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Politics 1, Psychology 0
(cross-posted at Cailloux de Cinema)
So (like many of you, I'm sure) I saw Watchmen over the weekend.
I was, on the whole, pleasantly surprised by the adaptation!
The film was decidedly less sophisticated in its psychological engagement with the characters who actually aren't purely allegorical (i.e. Dan and Laurie). For me, those two characters are the heart of Moore's book–and Snyder doesn't handle their story very well. By omitting the coffee serving scene (praised at length in this piece), the film sacrifices the wonderful multivalence of the pair's sexual reawakening on the owl ship, leaving only the costume-fetish aspect of the supersexual critique intact (whereas the book makes it impossible to disentangle the creepiness of the "power fantasy" from the wide-eyed wonder of altruism as aphrodisiac).
On the other hand–the film's politics are SO MUCH SMARTER THAN THE BOOK'S! I can't overstate how pleased I am with Hayter/Tse's (and Snyder's?) new ending. Yes, the exploding squid was fun–but it's a catastrophic failure as a plot device. By converting the now-absent Dr. Manhattan from superhero to Super Ego, Veidt's plan actually stands a chance of imposing perpetual peace upon the world–and kills America's sense of a special relationship with "God" with the same stone (whereas the GN's alien is, at best, a shock treatment that will inevitably wear off). Moreover, the film's Veidt is leagues beyond Moore and Gibbons' ranting madman, who, by the end of the book, is absolutely indistinguishable from any other melodrama villain. As played by Goode, Veidt actually seems to feel the cost of his actions, allowing the film to lay bare the calculus of political foundation with a candor that the book (unlike its much-maligned contemporary text, Squadron Supreme) never approaches.
Other good stuff in the film–very quickly: the Dr. Manhattan origin story, the opening montage and Matt Frewer's Moloch.
It's definitely worth your time–whether you've read the book or not!
good afternoon friends!
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I think most people have the opposite opinion of you regarding the versions of Ozymandias.
goodkingwenceslaus says:
it's true–I've been seeing a lot of that around, but I have no clue how to account for it… the book's Ozymandias is a ranting lunatic with a squid bomb
Maybe it's just me — but I *like* squid bombs (they're the party favor that keeps on giving — nightmares, maybe, but still [grin]…)
oh for sure Andrew–I agree that Gibbons' armageddon has a far more unsettling quality to it… but the problem is that the plan, as Moore presents it, is supremely unconvincing as a means of achieving the ends that Veidt claims to envision (and so, as a result, we never even GET to the means and ends discussion in the book…) Moore's Veidt is just a man of ability who "snaps" under pressure (as does the protagonist of the Pirate narrative–and for that reason I was happy to see that Poe-esque tale excised from the film, which sees Veidt VERY differently)
In Moore/Gibbons, Dan, Laurie and Manhattan let things stand because they don't see any way to denounce Veidt without making things even worse… in the film, they (and, more important, WE) are actually forced (by the very "soundness" of the revamped plan) to consider whether Veidt did the objectively "right" thing…
anyway, that's how I see it!
Hmmmm… not sure I can agree with you on the ending of the movie Dave. I mean, it is more politically interesting than the book's finale (just!), but like you say, Watchmen was never worth reading for the politics.
To me, the "clean", bloodless nature of the movie's finale contrasted a little too harshly with the hyped-up, 300-esque gore of the preceding action sequences, throwing the whole story's momentum into reverse.
The comic's Veidt definitely is "a ranting lunatic with a squid bomb", but that works in context because I think he's supposed to look stupid and terrifying at the end of the story. I've never felt like his scheme was supposed to be plausible — quite the opposite in fact. I think it's supposed to look like a desperate, temporary fix that ended a lot of lives, a reality that the opening splash pages of issue #12 just plain won't let you escape. (Dave Gibbons, you are a hero – never forget it!)
Like the big blue guy says, "Nothing ever ends". Or, hey, like the fetish model says in the movie, but whatever.
Taken this way, the comic is very firmly on the side of the minor, human characters + Dan & Laurie. Its formal intricacies are more than just displays of cleverness – they're there to generate a sort of ornate, preposterously intricate soap-opera framework in which all of these little lives are connected and all of them matter. It's an invitation to see the potentially kinder end of Dr Manhattan's perceptive spectrum, where human life is so damned unlikely that you have to form an interest, even an attachment to it.
Never mind "who watches the watchmen?" – the real question is "who watches? And why?" Thinking about it this way, Dr M's real idiocy (murdering aside!) is in his inability to comprehend his own roll in observing all those martian landscapes, and to extrapolate the importance of his own feelings beyond his own path in space/time. In fact, come to think of it, this is also why he's shown killing people so freely at various points in the book and the movie – he's an intellectual giant and a moral midget ("the morality of my actions escapes me", etc).
Anyway, like you said, the Dan/Laurie stuff definitely needed to be expanded in the movie (and you are so, so right about the coffee scene!). Still, the 'Hallelujah' sex session aside, the film's soapy treatment of their interactions didn't strike me as being too "off". Soap operas are all about ridiculous attachment, after all, and this is where those characters look "stronger" than their colleagues in the comic – they're just far more interested in actual, real stuff you know? They seem genuinely fixated on people, animals, and kinky costume funtime, and I can get with all of that! They're far from perfect, but their dysfunctions seem less psychopathic than, say Rorschach/Jon/Veidt's to me. Dave Gibbons needs some major props here again, because he sells D&L's body language in a way that the actors in this film just can't – this is true across the board, of course, but in the absence of the many minor characters, I feel it most here.
Which takes me back to the film's 300-style action – it makes the movie Dan & Laurie look a bit more wantonly brutal than they did in the book, what with all the slow-mo neck stabbing and limb-snapping. Given the kinky nature of their coupling, it ends up seeming like they get off on maiming people, which… maybe there's a bit of that in the source material, but the movie renders violence as pornography right up until the final massacre, and I find that weirdly unsettling.
You could probably argue that the ending is bloodless because it's beyond such fetishised fun, but I don't know that this makes the movie any better for me. In fact, it might make the sense that the movie is built to support Ozy's plan seem all the stronger…
As for the actor who played Ozymandias, I can see how he fits your reading of the film, but I didn't get much genuine remorse from him… just a toned down, slightly sleazy arrogance. I found that slightly less interesting than the comic Ozy's mixture of bland charm and idiotically hateful planning, which (again) is reliant on my reading of the ending as an indictment of Veidt's presumed superiority. Without the blandness, Ozymandias just seems like a creepy saviour, which… I'd agree that this is slightly less boring on a political level, but the comic's Ozymandias seems to think he's way smarter and more grown up than he really is. I don't get that from the movie, and as a result the whole thing ends up seeming a lot more in thrall to our bloody-handed saviours than I'd like it to be.
All that said, I think I enjoyed the movie, even though I know it was terrible in places. I'll see it again, if only because I'm infinitely fascinated by things that don't work in big, pointy ways.
David Allison
The short version of my previous comment:
I'm not sure that the ethical question the movie poses is…
(a) well set up
(b) more interesting than what I take to be the argument in favour of life that exists in the comic.
Also: the movie made me miss the pirate comic, probably because it supports my reading! Pesky runtime sapping fight scenes…
absolutely David!
the film deeply deeply violates the spirit of the book (which is a horror story about human impotence, in all of its forms) in its final reel
and there's no question that Gibbons delivered that horror in a powerful way that almost redeems Moore's (to me) knee-jerk reluctance to confront the realities of political foundation (by making Ozymandias–and the Black Freighter guy–into Poe-style madmen who rip out the world's eyeball because they can't face it any more)
it's just my good fortune that I always felt that Watchmen's take on superpolitics paled in comparison to Squadron Supreme's–and that Snyder appears to have fused the latter's decisionist ethics onto the body of the book (while jettisoning pretty much all of the psychological complexity of the Moore/Gibbons' truly human characters)
Even aesthetically, I think it was the right thing to do, because I don't think the film could have done the things that the book does to give us the human-eye view of the power struggle that provides the majority of its plot points (although they COULD have taken a little more trouble to complexify the Dan/Laurie sex stuff–and my guess is that Snyder didn't want to do THAT either… he's clearly a typical fanboy in that regard)
ah well–at the very least–the film is providing a lot of fodder for discussion… to me, the two texts work wonderfully in dialogue with each other–Moore/Gibbons give us real people at the mercy of the "Lords of Life"… while Snyder gives us those Lords (idealism, objectivity, "deontological ethics," cynicism–aka Veidt, Manhattan, Rorschach, Comedian) straight up, and places each of them in collision with themselves…
Good stuff David! And damn you for making me write about this film – I fully intended to hold off until the smoke had cleared, but you seem to have sent my brain into action prematurely.
I'm a big Squadron Supreme fan too – it's always struck me as being a far more "intellectual" comic than Watchmen in some ways. SS is a lot more committed to its philosophical ideas than the Moore/Gibbons comic, but it uses the Marvel house style to explore them so it seems a lot less sophisticated at first.
Moore is very clever in the way he constructs Watchmen, but as ever his smartest move is to identify the strengths of his collaborator – Gibbons is the hero of the book, and it is his perspective that gives an objective sense of weight and importance to even the book's smallest characters and motifs.
Compared to these very tactile pleasures, both Watchmen – The Movie! And Squadron Supreme risk seeming a little airy, but you could argue that Snyder uses the current 300/Sin City derived "comic book movie" to stage his ethical play, just like Gruenwald adapted his normal writing style to sneak Squadron's big questions out there. The problem being (from my POV, obviously!) that Snyder's current style is both tiresome and not particularly suited to these aims.
Still – it is interesting to consider the movie as some sort of grotesque Moore/Gruenwald/Miller/Gibbons/Snyder hybrid… it's the revenge of the 80s, Frankenstein style, and now it WONT STOP ATTACKING MY BRAIN!
Sorry, meant "political ideas" rather than philosophical ideas in that last post, though there's room to argue that both ways…
Also also also (and I will stop commenting now, I promise!) I'd like to make it clear that I'm not annoyed that the movie isn't "faithful" to the book. If anything, I'd like it to be further from the source, and I'm willing to admit that some of the changes that make me uncomfortable are "interesting" rather than "bad".
That said, the slow-mo fights were still boring, and the music choices still made me want to punch my own face off…
no argument from me on that score (or on THE score–aside from the Glass/Manhattan music… and the Dylan accompaniment to the opening montage, which really worked well)
the slo-mo fights (or, in fact, the fights PERIOD), too, could have been dispensed with entirely–but that was never gonna happen…
I never saw 300, and I'm unlikely to ever want to see anything directed by Snyder again, but I am grateful to him (or the screenwriters) for diverging from the text in such an interesting way, at the eleventh hour (before that twist, I was far more down on the film–which is, basically, Moore and Gibbons, minus the special talents of Moore and Gibbons)
The plot change is what makes the film worth seeing, AND worth discussing–and I like your revenge of the eighties thesis a lot David!
Ah! This is a better place for the thoughts I had last night — great discussion!
…So what I was going to say is, yes: just as David Golding pointed out (though he confesses he stole it from somewhere — never mind, I'll attribute it to him anyway, because it's clever and so is he) that many of the visual effects in Watchmen can't translate to film because in film they are trite (oh no, Dr. Manhattan has a FLASHBACK! My mind is suddenly BLOWN!), I'll argue that Veidt's story doesn't translate effectively either…because he is a ranting maniac with a squid-bomb, obviously. Everyone else is confronted by the Comedian's cynical truth-telling and collapses, like a punctured balloon…appropriately. Only Veidt is such a very precocious adolescent that he can't "grow up" this way — it isn't idealism, it's defiance, it's narcissism using idealism as cover…the morality of his actions doesn't escape him, he just pretends to have acknowledged them in an effort to escape their inescapable implications. And thus, again as an adolescent, he relies on his genius being vindicated in such a way that it won't matter anymore…only he (he thinks) can compass the world's irreducible complexities so brilliantly that he can reduce them anyhow…
He's a nutter! And the proof of it is that he did do it thirty-five minutes ago. If only he hadn't!
Very hard to see how this could've made it into the movie, though, as we're dealing with movie tropes. Even in 1986, in comics it was already trite to say "oh shit, maybe the Bond villain actually has a valid point of view, maybe he's actually right"…thus in the comic he is not right, he's an inadequate loon, and the Comedian was right, and most importantly Dan's right. In the movie it's far more palatable to have him be something a bit else, and to have them be — possibly! — not quite so right, if only because it's never been done before. And, grumble, grumble, it's probably a misreading that causes that in the first place, rather than anything like my reasoning about it…but anyway I'm perfectly willing to grant that necessity even so, just as I'm perfectly willing to say that I'm one of the many slavish devotees of the book who thought while reading it "wait…isn't this an old Outer Limits episode? Well, that's disappointing". Of course once you see what Gibbons makes of it, it isn't disappointing. But it'd be a pretty brazen business to have "Architects Of Fear" playing on Sally's TV in the movie…speaking for myself, I'd be afraid to try it. No doubt there is somebody out there who could've brought it off, but it was never going to be in this movie, and for more than just one reason.
Having said which…no coffee on Archie? Little dialogue changes? These strike me as towering failures of vision, not little incidental adjustments, and I expect to hate the hell out of whatever replaces them. What I'm getting from all these discussions is that the humane element of Watchmen's been left pretty well right out, and that's beyond a shame if true…alas, poor Laurie! My Laurie, that is…
Still, no one who's knowledgeable about the source material has said that my Jon is missing, and that's a very important inducement to see the thing, for me — Watchmen the comic managed to do what a million short stories about physicists with rotten marriages and a million million plays about Heisenberg never have, which is successfully enlist the quantum-mechanical worldview in a literary project, without screwing up what it is along the way. I don't expect the movie to have such a powerful cosmological accent as the book, but at least no one has said it isn't there at all…which is good, because there must be something more to it than just the murder and the plot and Rorschach being nuts, for me to be at all interested in it. It shocks the hell out of me, in fact, that this seems so unimportant to so many bloggers (present company excluded, natch), just as though they never saw any true value in it! Astounding. I mean I'm all for different readings, but I never expected to be the only one who cared about that…!
Doesn't quite matter; I know the movie can't do what the book did, can't do it, when it comes to Time. As faithful as it could possibly be, no movie could ever replicate the seedbed of motif and synchronicity that Gibbons supplies on the page — no viewer could ever see it, even if it was somehow there anyway. I know that going in. So something must replace it, at least a little…you guys argue very convincingly that politics replaces it, so I'll be looking for that…if I can have a way to enjoy it that replaces the way I enjoyed the book, that way's probably got to lie in the juxtaposition of book with film, since the film likely can't touch the book for exploring symmetries…
Ooooh, need more coffee. This new Daylight Savings Time gives me terrible jet-lag, it really does…
Anyway, cheers! Do continue!
We could start a group for Davids who love Squadron Supreme. I too liked what the film did the story's politics. I think that is the truest adaptation of Moore by arguing with him—or at least arguing with his bad mood of '87; perhaps the movie's Veidt is a Watchmen version of Promethea? On the other hand, the sex scene, for me, is the only true adaptation of Gibbons, bringing gravity and physical human frailty into the picture.
I'm not sure the violence is pornographic. It seems the natural consequence of pitting movie heroes against real people. Rather than fetishising, I think it identifies the heroes with the antagonists of horror films. I would say the sex and violence (elided in other superhero movies) is the humane element of the film. The superhero fights are all comparitively bloodless affairs, and perhaps Veidt's holocaust fits into this schema. He is attacking the "evils that best" humanity, not humanity itself. Showing squid devastation on the big screen could never be mistaken for pornography, it could only be vile, and stop people thinking. Maybe.
higs, Dave
I love the Davids-for-Squadron-Supreme group plan Dave!
Pillock–the world wants to know whether you found your Dr. Manhattan on the screen!
Motime–why in god's name are you cutting comments off the screen?
Just in the middle of a re-read, actually, so I won't be seeing the movie until I've finished…am trying to get some certain thoughts down on paper about it. But then once I've done that, I'll be seeing the movie, and then returning to the thoughts. Still no word from the blogosphere at large about whether Jon Osterman makes it to the screen relatively intact, which I take to be a reasonably hopeful sign!
Will let you know.
Man, I'd love to interact meaningfully with David Golding's thoughts on this film, but my brain seems to be resistant to clear expression at the moment. I will say this, David — you present a very compelling reading of the movie!
I'm hoping to see Watchmen again soon, and when I do I'll keep these thoughts in mind — my take on how the violence plays out are almost the opposite of yours (David Golding's), but I'll try to find the humanity in the broken bones and the Dave Gibbons beneath the 'Hallelujah'.
Also, the Davids-for-Squadron-Supreme group idea has just about made my day, thanks!


I tear the sheets to double the width that I need the pages to be (within the one proven I've made them even wider in order that I have some attention-grabbing flappy bits), fold them, then rub the fold with the deal with of scissors (when you have a bone folder then that would be better) to sharpen them. I usually use 5 sheets, folded to make ten pages. That is called a 'signature'. Make holes with an awl or another sharp, pointy instrument. Ensure that they line up. Place the pages on the journal cover. Then using one size of embroidery thread doubled, sew straight up the centre.
We'll put an end to these practices. Our reform will prohibit insurance coverage companies from denying protection because of your medical historical past. Nor will they be allowed to drop your protection if you get sick. They will be unable to water down your coverage whenever you want it most. They'll no longer be capable to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of protection you'll be able to obtain in a given year or in a lifetime. And we are going to place a restrict on how a lot you can be charged for out-of-pocket bills. Nobody in America ought to go broke as a result of they get sick.


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Morning Must Reads: Marriage
By TIME Staff May 10, 2012
The cynic's view on Obama's personal affirmation of gay marriage that leaves policy unchallenged in the states.
His decision to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act may have been enough to challenge state bans, or at least signal the courts.
Obama says it's not a federal issue, but that's not really true.
The campaign dollars pour in.
The Obama campaign raised $9 million by raffling off two tickets to a hyped fundraiser with George Clooney, which will "only" raise $6 million or so.
Why gay marriage failed all 32 times it was put to a vote.
The FDIC rolls out its finalized plans for a resolution authority.
And the monsoons of silly season drench Massachusetts.

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Although our culture implies that we should be able to control everything, the truth is that we cannot. We cannot predict illness or disasters. As a result, our lives are not always going to be easy, but we can stay in tune with what is happening and who we are. With practice, we can learn to trust in ourselves and honor who we are and who others are, all while appreciating this present moment.
In No Time Like the Present, Jack Kornfield shows us how to find this type of freedom at all times in our lives. Regardless of our circumstances, we always have the choice about our attitude and how we will respond. Through lovingkindness and compassion, we can build authentic connections with the world around us.
Mindfulness is about staying connected to what is happening right now.When we learn to live in the moment, we will have a sense of freedom. A big part of staying in the present is becoming aware and knowing that we can always choose our responses to difficult situations. With practice, we learn to honor our experiences – both good and bad – because the only thing any of us has for sure is the present moment.
And mindfulness doesn't have to be a complicated practice. Staying connected can be as simple as just taking a breath. As we become more aware, we also begin to increase our resilience, compassion, emotional stability, and learn to live more freely.
Sometimes an obstacle to freedom is ourselves – but this is not said with judgment. Those who have experienced trauma, for example, experience longterm effects after the event is over and resolving the trauma does take time, but freedom is still possible.
Another obstacle to freedom can be our sense of unworthiness. If we don't feel that we're worthy of something, that can stop us from experiencing it. We may wonder if we deserve to be free.
Moving past this unworthiness requires some self-compassion. As we increase our compassion, awareness, and appreciation for our own humanity, we will find that we become less critical of others as well.
Lack of forgiveness is another potential block to achieving freedom. In the wake of trauma, it can be hard to forgive and not have that trauma define who we are. The key is to honor our past without letting it define our future.
Forgiving both ourselves and other people helps to bring healing. When we don't forgive, we are essentially chaining ourselves to the past. We can move on with forgiveness, because in forgiving we choose to let go of negative thoughts that we once obsessed over.
Our lives are never going to be perfect, and seeking perfection puts us in conflict with the rest of the world. Spiritual leaders such as Jesus or Mother Teresa experienced conflict in their lives, yet continued moving forward towards their purpose.
We are also free to be creative. We all have a canvas of our own, upon which we live out our dreams and explore our visions for the type of life we want to live. Realizing these freedoms helps us see how much is available to us in the present.
We all have a contribution to make in this lifetime. But before we can contribute, we need to know who we are, and we find out who we are through moments of stillness and quiet. When we explore and identify who we are at our most authentic selves, we inspire others to do the same.
We can also become thankful for what life throws at us – perhaps even in the challenging times. We step out of the box of stereotypes that we may have been put in. We recognize that what we've been called to do in the past doesn't necessarily mean that it continues to be a calling for our future. Through compassion and love, we can find our place in the world.
Admittedly, I was perhaps not the right audience for this particular book. Kornfield writes from a Buddhist worldview and my faith is Christian. There are some practices in the book that would take me outside of my comfort zone because they had a "new age" feel to me. I especially had trouble relating to some of the content in part one.
However, there were other sections I could appreciate that talk about our imperfect humanity and the value of being ourselves rather than striving towards an identity molded by external circumstances and pressures. I also appreciate Kornfield's comments on love for other people. Whether it's Christianity, Buddhism, or another worldview, I think – or at least hope – we can appreciate the need to love others and the ability to recognize that everyone makes mistakes, regardless of race or religion.
To demonstrate compassion towards others, we have to first understand, value and show compassion for ourselves. If we experience self-hatred, then it becomes harder to love other people or show any compassion for them. The theme of mindfulness and being in the present is a concept I appreciate. And I agree wholeheartedly with Kornfield about the need for us to find freedom and joy exactly where we are.


QUICKSBURG — Abby Taylor powered down 20 kills and added 13 aces to lead Wilson Memorial's volleyball team past Stonewall Jackson in four sets on Thursday, 25-8, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20.
Addison Tuttle added seven kills and two blocks while Hannah Johnson contributed six kills and 18 assists.
Emma Hilbert and Grace Carter both had six digs.
Wilson completed the sweep, taking the jayvee match 25-17, 25-23.


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Arrest of One of the Most Prolific Dark Net Fentanyl Vendors in the World
Nike Omedo August 28, 2018
Last week US DOJ announced one of the largest fentanyl busts ever. Image via Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions together with U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Justin Herdman, announced last week the arrest of one of the most prolific dark net fentanyl vendors in the world, as a result of "Operation Darkness Falls."
In a joint security operation carried out by the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Operation Darkness Falls resulted in several arrests, charges and guilty pleas targetting people selling fentanyl and other drugs over the dark net.
Included in the arrests was MH4Life, the biggest seller of dark net fentanyl in the U.S. and the fourth biggest in the world.
During the course of the operation, investigators discovered that Mathew Roberts and Holly Roberts were the people behind MH4Life. Both are aged 35 and reside in San Antonio. Earlier this year, they were charged in court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances plus other charges.
The duo operated under multiple dark net vendor accounts including MH4LIFE, TRAPPEDINTIME, FASTFORWARD and MRHIGH4LIFE. The duo operated and sold fentanyl on multiple dark net marketplace websites including Dream Market, Silk Road, AlphaBay, Darknet Heroes League, and Nucleus among others.
The two dealt in fentanyl, MethoxyAcetylFentanyl (MAF), other fentanyl analogues, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, marijuana, Xanax, Oxycodone and other drugs.
Major Dark Web Drug Bust
Between 2011 and 2018 MH4Life conducted 2,800 verified narcotics transactions on Dream Market; 500 verified narcotics transactions on Agora marketplace, and 719 transactions on Nucleus marketplace. Globally, MH4Life operated the highest number of verified transactions of fentanyl across the dark web, according to Dream Market.
MH4Life used encryption software, VPN, private messaging and other proxies via TOR to evade detection. They also used cryptocurrencies to purchase and get paid for narcotics on the dark web.
As stated in the Department of Justice press release, other cases charged as part of Operation Darkness Falls included:
DF44: Robert Kiessling was the third-largest fentanyl vendor in North America as of early this year, based on number of sales. Kiessling was arrested in coordination with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada. A search of his residence uncovered fentanyl and other narcotics tied to the dark net scheme. He was released on bond in Canada and committed suicide.
The Source, BonnieNClyde: Nick Powell is charged with being a Xanax distributor and dark net money launderer. Powell was arrested and agents seized $438,000 in Bitcoin. He has been charged in federal court in Cleveland with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The case is pending.
Dark King 22: Antoin Austin, of Euclid, recently pleaded guilty to operating a dark net fentanyl business from an apartment cohabitated with children and within a short distance from an elementary school. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 5.
MotleyFool: James Halpin recently pleaded guilty to his role as a national dark net fentanyl vendor.
Panachecak: Ryan Kluth recently pleaded guilty to crimes involving fentanyl and child pornography via the dark net. His plea agreement calls for a sentence of approximately ten years in prison.
"Today's announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist, and every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people: this Justice Department will use civil and criminal penalties alike and we will find you, put you in jail, or make you pay," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman added that whoever hides "behind a cloak of anonymity on the dark net will be uncovered and brought to justice for selling the drugs killing our friends and neighbors."
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MH4Life
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Yet the actual vendors who kill thousands a year walk around with no fear of prosecution
by Nike Omedo, Citizen Truth

Arrest of One of the Most Prolific Dark Net Fentanyl Vendors in the World

by Nike Omedo, Citizen Truth
August 28, 2018

	U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions together with U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Justin Herdman, announced last week the arrest of one of the most prolific dark net fentanyl vendors in the world, as a result of "Operation Darkness Falls."

In a joint security operation carried out by the Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Operation Darkness Falls resulted in several arrests, charges and guilty pleas targetting people selling fentanyl and other drugs over the dark net.

Included in the arrests was MH4Life, the biggest seller of dark net fentanyl in the U.S. and the fourth biggest in the world.

During the course of the operation, investigators discovered that Mathew Roberts and Holly Roberts were the people behind MH4Life. Both are aged 35 and reside in San Antonio. Earlier this year, they were charged in court with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances plus other charges.

The duo operated under multiple dark net vendor accounts including MH4LIFE, TRAPPEDINTIME, FASTFORWARD and MRHIGH4LIFE. The duo operated and sold fentanyl on multiple dark net marketplace websites including Dream Market, Silk Road, AlphaBay, Darknet Heroes League, and Nucleus among others.

The two dealt in fentanyl, MethoxyAcetylFentanyl (MAF), other fentanyl analogues, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, marijuana, Xanax, Oxycodone and other drugs.

Major Dark Web Drug Bust

Between 2011 and 2018 MH4Life conducted 2,800 verified narcotics transactions on Dream Market; 500 verified narcotics transactions on Agora marketplace, and 719 transactions on Nucleus marketplace. Globally, MH4Life operated the highest number of verified transactions of fentanyl across the dark web, according to Dream Market.

MH4Life used encryption software, VPN, private messaging and other proxies via TOR to evade detection. They also used cryptocurrencies to purchase and get paid for narcotics on the dark web.

As stated in the Department of Justice press release, other cases charged as part of Operation Darkness Falls included:

DF44: Robert Kiessling was the third-largest fentanyl vendor in North America as of early this year, based on number of sales. Kiessling was arrested in coordination with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada. A search of his residence uncovered fentanyl and other narcotics tied to the dark net scheme. He was released on bond in Canada and committed suicide.

The Source, BonnieNClyde: Nick Powell is charged with being a Xanax distributor and dark net money launderer. Powell was arrested and agents seized $438,000 in Bitcoin. He has been charged in federal court in Cleveland with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. The case is pending.

Dark King 22: Antoin Austin, of Euclid, recently pleaded guilty to operating a dark net fentanyl business from an apartment cohabitated with children and within a short distance from an elementary school. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 5.

MotleyFool: James Halpin recently pleaded guilty to his role as a national dark net fentanyl vendor.

Panachecak: Ryan Kluth recently pleaded guilty to crimes involving fentanyl and child pornography via the dark net. His plea agreement calls for a sentence of approximately ten years in prison.

"Today's announcements are a warning to every trafficker, every crooked doctor or pharmacist, and every drug company, every chairman and foreign national and company that puts greed before the lives and health of the American people: this Justice Department will use civil and criminal penalties alike and we will find you, put you in jail, or make you pay," said Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman added that whoever hides "behind a cloak of anonymity on the dark net will be uncovered and brought to justice for selling the drugs killing our friends and neighbors."

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It was first published as part of his 'Celebrated Crimes' series and tells the fascinating story of the trial and execution of Madame de Brinvilliers, one of the most famous murderers in French history. Accused of three murders, the French aristocrat Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite d'Aubray (1630 – 1676) was convicted based on her confession which was obtained through torture and a series of letters written by her deceased lover.
Many vintage texts such as "Madame de Brinvilliers" are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
Through republishing works such as 'Madame de Brinvilliers', it is hoped that the writing of this most widely read of French authors, can continue to delight – almost two centuries after its initial publication.


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Ecology UK: It occurs in marshes, wet meadows and moors throughout the British Isles, and is especially abundant on acid soils.
Flowers: 5-6 mm diam., in several-flowered heads forming a much-branched inflorescence of two whorls of ascending branches, about 50 mm apart; perianth segments brown, unequal, outer lanceolate acute, spreading, inner sub-obtuse; stamens usually 6; style very short.
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Fruit: Capsule 4.0 x 1.5 mm, narrowly ellipsoid, acute, mucronate; seed 0-5 x 0-2 mm ellipsoid, pointed at both ends, finely striate, brown; appendage small.


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President & COO at Rebel Interactive Group, Allison Minutillo
Today on The Fastest Growing Companies podcast, we're talking to the President & COO at Rebel Interactive Group, Allison Minutillo.
Allison:
When you find your people, you find the person that inspires you, that that gets the best out of you that activates you on your core strengths. And doesn't just say no all the time, right? That it's someone who's willing to take some risks and put yourself out there. And when, when you find that from a leadership perspective, it's really anything that we have set our mind to. We have accomplished in those short two years.
Chris: (00:49)
Welcome back everyone. I'm Chris Ronzio CEO of Trainual, and I'm here with Allison Minutillo. She's the president and COO of Rebel Interactive Group out of Connecticut. Hey Allison. Thanks for being,
Hey Chris, how are you? Thanks for having me
Awesome. And like I said, right before we started recording, I was pouring through your website, your podcast, the content you all put out. And so I'm super excited for today's conversation so that we can talk both about your story in the company and then just leadership in general because you all seem to be thought leaders yourself. So let's, let's dig in. Let's do it. All right. So real quick, tell us about, uh, the business. What is Rebel Interactive Group? What do you do?
So we're a full-service digital marketing agency. Um, we do everything from build websites to launch paid media campaigns, to marketing strategy, creative, the whole kit and caboodle. Um, we're powered by a team of powerhouse, creative, creative-minded, um, strategic, digital-first marketers. So we were built as a marketing company and therefore we didn't bolt that on when digital became a thing. We've always been that. Um, and so our core company competency being that has allowed us to just thrive and just propel throughout this time because that's really the world we live in right now.
Digital DNA. I love digital DNA for sure. So the company's grown a lot over the years. The last couple of years, since you joined, it was 38 people to now 75. And so in roughly doubling the company, I'm sure a lot's changed and we're going to dig into that over the interview, but, um, I'm curious, what attracted you to this business? Why did you want to join and, and, and take the role you have?
Yeah, I'm sure a lot of people can relate, but sometimes you hit a point in your career where, you know, it's not that anything's wrong. It's just that you're, you need a new start. You need to kind of reinvent yourself. You're looking for a different leader that you align with. And, and I knew I had more to give, and I knew that there was a leader burning inside me that was ready for the right opportunity to be activated. So I was casually looking, which people talk about all the time. And I met Tindell, who's the owner and CEO of rebel interactive group. Um, and I was interviewing for a super junior position and I didn't even care because at that point it was like a pay cut situation. And I took a step back and I was willing to do that because I knew that personally, I needed to be more fulfilled.
Um, and the second I met him, um, I realized I met the person I needed to be working alongside. And so that to me was the first introduction to what real positive leadership can do for a person. When you find, when you find your people, you find the person that inspires you, that that gets the best out of you, that activates you on your core strengths. And doesn't just say no all the time, right? That it's someone who's willing to take some risks and put yourself out there. And when, when you find that from a leadership perspective, it's really anything that we have set our mind to. We have accomplished in those short two years.
So I love the journey that you've gone through the business. And like you said, taking a pay, cut, joining in a junior position now being the president of the company and COO of the company, how, what would you recommend to leaders, to entrepreneurs as they're bringing in people to their business? How do they spot the leadership that you clearly had and be able to nurture that in their company?
Yeah, that's a good question because it's really subtle and it's a, it's a nuance that, um, I could have never envisioned for myself. If you had asked me two and half years ago, if I would be here, I would never have said this. Um, so part of it is being really respectful when you make that career change to first seek, to understand, seek, to listen and hear what, how they're currently doing it and how the business is currently operating and some, and listen to the challenges and pain points that they're presented with. And then draw on your experience. Once you do understand, draw on your experience and your perspective, what you think we could be doing better or differently, or an alternative perspective. And by doing that, you gain consensus. And I think when, when you're a fast-growing, um, when you grow in your career really quickly and you ascend really quickly, it's really critical that it's not driven by title.
It's driven by people believing in what you believe in and having the support system of people who like you care about you believe in you. And it's because you do those things for them. You like them, you believe in them and you care about them. So it's like this, this empathy from all angles is the most critical part when you're kind of ascending through that, that company to whatever, whatever position it is. And once I, once Bryn kind of spotted it in me and said, cause it was a long time coming, it wasn't an overnight promotion. Right? You, can't just, it's not a position that you just say like, okay, that person's going to be president. Right. You have to really build and think about the complexities of that. But the second he put it in my mind that that was how he saw me someday. Um, then I started seeing myself in that capacity.
So D so he saw it before you saw it.
Yeah. Um, one day he said, um, you know, I think we need to talk about like what you could do for rebel and what, and this was a while ago, right? So it was very early on when I started here, um, what you could do for Rebel. And I remember it was on a Friday and we were traveling that Monday together, um, for, for a client pitch and all weekend I was Googling like, maybe I would be the CMO and what does the CMO do? And I was so like, so what was me? Like, you're not meant for this. Right. Just maybe I could do, I don't know. Right. I say CMO and I, and I was like, okay, I'm a very prepared person. So I like came in with, here are my thoughts. I think I could do this over time and blah, blah, blah.
And he's like, no, no, no, no, no, no I'm talking president. And right when he said that, it was like, I was so at ease with that word because it was actually what I was meant to do. And it was the most, I can't even describe the moment, but I'll never forget it because it was because he saw the right person saw me in that right role. But it was all of my strengths, the things that I'm actually good at coming together in that right. Moment and vision that was like, yep, I can do that. I know that I can do that. This
Is such a unique perspective. And so we're going to come back to the business, scaling and growth and all of that amazing journey over the last few years. But I'm curious. So w when Brynn reflected and when, when he shared that with you and you saw that trajectory for yourself, how did the next 12 months or 18 months, or 24 months ago, what was the process of him taking some of those responsibilities off his own plate? And how did your roles evolve to make this work like it has today?
Great question. Um, we are still figuring that out. We figure it out every single day. So it's, um, it's a lot of hard work. It's a lot of effective communication and allowing ourselves to just really lay out the hard stuff on the table and just, you can't be guarded in a situation like this with a, with a business growing this size. So I've been around organizations where the leadership just battled each other and they didn't talk to each other and they weren't honest. And you would hear one version if you're talking to this person and you'd hear a complete opposite version of the same story, if you're talking to another, and that is not what we have. Um, so throughout this, we, we first started with the end, which is what do we want, what do we want rebel to be? What do we want this brand to become?
What's our piece of that. Um, and what's our vision for ourselves? Like what, what do we want to feel fulfilled from a professional standpoint? Um, so by starting with that, we can say like, okay, your time is less valuable over here. Yes, you're really good at it, but it's much less valuable over here than if you were to reallocate it here. Okay. What do we need to do to make that piece happen and kind of compartmentalizing? Because if you try to tackle all of it at one time, you're not going to get to that end goal. It's kind of like a marathon, right? You don't, you don't get to mile 26 before you run mile one. So you have to break big moves down into, alright, we're going to make this change. It's going to be for these reasons. And we're going to let that settle in. Now, we're going to move on to the next change. And it's this path mile to mile, to mile, to mile, to, to foot in front of you. And sometimes, you know, like just very micro and macro decisions that happening at the same time to get to the end goal,
The marathon is such a good analogy. I'm actually training for a marathon right now. I don't have to be so rigid about your weekly progress. And so it's so true. It's like, you don't, you didn't just take everything over in one day. And if you did that in a race, you would kill yourself. You know? Well, that's why it's hard
For businesses when they, um, so say we had a vacant precedent position, which we didn't have before. It wasn't like I replaced anybody. Right. But say someone was trying to fill that from the outside in, it's really difficult for leaders to hire an outside party who comes in at that senior level, because they don't get the buy-in, they don't get the consensus. They don't have the vibe and the support system of the whole business around them to say, yeah, that's our person. That's the person we believe in as a leader. Um, so it's, it's, I've felt that myself as an employee of other businesses where it just doesn't work, sometimes there's success there. But in our case, it was important to us that we did it the right way.
And so in going from 38 to 75, you did bring some people in from the outside because the organization was growing. And so with your progression, through each of the promotions and into this role, you I'm guessing, had to backfill yourself. So how did you think about offloading responsibilities that you had to someone new and how did you manage that?
Yeah, so delegation was my hardest hurdle to overcome. It's still is because, um, empathy is one of my core strengths. Um, and when you're an empathetic person, you feel the burden of giving somebody else work. And so when you feel like, oh, I'll just take that from you. You have to release it. If you're, if you're going to lead a company and see the big picture and plan and plot, the big picture, which is where your company really needs you to spend your time. But you're constantly feeling guilty about giving people micro tasks, you're going to fall flat on your face. And I learned that the hard way I took on too much. And then that's when you feel like you're burning out and it just does the other day, right? It's not something you're ever going to be perfect at. It's like you, you take, take, taking, keep, keep, keep things on your list because you feel bad that other people are overworked, but you just, there's no way that you can accomplish both things. You have to lead from a bigger 30,000 foot view and in the trenches and doing the work yourself. Cause you're not just out here. Right. But, but it's a very delicate balance of taking on far too much than you can mentally handle.
Yeah. You, you know what clicked for me in that process, because I'm the same way. I would feel that burden of giving someone else that work and feel like they're doing me a favor and you know, and now I owe them and, and they're because they're helping supplement the time. Um, but it was when I realized that handing off delegating responsibilities was empowering people to up-level their own skills and take on new challenges. And when I saw people really liking that work, it didn't feel so much like I was handing off a burden. It felt more like I was giving out presents.
Yeah. You know what? It's like, people are not motivated by money. Like, it's, it's such an old concept in business that people are only motivated by title and salary. That's not what we have here. Um, yes, that's a piece of motivation. That's, everybody's motivation you want to do well and feel successful in that regard. But at their core, people are motivated by the work that they do and the pride that they feel in their work and the visibility and the accountability and the accolades and the respect that, that gets you when you produce an exceptional deliverable. So we've crafted everything around that too, um, even down to our vision. So one of the things that I did in my role was rollout a new company-wide vision, and that is to empower one another, to truly realize what we're capable of. And it has nothing to do with marketing speak. It has everything to do with what or what do you get, Chris? What do you have in you today that you can bring to the table that is better than what you did yesterday to kind of outdo yourself and see what you have that can be leveraged with other people. And then by doing that, you build an organization that people want to work for.
Yeah. Yeah. So as president and COO, then, you know, you mentioned you're very detail oriented, you're organized. And so, as you think about the rest of the people in the organization, how do you make sure that their time is spent, where they're most valuable, and have this calm, open conversation about how they grow?
It is complicated. Um, because each day that we think we figured out staffing and that people are humming and everybody's got a nice, healthy dose of balanced workload. The next day something happens, someone leaves or someone joins, um, or a new client hits. And, and especially in agency, world digital agency, world, our clients expect as they should, that we need to ramp up really, really fast. They want to execute their campaigns in as few days as possible. So they have like, we have no grace period in advertising, right? So, so we have to sprint and we have to staff in order to sprint, but it's chicken and egg, right? You can't, you need the money and the new business pipeline in order to staff, but you, but you also need the staff in order to execute the work. So it's this constant back and forth between our sales pipeline and the health of that, which is a huge component of our growth, um, and Testament to our growth and our operations being really, really, um, fluent efficient. Honestly, it's amazing what our team produces any given week. Um, and both of those things are like this delicate balance of constantly trying to do the best we possibly can to project both situations.
I know for any professional services organization, agency, whether they have five people and they're trying to go to 10 people, or they have 75, like you, and going to a hundred, there is always this chicken and egg kind of thing. How do you think about the risk? You know, how do you, uh, hire before you need to hire and feel comfortable with that? Like, how does that settle for you?
Yeah, well, there are strategies in it that we're constantly like we have a huge interview candidate so that the one outcome of success is that you're building a brand that people want to work for. Right? So we've gotten some nice buzz. And in our local community, we've gotten really, really natural organic interest, which is our sphere of influence that we're trying to intentionally, um, build from a rebel perspective. So that helps bring the work in, and it also helps bring the candidates in. But the thing that we are most cautious of that is the unintended consequence of fast growth, not just growth, but especially fast growth is, is change management and what that does to employees, because we want every buddy to feel really, really good about what they do and feel empowered by the work feel like they've got a healthy workload. Um, but we've got always got our eye on culture and happiness and just do people feel fulfilled?
Are they frustrated? So a lot of this and I started this podcast by talking about listening is about listening. You have, you have to listen, reflect constantly about the feedback you hear as a leader and take it in process compartmentalize, and then make some changes to note, to make people know that you heard them and you, you feel their pain, but also not let it muddy your perspective and stunt you from the almost like paralyze you from making other changes because you have to adapt. If you're a company growing this side is the processes that worked when we were 38. People are not the same processes and operations as when we're 75. So we function almost as an entirely different business now than we did then.
So true things are always changing. So, you know, we, we started, I could talk all day to you about just people and operations, but I do want to touch on the incredible growth that you've had as well. And part of the feedback that I'm sure you get from your people is about the customers, about the projects that you're working on. And I'm sure that's changed a lot over the years. So thinking back from your time in the company, how has the type of work you do or the type of client you serve, been a catalyst for really growing?
Yeah. So one project leads to another. So think about a startup, right? They get one client they're so excited about that as they should be because it was blood, sweat, and tears to get that client. And then that one example leads to another client that leads to another client. So the more we started to grow and get the examples of work that we really wanted to be doing, that we knew that we were capable of doing as an organization, the more that work led to other work that we wanted to be doing. So that starts compounding and it starts becoming exponential and, um, a Testament to our new business team. Um, they are exceptional at telling the rebel story exceptional. We we've really dedicated a lot of time to making sure not only do we just, you know, like companies do like mission, vision values all the time, like all that Brandy jargony stuff.
But it's another thing to have all of your employees like replaying that same language in a consistent way. That's what a strong brand is because your brand is your people. It's, it's your business is your brand. It's not the words, it's that everybody's saying the same thing that believes in the same thing. Um, and then can articulate it back in the same way. So that now that new business prospect that heard about it through this other reference that they had is hearing and feeling that same vibe come through from their very first interaction all the way through, well, hopefully not their last, but you know what I mean?
Sure. Yeah. I love the, the, the metaphor of like the snowball effect and the momentum of all the good projects kind of refining the story for internal messaging and then external messaging. And you attract the people in the clients you want. So looking ahead, then you talked about vision earlier. What's the, what's the big vision for the next few years? What are you working on now?
So it's interesting. You asked because I was just putting together, um, a company-wide, um, presentation to articulate that, because with all that growth, you realize not a lot of the newer folks really understand that big picture vision, even though you've said it a couple times, like on an annual meeting, for example, you have to say that a lot more frequently, the more new people you hire faster, you hire. Um, so we're, we're taking that. That was some feedback that I got personally the past couple of weeks. So, um, that is my job is to make sure people know their space, know their place in the broader scheme. So our vision we're creating an ecosystem of brands. We're creating a brand. That means something that's all built based on our passions, our experience, our ingenuity, um, we are building a rebel movement. So we actually have a parent company called the rebel realm and think of that as kind of like an incubator of ideas.
So the owner is an entrepreneur. That is who he is at his core. He loves building things. He loves giving people a start. Um, he loves taking someone's idea and saying, yes, go do it. And having them see it through and realize how difficult that is and how much pride is chocked through that. When you launch something that was your idea, and you see it in the wild and you make your first sale from it. Um, so, so from a rebel realm standpoint, we have actually a bunch of different brands. Rebel interactive group just happens to be the biggest one that kind of powers all of the other ones, but we constantly get ideas presented to us from our own rebels, um, who say, Hey, I had this crazy out outlandish idea. And then all of a sudden that's a company that they're running under the rebel realm. Oh, that's
So cool. And I love how you call them rebels too. So if someone listening here wants to be a rebel or wants to follow rebel, where, where can they find you? Where can they reach out and learn more?
Yeah, please do. Um, our social media channels. We just rebelled and like wiped our whole Instagram channel when we rebranded. So you'll see us all over the place. Um, Instagram, LinkedIn, our two primary channels. We're on Twitter. You can actually listen to more of my perspective and our perspective on leadership and rebellious leadership, um, through our podcast. So that's the rebel leadership podcast. You can find it on apple podcasts, Google, Spotify, all the places you get, your podcasts or our website, rebel interactive group.com. Um, you can reach out say, hi, say you heard me on the podcast, whatever you want to do.
Awesome. Well, Allison, it's been so nice talking with you. Like I said, I could talk to you all day and you're, you're so quotable. We're going to have like all these different quotes. I bet coming out of this. So thank you for that. Uh, go check out the rebel leadership podcast. If you want to hear more from Allison and hear about all the cool things they're doing over there, as you heard, they grew from 38 people to 75 people. And the sky's really the limit as they've rebranded and just continue to Polish everything that they do at, through their, uh, their social channels, their website, which is super cool. Go check that out. Um, and, uh, and see everything that they're working on out there in Connecticut and beyond. So,
Uh, Allison, thanks so much for being here today.
Thanks so much for having me, Chris.
Hopefully you can borrow A page from Allison's playbook as you're building your own, and we'll see you on the next show.


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Reneto Adams Guest Stars In Royal Palm Estate
The often controversial, ever dapper Senior Superintendent of Police, Reneto Adams, will be among the guest stars for the 26th season of the highly successful Jamaican sitcom, Royal Palm Estate.
Adams plays a millionaire who has several government ministers in his pocket, Adams is set to steal the show as Jamaicans will be tuning in to get a glimpse of the super cop.
After an almost two year break, the season is ready to hit the screens and the Jamaican viewers are waiting with bated breath to see what the new season will deliver. They will sit glued to their TVs on a Sunday evening and get totally caught up in the action of each week's episode.
In addition to Superintendent Adams, the season will include a number of high profile guest stars, some with limited acting experience, but who all threw themselves into their roles, as if they were born to act. The guest stars include Dr. Kingsley 'Ragashanti' Stewart, D'Angel, Peter Lloyd, Macka Diamond and Angel Shalome.
The show has been off the air for almost two years and the anticipation of this new season is high. At the recent launch of this season, everyone was seeing 'stars' as the constellation included celebrities from both the music and theatre worlds. All want to be in on the action for what some term the Jamaican version of Dynasty or Dallas.
Director of Project Development of Palm TV Cheryl Ryman said that more quality local programming is needed as Jamaicans need to have shows they can identify with. She cites this insistence on local programming as part of a commitment which the company made years ago to the viewers. We said we were going to be producing good quality programming for our viewers.
The show airs on Sunday nights at 9, and for those who miss it, there is a repeat on Thursday at 10:05 pm. Clips of the upcoming season were shown and guests lapped up all the humorous bits featuring the guest stars, most of whom, held their own in front of the camera.
First broadcast in March 1994, the series has since been shown in the USA, parts of England and several Caribbean territories. Most of the shooting takes place on location at a plantation in St. Ann and other properties across Jamaica.
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I am going to watch last night's episode again later on, but Anne and I watched the very first ever episode of Doctor Who from November 1963 more or less as soon as I could got the wrapping off. It is rather surprisingly good.
Did the theme music continue playing over the opening scenes with the policeman, after the title sequence had finished, when it was first shown? An awfully good touch.
Susan's line about decimalisation must have sounded a bit irrelevant in 1963. In 2006 it is a really palpable hit.
The title character does not even appear until over halfway through the 25 minutes, and unless I missed it, he is never once addressed as "Doctor". The answer to the question "Doctor Who?" is really given only in the closing credits, when you have to work out that he was the character played by William Hartnell.
You have heard the truth. We are not of this race. We are not of this Earth. We are wanderers in the fourth dimension of Space and Time. Cut off from our own planet and our own people by aeons and universes far beyond the reaches of... err, your most advanced sciences.
The "aeons and universes" are at the centre of a dubiously mixed metaphor, in that they are both a mechanism for cutting off the Doctor and Susan from their home, and also potentially within the reach of sufficiently advanced science. But if I hadn't had the subtitles on, I would not have picked up on this point.
I was actually expecting also the lines, "Have you ever wondered what it's like to be travellers in the fourth dimension? Have you? To be exiles?" - and am now wondering if I accidentally watched the pilot episode by mistake. No doubt someone knowledgable on my friends list will put me right.
When I first saw this in 1981, the repetition of the title sequence over the Tardis dematerialising seemed to be tedious and long, but trying to imagine how it would have seemed to a new viewer in 1963 I felt it was pretty memorable and effective.
Some day I'll read through all this commentary. But in summary, I thought it was pretty good.
Susan's line about decimalisation must have sounded a bit irrelevant in 1963.
Apparently the Halsbury Committee reported on proposals for Decimalisation in the UK in 1963. Uninteresting to the population at large perhaps, but not irrelevant.
Plus, the writer of An Unearthly Child, Anthony Coburn, was Australian, and Australia was fumbling its decimalisation in 1963 as well.
If Hartnell was wearing a 'modern' suit, you saw the pilot. The Victorian/Edwardian costume was adopted for the re-shoot.
If Susan made a Rorshach ink blot, then that was the Pilot. And the actual first episode is, way, way, better.


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Q: Replacing a node in a frozen Tensorflow model I have a frozen inference graph stored in a .pb file, which was obtained from a trained Tensorflow model by the freeze_graph function.
Suppose, for simplicity, that I would like to change some of the sigmoid activations in the model to tanh activations (and let's not discuss whether this is a good idea).
How can this be done with access only to the frozen graph in the .pb file, and without the possibility to retrain the model?
I am aware of the Graph Editor library in tf.contrib, which should be able to do this kind of job, but I wasn't able to figure out a simple way to do this in the documentation.

A: The solution is to use import_graph_def:
import tensorflow as tf
sess = tf.Session()

def load_graph(frozen_graph_filename):
    with tf.gfile.GFile(frozen_graph_filename, "rb") as f:
        graph_def = tf.GraphDef()
        graph_def.ParseFromString(f.read())
    with tf.Graph().as_default() as graph:
        tf.import_graph_def(graph_def, name='')
    return graph
graph_model = load_graph("frozen_inference_graph.pb")
graph_model_def = graph_model.as_graph_def()

graph_new = tf.Graph()
graph_new.as_default()
my_new_tensor = # whatever
tf.import_graph_def(graph_model_def, name='', input_map={"tensor_to_replace": my_new_tensor})
#do somthing with your new graph

Here I wrote a post about it

A: Can you try this:
graph = load_graph(filename)
graph_def = graph.as_graph_def()
# if ReLu op is at node 161
graph_def.node[161].op="tanh"
tf.train.write_graph(graph_def, path2savfrozn, "altered_frozen.pb", False)
Please let know the if it works.

A: The *.pb file contains a SavedModel protocol buffer. You should be able to load it using a SavedModel loader. You can also inpsect it with the SavedModel CLI. The full documentation on SavedModels is here.

A: Something along these lines should work:
graph_def = tf.GraphDef()
with open('frozen_inference.pb', 'rb') as f:
    graph_def.ParseFromString(f.read())

with tf.Graph().as_default() as graph:
    importer.import_graph_def(graph_def, name='')

new_model = tf.GraphDef()

with tf.Session(graph=graph) as sess:

    for n in sess.graph_def.node:

        if n.op == 'Sigmoid':
            nn = new_model.node.add()
            nn.op = 'Tanh'
            nn.name = n.name
            for i in n.input:
                nn.input.extend([i])

        else:
            nn = new_model.node.add()
            nn.CopyFrom(n)

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To produce measurable results, it's important to approach B2B direct marketing differently from the consumer strategy. Business decision makers are much harder to reach in the office than consumers at home. Also typically business decision makers have gatekeepers who screen their mail.
Over the past few years as the world continues to recover from the Great Recession, there has been a significant shift in B2B marketing. As budgets have been slashed across most industries, there is now much more emphasis on ensuring each marketing dollar can deliver on ROI. Companies take longer to make decisions and often involve multiple departments too. Those seeking new business must go beyond marketing benefits and features.
To be successful, companies should put a marketing process in place. It's not just about doing one direct mailer, or sending out an email blast, and expecting huge results immediately. There needs to be a process that engages the prospect through a series of steps, therefore it may require a series of consecutive mailers. Businesses are more skeptical nowadays, even if your solution is the best thing ever, it still takes a process to translate that perceived value into potential ROI.
In direct mail, it's all about the list. A great marketing message to the wrong list will not generate a response. A mediocre marketing message to the right list still produces some results. The goal should be to deliver an effective message to the ideal list.
Most companies make the mistake of investing most of their resources into producing beautiful, stylish mailing materials without much consideration for the list itself. It's important to consider the list brokers where you purchase from. Examine their track record, not the years they've been in business that the sales representatives tout, do some research on your own. Ask them to produce references from companies in a similar industry.
Discover the exact process they use to compile their lists.
Some companies resell the same list many times over. Determine the demographics and the needs of your target market before you hone your message. You should pick a focus group comprised of companies with similar characteristics that you need to reach. Do some surveys to connect with the challenges and issues that they face. You can then begin to tailor your marketing message accordingly.
For effective B2B marketing, the message must hit home immediately and if not, at least leave an impression top of mind. The message needs to be not only unique and highly relevant, but also short and precise. Most businesses are inundated with marketing messages all day long through the desktop, direct mail and phone. The message must hit home with the decision-maker, in addition to the gatekeeper. It should be a clear and simple message that anybody can decipher, not full of industry jargon.
This is where testing comes into play, you need to have enough budget to experiment with two or three different marketing messages to see which resonates the most. Your own research and intuition should identify a few key areas, but don't make the mistake of trying to hammer everything all into one mailing piece, it will just end up in the waste basket. Your objective is to deliver a short precise message that focuses on one major challenge with a direct call to action. Make the message and call to action simple for the recipient.


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Q: Boost Thread dies before job finished I am using the boost library to implement a socket communication. In respect to my main application, a connection handler should be launched who deals with all incoming requests.
Therefore I have encapsulated the whole server handler into the class server. When the server object is created it should launch the server.
However this way the thread dies with the execution end of the constructor code. I guess I don't get how boost / posix threads work. I come from a Java background.
server::server(int port) {

try {
    boost::asio::io_service io_service;
    tcp_server server(io_service, port);
    boost::thread t(boost::bind(&boost::asio::io_service::run, &io_service));
} catch (std::exception& e) {
    std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
}

A: You are constructing a local variable io_service, which you pass to the worker function of your new thread. When the variable goes out of scope (constructor exits), io_service is destroyed and can no longer be accessed.
However, your thread's worker function does not know this and presumably tries to access the remains of that object again. Ugliness ensues.
The error does not have to do with threads but is an instance of a common type of error called "returning the address of a local" (even though you are not actually returning it here, the mechanism is the same).
The solution would be to extend the lifetime of the io_service object, either by taking manual control (new/delete) or by increasing it (e.g. making it a class member on server instead of a local inside the constructor).
You also seem to have a problem with the server variable, which is also a local and will be destroyed as soon as the constructor exists. Since you aren't actually using it at all this is not a problem with the code you posted, but anyway it's an indication that you are doing something suspicious.

A: Your io_service needs to be primed with some io_service::work to do, either explicitly or from your tcp_server object. Otherwise io_service::run() will return control immediately. Study the asio examples, this concept is important to understand.

The work class is used to inform the
io_service when work starts and
finishes. This ensures that the
io_service object's run() function
will not exit while work is underway,
and that it does exit when there is no
unfinished work remaining.
The work class is copy-constructible
so that it may be used as a data
member in a handler class. It is not
assignable.

I suspect your code is a contrived example, it likely does not need a thread to run the io_service. The main thread will do just fine.


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Sri City, March 21, 2018:- Mr. B.S.S. Prasad, former IFS, Chairman, Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) visited Sri City. Mr. Satish Kamat, (Operations), Sri City accorded a warm welcome. Mr. Prasad had an interactive meeting with the HR Managers and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) Managers of all the operational units of Sri City.
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Mr. Prasad congratulated Sri City for winning the Indian Green Building Council's (IGBC) Green City 'Gold' rating. He reviewed the pollution control measures being implemented by units and appreciated them for adhering to the norms set by the PCB. He briefed on the new processes and process changes that were introduced recently, and sought feedback from the audience. All of them have expressed that AP PCB is clearing the applications in time, with no harassment.
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Q: Getting reference to form with no id or name I am working on a project where I need to recall the fields entered in a form so I can repopulate them later.  When a form has a name, I can remember it and then later use some JavaScript (document.getElementsByName(...)[0]) to access it.  However, if there is no name...I'm at a loss for how to get a reference to it later.
I'm using jQuery, but am open to a JavaScript solution as well.  One idea is to remember the index of the form.  So, if it was document.forms[3] then later I can use the index.  However, when someone submits a form, how do I know the index of the form that it is? (NOTE: I am blindly adding submit handlers to all forms when a page loads to capture the activity.)

A: Instead of attaching events to the submit buttons, attach it to the <form> elements directly, like this:
$("form").submit(function() {
  //do something with this
  //this == the form element being submitted
});

Or...in your current event handlers, use .closest() to get the closest parent <form> element:
$(":submit").click(function() {
  var form = $(this).closest("form");
});

A: If you don't want to use an index on all form (flaky because someone may add a form in anywhere), you could use its surroundings as a reference... for example.
$('#content').parent().next().find('form')


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According to him, the full report, based on the monitoring results, will be ready as early as July.
"We'll do everything to fulfil this plan by the end of 2016. We should lay the foundation to build a country with a powerful economy. We'll launch a system of monitoring. I have ordered the minister of the Cabinet of Ministers to develop a system of indicators, which we will be guided by, on how ministries carry out their tasks," Groysman said, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.