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Story by Alan Moore and Malcolm McLaren
Adaptation by Antony Johnston
Art by Facundo Percio
So apparently back in the day, impresario Malcolm McLaren convinced Alan Moore to write a movie script for a story idea he had. The film was never made, and the script languished for a while, before being acquired by Avatar Press, who then got Antony Johnston and Facundo Percio to adapt it for comics. In some ways, the idea of two icons like McLaren and Moore working together is as interesting as their final product, but this story also stands on its own without worrying about its providence.
Fashion Beast is set a little ways into the future (as seen from the vantage point of the 80s), after England has been plunged into a nuclear winter, while it still fights some sort of war against an unnamed enemy. London is slowly emptying of young men of fighting age, as well as undesirables. The economy has tanked, and things are looking pretty grim.
This is not the case, though, for the fashion empire of Celestine, a reclusive designer whose gigantic salon remains brightly lit. Doll Seguin is an androgynous young woman who works in the coat check of a local nightclub, until an unruly patron causes her to lose her job. She ends up auditioning as a model (really, as a mannequin) for Celestine, who hires her against the wishes of the two simian Madames who actually run his operation while he sits in the dark and sketches clothing.
Not long after being hired, Doll discovers that the person who caused her to lose her job, Johnny, works at the salon. Their rivalry pushes the two of them to do greater work. When Johnny criticizes Celestine's designs, it is Doll that takes that criticism to the great man, and they are incorporated into his collection, which further enrages Johnny. Things continue like this for a while until the tragic secrets behind Celestine's self-imposed exile from the world come to light, and Doll has to decide whether or not she will remain complicit in the deception at the heart of her new job.
I'm not sure how this would have worked as a film, unless it had been directed by Peter Greenaway, with a big, ostentatious score by Michael Nyman. It definitely feels like a story whose time has passed, but that doesn't make it ineffective. Johnston, as always, does a fine job of adapting Moore's screenplay, pacing the comic nicely to make it work across ten issues. Percio is pretty Avatar-esque in his art, but that's not exactly a bad thing.
At the end of the day, this is really just a footnote in Alan Moore's career, and an odd piece of trivia in McLaren's, but it's good that it managed to make its way into the world.
Labels: Alan Moore, Antony Johnston, Avatar, Comics, Facundo Percio, Graphic Novels, Malcolm McLaren
I read Gene Luen Yang's Boxers a little while ago, and felt it was time to dig into Saints, its companion graphic novel. Where the other book looked at the Boxers Rebellion from the perspective of a young Chinese man who played a key role in that conflict, Saints is concerned with the experiences of one girl who converted to Christianity and lived in a small Christian community.
Four-Girl is born to a difficult life, shunned by her family, and convinced of her own inherent devilry. At the age of eight, she goes around making a face at everyone she sees to convince them that she is a devil, something she's been told by her family her whole life. Her mother takes her to an acupuncturist, who introduces her to his Christianity.
Four-Girl, believing in her powers, places a hex on her aged grandfather, and then within days, he dies. She feels guilt, and starts visiting the acupuncturist daily, mostly to eat cookies, avoid her chores, and nap through his stories, but the religion begins to stick. When Four-Girl announces that she has converted, her family beats her, and she runs away, joining a French missionary as he moves to a new community.
She grows up there, taking on the name Vibiana. Where before she imagined conversations with an old raccoon, as the story progresses, she begins having lengthy conversations with Joan of Arc, who often visits her in the evening and shares information about her life. As Vibiana grows up, she becomes a little less religious, especially around the time that she starts to feel interest in Kong, a minor character from Boxers.
Vibiana sees herself as the new Joan of Arc, and as the person who is going to protect her community, as news arrives of the coming of the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist, the group that has been killing Christians and foreigners.
Yang's work here is very nice. He makes Vibiana a sympathetic character, while also making it completely okay to question her sanity and motivations. I've personally always wondered about convert communities, and how 'pure' their faith must really be, or to what extent they are just looking to make substantive changes in their lifestyle, and their new religion becomes a means to that end. Yang allows me to keep my cynicism with this book, as Vibiana really just looks out for herself.
I found it interesting that Yang kept the colours for this book pretty drab, while Boxers was brighter and more vibrant. It's not hard to imagine which side in the conflict between traditional and missionary cultures Yang feels more sympathy towards. I particularly like his portrayal of Father Bey, the priest whose strict devotion and judgemental ways landed him in China in the first place, where he really didn't trust even his closest followers.
This book, both on its own and with its companion title, belong as part of the larger conversation of post-colonial literature.
Labels: :01, Comics, Gene Luen Yang, Graphic Novels
by Craig Thompson
I can't really explain why it's taken me this long to read Blankets, especially since I read Thompson's incredible Habibi as soon as it came out, but I read a lot of comics, and there are a lot more that I've never read, so it happens when it happens.
Blankets is a beautiful, beautiful book. It's a very honest look at Thompson's early days, living in a remote farmhouse in Wisconsin as a child, and it follows him through his first love in his final year of high school. More significantly, it looks at his evolving ideas about religion, and how he eventually walks away from the harsh, unforgiving Christianity of his parents.
As a kid, Craig is an true outsider. He's artistic and sensitive, uninterested in sports, drinking, or drugs. He does not easily fit into large groups, but also at home, is not all that interested in spending time with or getting to know his younger brother. Craig is not mean or snobbish, he's just pretty self-sufficient.
In high school, as he's forced to attend yet another Christian camp during his winter break, he meets Raina, a girl from Michigan who is just about a perfect match for him. They have a lovely (chaste) time together at camp, and then begin a relationship held through the mail. Eventually, Craig is invited to stay at her house for two weeks (it says a lot about how trusting both kids' parents are that they never even assume there could be problems with this), and we get to see their relationship grow.
I'm not sure to what degree Thompson chose to fictionalize some of these events, but what we get to see is one of the more touching coming of age stories I've ever read. Craig is the type of kid who feels sad sitting next to the girl he's in love with because he knows that soon he won't be. Raina, on the other hand, is dealing with a lot at home - her parents are divorcing, her sister keeps using her to babysit her baby, and her other two (adopted) siblings have intellectual disabilities of differing severity. She's looking for someone to make her feel less alone and overwhelmed, but is not exactly after the level of commitment that Craig is.
Woven through all of this is the austere Christianity that Craig's been raised in. He's been taught forever about the rewards of heaven (which, to be honest, sounds pretty terrible, even if you like to sing), and has been singled out as a good candidate for seminary school from an early age. He reads the Bible nightly, but, as we see, begins to question a lot more than word choice in the various translations.
This is a very good read. Thompson's art is lovely, and he plays with layout and design in interesting ways. He is able to convey a great deal of emotion in pretty simple facial drawings, and makes great use of white space (the snow that blankets Craig's life so often) to help focus the narrative. I can easily understand why this is such an acclaimed graphic novel.
Labels: Comics, Craig Thompson, Graphic Novels, Top Shelf
Strange Attractors
Art by Greg Scott
It's not uncommon, for a comics reader, to find a moment when a character discusses how magic is science that is just not understood yet. Strange Attractors, by Charles Soule, upends that maxim, and gives us a story about mathematics so hard to understand that it may as well be magic.
Heller Wilson is a PhD. candidate who is working to complete his thesis in New York City. He's studying complexity theory, and is led to meet with Dr. Spencer Brownfield, an ex-professor who did groundbreaking work on this concept before stepping down for reasons that are shrouded in secrecy.
We learn that Brownfield, who is more than a little eccentric and obsessive, spends his days adjusting the ebb and flow of New York City in a variety of ways, all in an effort to keep the living organism of the city healthy. It's just about impossible to try to understand the mathematical underpinning in Brownfield's actions, but the concept fascinates Wilson, who begins working with the older man.
As the story progresses, it becomes obvious that something cataclysmic is about to happen to New York. The professor has a plan, but it's all pretty hard to believe, and Wilson goes through a lot of doubt as to whether or not he should commit to the project. We, as readers, have a good idea of what the problem will be, as we keep seeing glimpses of terrorists constructing a dirty bomb, as well as some behind-the-scenes moments at City Hall, where a police strike looms.
Soule is a very impressive writer. I love his Letter 44, and have been very impressed with his work at Marvel (She-Hulk, Daredevil, even the Inhumans) and DC (Swamp Thing). This is one of his earliest published works, but it's clear at this point that he has a new way of constructing comics stories. Greg Scott is a capable artist, and he manages to make what is largely a talking heads comic visually interesting.
I don't know how the mathematics behind this story could possibly work, or how an algorithm to map so many different data sets into a cohesive image could possibly be developed in such a rush, but the idea of cities as living creatures is a compelling one, and this book opens up some interesting notions for future exploration.
Labels: Archaia, Charles Soule, Comics, Graphic Novels, Greg Scott
At this point in my life, after spending just about all of it reading comics, I'm always a little surprised when I realized what some of my gaps are. For example, I've never read a complete Joe Sacco book before now. Palestine collects his individual comic books from the mid-90s, recounting his visit to that unfortunate place.
I don't know what kind of response this book got when it came out, but it clearly wasn't strong or outraged enough. In this book, Sacco walks around the towns and refugee camps of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, going into peoples' homes, hearing their stories, and observing their living conditions. He gives a very honest portrayal of Palestinian life as it was twenty years ago.
That things have only gotten worse in this occupied land is unbelievable to me. I don't want to get into my political thinking here, but as someone who likes to see himself as a humanist, this book made me angry and sad. Knowing that, were Sacco to find these same people and talk to them again, their lives are not likely improved, is a tragedy.
I think the main reason why I never read a Sacco book is because his art kind of turns me off. His people are strange looking, and their teeth disturb me. That said, his draftsmanship is great, and his establishing shots, or his panoramas of Palestinian life, really impress.
It took me a little while to adjust to his use of cascading text boxes, and the overall wordiness of this book, but by the time I had read the first three issues collected here, I was hooked. Sacco should be admired for the bravery and sensitivity he brought to this comic, and I liked the way he kept himself front and centre, providing us a perspective to react through. This is a classic piece of graphic literature.
Labels: Comics, Fantagraphics, Graphic Novels, Joe Sacco
Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards
Written by Jim Ottaviani
Art by Big Time Attic (Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon)
I remember that this historical graphic novel was promoted in a Free Comic Book Day giveaway back when it was first published, and it caught my attention as entertaining and original, but I never got around to buying a copy until not that long ago.
Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards: A Tale of Edward Drinker Cope, Othniel Charles Marsh, and the Gilded Age of Paleontology is a book that looks at the (un)professional rivalry between two giants of the field of Paleontology at the end of the nineteenth century. Edward Drinker Cope is an obsessive collector of dinosaur fragments, constantly looking to expound on his theories (even to German-speaking fellow coach passengers) and promote his ideas, well beyond his meagre financial capabilities after losing most of his money in some bad mining investments. Othniel Charles Marsh is a fatuous gasbag whose inheritance and social position has provided him great privilege in bending the ears of influential people in Washington DC.
To say that these two men hate each other is to minimize the extent of their feelings for one another. Marsh plants fake fossils in the badlands in hopes of discrediting Cope, and has him removed from his lucrative position in the US Geological Survey. Cope never misses a chance to put down Marsh, and carries around documents that disprove his rival's theories that he has sewn into the front of his pants for safe keeping. Along the way, we meet some of their other colleagues or acquaintances, including Charles R. Knight, the artist whose dinosaur paintings were responsible for constructing the public attitude towards dinosaurs to today.
Ottaviani does a great job of exploring these two eccentrics, and carefully documents the places in his story where fact is stranger than fiction. I'm always attracted to well-sourced historical fiction, and so found the notes in the back almost as enjoyable as the story itself.
What really struck me was the casual, dismissive attitudes of both scientists towards their lives' work. They were more interested in mashing pieces together to form their preconceived idea of the larger puzzle, and were usually much more interested in showing up the other than conducting proper scholarship. This is a book about ego more than anything else.
The Cannon brothers do fine work in this black and white comic. I started to get a real feel for these characters based upon their appearances and facial expressions.
In all, this is a very enjoyable book. It might be a little hard to track down, but it's worth it, especially for anyone with an interest in the intersections of history, science, and paleontology.
Labels: Comics, Graphic Novels, GT Labs, Jim Ottoviani, Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon
The People Inside
by Ray Fawkes
Ray Fawkes is an interesting, very multi-faceted comics professional. Over the last bunch of years, he's become a much more recognized name, writing for Batman Eternal, Justice League Dark, Constantine, and the excellent Gotham by Midnight. He also co-wrote the terrible Wolverines though.
Outside of that, he's built a following for his children's comic Possessions, and has put together some very artsy, very strange books like Intersect, The Spectral Engine, and the incredible One Soul.
The People Inside is a stylistic follow-up to that endeavour. Where that book focused on individual lives, from birth to death, this one looks at relationships. Each double-page spread follows twenty-four people. Most of these people are paired up with one another, creating at most a six-panel grid on the page, but as partners separate, their panel splits into two smaller ones. When a character dies, their panel goes black and stays that way through the rest of the book. The position of each character's panel never changes, although at one point, two people meet and begin a relationship together, and their panels merge.
Fawkes uses a very minimalist style in this book. His simple pencils tell just enough information to get a sense of what's going on, and he blends dialogue with stream of consciousness inner monologue, so it's often impossible to tell if we are hearing a character's words or their thoughts. It's very effective, although at times, I found it hard to keep track of who was who, and would sometimes have to flip back a few pages to remind myself which story was happening in which panel.
Fawkes includes a fair amount of sexual diversity in this book, featuring straight, gay, and bi couples. We also see reflected in this book the full gamut of relationships, from one that is incredibly happy and rewarding, to one that is so abusive that one partner ends up in prison. A couple of the characters never really find someone for themselves, although I kept expecting them to hook up.
While this book is very beautiful, it's also a little cynical. More than the average number of people end up killing themselves here, and very few of these relationships end up being fruitful in the long term.
This is definitely an important book though, and works nicely as a companion to One Soul. I'd like to see more like this from Fawkes in the future - not necessarily in this format, but with this level of inventiveness.
Labels: Comics, Graphic Novels, Oni, Ray Fawkes


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Georges Auguste Couthon, ook bekend als Aristide Couthon (Orcet, 22 december 1755 – Parijs, 28 juli 1794) was een Franse advocaat en politicus. Tijdens de Franse Revolutie zetelde hij in de Wetgevende Vergadering en de Nationale Conventie. Hij schreef mee aan de democratische grondwet van 1793, maar stond achter de opschorting ervan tot er vrede zou zijn. Gedurende de radicaalste fase van de revolutie gaf Couthon met zijn vrienden Robespierre en Saint-Just de toon aan in het Comité de salut public. Hij was een drijvende kracht achter de Wet van 22 prairial, die het aantal doodvonnissen van het Revolutionair tribunaal de hoogte injoeg. Door de coup van thermidor belandden Couthon en de robespierristen zelf op het schavot.

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Als jongste zoon van een dorpsnotaris behoorde Couthon tot de robins, een (lagere) middenklasse van togadragers. Zijn moeder Marie Lafond was dochter van een veehandelaar. De oudste broer Pierre bereidde zich voor om het notariskantoor over te nemen en Georges studeerde voor advocaat. Hij deed dat bij de openbaar aanklager van Riom en rondde in oktober 1780 af met een trimester aan de rechtsfaculteit van Reims, die niet zeer hoog stond aangeschreven. De intellectueel begaafde Couthon verdroeg slecht de hiërarchische standenmaatschappij, met de cascade van minachting die de opeenvolgende sociale groepen voor elkaar koesterden. In april 1781 probeerde hij het in Parijs als advocaat-stagiair bij het Parlement, maar blijkbaar liep dit niet voorspoedig. In juli 1782 verliet hij de hoofdstad en in mei 1783 schreef hij zich in aan de balie van Clermont-Ferrand.

Couthon gaf gratis consult aan armen en behartigde hun belangen in de lokale liefdadigheidsinstellingen. Hij werd omschreven als zachtmoedig, voorkomend en behulpzaam. In 1786 trad hij toe tot de plaatselijke vrijmetselaarsloge en het volgende jaar tot de Société littéraire. Nog in 1787 werd hij aangesteld als juridisch adviseur van de derde stand in de provinciale vergadering. In deze periode kampte Couthon al met voorschrijdende invaliditeit. Sinds zijn kindertijd leed hij aan gewrichtspijnen en vanaf 1782 raakte hij geleidelijk verlamd aan zijn benen. Dat jaar zocht hij verlichting in de zwavelhoudende wateren van Néris-les-Bains, maar kuren hield zijn ziekte niet tegen. Retroactief valt deze overigens moeilijk te diagnosticeren. Niettegenstaande zijn gezondheidsproblemen trouwde hij in 1787 met Marie Brunel, met wie hij twee zonen kreeg: Antoine (1787-1867) en Jean (1790).

In de aanloop naar de Franse Revolutie hielp Couthon met het opstellen van cahiers de doléances. Ook was hij kandidaat om voor de derde stand naar de Staten-Generaal te gaan, maar hij werd niet verkozen. In de zomer van 1789 werd hij lid van de gemeenteraad van Clermont, die hij een paar keer voorzat. In maart 1790 was hij een van de initiatiefnemers die de Société populaire des Amis de la Constitution oprichtten in Clermont. Deze vrienden van de grondwet waren een lokale afdeling van de Jakobijnenclub en Couthon was een fervent deelnemer. Op 8 november werd hij na verkiezingen voorzitter van de districtsrechtbank van Clermont.

Wetgevende Vergadering

De politieke ambities van Couthon waren ondertussen nationaal geworden. In september 1791 nam hij met succes deel aan de verkiezingen in Puy-de-Dôme voor de Wetgevende Vergadering. Met 283 stemmen op 433 kiezers was hij de achtste en laatst verkozene van twaalf kandidaten. Hij verhuisde met zijn gezin naar de rue Saint-Honoré, waar ook Maximilien de Robespierre een appartement bleek te huren.

Als parlementair liet Couthon zich direct opmerken door een voorstel van decreet over de etiquette ten aanzien van koninklijke bezoeken aan de Vergadering. Op zijn initiatief werd beslist dat Lodewijk XVI niet met "Sire" of "Majesteit" zou worden aangesproken, maar als "koning der Fransen". Men zou respect betuigen door bij zijn binnenkomst het hoofd te ontbloten en recht te staan, maar men zou niet wachten op een teken om weer te gaan zitten. In februari 1792 heropende Couthon het debat over de afschaffing van de feodale lasten. De afkoopbaarheid ervan was volgens hem onvoldoende, hij zag het als een onvervulde belofte die mensen ontgoochelde en ervan weerhield ten oorlog te trekken voor de revolutie. Zijn voorstel rond de lods (transactietaksen) opende de weg naar een strenger bewijsregime dat het veel lastiger maakte voor ex-heren.

In deze jaren kon Couthon zich nog verplaatsen met een wandelstok. Omdat de koude winter zijn conditie geen deugd had gedaan, ging hij in de zomer van 1792 kuren in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. Daar vernam hij de val van het koningschap, wat hij toejuichte. Zijn geloof in de constitutionele monarchie en in het vrijwillig opgeven van koninklijke en adellijke voorrechten was herhaaldelijk teleurgesteld, tot zijn nieuwe ideaal een democratische republiek was geworden. Aan revolutionair geweld dacht hij nog niet. De septembermoorden veroordeelde hij publiek.

Nationale Conventie
Op 6 september 1792 werd Couthon herverkozen als afgevaardigde voor Puy-de-Dôme in de Nationale Conventie, deze keer als eerste van elf kandidaten. Aanvankelijk hield hij afstand van de partijstrijd tussen girondijnen en montagnards, maar uit vriendschap voor Robespierre steunde hij hem toen hij in oktober werd aangevallen door Barbaroux. Ook de herhaalde aanvallen van tegen de Commune van Parijs en de federalistische dreiging dreven hem tegen het jaareinde weg van de girondijnen en deden hem uiteindelijk op de banken van de Montagne belanden. Op het proces tegen Lodewijk XVI stemde hij voor de doodstraf zonder beroep of uitstel. Even voordien, op 26 november 1792, was hij op missie gestuurd naar de Loiret om de orde te handhaven en de graantoevoer te herstellen. Begin maart belastte de Conventie hem, samen met Goupilleau de Montaigu en Michel, met het integreren van het vorstendom Salm in het departement Vogezen. De drie representanten werden op 30 april teruggeroepen naar Parijs .

Op 31 mei 1793 droeg Couthon bij aan de val van de Girondijnen. Tegen zijn gewoonte in (hij sprak meestal zittend) liet hij zich naar het spreekgestoelte dragen om huisarrest te vragen voor 22 girondijnse gedeputeerden. Nadien vroeg hij ook om gematigdheid tegenover de overwonnenen en bood aan zelf als gijzelaar naar Bordeaux te gaan om de onrust weg te nemen. Op wetgevend vlak schreef hij mee aan de Grondwet van het jaar I. In het debat over de gelijkberechtiging van vrouwen in het huwelijksvermogensrecht stelde hij onomwonden: "De vrouw is geboren met evenveel capaciteiten als de man. Als ze het hier nog niet heeft getoond, is dat niet de fout van de Natuur maar van onze oude instellingen".

Schrikbewind
Op 10 juli 1793 werd Couthon lid van het Comité de salut public. Sinds 31 mei was hij al verantwoordelijk de correspondentie van dit nieuwe machtige orgaan. Op wetgevend vlak stemde hij in met belangrijke antifeodale maatregelen, zoals de afschaffing zonder vergoeding van alle feodale rechten en het verbranden van de feodale titels. Als volksrepresentant vaardigde hij op 20 augustus een besluit uit dat beval alle kastelen en andere monumenten van het feodalisme in het departement Puy-de-Dôme te slopen. De volgende dag werd hij op missie gestuurd naar het Leger van de Alpen en naar de Rhône-et-Loire om het opstandige Lyon weer in het gareel te krijgen. In de kathedraal van Clermont-Ferrand hield hij op 2 september een wervende oproep voor de levée en masse. Met deze Auvergnese versterkingen, die op 17 september bij Lyon aankwamen, werd de blokkade rond de stad voltooid. Toen die op 9 oktober viel, beval de Conventie de vernietiging van de wat voortaan Ville-Affranchie heette. Couthon weet de rebellie aan de domheid van de inwoners en sprak van de nood aan "een kolonie Jakobijnen" om ze op te voeden. Ondanks de hevige retoriek schrok hij ervoor terug de draconische maatregelen zelf uit te voeren. Hij zette een militaire commissie op poten voor de berechtingen, maar onder zijn bewind werden slechts de stadsmuren en enkele huizen van rijken gesloopt en vonden 84 terechtstellingen plaats. Dan wendde hij gezondheidsredenen voor om zijn terugroeping te vragen. Op 3 november keerde hij terug naar Parijs, zodat de massale executies toevielen aan Collot d'Herbois en Fouché, weliswaar op basis van een dispositief dat Couthon had gecreëerd.

Couthon hervatte zijn werk in het Comité de salut public en werd op 21 december verkozen tot voorzitter van de Conventie. Hij liet generaal Westermann in beschuldiging stellen en droeg bij aan de uitschakeling van de hébertisten en de dantonisten. In deze meedogenloze zuivering van facties binnen de montagnards was geen spoor meer te bekennen van zijn relatieve terughoudendheid in Lyon. Couthon, die in het voorjaar van 1794 een driewielige rolstoel was beginnen gebruiken, werd op 22 april met Cambacérès en Merlin de Douai gekozen om te zetelen in de commissie die de wetgeving moest zuiveren en codificeren. Op 7 mei schaarde hij zich achter Robespierre en diens decreet volgens hetwelk de Franse Republiek het Opperwezen erkende. Beiden deelden een onmiskenbare religiositeit en deïsme. Het best bekend is Couthon als auteur en rapporteur van de wet van 22 Prairial (10 juni 1794), die de zogenaamde Grote Terreur organiseerde. Verdachten hadden geen recht meer op een advocaat en konden geen getuigen meer oproepen. Samen met een centralisering van het Revolutionair tribunaal moest dit toelaten de vijanden van het volk te vernietigen. Meer en meer conventieleden begonnen te vrezen dat ze zelf tot die vijanden zouden kunnen behoren. De creatie van een Bureau de police générale, waarin alleen Robespierre, Saint-Just en Couthon zetelden, versterkte de argwaan. Waarom moesten de politietaken van het Comité de salut public in deze besloten kring worden gedupliceerd?

Arrestatie en executie

Op 27 juli 1794 viel het doek voor Couthon. De coup van 9 Thermidor begon met beschuldigingen van conventieleden dat hij met Robespierre en Saint-Just een triumviraat had gevormd en complotteerde om een dictatuur te vestigen. In volle zitting werden ze gearresteerd. Hij werd zonder zijn rolstoel weggedragen en opgesloten in de gevangenis La Bourbe. Toen de Commune hem om 1u na middernacht kwam bevrijden, ging hij naar huis. Maar een sterk aandringend bericht van Robespierre overtuigde hem zich toch naar het stadhuis van Parijs te begeven om samen met de Commune de strijd aan te gaan. Enkele uren later werd het stadhuis ingenomen door Barras met troepen loyaal aan de Conventie. In het gewoel werd Couthon beneden een trap aangetroffen met een bloedende hoofdwonde. Was hij geduwd of gevallen? Meestal wordt het eerste aangenomen, maar volgens een plausibele getuigenis viel hij toen hij met een gendarme probeerde te vluchten.

Rond 5u werd Couthon naar het Hospice de l'Humanité gebracht voor verzorging door dokter Desault. Tijdens zijn verhoor door vrederechter Bucquet verklaarde hij dat de beschuldiging van samenzwering onterecht was. Hij werd op een draagberrie naar het Comité de salut public gevoerd en ontmoette daar rond 9u Robespierre. Vervolgens werden ze opgesloten in de Conciergerie. De dag nadien werd het duo met twintig medestanders onthoofd op de Place de la Révolution. Een proces was niet nodig, omdat ze vogelvrij waren verklaard. Couthon was als eerste aan de beurt. Door zijn invaliditeit had de beul een pijnlijk kwartier nodig om hem in positie vast te binden. Hij werd begraven op het cimetière des Errancis.

De reputatie van Couthon nam na zijn executie een snelle duik. Zijn geboortedorp desavoueerde hem als "verrader van de Republiek". Reeds enkele weken later kregen zijn kinderen andere familienamen: de zesjarige oudste werd Antoine Brunel en zijn broer werd Pierre Lafond. Zijn weduwe bekwam vrijgave van het verzegelde huis en van de geconfisceerde goederen. Ze hertrouwde in 1801.

Publicaties
Couthon heeft weinig geschreven. In 1791 verscheen van hem de komedie L'Aristocrate converti ('De bekeerde aristocraat'). De uitgebreide correspondentie waarmee hij zijn geboortestreek op de hoogte hield van zijn activiteiten, vormt een belangrijke bron over zijn denkbeelden.

Eerbetoon

Naar Couthon zijn straten en pleinen vernoemd in Clermont-Ferrand, Romagnat, Carvin, Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes, Avion, Chamalières, Gerzat, Guyancourt, La Rochelle, Les Martres-de-Veyre, Longueau, Orcet, Poitiers en Saint-Germain-Lembron. Op zijn geboortehuis is in 1981 een gedenkplaat aangebracht.

Literatuur
Francisque Mège, Documents inédits sur la Révolution française. Correspondance de Georges Couthon, député du Puy-de-Dôme à l'Assemblée législative et à la Convention nationale 1791-1794, suivi de l'Aristocrate converti, Paris, A. Aubry, 1872
Georges Couthon, 22 décembre 1755 - 28 juillet 1794 (actes du colloque de Clermont-Ferrand et Orcet, 5-6 décembre 1981), Paris, Société des études robespierristes, 1983, 165 p.
Martine Braconnier, Georges Couthon, conventionnel auvergnat, ou Les métamorphoses de la Raison (22 décembre 1755 - 10 thermidor an II), 1996. ISBN 2906278173
René Bouscayrol, Georges Couthon, ange ou démon, Riom, l'Atelier neuf, 2002, 287 p.

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Being Me was a Four Corners documentary that originally aired on the ABC in November 2014. This critically acclaimed documentary explores the stories of several trans* children and their families.
View the episode free on the ABC Four Corners website.
"There are any number of self help books that will tell you how to find yourself.
But what if truly being yourself involved changing your gender? Would you have the courage to do it?
Eleven-year-old Isabelle does. To the world she looked like a young boy. But she knew that she was really a girl, and a year ago she told her parents the way she felt.
This week Four Corners reporter Janine Cohen tells Isabelle's story and the story of the family, the doctor and ultimately the community that backed her decision to truly be herself.
Along the way we meet other people who've confronted the same feelings and discover that a growing and significant number of children are finding themselves in the same situation. Some find support from their parents and doctors. Others discover fear, prejudice and a legal system that doesn't make it easy for them to be themselves.
For Isabelle, the decision to tell her story was not made lightly. She and her parents tell Four Corners that they are willing to speak about their experience so that others won't feel alone and other transgender children can be helped and protected.
Doctors tell the program that trying to repress the feeling that you are trapped in the wrong body simply does not work. Instead, it can lead to self harm and even suicide.
Paediatricians also make it clear that timing is important. They explain that if children want to make a physical change, then treatment should begin at puberty. In that way, hormone treatments can be prescribed with far better results.
A senior judge tells Four Corners she is keen to see the law relating to transgender treatment tested sooner rather than later.
Meanwhile, doctors and families warn the current legal situation is putting some children at risk.
This video from 'This Is a Show For Parents of Gay* Kids' explores the concept of the gender binary.


Recently, a company reached out to me asking me to promote their detox cleanse. This was just one of many companies who has reached out to me promising a miracle cure to detox my body. Um excuse me but who said my body needed to be detoxed?
Detox, juice, and tea cleanses are really popular right now. Do a quick Google search and you will find plenty of companies promoting their cleanses with claims of helping you lose weight, resetting your body and eliminating toxins.
Isn't the weight being lost just water weight? As soon as the detox is finished and normal eating is resumed the weight will come right back.
Also, these cleanses are extremely low in calories. I'm pretty sure a calorie deficit can't be healthy. Don't we need other vitamins and nutrients found in other foods as well besides just fruits, veggies or tea?
As someone who exercises on a somewhat regular basis and works 40 hours a week, I could never starve myself like that with a cleanse. I need those calories and nutrients to give me energy and keep me going.
I have been personally approached by some believing they are helping their bodies by doing these extreme detoxes, sometimes even for 30, 60 or 90 days straight! I'm just not convinced yet that drinking detox juices or teas will do anything additional that my body does not already do on its own.
I like my food, both healthy and unhealthy. I like moderation. I will never do a detox cleanse and you'll never see me promoting one here or anywhere on social media.
What are your thoughts on detox juice and tea cleanses?
P.S. I drink both green juices and teas but never as a detox or as prolonged meal replacements.
I think they can be beneficial if done correctly. Sometimes my body just needs help to jumpstart it to a better way of clean eating and helping it get rid of toxins can make me feel so much better. I think the best ones out there are teaching more of a clean eating. (I have offered ones before, but found they are too much for most people. ) That is why I switched to a Healthy and Fit Jump Start to help people just make small changes from right where they are.
i don't think my body needs detoxing, and if it 'did', the way i would do it would be to eat super healthily, not with juice or tea. and if i thought i needed a 'detox' it would really mean i needed to stop eating like crap and start eating well.. not because i think my body has something in it that drinking tea or juice for a few days will get rid of. either way, i just don't think it's healthy to only drink or eat one thing for several days to a week. moderation is definitely key.
I think that there are detox plans out there that can be beneficial but they have to be done the right way, which really means working with a dietician to work on what specifically your body needs because you'll get sound advice on where you need to make sure you're still getting the adequate nutrients you need. However, I totally agree that juice cleanses and cleanses that really deprive you are a no go because you're really just stressing your body out.
"I'm a believer of eating healthy on a regular basis, moderation, and treating myself to donuts when I please." This is exactly how I approach wellness! So nice to see you sharing your healthy approach as well!!
I have thought about doing a detox cleanse because I know some people that have tried it and had great results. I have never done one yet though. I am not sure I could starve my body either. I like to eat of course in moderation. I feel that working out will work better to help you lose weight then doing a cleanse. But I could be wrong. Great opinion on them!
This post is so refreshing. I don't agree with the detox cleanses or teas either. It's a gimmick for a reason and it won't give you long term results. I don't see how it could be healthy at all.
I agree, I don't think they give long term healthy results.
I'm with you. I don't believe in detoxes, either. I feel healthy, I eat healthy, doctor says I am healthy–I think detoxes are a fad that always comes and goes in different forms.
I am a huge fan of eating healthy organic food and drinking lots of clean water. No detox can make up for eating pourly on a day to day basis.
I don't do detox teas and such. I do enjoy detox water blends that I make myself, but I still eat balanced normal meals everyday and try to exercise. I feel like these liquid detoxes are no good.
I actually don't do detox (unless I ate lots of very greasy food – my cheat day, and I have to release it) then I would replenish it with lots of fluids.. but doing detox regular basis – nope.
I love the idea of doing a detox and almost always feel better afterwards! but, overall I do eat pretty healthy but, I find that I do have water weight I need to get rid of as well! Great post!
I'm with you on this one. I wouldn't do/need a detox diet anyways. I try to eat healthy and exercise as much as possible.
I have always thought cleanses were a strange fad diet and I have never been tempted to try one! Glad there are other people that share my sentiment!
I think the point of a lot of cleanses is not (or should not) necessarily be to lose weight but instead to reset your body and get all the toxins out, especially with water or tea cleanses (which I've never really done). Juice cleanses, on the other hand, are great in my opinion to eat only raw foods, get all your vitamins and nutrition AND still put the calories into your body. You can make juices with a hefty amount of calories so you don't have to starve your body. I think, like a lot of things, when you really research what and why you're doing something and do it moderation, it can be beneficial.
Those sorts of "cleanses" always make me angry- not like "I can't believe you're doing that" but in the "dude, I'm Hangry- angry.." That really can't be good! I'll stick to my goal of clean/healthy eating too!
I don't typically do them, but I think they can be beneficial for some people. Not if it's a way to lose weight. Because, obviously, it's not sustainable. But, I do think it helps people feel like they've cleaned out their system. (Especially after a wedding weekend with one too many cocktails!) Haha.
Good for you! I don't like those detox programs either. I don't think they're necessary for good health.
I need to do a cleanse. I've done a few before with great results.
I've done detox daily program once and my experience was horrible! After 8 juices a day the next I felt myself broken and weak, woke up with a terrible headache and was feeling myself sick all day long. It was just like having a hangover! Idk, maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but I will never try it again.
Great points made! I've always wondered if the long term effects of cleanses are really worth it.
I am totally against detoxes. Our bodies are completely capable of detoxing themselves with just healthy eating and exercise – no cleanses necessary.
I lost 100lbs and got myself healthy with not a detox in sight. There was still pizza and ice cream too!
I'm with you. Detoxing, especially with regard to a product you have to buy in order to "detox" is merely a marketing ploy. Our bodies are quit efficient at filtering out potentially harmful substances. Of course there are exceptions, but those things wouldn't be affected by a "detox" anyway. The smart thing is to eat a balanced diet and drink plenty of water. Get plenty of sleep and keep yourself active. These are healthy things. Detoxing is not.
Completely agree. I think the "detox" products are out there just for commercial purposes and nothing can beat a healthy well balanced life style that's mostly common sense.
I personally would never try them either. So sick of seeing celebrities promoting that Fit Tea stuff. I heard it does absolutely nothing and it isn't cheap either. Infused water is better than those stupid detox teas, etc. lol All is good in moderation!


Script coverage. We all know that for agents and producers, it's a great tool because a script reader can wade through a pile of scripts and find the good writers and good stories, then write up a brief script coverage and let her boss know, in a page or two, what's worth reading, and what's not.
And it's a great tool for screenwriters as well. A well-written script coverage can help pinpoint how to improve story and character, plot and conflict, and so many other categories, making it a lot easier for the screenwriter to know where to begin fixing things on the next draft.
But did you have any idea that script coverage is also a great tool for independent filmmakers, and can actually help get projects off the ground?
In the mid-2000's, my production company and I were looking to get a feature film produced for one of my screenplays, Frampton Damper — a dark romantic comedy about a sick man and a nurse. Raising money for the film was a tough climb, but we were able to get assurances from one large production company, with a deal at a major studio, that they'd be happy to bankroll our $1.2 million-budgeted film if we were able to attach two A-list stars. We suggested Maggie Gyllenhaal and John Goodman. They said "If you guys get those two aboard, we're in."
(b) an amazing screenplay that was, without question, a fun read and a clear, shootable, realistic blueprint for a great independent romantic comedy that would appeal to both of our targeted actors.
The first thing, the money in the bank, was being taken care of by one of our initial producers, who agreed to fund our production company to the point of being able to make a serious offer to the name talent. The money he was to put in, however, was to scale up with the size of the talent we were to procure. That is, he made most of his funding contingent on who we got to agree to star in the film.
The second thing was the script. And that was crucial. We had one shot with each of these actors. If they didn't like the screenplay, they wouldn't agree to do the film. Or, more accurately, if the agent or agent's assistant who read the screenplay before giving it to the actor didn't like the film, we'd be hosed.
So the screenplay had to be tight. But being the writer, I felt I was too close to it to be able to critique it and improve it.
That's where the script coverage came in.
I started a script coverage service in 1999, which turned into the script company I run now called Screenplay Readers. So when we needed to make our script as strong as possible before sending it out to those name actors' agents, we ran it by several of my teammates at Screenplay Readers.
We didn't tell them it was me who wrote the script, because we didn't want to bias their read, so I used a fake name on the title page.
When the coverage came in from the reader, they'd spotted several key places where the script could be stronger, and made suggestions on how to do so. And you can bet me and my producers took full advantage of the script notes to improve the script.
Not only did the readers' script feedback help me improve the script thematically and structurally, it actually pointed out several glaring typos and errors that somehow made it past me. Had we sent that script in to the name actors we were trying to attach to the film, those errors could've made my producer team and myself look like rank amateurs, which is not the vibe you're trying to transmit when you're trying to secure name talent aboard your tiny indie project.
So I rewrote the script based on the script coverage, and I fixed all the errors. But by then the producers and I decided to try a different strategy. Instead of sending the script directly to the A-list talent, Gyllenhaal and Goodman, we felt we should maybe give the project more of a "moving train" feel to it by seeing if we couldn't attach some great actors with less star power, but whom those two actors had worked with previously, or who they had great respect for.
To that end, we contacted Swoosie Kurtz's agent and asked if we could send the script. After a bit of back and forth moving our schedule around for the possibility of Ms. Kurtz, condensing days she'd be shooting, etc., they asked to read the script.
But before we sent it in, we decided to get another round of script coverage from my readers. This time, we asked for focus to be placed on the character that Ms. Kurtz would be playing.
The coverage that came in a few days later commented on some aspects of the screenplay that the previous readers hadn't, but offered a few other specific notes that really helped boost the character we requested the script reader focus on, as well as script notes on a few of the other characters that had not been commented on in the previous coverage.
The result was that we now had an even stronger screenplay. We sent it to Ms. Kurtz, made the cash offer, and she was officially aboard.
Her joining made it a lot easier for us to then approach Ed Begley Jr.'s people, because they respected and admired Ms. Kurtz's work. After a few scheduling tweaks and backs-and-forth with the deal memo, Begley was aboard.
With those two name actors aboard, we felt confident we could now get either Goodman or Gyllenhaal aboard. We had a great script, thanks to copious rounds of notes that included free writers group feedback and paid script coverage from my script coverage service, and we had money in the bank ready to make solid offers.
But then both John and Maggie were suddenly on other pictures, and despite our attempts to reschedule our picture around them, those two were suddenly unavailable and out of reach for the next year or so.
We were a bit distraught, having done all this legwork and tweaking the script around the script coverage we received, and finagling with the producer putting up the funds to make the offers. But we were soon back in business again.
Natasha Lyonne at the time was in between films and had happened on my screenplay because we'd sent it to her agent some months earlier, hoping to get her to play the part of what was essentially an offbeat, co-lead character. The part was virtually written around her: tough, but lovable, and hopelessly weird. She's good at those roles.
Long story short, we met with her and she said she loved the script and would love to do the film. In a subsequent meeting, she specifically mentioned she connected with the character's flaws and at least one particular plot twist that was incorporated into the script after we received the first round of script coverage.
With Lyonne aboard, we were able to secure almost full funding from a new production company we'd been courting. We just needed one more name to make the film a full "go."
That "go," sadly, never materialized, however, as the LLC dissolved suddenly for a variety of financial and personal reasons. The film we were making, with all these great name actors, became hopelessly mired, and we eventually lost our name talent. The film never got made.
But the net takeaway was that without that script coverage, I'm not sure we would have had any of the success in securing any of those actors on our film.
Script coverage can be a boon, yes. Script coverage can help get name talent aboard, and therefore help make financing a lot easier, yes. But is it the only way to get script feedback? No. It was just the fastest and most efficient for us.
Sure, I could've sat in a writers group and waited for my turn to do a table read and could've gotten some great free feedback from the writers in the group. Sure, I could've, and did, receive free feedback from fellow filmmakers and friends, but it wasn't always as concise or critical as I felt it needed to be.
The bottom line is that script coverage services are there to be used, and not just in a creative capacity, but in a strategic, fundraising capacity. If you can make your script better, or shore it up in key areas, or increase its readability in any way, or help find glitches that could mark you as an amateur, it makes no sense to not use one to help your film get off the ground.
That being said, as the owner of a script coverage service with almost 20 years of experience, I'm biased. So I'll tell you this: script coverage can help, a lot. But do your research and find the script readers or script coverage company that fits you best. They're not all the same.
Script coverage might not the end-all-be-all answer for your film getting off the ground, but it sure helped me get the name talent I needed for mine.


Ding Jian Han (BMus Year 3, Composition) and I recently spent three rewarding days representing YST Conservatory at SNU's New Music conference and workshop. During our visit, we attended various presentations including Dr Jean-David Caillouët's "From Music to Multimedia: Perspectives in Audio-Vision" and Dr Chen Zhangyi's (Assistant Professor of composition, YST Conservatory) "Musical Inspirations of Nature, Vernacular Culture and Exploration". From these presentations, I learnt how the composers create and share their music and also how they source inspiration.
The multimedia workshop by Dr Caillouët was particularly memorable for me. We did an improvised piece with piano, violin, electric guitar, and Korean haegeum, which also incorporated live visuals, triggered samples and live electronics. Despite not having any prior experience, I volunteered to control the live electronics. It was an interesting and fun experience as I discovered the possible effects and how to manipulate sounds of the instruments. It was my first time working with electronics and definitely will not be the last!
During the festival, we also had the opportunity to listen to various genres of music through a variety of concerts held throughout the festival. Concerts included western classical chamber music and Korean music performed on traditional Korean instruments. There were also 'fusion' concerts, which combined Western and Korean music traditions.
Jian Han and I most enjoyed the process of having our compositions rehearsed and performed with the SNU students. Our compositions were performed at new music concerts, alongside other student compositions.
My composition which was performed was titled 'Decomposition for Flute, Clarinet in Bb and Piano'. And Jian Han also conducted his String Quartet No. 1 'Re-imaginations of Works by M.C. Escher'. It was very rewarding working with the SNU students as collaborative performers, as we were all very invested in the rehearsal process.
In the New Music concerts, I observed that there was so much variety in the music style that the student composers chose to write and it was fascinating to hear so many different pieces within the span of three days. It was a great opportunity to share our music with the students and faculty at Seoul National University!
We made many new friends from Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Belgium. It was an enriching and fun experience and I am grateful to have learnt so much and looking forward the Sounding Now Festival at YST Conservatory next month!


This beautiful porcelain perfume bottle was hand made by a contemporary artist potter and is signed: Juliet. The delicate bottle was hand thrown on the potter's wheel and glazed in a slightly speckled mauve pink semi-matt glaze. The large finial is a work of art, made with the ancient technique of caning, also known as millefiore, or layering and slabbing* Several very thin slices of these caned works have been overlapped and layered together making both sides different. The artist has chosen to contrast the naturally resulting rough edges in the slab (porcelain being a fairly non-plastic clay body) with the smooth edge of the thrown form. The finial is affixed to a natural cork stopper. Total height is 5.5". It measures 4.75" at the widest. Excellent condition. It is truly a special piece!


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Madison Street Laundry Explosion -- March 11, 1901
The remains of the Doremus Laundry (National Engineer, April 1901)
Chicagoans woke up on this date, March 11, just as they did every morning, aware that they were beginning a day in one of the most vibrant and fastest-growing cities in the world. At 8:14 in the morning the danger that occasionally accompanied such a life was vividly brought forth when a boiler explosion at the Doremus Laundry at 458 West Madison Street rocked the west side, killing 9 people and injuring more than 50.
The explosion completely destroyed the laundry, at which employees were just getting ready to start the day. The sidewalks were crowded with people hurrying to work, and the streetcars were all overloaded. The explosion was so powerful that it blew the west wall from the Waverly Theater, leaving the auditorium exposed.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the front end of the boiler had been blown 30 feet away from its original position with the rear section blown nearly as far away in the opposite direction. The boiler had originally been built for the Board of Trade and used there for 11 years before being carted over to the laundry five years earlier. [The National Engineer, April 1901]
Small fires broke out in several places, but quick work by the fire companies extinguished them, at which point firemen and policemen directed their efforts toward rescuing those trapped in the wreckage. A number of women were pulled out quickly, but the task became more and more grim as the workers dug deeper into the wreckage. All told, nine bodies were pulled from the ruined building.
The shock of the explosion was felt for a mile in every direction. The Tribune reported, that buildings on both sides of Madison Street, in Throop Street, and Waverly Place were shaken to their foundations, and scores of plate-glass windows were left without a piece of glass in them throughout the area. [Chicago Tribune, March 12, 1901]
The front end of the boiler 30 feet away from its original position
(National Engineer, April 1901)
The coroner's inquiry into the causes of the explosion was extensive and its findings were given at 5:30 p.m. on March 27, 1901. The owner of the laundry, Abram Doremus, was ordered arrested, and he was taken to the Criminal Courts building. That, at least, provided a person for the public to blame. "I am a law-abiding citizen and I must take the result of the investigation philosophically," Mr. Doremus said. "I am not guilty of any carelessness or negligence in this matter. All I want is justice. I will be able to prove that I am not guilty." [Chicago Tribune, March 28, 1901]
The grand jury voted on May 1, 1901 against sending Doremus to trial, and he was sent on his way.
More troubling, though, was the city's laxity in inspecting the hundreds of boilers toiling away throughout the most populous parts of Chicago. George B. Ballard, a stationary engineer, called to testify at the inquiry, told the jury that during his thirty years' residence in the city he had never seen a boiler properly tested by the city officials. The Doremus boiler had not been tested since March 13, 1899.
There was one bright spot to emerge from the terror of that morning on Madison Street. On April 29, 1901 Alfred B. Chandler, a victim of the explosion, went to the county clerk's office and, using his left hand, because his right was still bandaged and his arm in a sling, applied for a marriage license. The bride, 17-year-old Sarah N. McArthur, eleven years Chandler's junior, had also been injured in the explosion and both the prospective bride and groom had been patients at the county hospital since the explosion. [Chicago Tribune, April 30, 1901]
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Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Amongst the many peoples of the Panzer Dragoon world, there are some groups who choose not to shun the savage wilderness around them, but instead to confront and embrace it. Rather than settling down to gather what crops they can from the bleak land, these individuals adopt a more dangerous lifestyle, preying upon the monsters of the world for their survival; because of their nature, they are commonly referred to as "hunters".
Hunters generally rode through the wastelands on the backs of coolias, as they were one of the few species of monster that could be tamed by humans. Sometimes taking on a nomadic existence, hunter groups often travelled in caravans, pitching their tents in the wilderness and riding out in teams to track their deadly prey.
The other cultures of the Panzer Dragoon world regard hunters in a mixed way; while their lifestyle caused the Empire to think of them as savages, the same qualities could seem brave and noble in less prejudiced eyes. Although their culture never shaped the world greatly, the hunters were always present in the background, offering an alternative to the poor villages of the Frontier, the hidden world of the Seekers or the ever-spreading rule of the Empire.
Hunters in Panzer Dragoon Zwei
Hunters in Panzer Dragoon
Hunters in Panzer Dragoon Saga
Was Edge a Hunter?
Hunters in Panzer Dragoon Orta
The hunter culture made a brief appearance in Panzer Dragoon Zwei, at the beginning of the game's second episode. As Lundi and Lagi rode through the bleak mountainous landscape, several hunters' tents (bearing strange, eye-like symbols) could be seen near the sides of the great valley. The reason for the hunters' presence in this desolate region was not such a mystery, though; a variant on the burrower monsters from Panzer Dragoon dwelled in these canyons, and they leaped out of the rocky ground to attack the dragon as he passed. Presumably the hunters were tracking monsters such as these.
Hunter tents.
Burrowers lunge at Lagi and Lundi.
This part of the game focused on the war between the Empire and the Meccania Federation, with the right-hand route through this episode taking Lundi and Lagi through a well-defended Meccania outpost. Imperial ships were everywhere however, and as the dragon rode past the hunters' caravans, small fighter ships descended from above and bombed the tents. Some of the hunters managed to flee on their coolias, riding frantically away.
A lone hunter attempts to escape Imperial fire.
The hunter tents are destroyed by the Empire.
The fact that the Empire bothered to attack these hunters might suggest that they were aligned with the Meccania Federation in some way; for example, if the Meccania Federation had allowed them to hunt undisturbed in that region, those hunters might have felt inclined to fight off the Empire when it came on its mission of invasion, and they could possibly have been waiting in those valleys to ambush any Imperial troops. The Empire certainly seemed to be heavy-handed in its military tactics though, so it is possible that the Imperial ships were bombing anything that moved as they closed in on their target.
Not only were players introduced to the hunter culture right at the start of the first Panzer Dragoon game, but the main character of that game - Kyle Fluge - was a hunter himself. The game's opening sequence showed Kyle and his companions riding through a rocky wasteland out in the Frontier, the vast wilderness beyond Imperial settlement.
Kyle and his hunter companions.
A burrower lunges at Kyle.
These hunters wore rugged looking clothing that seemed well suited to the harsh environment about them, and Kyle himself had a pair of goggles resting against his forehead, presumably for use in strong desert winds. Kyle's friends carried rolled-up packs of supplies on their coolias too, a reminder that they would be spending more than a little time out in the wilderness.
It is unclear if Kyle and his companions were hunting or only travelling at this point, but whatever their intention, they found themselves ambushed by the very beasts they preyed upon. A group of monsters known as "burrowers" leapt up out of the cracked earth, and while his friends were too surprised to take action, Kyle set off in close pursuit of the fast-moving creatures. The hunters were armed with crossbows, which seemed quite effective for dispatching weak monsters such as these, even though the final beast escaped when Kyle's coolia could not keep up with it. Considering that hunters would have to pursue such monsters on a regular basis, it would seem that their lives were far from easy.
An Imperial ship approaches.
Kyle with his crossbow.
One other thing of note is the dialogue that the hunters exchanged when they saw an Imperial battleship flying overhead, just before the burrowers leapt out of the ground. One of them asked, "Is it one of ours?"; these hunters were aligned with one of the nation-states opposing the Empire at that time in some way.
The caravan.
An'jou, leader of the caravan.
Panzer Dragoon Saga gave players a closer look at the lives and society of hunters, as a hunters' travelling caravan played the role of a "town" area in that game. The caravan was home to a handful of people who had been forced to embrace their nomadic way of life, rather than choosing it themselves; they had abandoned their far-off homeland when it was overrun by monsters, and they had journeyed in search of a new place to settle ever since.
An'jou and Enkak.
Kou and Fei.
Although their group had apparently been larger when they first set out into the world, only five remained when Edge visited the caravan during his quest: An'jou, the solemn man who had become the caravan's leader; his young son Enkak; a woman named Kou; her husband Baicah, and their daughter Fei. These survivors seemed to have adapted to their way of life well, and they were joined by an Imperial deserter named Raul, a poor mercenary whose services they had employed to improve their chances.
Baicah's store.
A dead monter killed by hunters.
The caravan's way of life appeared to be simple and hard. By day, An'jou and Raul would depart on their coolias to hunt the deadly creatures that their people depended upon. Not only did the caravan live off the meat provided by these beasts, but vital medicines could be extracted from their organs, and their tough hides, shells, and other body parts could be put to numerous uses. As Baicah was not so skilled at tracking prey, he remained at the caravan by day to process the relevant antidotes and trade with travellers. The societies of the Panzer Dragoon world were still male-oriented, so the women of the caravan did not go out on the hunting trips.
The caravan at night.
Kou and Fei at work.
All of these characters had their own stories to tell, and Edge could get to know each of them as their caravan moved out of the bleak desert towards the more verdant lands around the Forest of Zoah. Although the hunters had planned to settle down in Zoah, the destruction of that town at the hands of the Empire forced them to reconsider. Ultimately they decided to continue their search for a welcoming settlement in hospitable lands, and they set out into the desert once again.
Hunters gather in the desert.
An'jou speaks with Azel.
Players were given one final glimpse of this caravan in the game's epilogue, for Azel stumbled across it by chance as she headed out on her journey. At this time there were many more tents, coolias and people present though, so perhaps they had merged with another group of like-minded refugees. An'jou offered to let Azel join them in their journey, but Azel would not turn away from her quest. The sympathetic leader gifted her with a coolia, and watched her ride away into the west.
Radgam, an elderly hunter.
Aldo was also a hunter.
Whereas An'jou's people had been forced into a harder lifestyle than they would have chosen otherwise, the village of Zoah - before it was destroyed - was home to two ex-hunters who had given up their dangerous way of life. Radgam and Aldo were once members of a hunting team, but some time ago they were ambushed by monsters in a valley, and all of their companions were slaughtered. Afterwards, Aldo never ceased to be tormented by memories of this terrible battle, and upon reaching Zoah he welcomed the safety of village life.
A settlement in the Garil Desert.
Radgam stuck to his old ideals though, and thought Aldo cowardly for giving up so easily. He was intensely proud of his hunting background, viewing the hunter's life as the most noble course open to a person. Unfortunately though, as he no longer had a team to lead, Radgam's hunting days were essentially over. The village of Zoah would not have been such a hospitable place for the pair either, as the religious people of the Holy District would have nothing to do with hunters. After all, the "blessed" forest brought forth all the food they needed.
The hunter culture makes another, subtler appearance in Panzer Dragoon Saga , too. As Edge passed the oasis in the heart of the Garil Desert, a small group of brightly coloured tents could be seen on the fertile ground below. They presumably belonged to a group of hunters who preyed upon the many monsters of the desert, a reminder that even the most hostile reaches of the Panzer Dragoon world have their share of human inhabitants.
Although Edge was the central character of Panzer Dragoon Saga , next to nothing about his life before the game's events took place is revealed; there are some hints and implications, but very few real details. However, it does appear that he was accustomed to the hunter's way of life; when in the town of Zoah, if Radgam asked Edge about his past experience, Edge would tell him that he had been hunting since he was "a little kid."
Edge the dragon rider.
Edge may have been skilled at hunting the monsters of the world, but it seems that he, his friend Rhua and their Captain were broadening their horizons by the time Panzer Dragoon Saga took place. If they had previously lived as hunters, they had apparently left that way of life behind to take on the roles of mercenaries. It was in selling their services to the Empire that they wound up as guards at Excavation Site #4, a quiet job by hunter standards.
Edge's Captain was also making plans to settle down in Imperial lands, and to enrol Edge in school; he hoped that the boy would eventually find his way into the Imperial Academy itself. Edge had been gradually moving away from the hazardous life of a hunter then, but as we know, fate had an even more dangerous role in store for him.
Although Panzer Dragoon Orta did not feature any typical coolia-riding, caravan-dwelling hunter characters, it did introduce a new society that depended on the savage monsters of the world for its survival: the Wormriders.
Wormriders.
Mobo the Wormrider.
Whereas hunters in the past generally travelled on the backs of tamed coolias, the Wormrider clans had discovered a way to control baldors - fearsome airborne monsters - which presumably made hunting considerably easier for them. With this advantage, it seems that the Wormriders were able to track much more dangerous prey than their predecessors; the second episode of Panzer Dragoon Orta showed Wormriders pursuing not only a yondo-worm, but also a massive ikrakav.
Although they are certainly hunters at heart, the Wormriders are unique enough to qualify as a separate "faction" in their own right, too; further information on this culture can be found in the Wormriders entry.
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This discussion board has been configured to work well on your mobile phone. Just testing it now but by all means I have found to date, all seems well. Before when at Yuku you could forget looking at the board on your phone. I dig this feature as I have an android, not a fancy iFun that works like a charm. If any platform cannot utilize the board well, let me know what is your issue. Thanks. Signed...just Droid.
No issues on my iphone. Cept its reallllly reallllly small. Oh, yeah, Glasses!
You too Tele? Bifocals for me right around Turkey day last year. But to be honest they were about twelve months overdue.
Oh yeah almost forgot, iPhone rocks!
Afraid so TB. I dont wear them much, not because I dont need them, or for vanity-I just dont like wearing them. For reading, no problem.
Yeah the iPhone is a cool machine.
Trifocals , since I started playing guitar for church, 3 years now?. Glasses since I was 5; don't leave the bed or shower without 'em.
I sleep in my TRI's. Same as the Squirrel.
Trifocals = Reading, Driving and ?????
TV? Super Magnifying? Clipping Nails? Spying on Neighbors?
Trifocals = Reading, Driving and ????? Looking for your ????????
Like Whitey in Me Myself and Irene?
Distance, close, & in between, near as I can tell. Then there's Over The Rim for reading!
Funny but I found this forum on my iphone. Bookmarked it. Looks nicer than the Yuku one. Good to be back!
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Nicholas Pine is the pen name of C. A. Stokes, an author of young adult horror and suspense, namely the Terror Academy series published by Berkley Books in the early 1990s. This series (and a long list of others) clearly intended to capitalize on the popularity of R. L. Stine and Christopher Pike. It also seems clear it appealed directly to fans of the latter author, since the chosen pen name got these books shelved next to books by Christopher Pike. Clever indeed.
No information about the author is listed in the books, and searches online yield no biographical details. The series itself appears to have run for 15 books between June 1993 and May 1995. The titles indicate that all teen horror requirements were met: Sixteen Candles, Spring Break, The New Kid, The Prom, and Breaking Up. I did find a complete list of all titles in the Terror Academy series, relisted here in the event the source site goes belly-up.
I also found a great blog where the last book in the series gets a pretty entertaining review. Fans of young adult fiction from the glory days should check it out: Young Adult Revisited.
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Fortnite's snowstorm is getting closer, and it's hiding clues about season 7
A snowstorm has been rolling toward the Fortnite for the past week, and as with nearly every event in Epic's battle royale, that time's been filled with bizarre hints, teases, and previews of what to expect in the next season. And it all keeps coming back to a mysterious robot skin that appeared as part of the latest battle pass.
If you completed seven of this season's weekly Hunting Party challenges, you got A.I.M., a robot skin. Since week seven – the first time you could acquire the skin – the bot's been appearing in all the weekly loading screens. First he was front and center in week eight's loading screen, but he's been quietly stalking in the background of the screens for week nine and ten.
But it gets weirder from there. A snowstorm has appeared on the horizon of the Fortnite map, and there's a sound that plays as you look at the approaching cloud As Fortnite Intel notes, a player on Reddit ran that sound through a spectrogram. In the middle of the visualised version of the audio, there's a representation of A.I.M.'s logo, far too big and obvious to be a coincidence.
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Yeah, even if our world today is in the modern era, we are still influence by the traditional practices and beliefs of our ancestors.We cannot tolerate them, of course if it concerns the security of our family, but if we go deeper on our understanding, we can find nothing that can hurt us(it's psychological cases in which only the minds create the problem). If we really believe in the Great Power and Good Will of our God, then we will know that a certain thing happens for His purpose and all we can do is believe.


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ID: Resident shoots intruder during home invasion, police say
Source: Idaho State Journal
"An intruder was shot by a local resident during a home invasion on the city's north side late Wednesday night, Pocatello police said. The shooting occurred during a home invasion by two adult male suspects around 10:30 p.m. at a residence on the 400 block of West Griffith Road, police said. The suspects were confronted by the man who resides at the home and he subsequently shot one of the suspects, police said. Both suspects then ran from the home. The wounded suspect was located by police minutes later on the nearby 900 block of McKinley Avenue, authorities said. He was transported via Pocatello Fire Department ambulance to Portneuf Medical Center and was then airlifted to a hospital in Salt Lake City for further treatment, authorities said. … Police are still searching for his accomplice." (01/12/23)
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Temple of DionysiasLocated at Fayoum, the "Temple of Stones" was built in the 3rd century BC for the god Sobek. This Roman fort was strategically located on caravan routes from the Libyan desert. The emperor Diocletian fortified the fort against the Bedouin tribesmen known as the Blemmyes. Unique for the temples of fayoum, this temple still has its roof. In the interior are fourteen room on either side of a central corridor that leads to three chapels. Thermal baths decorated with frescoes and glassworks were uncovered in 1948, but had once again been covered by the sand.


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Earlier this week, Donald Trump put out a National Security Strategy that made no mention of climate change. This struck some observers as curious, given that many of his top generals — including Secretary of Defense James Mattis — have gone on the record stating that climate change is indeed a threat to national security.
The impact this omission will have on America's actual security posture is likely to be muted. But the diplomatic impact could be profound.
The security community often refers to climate change as a "threat multiplier." Stronger storms, rising seas, drought, famine, and the migration these events cause have the potential to enflame tensions around the world. Any number of climate-exacerbated natural disasters could ignite conflicts that require global attention or threaten the US's security. One prominent example is the Syrian Civil War, which was in part triggered by an historically bad drought and has become one of the defining conflicts of the early 21st century.
Mattis and others in the Trump administration have also argued that efforts to make the US military more sustainable — such as outfitting naval vessels with solar panels — are good strategic moves, regardless of their potential to help save the planet.
So why did Trump's National Security Strategy omit any mention of climate change? Obama's 2015 document, the last published, used the term 13 times.
In practice, the document is likely to have little effect on US military operations. It does not prohibit the Department of Defense from continuing its work on climate and from taking climate change into consideration going forward. Far more important for dictating military strategy is the National Defense Authorization Act, which Trump signed into law earlier this month, and which included a large section on climate change, approved by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
Trump's National Security Strategy omission of climate change will not be entirely without effect.
The one area where the document will likely matter is US diplomacy and foreign policy, where it could deepen the diplomatic damage done when the US announced its intention to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. The role of climate change in conversations around global security is an area in which world leaders have still been able to engage with the Trump administration, despite the president's unyielding climate skepticism.
"On a very broad level, that's a poor signal to send," Femia says.
Such a shift could play into the narrative that the US is ceding climate leadership to China, a narrative that China — which has not always supported initiatives related to climate security at the UN — is happy to embrace.
The Trump administration has already sent a slew of mixed signals on climate by announcing its withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, but then sending State Department diplomats to climate talks. In Bonn this November, the diplomates in the US delegation behaved in much the same way they did under Obama. The picture was further complicated by the appearance of administration officials, who attempted (without much success, so far) to push fossil fuel interests at the climate talks.
The US could now cause similar confusion when it comes to issues surrounding climate change and security by saying one thing and then doing another. Despite Trump's National Security Strategy, much of the US government will still likely engage on these issues — so long as the personnel doing the engaging know that word won't get back to the White House.


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THE HAGUE, July 12 (Xinhua) — The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government issued its final award on Tuesday, amid a global chorus that as the panel has no jurisdiction, its decision is naturally null and void.
In a press release accompanying the 479-page award, the five-member tribunal offered a summary of its decisions, which sweepingly side with the claims filed by the administration of former Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III.
China has refused to participate in the proceedings, reiterating that the tribunal has no jurisdiction over the case, which is in essence related to territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China solemnly declares that the award is null and void and has no binding force. China neither accepts nor recognizes it," the ministry said in a statement shortly after the publication of the award.
More than 60 countries and international organizations, as well as over 130 foreign political parties and groups, have voiced support for China's principled position, far outnumbering those backing the assertions of the Aquino administration and the United States, which is widely considered as a primary instigator behind the arbitration case.


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Every year, there is a cultural event in Dublin called Open House. The main idea of this is to open up buildings that are normally closed to the public. The buildings usually have a historical or Architectural significances.
I First came across this in i think 2010, and wasn't able to make the weekend. In 2011 I got the open times wrong for Liberty Hall, and so i finally got up on top of the tallest building in Dublin in October 2012.
Once i got out onto the roof I took lots and lots of photos, and in the end managed to put together a vaguely consistent set of pictures that covered most of the skyline, and where reasonably steady.
This is probably my favorite of the lot.
I hope to get back up this year, but may pick a different building to go and see.


Charlotte Lea (Richardson) Anderson, 82, of Lee's Summit, MO, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on April 8, 2019. Visitation will begin at 9:00am, followed by services at 10:00am Saturday, April 13 at the Park Lawn Chapel, Kansas City, MO. A family graveside service will be at 2:00pm Sunday at McBride Cemetery, Competition, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Children's Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine Department.
Charlotte was the youngest of eight children born to Ira and Lattius Chambers on June 10, 1936 in Competition, MO. Charlotte was an insurance agent at Haas-Wilkerson the majority of her career. She had the distinction of being the first female at the agency to receive her insurance license.
Charlotte is survived by her husband of 20 years, James Anderson and daughters, Susan Rathbun and Sherri Lemos (Julian). She is fondly known as MoMo by her five grandchildren, Justin Lemos, Jacob Lemos (Natalie), Stephanie Rathbun (Anthony Freeman), Stacy Foster (TJ), and Sam Rathbun; eight great-grandchildren, Jackson, Mikhela, and Nicholas Freeman, Hanley and Hank Rathbun, Noah and Nash Lemos, and Charlotte Foster. Charlotte is also survived by her brother, Lowell Clyde Chambers (Kathleen) of McKinney, TX, and sister, Betty Dill (Alva, dec.) of Conway, MO, as well as nieces, nephews, two step-children, Sherri Ketterer (Bill) and Chris Anderson (Nancy) and their families, and other extended family members and many dear friends.
Visitation will begin at 9:00am, followed by services at 10:00am Saturday, April 13 at the Park Lawn Chapel, Kansas City, MO. A family graveside service will be at 2:00pm Sunday at McBride Cemetery, Competition, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Children's Mercy Hospital Rehabilitation Medicine Department.
Sherri, my sympathies to you and your family. I remember you spoke so highly and warmly about your mother. I'm very sorry.


"Collins is great whether he is playing the defensive or offensive.
"In few departments of the game is he excelled. He is a brilliant fielder, who thinks quickly, and he makes but few mistakes. At the bat he has few superiors. He has a wonderful eye, and when he hits the ball he meets it fairly, usually sending it away from the plate on a line for a clean drive. He can lay down a bunt with equal skill, and it is hard to figure him when he faces a pitcher.
"Cobb is a remarkable ballplayer. I have been with him for two seasons, and while I consider him greater than Collins in many respects, I do not think he is as valuable to a club as Collin… His spectacular style of play is popular with the fans, and while the Tigers were rather lowly in the pennant race, they were good drawing cards, because the crowds would go out to see Cobb bat and steal bases.
Vitt hit .243 over seven seasons in Detroit. He and Cobb remained teammates through the 1918 season.


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Q: Composite Primary key too long? I am using mysql 5.5 on Ubuntu 13.04 to store similarity measures [-1,1] between URIs.
My table layout is very simple:
|--------------------------------------------------|
| uri1               | uri2                | value |
|--------------------------------------------------|
|http://foo.com/bar  | http://bar.net/foo  | 0.8   |
|http://foo.com/bar1 | http://bar.net/foo2 | 0.4   |
|--------------------------------------------------|

I want to make sure that for two specific uris, not more than one value is stored. Therefore, I use the followin sql to create the table:
CREATE  TABLE IF NOT EXISTS db.table(
  uri1 VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ,
  uri2 VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL ,
  value DOUBLE NULL ,
  PRIMARY KEY (uri1, uri2),
  INDEX (value) )

Unfortunately, when I am batch-inserting data (via Java JDBC), I get Exceptions like the following:
java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Duplicate entry
 'http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Document-http://purl.org/linked-data/c'
for key 'PRIMARY'

It seems like the primary key is not long enough to store both URIs and I therefore get duplicate entry exceptions when the prefix is the same (which it is often in my data).
I have checked and no "real" duplicates are inserted.
Is there a way to set the length of the primary key so that it will always contain both URIs completely? Or is there generally a better way to model the data?
I do not want to perform a check if a row with the supplied uri1 and uri2 already exists whenever I insert data, but rather handle the exception if this may actually happen (which it shouldn't). Therefore, I think, it is not feasible to just use an incrementing integer as primary key.
In my application, I will be creating several tables like this for different measures and may later want to join them by uri1 and uri2, so that I get a result that contains from different tables all the values for a specific pair of uris.
I have found out something else:
I set up the connection in Java like this:
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(
 "jdbc:mysql://localhost/db?useServerPrepStmts=false&rewriteBatchedStatements=true",
 "user","pass");

When I do not use "rewriteBatchedStatements=true", it seems to work fine. Unfortunately, I really have to use this, since the batch inserts are orders of magnitude slower if I don't.
Here is the additionally requested code:
//Initialized in Constructor
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost/db?useServerPrepStmts=false&rewriteBatchedStatements=true",
                "user","pass");

PreparedStatement pst = conn.prepareStatement(String.format("INSERT INTO %s.%s values (?, ?, ?)", dbName, tableName));
//

public void queue(ResDescriptor row, ResDescriptor column, double simil) {
    if(!operational()) return;
    try {
        String uri1 = row.getType();
        String uri2 = column.getType();
        pst.setString(1, uri1);
        pst.setString(2, uri2);
        pst.setDouble(3, simil);
        pst.addBatch();

        if(++batchCount%maxBatch == 0){
            pst.executeBatch();
        }
    } catch (SQLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

getType() always returns a URI-String and it is assured that the queue() method is never called twice with the same parameters.
Thank you very much for any suggestions!

A: I am sorry to answer my own question, but after hours of questioning my sanity, I finally found the problem. It has nothing to do with the length of the key, this is fine.
The Exception message just seems to get truncated at some point. The real issue was that the small i in latin1_swedish_ci means that keys are case-insensitive! And my data did, in fact, contain two URIs which only differed in capitalization.
Adding
DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin

to the table create statement solved the problem.
Thank you for your comments. I can not really comprehend why this behavior is the default, though.

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