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Augie T. says aloha to stand-up with Blaisdell show
By Steven Mark smark@staradvertiser.com
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Augie T. poses for a photo inside Blaisdell Arena on Feb. 19. He'll give his final major performance at the venue this weekend.
After 27 years of making Hawaii's people laugh at, by and for themselves, Augie T. is dropping the mic on his comedy career, just as he dropped his boxing gloves decades ago. Read more
It is pau.
After 27 years of making Hawaii's people laugh at, by and for themselves, Augie T. is dropping the mic on his comedy career, just as he dropped his boxing gloves decades ago. He's giving his last major concert Saturday at Blaisdell Arena, site of some of his fondest memories, and everyone is invited.
A combination of factors led to this decision, including a desire to pursue a new and somewhat surprising interest, and the need to spend time out of the spotlight with family rather than as "everyone's property" as a local celebrity.
To an extent, Augie said he feels burned out on his high-energy performances — although no lack of fire was in evidence during a recent interview, a stream-of-consciousness talk-story session that, if it reflects the concert, indicates that the audience will be in for quite a treat.
Mostly, the comedy star is leaving the stage because he's achieved everything he wanted to in comedy.
He now believes his experience as a Kalihi kid who fought his way through his humble beginnings and personal challenges to become a beloved entertainer has given him a perspective that is better served elsewhere.
"AUGIE'S T's LAST STAND"
Augie Tulba performs his final major concert with special guests Andy Bumatai and Frank De Lima, music by Cutting Edge and Justice Moon; hosted by Mehealani and Lil Guy
>> Where: Blaisdell Arena
>> When: 6 p.m. Saturday
>> Cost: $10-$20
>> Info: 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com
"Every year after doing a special, I would think this is the time to walk away from it," said Augie. (His full name is Augusto Tulba.)
"The last three, four years, working with kids through my daughter's foundation (B.R.A.V.E. Hawaii, founded by Mahealani Sims-Tulba) — it's been hard.
"I grew up poor, but working with kids in the community, statewide, talking about anti-bullying, goal-setting, you realize there are a lot of kids who are super-poor. I've never seen poor like the last few years. And it's hard because as a comic, you supposed to look at everything, like almost opposite. You see damage, you see hurt, you gotta turn it around."
"There's a conscience now in the back of my head. Before, nevah have noise. Now there's noise. … It was like 'It's funny, I don't care if I offend somebody. Your job is to be funny.' I still talk about that.
"There's a freedom on stage. But I also know there's a lot of people who see things differently now."
AUGIE T. knows all about growing up in tough circumstances. He's one of five brothers and grew up in public housing, where people were always finding ways to test each other.
He speaks openly about dysfunctionality in his family, but he does compliment his father for not only teaching his sons to box, but for staging their fights in full view of the neighborhood kids, as if to show everyone not to mess with his boys.
"He knew that guys in (public) housing didn't know how to fight," he said. "We'd fight the bullies in the neighborhood, and just take 'em to school, because they'd be swinging, leaving themselves open for punches.
"I'm punching straight punches, and they're getting hit, and they'd be crying, throw their gloves, and we'd be saying, 'Go home!' And my dad be like, 'Get down outta here! You lost already! Go home!'
"And they wouldn't fight me the next day in school."
One day, though, Augie beat up a girl. She had beaten up his brother for his lunch money and so his father, not knowing that it was girl, urged retribution.
When Augie's father found out, it was no fun.
"He said, 'You never tell me it was a girl!' And we said, 'You never asked if it was a girl! You said we gotta defend ourselves!'
"So we got lickin's two days in a row, from the girl and my dad."
As a teenager, Augie T. became a Golden Gloves champion, a PAL champion and junior Olympian, undefeated in his first six fights with one draw in his weight class. But his last fight, by his own description, was almost as funny as his comedy routine, as he got staggered by a punch that sent him reeling around the ring. His father recorded it and "used it as motivation for his 'fun-times weekly.'
"He'd say, 'You like see something?' And he'd rewind it to the part where the guy hit me, and it was one of those punches Mike Tyson gave guys. It was so bad, I think I went from one side of the ring to the other. … I got up and fell right back down.
"And I was done: 'Thank you, it was a great career, it was a great time, I got to see some amazing places, do some amazing things, but that's it. I'm going to try stand-up comedy.'"
He feels now that boxing helped him in his comedy career.
"There's nothing worse than walking into the ring, knowing that somebody's going to try to knock your head off, " Augie said. "So walking up on stage in front of the people who like you, who respect what you did, who are fans, that's not that hard.
"I'd rather have get people looking at me, saying, 'What are you saying?' than getting punched in the face."
IN SCHOOL, Augie T. struggled. Later diagnosed with both ADHD and dyslexia, both of which inhibit learning, he'd been assigned to "Title 1" classes, which he felt were demeaning.
"I knew I wasn't dumb, or slow," he said. He speaks at conferences about the conditions now.
Fortunately, his fourth-grade teacher noticed his gift of gab and encouraged him to enter a speech contest.
He performed a routine by the legendary local sketch comedy artist Rap Reiplinger, and the die was cast, even if it took awhile before he would roll the dice on a comedy career.
Much of that was because of early obligations. Augie became a father at age 16, and so realizing he needed to support his family, he got a job at Kapiolani Medical Center, working up the ladder from food service to housekeeping. For years, he kept that job, even after attaining comedy success.
"Part-time with benefits," he said. "By the time I was 23, I owned my first home. It was just hard work."
Shortly thereafter, his boxing career over, he started up his comedy career at an open-mic at the Honolulu Comedy Club in the Ilikai Hotel, where he talked about "making doo-doo in school," he said. "Eddie Sax, the owner of the comedy club, said 'I don't know what you're saying, but you come back.'"
He was befriended by Hawaii's headlining comedians, Andy Bumatai and Frank De Lima — both of whom will appear at this weekend's concert — and appearing with the comedy team Booga Booga.
He realized he was making some headway in his career — "I could actually make money at this," he remembered thinking — when he got a chance to fill in for De Lima at the Captain's Table, a Waikiki restaurant that offered entertainment.
"I remember getting there, thinking it was just going to be a fill-in night," he said. "I walked up to the Captain's Table and saw a line of people. You go from performing in front of seven people to a line. And this was before social media."
The radio comedy team Perry & Price had him on their show, then invited him to join them to play Vegas.
"The opening act, I stole his jacket and walked up on stage with his jacket," Augie recalled. "Mike (Perry) and Larry (Price) was crackin' up.
"I became a favorite. They started inviting me, and that audience started saying 'Who's this guy? And it all kind of evolved."
NOW THAT Augie T is ending his career as a concert comedian – he expects to give private performances and left the door open to returning in a few years – what are his career plans?
As a former boxer, he's still got some feistiness left in him, but he plans to focus it on a somewhat unusual path: politics.
"I'm honestly considering running for office," he said. "I want to challenge myself, and I feel like I want to fight for the everyday guy, the guy who works hard, not getting noticed.
"I feel like, when we get only 30 percent of our island voting, and you hate the fact that we're being taxed out, and you hate the fact that you see the same people, no new ideas, no fresh ideas, what if I motivate people to possibly get out and vote?
"Maybe, possibly, (people) will look at me and go, 'If this guy can?' There's a lot of smarter people than me, but you don't have to be the most smartest guy, obviously. If you're passionate.
"I'm not a Republican, not Democrat, but I just want my children to live here and enjoy all the things that I enjoyed. And if it takes me being criticized for being a candidate for office, I don't know which one, then so be it."
As he leaves the Blaisdell stage for the last time, a site that means so much to him not only as a venue for his talents but as the place where he saw his boxing heroes and other entertainers perform, he's proud of his legacy.
"I stayed clean in my comedy, " he said. "I know not everybody likes me, but at the same time what I brought to the stage was real – no holds barred in the way I interpret my jokes.
"Everything that I said I wanted to do, I did.
"Even despite all the challenges – growing up poor, being a teen parent, losing a brother to drugs, raising two kids, getting remarried, al those challenges – I got to do what I wanted to do."
AUGIE T. COMEDY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
>> Top comedian citations from Pacific Business News, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Midweek, Honolulu Magazine. Named one of Hawaii's Top 100 Influential Filipinos.
>> Only local comedian to sell out Blaisdell Arena.
Awards:
>> Na Hoku Hanohano awards, "Da Comedy Kahuna" (1999) and "Locally Disturbed" (2003)
Comedy specials:
>> "Augie T Live from the Hawaii Theatre" (2004)
>> "Then and Now" (2006)
>> "The Augie Show" (2008)
>> "Augie LIVE at the Blaisdell Arena ( The Main Event)" (2009)
>> "Augie Ultimate Comedy Collection" (2011)
>> "Augie Na Alii of Comedy" (2012)
>> "Augie T's I Was left behind " (2013)
>> "Augie So Dumb" (2014)
>> "Augie Laugh the Island Way" (2017)
Review: 'Fighting With My Family' a funny, touching story about clan of wrestlers

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The Little Slave Boy
Rob lay on his bed, staring at the grey-painted wall. He hadn't been able to sleep – at first because of the sounds of sex coming from the other side of the wall, and then later because of what was on his mind. He shivered, and pulled the thin duvet closer around him. There was no radiator in his room, but that alone didn't account for the shivering – most of it was because he felt totally and absolutely wretched. It was the morning of December 23rd and it was not going to be a good Christmas.
The first nine months living with Cameron had been heaven. The man had been everything he'd ever hoped for: kind, considerate, loving, and sexy. Cameron had fallen for the small, cute, blond boy the moment he'd first seen him - he had loved Rob's shaggy-haired, little-boy-lost look, and the sex had been intense, wonderful. Cameron had introduced him to leather and BDSM, and in the early months he had lived as Cameron's worshipping slave. He hadn't liked everything Cameron had done to him, but the good things had been so unbelievably good that they had made up for the few that hadn't been, and he was so head-over-heels in love with Cameron that he wanted to deny him nothing.
But then, slowly, things had begun to fall apart. It had started one day when Cameron had brought a 'friend' home for dinner. As a slave, Rob did the cooking, but Cameron always insisted on serving it. They'd sat round the table, the meal keeping hot in the kitchen, Cameron and the new boy talking and laughing. Rob had sat there smiling, sipping his beer occasionally, but hadn't been included in the conversation at all. It had been as if he hadn't been there. Then Cameron had stood up, walked into the kitchen to dish the food up, and the new boy had followed him. Laughter and more chat from there. Still at it (Cameron had been telling the boy about his last visit to a club in the city) they reappeared, and Cameron had put the plates on the table. Two plates. They'd started eating, and Rob had sat there for five minutes before either of them had noticed he hadn't been given any.
Rob had laughed politely, made a joke of it, and had gone to get his own – but inside he'd felt awful. Later, while the other two had drinks in the living room, Rob had gone to his own room. He had heard sounds that, while clearly intentionally muted, had nevertheless been unmistakably those of Cameron and the boy having sex.
When the boy had gone, Cameron had apologised for the 'mistake' at dinner, but it had been clear to Rob at that moment that his importance in the man's life was a thing of the past.
Rob sat in his room a lot, thinking about things. About how Cameron was all over boys he met for the first time, but that he rarely saw any of them more than twice. Eventually it had dawned on Rob that Cameron was one of those guys who loved novelty. New boys were his thing, and Rob knew that now he was last year's model, obsolete.
Soon after that, at breakfast one morning, Cameron had poured himself a cup of coffee and said, "I think an open relationship would be a good idea, don't you?"
Rob had had no choice. What could he do? Cameron was the only man he'd ever loved. The conversation had been long and painful, but it had been decided – by Cameron - that from now on both of them would be free to have sex with whoever they pleased. The fact that Rob didn't want to have sex with anyone else was irrelevant – the decision had been made.
They hadn't had sex together any more after that, but Cameron had begun bringing boys home on a regular basis and Rob had had to make himself scarce and shut himself in his room while they were there.
"Get someone for yourself then, instead of moaning about it," Cameron had shouted at him one day.
Rob had burst into tears and said that he didn't want to – that he loved Cameron.
The man had just shaken his head. "You've become a pain in the arse, you know that? Why don't you just fuck off?"
That had been a week ago.
Rob was still shivering. A tear ran slowly down his face but he didn't bother brushing it away. Last night he'd come to a decision, and he'd packed his backpack with the few of his belongings that meant anything to him. After a while he got out of bed, picked up the backpack and gazed at the topmost things. At the slave collar with his name tag on it; at the leather cuffs he used to wear so that Cameron could restrain him and play with him whenever he felt like it… He should by rights be starting to cook breakfast now, but instead he closed the backpack, walked to the front door, and put his leather jacket on – the leather jacket Cameron had given him for his birthday months ago. He closed his eyes and sighed, then opened the door. It was snowing outside. He swallowed, and put his flat keys down on the little table. It was blindingly obvious to him that Cameron didn't want him any more. Didn't love him any more. He walked out, and softly closed the door behind him.
He had no idea what to do, where to go. All the money he had in the world - fifty pounds – was in his back pocket, and he didn't know anybody. He'd met and moved in with Cameron only a few days after he'd first come to the city, after his mum and dad had chucked him out him when they'd found out he was gay, and he hadn't made any friends to speak of; certainly nobody he could ask for help. He got off the bus in the city centre and looked around. People everywhere. Rushing and carrying bags full of food and presents. He thought about the cologne that he'd bought Cameron for his Christmas present – he'd only been able to afford the tiny bottle that was the smallest they did. It was wrapped and standing on the table in the living room next to the card. He hoped Cameron would like it.
The sky was steely grey, a bitter wind was blowing, and fat flakes of snow were coming down fast. This was the first time for years that he could remember it snowing so close to Christmas. He pulled the zipper of his jacket up as high as it would go and set off down the street.
A clock somewhere struck five o'clock. It was dark now, and still snowing. He'd been wandering aimlessly all day, going into shops for the warmth every time the cold got too much for him. He was ravenously hungry, his feet were freezing and his leather jacket was heavy and sodden. The fifty pounds in his back pocket wouldn't last very long, especially at city prices, and he didn't even have enough for a cheap hotel room, but he would have to make it stretch. He counted the change in his jacket: five pounds twenty pence and, unable to bear the hunger and cold a minute longer, headed into a brightly-lit cafe. A cup of hot chocolate and a small sandwich cleaned him out. But at least it was warm in here. He ate the sandwich slowly and made the hot chocolate last a long time.
There must be places where homeless people could go to get a proper meal, or somewhere to sleep, but if there were he had no idea how to find them. He set off again, his shoulders slumped.
By nine o'clock that evening he was a block of ice. He could no longer feel his feet, and his blond hair was saturated. He came to a doorway in a block of closed shops – it would shelter him from the worst of the snow, and there were cardboard boxes lying about. He arranged them into a sort of sleeping bag, pulled his backpack under his head, and settled down for the night. The concrete was cold and hard, and he was shivering, but he closed his eyes, and after a long time he managed to get to sleep.
A big, unshaven guy in a tatty brown coat stood over him and kicked him again. "Gimme your bag," he said.
Rob squinted up at him and shook his head. "Please – it's all I've got."
The guy reached down and pulled the backpack out from under him. "You ain't got that now." He kicked Rob again and walked off.
The loss of most of his possessions didn't bother him that much, but Cameron had given him the leather cuffs and collar when he'd claimed him as his slave, and had taken him to a shop where together they'd got the name tag made. Those had been the only things he'd had left of the man he loved. Now all he had was what he was wearing. He checked his back pocket – at least his fifty pounds was still there. He took a deep breath and rubbed his bruised leg, then looked at his watch. 8:05am. What was he going to do? It was Christmas Eve. He stared unseeingly into the street for a long time, then his breathing became erratic, and he burst into quiet tears. Why was this happening to him? All he wanted was someone to love him. All he wanted was Cameron - he needed him so badly it hurt more than the cold and the kicking.
The sky was still grey but beginning to lighten, and at least the snow had stopped. It lay on the ground a few inches thick wherever it hadn't been carved into dirty brown ruts by the early-morning traffic. Apart from the odd pedestrian and a few slowly-moving cars, the back street was deserted. And it was quiet. His stomach rumbled and he realised that he was desperately hungry. He had never been so hungry in his life. He was going to have to spend some of that fifty pounds on a decent meal. Wearily, he pulled himself to his feet and set off slowly in search of a cheap cafe, if such a thing existed.
The streets were coming to life – shops were opening and people were about. A half-hour's trudge brought him to an intersection and he saw a cafe over the road advertising an all-you-can-eat fried breakfast for eight pounds. Perfect. Two guys passed him, one on either side of him, the one on the left bumping into him. He turned slightly. "Sorry mate."
"No problem," Rob smiled at the guy. "Happy Christmas." He felt anything but happy.
He crossed the street and made for the cafe entrance, reaching into his back pocket for his fifty pounds. It had gone.
Frantically Rob searched every pocket, but the money wasn't there. He leaned against a wall and slowly slid down to the ground. Now he had nothing. He couldn't even get anything to eat. He sat on the pavement, his back against the wall, his head bowed, while feet walked uncaringly around him.
There was a sound of something hitting the ground by his side. He opened his eyes and saw a one-pound coin someone had thrown down for him. Now he was a beggar. He asked himself: how much lower could he go?
The pound, along with a remaining fifty-pence piece he found in his jacket, bought him a hot cup of tea. But he had nothing left at all now. He left the cafe and started walking back the way the bus had brought him. All he could think of doing now was to throw himself on Cameron's mercy. Surely Cameron wouldn't see him starve, or freeze to death? Would he? Actually, if he was honest, he was no longer sure about that.
It was a good three miles to the flat; he was exhausted, and the snow made the walking heavy and slow. It was freezing hard, the bitterly cold wind making his face burn, and Rob hadn't got very far before he began shaking uncontrollably. He willed his legs to move, and leaned into the wind, dragging himself forward. All he could think of now was being with Cameron. Behind him he left small footprints in the snow. The roads here were deserted, and the buildings closed and locked for Christmas.
He saw a park ahead, with a bench seat sheltered by some trees and set next to a small lake. He began staggering towards it, but he didn't make it. His legs stopped working altogether and he collapsed slowly to the ground. He lay in the snow, curled into a ball, his leather jacket, jeans and trainers saturated and freezing. Ducks at the edge of the lake took a disinterested look at the small shivering figure on the ground, then buried their heads back into their feathers.
He lay there, under the leaden sky.
After a long time he slowly realised that he was not so cold any more. In fact he was beginning to feel quite comfortable – warm, even. He smiled gently. The snow around him was soft and silky, and the quiet murmuring of the ducks was pleasant. He thought about Cameron, and the good times they had had. He loved Cameron so much. He closed his eyes, enveloped in a golden warmth.
He was in the pet shop with Cameron. They were laughing and smiling at each other as the machine engraved the word "ROB" noisily into the silver metal tag. Cameron clipped it onto the leather collar, and then - uncaringly, and in full view of everyone - made Rob kneel while he gently buckled the collar around the boy's neck. "You're my slave now, Rob," he smiled, then lifted the boy up and kissed him gently.
"Ahhhh… Fuck YES!" Rob's eyes were closed in pleasure as Cameron fucked him slowly and passionately. Rob was strapped to the restraint table in the big bedroom and could feel his lover's leather jeans slapping against his bare thighs with each sroke.
"Fuck yes - what?" asked Cameron, grinning, out of breath.
"Fuck yes, SIR!" Rob said.
"Better."
Rob was sitting on the floor between Cameron's legs as they watched television. The man's fingers were gently and lovingly stroking through his shaggy blond hair as Rob - his eyes closed - purred. It was one of the most beautiful things the boy had ever experienced. He was loved.
"Don't cum. Don't you fucking cum! I order you not to cum!"
Rob squeezed his eyes shut and tried to fight against the touch of Cameron's hand on his horny cock. He must not cum. But the beautiful bastard was making sure he couldn't stop himself. As the skillful, knowing fingers found all of the boy's weaknesses and exploited them sadistically, Rob lost it. He came.
"I told you not to cum!"
"I know, Sir. I'm sorry Sir. But you know I can't resist you."
"Hmm. Well, I expect something special for dinner tonight." He hugged the boy and kissed him for a long time.
"Happy Birthday, Rob." Cameron handed him the large brown paper package at breakfast.
Rob excitedly tore it open and stared open-mouthed at the shiny black leather motorcycle jacket. He lifted it out and put it on. It fitted perfectly and went with his tight denim jeans brilliantly. "Oh thank you, Cameron. Thank y-" His words were smothered by kisses.
"You're a very sexy little leather boy now. I love you, Rob."
For a moment, the golden warmth vanished. In its place was cold grey snow, melted to icy water under him. Pain was everywhere. He tried to cough, and then tried to cry for help, but he could make no sound.
It was Christmas Eve. He was freezing, and he was a little slave boy, alone in the world. The only man he had ever loved didn't want him any more, and he had nobody. The ducks had seen the little blond boy in the snow and were no longer interested.
Then the warmth returned. It made him happy. It felt so good not to hurt any more. It felt like being in Cameron's arms. Slowly, the smile returned to his face.
This time the warmth didn't go away.


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Turkey prepares for military operation against Kurds after Istanbul blast
Is everyone trying to false flag their way into new wars? It's hard to tell anymore but here is more wars/rumors of war news. Johnny
The Turkish armed forces may launch an operation in northern Syria as the order for the recent terrorist attack in Istanbul was allegedly given from the Kurdish-majority city of Kobani. The November 13 explosion on the Istiklal pedestrian street in central Istanbul led to the death of six people and was quickly blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and their Syrian branch, the People's Protection Units (YPG), who control Kobani.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said police arrested a woman believed to have left the bomb on Istiklal Street. According to him, it is suspected that the order came from Kobani, a Syrian town on the border with Turkey, and that the perpetrator entered Turkey via Afrin, a Kurdish-majority region in northern Syria controlled by Turkish-backed forces.
"We will conduct an operation in Ain al-Arab (Kobani). Now this obligation is weighing heavily on our necks," Miliyyet newspaper quoted Turkish security expert Abdullah Agar as saying.
Earlier, the official representative of the President of Turkey, Ibrahim Kalin, said that Ankara is ready for a new military operation in northern Syria, which could start at any time. Damascus has repeatedly stated that it is illegal for Turkish forces to conduct operations against Kurdish forces there and has called on Ankara to withdraw its troops.
Meanwhile, an unnamed senior official said to Reuters on November 15 that Turkey plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against the PKK in Iraq. Threats against Turkey posed by Kurdish militants or the Islamic State are unacceptable, the official said, adding that Ankara will clear threats along its southern border "one way or another."
"Syria is a national security problem for Turkey. There is work being done on this already," the official said, declining to be named as they were not authorised to speak to the media, according to Reuters. "There is an ongoing operation against the PKK in Iraq. There are certain targets in Syria after that is completed."
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the Istanbul blast, and the PKK have denied any involvement, police say the suspected bomber is a Syrian woman named Ahlam Albashir. She was detained only a day after the blast at a house raid in Istanbul.
This year alone, Turkey has conducted three incursions into northern Syria against the YPG. Confusingly, despite the PKK being recognised as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the European Union, the YPG are allies of Washington and the EU.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a major challenge in next year's election, with polls suggesting he could lose power after two decades. This was a similar scenario to what occurred before the 2015 general election, with a wave of bombings and other terrorist attacks gripping the country. They were mostly blamed on the PKK and the Islamic State.
It could be suggested that Erdogan either orchestrated the Istanbul bombing, or is taking maximum advantage of the operation to gain more votes through ultra-nationalist rhetoric and the corresponding military operation against the Kurds, just like what happened in 2015. In fact, a September MetroPoll survey in Turkey found that more than half of Turkish citizens believe that their government is using tensions with Greece for an "election agenda," an election agenda that can also be imposed against the Kurds too.
It is also notable that it was reported by Al-Monitor on November 9 that Turkey is reorganising militant forces in northern Syria and is reportedly using "threats and ultimatums to discipline the disorderly factions." According to the report, Ankara is using Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) — the formerly Al-Qaeda aligned jihadi outfit controlling the northwestern province of Idlib — "as a stick in its efforts to push the factions to form a joint military command and a joint administrative structure."
The report added that factions were told by Turkish officials on November 2 "to unite under a joint command and shut separate operation rooms, cede all urban checkpoints to a joint security apparatus, hand over control of crossings — a source of lucrative revenues — to a financial committee and create a joint fund, and close down the prisons they operate. A warning was issued that fresh internal conflicts could result in dissolving the groups involved."
Turkey's restructuring of jihadist forces under its command and/or influence in northern Syria only days before blaming the PKK for the Istanbul blast, something the Kurdish militant group denies perpetrating, will raise questions on whether the terror attack was a false-flag operation to justify a new military operation and to boost Erdogan's ratings in the lead up to next year's elections.
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His current practice is the use of a restrictive palette and vague but forest like forms to present a feeling of menace within his work.


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Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based reconstruction of 130 years of water table fluctuations in a peatland and its relevance for moisture variability assessments
Marija Tamkevičiūtė, Johannes Edvardsson, Rūtilė Pukienė, Julius Taminskas, Markus Stoffel, Christophe Corona, Gintautas Kibirkštis
Quaternary Sciences
BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
Continuous water-table (WT) measurements from peatlands are scarce and – if existing at all –very short. Consequently, proxy indicators are critically needed to simulate hydrological changes in peatlands over longer time periods. In this study, we demonstrate that tree-ring width (TRW) records of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) growing in the Čepkeliai peatland (southern Lithuania) can be used as a proxy to reconstruct hydrological variability in a raised bog environment. A two-step modelling procedure was applied to extend existing measurements and to develop a new and longer peatland WT time series. To this end, we used instrumental WT measurements extending back to 2002, meteorological records, a P-PET (difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration) series covering the period 1935–2014, so as to construct a tree-ring based time series of WT fluctuations at the site for the period 1870–2014. Strongest correlations were obtained between average annual WT measured at the bog margin and total P-PET over 7 years (r = 0.923, p < 0.00001), as well as between modelled WT and standardized TRW data with a two years lag (r = −0.602, p < 0.001) for those periods where WT fluctuated at the level of pine roots which is typically at <50 cm depth below the peat surface. Our results suggest that moisture is a limiting factor for tree growth at peatlands, but below a certain WT level (<50 cm under the soil surface), drought becomes a limiting factor instead. To validate the WT reconstruction from the Čepkeliai bog, results were compared to Nemunas river runoff since CE 1812 (r = 0.39, p < 0.00001, 1870–2014). We conclude that peatlands can act both as sinks and sources of greenhouse gases in case that hydrological conditions change, but that hydrological lags and complex feedbacks still hamper our understanding of several processes affecting the hydrology and carbon budget in peatlands. We therefore call for the development of further proxy records of water-table variability in peatlands to improve our understanding of peatland responses to climatic changes.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.067
Published - 2018 Mar 1
Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources
Raised bog hydrology
Water table fluctuation
Čepkeliai wetland complex, Lithuania
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Tamkevičiūtė, M., Edvardsson, J., Pukienė, R., Taminskas, J., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., & Kibirkštis, G. (2018). Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based reconstruction of 130 years of water table fluctuations in a peatland and its relevance for moisture variability assessments. Journal of Hydrology, 558, 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.067
Tamkevičiūtė, Marija ; Edvardsson, Johannes ; Pukienė, Rūtilė ; Taminskas, Julius ; Stoffel, Markus ; Corona, Christophe ; Kibirkštis, Gintautas. / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based reconstruction of 130 years of water table fluctuations in a peatland and its relevance for moisture variability assessments. In: Journal of Hydrology. 2018 ; Vol. 558. pp. 509-519.
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Episode 28 – Were some Christians required to believe Satanic doctrine to be saved?
Did you you know that William Branham taught that some Christians were required to believe Satanic doctrine in order to be saved? This podcast outlines William Branham's teaching on the subject with direct quotes from his sermons.
This number 10 (and the last) in our summer series of podcasts that we have entitled "Summer Shorts". They are only 5-10 minutes long… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about.
Were William Branham's teachings in agreement with the Bible?
William Branham stated on several occasions that he had visited the graves of Muhammad, Buddha and Confucius. But did he? We looked at the issue to determine whether William Branham actually visited these famous graves.
This podcast is number 9 in our summer series of podcasts that we are calling "Summer Shorts". They are only 5-10 minutes long… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about.
William Branham stated many times that the Bible compared God's prophets to eagles. However, he never provided one scriptural example of where this was the case. So we thought we would check out whether what he said was actually based in the Bible.
This podcast is part 7 in our summer series of short podcasts that we are calling "Summer Shorts". They will only be 5-10 minutes… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about. Some may be the two of them, while others may just be solo.
Episode 23 – To Message Followers: God commands you to answer the questions of skeptics!
In this podcast, Bryan & Rod provide scriptures which specifically require message believers to provide answers to the questions that researchers into the message have been publicly asking for the past 5 years.
This podcast is part 5 in our summer series of short podcasts that we are calling "Summer Shorts". They will only be 5-10 minutes… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about. Some may be the two of them, while others may just be solo.
Episode 22 – Did William Branham have any real prophecies??
We have been unable to find a single occurrence where we have a clear prophecy recorded on tape that was later clearly fulfilled.
This is a test for anyone that is a follower of the message of William Branham. Did William Branham make any REAL "before the fact" prophecies in any of his tapes?
THIS IS THE CRITICAL QUESTION – Can you provide us with an unambiguous prophecy made by William Branham that was recorded publicly before the fact (i.e. we can verify on a tape) and that was later fulfilled in a clear manner? Surely, somewhere between 1946 and 1965, there is at least one clear prophecy that was made and fulfilled.
We will publish any such prophecy and its fulfillment on our website. Surely somewhere on a tape between 1947 and 1965, there is a prophecy that he recorded before the event that was later clearly fulfilled. However, to date, no one has brought us such a prophecy and we have been unable to find a single one.
This podcast is part 4 in our summer series of short podcasts that we are calling "Summer Shorts". They will only be 4-5 minutes… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about. Some may be the two of them, while others may just be solo.
One of our listeners informed us of a recent comment made by the pastor of a message church in Beaufort, South Carolina. This pastor labeled those who dared challenge William Branham as "ding dongs".
But was it the case that no one dared challenge William Braham when he was alive? Find out what actually happened to those who challenged William Branham.
We also include a sneak preview of an upcoming interview with Sylvia Perkins in September.
This podcast is part of our summer series of short podcasts that we are calling "Summer Shorts". They will only be 4-5 minutes… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about. Some may be the two of them, while others may just be solo.
How many people were healed in Branham's services?
For July and August, Bryan and Rod are doing a series of short podcasts that they are calling "Summer Shorts". They will only be 4-5 minutes… just enough to get you thinking about something that you might not have thought about before. Some may be the two of them, while others may just be solo.
William Branham stated that when a man wore shorts, he was wearing a "woman's underneath clothes", but don't men were shorts for underwear as well? Could it be that William Branham didn't wear any underwear?
In this podcast, we look at William Branham's condemnation of men wearing shorts and his apparent hypocrisy in wearing shorts himself.
Jeff Jenkins, pastor of Believers Christian Fellowship (BCF) in Lima, Ohio for almost 35 years, discusses the 1963 Arizona Cloud with host, Rod Bergen in part 3 of their interview.
Have those the criticize our cloud research actually looked at it?
What does numerology have to do the cloud? Is numerology rooted in paganism?
Did the cloud move towards Sunset Mountain?
Were some of William Branham's visions fabricated?
What is Jesus Christ doing in the world today?
The Parable of the Prodigal Son – Are message believers akin to the elder brother?
Was William Branham under a Nazarite vow?
Was William Branham's teaching on alcohol biblical?
Video – What caused the Cloud?
Jeff Jenkins, pastor of Believers Christian Fellowship (BCF) in Lima, Ohio for almost 35 years, discusses the 1963 Arizona Cloud with host, Rod Bergen.
The Cause of the Cloud – Was it the aftermath of a constellation of angels visiting the earth or was there a natural explanation?
What are noctilucent clouds? – Why did no one see the cloud until sunset?
Only believe? – Does Bible tell us to simply have blind faith?
If you would like to engage with ex-message followers as well as people who still follow William Branham, please come to our discussion page on Facebook (click here).
We have a new post every day which contains questions, comments, and issues relating to the message of William Branham.
The Prophecy of the Cloud – Did William Branham prophesy the cloud in advance of it appearing?
The Timing of the Cloud – Why did the cloud appear 8 days before William Branham went hunting?
The Location of the Cloud – Why did the cloud show up 200 miles away from where William Branham was hunting?
Gene Norman's testimony of the cloud – What did William Branham;s friend, Gene Norman, hear and see?
Chad Lamb's sermon on the cloud – Does the cloud have anything to do with Exodus 19:16?
What it means to be a true follower of Jesus.
Careyann (Muller) Zivich was raised in the message and has seen more than her share of the bizarre things that the message has to offer. In this episode, Careyann discusses her time in the message and some of the strange things she experienced. To be fair, not all people in the message experience the things that Careyann did but the strange sub-cults are definitely there to be found.
The testimony of Alfred Pohl, a man who questioned whether people were actually being healed in William Branham's meetings.
Referenced website – MorningMercy.com is a resource for formers followers of William Branham and contains encouragement from the perspective of an ex-message follower.
Join Rod and Bryan as they interview James Rozak, the author of the Morning Mercy website.
James was someone that loved the message, and lived it with a passion. He and his wife did not leave because they didn't want to 'live the life'. Instead, came to the realization that something was clearly very wrong.
James initially felt that the message was being mishandled by men; in fact, he felt he could be a voice that captured the truth and essence of what the message really was. But when the realization came that the problems were much more foundational, and the teaching itself was questionable – it became too much for him to ignore.
As a minister, he personally felt a responsibility to try to understand and resolve the questions. The problem was, there were no answers that adequately stood without turning a blind eye or performing mental gymnastics to excuse them. Consequently, when he felt he could no longer preach in good faith, he resolved to step down from my ministry. But it quickly became clear they could no longer continue attending the church, so with heavy hearts, they walked away.
As most people that leave the message, James experienced great hurt. The decision to leave the Message resulted in a complete annihilation of his reputation, a loss of everything familar – and left him, his wife and their children without friendships that he had expected were lifelong.
His desire to heal and help found expression through his website, Morning Mercy. While he still has many questions, he has no doubt that they made the right decision.
the article that BelieveTheSign published on the municipal bridge vision.
Voice of God's 2012 "Catch The Vision" publication relating to the lack of reliable historical evidence.
Their desire to prove that the conclusions of BelieveTheSign were wrong.
How many people actually died in the construction of the municipal bridge?
Jeff Jenkins was the pastor of Believers Christian Fellowship (BCF) in Lima, Ohio for almost 34 years. Pastor Jeff was a committed and fervent follower of William Branham but left the message and his church several years ago. This is part 2 of Rod Bergen's interview with Pastor Jeff as they discuss how he came to his monumental decision to leave the message and the church he had pastored for almost three and a half decades, as well as his current thoughts on William Branham and the message.
Jeff Jenkins was the pastor of Believers Christian Fellowship (BCF) in Lima, Ohio for almost 34 years. Pastor Jeff was a committed and fervent follower of William Branham but left the message and his church several years ago. Rod Bergen interviews Pastor Jeff to discuss his background and how he came to his monumental decision to leave the message and the church he had pastored for almost three and a half decades.


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When Hospital Patient & Doctor Speak Same Language, Outcomes Improve
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A. Schulman - Material gains
A. Schulman is a global producer of high-performance plastic compounds, powders, composites and resins in a variety of markets. With technology centres around the world, it is devoted to product development and colour research. Ralf Küsters, product line manager, shares his excitement about the company's new Easy Pour range and next-generation anti-fog products.
Furiously bashing its base is no longer the best means of draining the last bit of viscous liquids, like haircare products, from bottles. A. Schulman's 'Easy Pour' addtives offers a far more sophisticated way to extract maximum value. Innovating at its technology centres - A. Schulman has facilities around the globe in Europe, North and South America and Asia-Pacific - the company developed the Polybatch range to optimise packaging's inner surfaces. Adding the masterbatch to the inner layer of a multilayer structure ensures the contents flow smoothly, making it easier to empty the package.
"It's a struggle to empty stand-up pouches, tubes or bottles," says Ralf Küsters, product manager and market development manager. "There is always something left inside, and no one likes that."
To back up the innovation with numbers, A. Schulman developed a test to measure the speed and distance of the product on a tilted surface, as well as the amount of residue on that surface afterward. It showed a pouring improvement of up to 25% .The testing system in place allows brand-owners to appraise products themselves to see how well they work and adapt them to their particular needs.
"A. Schulman found that one single product didn't cover everyone's needs," Küsters says. 'Even if ketchup and tomato sauce seem similar products based on their main ingredient (tomato), the flow behaviour is so different that they need a different set of additives to obtain optimum emptying of the pouches or bottles in which they are sold."
Cutting through the fog
In addition to the launch of the 'Easy Pour' additives, A. Schulman has been developing its next generation of anti-fog products, specifically for use in thin-film applications.
"A. Schulman has discerned an increasing request for antifog masterbatches based on PP. This may may be related to the use of more PP inner layers in lid films for better sealing properties," explains Küsters.
"An additional trend with lid films is the addition of more layers (up to 11), while reducing overall thickness. To retain the antifog effect, a higher concentration of the additive is necessary, and this can lead to stickiness and blooming. The new generation of antifog of A. Schulman has been specifically developed to avoid this problem in PE and PP."
The company is playing a big role in the flexible packaging market: "A. Schulman is heavily involved in this, because the requirements are getting more complex and other additives are required," Küsters says.
The market for stand-up pouches, for example, is growing at approximately three times the rate of that of flat-packaging, depending on the region. There is also need for PET in the market, which is growing at the same rate as stand-up pouches.
"A. Schulman saw how PET packaging was replacing plastic materials such as polystyrene and non-plastic materials such as glass, and it invested in new equipment and compounding facilities to meet this demand," Küsters says.
Enhanced offering
In addition to these new capabilities, A. Schulman offers additives to enhance. It provides additives to enhance BOPP, blown or cast film, sheet and profile extrusion, blown and injection moulding, and thermoforming applications. Masterbatches are available for PE, PP, PS, biopolymers and specially engineered resins, such as PET and nylon.
"A. Schulman wants to remain one of the market leaders in speciality materials," Küsters says. "Customer support and manufacturing expertise is important.
"With decades of technical experience and technology facilities around the world, the company is confident that its customers will keep coming to when they look for developments that fulfil their specific needs."
Recyclable and Biodegradable Materials
A. Schulman
URL: www.aschulman.com


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Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
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Q: Copy char* in C Why does this function work?I don't think that this is the proper way to copy a char* in C.
#include <stdio.h>

int main() {

    const char* original = "TEST";
    char* copy;
    copy = original;

    printf("%s\n", original);
    printf("%x\n", &original);
    printf("%s\n", copy);
    printf("%x\n", &copy);

    return 0;
}

A: It does not copy the string. You just assign the pointer copy with the address of the string literal which address is also stored in the  original pointer. Both point to the same place in the memory but have different types.

A: No, you are not copying the string, you are accessing the same string through a
pointer.
If you want to copy a string, you have to use strcpy

man strcpy
#include <string.h>
char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);

The  strcpy()  function  copies  the  string pointed to by src, including the terminating
  null byte ('\0'), to the buffer pointed to by dest.  The strings may not overlap,
  and the destination string dest must be large enough to receive the copy.
  Beware of  buffer  overruns!

This copies a string.
const char *original = "TEST";
char copy[20];
strcpy(copy, original);

This is just variable assignment.
const char* original = "TEST";
char* copy;
copy = original;

original points to the start of the string "TEST", which is a string literal
and thus points to read-only memory. That's why the type of the variable is
const char*. That tells you that you cannot modify the content pointed to by
the pointer. However, you may change the location to where it's pointing.
const char* original = "TEST";
original = "TEST1";  // OK
original[0] = 't';   // NOT OK

To the printfs:
printf("%s\n", original);

Prints the string pointed to by original
printf("%x\n", &original);

Prints the numerical address in hexadecimal format of the variable original.
Note that this is not where original points, but where original is
stored.
printf("%s\n", copy);

Sams as the first, different variable but pointing to the same location, hence
the result is the same.
printf("%x\n", &copy);

Same as the second one, but this time the address of the copy variable is
printed.
Note that if you want to print the address of a variable with printf, you
should use the "%p" conversion specifier.

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Looking for a new series to go fill the Firefly sized hole in your heart? Look no further than Starflight. For some reason my expectations weren't super high even though I enjoyed Melissa Landers's work in the past, but I'm glad I gave it a chance because it's a pretty fantastic series opener. The characters are fun to get to know, there's plenty of banter, lots of action to keep you hooked, and it features hate-to-love style romance which was pretty darn good. If you like The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, Starbound by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, and Guardians of the Galaxy, I have a feeling you'll enjoy this solid series opener as well. I'm definitely looking forward to Starfall.
I read this book from November 22 - 23, 2018 and my review is also on Goodreads.
I desperately wanted to love Heroine Complex because it sounds like it would be right up my alley. It has a lot to like about it, but stylistically it just wasn't quite working out for me. I have a feeling though that if it's available in audiobook format I may actually prefer it. I may be coming back to this story in the future in a different format.
I tried this book from November 24 - 29, 2018 and my review is also n Goodreads.
I'm a fan of Westworld and the concept behind Pastworld (the city of London has been recreated as a Victorian era theme park that tourists can visit is being plagued by a Jack the Ripper-esque killer) sounded really enticing. Unfortunately I preferred the concept to the execution. I gave the book 60 pages before I gave it up - it's quite dull and I wasn't interested in any of the characters. Plus, the writing style is going for formal Victorian but it comes across as very stilted, unatmospheric, unwieldy, and even sloppily put together.
I tried to read this between November 23 - 24, 2018 and my review is also on Goodreads.
And now for the main event: A GIVEAWAY (US Only - Sorry)!
Two lucky winners will have their choice of either Renegades by Marissa Meyer or Starflight by Melissa Landers! This giveaway will last until Midnight (ET) on Friday, December 7th, 2018. I will alert the winners via email and they will have 48 hours to respond or I will have to select another winner. Whoever responds the quickest will get their first choice of prizes. Good luck!
As always, thank you for visiting my blog and perhaps commenting down below!
I had so much fun with Sci Fi Month, but I am ready to move on and read more fantasy now, lol. You had so many Sci Fi Month posts!
I really enjoyed Starflight, but put off the sequel because I heard it was subpar.
Starflight sounds like a really nice read from your review!
Sweeet. They both sound like something I would want on my shelf. :-) Thanks for the giveaway.