in fetal heart rate.
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In the previous tutorial, we learnt how to write ascii data to a text file. This tutorial will explain how to read data from a text file. Having knowledge of both these tutorials will allow you to read and write textual data as you please, providing great storage and retrieval mechanisms.
The same headers that are required for writing a file are needed for reading a file.
For C file input, we open the file in the same way as in the previous tutorial. The only change required is the mode to open the file in. The mode must be set to "r" which signifies that the file will be read from.
fopen returns NULL if the file cannot be read from or if the file does not exist.
If you would like to read a single character from a file, the fgetc function can be used. The function takes the FILE pointer as the only parameter and returns the character read from the file. NULL is returned if the current file position reaches the end of the file. The code below prints out the first few characters until a newline is reached.
Reading an entire string follows the same approach. The fgets function allows an entire string of characters to be read from the file. The first parameter specifies where the data read should be stored. The second parameter indicates the maximum amount of characters to read and the last parameter takes the FILE pointer to the file being read from. Characters will be read up to either the maximum value specified or up to a newline if found before.
A function similar to scanf is available for files. This function is not surprisingly the fscanf function. The first parameter takes the FILE pointer and the second parameter is used to specify the format string. The rest of the parameters are determined by your format string. The code below reads 3 integers from the text file.
Once again we make sure that the file is closed.
C++ file input is very similar to output. An ifstream (input stream) object is created. We pass the filename when creating the object to automatically open it upon creation of the object.
The next step is to check whether the file can be read from and if the file exists.
The ifstream object has a get method which simply returns the next character from the file. This has the same effect as the fgetc function.
The equivalent to the fgets function is the getline method. This method takes the character storage location as the first parameter and the maximum number of characters to read as the second parameter.
The ifstream object can be used in the same way as the cin object. You can simply use the redirection operators to extract data from the text file. The code below reads 3 integers from the file.
A new keyword, ws is shown below. If you redirect the input to this ws keyword, it basically causes all white space to be eaten. This will make sure that any newlines, carriage returns or extra spaces are read and disposed of, allowing the next line to be read as per normal. You may find that without using ws, that the next time you read a word, a newline or space is returned.
One function that I have found extremely useful is the getline function. The first parameter indicates what stream you are reading from and the second parameter specifies a string variable that will store the data read from the stream.
Strings can be used instead of character strings.
The maximum number of characters to be read is not needed. The entire line is read, no matter what the length.
Once again we close off the file as required.
Well done. You should now have the ability to read and write text files, allowing you to store data generated from your programs for later use. Almost all useful programs allow you to load and save data of some sort.


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Robert "Bob" Shaw (Belfast, 1931. december 31. – , 1996. február 11.) észak-ír tudományos-fantasztikus író, mérnök.

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Belfastban született és nevelkedett. Apja rendőr volt. Hárman voltak testvérek, mind fiúk, Bob volt közülük a legidősebb. 11 éves korában találkozott először a fantasztikus irodalommal, ekkor olvasta A. E. van Vogt rövid novelláját az Astounding magazin egy korai számában. A második világháború alatt az amerikai csapatok átvonultak Észak-Írországon, gyakran hátrahagyták kiolvasott fantasztikus magazinjaikat, amelyek a Smithfield Marketen a helyiek számára is hozzáférhetővé váltak. Shaw később úgy írt erről, hogy e magazinok hatása erősebb, meghatározóbb és tovább tartó volt, mint az LSD-é. A Belfast College and Technology hallgatója lett, 1950-ben csatlakozott az Irish Fandom nevű, fantasztikummal foglalkozó csoporthoz, amelynek tagja volt a szintén észak-ír sci-fi író James White is. Találkozóikat Walt Willis  Upper Newtownards Road-i házában, Belfastban tartották. E csoport komoly hatást gyakorolt a korai tudományos-fantasztikus irodalomra. Két fanzint, a Hyphen-t és a Slant-ot jelentették meg, Shaw mindkettőben publikált. Ebben az időszakban írói álneve a BoSh volt.  Első, nem fanzinban publikált fantasztikus története 1954-ben jelent meg. Ezután egy időre felhagyott az írással, s első feleségével, Sadie-val (Sarah Gourley) valamint fiukkal és két lányukkal Kanadába utaztak, ahol 1956 és 1958 közt éltek. Vertigo című regénye Albertában játszódik. Eredeti végzettsége statikus mérnök volt, a Short and Harland nevű cégnél mint repülőgéptervező dolgozott, ezután a The Belfast Telegraph című lap tudományos munkatársa lett (1966-1969). 1973 és 1975 közt a Vickers Shipbuilding-nél tevékenykedett, 1975-től már csak az írással foglalkozott. 1973-ban az északír válság miatt családjával Angliába költözött, előbb Ulverstonba, később Grappenhallba. Shaw itt alkotta meg fantasztikus életműve legnagyobb részét. Felesége, Sadie 1991-ben hirtelen elhunyt, ezután Shaw néhány éven át egyedül élt Grappenhallban. Egy betegség miatt csaknem megvakult, valamint egész életében migrén által kiváltott látászavaroktól szenvedett. A szemre, valamint a látásra vonatkozó hivatkozások több munkájában is megjelentek. Köztudottan alkoholproblémákkal küzdött, egy alkalommal saját magát mint alkoholistát említette. 1991-ben így nyilatkozott: "Fantasztikus történeteket írok azok számára, akik alig olvasnak fantasztikus irodalmat". 1995-ben vette feleségül Nancy Tuckert, s vele együtt Amerikába utazott, de halála előtt néhány hónappal hazautazott. Rákban hunyt el.

Munkássága
Shaw egyik leghíresebb elbeszélése a Light of Other Days (1966). A történet a "lassú üveg" ötletén alapul, amely egy olyan áttetsző anyag, amelyen a fény csak évek alatt tud áthaladni, így rajta keresztül a múltba pillanthatunk. Shaw az Analog főszerkesztőjének, John W. Campbellnek adta el a történetet, így az a lap 1966. novemberi számában jelent meg. Shaw 1967-ben folytatást is írt hozzá, Burden of Proof címmel. Az eredeti történetet mindössze négy óra alatt írta meg, de ezt a négy órát több éves tervezés előzte meg. Shaw továbbfejlesztette a "lassú üveg" ötletét az Other Days, Other Eyes című regényében. A koncepció később a Marvel Comics által kiadott Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction című magazinban is felbukkant. Munkássága az egyszerűbb, fantasztikus elemeket csupán a háttérben felvonultató alkotásoktól (Ground Zero Man) a van Vogtra jellemző extravagáns fantasztikumig (The Palace of Eternity) terjed. Orbitsville című regénye és annak két folytatása egy, a csillagot teljesen körülvevő lakható héj (Dyson-gömb) felfedezéséről és az emberiségre gyakorolt következményeiről szól. 1976-ban elnyerte a Brit Fantasztikus Szövetség nagydíját. Később írta meg a Land-trilógiát (The Ragged Astronauts, The Wooden Spaceships és a The Fugitive Worlds), amelyben egy olyan társadalmat ír le, amelyben a technológia fémek használata nélkül fejlődött magas szintre. Philip K. Dick-hez hasonlóan munkáiban folyamatosan az észlelés természetére összpontosított.

Shaw a sci-fi rajongók körében közismert volt szellemességéről. Mindvégig fenntartotta az Irish Fandomban az 1950-es évek elején szerzett tagságát, lelkes rajongója és állandó közreműködője volt a különféle fanzinoknak. Éveken keresztül az Eastercon brit tudományos-fantasztikus konferenciákon tartott humoros beszédeket (Serious Scientific Talks címen), ezeket végül a The Eastercon Speeches (1979) és a Load of Old Bosh (1995) című kötetekben jelentették meg. 1954-ben Walt Willisszel írta meg a The Enchanted Duplicator  című, a sci-fi rajongókról szóló munkát John Bunyan A zarándok útja című alkotása mintájára.

Művei

Regények és novellagyűjtemények
 Night Walk (1967). Banner
 The Two-Timers (1968). New York
 The Palace of Eternity (1969). New York
 The Shadow of Heaven (1969). New York
 One Million Tomorrows (1970). New York
 Ground Zero Man (1971). New York, átdolgozott kiadás The Peace Machine címen, (1985). London
 Other Days, Other Eyes (1972). New York
 Tomorrow Lies in Ambush (1973). London: Gollancz
 The Orbitsville trilogy
 Orbitsville (1975). London
 Orbitsville Departure (1983). New York
 Orbitsville Judgement (1990). London
 A Wreath of Stars (1976). London
 Cosmic Kaleidoscope (1976). London
 Cosmic Kaleidoscope (1977). New York
 Medusa's Children (1977). New York
 The Warren Peace saga
 Who Goes Here? (1977). London, új kiadás a The Giaconda Caper című novellával bővítve: 1988
 Warren Peace (1993). London, új kiadás Dimensions címen: 1994
 Ship of Strangers (1978). London
 Vertigo (1978). London, új kiadás Terminal Velocity címen: 1991
 Dagger of the Mind (1979). London
 The Ceres Solution (1981). London: Granada
 Galactic Tours (1981). London
 Courageous New Planet (1981)
 A Better Mantrap (1982). London
 Fire Pattern (1984). London
 Messages Found in an Oxygen Bottle (1986). Cambridge
 Land and Overland trilogy
The Ragged Astronauts (1986)
 The Wooden Spaceships (1988)
 The Fugitive Worlds (1989)
 Killer Planet (1989). London
 Dark Night in Toyland (1989)
 Overload (1995)

Elméleti tárgyú munkái
 The Best of the Bushel (1979)
 The Eastercon Speeches (1979)
 How to Write Science Fiction (1993)
 A Load of Old BoSh (1995)

Válogatott novelláinak fontosabb kiadásai
 "Light of Other Days" (1966)
 "Skirmish on a Summer Morning" (1976)
 "Unreasonable Facsimile" (1974)
 "A Full Member of the Club" (1974)
 "The Silent Partners" (1959)
 "The Element of Chance" (1969)
 "The Gioconda Caper" (1976)
 "An Uncomic Book Horror Story" (1975)
 "Deflation 2001" (1972)
 "Waltz of the Bodysnatchers" (1976)
 "A Little Night Flying" ("Dark Icarus") (1975)

Magyarul megjelent művei
Régmúlt napok fénye (novella, Galaktika 7., 1974; újabb kiadás: Metagalaktika 1., 1978; megjelent a Kaland a végeken című antológiában is 1973-ban Régmúlt napoknak fényei cím alatt)
Életed legszebb napja (novella, Galaktika 14., 1975)
Álomharcos (novella, Galaktika 196., 2006)
Játékország sötét éjszakája (novella, Galaktika 119., 1990; újabb kiadás: Galaktika 294., 2014)
Vitéz új világ (novella, Galaktika 118, 1990)
Rajta, válassz magadnak új világot (novella, Galaktika 118, 1990)
Incidens egy nyári reggelen (novella, X Magazin II/5, 1997)

Jegyzetek

Források
Bob Shaw életrajza a sf-encyclopedia.com-on
Patrick Maume: No Country for Old Men: Fresh Perspectives on Irish Literature, 2009, Google Books
Jack Fennell: Irish Science Fiction, 2014, Google Books
Robert Reginald: Contemporary Science Fiction Authors, 1970, Google Books

További információk
Munkáinak bibliográfiája az ISFDB.org-on
Adatlapja a Library of Congress oldalán

Fordítás

1931-ben született személyek
Belfastiak
1996-ban elhunyt személyek
Ír írók

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The Carlsbad Fire Department was called to the scene in the 1800 block of West Texas Street at about 2 p.m., said Lt. Steve Dorado.
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When arriving, Dorado said personnel could hear what sounded like gunshots coming from inside and near a truck parked in front of the house, which was also engulfed in flames.
No one was injured, he said, but the home was completely destroyed.
The fire was under control within 20 minutes, he said, and fire crews planned to clear the scene and reopen the roadway by about 4 p.m.
Working around the live ammunition presented a challenge for firefighters, he said, by slowing the process of entering the home and putting out the flames.
House fires are a frequent occurrence, he said, but Wednesday's incident was fortunate because there were no injuries.
Carlsbad Fire Marshall Steve Miller said the Red Cross was called to help the residents find shelter, clothes and food for the night.
In the meantime, Miller is heading up the investigation into the cause of the blaze.
He said investigators will start with exterior of the home, gathering debris and taking photos as they move toward the interior.
Once the room of origin is identified, he said investigators would begin to work on finding the source of ignition.
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He said he thinks the air conditioner may have been the cause of the blaze, and the fire spread quickly throughout the house.


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Tour de Suisse
Detailed Programmes
Read the full detailed programme for each of the excursions here. Please note that extra registration is mandatory to take part in one of the excursions.
Where it all started! Visit to the first Swiss capital and its current practices including research.
Meeting point: Historical arch in front of the Lucerne train station, at 8:30
09:00 Departure of the delegation in Lucerne
Train IR 15 with a change in Zofingen 9:31-9:40 (S298937)
9:57 Arrival in Aarau
Walk to the Grand Council building.
10:15-11:45 Democracy in Aargau
After arrival at the Grand Council building, refreshments with coffee and croissants and a short welcome by the State Secretary, a briefing on direct democracy in the Canton of Aargau follows. This includes an introduction to the voting process and an interactive debate between members of the Grand Council on a current cantonal voting proposal. Finally, the participants learn about the special features of the Aargau "government quarter" in a short guided tour of the government and parliament building.
11:45-12:45 Democracy city walk
This will be followed by a democracy walk in Aarau with historical and contemporary references. The walk's thematic motto is "Revoluzzer im Aargau" (revolutionaries in Aargau); participants will learn about the eventful and timeless history of democracy in Aargau and its protagonists, whose aftermath can still be felt and felt today. (EN/DE)
Standing lunch in the Haus zum Schlossgarten, the first Swiss seat of government
13:45-14:05 Walk to the ZdA
13:45-15:30 Visit to the ZdA
This will be followed by a visit to the renowned Centre for Democracy Aarau (ZDA) where, among other things, future forms of democracy are being researched. During a workshop and discussions, participants will be introduced to two current research projects and learn about the possibilities and limits of direct democracy.
15:30-16:30 Apéro
This will be followed by an aperitif at the ZDA and an opportunity to exchange experiences.
16:30-17:00 Walk to the Aarau train station
17:13 Return journey to Lucerne
Departure of the delegation in Aarau (RE 4778), change in Olten 17.24-17.30 (IC 21)
The federal centre of modern direct democracy in Switzerland and its new information centre.
09:00-10:00 Departure from Lucerne
10:15-12:00 Federal Palace
Guided tour with Member of Parliament Matthias Aebischer
Location: House of the Cantons
13:00–15:30 Federalism and direct democracy in Switzerland: two faces of the same coin
Location: House of the Cantons (English - optionally German and French). Coffee break included.
With the Fondation ch and the Institute of Federalism: Guided tour followed by discussions in small groups and an exchange with experts from science and political practice.
15:30-16:30 Guided tour Democracy Mile
With the Polit-Forum Bern - in two groups.
16:30-19:00 Democracy Tower Polit-Forum Bern
Visit of the exhibition followed by an apero in the podium hall.
18:00 -18:45 Concert
By the parliamentary band Fraktionszwang
18:45 Return journey to Lucerne, free evening
Assessing 175 years of direct democracy practice and ways to strengthen democracy in the future.
Meeting point: Historical arch in front of the Lucerne train station, at 10:15
10:15 Welcome to the Lucerne City Tour
Introduction by Adrian Schmid, President Swiss Democracy Foundation
10:30 - 11:30 Direct democracy and basic income in the ecological future
Location: OMNIBUS for Direct Democracy, Bahnhofstrasse 5, Lucerne (EN)
Which role can direct democracy play in building an ecological society? In particular, how can we implement democratic checks on money flows to make them consistent with our ecological goals? The direct-democratic introduction of an unconditional basic income could be an example. It would result in nobody having to do work that is superfluous or even harmful. Everyone could develop their skills in a meaningful way and use them to shape society. How can the basic income be financed?
Kurt Wilhelmi, OMNIBUS for Direct Democracy
Michael von der Lohe, OMNIBUS for Direct Democracy
11:45 – 12:15 Sandwich break at the info point European Public Sphere / Omnibus
Location: Bahnhofstrasse 5, Lucerne 5 Lucerne
12:30 - 15:45 Direct Democracy in Switzerland: New findings from voting research
Location: University Lucerne, Room 4.B55 (EN). Including coffee break.
In this panel, political scientists present their recent findings on the functioning of direct democracy in Switzerland and discuss them with the public.
The six presentations are based on scientific analyses, but are presented in a way that is comprehensible to a general, international audience.
Marc Bühlmann, Année Politique Suisse
Hans-Peter Schaub, Swissvotes
18:00 - 19:30 Workshop on the cantonal initiative "Stimmrechtsalter 16 - Voting Age 16"
Location: Laboratorium (German only)
Where does Switzerland, and in particular the canton of Lucerne, stand with regard to the voting age of 16? Does the recently launched popular initiative for voting age 16 in the canton of Lucerne have any chance at all after the vote in the canton of Zurich? And is a similar process emerging as with the introduction of women's voting rights? In an exchange with experts and politicians, the Swiss Democracy Foundation, the umbrella organisation of youth parliaments DSJ and the Youth Parliament of Lucerne get to the bottom of the arguments for or against voting age 16.
Closing with an Apéro at the Laboratorium
A continuation of the sessions in "Track 4: Beyond Borders - Building a Transnational Democracy." Participants on this excursion will receive a look beyond national democracy from an innovative city in Eastern Switzerland.
9:09 Train from Lucerne to Uster
10:20 Arrival in Uster
10:30 -11:30 Welcome to Uster
Coffee and welcome address, hosted by the mayor of the city, Barbara Thalmann.
Introduction to the democratic challenges and tools of Uster.
11:30-13:30 Interactive workshop on (digital) identity for global voters
Location: Council chamber at city hall of Uster
With the rise of social media, petition and deliberation platforms and digital voting tools existing, citizens can express their opinion in many ways. The big missing part in all of this is a (digital) identity for every global citizen that uniquely and reliably identifies them. An identity that is easy to obtain for every global citizen but still is secure and safe from identity theft.
In this session, we will discuss and hopefully agree on the voter requirements for such an identity, give some background information about technical aspects and will look into existing solutions. We will also introduce the "global voter initiative" and agree on a name and branding for the proposed voter ID.
Gery Colombo, GloCo
Ehud Shapiro, Weizmann Institute of Science
Eston McKeague, Young World Federalists
Ouri Poupko, Weizmann Institute of Science
13:30-15:30 Guided Tour of democracy landmarks in the city
Including a visit of the castle of Uster and a Lebanese lunch, offered by the city of Uster
15:30-17:30 Interactive workshop: "Today's deliberation and voting platforms"
A series of digital platforms for deliberation and/or voting have been developed and some are in regular use in local, national or even global democracies. After a short overview presentation, we will present and try out three platforms to understand their functionalities and identify requirements for future developments that will be needed for a transnational or global use.
Hendrik Nahr, Make.org
Gilles Mentré, Electis
Rasmus Tenbergen, World Parliament Experiment, Democracy Without Borders
Moderator: Lars Lünenburger, GloCo
18:00 Return trip to Lucerne, free evening
Zurich is on the way back, only 12 minutes from Uster by train
or optional short hike with possibility for a nice barbecue in the region of Lake Greifensee (Please register for the evening separately at info@gloco.ch)
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Surging sales of vaccines and the cancer immunotherapy drug Keytruda led to a quadrupling of profit at Merck during the first quarter as it blew past Wall Street expectations.
Sales of Keytruda jumped 55% to $2.27 billion, about one-quarter of total revenue. During the quarter, the injected biologic drug racked up U.S. approvals as an initial treatment for advanced kidney cancer and advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer and for treating melanoma after surgery.
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Edward Jones analyst Ashtyn Evans estimated Keytruda sales will top $16 billion by 2022.
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Merck narrowed and raised its 2019 profit forecast, to a range of $4.67 to $4.79 per share, up from its January guidance for $4.57 to $4.72 per share. The company also hiked its sales forecast, to a range of $43.9 billion to $45.1 billion, up from $43.2 billion to $44.7 billion.
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Filed Under:Che DuVall, Mold, UPMC, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital
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PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — A lung transplant patient has sued UPMC Presbyterian Hospital after contracting a fungal infection in his lungs during a mold outbreak that's been linked to the deaths of three other transplant patients.
Che DuVall, 70, contracted a fungal infection in his lungs, after undergoing a transplant back in August.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Allegheny County Court.
The couple's attorneys contend that UPMC recklessly housed DuVall in a room that made him more susceptible to a mold infection.
UPMC declined comment on the suit.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said four organ transplant patients who developed mold infections at UPMC likely got it from time spent in a "negative pressure" room normally reserved for those who already had infections. Three of those four transplant patients later died.
UPMC has said it hasn't been conclusively determined that the mold led to those deaths.
The mold incident caused UPMC to suspend its transplant program for six days back in September.


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If you buy gutta in bottles, you will need to decant some into a pipette, and use with a nib. If the pipette is not supplied with a hole, cut the very end off the pipette (remove the lid first). Then take the fine wire out of the nib, and attach the nib to the top of the pipette, either by screwing it on, or fix with masking tape or Sellotape if there is no thread inside the nib. The wire is used to clean out the nib. Always replace the lid if you are leaving the gutta for a while. Nibs are not normally used with Javana or Pebeo tubes, but if you wish to use one it will need to be fixed on with masking tape.
Iron-fix paints - water-based guttas are generally used. The clear gutta will wash out after fixing if required. Coloured gutta will remain after fixing.
Steam-fix dyes - you can use water-based or solvent-based guttas. If using coloured water-based gutta it can help to iron-fix it first before you paint, to give extra protection against the dyes bleeding - alternatively iron-fix it before steaming to stop it sticking to the steaming paper. Clear solvent-based gutta will need to be removed by dry-cleaning or with White Spirit. Coloured solvent-based guttas will remain after fixing.


Note the "Apple" on the chalkboard in the Monkees' pad.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the weekend, I was reminded of an ABC Weekend Special animated film series based on Barbara Brooks Wallace's Miss Switch children's novels. I don't recall exactly why, but I remember they had been pretty good and entertaining fare back in the early 1980's.
This was back when I was reading every book I could get on UFOs, The Bermuda Triangle, the supernatural and the paranormal. And those excellent, gothic-horror John Bellairs novels – written for weird kids like me. I guess not much has changed in nearly 40 years.
So, I was again reminded of Miss Switch (about two children who befriend a substitute teacher who turns out to be a witch) today, while researching the voice actor Hans Conreid. (He was "Wrongway Feldman" on Gilligan's Island – a character that inspired a nickname I bestowed upon aerial idiot U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, from right here in Oklahoma).
It turns out that Hans Conreid had quite a lengthy career in film and television. And his final appearance - at least for his voice - was in early 1982 when ABC Weekend Special aired Miss Switch to the Rescue and Conreid did the voice of "Mordo, The Warlock."
Conreid also had a role as Mendrek the Magician in a January 1968 episode of The Monkees called "The Monkee's Paw" It is based on the 1902 W.W. Jacobs short story about a spell-ridden monkey's paw that grants wishes, but always accompanied "with hellish consequences as punishment for tampering with fate." (The supernatural short story has been adapted many times since it was first published 116 years ago this month).
When Mendrek is rudely fired from a nightclub after 12 years of performing magic tricks, and The Monkees are hired to play their music in his place, Mendrek secretly plots to give them the cursed monkey's paw.
Twelve seems to come up a lot here.
Eventually, the Monkees seek Mendrek's help in getting Micky's voice back (naturally, the song "Words" is used in a magic-themed Monkees romp sequence) and it is achieved by selling the paw to an obnoxious nightclub manager – the same one who treated Mendrek and the Monkees so shabbily. And yes, he gets what is coming to him.
At the very end of the episode, there are some outtakes and an interview where Peter Tork says the "hippie movement is dead" and that it has been replaced by "free men." Tork and Davy Jones talk about how the "establishment" had already co-opted the hippie movement. In the very final scene, Tork is heard saying "the hippies are going to invent new words." And you sense he really believes this. And yet the closing credits are littered with Kellogg's breakfast cereal ads, as the Tork-penned hippie anthem "For Pete's Sake" is played.
Oh, and this particular episode of The Monkees aired on NBC on Monday, January 29, 1968 – while half-way across the world in Vietnam, the infamous "Tet Offensive" is beginning, a critical turning point in the war. The following day, in Washington, D.C., the first entertainment program held at Ford's Theatre since the April 14, 1865 assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth is held, titled Inaugural Evening at Ford's Theatre. Among the performers are Henry Fonda, Harry Belafonte and Andy Williams.
Oh, and it was the same day the Postmaster General agreed to let "hippies" work for the Post Office.
And just so you know, the lead actress in the play Lincoln was watching – Our American Cousin – was British stage actress Laura Keene, who played "Florence Trenchard" and who had toured, earlier in her acting career, with the assassin's brother Edwin Booth. This comes to me as the horrific superstorm known as Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast and towards Washington, D.C. The storm has prevented me from traveling to Washington to see a performance by Paul Simon, who is on his final tour.
Anyway, I gave a rundown of that after having a rather odd realization about something early in my life. Something that has bothered me with increasing frequency in recent years and something I referenced in my March 21, 2017 Dust Devil Dreams post "Well we all shine on …," a post referencing not only the 1970 John Lennon song "Instant Karma!" but the Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick film that was inspired by it – The Shining.
In it, I discuss one of the theories (as suggested in the documentary Room 237) regarding the true messages in The Shining. Not only were the Apollo Moon landings faked, but Kubrick was also making a statement about the European settlers in North America who essentially led a wave of mass genocide of the native people already living here.
Now, about five years ago I happened to be visiting Washington (as I had intended to this coming weekend) and was with a good friend. I suggested we drive over to Chevy Chase and track down my old house. We eventually find it, and as we pulled up in front, another car pulls in the driveway. It's the current owners of the house. A husband and wife and their two young children, a boy and a girl. Back in 1975-76, my sister and I were the only children my parents had at that point. It was oddly identical.
Anyway, I explain to them that I had lived there many years earlier and they are quite friendly and helpful and invite us in. I specifically want to see my old bedroom (which in 1975 had a clear view of the then-recently constructed Washington Mormon temple - "Surrender Dorothy!") and "The Apple Room." It was from here that I had my first UFO encounter at age 3.
The two children give my friend and I (two strange men to them, until that moment) a tour of the house and I see my old bedroom, which is much smaller than I remembered it – for obvious reasons. Also, many trees had grown over the past 35 years, obstructing the view.
As for "The Apple Room," when I went down there, I felt as if I was in some sort of dreamworld. Memories flooded back. And the wife, who was a ballerina, had covered the walls with mirrors. It was far different from the space I remembered it being, largely unfinished, with a black-and-white television on which I watched The Brady Bunch and other shows of that era.
What do I remember of that room? I remember meeting someone. For years I called him "The Indian," as in a Native American. Was this influenced by the Iron-Eyes Cody anti-pollution ads of that time? The so-called "Crying Indian?" And I do remember being bothered by pollution, as an early memory of mine is pointing out discarded tires in nearby Rock Creek and being appalled by the carelessness of my fellow human beings.
Anyway, this "apple" thing triggered something with me today. Actually, it started a day or so ago while reading the third book in Peter Levenda's Sinister Forces series – "The Manson Secret." The author recounts, in horrific detail at times, the "power altar" that serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer had created in his Milwaukee apartment.
In it, there were two "griffins," statues of the mythological creature that is part lion, part eagle. And, I happen to share that as a surname. Also, Levenda talks about Dahmer's early years in Bath, Ohio. That is where a one-time writer here at Red Dirt Report lived in the late 1970's when someone she (as transgender, she was "he" at that time) thought may have been Jeffrey Dahmer tried hard to pick him up. (Read about it here). Talking to the writer earlier today, she said that around that same time, adults would not let them go camping in the woods around Bath because of reported "Satan worshipers in the woods."
Anyway, investigators, upon finding the acid vats and body parts in the freezer, noted the altar and the griffins. It turned out that Dahmer had named the griffins – one was "Leon" and the other "Apal." The authorities – and Levenda – could only speculate what that second name meant. Of course, when I saw that name I was stunned. That odd name rang a bell.
I remembered it was in the writings of John Keel, in his famous writings of "high strangeness" in 1966-67 and later titled The Mothman Prophecies, which I have written about before. In the story, the weirdness reaches its apex when the Silver Bridge, over the Ohio River at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapses right before Christmas of 1967.
Also in Keel's story, a radio personality, Jaye D. Paro, of Babylon, New York, has some very unsettling encounters with an entity called "Apal" or "Apol" or "Appell" but all pronounced "apple." They mainly occured between May and September of 1967. Needless to say, they are very, very weird.
And Keel - through Jaye Paro - would submit a questionnaire to "Apol" and get all sorts of simplistic or vague answers. Check it out here.
In any event, "apple" or "Apple" has been coming up quite a bit of late. The Apple tech company rolled out some major new items today. Beatle "Paul McCartney," who once helped found Apple Corps, the company that put out the later Beatles records, reveals he and John Lennon masturbated together. Also, "Hey Jude" is 50 years old this past month, a song that was key to my early interest in rock n' roll (as I note in my forthcoming book Rock Catapult) and was released on Apple Records.
I had an apple for breakfast yesterday (a 9/11 reference to Supertramp's Breakfast in America album). And I had apple slices at lunch, while one of my kids took apple seeds to school for a project.
So, does that mean my early memory of "The Apple Room" and this "Apol" or "Appell" or whatever is connected? Not necessarily. But it has been coming up of late and I thought I would lay out a few of my thoughts today. The apple symbolism here on Earth has a long, long history, going (allegedly) back to the Biblical "Garden of Eden." Considered a mystical or forbidden fruit, it is often linked to the obtaining of knowledge.
In the meantime, check out "Apple Carts," a pastoral folk song off of Damon Albarn's (Blur, Gorillaz) Dr Dee opera soundtrack, which I have noted multiple times since 2012 or so, after it was released and focusing on English magician of Elizabeth I's court, Dr. John Dee. Here's a link to "Angels watching over me," one of my most recent DDD sync pieces to mention Albarn and Dr Dee.


So without further ado, herewith Elise's favorites. Enjoy and have a great Halloween weekend friends!
Street Style: One of my biggest sources of inspiration comes from street style photos. I love seeing how people express themselves through fashion and will never tire of the endless inspiration.
Butternut Squash: Yum! I can't get enough of it this time of year. My friend made this amazing butternut squash bread pudding (with pesto on top) but this pizza looks awfully delicious, too.
Holiday Decorating: It's the most wonderful time of the year! Well... almost. I am already looking forward to filling my home with twinkly lights and cozy, festive decor.
Gold Cube: How awesome if this inflatable gold cube? It even condenses down to pocket size! Looks like such fun on a windy, autumn day.
Simple, Thoughtful Jewelry: I'm not a huge accessories girl, but I love simple pieces that work for several different occasions. My recent obsession is this sandstone point necklace from Need Supply.
Pretty Hair: I've been feeling really bored with my hair lately and am anxious to try out some new styles. This braid is refreshing and beautiful.
Gem Club - Breakers: This album hasn't come off repeat in our house for a couple of weeks now. It is absolutely stunning.
A Cozy Spot: Recently my husband and I piled blankets and pillows on the floor and watched movies all night. I love curling up in a comfy corner with a good book or movie.
Been totally freaking out over that gold cube!
The braid and the cozy spot have totally won me over! I love the idea of snuggling up on the floor like that! Headed over to check out Pennyweight right now!
I want that cozy spot! So cool!
love elise's picks as always!


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Q: C# String methods email check I'm taking a C# intro class so we're not using anything complicated, just methods and loops. I've been trying to research and find more information on how to use string methods for this email check assignment we're supposed to do. But every time I look for anything, I get regex which I'm not allowed to use.
I was just hoping if anyone familiar with string methods or just simply experienced in coding, could help point me in the right direction of where to start or give an example of a string method that checks if a character is after a certain spot or if a string character is actually there.
I was thinking of using the IndexOf method but the professor didn't show us too well of how to implement it in a method and return it back to the main method.
Would that be a good place to start? I know that if I use IndexOf to check if an "@" sign is or is not in the hardcoded email address, I would get either the index number of where it is at or a -1 if it is false. How would that be used in a method to return in the main method?

A: IndexOf will return the position of the element of it exists, or -1 if doesn't.
I would suggest you do a String.IsNullOrEmpty(value) in an if statement, return false and a friendly message if the value is not set. Next, inside your if statement, check if you have an "@" using IndexOf, then do a value.LastIndexOf("."). If you have an "@" and it's last index value is less than the last index of the "." ...then the email is valid.
You can also check if the count of the "@" character is one if it does exist. Use a for loop and count value or use value.Toarray().where(x=>x == "@") > 1.

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"What you put into the world determines the way that you observe it."
My Philosophy We can only give what we have. Everything we see in the world comes back to the individual's heart and mind, and if we want to make the world a better, more compassionate and more honorable place then we first need to be that ourselves.
What Gives Me Hope Love and the extraordinary goodness and courage of a few ordinary people.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by Make sure everyone got a hug when they needed it and discipline when they deserved it.


The REVIVE Women's Group meets the third Saturday of every month from 3-5! We meet at the church or a coffee shop or wherever we feel like!! Activities vary, but can include snacks, a 15-20 minute devotional, service projects, fellowship, or fun games designed to make you laugh and get to know each other! Come on out and have some fun and take a break and get REVIVED! Ladies of all ages are welcome. Feel free to invite your friends, neighbors and co-workers. Childcare will be provided if arrangements are made ahead of time by emailing wordfellowship@gmail.com. See ya there!


Marketing text for wednesday (make sure you have the specific reading assignment from your faculty. Read The Physicist for Friday.
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Dissecting ex-CJ Chan Sek Keong's paper on 377A: What it says, what it doesn't say, and what next
SINGAPORE — For the past week, the legal fraternity has been abuzz with excitement over a paper by former chief justice and attorney-general Chan Sek Keong, which argued that Section 377A of the Penal Code, when seen as against gay sex, is unconstitutional.
Former chief justice Chan Sek Keong (pictured), who was appointed National University of Singapore's first Distinguished Fellow in the Faculty of Law in 2013 after he retired from legal service, has written a paper on the much-talked-about Section 377A of the Penal Code.
Ng Jun Sen
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By Ng Jun Sen
As law academics and practising lawyers pore through his densely-worded 72 pages of analysis, titled Equal Justice Under The Constitution And Section 377A Of The Penal Code, they told TODAY that the paper was not only thoroughly researched and accurate, it also contained a number of arguments that have not been raised before.
These novel arguments in the paper — which range from the historical basis of the provision which sets out its original purpose as well as how the law should be and has been interpreted — should not be taken lightly, they added.
"Usually, judges are quite reticent about their personal views on public policy, knowing full well that their public statements carry great weight," said Mr Genesis Shen, director of Templars Law.
Even more so for someone with Mr Chan's credentials, he added. Mr Chan had served as Singapore's apex judge for six years, and was the top-ranking prosecutor and legal adviser to the Government for 14 years before that.
Yet the repeal of the provision, which has in recent years attracted louder voices calling for or against it, does not seem to be the objective of Mr Chan's paper, they said.
On Feb 20, at a closed-door seminar held by the National University of Singapore (NUS) law faculty, Mr Chan spoke about past judicial decisions in constitutional challenges of Section 377A by two individuals: Lim Meng Suang and Tan Eng Hong.
Although it was a private session, law students had diligently taken notes of Mr Chan's arguments. These notes were shared among students and also with those outside of academia, and they eventually reached lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates, including Dr Roy Tan, a 61-year-old retired general practitioner and a former organiser of the Pink Dot event.
The arguments presented at the seminar and circulated in the students' notes mirrored those within Mr Chan's latest paper.
Dr Tan and his lawyer M Ravi decided to file a constitutional challenge in September, and they will submit Mr Chan's paper as part of their case, which is set to be heard in November — along with two other court challenges filed by deejay Johnson Ong Ming and Mr Bryan Choong, former executive director of non-profit organisation Oogachaga.
MR CHAN'S ARGUMENTS
Several lawyers, who are unconnected to the court challenges, discussed with TODAY some of the main legal arguments in the paper that led to Mr Chan's conclusion about the constitutionality of Section 377A.
Argument 1: The original purpose of Section 377A was to curb the social problem of male prostitution, but its offences do not overlap with neighbouring provision Section 377. When Section 377 was repealed in 2007, the original purpose of Section 377A was "impliedly repealed" as well.
What the paper said:
Enacted in 1938 before Singapore's independence, Section 377A was meant to deal with the rising trend of male prostitution, as existing laws were insufficient.
Section 377 had covered penetrative sex acts against the order of nature, while Section 23 of the Minor Offences Ordinance, which covered non-penetrative sex acts in public, were inadequate to deal with male prostitution.
Section 377A was also drafted such that its offences are not those covered under Section 377, and this was stated in an explanatory note.
In 2007, Parliament passed a Bill to amend the Penal Code, repealing Section 377 and adding Section 376 and its neighbouring provisions. Section 376 covers penetrative sexual assault, with a sub-section penalising males who sexually penetrate another unconsenting male.
In essence, the legislative history of Section 377A means that it covers only non-penetrative gay sex acts of a grossly indecent nature.
Mr Chan concluded that when Members of Parliament debated the Bill, they had therefore misunderstood the scope of Section 377A and thus debated incorrectly on the basis that the provision covered consensual gay penetrative sex.
What lawyers said:
NUS adjunct professor Kevin Tan, who had moderated the February seminar, agreed with this conclusion. He also noted that in the Lim Meng Suang case in 2014, the appellate court had judged that Section 377A covered gay penetrative sex acts, yet it had also referred to the same explanatory statement that led Mr Chan to conclude otherwise. "This is one of the big puzzles," said Dr Tan.
Singapore Management University (SMU) law don Eugene Tan said that the drafting of Section 376 and 377A in 2007 could have been made clearer, with Section 376 dealing with no consent and Section 377A dealing with consent.
However, he argued that what happened in 2007 could also be seen as a "refreshing" of the law, including of 377A — even if it was not affected by the changes. "Put it another way, from the parliamentary debates, it is clear that Parliament did not seek to do away with the offence of consensual sex between men," said Associate Professor Tan.
SMU Assistant Professor of Law Benjamin Joshua Ong also said that Parliament could have changed the purpose of Section 377A in 2007. Said Assistant Prof Ong: "I suppose that (Mr Chan's) argument is quite sound — in theory, Parliament could have changed it if it wanted to, but he is right that Parliament didn't, because the matter wasn't put to a vote."
Argument 2: Subsequent court proceedings and judgments made were based on an incorrect reading of the type of offences that Section 377A covered after the 2007 amendment.
After the 2007 Bill was passed, there were three court proceedings that involved Section 377A. Mr Chan wrote: "It would appear that Section 376(1) or its legislative effect also escaped the attention of (the defence) counsel and the courts in the three proceedings, since there is no discussion of these issues in the judgments."
The judges found that Parliament, as well as the pre-independence Legislative Council, had intended for Section 377A to criminalise consensual gay penetrative sex, and that Parliament had decided to retain this legislative effect in 2007 by keeping Section 377A and repealing Section 377.
He said these three decisions could have been given "per incuriam" (Latin for "through the lack of care"). Therefore, they cannot be binding on future prosecutions for penetrative and non-penetrative sex under Section 377A.
SMU's Assoc Prof Tan said it does not mean that the decisions in these cases — involving Lim Meng Suang and Tan Eng Hong — are currently non-binding, as a Court of Appeal in future cases must first rule that the earlier cases were decided based on an incorrect reading of Section 377A.
NUS' Dr Kevin Tan said: "The Court of Appeal may have been wrong (then), but this remains good law till overruled by another Court of Appeal decision — which might happen sooner rather than later."
Templars Law's Mr Shen added: "Any interpretation of ambiguous wording of the law would be done by the courts. However, if the courts arrive at a conclusion that Parliament disagrees with, then Parliament may simply act to remove the ambiguity."
Argument 3: In Singapore, with its diversity of people and religions, disapproval of male homosexual conduct per se by Parliament or a conservative section of society is not, in itself, sufficient legal basis to discriminate against male homosexuals and to deprive them of their constitutional right to equality.
Based on the judgment in the Lim Meng Suang case, the courts had understood that gay sexual conduct is unacceptable to Singapore society.
Mr Chan said if this is true and is the sole reason for the law, it would give rise to questions about whether the criminalising of private consensual penetrative sex between males is reasonable, in that it "serves or advances a legitimate state interest". These questions were not addressed by the judge.
The Government's decision to not enforce Section 377A for consensual gay sex undermines the argument that the law should criminalise such conduct because it was seen as unacceptable or not desirable.
In itself, disapproval of gay sex by Parliament or by a conservative section of Singapore society is an insufficient legal basis to discriminate against gays. "Such purpose does not advance or serve a state interest that outweighs the constitutional right of equality before the law," said Mr Chan.
Adding that constitutional rights are not majoritarian rights unless expressively qualified or restricted in the Constitution itself, Mr Chan said: "They cannot be curtailed or taken away by the majority in society only because the majority of society may disapprove of or find such conduct unacceptable on the basis of their moral values." The Constitution acts as a bulwark against majoritarian demands, he said.
Mr Chan argued that Section 377A is the only criminal law in Singapore that is specific to a gender, and that any law which discriminates against one group of persons as against another must be justified. Since Section 377A has lost its original justification to curtail male prostitution, the provision can be seen as unconstitutional.
SMU's Assistant Prof Ong said that while the Constitution does protect against majoritarianism, people would still find it contentious that Mr Chan could argue that disapproval by Parliament or by society should not be a legitimate basis for a law. "I thought this was an interesting argument," he said, adding that the courts themselves had also argued in past cases that they were not entitled to question the legitimacy of law based on morality.
Assistant Prof Ong added that he believes that morality should not be the sole basis of legislation, otherwise one person's set of morals will rule over that of another person. But the Singapore Constitution allows for morality, such as in Article 14 on the freedom of speech, assembly and association, and Article 15 on the freedom of religion. "You can have laws motivated by morality alone," he said, though he is not aware of any case that has challenged the law based on morality.
NUS' Dr Tan agreed that discriminatory laws need to be justified, otherwise it will run afoul of the Constitution, which states that all persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law. He explained: "A law whose legislative object is to criminalise immoral or lewd behaviour in public will (not be constitutional) if it targets males only because females are equally capable of lewd and immoral behaviour in public."
Dr Tan added: "We should understand this argument in view of another of Chan's arguments, that mere intention to criminalise something cannot constitute a legislative object. Criminalising a particular act or behaviour is only a means to achieving an end and cannot be the object itself."
But lawyers said the paper does not address whether Mr Chan is speaking out in favour of repealing or retaining the controversial provision. It also does not address the role of Parliament to unravel this legal tangle of Section 377A. Hence, the paper's conclusions may be unsatisfactory for some groups, they said.
Former attorney-general Walter Woon told TODAY: "Saying that penetrative gay sex is legal will not make the anti-gay lobby happy. Keeping Section 377A will not make the LGBT community happy either."
The paper, however, does offer a way for Section 377A — a pre-1965 statute — to be read in a way that makes it constitutional. This can be done by limiting its scope to non-penetrative sex and applying it to women as well.
Lawyers suggested four possible outcomes:
Parliament can enact a new law that clearly criminalises consensual gay sex, thereby removing the ambiguity of Section 377A.
Parliament can repeal Section 377A.
Parliament does nothing, but the courts may agree with Mr Chan's views on interpreting Section 377A in the way he suggested. However, a differently constituted Court of Appeal may still be able to reverse the decision in future.
Parliament does nothing, and the courts once again uphold Section 377A as constitutional.
But Professor Woon believes it is up to Parliament to make the call. "Ultimately, (it) must decide," he said.
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The House of Lost Horizons #1 / Dark Horse (12/05/21)
(W) Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson (A) Leila Del Duca (CA) Christopher Mitten
A locked-room murder mystery puzzles paranormal detective Sarah Jewell and her associate Marie Therése when a weekend trip on a private island off the coast of Washington goes astray. Trapped by a storm and surrounded by myriad suspects who have gathered for an auction of occult items, the intrepid duo must unravel the supernatural mysteries surrounding the guests in hopes of uncovering the murderer! But all the while, bodies keep piling up, and at any moment Sarah or Marie Therése could be next!
Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson return to the world of Hellboy, accompanied by artist Leila del Duca and colorist Michelle Madsen.
Investigator Sarah Jewell (Rise of the Black Flame, Witchfinder: The Reign of Darkness) gets her own series in this murder mystery with an occult twist.


Experience the Rainforest with an exotic blend of 9 essential oils from 5 continents. Complex, and reminiscent of a humid rainforest with scents of soil, moss, woods, flowers and citrus. Rainforest features a rare essential oil from the flowers of the rhododendron plant that grows wild in the Himalayas of Nepal, an essential oil from the silver fir trees of Austria, and an exotic sweet-tart essential oil from wild oranges which grow in the Caribbean.