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New Vegas Strip Gomorrah and LVB monorail station
The Strip is run by the Three Families, who owe their allegiance to Mr. House. When he first showed up, he gave the local tribes the choice of working with him or getting the hell out of his way. Given how things turned out, I know which way I'd have gone, but hindsight's twenty-twenty, right?
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The Strip is an exciting, exhausting, overwhelming, and exhilarating place, and especially strange after spending so much time alone in the desert.
# 323 – New Vegas
# 324 – New Vegas Strip
# 27 – The Strip North Gate
# 206 – Las Vegas Boulevard (LVB) station
# 217 – Gomorrah
# 410 – Big Sal's office
# 411 – Brimstone
# 412 – Gomorrah suites
# 413 – Gomorrah courtyard
# 414 – Gomorrah third floor
# 415 – Joana's room
# 323 / 324 – New Vegas / Strip – New Vegas is based on the city of Las Vegas and the attractions within. In our world, currently, is the number 28 in the nation for population, first in the state of Nevada and Mojave Desert with 2.5 million people in the metro area. In the game, although population is scaled for apocalyptic devastation, it remains the most commercially dense region of the map.
In the game and real life, the Strip is a distinctively separate portion of the whole of Vegas – in our world, a 4.2 mile stretch of South Vegas Boulevard and in game, an enclosed, gated section. Similarly, the areas around the Strip in both our world and the game consist of the central map, ruins to the south, and the neighborhoods of Westside, North Vegas Square, and Freeside.
# 27 – The Strip North Gate – I always start my "strip days" at the equivalent of the north gate, aptly named the Gateway District of Las Vegas, just southeast of the intersection of I-15 and NV-159. In our world, the technical Strip is not in the city limits of Las Vegas, but just south in the towns of Paradise and Winchester. Although the Strat is the northern-most "must see" in game location in our world, I always start at the Sahara, because that is where the monorail begins and you can park in the ramp there for free. My favorite on the Strip hotel is the Sahara and I recommend it if you are from out of town because it is farther away from traffic and not as intimidating for parking, check in, and has direct access to the monorail.
From the ramp at the Sahara, you can take the elevator down to the ground floor and then up the massive escalator to the walkway overpass towards the monorail station. Right in front of the escalator is a series of huge mirrors. Below you can see the difference in daylight – the left is January and the right is July at 4:30 PM in front of the same mirror!
# 206 – Las Vegas Boulevard (LVB) station – In our world, the monorail does not connect to McCarran (although it really should), but instead runs the length of the Strip, beginning at the Sahara and ending at MGM Grand and vice versa.
You can buy a 24 hour monorail pass for $13 (single ride and multiday passes are available too) which you can screenshot with your phone for easy comings and goings. I usually buy them ahead of time, since sometimes the kiosks are broken and the station does not have attendants available all the time. You can use the tickets any time, and do not have to buy them for specific days. They "start" the first time you scan at the turnstyle.
I highly recommend using this method of transportation, not only because of affordability, but because walking the entire length is exhausting, confusing, and disorienting – at least for me. I consider myself to be in pretty good shape, being a courier and all, but the way they weave you around the shopping areas, through casinos, underground, and then over roads – always wipes me out physically and mentally. Taking the monorail stop by stop is an easy way to see the main points of interest without getting lost or super tired really fast. Plus if you ride from one end to the other, it is only a short ride and you get to see the entirety of the Strip from up above!
# 217 – Gomorrah – I included the Gomorrah in this entry due to the resemblance to the Sahara. In our world, the Hotel Sahara opened in 1952, featuring the same African Sahara theme as seen in-game. Today it has a more sophisticated gold and white Deus-Ex Human Revolution sort of feel to it, which may be why I like it so much. The new sign looks like those "S" patterns we all drew in junior high school.
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A lot of Gomorrah's exterior and interior look similar to the old Sahara, including the decor, theme, building structure, and exterior signage.
The hotel has changed names a few times, but as I write this in 2020, it is once again called the Sahara. Below are some pictures of the hotel and sign before it was renovated in 2011. Today, you can see the original sign in the Neon Boneyard.
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There was also a huge stained glass window that was set back in a semi circle, which looks like the in-game lobby. And the carpets of both look pretty similar as well, at least the rectangle pattern. The lighting sure is spot-on, too.
# 413 / 415 – Gomorrah courtyard / Joana's room – The former Sahara also featured a courtyard and pool, similar to the in game version.
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Another likely inspiration is the former Dunes Hotel and Casino, marking resemblance in the sign and tower structure. The Dunes was demolished in 1993, replaced with the Bellagio. Boo!
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The climate across Nepal varies widely. Though Nepal's latitude is about the same as that of Florida, with elevations ranging from less than 100 meters (300 ft) to over 8,000 meters (26,000 ft), and precipitation from 160 millimeters (6 in) to over 5,000 millimeters (16 ft), the country's climate zones range from tropical to perpetual snow.
The majority of Nepal's population reside in tropical and subtropical climate zones in the nation's Middle Hills (see map above). The middle hills cover about 65 percent of Nepal's total land area and are home to around 45 percent of the population. Rice and other grains are cultivated in these climate zones.
The temperate climate zone is found from 2,000 to 3,000 meters (6,600 to 9,800 ft) and occupies 12 percent of Nepal's land area. It is encountered in higher parts of the Middle Hills and throughout much of the Mountain region. Crops grown in this climate zone include cold-tolerant rice, maize, wheat, barley, potato, apple, walnut, peach, various cole, amaranthus and buckwheat.
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With a mix of Hookers green and raw sienna I put the brush on the canvas and flicked upwards to create blades of grass - a simple process but effective.
November arrives, and the few leaves still clinging to the trees fade to shades of brown such as burnt umber, mahogany and raw sienna.
Genesis Artist Colors stay wet indefinitely until heated and now have 83 colors available, including five new colors: Mars Black, Genesis Yellow, Raw Sienna, Genesis Metallic Silver and Genesis Metallic Gold.
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UPDATE: REGARDING NEW ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS FROM A PATIENT PERSPECTIVE
By Tom Hogan, Secretary for the National Blood Clot Alliance
By now, most DVT/PE survivors are aware of the new oral anticoagulants undergoing Phase III Trials. Are these medications going to be a replacement for Coumadin/warfarin or are they in the near future, going to target a specific treatment? This update will address all three medications:
Rivaroxaban (Bayer/Ortho-McNeil, Division of Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals) – In the U.S., rivaroxaban is the closest to being approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the three new oral anticoagulants. Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) has received its license in the European Union and Canada for prevention of DVT following hip and knee replacements. In the U.S., it is also being reviewed for knee and hip replacement anticoagulation. This past spring, rivaroxaban was reviewed by a FDA panel hearing which recommended it for approval. The FDA has sent the manufacturer a letter asking for more information regarding the medication before it receives any further evaluation. It is estimated that this product, once approved, will be available sometime in early 2010 for use in the U.S. in orthopedic surgery. Rivaroxaban proved to be superior to enoxaparin in prevention of DVT. Other trials being conducted are for atrial fibrillation, DVT/PE prophylaxis for medical and cancer patients, and treatment of DVT/PE.
Dabigatran etexilate (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals) – Dabigatran has been approved for use in Europe and Canada for prevention of DVT following knee and hip replacement surgery. The medication has been shown to be non-inferior to enoxaparin. This medication has not yet been recommended for approval in the U.S. A recent study in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillatiion showed that dabigatran was non-inferior at a lower dose and superior at a higher dose than warfarin in prevention of stroke, and as safe or safer than warfarin depending on dose. It is anticipated that the product will be recommended for approval sometime in 2010 or 2011 for atrial fibrillation Other trials being conducted are for treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) and treatment of DVT/PE.
Apixaban (Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfizer/) –Apixaban is nearing completion from phase III testing in orthopedic surgery with ongoing trials in stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, treatment of DVT/PE, DVT/PE prophylaxis in medical patients and in cancer patients, and treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). It is not anticipated that Apixaban will be available until late 2010 or 2011.
Pro's of new oral anticoagulants:
Medications affect anticoagulation rapidly. Because of this, initial treatment with heparin or low molecular weight heparin for patients with DVT or PE may not be necessary and there is no need to transition to warfarin.
Likewise, the length of time medications affect anticoagulation remain in your system is shortened (short half-life), therefore, you are able to remain on medications until shortly before the surgery without having to bridge for surgeries (ex: Coumadin and Lovenox, Fragmin, Innohep).
Medications do not require routine coagulation monitoring.
Fewer food and drug interactions. No limitations with vitamin K intake.
Con's of new oral anticoagulants:
Shorter half-life can be dangerous in patients who often miss dosages. With Coumadin, its anticoagulant effects remain in your body longer.
No reversal agents available, i.e. difficult to manage serious bleeds in case of emergency.
No established monitoring anticoagulation test available at this time. This is of particular concern to patients with renal or hepatic disease or obesity where dose adjustments may be necessary.
New medications will likely be more costly. Since Coumadin is available as a generic Warfarin, costs are cheaper.
The new breeds of oral anticoagulants, despite being able to improve qualify of life for patients will still have much needed research. For those patients on life-long Coumadin therapy, it will be several more years before there is enough data compiled to find out if any of these new medications are a viable alternative for life-long patients.
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Transcript: Glasgow Disability Alliance
In this episode Michael McEwan speaks to Brian Scott, Development Manager at the Glasgow Disability Alliance about the work that it does.
Published on November 9, 2016 | 13 minutes | 2694 words | Iriss
Podcast Episode: Glasgow Disability Alliance
Category: Disability
Michael McEwan
What follows is a transcription of the audio recording. Due to differences between spoken and written English, the transcript may contain quirks of grammar and syntax.
MM - Michael McEwan
BS - Brian Scott
MM Okay now on Iriss.fm, I'm here in the Glasgow Disability Alliance office and I'm speaking to Brian Scott. Now Brian Scott is the Development Manager for the Alliance so thanks Brian...
BS - Hi.
Male voice - ...for taking the time out to speak to us. So first of all give us a quick over view and a quick insight into what is Glasgow Disability Alliance?
BS Okay, I'll try keep it quick...
MM Yeah.
BS Glasgow Disability Alliance is a disabled person's organisation, so it's run by, for disabled people and we are led by disabled people. We are managed by a board of directors who're all disabled people and in fact we're the biggest disabled person's organisation in the country. At the moment we have about three and a half thousand members and they're open to anyone to join who identifies themselves as a disabled person. We are what's described as an organisation as pan-disability, so we have people with physical impairment, people with learning disabilities, people with mental health issues, people with long term conditions essentially anybody who identifies themselves as a disabled person is free to join Glasgow Disability Alliance. As far as what we do, two main things that we do Michael, we offer free accessible learning and training programs for disabled people and that's our kind of bread and butter so we provide a range of courses and workshops and learning opportunities for disabled people and the other thing we do is, we're a campaigning organisation. We campaign on issues which affect disabled people to try and improve the lives for disabled people cos we strongly believe that the best people to identify solutions to the problems that disabled people face are disabled people themselves. It's a long interesting history of how Glasgow Disability Alliance got to the point where it's got to now, where we have this big membership but it started of this small group of people and the small group were very committed, active people...disabled people who basically felt fed up with the fact that there was such a lack of provision and services for them in the city and in particular that there was no real opportunities for disabled people to get together and share their experiences and to change and influence how people...likes of for example, the NHS or Glasgow City Council or Scottish Government, how they actually engage with and dealt with disabled people so over time that has built up as we've had you know, more members but I have to stress it's been down to some very committed individuals and people who have been very determined to secure funding and finances to allow us to do the kind of things that we do.
MM How long have the alliance been running for then?
BS Really this has been going on since 2006 and this is our 10th year but it's very much, you know, grown from a small kind of grass roots organisation if you like as I said you know with that a small handful of very active, very committed people. At one point we maybe went up to a kind of membership of about 40 or 50 people who were coming to our learning and training courses and as I say it's grown and grown. A lot of it through word of mouth to a point now where we're at a kind of membership is up in the sort of 3 and a half thousand mark and that's both individual disabled people and also partner organisations cos we work very closely with a range of organisations in the city.
MM So yeah, I think you've answered my next question. How many members have you got?
BS Well as I say the membership is around and over is round about 3 and a half thousand and the majority of that will be individual disabled people and I should say as well Michael although we're a Glasgow Disability Alliance and we're based here in the East End of Glasgow we cover Glasgow and we cover adjoining areas so we do have members in places like East Renfrewshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire those kind of areas. Anybody's free to join Glasgow Disability Alliance. The services that we provide, the free accessible learning and training courses for example, they all take place within Glasgow and we do offer transport, we offer taxis for people who need taxis to get to and from our learning training courses but we are open to people who come from outside the city, if they can get in to Glasgow then we can provide transport within Glasgow so that they can take part in our courses and our training programs or our events.
MM Somebody phoned the Alliance say from up North, would you point them in a direction of an organisation that's based kind of like up there?
BS Yeah we do actually have, it's a very good question, Michael, we do have members from you know from far afield, we do have members in places like Tayside and the Highland and so on but those members are really only members of Glasgow Disability Alliance just for information purposes so they will get copies of our regular newsletters and things like that and that might be all that they want in terms of just getting up to keeping up to date with changes to say Welfare benefits or policy but you're absolutely right what we would encourage people to do who are disabled people who are some distance away from Glasgow is to try and join a disabled persons organisation in their area. The problem is that there isn't always a disabled person's organisation available, there are parts of the country where there just is no equivalent to GDA. What we do encourage people to do is to get in touch with Inclusion Scotland who are the kind of National umbrella organisation of disabled peoples organisations who might be able to direct them to somebody who in their area who could actually give them the support they're looking for.
MM Okay, you gave us a good insight into what is the Alliance, let's talk about some of the projects that you run. I think I was looking on your website obviously and I came up with a couple of different projects that you ran, speak to us about Pathways for Change.
BS Pathways for Change is a project that we have funding for from the lottery, that is really focusing on supporting different types of disabled people so through Pathways for Change project there's a number of different initiatives and projects that we can offer to disabled people so for example I run Employability projects through Pathways for Change so disabled people who are looking for help to get back into work or to get into training or maybe who have never worked but are now looking to get into employment, I can offer employability support whether that's one to one support and advice or coaching them and careers advice or group work. We do things like the SQA Employability award so Pathways for Change allows us to if you like diversify and offer different types of support for disabled people so there's also a project within Pathways for Change, supporting young disabled people and we do some work around building their confidence and their knowledge of their rights and their responsibilities and we also do work through Pathways for Change for older people to address the social isolation that a lot of older disabled people experience so really Pathways for Change is a kind of a generic term for a range of different projects that we are funded to deliver at the moment.
MM We're going to speak to you about that award that you won in a minute, I know you're desperate...
BS Desperate to tell you about that...
MM ...to tell me about, first of all let me speak about your project, well not your project but your part of the project that you work on your Learning, Volunteering and Employment as well, that's another project that you...
BS Part of the employability work, you know, the starting point I suppose is that we know that disabled people want to work and they want to learn and they want to engage with learning and training opportunities but equally we know that there's a lot of barriers that disabled people face to prevent them from accessing opportunities that non-disabled people maybe often take for granted so part of my job is to kind of support people, give people advice, coaching and information to allow them to explore opportunities for getting into employment also to look at how they can stay in employment using things for example the Access to Work program from DWP but also to look at ways that people can build up their skills, their qualifications and get into the learning and training courses that might allow them to progress their career.
MM Let's speak about the good news, well it's all good news but this is wonderful news that I saw on your website about your award that you won, I think it was in September this year?
BS It was back in September, yeah we were delighted...we were shortlisted for the UK National Diversity Awards under the category of Community group, supporting disabled people and to be honest we were just delighted to be finalists and you know, we were pleased with that and a number of the staff team went down to Liverpool. We were surprised and delighted on the actual awards night itself to find that we won that award so yeah we're making quite a big thing of it because it is a UK awards and it's...
BS ...recognition that, you know, what we're doing is you know it is making a difference. Interestingly I think what actually swung it for us was that we produced a DVD, all the finalists had to produce a DVD and our DVD featured our members talking about what GDA has meant for them and all the individual members were talking about how working with Glasgow Disability Alliance had supported them and changed them. I think it was actually our members that won it for us rather than anything else, I think it was the fact that they gave such positive, kind of testimony about how they valued Glasgow Disability Alliance, that's really what won it so and it sounds a wee bit kind of corny but the award is an award for our membership because everything we do is based on what our members you know achieve so it was an award that we see is for the staff team certainly but for the whole membership.
MM Before I ask you about how can people join and stuff like that I want to ask you about The Purple Poncho Players because I saw the Purple Poncho Players a few times and I know a few people that's in it and they do a lot of good work and stuff like that, organising scripts and all that so I think that this is a good thing to promote on Iriss to tell people about it and stuff.
BS Yeah I mean the Purple Poncho Players is if you like the kind of drama group of Glasgow Disability Alliance, we have a group within Glasgow Disability Alliance called a Drivers for Change which is our group of if you like campaigners and it's people who are members who want to try an influence policy and change practice who are involved in a range of campaigning activities whether it's lobbying their councillor or speaking at a cross party group at the Scottish Parliament or writing to MSP's or speaking to partner organisations like NHS and so on and within the Drivers for Change what we've found is that you need to raise people's awareness of what the issues are that are affecting disabled people whether it's hate crime or the lack of access to jobs of so on and one of the things we've found, Michael, that's really affective in terms of raising people's awareness is rather than just beating people over the head with information and statistics is to use drama and poetry and performance, so the Purple Poncho Players came out of that and we've now got a group who are members who use drama and working with some professionals from kind of stage and theatre have developed a whole range of kind of poems, sketches and material which really convey what some of the, you know the issues are and we feel very strongly that the best people to kind of you know to do these kind of performances are disabled people themselves and they came up with the scripts, they developed the ideas and it's their humour and so on and you know it really shines through but we know it does make a big difference that there's a big impact on people and we recently...The Purple Poncho Players, did a performance at the launching of Hate Crime Awareness Week and there was a group of young people there from various schools in the city and the impact on them was just incredible and it just to us demonstrated the value of using drama and live performance because you could of...I could of stood there and delivered that power point presentation , giving them facts and figures on disability hate crime but it was really the performance by The Purple Poncho Players that absolutely kind of dramatised it and brought it to life and made them see the impact of something like hate crime has on disabled people's daily lives so it's a great tool, something we you know really value very highly and we're always looking for new performers so if anybody out there wants to get involved in The Purple Poncho Player drama group then get in touch with us and let us know.
MM Yeah I would recommend, if you've not seen it check the Glasgow Disability Alliance website because it is powerful and it's not serious, it's serious but funny. It carries over a serious message...the message that's got to come across is a serious one.
BS Absolutely, I mean what we've found is that you know people don't want necessarily you know it to be all humour and light hearted, that would be frivolous but we find that if you have a mixture of some hard hitting sketches, we do have some very you know powerful and very emotional sketches and material but also we have quite a lot of humour in there as well and I think you need to have that to kind of keep an audience engaged especially as often the audiences we're targeting are not disabled people so we need to raise their awareness.
MM So how can people join the organisation Brian?
BS It's very, very straightforward and I should stress that you know membership of Glasgow Disability Alliance is voluntary and of course is free. There's never any charge for any of our services or programs whether that's one to one support or learning and training courses or the events that we run. If someone wants to join, they simply get in touch with us, they can phone us on 0141 556 7103 or they can email us at info@gdaonline.co.uk and we'll give them a membership form. If somebody completes the membership form and they could do that over the telephone if that's easier and we have their contact details what we will then do is we will send them out information so that any time we have got programs of learning or we have courses or we have events and so on they'll automatically get to hear about them and then it's just a case of them signing up for the things that they want to come along to.
MM Okay thanks Brian for you time and good luck.
BS Thanks very much Michael.
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The Rocket, The Kill Team Nab Top Awards at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
by Scott Macaulay
Tribeca Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival 2013
Kim Mourdant's The Rocket and Dan Krauss's The Kill Team picked up the top World Narrative and World Documentary prizes at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival's closing ceremonies tonight at downtown's Conrad Hotel. Both awards come with a $25,000 cash prize. Among the other awards, Whitewash director Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais won Best New Narrative Director while Oxyana's Sean Dunne picked up the Best New Documentary Director award. Sam Fleischner's New York-shot, Sandy-set Stand Clear of the Closing Doors was given a Special Jury Mention, as was Dunne's Oxyana. Another Sandy-themed project, Sandy Stories, won a new Bombay Sapphire-sponsored award for transmedia projects.
Of Mourdant's Laos-set film, a jury consisting of Bryce Dallas-Howard, Blythe Danner, Paul Haggis, Kenneth Lonergan, and Jessica Winter, said, "The Rocket is a spectacular achievement that is powerful and delightful in equal measures. Artfully structured and gorgeously shot, it chronicles the struggles of a displaced family while steering well clear of either sentimentality or despair. Complex in its tone and characterizations, the film takes an unflinching – and edifying – look at the suffering caused both by a legacy of war and the new status quo of economic globalization. And yet, while never losing sight of those grim realities, it also offers us a transcendent tale of hope and perseverance in a world that few Westerners ever have the chance to see."
About Krauss's Afghanistan war expose, The Kill Shot, the jury, who included Joe Berlinger, Sandi DuBowski, Whoopi Goldberg, Mira Sorvino, and Evan Rachel Wood, said, "The Kill Team examines the fundamental flaw in the preparation of young soldiers for war that allows them to see people as targets without humanity, a culture of killing that looks to express itself even in times of peace. It masterfully combines verite' footage, talking head interviews and a private look into one family's desperate fight in a seamless cinematic undertaking. As the drama unfolds we are faced with issues of both institutionalized responsibility and culpabilty within the military itself, the extreme importance of individual acts of courage, cowardice or allegiance to authority, and an expiation of guilt of one tormented soldier's decision to blow the whistle, too late. We feel it raises questions that demand to be answered by our military and society at large, so that these ever enumerating acts of senseless violence cease."
In a statement, Tribeca Film Festival Artistic Director Frederic Boyer, commented on the special mentions and diversity of awards: "With such a wonderful and diverse selection of films in our competition sections, the jury has had quite the challenge in awarding just one per category. Their selection recognizes films depicting worlds that are seldom seen on screen and to which we are given the rare opportunity to experience through unforgettable characters and remarkable subjects.
The Tribeca Film Festival continues through Sunday. A complete list of awards follows.
World Narrative Competition
The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature: The Rocket, directed by Kim Mourdant.
Special Jury Mention: Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, directed by Sam Fleischner
Best Actor in a Narrative Feature Film: Sitthiphon Disamoe as Ahlo in The Rocket.
Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film: Veerle Baetens as Elise Vandevelde in The Broken Circle Breakdown.
Best Cinematography in a Narrative Feature Film: Matzow Gulbrandsen, for Before Snowfall.
Best Screenplay for a Narrative Feature Film: The Broken Circle Breakdown, written by Carl Joos and Felix van Groeningen.
Best New Narrative Director
Best New Narrative Director: Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais (Whitewash)
Special Jury Mention: Special Jury Mention: Emir Baigazin (Harmony Lessons)
World Documentary Competition Categories
Best Documentary Feature: The Kill Team, directed by Dan Krauss.
Special Jury Mention: Oxyana, directed by Sean Dunne.
Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: Let the Fire Burn, edited by Nels Bangerter
Best New Documentary Director Competition
Best New Documentary Director: Sean Dunne (Oxyana)
Special Jury Mention: Jason Osder (Let the Fire Burn)
Short Film Competition Categories
Best Documentary Short: Coach, directed by Bess Kargman.
Special Jury Mention: Royal American, directed by Michael Scalisi.
Student Visionary Award: Life Doesn't Frighten Me, directed by Stephen Dunn.
Special Jury Mention: Reporting on the Times: The New York Times and the Holocaust, directed by Emily Harrold.
Bombay Sapphire Award for Transmedia: Sandy Storyline, created by Rachel Falcone, Laura Gottesdiener, and Michael Premo.
Tribeca Online Festival Categories
Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film: Lil Bub & Friendz, directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner.
Tribeca Online Festival Best Short Film: A Short Film About Guns, directed by Minos Papas.
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Festival Cinematography Notes – At Berlin, Back to Black By David Leitner on Mar 27, 2013
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"…I arrived at a road that on just one side was flanked by old houses while the other side ran along a precipice. In that precipice lies Matera": This is how the Italian writer Carlo Levi recounted the discovery of this city in Basilicata, in the south of Italy, around sixty years ago.
Matera is unique not just because it is ten thousand years old (it is the third most ancient city in the world after Aleppo in Syria and Jericho in Jordan), but above all because it was dug out of calcareous rock (called "tuff") and the houses are distributed along the slopes of a deep valley that is very similar to a Canyon, known as Gravina. Cave dwellings and cellars alternate with underground labyrinths and ancient caverns to create a truly unique landscape.
To visit Matera means to walk along a path that man has traveled from the dawn of history until the present day: many of the houses that make up the original residential nucleus were continuously inhabited from the Bronze Age right up until the 1950s when the population was moved to modern dwellings and the "Sassi" were subjected to a comprehensive restoration.
Matera was, in fact, nicknamed the "città dei Sassi" or city of stones, a name that identifies the two main districts entirely dug out of rock which make up the historic city center: the "Civita" and the "Piano".
The "Sassi" represent a model of exploiting natural resources in order to achieve conditions that were suitable for the life of a vast community. They constitute an urban eco-system that managed to perpetuate the method of living in caves from prehistory to modern times through the intelligent use of the resources provided by nature: water, soil and energy.
In fact the caves were inhabited by several families and despite the lack of space nearly all their daily activities were carried out in the hollow recesses of the cave-houses: from handicrafts to weaving, from food preservation to animal care.
The constant temperature (around 15 degrees) was guaranteed by the characteristics of the marine tuff rock out of which the caves were hewn, so the inhabitants did not suffer too much cold in the winter and found shelter from the burning summer heat.
In addition to the cave-houses, the "Sassi" host cisterns, warehouses and over a hundred "rupestrian" or rock-hewn churches, many of which have been perfectly preserved.
Over the centuries the region of Matera, which is so beautiful that it has earned itself the name of "second Bethlehem", has inspired writers, artists and film directors like Mel Gibson who chose it as the set for his "The Passion of the Christ".
Until the 1950s Matera was a symbol of the backwardness of Southern Italy, so much so that it was considered a "national shame"; but over time – thanks to the sweeping renovation work that returned the "Sassi" to their original beauty – Matera has become first "a national pride" and then the pride of the whole world.
In fact, in 1993, UNESCO declared Matera a "World Heritage Center": the sixth site in Italy in chronological order and the first in the south.
On that occasion, for the first time, UNESCO used the concept of "cultural landscape" in its criteria and motivations for the registration, seeing it as the fruit of the combined work of man and nature.
So ancient yet, at the same time, so topical, Matera is preparing to relive its splendor in 2019 when it will be the European Capital of Culture.
The initiatives will focus on five themes that will encompass the whole of the Basilicata region. They will aim to create a parallel between the city and the rest of Europe, between past and present. They are: 1) Remote Future which will represent a reflection on our relationship with space and the stars; 2) Continuity and Breakages which will focus on the history of Matera, especially the period of the early 1960s when it was defined as "the shame of Italy", drawing parallels with the social inequalities of our times. 3) Utopias and Dystopias will imagine the Matera of the future as a space in the south in which to give birth to our own dreams, our own possible utopias. 4) Roots and Pathways will explore the cultural relationships that unite the city with Europe: Matera and the Basilicata region were a point of convergence between different cultures in the past and will become so once again in 2019. 5) Reflections and Connections will discover the value of time and languidness, taking a step back from the accelerated rhythms of the present.
It is possibly for this reason that Lonely Planet has put Matera in the top 10 Best In Travel 2018, the guide to the best destinations in the world that is drawn up every year. Here it states that 2018 will be the last year in which it will be possible to experience Matera in its most authentic form.
In any case, visiting Matera takes time. But that time will reward the visitor with extraordinary knowledge and sensations.
ictine monks who settled in the area in the Early Middle Ages. Also worth discovering is the ingenious water collection system invented by the peasants of Matera in order to collect and store rainwater. Evidence of this is a casual recent discovery, the Palombaro Grande, a huge underground cistern where the rainwater used to supply the whole city center was stowed. Climbing down into the area of the Palombaro rooms and ambients have been discovered that were used for carrying out craft activities, authentic proof of a very ancient underground Matera.
Even the food in Matera has an ancient identity. Starting with the bread which is famous for being the best in Italy. This PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) product neatly sums up the products that the land of Basilicata can offer: from the purity of the spring water to the quality wheat of Lucania to the right level of baking that gives the bread its crunchy crust while leaving the inside soft.
One of the typical dishes of Matera is "Crapiata" made with pulses and cereals, a regular soup that originates from the peasant tradition during harvest time. Also worth sampling is "Ciallèdd", a simple dish consisting of stale bread which is left to harden for weeks then flavored with potatoes, onions and herbs; and then there are the sweet and crunchy "peperoni cruschi" peppers and the exquisite ricotta cake.
Basilicata is more than just the City of the "Sassi": there is plenty more to discover; paradoxically this is helped by the fact that there is no efficient transport network and it is necessary to get around by car.
Without wishing to spoil the pleasure of adventure, we will restrict ourselves to mentioning just two destinations.
It is worth taking "a leap" (almost literally) over to Pietrapertosa and Castelmezzano, two little mountain towns (in the Lucanian Dolomites) which together make it possible to experience "il volo dell'angelo" or the Angel's Flight, one of Basilicata's biggest attractions, ideal for lovers of extreme sports.
This is a sort of zip line that connects the two towns by means of a steel cable that is stretched over a precipice. The daring folk who choose this experience are literally launched, horizontally, from one peak to the other.
Another unmissable destination near Matera is Craco, also known as the ghost town: perched amidst the gullies with its arid white dunes it offers visitors a lunar landscape; it is not a coincidence that this location is often chosen as a film set (one example: the scene of Judas being hanged in "The passion of the Christ" by Mel Gibson).
Craco is deserted because hydrogeological disturbances caused a series of landslides which forced the inhabitants to abandon the town in 1969 and move further down the valley.
Today Craco has become a museum park and a permit is required to visit it; but it is worth the effort: since it is not a mass tourist destination the town remains the same as it was 50 years ago, silent and mysterious; disturbing, at times spectral. Like a real ghost town.


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Author : Nita Prose
Editor : Penguin
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An endearing debut. . . . The reader comes to understand Molly's worldview, and to sympathize with her longing to be accepted—a quest that gives The Maid real emotional heft." —The New York Times "The Maid is a masterful, charming mystery that will touch your heart in ways you could never expect. . . . This is the smart, quirky, uplifting read we need." —Ashley Audrain, #1 bestselling author of The Push A dead body is one mess she can't clean up on her own. Molly Gray is not like everyone else. She struggles with social skills and misreads the intentions of others. Her gran used to interpret the world for her, codifying it into simple rules that Molly could live by. Since Gran died a few months ago, twenty-five-year-old Molly has been navigating life's complexities all by herself. No matter—she throws herself with gusto into her work as a hotel maid. Her unique character, along with her obsessive love of cleaning and proper etiquette, make her an ideal fit for the job. She delights in donning her crisp uniform each morning, stocking her cart with miniature soaps and bottles, and returning guest rooms at the Regency Grand Hotel to a state of perfection. But Molly's orderly life is upended the day she enters the suite of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black, only to find it in a state of disarray and Mr. Black himself dead in his bed. Before she knows what's happening, Molly's unusual demeanour has the police targeting her as their lead suspect. She quickly finds herself caught in a web of deception, one she has no idea how to untangle. Fortunately for Molly, friends she never knew she had unite with her in a search for clues to what really happened to Mr. Black. But will they be able to find the real killer before it's too late? Both a Clue-like, locked-room mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different—and reveals that all mysteries can be solved through connection to the human heart.
Author : Junichiro Tanizaki
Editor : New Directions Publishing Corporation
The Maids concerns all the young women who work--before, during, and after WWII--in the pampered, elegant household of the famous author Chikura Raikichi. Though quite well-to-do, Raikichi has a small house: the family and the maids (usually a few, sharing a little room next to the kitchen) are on top of one another. This proximity allows Raikichi to observe the maids and their daily lives extremely closely, and while the house may be straight from The Makioka Sisters, his interest carries with it more than a dash of the erotic, calling to mind Tanizaki's raciest books, such as Diary of a Mad Old Man and The Key.
Author : Stephanie Land
Editor : Legacy Lit
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING NETFLIX SERIES "A single mother's personal, unflinching look at America's class divide, a description of the tightrope many families walk just to get by, and a reminder of the dignity of all work." -PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, Obama's Summer Reading List At 28, Stephanie Land's dreams of attending a university and becoming a writer quickly dissolved when a summer fling turned into an unplanned pregnancy. Before long, she found herself a single mother, scraping by as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Maid is an emotionally raw, masterful account of Stephanie's years spent in service to upper middle class America as a "nameless ghost" who quietly shared in her clients' triumphs, tragedies, and deepest secrets. Driven to carve out a better life for her family, she cleaned by day and took online classes by night, writing relentlessly as she worked toward earning a college degree. She wrote of the true stories that weren't being told: of living on food stamps and WIC coupons, of government programs that barely provided housing, of aloof government employees who shamed her for receiving what little assistance she did. Above all else, she wrote about pursuing the myth of the American Dream from the poverty line, all the while slashing through deep-rooted stigmas of the working poor. Maid is Stephanie's story, but it's not hers alone. It is an inspiring testament to the courage, determination, and ultimate strength of the human spirit.
The Maid s Version
Author : Daniel Woodrell
Editor : Little, Brown
The American master's first novel since Winter's Bone tells of a deadly dance hall fire and its impact over several generations. Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent citizen and his family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall. Who is to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident? Alma thinks she knows the answer-and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. Her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. By telling her story to her grandson, she finally gains some solace-and peace for her sister. He is advised to "Tell it. Go on and tell it"-tell the story of his family's struggles, suspicions, secrets, and triumphs.
Editor : Lulu.com
Author : Katie Skelly
Editor : Fantagraphics Books
The scandalous true crime story about the Papin Sisters, as told by one of comics' most stylized talents. Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids ― who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent ― shortly turns into something more nefarious. Madame Lancelin's increasingly unhinged abuse ignites the sisters' toxic upbringing and social class exploitation and explodes into a ghastly double murder, an event that shocked and fascinated 1930s France and beyond. Maids has high bravura and high intrigue, all drawn in Skelly's highly stylized manner, which combines the best of pop art, manga, and Eurocomics.
The Housekeeper
Author : Suellen Dainty
Editor : Simon and Schuster
"An addictively dark tale full of psychological drama, long-hidden secrets, and the dangers of fabricating a pristine public façade, The Housekeeper will satisfy any reader's cravings for family drama." —Redbook "[The Housekeeper] will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page." —Buzzfeed "A tantalizing glimpse into the everyday lives of the rich and famous—and the people who work for them."—Shelf Awareness When Anne Morgan's successful boyfriend—who also happens to be her boss—leaves her for another woman, Anne finds herself in desperate need of a new job and a quiet place to recover. Meanwhile, her celebrity idol, Emma Helmsley (England's answer to Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey), is in need of a housekeeper, an opportunity which seems too good to be true. Through her books, website, and blog, Emma Helmsley advises her devoted followers on how to live a balanced life in a hectic world. Her husband, Rob, is a high profile academic, and her children, Jake and Lily, are well-adjusted teenagers. On the surface, they are the perfect family. But Anne soon finds herself intimately ensconced in the Helmsley's dirty laundry, both literally and figuratively. Underneath the dust, grime, and whimsical clutter, everyone has a secret to hide. And Anne's own disturbing past soon threatens to unhinge everything... For fans of Notes on a Scandal and The Woman Upstairs, The Housekeeper is a nuanced psychological drama about the dark recesses of the human mind and the dangerous consequences of long-buried secrets.
The Maids of Havana
Author : Pedro Pérez Sarduy
Editor : AuthorHouse
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 55 314 Escritor/Periodista 2 1 385 12.0 Set in Cuba and Miami, from the 1940s to the present, two Afro-Cuban women narrate their life stories. One leaves a small town in the central part of the island to work as a maid in Havana in prerevolutionary Cuba. The other, her friend's daughter, educated in revolutionary Cuba, leaves Havana in the 1980 Mariel boatlift, to find work as a maid in Miami A history full circle?
The Maids of Paradise
Author : Robert W. Chambers
Editor : BoD – Books on Demand
Reproduction of the original: The Maids of Paradise by Robert W. Chambers
The Help
Author : Kathryn Stockett
The #1 New York Times bestselling novel and basis for the Academy Award-winning film—a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't—nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, who's always taken orders quietly, but lately she's unable to hold her bitterness back. Her friend Minny has never held her tongue but now must somehow keep secrets about her employer that leave her speechless. White socialite Skeeter just graduated college. She's full of ambition, but without a husband, she's considered a failure. Together, these seemingly different women join together to write a tell-all book about work as a black maid in the South, that could forever alter their destinies and the life of a small town...
the maids tragedy philaster a king and no king the scorful lady the custom of the country
Editor : CUP Archive
The Maids Wives and Widows Penny Magazine and Gazette of Fashion
ISBN : OXFORD:590645906
Author : Kimberly Cutter
Editor : A&C Black
The girl who led an army. The peasant who crowned a king. The maid who became a legend.
Author : Natalie Barelli
Editor : Furphies Press
She's a liar. She's a stalker. She's in your house. When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it's like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been ten years since Claire last saw Hannah, but she has thought of her every day, and not in a good way. So Claire does what anyone would do in her position—she stalks her. Hannah is now Mrs. Carter, living the charmed life that should have been Claire's. It's the life Claire used to have, before Hannah came along and took it all away from her. Back then, Claire was a happy teenager with porcelain skin and long, wavy blond hair. Now she's an overweight, lazy drunk with hair the color of compost and skin to match. Which is why when Hannah advertises for a housekeeper, Claire is confident she can apply and not be recognized. And since she has time on her hands, revenge on her mind, and a talent for acting… Because what better way to seek retribution—and redress—than from within the beautiful Mrs. Hannah Carter's own home? Except that it's not just Claire who has secrets. Everyone in that house seems to have something to hide. And now, there's no way out.
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
Author : Julie Klassen
Editor : Bethany House
Regency Romance and Mystery from Bestselling Author Julie Klassen Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. With no money and nowhere else to go, she takes a position as a housemaid in the home of Nathaniel Upchurch, a suitor she once rejected in hopes of winning his dashing brother. Praying no one will recognize her, Margaret fumbles through the first real work of her life. If she can last until her next birthday, she will gain an inheritance from a spinster aunt--and sweet independence. But can she remain hidden as a servant even when prying eyes visit Fairbourne Hall? Observing both brothers as an "invisible" servant, Margaret learns she may have misjudged Nathaniel. Is it too late to rekindle his admiration? And when one of the family is nearly killed, Margaret alone discovers who was responsible. Should she come forward, even at the risk of her reputation and perhaps her life? And can she avoid an obvious trap meant to force her from hiding? On her journey from wellborn lady to servant to uncertain future, Margaret must learn to look past appearances and find the true meaning of "serve one another in love."
The Merry Maids
Author : Stefanie Contreras
Alyvia Tippin is done with her training at the Academy, and ready to serve the Order. Her abilities with movement and telekinesis earn her a spot with The Merry Maids, a small black-ops team that works on the Order's behalf to unofficially clean up official messes. As the new Courier for The Merry Maids, Alyvia's training is immediately put to the test when the Order sends them on a mission to collect the disassembled pieces of an artifact called the Starkiller. The pieces are hidden across the galaxy like a deadly scavenger hunt, and the person who hid them wants Alyvia to destroy the Starkiller instead of turning it over to the Order. Luckily, The Merry Maids have her back. She's going to need it.
The Housemaid
Author : Sarah a Denzil
It seems like the perfect job. It soon becomes the perfect nightmare.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Author : Yoko Ogawa
Editor : Picador
Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper—with a ten-year-old son—who is hired to care for the Professor. And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a tape that begins to erase itself every eighty minutes), the Professor's mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. And the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her young son. The Professor is capable of discovering connections between the simplest of quantities—like the Housekeeper's shoe size—and the universe at large, drawing their lives ever closer and more profoundly together, even as his memory slips away.
The House of Dead Maids
Author : Clare B. Dunkle
Editor : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Young Tabby Aykroyd has been brought to the dusty mansion of Seldom House to be nursemaid to a foundling boy. He is a savage little creature, but the Yorkshire moors harbor far worse, as Tabby soon discovers. Why do scores of dead maids and masters haunt Seldom House with a jealous devotion that extends beyond the grave? As Tabby struggles to escape the evil forces rising out of the land, she watches her young charge choose a different path. Long before he reaches the old farmhouse of Wuthering Heights, the boy who will become Heathcliff has doomed himself and any who try to befriend him.
The Wife the Maid and the Mistress
Author : Ariel Lawhon
Editor : Anchor Books
A steamy reimagining of the scandal-marked 1930 disappearance of Justice Joseph Crater explores events decades later from the perspectives of the three women who knew him best, including his Chanel-draped wife, his showgirl mistress and his dutiful housemaid.


At base, it was working, too, at full tilt. Sense had all available resources gnawing away at the enemy's hard lines, incredible to behold if one could only glance at all the electronic channels and digital attacks it was coordinating. This was no brute force effort. It was using what it knew about the people who programmed it as a means of figuring out just what they had written in place of any electronic barrier. First, using any public knowledge, and then deeper based on what it found out in strata previous, through the less well-protected channels in order to delve into the psychology of these defenses. Layer upon layer it bit deeper and deeper, until, finally — the crack of the dam, the breach of the interior, the hard lines broken. The monitors on both sides were stunned. On either side, just what implications this was going to have: not only on for this specific fight, but what this meant for all the warfare that was to come from this point on.
Everything happens all at once. This is my new feeling, and things that transpire point this to being the newest revelation on history to be. There is a pulse to the world, and a rhythm to its mind, but what I am expecting is a sudden rush of adrenaline to amp up the sensation and the perception of this huge now. I have been right, and I have been wrong, about what I expected fate to deliver, but both kinds of foretelling I have taken as instructions for learning; both can make one's faith stronger. And I feel it coming now — very soon, not on divine but human terms, where the many collide at a small segment of this materializing we call experience. It is a thrilling anticipation, for it is better to be too busy than not busy enough. And I think I will find myself trying to grasp it all, all at once, for I just may have to. Life to live to meet full face forward, into the storm as I brave the crowds of winds.
"Have to" is the best teacher in the world.
And this house just ain't no home anytime she goes away.
There was nothing left to do but to try it for real. Perhaps, when it "went down" as it did, it could have happened differently, but it happened the way it happened. The battle was more of a skirmish, really, between two technological equals, relatively speaking — both were using armor plated robots in the front lines, the flesh and blood people staying well behind fences and other defensible edifices. It was as if acutely made for a "real" trial run to see what Sense would actually do. As the bots began to position themselves, swathing in a segmented fanning motion behind the natural structures it could utilize (mostly rocks, as the case was, as the terrain provided), it began to look promising. The side with Sense was using a classic strategy, to the trained eye: but in a new form. As if it were adapting known game plan on the fly, by way of what was available.
In my soul, I have drunk of sorrow, the blue coolness that seeped through all my chest; I have tasted the emptinesses that were sharp, and those that were dull, the black tastes of those nothings. I cannot say that these were friends of mine, but I might feel that I know them well, and kept company with me in their own way — however much sensations themselves can be said to be alive. As I continue with this process life, I find that I have stopped asking why, and didn't notice the absence, for the effect was the same whether I placed the question before me or no, that the cosmos would only answer if I myself wrote it in the ether. In fact, most of the questions now that I ask I know only my eyes will ever see, the only one who will ever care that such seeking existed.
I do not know what I expect, anymore. Things happen, I realize things, but I feel like the chapters of my life are merely copied and pasted, altering the small details of time and other minor attributes of placement; there is nothing new under the sun anymore. Is this what it is like to get old? Is this what dying is like? I know I am only half serious, but that half is deadly. I know in my heart that I prefer meaning to any pleasure, but I will search out whatever pleasures I can and take the meaning only if it happens along. This is the unreliable narrator that I am in my life; I cannot trust me. In my soul, there is a tragedy that will never be written, for the words cannot reach it. But it is there, staring at the darkness and the light, wondering that "why" it will never ask.
God is a love singularity.
All that is new has already been done.
All that is old is new once again.
This is the mystery of time.
The end is a beginning.
To begin is a change.
To change is to be.
I don't really trust a sane person.


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The Fresh Air Interview: Journalist Jeff Sharlet -- 'Finding Roots Of Anti-Gay Sentiment in Uganda' Investigative journalist Jeff Sharlet traveled to Uganda to meet with the man who wrote an anti-homosexuality bill that calls for life imprisonment and the death penalty for gay Ugandans. Sharlet explains how U.S. religious leaders have encouraged the anti-gay sentiment in Uganda.
Finding The Root Of Anti-Gay Sentiment In Uganda
August 25, 201012:00 PM ET
Moses (right), a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., in February. The press conference was organized to announce the formation of an event to "affirm inclusive values and call on all nations, including Uganda, to decriminalize the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people." Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Moses (right), a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in the United States, hides his face with a makeshift hood as he attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., in February. The press conference was organized to announce the formation of an event to "affirm inclusive values and call on all nations, including Uganda, to decriminalize the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people."
Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill was introduced by parliament member David Bahati in October 2009. The bill seeks to eradicate homosexuality from Uganda and become a model for the rest of Africa.
Among the proposals in the bill: prison terms for Ugandans who fail to report a homosexual within 24 hours; lifelong prison sentences for a single homosexual act; and the death sentence for a range of acts, including having gay sex while HIV-positive, having gay sex with a disabled person or being classified as a "serial offender" -- that is, someone who has gay sex more than once.
"It had overwhelming popular support in Uganda. You could hardly imagine a more popular initiative," says investigative journalist Jeff Sharlet. "It just sort of seized this frenzy -- and then there was a lot of international pressure against it. You had Sweden threatening to cut off foreign aid, you had Germany saying, 'We'll give you a lot more money if you don't pass it' -- and it's now gone into this holding pattern. ... [But] it remains incredibly dangerous."
Sharlet recently traveled to Uganda to speak with Bahati, the bill's author. He writes about that meeting in a September 2010 Harper's Magazine magazine piece, "Straight Man's Burden." He describes how gay Ugandans are struggling to survive -- and recounts his meetings with Bahati -- in a conversation with Terry Gross on Fresh Air.
"Bahati said: 'If you come here, you'll see homosexuals from Europe and America are luring our children into homosexuality by distributing cell phones and iPods and things like this,' " Sharlet recounts. "And he said, 'And I can explain to you what I really want to do.' "
Sharlet accompanied Bahati to a restaurant and later to his home, where Bahati told Sharlet that he wanted "to kill every last gay person."
"It was a very chilling moment, because I'm sitting there with this man who's talking about his plans for genocide, and has demonstrated over the period of my relationship with him that he's not some back bencher -- he's a real rising star in the movement," Sharlet says. "This was something that I hadn't understood before I went to Uganda, that this was a guy with real potential and real sway and increasingly a following in Uganda."
And he has connections to American leaders. Sharlet explains that Bahati is one of the Uganda leaders of an American evangelical movement called the Fellowship, or the Family -- the secretive fellowship of powerful Christian politicians who wield considerable political influence, both in Washington and abroad.
Jeff Sharlet is an assistant professor of creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College and a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine and Rolling Stone. Courtesy of the author hide caption
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Jeff Sharlet is an assistant professor of creative nonfiction at Dartmouth College and a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine and Rolling Stone.
"I discovered ... that there was this very direct relationship," Sharlet says. "And [the Fellowship members] are emphatic and saying: 'We haven't killed any gay people in Uganda. This isn't what we had in mind. We didn't pull the trigger.' And that's true. They didn't pull the trigger. But there's a sense in which they built the gun, which was this institutional idea of government being decided by small groups of elite leaders like Bahati, getting together and trying to conform government to their idea of Biblical law. And this is what their American benefactors wanted them to do."
Sharlet has written extensively about the Family, whose members include senators and representatives. He's the author of The Family and the forthcoming book, C Street: The Fundamentalist Threat to American Democracy. Sharlet is a contributing editor for Harper's Magazine and Rolling Stone. His work has also appeared in The Washington Post and Mother Jones
On Bahati's ties to the Family
"David Bahati has been over to the United States to study the Christian leadership principles of the Family -- or the principles of Jesus, as they call them. And he was upset [when I visited], because he had gotten into a sort of schism with the group. [Because] when the [anti-homosexuality] bill became publicized, the American Family -- which organizes something called the National Prayer Breakfast -- really tried to distance themselves from Bahati."
On what Bahati hopes to achieve
"When you speak to [Bahati's] allies, they're pretty clear: This is a project to eradicate homosexuality in Uganda, and they hope it will become a model for all of Africa. They're not saying, 'This is a reform.' They're saying, 'We can do this. We are at the crux.' When I was there, an American pastor [named] Lou Engle, who leads a big Christian right group called The Call, said, 'This is ground zero of the great war with homosexuality.' So they're fired up by this rhetoric. But the real threat of genocide is not so much killing all of the gay people in Uganda. Because their homophobia is so deep, in a lot of ways they can't see homosexuality. So I would travel around sometimes with gay activists, and we'd speak to anti-gay crusaders -- who were very certain they could spot a gay person anywhere -- and they missed the guy standing right in front of them."
On the international response to the anti-homosexuality bill
"There is some hope because the international outcry did have an effect. Not only in scaring [Ugandan President Yoweri] Museveni, but in waking up a lot of Ugandan Christians -- devout Evangelical and Pentecostal Christians -- who at least turned against the death penalty because of this. And also, building support for Ugandan gay activists -- gay groups all over the world are saying: 'You're in the firing line there. How can we help?' It's not a done deal. The violence has already started. It will probably get worse, much worse. But there is some hope."
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