text:
package tree

import (
	"bytes"

	"github.com/gopasspw/gopass/pkg/debug"
)

// Node is a tree node.
type Node struct {
	Name     string
	Leaf     bool
	Template bool
	Mount    bool
	Path     string
	Subtree  *Tree
}

const (
	// INF allows to have a full recursion until the leaves of a tree.
	INF = -1
)

// Nodes is a slice of nodes which can be sorted.
type Nodes []*Node

func (n Nodes) Len() int {
	return len(n)
}

func (n Nodes) Less(i, j int) bool {
	return n[i].Name < n[j].Name
}

func (n Nodes) Swap(i, j int) {
	n[i], n[j] = n[j], n[i]
}

// Equals compares to another node.
func (n Node) Equals(other Node) bool {
	if n.Name != other.Name {
		return false
	}

	if n.Leaf != other.Leaf {
		return false
	}

	if n.Subtree != nil {
		if other.Subtree == nil {
			return false
		}

		if !n.Subtree.Equals(other.Subtree) {
			return false
		}
	} else if other.Subtree != nil {
		return false
	}

	return true
}

// Merge will merge two nodes into a new node. Does not change either of the two
// input nodes. The merged node will be in the returned node. Implements semantics
// specific to gopass' tree model, i.e. mounts shadow (erase) everything below
// a mount point, nodes within a tree can be leafs (i.e. contain a secret as well
// as subdirectories) and any node can also contain a template.
func (n Node) Merge(other Node) *Node {
	r := Node{
		Name:     n.Name,
		Leaf:     n.Leaf,
		Template: n.Template,
		Mount:    n.Mount,
		Path:     n.Path,
		Subtree:  n.Subtree,
	}

	// During a merge we can't change the name.

	// If either of the nodes is a leaf (i.e. contains a secret) the
	// merged node will be a leaf.
	if other.Leaf {
		r.Leaf = true
	}

	// If either node has a template the merged has a template, too.
	if other.Template {
		r.Template = true
	}

	// Handling of mounts is a bit more tricky. See the comment above.
	// If we're adding a mount to the tree this shadows (erases) everything
	// that was on this branch before a replaces it with the mount.
	// Think of Unix mount semantics here.
	if other.Mount {
		r.Mount = true
		// anything at the mount point, including a secret at the root
		// of the mount point will become inaccessible.
		r.Leaf = false
		r.Path = other.Path
		// existing templates will become invisible
		r.Template = false
		// the subtree from the mount overlays (shadows) the original tree
		r.Subtree = other.Subtree
	}
	// Merging can't change the path (except a mount, see above)
	// If the other node has a subtree we use that, otherwise
	// this method shouldn't have been called in the first place.
	if r.Subtree == nil && other.Subtree != nil {
		r.Subtree = other.Subtree
	}

	debug.Log("merged %+v and %+v into %+v", n, other, r)

	return &r
}

// format returns a pretty printed string of all nodes in and below
// this node, e.g. `├── baz`.
func (n *Node) format(prefix string, last bool, maxDepth, curDepth int) string {
	if maxDepth > INF && (curDepth > maxDepth+1) {
		return ""
	}

	out := bytes.NewBufferString(prefix)
	// adding either an L or a T, depending if this is the last node
	// or not
	if last {
		_, _ = out.WriteString(symLeaf)
	} else {
		_, _ = out.WriteString(symBranch)
	}
	// the next levels prefix needs to be extended depending if
	// this is the last node in a group or not
	if last {
		prefix += symEmpty
	} else {
		prefix += symVert
	}

	// any mount will be colored and include the on-disk path
	switch {
	case n.Mount:
		_, _ = out.WriteString(colMount(n.Name + " (" + n.Path + ")"))
	case n.Subtree != nil:
		_, _ = out.WriteString(colDir(n.Name + sep))
	default:
		_, _ = out.WriteString(n.Name)
	}
	// mark templates
	if n.Template {
		_, _ = out.WriteString(" " + colTpl("(template)"))
	}
	// mark shadowed entries
	if n.Leaf && n.Subtree != nil && !n.Mount {
		_, _ = out.WriteString(" " + colShadow("(shadowed)"))
	}
	// finish this output
	_, _ = out.WriteString("\n")

	if n.Subtree == nil {
		return out.String()
	}

	// let our children format themselves
	for i, node := range n.Subtree.Nodes {
		last := i == len(n.Subtree.Nodes)-1
		_, _ = out.WriteString(node.format(prefix, last, maxDepth, curDepth+1))
	}

	return out.String()
}

// Len returns the length of this subtree.
func (n *Node) Len() int {
	if n.Subtree == nil {
		return 1
	}

	var l int

	// this node might point to a secret itself so we must account for that
	if n.Leaf {
		l++
	}

	// and for any secret it's subtree might contain
	for _, t := range n.Subtree.Nodes {
		l += t.Len()
	}

	return l
}

func (n *Node) list(prefix string, maxDepth, curDepth int, files bool) []string {
	if maxDepth >= 0 && curDepth > maxDepth {
		return nil
	}

	if prefix != "" {
		prefix += sep
	}

	prefix += n.Name

	out := make([]string, 0, n.Len())
	// if it's a file and we are looking for files
	if n.Leaf && !n.Mount && files {
		// we return the file
		out = append(out, prefix)
	} else if curDepth == maxDepth && n.Subtree != nil {
		// otherwise if we are "at the bottom" and it's not a file
		// we return the directory name with a separator at the end
		return []string{prefix + sep}
	}

	// if we don't have subitems, then it's a leaf and we return
	// (notice that this is what ends the recursion when maxDepth is set to -1)
	if n.Subtree == nil {
		return out
	}

	// this is the part that will list the subdirectories on their own line when using the -d option
	if !files {
		out = append(out, prefix+sep)
	}

	// we keep listing the subtree nodes if we haven't exited yet.
	for _, t := range n.Subtree.Nodes {
		out = append(out, t.list(prefix, maxDepth, curDepth+1, files)...)
	}

	return out
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Pucherite Image
Pucherite: BiVO4
Schumacherite: Bi3[(V,As,P)O4]2O(OH)
Comments: Brown crystals of pucherite with yellow schumacherite on matrix.
Location: Pucher Shaft, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
Pumpellyite-(Al) Image
Pumpellyite-(Al): Ca2(Al,Fe++,Mg)Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2·H2O
Comments: Pale green radiating fibrous to bladed pumpellyite-(Al) crystals on matrix.
Location: La Fleche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium. Scale: See Image.
© Rruff Database
Pumpellyite-(Fe++) Image
Pumpellyite-(Fe++): Ca2Fe++(Al,Fe+++)2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)
Comments: Gas cavities in basalt matrix lined with sprays of 1 mm green pumpellyite-(Fe) crystals.
Location: Braen's Quarry, Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: 25x15x15 mm.
© John Betts - Fine Minerals
Pumpellyite-(Fe+++) Image
Pumpellyite-(Fe+++): Ca2Fe+++Al2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH,O)2·(H2O)
Comments: Crystals of pumpellyite-(Fe+++), to 0.1 mm.
Location: Braen Stone Industry Quarry, Haledon, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA. Scale: Crystal Length 0.1 mm.
Pumpellyite-(Mg) Image
Pumpellyite-(Mg): Ca2MgAl2(SiO4)(Si2O7)(OH)2·(H2O)
Comments: Greenish, flattened, prismatic crystals of pumpellyite-(Mg) ? to 3mm.
Location: Deere Island, Novato, Marin Co., California, USA. Scale: Picture size 5 mm.
Pumpellyite-(Mn++) Image
Pumpellyite-(Mn++): Ca2(Mn++,Mg)(Al,Mn+++,Fe)2(SiO4)(Si2O7(OH)2·(H2O)
Comments: BSE image of pumpellyite-(Mn++) (P) intercleaved with phlogopite (black) between braunite (white) and calcite (C).
Location: Mn oxide ores from the Precambrian Sausar Group, India. (AmMin, v76:241). Scale: Scale Bar 0.01 cm.
Purpurite Image
Purpurite: Mn+++PO4
Comments: Massive purpurite, which never forms crystals but is only found in masses.
Location: Newry, Maine, USA. Scale: 6.5 x 4 cm.
Pushcharovskite Image
Pushcharovskite: Cu(AsO3OH)·1.5(H2O)
Comments: Light bluish, acicular crystals of pushcharovskite.
Location: Salsigne Mine, Montagne Noire, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. Scale: Picture size 1.2 mm.
Putzite Image
Putzite: (Cu4.7Ag3.3)GeS6
Catamarcaite: Cu6GeWS8
Comments: Polished section of putzite (pu) grain in close association with unnamed Cu8Fe2ZnGe2S12 (un1) and catamarcaite (ca), as inclusions in chalcocite-sphalerite (cc/sp) (CanMin 42:1761).
Location: Old dumps near the Rosario vein, Capillitas mining district, Department of Andalgalá, Catamarca Province, Argentina.. Scale: See Image.
Pyrargyrite Image
Pyrargyrite: Ag3SbS3
Comments: Pyrargyrite with quartz.
Location: Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico. Scale: 3 x 2.5 cm.
Pyrite Image
Pyrite: FeS2
Comments: Lustrous 1 - 2 cm cubes of pyrite encased in a very fine-grained sedimentary marlstone (clay and calcite).
Location: Navajun-(La Rioja)-Spain. Scale: 6x5x3 cm.
© Dave Barthelmy
Pyroaurite Image
Pyroaurite: Mg6Fe+++2(CO3)(OH)16·4(H2O)
Comments: Green, hexagonal plates of pyroaurite in quartz.
Location: Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Crystal size 1 mm.
Comments: Golden yellow platy crystals of pyroaurite to 1mm on matrix.
Location: Langban mine, Varmland, Sweden. Scale: Picture size 1 cm.
Pyrobelonite Image
Pyrobelonite: PbMn(VO4)(OH)
Comments: Scanning electron microscope picture, showing idiomorphic pyrobelonite crystals (pb) growing on, and intergrown with brackebuschite (bk). (Eur. J. Mineral, 13:147).
Location: Mullock dumps lining the outcrop of the manganite vein south of Krettnich, Saarland, Germany. Scale: See Image.
© Eur. J. Mineral
Pyrochlore Image
Pyrochlore: (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F)
Comments: Deep brownish black crystals of pyrochlore to 0.9 cm across.
Location: Lauzon Farm, Oka, Quebec, Canada. Scale: 3.9 x 2.9 cm.
Perrierite-(Ce): (Ce,La,Ca)4(Fe++,Mg)2(Ti,Fe+++)3Si4O22
Zircon: ZrSiO4
Loparite-(Ce): (Ce,Na,Ca)2(Ti,Nb)2O6
Comments: Reddish black perrierite crystal, with orange-brown pyrochlore crystal, yellow-brown zircon, and grayish-black loparite.
Location: Buer, Bjorkedalen, Langesundfjord, Telemark, Norway. Scale: See Photo.
Pyrochroite Image
Pyrochroite: Mn(OH)2
Comments: Pseudo-cubic crystal of pyrochroite on matrix.
Location: Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals
Shigaite: Mn++7Al4(SO4)2(OH)22·8(H2O)
Comments: Bronzy yellow crystals of shigaite set in a crystalline matrix of reddish black pychroite.
Location: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Scale: 2.8 x 2.3 cm.
Pyrocoproite Image
Pyrocoproite: (Mg(K,Na))2P2O7
Comments: Admixture of platy indented crystals of pyrocoproite (p) and tabular opal-C (O).
Location: Ghar al Hibashi (Hebashi) is a lava cave near Harrat Nawasif/Al Buqum, located east of Makkah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Scale: See Image.
© Saudi Geological Survey
Comments: SEM image of pyrocoproite crystals with concoidal fracture.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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A Coordinated Strategy by a Demagogue: Donald Trump is the Prince of Lies
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As longtime readers of this site and listeners to my podcast know, I do not accept advertising or paid sponsorships. We are at the end of the first week of fundraiser and are approximately 40 percent to the goal. If you can include the podcast and my other work in your holiday and other generosity the positive energy will be greatly appreciated.
I would like to thank all of the folks who have contributed. You kindness is, as always, moving and a reminder that we are in this struggle together. Again, I promise to "connect the dots" and tell the truth about Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and how their overt fascist turn is a threat to American democracy. I will not normalize Donald Trump. He is a political thug.
Donald Trump is the textbook example of a demagogue. He is a bully who pretends to relate to the "common man." He is bigoted, crude, grandiose, charismatic, egomaniacal and obsessed with personal loyalty and betrayal.
Because he is a demagogue, Donald Trump is expert at telling both the "big lie" and the "small lie." The former is a gross and obvious effort to bend reality to his will. The latter is more difficult to counter, because by virtue of sheer volume Trump's mountain of small lies overwhelm and exhaust those of us who believe in empirical reality.
Trump's voters and other supporters are part of his cult of personality. Out of fear, devotion, willful ignorance or some mix of the three, the Trumpthuglicans wrap themselves in his lies like a blanket, one that protects them from the harsh realities of their lives.
Trump has taken a guiding principle of authoritarianism to heart: "The victor will never be asked if he told the truth."
To wit: During a rally last Friday in Orlando, Donald Trump finally admitted the obvious.
You people were vicious, violent, screaming, "Where's the wall? We want the wall!" Screaming, "Prison! Lock her up!" I mean, you are going crazy. I mean, you were nasty and mean and vicious and you wanted to win, right? But now, you're cool and you're not nearly as vicious or violent, right? Because we won, right? You're basking in the glory of victory.
During Trump's presidential campaign, on the other hand, he repeatedly denied that his supporters were violent and had physically attacked protesters and other people deemed the enemy.
Trump's contradictory statements about violence are part of a much larger pattern. He also promised his supporters that he would "drain the swamp" of Washington lobbyists, financiers, bankers and other "special interests." Instead, Trump has filled his cabinet and other senior level positions with these very same people — a group whose collective wealth is greater than 30 percent of the American people.
To the bloodthirsty howls of his supporters, Donald Trump promised to imprison Hillary Clinton and encouraged personal violence against her through "Second Amendment" remedies. Trump has now admitted that was all hyperbole and that Bill and Hillary Clinton are "good people."
Donald Trump also promised to build a huge wall to keep undocumented immigrants from entering the United States. His subsequent statements about this have been contradictory as well, but he now says such talk was metaphorical and that there will be "doors through the wall."
Following the cowardly surrender of the Electoral College, Donald Trump will become president of the United States on Jan. 20. His lies paid great dividends during the presidential campaign. They were a potent weapon against Hillary Clinton and were one of the decisive factors in him winning the White House.
Trump's lies also served to train the corporate news media as well as too many members of the American public to embrace his "post-truth" reality. To that end, Trump — borrowing from his idol and apparent sponsor Vladimir Putin — has created a state of perpetual disorientation and confusion among the mainstream news media and the public.
Whether through "fake news" (which is really black or gray propaganda) or the disinformation circulated by Fox and the right-wing infotainment media, a condition is created whereby basic facts are transformed into disputes and the nature of reality becomes a matter of constant debate. If everything the president does or says is by definition "news," then Trump's lies are amazingly dangerous and irresponsible. They will cause further harm to America's civic culture and also the security, safety and prosperity of the country.
Apparently, Trump's voters do not care about his lies and how he has already betrayed his promises to them before taking office. His voters, like other Republicans, are stuck in an echo chamber where conservatism is a type of religion and lies are transformed into truths: In this bizarro-world Trump is has a mandate to lead the country, and is both immensely popular and widely respected. Polling data and other evidence have repeatedly shown that such conclusions are not true.
Much of the mainstream media has complied as well by offering up fawning profiles of Trump's semi-mythical white working-class voters and how we need to understand them, instead of holding them responsible for imposing an authoritarian regime on the country. Trump's voters and supporters are also depicted as ignorant or easily duped, since they voted for candidates who have promised to take away their healthcare and further slash away at the country's already threadbare social safety net. Normalizing Donald Trump ultimately requires that the corporate news media normalize his voters as well.
But perhaps the most important and most easily overlooked aspect of Trump's allure for his public is that they largely do not care whether he is honest, trustworthy or consistent. As Joan Williams explained in a recent essay at the Harvard Business Review, Trump's "white working-class" voters have little to no use for experts or the educated. To a large degree, Trump's allure was based on his promise to combat the right-wing bugaboo and obsession known as "political correctness."
The idea that a white man should treat people of color, women, gays and lesbians, and the Other in America with basic human respect and dignity is an affront to the authoritarian social-dominance behavior that is central to the revanchist and racist identities of Trump's voters and American conservatives more generally. Hostility to "political correctness" is shorthand for the way that racism and sexism, filtered through "economic anxiety," created a formula for victory in 2016. Trump took white racial resentment and overt bigotry and used them alternately as either a feather to titillate his voters or a stone in their shoe that caused them pain.
Almost 50 years apart, two of America's presidents offered wisdom that helps to make sense of Donald Trump and his Svengali-like hold over a benighted sector of the white electorate.
Lyndon Johnson reflected on his upbringing in the South and the power of the color line in America this way:
If you can convince the lowest white man that he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll even empty his pockets for you.
Speaking at the final press conference of 2016 — and quite possibly his last as president — Barack Obama offered a warning:
Our vulnerability to Russia or any other foreign power is directly related to how divided, partisan, dysfunctional our political process is. That's the thing that makes us vulnerable. If fake news that's being released by some foreign government is almost identical to reports that are being issued through partisan news venues then it's not surprising that that foreign propaganda will have a greater effect. Because it doesn't seem that farfetched compared to some of the other stuff that folks are hearing from domestic propagandists. To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody's corrupt and everybody is doing things for partisan reasons and all of our institutions are, you know, full of malevolent actors, if that's the storyline that's being put out there by whatever party is out of power, then when a foreign government introduces that same argument with facts that are made up, voters who've been listening to that stuff for years, who have been getting that stuff everyday from talk radio or other venues, they're going to believe it. So if we want to really reduce foreign influence on our elections, then we better think about how to make sure that our political process, our political dialogue is stronger than it's been.
Both presidents sounded the alarm about a deep sickness in America's political culture. Trump and his voters are reflections of profound discontent and a crisis of national confidence. Donald Trump, the contemporary master of lies and misdirection, will only make things worse while searching, as do all authoritarian or fascist leaders, for new enemies to blame when his schemes go awry.
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Honorary Initiation is an expression of appreciation for the outstanding service of men who are presently unaffiliated with our Fraternity. Formal inclusion of such men into the brotherhood of TKE often draws them into a closer relationship with the initiating chapter, and can lead to a lifetime of commitment to our principles and values.
Some chapters have invited the fathers of Fraters to be initiated as Honorary Initiates, thereby strengthening the Fraternity's ties with that family. Many chapters have built strong bases of alumni influence and support by inviting outstanding men in their community to accept Honorary Initiates.


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Recline high on our rooftop terrace overlooking the impossibly blue ocean and track the slow and steady traditional sailing dhows that drift across the blue horizon. Those same dhows had to be used to get access to water. But not anymore.


The first Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles curling goes to Canada.
Canada's John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes beat defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in the gold-medal game.
Ottawa's Morris and Winnipeg's Lawes claimed the second Olympic gold medals of their careers and Canada's third of the Pyeongchang Games.
Lawes was third for the Jennifer Jones team that won women's team gold in 2014. Morris was vice for Kevin Martin when they took the men's team title in 2010.
Mixed doubles curling made its Olympic debut in Pyeongchang.
After trading deuces with the Swiss in the first two ends, the Canadians scored a pivotal four in the third to lead 6-2.


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Home Broward lawmakers want to close ammunition 'loophole' in Florida law
Broward lawmakers want to close ammunition 'loophole' in Florida law
Lloyd Dunkelberger
State Sen. Lauren Book, a South Florida Democrat. Florida Channel screenshot
Two Broward County Democratic lawmakers want to close a loophole in state law that allows anyone to purchase ammunition without undergoing a background check.
Under existing law, anyone purchasing a gun from a licensed dealer must undergo a background check. The gun sale can be blocked if the background check determines the purchaser is a convicted felon, has been involved in a domestic violence case, or has a mental illness.
The sales prohibition also applies to the purchase of ammunition. But if only ammunition is being bought, a background check is not required.
State Sen. Lauren Book and state Rep. Dan Daley want that changed.
"Background check laws are one of the few gun control measures almost universally supported across both sides of the aisle," Book said in a written statement.
She says her bill (SB 460) is "a commonsense solution to ensure those who are already legally prohibited from purchasing firearms are unable to purchase ammunition to fill those firearms."
Daley says his bill (HB 289) "is a huge step in the right direction towards ensuring that weapons and ammunition stay out of dangerous hands."
"It's also common sense. If someone walks into a bar and orders a drink, a bartender is required by law to ask for their ID to ensure they are legally allowed to drink. Why isn't a vendor required by law to ensure that someone wishing to purchase ammunition is legally allowed to do so?" Daley said.
If passed by the 2020 Legislature and approved by the governor, the legislation will become known as "Jaime's Law." It is named after Jaime Guttenberg, a 14-year-old victim in the February 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Broward County.
The legislation has the support of Fred Guttenberg, Jaime's father.
"We must close this ammunition loophole and this bill is a step in the right direction to do it. Jaime's Law will help save lives immediately," Guttenberg said.
The 2020 session begins Jan. 14.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Rep. Dan Daley
Sen. Lauren Book
Lloyd Dunkelberger has been covering Florida government for over three decades. He's reported and edited in Tallahassee for the New York Times Regional Newspapers group, Florida Politics, and the News Service of Florida. He grew up in Jacksonville and Palm Beach County and got his journalism degree at the University of Florida.
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34 - Band of Brothers Parts 1 & 2 0
In this solo episode I talk about the first two episodes of the 2001 HBO/BBC TV show, 'Band of Brothers' entitled 'Curahee' and 'Day of Days'.
BONUS EP - The Matrix 0
In this bonus episode me and my brother Lee discuss 'The Matrix' by the Wachowski sisters.
Along the way we discuss past excitement for Star Wars: Episode 1, The Walking Dead, Lost, Ghost in the Shell, the works of Edgar Wright (Spaced, Scott Pilgrim, the Cornetto Trilogy and beyond) as well as the insides of the shed where the podcast is recorded and lots more.
33 - Saving Private Ryan 0
In this episode me and my friend Paul discuss the Steven Spielberg film 'Saving Private Ryan'.
Along the way we discuss World War 2, corned beef, cameos in the film, the career of Vin 'Fast and the Furious' Diesel, the rivalry between Portsmouth and Southampton, double-decker tanks, Friday Night Lights, we compare Dick Winters from Band of Brothers to Capt. Miller, and we preview upcoming episodes. #CowardPride
32 - Amistad 0
In this episode me and my friend Kieran talk about the Steven Spielberg film 'Amistad'.
Along the way we talk about communication and otherness in Spielberg films. We also talk 'Schinder's List', we show our complete lack of knowledge of American history, we talk about the Spielberg season at the BFI (British Film Institute) in London, we do a 'shoutout' to Benview on Spielberg (a fellow Spielberg podcast), we look at Spielberg's career just prior/ post the millennium, we compare this film to both The Color Purple and 12 Years a Slave, we get some feedback from one listener and we continue to moan about Brexit.
Please note- there were some issues with the record so there are a handful of jerky edits in the episode but generally the episode is fine.
PODCAST EXTRA - Our Favourite European Films 0
Recorded on the 24th of June 2016, on the day the British 'Brexit' referendum is announced, my friend Kieran and I try to take our minds off this political disaster by talking about our favourite European films.
Along the way we talk Guillermo Del Toro, Pedro Almodavar, Richard Linklater's 'Before' series, Shane Meadows (in particular his film. series 'This is England') as well as reflecting on European trips which include getting sick in Vienna due to in appropriate clothing and how not to talk to women on a trip to Greece.
Expect an undercurrent of frustration throughout.
BONUS EP - The Fifth Element 0
In this bonus episode me and my friend Paul talk about the Luc Besson film 'The Fifth Element'.
Along the way we discuss the career of Bruce Willis (and Jared Leto), we also talk about Highlander, get a Chinese-whispers account of the filming of Red 2, we do some impressions, talk about what TV shows we have been watching (I give my opinion on X-Men: Apocalypse) and more.
BONUS EP - Independence Day 0
In this bonus episode me and my friend Paul discuss the Roland Emmerich film 'Independence Day'.
Along the way we talk about The West Wing, the highs and lows of the career of Will Smith, Hiroshima, a British take on ID4, the possibility of a volcanic eruption in Yellowstone Park, Paul tries (and fails) to do Pullsman's 4th of July speech, we sing a little (The Offspring! Kenny Loggins!), do some impressions and we cast our thoughts on the forthcoming Independence Day: Resurgence.
31 - The Lost World: Jurassic Park 0
In this episode me and my friend Jake discuss the Steven Spielberg film 'The Lost World', sequel to Jurassic Park.
Along the way we discuss the other films of David Koepp, the career of the girl who played Kelly, the TV show of Westworld, The West Wing, Swingers, we discuss things we have been watching (such as Witless and The Leftovers) and I introduce a new feature.
BONUS TV EP - Friends: The One Where Eddie Won't Go 0
In this bonus TV episode me and my friend Kieran talk about the TV show 'Friends', specifically the season two episode 'The One Where Eddie Won't Go'.
Along the way we talk in general about the show Friends (how we got into it, favourite episodes, the show post 9/11, Friends as a gateway to American TV shows), we talk about the changing face of sitcoms (multi-camera to single camera) we also talk about bromance, we compare Xander from Buffy to Chander and we discuss the TV shows The Unusuals and Catastrophe.
BONUS EP - Kevin Smith's New Jersey Chronicles 0
In this bonus episode I look at the Kevin Smith films 'Clerks', 'Mallrats', 'Chasing Amy', 'Dogma' and, if you stick around until the very end 'Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'.
And in my recasting section I recast the View Askew universe with drag queens from Ru Paul's Drag Race (the Ru-skewniverse?).
BONUS EP - Leon: The Professional 1
In this bonus episode me and my friend Paul discuss the Luc Besson film 'Leon' (known to Americans as 'The Professional'.
Along the way we discuss The Sopranos, we talk endlessly about how great Gary Oldman is (there may be some quotes/ impressions, I'm not going to lie), we talk about Sting, Skins, Sex and the City, Paul brings up 'ankle bashers' while I quote lines from Weezer and Green Day.
Oh, and we get interrupted. Sort of.
30 - Schindler's List 0
In this episode me and my friend Paul discuss the Steven Spielberg film 'Schindler's List'.
Along the way we talk history, the TV show Band of Brothers, Paul quotes Harry Potter and the West Wing and we discuss one of the heavier films in the Spielberg cannon.
29 - Jurassic Park 0
In this episode me, Kieran and Paul talk about the Steven Spielberg film 'Jurassic Park'.
Along the way we talk about a tonne of stuff from the security guard who looks like Kanye West through to Jaws comparisons to Genaro's shorts, the Chris Pratt/ Jurassic World theory about the loser kid to personal fashion disasters to whether I recast Pete Wentz from Fallout Boy as Ian Malcolm and much, much more.
Spoiler - we love this film and we quote lines from it throughout the episode.
28 - Hook 0
In this episode me and my friend Ramit Anchal discuss the Steven Spielberg film, 'Hook'.
Along the way we discuss The Walking Dead, Phil Collins, London/ the UK on film, the Fast and the Furious films, Slough/ The Office, we talk about Terminator 2, wrestling, movie musicals, I ponder casting David Cameron as Hook and we bring up many, many deceased celebrities.
PODCAST EXTRA - Fantasy Project 2 0
In this podcast extra myself and Jevon Downer discuss fantasy film projects.
Along the way I ponder a Spielberg biopic, we discuss the graphic novel Maus, the British soap EastEnders, travels to Germany, growing up in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, who I look like, real-life beefs on the set of the TV show Lost, the sitcom Peep Show (and how both of us feel about Russell Brand) and spend way too long talking about high school filmmaking.
Expect drunken discussion from the outset.
27 - An American Tail - Fievel Goes West 0
In this episode I talk about the Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells film 'An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'.
Along the way I talk about my top Disney films, Steven Spielberg making a western and whether the plot of the film was influenced by the holocaust
BONUS EP - Point Break 0
In this bonus episode me and my friend Jevon Downer talk about the Kathryn Bigelow film 'Point Break'.
Expect conversation about surfing/ surfing films as well as homoerotic subtext of Point Break. Also, I predict the career comeback (and subsequent decline) of Tom Sizemore and give my opinions on all (yes, all) of the Fast & the Furious films, which I love and Jev pretty much hates, and Jev discusses an awkward trip to the theatre.
We also touch on the remake of this film which neither of us have seen but pretty much except is terrible.
Oh, expect a bunch o' innuendo and an abundance of impressions/ quotes (and not just Keanu and Swayze).
BONUS EP - Predator 2 0
In this bonus episode me and my friend Paul discuss the film 'Predator 2'.
Along the way we struggle to remember the names of characters from Mad Men and Friday Night Lights, we do impressions, sing some songs, I give a fantasy recast to the Brian Michael Bendis comic/ Sony TV show Powers, Patrick Swayze is brought up and then trashed, we talk about what we're reading and Paul talks at length about Gary Busey.
26 - Back to the Future 3 0
In this episode me and my friend Kieran Balloo talk about the Robert Zemeckis film, 'Back to the Future 3'.
Along the way we talk about a bunch of things including recasting actors in franchises, the new Ghostbusters trailer, a huge plot hole in BTTF 3, we work out Breaking Bad's Walt and Jessie are the modern Doc and Marty, Kieran slams Crispin Glover and my reboot/ sequel to the franchise (which I have continued through BTTF1 and BTTF2) continues in a bizarre fashion,
25 - Arachnophobia 0
In this short, swearing-free, solo episode I talk about the Frank Marshall film 'Arachnophobia'.
Along the way I talk spiders, Pete Venkman-like characters and compare this film to a very, very famous Steven Spielberg film. About sharks. (Hint- it begins with J and ends with aws)
24 - Gremlins 2: The New Batch 0
In this episode me and my friend Thom Smith discuss the Joe Dante films 'Gremlins' and Gremlins 2: The New Batch'.
Along the way we discuss The Flash, werewolf films, the beauty of stop-motion, James Bond movies, growing up reading comics (can you read Marvel AND DC?), the Joe Dante cannon, Deadpool, the changing fears of society being reflected in horror films and much more.
BONUS EP - Home Alone 0
In this bonus episode me and my sister Amanda discuss the Chris Columbus film, 'Home Alone.'
Along the way we talk about Isle of Wight myths, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, debate what is the best flavour of Tic-Tac, we also discuss British tipping etiquette, pizza delivery in the UK, religious themes in Home Alone, try to work out which is Marv and which is Harry, we compare the film to Mousetrap and I bring up several crazy internet theories.
23 - Always 0
In this episode me and my friend Kieran Balloo discuss the Steven Spielberg film, 'Always'.
Along the way we bring up 90's pop-band Ace of Base, we talk about how good John Goodman is/ how annoying Richard Dreyfuss is, I bring up the best new guest on film podcast 'Doug Loves Movies' (recommended), I confuse Margot Robbie and Margot Kidder, we reminisce about the greatness of The Sarah Silverman Show, we wonder whether Suicide Squad will be any good, ponder the age of Channing Tatum and we look ahead to Hook and.... Jurassic Park.
BONUS EP - Ghostbusters 2 0
In this mid-week bonus episode, me and my friend Paul discuss the Ivan Reitman film 'Ghostbusters 2'.
Along the way we talk memories of the animated show ('The Real Ghostbusters'), we do some ropey impressions, we talk Masters of the Universe (the He-Man film starring Dolph Lundgren), we discuss the film roles of Ernie Hudson, we get into a disagreement on Kim Basinger's hair and I struggle with the geography of New York (turns out the Statue of Liberty is on... an island).
22 - Back to the Future Part 2 0
In this episode me and my friend Paul talk about the Robert Zemeckis film, 'Back to the Future Part 2'.
Along the way we talk about the meaning behind one of Michael Jackson's hits, I flash back to 1990 and my history with this film, we compare Biff to Donald Trump, we discuss our favourite moments from The Muppets Christmas Carol and we forget the name of a major Game of Thrones character.


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Great Fire of London 1666
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The Great Fire of London 1666 raged for five devastating days
Most people have heard of the Great Fire of London 1666, it grips the imagination and so it should, it was the most devastating fire, in terms of destruction than any since. Not even the terrible Blitz of London destroyed as many buildings.
King's Bakehouse in Pudding Lane, the location synonymous with the seat of the fire, still attracts visitors from all over the world.
The Monument for the Great Fire of London at Pudding Lane
What do we know about London before the fire? A surprising amount of detail is contained in contemporary writings by people such as Pepys and Evelyn and from parliamentary papers where the city is described in contextual terms. Documents such as Hearth Tax returns tell us about the size and range of buildings.
London before the fire
It was a small urbanized area of 375,000 souls in 1661, of whom over a fifth died of the plague in the year before the great fire. It was a congested, cobbled together city, with insanitary living conditions created by the filth from slaughter houses, industrial processes and human waste, all of which found its way onto the streets.
London in about 1660 before the Great Fire
It was a city that had just witnessed the execution of an English king, Londoners stood for Parliament and so it was an uneasy time in the city after the restoration of King Charles II in 1663. King Charles himself felt unsettled in the capital, which very possibly orchestrated his behaviour after the fire.
Around the country there were agitators and revolt and demonstration were common. The bubbling cauldron of Puritan and papist sentiments was constantly close to boiling over.
Life and industry had spilled out from the confines of the city walls themselves, to the east and north the artisans plied their trade, to the west, the luxury villas were built. In the city itself, churches, public buildings and homes jostled for space in streets, alleys, lanes and yards. Space was so tight that the buildings were stacked higher, timber on timber in a higgledy – piggledy fashion. The wharves were stacked with fuel, coal and other sulphurous materials, getting ready for the onset of Winter. Any fire, with an easterly wind could wreck havoc through the timber built city.
Fire was not uncommon in the city, it was up to the population, under guidance from the constables and beadles to put them out. Grappling hooks were used to drag timber frame buildings to the ground, to create fire breaks but of course it depended on people getting to the fire fast enough in order to control it.
A Papist Plot
Many wrote of the visions people had had concerning the fire itself but for all of these a real plot to burn the city was uncovered in April 1666. There were many Parliamentarian plots at this time but this one, called the 'hellish design', included setting fire to the city. Ironically the date of the attack was set at 3rd September 1666, the anniversary of Cromwell's death. The leaders were caught arrested and executed but their leader, Robert Danvers, escaped.
Of course rumours flew that the fire was set by Papists but it wasn't.
Too conclude then, London in September 1666 could be seen as a virtual and real tinderbox, any spark at any time could have set the whole ablaze and very sadly it did in the early hours of Sunday 2nd September.
The Great Fire 1666 began in Thomas Faryner's bakehouse
The summer had been hot and dry and the houses creaked with dry joints. The wharves were packed with combustible goods, pitch and tars, coal and timber. To the north of the quayside in Pudding Lane, a small fire set itself in a bakehouse. The fire was discovered at about two in the morning, the city was asleep and slow to react when the alarm was raised. A brisk east wind whipped down the Thames and despite the efforts of those who stirred themselves this fire took charge and jumped the firebreaks.
At one in the morning, there happened to break out a sad deplorable fire in Pudding Lane, near Fish Street Hill, which was falling out at that hour of the night, and in a quarter of the town so close built with wooded pitched houses, spread itself so far before the day….to be mastered….a violent easterly wind formented it and kept it burning all that day and the night following.
London Gazette No 85
King Charles arrived to inspect the scene and ordered the Duke of York to place his troops and take control of the city. People were panicking, grabbing their belongings and desperately moving towards the river to place themselves and their goods on barges. The troops were in place to try and prevent looting and riot.
By Monday the fire had advanced west of the Fleet River and Cornhill. Firebreaks were created but the fire was leaping them. More and more troops and militia were called to assist. By Tuesday the fire had moved out of the city, leaping the Fleet River and was heading towards the wealthier west end and the royal residences.
St Pauls was destroyed as was the Guildhall, gun powder saved the Tower of London.
By Tuesday night the wind had dropped and the firefighters began to gain control of the fire. Over the next few days they brought it under control and on Friday it had been extinguished.
London lay stretched out, a black smear on the north bank of the river.
The fire was recorded in several journals, click here to read the full account of Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire but this is what he has to say about the start of the fire.
Jane called us up, about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city. So I rose and slipped on my nightgown and went to her window and thought it to be on the back side of Mark Lane at the farthest but being unused to such fires as followed, I thought it far enough off and so went to bed and to sleep.
John Evelyn, a scholar also gave a vivid account of the fire.
'the stones of St Pauls flew like grenades, the lead melting down the streets in a stream and the very pavements of them glowing with fiery rednesss…'
And so the City of London needed to be re-built and within five years, a great deal had been achieved but what became of the people displaced and how was such a plan formulated to replace up to 13,000 houses and churches and public buildings?
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The Golden Boy of Pye Corner where the fire was halted
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Fever over S. Korea's hit TV drama gets attention of China's military
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BEIJING (Yonhap) — The growing popularity of a South Korean hit TV drama in China garnered unexpected attention on Tuesday from China's official military newspaper, which described the TV soap opera as "a piece of great advertisement for conscription."
"Descendants of the Sun," the story of a romance between a chic-looking Army captain and a female doctor in the fictional war-torn country named Uruk, has been aired in both South Korea and China since late last month.
The TV soap opera hit a cumulative 1 billion searches on IQiyi.com Inc., the video-streaming website of Baidu, China's top search engine.
The Chinese military newspaper, the People's Liberation Army Daily, called the TV drama a "good example for military-themed dramas and movies."
The drama "effectively delivers the national culture of Korea (to viewers) and vividly describes the image of the Korean soldiers," it said. The paper then said that China too needs to take note of excellent actors and actress being fostered by South Korea's entertainment industry.
It said the runaway success of the drama could inspire and act as a warning to do better for Chinese filmmakers.
Since it was first aired on Feb. 24 in both South Korea and China, the 16-episode TV series has been gaining huge popularity in the two nations as well as other Asian countries, including Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.
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