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NO MORE WAHOO: Cleveland Indians To Discontinue Chief Wahoo Logo in 2019
The Cleveland Indians have announced the discontinued use of Chief Wahoo on on-field uniforms in 2019.
Commissioner Rob Manfred says of Chief Wahoo and Indians: 'Major League Baseball is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the game'
While Cleveland Indians' fans may express a fondness for the cartoon caricature Chief Wahoo, many voices in Indian country have long fought against the stereotypical logo. On Monday, Major League Baseball (MLB) made an announcement that the Cleveland Indians will discontinue the use of the Chief Wahoo logo starting in 2019.
The decision was a mutual one between the MLB and the Indians franchise who have been in the spotlight the past several seasons due to their appearance in the MLB World Series' games.
"Major League Baseball is committed to building a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the game," MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a release. "Over the past year, we encouraged dialogue with the Indians organization about the club's use of the Chief Wahoo logo. During our constructive conversations, [Indians owner] Paul Dolan made clear that there are fans who have a long-standing attachment to the logo and its place in the history of the team.
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"Nonetheless, the club ultimately agreed with my position that the logo is no longer appropriate for on-field use in Major League Baseball, and I appreciate Mr. Dolan's acknowledgement that removing it from the on-field uniform by the start of the 2019 season is the right course," said Manfred.
Cleveland Indian Logos Since 1928
Since 1928 – A Pictorial History of the Cleveland Indians and Chief Wahoo Logos
Cleveland Indians owner Paul Dolan also issued a statement / response: "We have consistently maintained that we are cognizant and sensitive to both sides of the discussion," said Dolan."While we recognize many of our fans have a long-standing attachment to Chief Wahoo, I'm ultimately in agreement with Commissioner Manfred's desire to remove the logo from our uniforms in 2019."
The MLB and the Cleveland Indians have made the decision to have Chief Wahoo removed from the on-field uniforms starting 2019, yet the logo will have a minor retail presence in order for the Indians to maintain the trademark. This is a legal maneuver to ensure another group cannot seize it and profit from the Chief Wahoo logo.
According to the MLB site, the Cleveland Indians may consider a new logo in the future, but will promote the capital letter C for now. There are no current plans to change the Indians' team name.
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April 8, 2002, file photo, fans hold up Chief Wahoo signs as they celebrate the Cleveland Indians' win over the Minnesota Twins, in Cleveland, Ohio.
A strong force in Indian country, the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) have already released a statement applauding the decision by the MLB and the Indians team owner.
"NCAI applauds today's announcement by Major League Baseball that the league's Cleveland franchise will retire the Chief Wahoo mascot and logo in 2019. NCAI has advocated for the eradication of offensive Native American-themed imagery from sports since 1968, and today's announcement represents an important milestone for Indian Country in this effort."
"NCAI has worked to educate Major League Baseball about this issue in recent years, sending several letters to the league highlighting the importance of removing this harmful mascot and logo, which resulted in a meeting with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred last year. Damaging imagery like the caricature of Chief Wahoo denigrates Native people and is harmful to their self-esteem, particularly for Native youth. Commissioner Manfred recognizes this fact, and thus kept his word, fulfilling his commitment to work with the team to retire the Chief Wahoo logo. NCAI commends Major League Baseball and Commissioner Manfred for choosing to stand on the right side of history."
"Today's announcement marks an important turning point for Indian Country and the harmful legacy of Indian mascots," said NCAI President Jefferson Keel. "These mascots reduce all Native people into a single outdated stereotype that harms the way Native people, especially youth, view themselves. Today's news is a big step in the right direction, but much work remains, and NCAI will press on with this struggle until every single one of these harmful mascots is gone from the sports landscape."
The NCAI also asserted that the MLB is setting an example for how professional sports leagues can and should respect Native peoples.
"NCAI encourages all major professional sports leagues to follow the lead of Major League Baseball by retiring all offensive Native American-themed mascots, names, and imagery."
"Over the past four decades, NCAI, hundreds of tribal nations, and their many partners have succeeding in eliminating more than two-thirds (roughly 2,000) of the Native-themed mascots from sports at all levels (nearly 1,000 remain today). NCAI is pleased to add the Chief Wahoo mascot and logo to that long list."
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ReubenBakedPotato
Seriously. Harmful and Damaging? In thr 100 years that logo was used in some format how many Indians died as a result. How many Inidan youth suicides are a result of Chief Wahoo donning the caps of the baseball team. What a crock of bull crap


Since a couple of years, I used to use a french home automation box : the Zibase. In its time, it was the only one to support a large number of protocols and to allow a some degrees of freedom (xml output, UDP access). I even wrote a binding for Openhab. But even with OpenHab, the box still needs a dedicated cloud service to register some peripherals, and nowdays, the number of supported protocols seems pretty limited compared to Rflink.
So, I decided to build my own Rflink box, including an homemade "all-in-one" arduino shield that provides Rf modules and serial to MQTT/Json converter for Rflink messages.
Rflink runs on an arduino mega (2560) and need some easy to find RF modules. You can even found shields that work out-of-the-box.
The problem is that Rflink output is plain text over serial. As I wanted something more easy to broadcast and decoupled from my automation server (OpenHab), I chose tcp/ip for the transport layer, and json for the message format (simple to parse and human readable). Thus, MQTT seemed to be the easiest protocol to use.
For now, my Rflink box only support 433 Mhz protocols, but I'm planning to add 868 Mhz.
Note that detailed instructions can be found on Rflink website for Rf modules and everywhere on the internet for Arduino nano and w5100 module.
Because the "wife compliant" property does always mater for homemade devices, a nice enclosure is a must… Here are photos of the box that host my Rflink+Shield package.
It runs on an arduino nano / uno. Mine is running since more than 30 days now, 3 to 5 messages per seconds without any problem.
The whole code is optimized to use the program memory as much as possible.
Note that for incoming messages, this sketch acts as a pure Ethernet gateway. That is to say, any message published on the configured channel will be caught and sent as a plain serial message to Rflink.


Studies show that children who read during the summer holidays significantly improve their literacy skills – but it's equally important to remember that summer reading is just a fun, relaxing thing to do. The following books are ones that Ms. Walker and Mr. Weber think your son will really enjoy during the break; for more recommendations be sure to check out the links to other great reading resources on the sidebar.
The Vancouver Public library also runs a fantastic summer reading program – call in at your local branch to sign up!
Here are some suggestions for students in Grades 3-7, adapted from the American Library Association's own summer reading list.
Siblings Josh and Sophie discover that the owner of a bookstore is none other than the famous Nicholas Flamel. First in a series.
In this graphic novel, Lyle, Karen, Janie, and Reese must find a way off an island while they dodge strange and dangerous creatures.
Nate has a plan that—with a little luck—will take him from his non-fabulous Pennsylvania town to New York City and land him a role in E.T.: The Musical.
A gripping account of the development of nuclear weapons and the global fight for control of power.
Tragedy changes Willow's quirky but comfortable life, and as she adapts, she changes the lives of those around her.
Will Everett wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but after his family's fortunes change, he finds himself with a first-class ticket for The Boundless. The longest, most glamorous locomotive in the world, it stretches more than eleven kilometres long and pulls an astounding 987 cars: passenger cars, shooting galleries, gardens, an onboard swimming pool, cinema and much more. But its maiden voyage won't be a smooth ride for Will.
Meet amazing dolphins that have learned to use tools to hunt for their dinner.
Drama abounds on and off the stage in this hilarious graphic novel about school theatre productions.
In this fairy tale world, Raven Queen does not want to be evil like her mother, and Apple White, daughter of Snow White, is willing to be a little bad.
When Elizabeth begins working in the New York Circulating Material Repository, she learns that some of the objects (and people) aren't as normal as they seem.
For those who like The Hunger Games, meet slumborn Day and elite-born June as they fight to save their lives and their world. First in a trilogy.
When plucky machinist Piper rescues Anna after a meteor shower, both girls stow away on an armored train to escape the man chasing them.
Rafe's plan to break every rule in the school handbook is soon out of his control.
In a London overrun by ghosts, Lucy works with the ghost-hunting agency Lockwood & Co. to combat hauntings. First in a series.
When Nick holds a yard sale to get rid of the junk in the attic of his new home, he realizes too late that all the objects have mysterious powers and he needs to get them back.
Survivors' accounts bring the Titanic disaster to life.
Arnie the pet "doughnut dog" always has a fun time at the bowling alley, until something causes his owner to throw gutter ball after gutter ball.
land. First in a series.
The true story of two brothers who, messing around in their basement, discover colors that glow in the dark.
Three friends set off for an adventure to bury a haunted doll made of the bones of a long-ago girl.
Kyle, a huge lover of games, gets to spend the night in Mr. Lemoncello's amazing new library and join in the biggest game of all—with a prize beyond his imagination.
Hà escapes South Vietnam with her family and finds that life is very different in the United States.
Twelve-year-old Rump goes on a quest to discover his true identity and to break a magical curse in this humorous take on the classic fairy tale.
In Erdas, four children have four mighty spirit animals, but can these kids and their animals save their world? First in a series.
Introducing Total Failure, Inc., the best detective agency in town, run by eleven-year-old Timmy Failure and his partner, Total, a 1,500-pound polar bear. First in a series.
On Tuesdays, Castle Glower takes on a life of its own, magically rearranging itself. When the castle is ambushed, it's up to Princess Celie to save the day. First in a series.
Minli and a dragon begin a quest to find the Old Man on the Moon, who may have answers to Minli's family's troubles.
dragon wars. First in a series.


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As Trial Begins, Israel Debates: Is IDF Soldier Who Shot Wounded Terrorist Murderer or Hero?
By Tazpit Press Service May 10, 2016 , 7:30 am
"'The hand of our God is upon all them that seek Him, for good; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him.'" Ezra 8:22 (The Israel Bible™)
Elior Azaria, The Israeli soldier, who shot a Palestinian terrorist in Hebron arrives to a court hearing at a military court Jaffa, April 14, 2016. The Israeli soldier was filmed shooting a Palestinian attacker, who was already "neutralized" by other soldiers who stopped him from attacking further. The Israeli left-wing organization 'B'tzelem' released the video, staring a controversy around the IDF's moral conduct. (Photo: Flash90)
By: Joshua B. Dermer
The trial of Sgt. Elor Azaria, the 20-year-old IDF medic who was filmed shooting a wounded Palestinian stabber in Hebron, began on Monday in Jaffa Military Court. He is charged with manslaughter for the incident that has rocked the political establishment and roiled passions across the country, as Israelis debate whether he is a murderer or a hero.
Protesters waved Israeli flags outside the courthouse in support of Azaria as right-wing activists and politicians, including members of Netanyahu's own party and cabinet, have harshly criticized the government and IDF for pressing charges against the soldier.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon referred to Azaria as a "soldier who strayed" during a speech from the Knesset podium following the incident and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot issued an unusual letter vowing to "bring to judgment" those who violate military rules and values.
Netanyahu called Azaria's father several weeks ago and requested that the family trust the judicial process, assuring him that the court would take into account the "circumstances" that soldiers face at the scene of a terror attack.
Azaria has claimed that he shot the wounded Palestinian assailant, Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, due to fear that al-Sharif was wearing an explosive vest. The prosecution alleges that Azaria shot him while he posed no threat.
In the initial stages of the trial, the defense and prosecution argued before the judge over how to properly frame the case.
Eyal Besserglick, Azaria's defense attorney, argued that all previous cases where soldiers failed to follow military protocol should be taken into consideration. The prosecution argued that, given the evidence provided by video footage, it is clear that Azaria is guilty of the charges posed against him.
According to the indictment, Azaria arrived at the scene of the March stabbing attack and treated the wounded soldier. He then walked towards the injured al-Sharif, cocked his weapon, and shot him once in the head from close range.
"The soldier did all this against the rules of engagement and without military justification," the military prosecution said. "The assailant al-Sharif was lying on the ground, did not attack again, and did not pose an immediate threat to the defendant or to the civilians and soldiers who were at the scene. In his actions, the defendant caused the unlawful death of the assailant al-Sharif."
Tazpit Press Service is an international media agency based out of Israel.
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The New Year 2017 has begun to spread its wings; new adventures and experiences are in the corner, waiting for you to get involve.
Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life; the secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can. Every New Year holds a brand new story for you and this one can turn into a cover story, so take advantage of every challenge, even when you stuck in the middle you will learn something and get stronger. Keep holding on, listen to your heart and every doubt would disappear.
This year, try to put a smile on your face by doing what you really love. Don't ever listen to other people because most of them don't you to succeed or they get jealous but you, YES YOU can make the difference and reach the imPOSSIBLE.
Too often we underestimate the power of a smile, a kind word, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Just share your smile with the world; it's a symbol of friendship and caring. Besides, smile is contagious; the vibe and energy transfers to the others who come across.
New Year is a great opportunity to find who you really are by trusting the magic of beginnings; throughout the adventures you will get to a whole new level and upgrade yourself. It is the path of exploration and the secret to succeed because if you know you who are, you won't drown in the "blue ocean".
TIP: You can put words and make history in the book which is called "Opportunity". Don't ever forget that you NEVER lose because everything that comes to you is a lesson to learn. Just, let this New Year give you all the strength and courage to win over your vices and enhance your virtues.
…So try to make the best you can do and don't fade away.


Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 7;101(36):13357-62. Epub 2004 Aug 25.
Biochemical evidence for the association of fragile X mental retardation protein with brain polyribosomal ribonucleoparticles.
Khandjian EW1, Huot ME, Tremblay S, Davidovic L, Mazroui R, Bardoni B.
Fragile X syndrome is caused by the absence of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). This RNA-binding protein is widely expressed in human and mouse tissues, and it is particularly abundant in the brain because of its high expression in neurons, where it localizes in the cell body and in granules throughout dendrites. Although FMRP is thought to regulate trafficking of repressed mRNA complexes and to influence local protein synthesis in synapses, it is not known whether it has additional functions in the control of translation in the cell body. Here, we have used recently developed approaches to investigate whether FMRP is associated with the translation apparatus. We demonstrate that, in the brain, FMRP is present in actively translating polyribosomes, and we show that this association is acutely sensitive to the type of detergent required to release polyribosomes from membranous structures. In addition, proteomic analyses of purified brain polyribosomes reveal the presence of several RNA-binding proteins that, similarly to FMRP, have been previously localized in neuronal granules. Our findings highlight the complex roles of FMRP both in actively translating polyribosomes and in repressed trafficking ribonucleoparticle granules.
Analyses of brain polyribosomes prepared from adult mice. (a) Postmitochondrial fraction was treated with 1% nonionic detergent Nonidet P-40, and total polyribosomes were first concentrated by ultracentrifugation, resuspended, and analyzed by sedimentation velocity throughout sucrose density gradients. Liver polyribosomes treated in the same way were analyzed in parallel. Note the presence of brain polyribosomes and FMRP at the bottom of the centrifuge tube, whereas the distribution of liver polyribosomes is different. (b) Treatment with 1% DOC allows brain and liver polyribosomes to distribute throughout the gradients according to their sedimentation values, whereas FMRP is detected at the top of the gradients. The integrity and distribution of polyribosomes were based on the UV profile as well as the presence of L7, a core protein of the large ribosomal subunit. Distribution of FMRP in different fractions was revealed by immunoblotting with mAb1C3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Sep 7;101(36):13357-13362.
Effects of Nonidet P-40 (Left) and DOC (Right) on brain polyribosomes prepared from young animals. Although no major differences can be detected between the two polyribosomal profiles, the distribution of FMRP is clearly affected after treatment with DOC.
Schematic diagram of the steps used to prepare polyribosomes from the postmitochondrial supernatant and the residual fractions derived from homogenates of young mouse brain.
Quantitative distribution of brain polyribosomes and FMRP from the fractions prepared by differential sedimentations, as described in . Note that most of FMRP is associated with heavy sedimenting polyribosomes (P1), whereas only trace amounts are detected at the top of the gradient in panel FP, which stands for the final pellet obtained after centrifugation of the postribosomal pellet for 18 h at 105,000 × g.
FMRP and several other RNA-binding proteins are released from polyribosomes after treatment with DOC, whereas Nonidet P-40 has no deleterious effects on the purification of polyribosomes that still carry these RNA-binding proteins. Immunoblot analyses were performed with the indicated specific antibodies. Note that neither Nonidet P-40 nor DOC has an effect on the core ribosomal proteins S6 and L7. P, polyribosomes recovered after ultracentrifugation; S, protein soluble either in Nonidet P-40 or DOC.
Identification of proteins extracted from polyribosomes after treatment with 1% DOC. The major Coomassie brilliant blue-stained bands in lane S were eluted and analyzed by MS. Identified proteins are classified as RNA-binding proteins and other proteins. P, polyribosomal proteins resistant to DOC treatment; S, soluble proteins after DOC treatment.


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Why Authors Are Forgotten: Part 4
The comedy writers Galton & Simpson once told me, 'happiness is boring. It's tragedy that's funny.' I've always admired David Nobbs, John Braine, Winifred Holtby, Alan Sillitoe, Stan Barstow and Keith Waterhouse, who mixed dark and light together almost without thinking.
Their lessons were well learned and I find myself peppering my Bryant & May novels with their mentality. 'I've been invited to a screening,' says my elderly detective Arthur Bryant. 'Oh, the new Alien film?' asks his partner. 'No,' Bryant replies, 'bowel cancer.'
It seemed to me that many Northern writers got stuck with a lazy tag they didn't deserve. The words 'gritty' and 'grim' still pop up all the time. What's overlooked is a natural sense of amusement at the world's failings. Tinniswood created a strange, poetic masterpiece called 'The Stirk of Stirk', a story about Robin Hood as an old man, and it could only have been written by someone who saw the cruel humour in his situation as, freezing to death, his hero wanders the woods with his dwindling crew, wondering how much longer the old ways will survive. The style is pure poetry. Here he is on the journeys made by house martins;
'Desert. Ocean. Stab of lighthouse, Swoop of falcon. Lime trap. Storm. Draught. Pellets of shot gun. And here they are. Back home.'
The book is suffused with melancholy chill, but even in the blackest moments Tinniswood lights candles of hope. Here a laugh is described as 'a sound that would curdle the eggs in a goldcrest's womb' and 'saliva makes bitter fountains in the mouth' as the starving Hood staggers on into history – and out of the bestsellers' list.
This kind of heightened stylisation has fallen from popularity. Reading Tinniswood is like skimming any recent book on fast-forward, such is his ability to drag the reader through a colourful story. He reminds you that reading should always be a pleasure, never a chore. 'A Touch Of Daniel' was reissued in 2001, two years before he died, killed by his pipe, which is how he would probably have reported his throat cancer.
When I was writing 'The Book of Forgotten Authors' I set about unearthing as many of these writers as I could find, and was surprised to discover that they had often sold in their millions. Did they retire to the South of France, having made fortunes? Well, a couple did but many underwent stranger fates.
Arthur Upfield inspired a killer to copy his fictional perfect murder. Kathleen Winsor became the subject of a sex scandal. Others like Simon Raven never learned how to deal with sudden success and succumbed to a variety of hideous fates. Some were simply unlucky, some shied from the spotlight and hid themselves behind false identities. Others became unfashionable. One author I looked for was so mortified by poor reviews that she never wrote another word. Alexander Baron was so shy that when he did had a successful book he could barely bring himself to publicise it. Hans Fallada wrote novels subtly criticizing the Nazis while living in Berlin, and the success of one nearly ended his life. It was made into a Hollywood film that came to the attention of Goebbels. Other successful writers lived long and happy lives. One died on an Egyptian cruise, still cheerfully working in her late eighties. 'Never regret,' she said. 'If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.'
Shortly after Keith Waterhouse died virtually every one of his novels, excepting the immortal 'Billy Liar', which I've always regarded as Britain's answer to 'The Catcher in the Rye', came off the shelves within a year. Perhaps as our lives improved beyond recognition, they took an entire literary school with them. Well, times and tastes change. It doesn't mean we should forget our heroes.
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Peter Dixon says:
Keith Waterhouse wrote a useful book about journalism that should be required reading for anyone who puts pen to paper. He was also responsible for the splendidly silly Worzel Gummidge TV scripts.
Peter Tinniswood's Uncle Mort stories are sheer bliss, a northern curmudgeon with the certain conviction that Yorkshire is the best place in the world, well, his street, and maybe not the neighbours. He's basically the Likely Lads' Terry Collier's dad. He'd probably wear a T shirt with the slogan 'Whatever Happened to the Ilkley Lads'
Laura Humphrey says:
I loved Peter Tinniswood's Shemerelda, but as you say nothing beat Uncle Mort much quoted in our house, "right clem". I always loved Linda Preston as well and so wanted Carter to run off with her.. absolute magic
Not sure that a couple of the authors mentioned are actually forgotten as yet.
Hans Fallada (Rudolf Ditzen) is still widely available in Germany but it is only in recent years that English translations of most of his books have been published. There appeared to be a big push of his books into the public eye last year. His most famous book in English, Alone In Berlin, was recently made into a film which to my mind was a pretty pisspoor effort completely missing all the nuances of the book. Just to make the film even worse they gave it a ghastly Hollywood style ending.
Simon Raven might be at the back of the communal mind but not quite forgotten. His brilliant Alms For Oblivion series is the only book series other than The Lord of the Rings which I have read multiple times. And as death edges ever closer I will give both series another crack soon.
If only Raven and Tolkien had collaborated!
As 'Forgotten Authors' gestated over a ten year period, Hans Fallada was always high on my list of authors to include. When the books started to reappear I had to decide whether to leave him out, but his story was so extraordinary, and such a good example of what can happen to a writer, that I decided to keep him in.
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We stock Manual Venetian Blinds, so why not take a look and see for yourself how easy they can be to use?


When I was younger, I used to be an avid reader and would actually take on the tasks to finish lengthy materials super fast even if it meant getting some reading done at the dinner table or spending my summers at the local library. I loved where my books could take my imagination and how they made me feel. Throughout the years, school (in particular college) left a slight disdain for reading since it became more of a chore and not a hobby. I have made the choice today to get back to one of my favorite past times and enjoy reading just for the sake of it. Although it is more of a helpful guide versus a narrative "Style" by Lauren Conrad is a fun introductory easy read to get me back into the flow of things. I picked it up at my local Marshalls at a discounted price just merely based on the aesthetic appeal (great coffee table look) but quickly discovered that it actually had some awesome advice, guidelines, tips and tricks for the everyday girl interested in all things relating to fashion and beauty. Her simple yet chic look is broken down for even the basic beginner to be able to obtain as well as life and beauty hacks. From closet organization to choosing the right denim for your body type, this book has a little something for everyone and is an easy flowing read! Links below.


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By Ronan Doyle on	 February 5, 2014 This Week On Demand
Editor's Note: reviews this week are by Ronan Doyle, Daniel Tucker, and Jaime Burchardt
Welcome once more to a bloated belated batch of new Netflix releases, hastily compiled in as comprehensive a manner as possible to collate the dozens of new movies in this typically teeming first-of-the-month bulge. It's a lesser one than usual, in fact, not without its fair share of classic perhaps, but certainly short of much in the way of modern greats. Oh well, we can't have it all every week.
And just like that, a star is born. Branching out beyond the straight-arrow good guy cowboy he had played on TV in Rawhide, Clint Eastwood set sail for Spain, and the first of an eventual three collaborations with upcoming Italian director Sergio Leone. A raw reconstitution of the dying American western and its outmoded moral archetypes, A Fistful of Dollars casts Clint as the wandering gunslinger quick to pit rival gangs against each other and scoop up the eponymous prize for himself. Less a great genre effort in itself than a foundation for those that would come—by both Leone and of course Eastwood himself—the movie's dynamic bravura visualisation is as much a bold reconfiguration of western iconography as its narrative is a daring new approach to the dominant white-hat-black-hat duality of its forebears. That Eastwood and Leone earned their own fistfuls is indicative of just how needed it was. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
There may not be a comedy with a greater laugh-per-minute ratio than that of Airplane!, Jim Abrahams and David and Jerry Zucker's sublimely silly and delightfully deadpan disaster spoof. Whether you've seen it or not you will already know the iconic gags, such is the stranglehold they have on popular culture. Surely you know at least of Leslie Nielsen, who broke the mould here in a way few actors have and radically redefined himself as a comedy superstar. His is but one among a handful of timeless roles, from Peter Graves' appallingly inappropriate pilot to Lloyd Bridges' everything-addict air traffic controller to an alarming number of other standouts among an all-time exemplary ensemble. Quality is better than quantity, they say; Airplane! is a movie that brings both to bear, pairing silly slapstick and sharp speech with a rapidity and richness to ruin the ribs. Rewatches are as necessary as they are guaranteed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ~RD
But nothing better epitomises how masterful a comedy Airplane! is than its uninspired atrocity of a sequel, which literally just repeats its predecessor's gags as though that in itself were enough. It proves, at least, that the first film is not the bastion of dumb humour some would have it: to see Airplane II: The Sequel is to see for sure the ingenuity of Airplane!; here the jokes are mounted with such crudeness and clumsiness as to dispel any doubt that the original's silliness was in any way unsophisticated. That the sequel has only the same jokes done badly to offer is problem enough; that the great Leslie Nielsen is replaced by a late-stage William Shatner cameo is the final straw. Debut director Ken Finkleman had the decidedly dodgy distinction of having penned two cash-grab sequels in 1982, the other of which was Grease 2. Both, in the end, were very effective disaster films. AVOID IT. ~RD
Few directors can lay claim to a debut duo as attention-grabbing and exciting as Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave and Trainspotting, which together announced the young Scot director as a visceral new cinematic voice with firm genre footing. The streak, alas, was but a short one; Boyle's third effort was A Life Less Ordinary, a film less interesting. The unconvincing romance between Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz as a down-on-his-luck nobody and the wealthy heiress he kidnaps to extort a ransom is boring enough in itself without the awkward addition of a strange subplot centred on angels attempting to force the pair together. The cast, also including Ian Holm and Stanley Tucci, do their best to keep things afloat, restricted as they are with John Hodge's uninspired script. But even on paper, this is a movie that hasn't half the appeal of its predecessors among Boyle's work; who'd have thought the guy behind those could make something this dull? SO-SO. ~RD
Soap opera meets social realism in Broken, debut director Rufus Norris' brooding tale of class conflict and family chaos in a North London suburb. The act of extreme violence on which the movie opens, glimpsed by us as though through a neighbouring window, introduces the ideas of hearsay on which Norris' study of social structures is founded. There's a claustrophic sense to his shooting of this microcosmic cul-de-sac; the few escapes we find from the small cluttering of households between which the drama occurs are to ugly scrap- or schoolyards. Yet Norris shoots all with an unlikely expressive beauty, so striking that it even overrules Mark O'Rowe's oft-imbalanced script. So too do the cast—headed by Tim Roth and Cillian Murphy, both regularly overshadowed by young lead Eloise Laurence—elevate their archetypal characters above the caricatures they can seem to be on the page. It takes strong elements to overcome flaws this glaring. WORTH WATCHING. ~RD
Not yet off the festival circuit in some areas of the world, Staci Passon's striking drama Concussion arrives on Netflix heralded by its top commenter as "basically a gay Belle du Jour". That's a fair, if frigid, descriptor of this fine piece of work, a deeply heartfelt character study that's first and foremost a look at suburban (dis)satisfaction, regardless of sexuality. Robin Weigert is everything Passon can have hoped for as Abby, the middle class mother of two spurred by a baseball to the head to seek extra-marital interaction as an escort names Eleanor. With the kind of gentle wit that says much of the insecurities it masks, Weigert and a wonderful supporting cast explore the intricacies of this character in eventual, arresting detail. Shooting softly to match her script's sensitivity, Passon earns attention here easily; her pace isn't perfect, but she has delivered here a debut that demands her next be awaited intently. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
French director Marina de Van helms the Swedish-backed Irish horror film Dark Touch, a beast every bit as much a hybrid in narrative terms as it is in production. That's not, alas, a good thing: opening on an impressively mounted—if only fleetingly frightening—haunted house sequence, this awfully-acted effort progresses through almost every subgenre there is, sure to take on the least interesting elements of each as it strives vainly to find something to say. It does, at least, have a spine of social commentary to see it through the more egregious instances of derivative tedium; a spectacularly misjudged conclusion, though, is sure to see that puny seed of potential planted where the sun don't shine. What a weird, wild, misfire of a movie this is, so strikingly atonal that it might be ironically enjoyable if not for the possibilities it fleetingly feels to be moving toward. AVOID IT. ~RD
It is one of the great failures of popular culture that Sarah Bowman, heroine of Day of the Dead, is not every bit as well-known a name as Ellen Ripley. The third film of Romero's Dead series—often referred, out of disdain for the three recent films, as the last of the "trilogy"—is so unassuming in its appointment of a woman to action lead that it's almost unsurprising that it hasn't been afforded the recognition it deserves. Maybe it's merely because it isn't as fine a film as Alien; while Romero's best attributes are on full display here, his social commentary pointed as ever and his gory sensibility nicely indulged in Tom Savini's terrific make-up, the film suffers for certain eccentricities in the ensemble that render the drama a touch over the top. Still, the social malaise herein established is impressive; Romero, as ever, gives us a movie that's fun and intelligent in equal measure. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
Dirty Mary Crazy Larry
If it wasn't for Quentin Tarantino, I wouldn't have even heard of Dirty Mary Crazy Larry (then again, that goes for a lot of titles in most of our cinematic lives). I thank him for this. Larry (Peter Fonda, post-Easy Rider) is a NASCAR driver, and one day he and his mechanic buddy Deke (Adam Roarke) decide that some crime and robbing would be the best way to buy a new, better race car. They didn't anticipate all the attention they would attract from the cops, or even worse, the attention of Larry's "girlfriend" Mary (Susan George, post-Straw Dogs). The two become a racing version of Bonnie and Clyde (without the violence) as they create all kinds of chaos with their 4-wheel weapon, and have all kinds of fun doing it. Fortunately, the movie invites us in on the fun with its infectious energy, taking an extremely simple story and mashing up mayhem with absolute joy. RECOMMENDED. ~JB
Dario Argento. Boy oh boy oh… hell. Look, it's no surprise that the man's quality level has gone down almost dramatically. His last effort, Giallo, is arguably the worst thing he's put out, possibly in his whole filmography. The good news? Dracula 3D—or known as Argento's Dracula on Netflix, which I prefer—is much better. The bad news? Well, that depends on your outlook on bad movies. If you love them or have a special place in your heart for them, then you're going to eat… this… up. Argento's Dracula is a special kind of terrible. The approach is monotonously charming, and at the same time disheartening that he didn't really try much to be truly original here (except that mantis scene… wow). If you hate bad movies, the first thing that'll glare at you is Argento's venture into digital; Suspiria cinematographer Luciano Tovoli fails miserably with the technical jump from film. Which side are you on? SO-SO. ~JB
It is rare to see a film as resoundingly personal as Enter the Void, Gaspar Noé's third—and sadly still most recent—feature. Not, that is to say, that the movie's stream-of-spirit approach from the spectral perspective of a murdered drug dealer in Tokyo is reflective of the personal experience of the director; rather, the existentialist ideas at the heart of this masterwork offer a comprehensive containment of their creator in a way few films ever do. It is an extraordinary film, pondering personality and perspective with a transient abandon that's at once unyieldingly intellectual and ferociously visceral too. Such is the plane on which Noé operates, engaging the viewer's mind and body in tandem with his characters', all as a means to approach the soul. And oh what a soulful movie it is: black and bleak and bare as it might seem, Noé shows us as the sum total of our memories, our traumas, our terrors. MUST SEE. ~RD
Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
After watching Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 I get the feeling it was made for people like me. Personally, the only incarnations of Bond that have even remotely thrilled me have been Daniel Craig and some of Pierce Brosnan's takes. Nothing could have prepared me for the brutal honesty this documentary brings. Going over every single aspect, from Ian Fleming to one-time Bond player George Lazenby—who has some fantastic moments—no stone is left unturned, even the ugly ones. Stevan Riley, who broke into the documentary world back in 2006 with Blue Blood, may have found his calling here. Not only does he pick and assemble the best stories to help make Bond's 50 years come to life, but his execution—with the help of editor Claire Ferguson—flies at you almost a mile a minute, which is smart considering that this is worth multiple viewings. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ~JB
A Pittsburgher struggling to pay the bills yet somehow able to afford an apartment the size of a parking garage works as a welder with damn good hair by day, but after hours she's a dancer at a night club that would rival the one Matthew McConaughey runs in Magic Mike. Bet you'd never guess she wants to be a ballet dancer. Adrian Lyne's Flashdance may be short on characterization, logic, and well-written dialogue, but you're insane if you came to this movie expecting any of those things. Featuring a fantastic soundtrack including an Oscar-winning song, the film works as one giant commercial for the '80s. Thanks to the influence of Jerry Bruckheimer, the movie feels like one giant music video. The awful dialogue makes it even more enjoyable. This is a guilty pleasure if there ever was one. Did I mention there's an ice skating scene? WORTH WATCHING. ~DT
Reuniting with John Schlesinger, who had directed him to a second Oscar nomination in Midnight Cowboy, Dustin Hoffman brought the best of his out-of-his-depth everyman abilities to Marathon Man, a fitting companion piece to his other major release that year in All the President's Men. Though here the conspiracy isn't quite so real; impeccably though he might play it, earning the film's sole Oscar nomination in the process, Laurence Olivier's Nazi villain is a decidedly quaint character in the context of '70s paranoia, not quite so capable a conduit to social commentary as the more morally deft Pakula films of the period. Still, what a terrific thriller this is; Hoffman and Olivier find fine companionship in a charismatic Roy Scheider as brother to the former and hunter of the latter, topping a trio of tremendous performances that make this movie an eminently enjoyable experience. Conrad Hall's compelling cinematography is the icing on the cake. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
The great master of the ensemble, Robert Altman launched his career after over a decade of TV direction with 1970's MASH, a movie so successful its small screen spin-off would last well into the next decade. And it's easy to understand why; Ring Lardner, Jr's Oscar-winning script is a satirical gem, embellished freely by Altman's ad-lib-encouraging approach and a cast that consistently manages to make it their own. Donald Sutherland and Elliot Gould lead proceedings, their characters' carefree and anti-establishment approach—despite the Fox-insisted statement of a Korean War setting—the perfect pointer toward the film's thinly-veiled take on the contemporary conflict in Vietnam. Commitedly episodic and very, very funny, it's a movie content to allow its commentary arise incidentally and unassumingly; our understanding of the war and its follies, as for the characters, arises slowly but surely as the façade of humour begins to wear thin. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
Nightmare Factory
How nice it is to see Nightmare Factory arrive in a place where, with any luck, the audience it deserves can see it. One of the many behind-the-scenes documentaries that falls through the cracks every year, it made a modest festival run throughout 2012 before a Hallowe'en TV showing last year came and went largely unheralded. It's an affable and interesting piece, conceived with affection aplenty by director Donna Davies as she examines the impact of Hollywood horror effects studio KNB EFX—which fittingly found early success on Day of the Dead. George Romero, Quentin Tarantino, John Landis, John Carpenter, and the ever-game Frank Darabont are on hand to tout the merits of the company's core team, attested by an impressive barrage of clips and hands-on examples of how these gruesome effects are mounted. Horror fans should be delighted; this is a lovely little tribute to people who work has kept us squirming. RECOMMENDED. ~RD
Before Ben Affleck and Chris Pine had their chance, and after Alec Baldwin originated the character, Harrison Ford gave us his interpretation of Jack Ryan in Phillip Noyce's Patriot Games. This 1992 action thriller may not be as cerebral as its predecessor (The Hunt for Red October), and it certainly has a tendency to rely far too often on action scenes as plot points, but it is still a solid and entertaining thriller. The incredibly fast-paced film opens with Ryan thwarting a terrorist attack by the IRA, making himself not only a national hero in the process but also a target for revenge. With both his nation and family in danger, Ryan is forced to rejoin the CIA and make sure the baddies are stopped. The film's traditional premise and occasional outdated bits are made up for by a great supporting cast that features the likes of Sean Bean, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Harris James Earl Jones, and Hugh Fraser. RECOMMENDED. ~DT
After two great Star Trek movies (Wrath of Kahn and The Voyage Home) and a solid one (The Search for Spock) nestled between them, there was a great amount of expectation regarding the newest addition to the franchise. The Voyage Home had successfully introduced a dose of humor into the franchise, something that The Final Frontier clearly wanted to emulate. The result in a film confused about its plot points, themes and tone. This movie is all over the place. One scene has Kirk, Spock and Bones singing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"; another has Uhura doing a seductive dance. Between these we get musings on pain and musings on being able to talk to God in person. At times boring, other times gripping, and yet other times so bad it's hard to watch, The Final Frontier is a film that has to be experienced to be believed. AVOID IT. ~DT
From the opening of DreamWorks' latest to its final frame, the animation in this movie is fan-freakin-tastic. Directors Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders and their talented team of animators have created with The Croods an imaginative world full of adventure and beauty. There are cool prehistoric animals that are both terrifying and adorable, colorful and vibrant landscapes, and a somewhat interesting pack of cavemen. The third ingredient is what holds the movie back from being so great. Despite a talented voice cast that includes the likes of Nicolas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds and Cloris Leachman, there is nothing here to stay with you after the credits apart from exceptional visuals. We are given countless action scenes which, though impressive and immaculately constructed, become incredibly redundant given the overly familiar excuse for a story. That said, The Croods is far from a bad movie. Did I mention it features Nicolas Cage as a caveman? WORTH WATCHING. ~DT
And here we have perhaps the finest example of "those that would come" promised all those capsules ago; here, just two years after they redefined the western on Spanish sands, Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone reached the peak of their historical collaboration, an extravagant epic whose quick-cut contrast of close-ups and wide shots is an appropriate visual motif for a movie that alternates between compelling character detail and a grander picture of American conflict. Tonino Delli Colli's sumptuous cinematography joins Ennio Morricone's incomparably iconic score to craft some of the most immortal scenes in celluloid history, a film you needn't necessarily watch to have seen, such is its cultural caché. Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach join Eastwood to form the titular trio, whose playful plotlines entangle and unfold to form an epic that's understandably heralded as one of the genre's finest hours. How much it says that Leone would go on to top it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ~RD


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Speech delivered by Aaron Kahland at Orania Burgervergadering ( = Citizens meeting)
By Aaron Kahland, ambassador of Orania in Germany.
I'd like to start by telling you a story from the country where I live, Germany. It is the story of Max Planck, the great German physicist. In 1918 Professor Planck won the Nobel Prize for his work on quantum theory. With this new fame he was asked at universities throughout Germany to give speeches on his discoveries. One evening he was due to give a speech in Munich. On the way there, Planck was having a discussion with his driver and his driver asked him if he had prepared the speech he was to give that night. Planck answered 'no, I haven't prepared, I have given this speech so many times that I can tell it by memory.' His driver responded, 'I have heard your speech so many times I could probably give it.' Hearing this, Max Planck thought for a moment and then said to his driver, 'why don't we test your theory and you dress nicely and give the speech and I'll sit in the front of the audience and pretend to be your driver and we'll see if anyone notices.'
And, according to their plan, when they arrived Planck's driver got up in front of the audience and gave a speech on very complicated physics in front of an audience of Munich's scientific community. He delivered it so well that no-one noticed that it was not Planck himself. However, after the speech was given, there was time for questions from the audience. Sure enough someone from the audience stood up and asked a question on Planck's quantum theory. For a moment the driver stood still and then he slowly shook his head and said, 'I was led to believe that Munich was a sophisticated and intellectual city. So it surprises me that someone from this audience could ask me such a simple question.' The driver then pointed to Max Planck in the audience and said 'Indeed it is so simple that I am confident that even my driver could answer it.'
The reason I told you this story is that today I feel a little bit like Max Planck's driver because I have been asked to speak a little about Afrikaner history. I am an economist by trade but I shall do my best and hopefully, I can introduce something new to you anyway.
I'd like to begin by going back in time to the mid seventeenth century when the Dutch state established a mercantilist outpost in Southern Africa whose mission it was to establish a port to provision Dutch trading ships travelling between Europe and the Dutch East Indies. In 1652, around two hundred Dutch East India employees and indentured servants arrived to create a settlement that would later become Cape Town. I want to emphasize that this was not some colony of free settlers but that the people brought over were in an initial state of semi-slavery and were provided very few freedoms. In 1657, 40 of these indentured servants were freed by the Governor. These freed men took up farming and grazing. These activities were permitted by the Dutch East India Company who wanted food to feed their growing town. Any other activities were strictly regulated and attempts by freemen to engage in free enterprise were forbidden including trading with the local KhoiKhoi though this happened despite the regulations. The monopolist V.O.C. did not allow the establishment of a free market but instead fixed the prices for goods produced by the burghers. These fixed prices often did not cover the costs of transportation and left free burghers economically impoverished. To escape this tightly controlled economic environment, many burghers began trekking east beyond the company's control. The company then forbade migration or trade with the natives, a law that was introduced in 1677. The law wasn't terribly effective because the government reintroduced similar laws in 1727, 1739, 1770, 1774, and 1786.
I have to say that I very much admire the attitude of your ancestors towards stupid laws restricting their freedoms. A very healthy attitude in my view.
I want to return to the Boer treks a little later but first I want to take a little look at what else was happening in the world at around this time.
The most important political development at this time was the growing rebellion against British rule in North America which had broken out in 1775.
Around a year after the outbreak of war against Great Britain the Declaration of Independence was issued which outlined the reasons the American colonists now considered themselves free of political ties to the former motherland.
The most often quoted portion of the declaration is the following,
'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,[75] that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.'
These words were largely borrowed from John Locke a philosopher of the Enlightenment who wrote that man had the right to life, liberty and property.
Perhaps more important than this part of the preamble however is the means of achieving them. So wrote Thomas Jefferson,
'That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.'
These words are very powerful and help to make this document, I feel, one of the key political writings of Western Civilization. Peoples have a God given right to rebel against their government. This was the principle upon which the United States of America was founded – and according to Thomas Jefferson, a principle which all men were granted.
Going back to the Cape now, it wasn't long after the US achieved independence that the first Boer attempt to break-away from Dutch colonial rule was attempted with the creation of the short lived Graaf-Reinet republic along the frontier. By the time the British returned to the Cape in 1806, the Boer national consciousness was well established and with it the concept of self-rule.
In 1815, some frontier Boers began a renewed revolt against British rule at Slagters Nek after colonial authorities attempted to enforce British law along the frontier. In the trials following the failed rebellion, which led the execution of five men, one of the defendants stated before the court, 'I am a young man who does not yet know what a Government is, as I was never near one.'
If the young man's statement in his defense is representative of the motives for rebellion then this early Boer rebellion is illustrative of something very interesting. Unlike the American rebellion against British rule which established the right to rebel and form a new government, this early Boer rebellion was a fight to remain free from government. This is an important distinction.
The idea that a people can live without government seems, in our day and age, a difficult concept to accept. People tend to think of chaos and lawlessness. However, living without government, or living without a state, is not the same as living without governance. I believe that the early Boer experience is a good place to look to find evidence of this.
Indeed the American historian Joseph Stromberg wrote of the early Boer ideal as maatskaapy, a society of 'free and independent men.' A Boer felt that he required 6000 acres to be economically independent and as Stromberg writes, 'Boers would move each generation, and would trek large distances to get away from unwanted government supervision.'
Stromberg also writes that 'The Boers were united as maatskappy, a loose community of individual proprietors, the commando, a volunteer military arm their society, and as co-relioginists. More supervision than this they did not want. A Boer patriarch, sovereign on his own plek, with his wife, children and retainers, and armed for defense of his family and property, corresponded quite well – like the Anglo-Celtic Southerner – to the ideal citizen of classical republican theory.'
Indeed, Stromberg was right. The old Boers very much represented the ideal citizen of classical liberalism which was promoted most prominently by many of the founding fathers of the United States, and in particular, Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson believed that an agrarian society was one which offered the best prospect for a free society. Despite being well known as an author, he only wrote one book, titled 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' written in 1781. In it he wrote,
"Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people,
whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus
in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth.
Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age nor nation has
furnished an example. It is the mark set on those, who not looking up to heaven, to their own
soil and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistence, depend for it on the casualties
and caprice of customers. Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of
virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition. . . . "
Thomas Jefferson as US president went to great lengths to achieve his vision of a free people in a new land. He reduced the size of government, cut taxes and avoided conflict with foreign nations as best he could. He wrote that,
'Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.'
Jefferson's ideal of an agrarian republic was best illustrated in the south of the U.S., including his native Virginia, where society was dominated by independent farmers. This is a society that shared some similarities with the Boer republics established in Southern Africa.
Stromberg wrote however that, 'unlike the Southerner, the Boers were of a simpler school. Their nearest approach to liberalism was the notion of covenant. Thus it makes sense to think of the Boers as patriarchal, pastoral Calvinists living out a practical frontier anarchism.'
Now, I realize the word anarchist might seem unusual but what Stromberg means here anarchy in its true definition which comes from the original Greek meaning 'without a leader' or 'without a state.' Living without a state today seems like an unusual concept however what is it we speak of when speaking of a 'state'? The German philosopher Hans Hermann Hoppe defines it as such,
'A state is a territorial monopolist of compulsion, an agency which may engage in continual, institutionalized property rights violations and the exploitation of private property owners through expropriation, taxation, and regulation.'
So a state affords itself a monopoly on violence so that it can exploit those living within its territory of control. And so it is here South African government that has forbidden the use of the age old Commando system of voluntary self-defense. The Commando threatens the state's monopoly on violence.
Piet Retief wrote in his manifesto before undertaking his Great Trek that he and his followers had decided to 'quit this colony with a desire to lead a more quiet life than we have heretofore done.. under the full assurance that the British government had nothing more to require of us, and will allow us to govern ourselves without its interference in future.'
Hermann Giliomee writes that Retief emphasized in his manifest that 'those undertaking the trek would take no-ones property but would defend themselves against attacks on their lives and property. They would make laws to govern themselves and would make their intention to live in peace clear to the black tribes amongst whom they settled.' Retief wrote in his manifesto that 'We desire to be considered a free and independent people.'
So off the Voortrekkers went to free themselves from Imperial state control. When they undertook their monumental trek, it is important to note that they did not travel without purpose. They intentionally avoided areas already settled. So they did not travel directly to the North where they were aware the Griqua lived. Nor did they travel to the East where the main Xhosa areas were. Instead the wagon trains headed North East into territory that had been decimated by a violent Zulu war of extermination against neighbouring tribes – a war that is estimated to have killed up to one million Africans.
So when the Voortrekkers set-off to live free of British rule they intended from the outset to find land on which to live that would not bring them into conflict with existing inhabitants. This is something that is largely unique in the history of the New World. Unlike Northern European settlers in North America, Australia, or New Zealand, the Boers did not engage in the extermination of already established peoples in order to settle a new land for themselves.
If the right to political secession is the finest political tradition in Western Civilization then it is no exaggeration to acknowledge that the Great Trek, an example of peaceful secession through migration, is one of the greatest of them all.
But if peaceful secession is our civilization's finest political tradition then so too we must acknowledge that Empire, ruling over others who do not wish to be dictated to, is also morally unjustifiable.
In today's South Africa, it is the ANC who have inherited the Empire. Their constant talk of themselves as a liberation movement echoes the empty propaganda of the British Empire in crying injustice at the treatment of the Uitlanders and blacks living within the Boer republics. As soon as they assume power, their motives become clear – enriching themselves economically through political means. Their talk of righting the wrongs of Apartheid and their active discrimination against the Afrikaner minority are only convenient distractions from their true intentions. Their project, like that of the British before them, is doomed to failure.
So where does that leave today's Afrikaner? Many have chosen to secede from South Africa through migration. But I feel strongly that it is secession through migration within Africa that offers the best hope for the Afrikaner. To once again take the trek that Piet Retief and others took, to build a new home that offers the best chance of reviving the ancient Boer ideals of freedom.
Recently in Germany, I bought this postcard. It is dated the 10th of March, 1902, only weeks away from the end of hostilities with the British. It shows German volunteers fighting for the Boer republics and the motto of the unit is showing as,
Wir kämpfen nicht um Ruhm und nicht um Ehre,
Wir kämpfen nicht um gold und Edelstein,
Wir kämpfen nur um heimath, Weib und Kinder
Und um die Freiheit nur allein.
(Translation:
We fight not for glory, not for honor,
We do not fight for gold and precious stones,
We are fighting only to home, wife and children
And for freedom alone.)
I think these words are a good description of the historical quest for the Boer's quest for freedom which today is best exemplified in the this little town we find ourselves in today. Boer freedom to be achieved through a sovereign homeland is a worthy cause and I am proud to be a little part of it. Thank you very much.
SOURCE: http://praag.co.uk/columns/rozanne-meyer/775-speech-delivered-by-aaron-kahland-at-orania-burgervergadering.html
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I've been posting about Social Advantage for some time now.
Social Advantage expresses a combination of Social Capital and Competitive Advantage – which is what this blog is about.
I had thought about calling this blog 'Social Advantage' too, but couldn't get the right url. However, I now have it, so this blog will shortly be moving to http://blog.social-advantage.com.
I still like the name 'Competitive Society' as an alternative description of the 'New Social Business' or even 'Enterprise 2.0', but I don't think it would be the right title for my book.
'My social advantage' which appears to be a rather dodgy promotion scheme. I wouldn't say it is / was a pyramid scheme, but other people certainly have.
The principle of maximum aggregate welfare - a fundamental principle of public finance. This principle states that public finance leads to economic welfare when public expenditure and taxation are carried to that point where the benefit derived from the MU (marginal utility) of expenditure is equal to the marginal disutility of sacrifice imposed by taxation. In other words, maximum social advantage or aggregate welfare is the result of two contradictory and opposite forces. One, which tries to increase it… (you get the idea).
I guess there's always going to be some drawbacks no matter what the name!


- I finished my first draft of The Name on the Door, my new opera. I'm gonna let it sit and stew for a while, come back and do some edits, then get to orchestrating! It looks like it'll be about 15 minutes long.
- I made a version of Haiku for flute, piano, and viola. (Vibraphones can be tough to come by.) A friend suggested I do this so it could be performed at a recital some time soon. I actually really like the way it turned out - it sometimes adds to the meditative, mystical quality, and it helps make the big sections bigger and "wetter," if that makes any sense. I'm considering doing a flute/piano/viola version of the other three pieces in Four Poems.
- Kyle, Roc, and I are slowly making progress toward putting on a little concert. (I say little, when really it might be up to 90 minutes long.) We're still looking for a venue, but we have rough dates nailed down: we're looking at early June.
Finally, in honor of Porgy and Bess being performed at the Kennedy Center, here's a YouTube video of Audra McDonald singing "My man's gone now."


It's a relief to see that Lamar Smith's terrible E-verify legislation, approved by the Chamber of Commerce, has hit opposition among his GOP colleagues. Rep. Smith is one of the most outspoken Congressmen on the subject of illegal aliens taking jobs that belong to citizens, so his leadership on this turkey is both puzzling and disturbing.
It sounded so promising in the beginning — who doesn't want universal E-verify? But buried in the fine print were provisions to stop states from doing the job the feds won't. Various reports said that was the price of the Chamber of Commerce signing on.
Kris Kobach was among the first to criticize the bill for its pre-emption of state enforcement. And these days, if it weren't for state enforcement, there wouldn't be any meaningful immigration enforcement at all, since President Obama regards illegal aliens as an important part of the Democrat base.
Congressman Lou Barletta, long a leader on this important issue, recently created a video about the Smith bill.
House Republicans are split over an immigration bill that is backed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the measure is attracting escalating criticism from industry groups and rank-and-file members.
The rift over House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith's (R-Texas) E-Verify bill is jeopardizing its chances of passing the Republican-controlled House.
Democrats, by and large, oppose the legislation, which would mandate that employers use the E-Verify system to check their employees' legal work status.
The Obama administration and many Democrats on Capitol Hill want Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. That legislation, however, is considered dead in the 112th Congress.
Smith's measure in September cleared the Judiciary panel on a party-line vote, though it isn't clear that the bill has the votes to pass on the House floor.
Republican lawmakers have major concerns with key aspects of the bill's effects on states' rights, the federal government's enforcement of the system and its impact on the agriculture industry, which relies on foreign labor.
Debates over illegal immigration have been a theme of the GOP presidential primary, with Smith's bill getting some attention.
Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, has endorsed the national E-Verify mandate, and released a Web ad on Wednesday attacking fellow GOP White House contender Rick Perry, governor of Texas, for his opposition to a statewide E-Verify program.
Rubio said he has heard objections raised from agriculture sector, suggesting he sees the need for flexibility in E-Verify legislation.
Meanwhile, sources say that at least two dozen House GOP lawmakers have an issue with Smith's bill because it includes language to preempt the states and local governments and keep them from enforcing their own employment verification laws.
The powerful U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has endorsed Smith's bill, maintains that the preemption provision is vital to its support.
Freshman Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), who campaigned on battling illegal immigration last year, is leading the opposition to Smith's bill.
As mayor of Hazleton in 2006, he cracked down on employers who knowingly hired illegal workers. Barletta says that if Smith's bill were to become law, cities like Hazelton and states like Arizona, which have stringent immigration laws on the books, would be prevented from enforcing their state-passed mandates.
"I have no faith that the federal government is serious about enforcing our immigration laws. They haven't, I don't believe they will. And the Supreme Court agrees that the states have the right — why would we come along now and take that away from them? And the United States Chamber gets solidly behind this preemption — which raises all sorts of red flags for me — this is a wolf in sheep's clothing, this bill," Barletta said in an interview with The Hill.
A source close to the Chamber of Commerce, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says that the hodgepodge of local and state laws on immigration matters is disruptive to businesses.
"The whole mantra that [Smith] and others have is … we need to make this work for employers. I can't tell you how much we hear from our state and local chambers as well as the members of our policy committees that this patchwork of state laws is a huge problem. A huge problem," the source told The Hill.
Other groups, such as the National Small Business Association, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Competitive Enterprise Institute, have objected to provisions in Smith's bill.
Lawmakers who represent districts with many agriculture workers believe that the bill isn't going to make it to the floor unless it is amended.
"A bill on E-Verify won't come to the floor unless we address agriculture, I am convinced," Lungren said.
Smith however, remains undeterred, and downplayed GOP opposition to his bill. He declined to predict when it would hit the House floor, but seemed optimistic that it could happen sooner rather than later.
Smith cannot count on a lot of help from Democrats. During the markup this fall, Democrats questioned why Republicans — who have decried government regulations and their effect on jobs — would try to pass a bill that would impose more mandates on businesses.
Even if Smith's bill passes the House, it is unlikely to attract the necessary 60 votes in the Senate.


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Q: Showing a subset of an arbitrary product space is dense in said space Define $X := \prod_{i \in \cal I} X_i$ for an arbitrary family of topological spaces $\{X_i\}_{i \in \cal I}$. (For clarity, $\mathcal I$ denotes an index set, and its cardinality is unrestricted.) Note that we define this product by
$$X := \prod_{i \in \cal I} X_i := \left\{ f : \mathcal{I} \to \bigcup_{i \in \mathcal I} X_i \; \middle| \; f(i) \in X_i \; \forall i \in \cal I \right\}$$
Fix $f_0 \in X$. Consider the set
$$S := \left\{ f \in X \; \middle| \; f_0(i) \ne f(i) \text{ for finitely many } i \right\}$$
I wish to show that $S$ is dense in $X$. That is, either $\overline S = X$, or for every open neighborhood $U$ in $X$ we'll have $U \cap S \ne \emptyset$. (These conditions are known to be equivalent.)
The question is ... how to go about this? I imagine the latter definition would be the preferable one (limit points of $X$ seem far less intuitive to me), but that's about all I have.
This past question suggests it might be possible to do so if we find some sets $S_i$ such that $S_i$ is dense in $X_i$. However, is such a thing even guaranteed to be possible? (That is, for any arbitrary topological space, does there always exist some set which is dense in it?)
If so, it makes this fairly easy: one would just note that the basis of $X$ is given by $\prod_{i \in \mathcal I} U_i$ for open sets $U_i$ of $X_i$, and consider the product of those and how they have nonempty intersection with the dense sets $S_i$ and their product $\prod_{i \in \mathcal I} S_i$. (Though I'm glossing over the details a bit, but I'm sure I would be able to do this much by myself.)
But finding said dense sets seems to elude me. Does anyone have any bright ideas as to how I might find such dense sets? Or just other thoughts as to how I should proceed?
(I would prefer to not have a full solution, since this is ultimately homework. I would rather have just some sort of nudge in the right direction.)

A: I would consider two cases.

*

*If $\mathcal{I}$ is finite, $S=X$.

*If $\mathcal{I}$ is infinite, let $U=\prod_{i\in\mathcal{I}}U_i$ be a basic open set in $X$; then there is a finite $\mathcal{F}\subseteq\mathcal{I}$ such that $U_i=X_i$ for all $i\in\mathcal{I}\setminus\mathcal{F}$. That is, $U$ restricts only the finitely many coordinates in $\mathcal{F}$; the others can be anything, and in particular they can agree with $f_0$.

A: The problem is very easy. To solve it, it suffices, given a canonical basic non-empty open set $B$, find a point in $B\cap S$.

the basis of $X$ is given by $\prod_{i \in \mathcal I} U_i$ for open sets $U_i$ of $X_i$

There is one more condition.

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North America Political & Social Issues
Crow Nation: Tribal History and Adoption of US President Barack Obama
A descendant of Mohawk Nation and trained in anthropology, Patty has researched and reported on indigenous peoples for over four decades.
At the Crow Agency In Billings, Montana | Source
How the Crow Nation Received its Name
Crow Nation, or Crow Tribe as they call themselves, arrived at their English name humorously.
The white settlers who met the Crow mistook the indigenous nation's translation of their own name, Children of the Large-Beaked Bird , to mean children of the crow. The name stuck.
(Reference: Children of the Large Beaked Bird: History and Culture of the Crow Nation. Jerry Bauck. 1993).
"The Custer Fight" by Charles Marion Russell. 1903. | Source
The Crow lands are considered the Teepee Capital of the World. | Source
Native War and Peace
The piece of Crow history that the public most knows is the Battle of the Little Bighorn or Battle of the Greasy Grass, in which Crow Nation fought with the US Cavalry and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer against other Native nations - notably the Lakota Sioux and allies, because this was the Great Sioux War of 1876.
The Little Bighorn was a largely one-sided massacre of the US 7th Calvary and Custer Battlion (outnumbered by estimates from 3 to 1 up to 9 to 1) and their allies, but the event is commemorated by a national parks installation at Little Bighorn National Monument and Custer National Cemetery (see links below). George Custer's grave, along with those of many of his men, can be visited in the Montana prairie.
Apsáalooke Nation is the Crow Tribe at Crow Agency, Montana and their motto is Peace Though Unity, a motto that raises some eyebrows in the light of the historic massacre. However, the children of the big-beaked bird have a beautiful origin. The US was born in war and has lived very few years without internal or external warring.
Crow Nation members, 1880s. | Source
Triune History of the Crow
The people of the Apsáalooke recognize and teach three periods of cultural development since the year 0 AD.
Crow Tribe settled in Montana centuries ago. The people say that they were first the Awaakiiwilaxpaake or People of the Earth, at peace with all humans and wildlife in the time when the birds and animals could still speak. The Crow next developed through time into a second phase, Biiluke on Our Side, and finally, the Awashe, People of Earthen Lodges.
As Biiluke, the people were told by their Creator that He would not make many of them. As the more developed Awashe, some of the people went in quest across the North American Plains to seek the Sacred Tobacco Plant. Gathering from what became Canada and the American western plains, they settled in the Little Bighorn Mountains of Mountana near a spot that legend tells us that their sacred plant was found. Here, they became Apsáalooke Nation of the Crow. It is a lovely, peaceful history.
Sweat Lodge, Crow Agency | Source
Recent Crow History Since the Civil War
Many North American Natives maintain oral histories that discuss several thousand years of culture and belief. The Crow Tribe does not speak on its website of multiple thousands of years, but only of 2,000 years history.
The US Federal Government signed a treaty with this Indigenous Group to recognize them officially as a tribe or nation in 1825. An 1851 treaty established the Crow Reservation in Montana and a final treaty of 1868 established additional rights and responsibilities after the American Civil War. Unfortunately, archaeological discoveries in Autumn 2011 found that a March 1880 federal document forced the Crow onto a smaller reservation in order for whites to settle a greater percentage of Montana's lands (Source: www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/us/11tribe.html).
The Crow had previously allied themselves with US Cavalry leader George Custer against the Sioux and Northern Cheyenne in 1876 in the Battle of the Little Bighorn, just 100 miles east of the reservation lands that were lost. The Crow were seemingly penalized with land confiscation instead of rewarded for their loyalty.
The Crow Agency reservation today lies on 2.2 million acres and includes the Big Horn Mountains, given to the Crow by a legendary Seven Big Horn Sheep with golden horns and hooves. The Big and Little Bighorn Rivers run through the reserve, while two additional mountain ranges and several national park installations fill it with an incredible landscape.
Crow Nation Reserve, Montana, USA
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Crow Reservation USA:
Crow, Crow Reservation, Mt 59034, USA
Crow Agency:
Crow Agency, Mt 59022, USA
Little Bighorn, Montana:
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Crow Agency, MT 59022, USA
Links to Selected Attractions
Official Site of the Apsaalooke' - Government of the Crow Nation - Home
Crow Executive branch of the Apsaalooke Nation is located in the Crow Indian Reservation in the heart of Crow Country in Crow Agency, Montana, approximately 50 miles south of Billings, Montana.
Annual Crow Fair
Many more events than many Native American Pow Wows.
Battle of the Little Bighorn Reenactment: Home
18th Annual Battle of the Little Bighorn Reenactment, fought on the River next to National Battlefield! Custer's Last Stand has been the name identified with this Battle until the Park was renamed. See Indian Braves and 7th U.S. Cavalry troopers cros
Little Big Horn National Monument, on the Crow Reservation. Spirit Warriors Sculpture. | Source
Changes Under the Obama Administration
President Barack Obama was adopted into the Crow Tribe in the late 2000s.
The Great Recession of 2008 - 2010 affected the reservation as it affected much of the rest of the US. Fewer jobs were listed from Autumn 2009 - Autumn 2011 and health declined in some respects during the recession and its aftermath.
However, a big improvement was achieved in water irrigation rights with a $74,000,000 federal award for ten years' development in the Crow Irrigation Project and its new jobs creation 2011 - 2021. Jobs doubled from September 2011 to September 201
One health aspect in decline among the Crow is nutrition and obesity. In fact, eating disorders have been a little discussed problem, especially among Native woman. As the population increases and health news and notices of healthare advances spread more quickly in a technological age, problems and conditions some into a brighter light.
Recent reports reveal that Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is a particular problem and that Native women are at higher risk for BED than white women (reference: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/10/turning-a-blind-eye-to-eating-disorders). However, resources to help within the Indian Health Service are inadequate for these types of conditions. National eating disorder associations are being consulted for help.
Significant Population Growth On and Off the Reservation
Corw Nation populations are increasing, but at a somewhat lower rate than other Native American groups on average. | Source
Grave yard at Little Big Horn battle site. | Source
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Amen, rosered6682! If you're Cherokee, then you are distantly related to Elvis Presley. So am I, so you and I must be, something like 50th cousins. Happy Day!
It was a long time before I learned that part of my family in the UK moved to Ireland and did not want anyone in America to know that when that branch came over around the time of the Potato Famines. Sadly, there is prejudice against the rich suburb of Dublin at the edge of my city. When will it ever end?
Glad to meet you!
Frances Tolson
7 years ago from Webster (Croom-a-coochee), Florida
I am always looking for any literature about indian culture. Though my external looks reign Irish, my blood is indian. Genetically I am 1/16 my great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee. I believe we are truly one nation under God (Great Spirit). Amen!
kevins blog52
8 years ago from southern Indiana
Thank you Patty for the read it was very interesting, voted up.
8 years ago from London, UK
Thank you Patty, for such a feast of information. As you must have gathered by now, I love reading all about these great people. I think the world would have been a better place if we would have learned and listened more to their wisdom.
Earth Angel - From looking at war records and diaries, it seems that the Crow were very good scouts and many served a such. I like the imagery of the People of the Earth and animals speaking - just as in our Christmas Eve legend. Thanks for visiting and bringing your peace and grace here.
Allen and Frannie - Thanks for reading and commenting onthisone. I think the Crow are intresting people, especially since they trace their line back only to the time of the birth of Christ. The 7 Golden Rams of their ancestry sounds biblical in a way, but I don't think it is; but spiritual like the power animals of the Kwakiutl and Haida and others.
WD Curry 111 - Very interesting, and we have a DNA test for about 200 USD that will prove ancestries anyway. Cheap and accurate (weel, cheap to the original prices of $400+ a few years ago)
Hi Ben - Some of the triebs have their own geneological pages that might have the name of your ancestor on them. I'd start looking there. Yo might find that some other relative has done a famly tree on something like Ancestor.com without your knowledge as well.
My family could never find the paperwork on our Native heritage, but it was clear in not only appearance, but memories shared by our older generations before they passed. I'm certain only of Mohawk connections to the traditional group that is not recognized by either federal or state govt. The recognized group has a casino and federal benefits.
Beautiful tribute to peace among peoples and nations! Thank you Patty for continuing to share a more accurate version of history as it relates to our First Nation brothers and sisters! Blessings of Peace Always, Earth Angel!
Frannie Dee
8 years ago from Chicago Northwest Suburb
Beautiful hub, timeless like the People of the Earth.
Up beautiful and interesting.
Allen Williams
8 years ago from Pennsylvania
Interesting information and a good hub. I voted up!
Ben Zoltak
8 years ago from Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin USA
Well done and thank you Patty, how did I miss this story? I wish that I could be adopted by a tribe, as my family lost our tribal affiliation a long time ago, more than that I guess I wish I knew which tribe my adopted ancestor came from, he may not have known himself. Thank you for the Crow and Lakota Sioux history, Barack appears to be a good spirited addition. I hope he can convince Americans to recognize more of the sovereignty of the tribes.


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How a new gin made from peas could help offset your carbon footprint
root Cryptocurrency News July 5, 2019 | 0
You might not think it, but the gin and tonic you have on a Friday night has a significant and damaging environmental footprint. The process of its production – including the cultivation of wheat, production of enzymes, heat, electricity, packaging materials and transport – results in CO2 emissions.
It is estimated that 2.3kg of CO2 equivalent is pumped into the atmosphere for each 70cl bottle of gin, or the equivalent of 160g CO2 equivalent for a large 50ml measure. However, researchers have found a way to produce gin in a much more environmentally friendly way with a surprising ingredient: peas.
In a paper published to Environmental International, a team including Trinity College Dublin botanist Prof Mike Williams and NUI Galway's Dr David Styles ran a series of trials at Arbikie Distillery in Scotland. In this trial, kernels of dried, de-hulled peas were milled and fermented in place of mashed wheat grain.
The study was part of the pan-European project, 'Transition paths to sustainable legume-based systems in Europe', led by Dr Pietro Iannetta, who is a molecular ecologist at the James Hutton Institute in Scotland.
The results showed that the environmental footprint of pea gin was significantly lower than for wheat gin across 12 of 14 environmental impacts evaluated. This included how it impacted water, air pollution and fossil fuel consumption.
Or just don't drink gin
Speaking of how this works, Williams said: "Peas – working with specialised bacteria in their roots – are able to convert nitrogen from the atmosphere into biological fertiliser.
"As a result, they don't require applications of polluting synthetic nitrogen fertilisers, which are widely and heavily used in industrial agriculture."
He added that pea hulls and distillery co-products provide protein-rich animal feeds that can replace soybean imported from Latin America, where cultivation is driving deforestation.
The co-products from one litre of pea gin substitute up to more than half a kilogram of soybean animal feed, or twice as much gained from the production of wheat gin. By taking into account other processes involved in gin's production, from deforestation to transport, it can even be considered carbon-neutral.
However, for Styles, a simpler way to dramatically shrink our environmental footprint would be to just eat the peas "instead of drinking gin and eating beef fed on these co-products".
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Ballet Under the Stars 2022 – 2nd weekend
9 September, 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 11 September, 2022 @ 9:30 pm
Savour an evening of classical and contemporary works at Ballet Under the Stars, as you discover the wonderment and grace of dance. Reputed as Singapore's favourite outdoor ballet performance, find yourself in the lush greenery of Fort Canning Park, coupled with a picnic spread and a social evening.
The first weekend (2 to 4 September) will see a classical line-up including George Balanchine's iconic works, Serenade as well as Theme and Variations, alongside Choo-San Goh's In the Glow of the Night. While the second weekend (9 to 11 September) presents the most perfect line-up with a skilful masterpiece by Timothy Harbour, Linea Adora, the awe-inspiring ballet by Choo-San Goh, Birds of Paradise, and a crowd favourite, Opus 25 by Edwaard Liang.
There's nothing quite like taking an evening out to relax and unwind with a picnic under the stars and exquisite ballet on stage. Take this chance to breathe a little, we welcome you to experience ballet in a whole new way.
Each performance is approximately two hours, with two intervals of 15 minutes each.
9 September, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
11 September, 2022 @ 9:30 pm
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Ballet, ballet performance, Ballet Under the Stars, Dance, dance performance, Fort Canning, Singapore Ballet, Things To Do In Singapore
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This 7" SOUNDSHEET features the instrumental track "YES WE CAN," produced by Damu The Fudgemunk.
It's a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove on one side, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. Flexible records were commercially introduced by Eva-tone in 1962, but were previously available in the Soviet Union as "roentgenizdat", "bones" or "ribs", underground samizdat recordings on x-ray film. Despite the technical limitations of such a thin and flexible piece of vinyl, the sound quality is pretty good and will produce a full range of sound, including deep bass.
Available in RED or YELLOW. Sold separately (Each contains the same track).


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package com.sensepost.yeti.persistence.dao;

import com.sensepost.yeti.persistence.HibernateUtil;
import com.sensepost.yeti.persistence.entities.IpAddress;
import java.util.List;
import org.hibernate.Query;

/**
 *
 * @author Johan Snyman
 */
public class IpAddressDao extends DatabaseEntityDao<IpAddress> {

    @Override
    public IpAddress saveOrUpdate(IpAddress e) {
        IpAddress ipa = findByAddressAndFootprint(e.getAddress(), e.getFootprint().getId());
        if (ipa == null) {
            super.saveOrUpdate(e);
            return e;
        }
        return ipa;
    }

    public IpAddress findByAddressAndFootprint(String ipAddress, int footprintId) {
        String hql = "from IpAddress where address = :address and footprint.id = :footprintId";
        Query query = HibernateUtil.getSession().createQuery(hql);
        query.setParameter("address", ipAddress);
        query.setParameter("footprintId", footprintId);
        List<IpAddress> list = query.list();
        if (list != null && !list.isEmpty()) {
            return list.get(0);
        }
        return null;
    }

    public List<IpAddress> findByFootprint(int footprintId) {
        String hql = "from IpAddress where footprint.id = :footprintId";
        Query query = HibernateUtil.getSession().createQuery(hql);
        query.setParameter("footprintId", footprintId);
        return query.list();
    }

    public List<IpAddress> findByHostAndFootprint(String hostName, int footprintId) {
        String hql = "from IpAddress where hosts.name = :hostName and footprint.id = :footprintId";
        Query query = HibernateUtil.getSession().createQuery(hql);
        query.setParameter("hostName", hostName);
        query.setParameter("footprintId", footprintId);
        return query.list();
    }

    public void deleteIpAddressFromFootprint(String ipAddress, int footprintId) {
        String hql = "delete from IpAddress where address = :ipAddress and footprint.id = :footprintId";
        Query query = HibernateUtil.getSession().createQuery(hql);
        query.setParameter("ipAddress", ipAddress);
        query.setParameter("footprintId", footprintId);
        query.executeUpdate();
    }
}

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