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The Queen is 'preparing to abdicate and hand over to Prince Charles'
Sources say there is a succession plan in place
Dan Kay
Prince Charles could soon become King with The Queen planning to abdicate - according to royal sources.
Queen Elizabeth, 92, is alleged to have told her inner circle of plans to hang up her crown at the age of 95.
Clarence House is making no comment about 'Plan Regency', which involves a piece of legislation called the Regency Act coming into force, reports the Mirror .
"I have spoken to a number of high-ranking courtiers who made it clear that preparations for a transition are moving ahead at pace," royal commentator for the Daily Mail , Robert Jobson, said.
"They have all confirmed that a Regency with Charles taking the lead is now, at the very least, a real possibility."
The act would grant the Queen's eldest son full power to reign even while she still lives.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh (Image: PA)
According to the Mail, one senior former member of the Royal Household said: "Out of the profound respect the Queen holds for the institution of monarchy and its stewardship, Her Majesty would want to make sure that she has done everything she can for her country and her people before she hands over. She is dutiful to her core.
"Her Majesty is mindful of her age and wants to make sure when the time comes, the transition of the Crown is seamless.
"I understand the Queen has given the matter considerable thought and believes that, if she is still alive at 95, she will seriously consider passing the reign to Charles."
Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in 1952.
She famously dedicated her life to her future role as monarch on her 21st birthday, vowing to serve the Commonwealth.
She said: "I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong."
Her dad, George VI, was King until his death in February 1952.
Her Majesty is now Britain's longest-reigning monarch, with polls showing she remains hugely popular among people in the country.
But, if she did abdicate, the throne would be passed on to her eldest son, Prince Charles, who would become King.
Queen Elizabeth II outside Sheffield Cathedral (Image: PA)
If this happened, he would become the oldest-ever UK monarch to be crowned.
But if he also decided to abdicate, the throne would be passed on to his eldest son, Prince William, who is currently second in line.
The Duke of Cambridge's three-year-old son, Prince George, is third in line to succeed his great-grandma, the Queen.
It was reported in November that the Palace in London was due to undergo a £369million, 10-year refurbishment .
The work, which will include replacing electrical wiring, water pipes and the heating system, was expected to begin last month.
The Queen was said to be fully supportive of the work.
Her Majesty is expected to remain in residence throughout, but may have to temporarily move bedrooms while the whole palace is resurfaced.
Many of her staff will also need to be temporarily relocated, some even to offices in the garden, while work on the 775-room palace is carried out.
The Mirror Online approached Kensington Palace but it declined to comment.
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Q: Build own authorization attribute I have an application that needs authorization under Rights
Rights is very much (about 200, maybe there will be more)
One or several Rights can be assigned to one endpoint
Example:
[HasRights(Rights.AddPayer, Rights.DeletePayer)]
[HttpPost]
public IActionResult AddPayer([FromBody]PayerModel model)
{
}

I'm starting to build a class for the attribute
[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Method | AttributeTargets.Class, Inherited = false)]
    public class HasRightsAttribute : AuthorizeAttribute, IAuthorizationFilter
    {
        HashSet<Rights> userRights;

        public HasRightsAttribute(params Rights[] rights)
        {
            userRights = rights.ToHashSet();
        }

        public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationFilterContext context)
        {
            Claim claim = context.HttpContext.User.Claims.FirstOrDefault();
            int userId = int.Parse(claim.Value);

            List<int> rights;

            using (var myContext = new myDB())
            {
                rights = (from UR in myContext.TblUserRole
                          join RR in myContext.TblRoleRight on UR.RoleID equals RR.RoleID
                          where UR.UserID == userId
                          select RR.RightID)
                          .ToList();
            }

            var permission = rights.Any(x => userRights.Contains((Rights)Enum.ToObject(typeof(Rights), x)));

            if (!permission)
            {
                //context.Result = new ForbidResult();
                Debug.WriteLine("NO ACCESS");
            }
            else
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("YOU HAVE ACCESS");
            }
        }
    }

The attribute works. Is this a good direction?
I wanted to create the most simple way for Authorization

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A Hubbard man driving a pickup truck and pulling an occupied horse trailer struck and a motorcycle, killing both of its riders early Sunday morning.
Police identified on Monday the Salem couple killed a day earlier when their motorcycle was struck by a drunk driver.
Eduardo de la Lima Vargas, 40, of Hubbard, was driving his truck pulling an occupied horse trailer Sunday on Mission Street near Interstate 5 when he ran a red light and hit a motorcycle carrying Logan Wilson, 34, and Jessica Wilson, 32.
Police said Vargas's blood-alcohol content was .10 percent.
The force of the collision threw both riders from the motorcycle and lodged it under the truck, causing both vehicles to catch fire.
The Wilsons were taken to Salem Hospital and pronounced dead.
Responders extinguished the vehicle fire and rescued the horse from the trailer.
Officials from Polk County Search and Rescue assisted by taking possession of the horse until other arrangements could be made for its care.
The Salem Police Traffic Team responded to the scene and took over the investigation.
Vargas was arrested on two counts of first-degree manslaughter, reckless endangering, reckless driving and DUI.
He was taken to Marion County jail, where he is being held without bail. He is scheduled to appear in court for arraignment at 3 p.m. Monday.


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Adenonema is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Caryophyllaceae.

Its native range is Central Asia to Russian Far East and North China.

Species:

Adenonema cherleriae
Adenonema petraeum

References

Caryophyllaceae
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Taxa named by Alexander von Bunge

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For detailed staff analysis of the Governor's budget click here.
During the Budget Address Governor Quinn opened the door to expanded gambling in Illinois and within hours, supporters had pushed a major gambling bill through the Senate's Executive Committee and cleared the way for a vote before the full Senate. The proposal would authorize a casino in Chicago, open the state up to Internet gambling, allow slot machines at horse racing tracks and allow four new casinos or riverboats in cities outside Chicago.
Chicago Casino: Creates a "Chicago Casino Development Authority," which would be granted a license for a 4,000-position Chicago casino. The Authority would be run by a five-member board appointed by the mayor of Chicago and vetted by the Illinois Gaming Board. The Authority would also be able to offer slot machines at O'Hare and Midway airports.
Internet Gambling: Authorizes Internet-based gambling, including Internet poker. Internet gambling would be limited to persons older than 21 and wagers could be accepted only within Illinois.
Slot Machines at Horse Tracks: Allows for electronic gambling, including slot machines, at the state's six racetracks – Arlington Park, Hawthorne, Maywood, Balmoral, Fairmont and Quad City Downs.
New Riverboats/Casinos: Authorizes four new riverboats or casinos in Rockford, Danville, Lake County and Southern Cook County. Each would be allowed up to 1,200 gambling positions.
Campaign Contribution Ban: Prohibits gambling licensees (including terminal operators from video gambling) and their affiliated entities (includes horse racing associations) from making political contributions to officeholders and candidates for the following offices: State Constitutional Officers, General Assembly, county or municipal officeholders and candidates where a gambling facility is located or proposed, and county or municipal officeholders and candidates where the county or municipality receives gambling revenue.


4k00:15Beautiful Church in the Garden. A great piece of stock footage filmed in 4k definition, perfect for film, tv, documentaries, reality TV, trailers, infomercials and more!
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The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame #1 starts a new four-issue miniseries set in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher Saga. However, the license was given to Dark Horse Comics by CD Projekt Red. As a result, it has more in common with the games than the books. Beyond lacking the deconstructionist narrative of the books, The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame #1 lacks anything of true value. It falls flat, hoping to cash in on the hype surrounding the franchise currently.
The set-up for the story is good enough. Aleksandra Motyka clearly wants a more light-hearted tale that is full of wonder and adventure with Geralt and Dandelion. The tone that is being evoked is reminiscent of the short stories Eternal Flame and The Edge of the World. Sapkowski's world is vibrant and dark, not just one or the other. Both coexist, and certainly, some of the most memorable moments of The Witcher Saga come from this blend. Any Witcher fan will smile when you mention the mandrake chapter of Baptism of Fire, for instance. However, by the end of the issue, the balance of tones becomes skewed, leading to a rather bland first issue.
In addition to the problem balancing tones, this issue has a pacing problem. It takes six pages before the inciting incident happens. Establishing the status quo is a good thing to do, especially in the first issue. However, spending five pages with little going on causes a disconnect between the reader and the story. In these five pages we learn two things, Geralt is a monster hunter and he is looked down upon in society due to his mutations.
This could take less than five pages, Sapkowski himself covers these two things in a single paragraph in The Lesser Evil. The dialogue is a little clunky in places. But usually, the expositional dialogue tends to be this way in the first issues. Once Dandelion shows up, the dialogue takes on a new life, considering that he himself is larger than life.
Marianna Strychowska's art hits and misses for me depending on the page. There are points that the art is very detailed and evokes the imagery of the best descriptions in the books or sequences from the games. However, the art becomes very stylized at times, losing a lot of that detail in favor of exaggerated and comical facial expressions. This leads to a massive disconnect in artistic continuity in my opinion, and at times kills the potential tension of the scenes.
While it is not Marianna Strychowska's fault, it is worth noting that this is the game's version of the characters. Geralt has a beard even though in the books he explicitly mentions he hates them and Dandelion has brown hair instead of being blond. While this isn't anything particularly annoying, as the games have gone on to define the look of the characters even if they don't match the books, it's just distracting when the tone being invoked is that of some of the funnier short stories by Sapkowski.
The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame #1 is serviceable at best. The first issue of a light-hearted romp and ends with an intriguing cliffhanger, Geralt and Dandelion have found themselves in Ofir. A country briefly mentioned in the books and some citizens seen in the games, but the place itself was never actually seen. The comic could do so much with this basically open canvas, however, I'm not sure it will. The Witcher: Of Flesh and Flame #1 is just missing too many vital components that make the setting and characters so wonderful to read about.


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Dead by Daylight Review
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I grew up as a very frightened kid. I was afraid of the dark and of the ghosts I believed to be in it. Clowns always gave me goosebumps and you would never find me in a room with a Ouija board.
I also had a fear that a velociraptor would attack me from behind the shower curtain, so to say I was skittish would be an understatement.
I am much older now and no longer afraid of velociraptors. But to this day, I would still never consider myself a fan of horror films by any means.
I am, however, a fan of Dead by Daylight.
Dead by Daylight by Behaviour Interactive is an asymmetrical horror game originally released in 2016 (but recently announced for Nintendo Switch) that pits one killer against a group of four survivors (or three, when someone inevitably disconnects or quits because they don't like the killer). The survivors, many of whom are variations on cliché horror film roles like the jock and the nerd, must repair generators that power an exit gate before the killer can get their hands on them and sacrifice them to the Entity.
Despite a lack of a traditional story mode, Dead by Daylight still has a narrative and lore that it tells through journal entries and biographies of the playable characters. In short, a vampiric deity called the Entity corrupts human minds to forge serial killers. The negative energy that stems from these killings turns places of violent death into portals to pull in victims.
These victims are the survivors, who have stumbled upon these sites and entered the Entity's plane of existence. The killers have become tools of the Entity and are as much of prisoners as the survivors. They are doomed to hunt the same people for eternity.
Laurie Strode and Michael Myers are doomed to make Halloween films forever.
To the Entity, all of this is an engine to generate emotion to sustain its hunger. It feeds on fear and anger, but it also feeds on hope and desperation. Win or lose, the survivors are forever forced to feed the Entity, with its end goal being to drive the survivors so insane they become killers themselves.
Imagine Groundhog Day but the loop is sustained by Bill Murray being wanting to break the loop. And the more insane he becomes, the more he is trapped.
It's a neat way to justify the gameplay loop. Feeling victorious after finally winning a game is accompanied by the knowing that you will probably lose your next one. Live or die, you're returned to the campfire all the same. It's only a matter of how much pain you're willing to endure between campfire respites.
Like WarGames, the only winning move and the only way to beat the Entity is to not play. Unfortunately for the survivors, the core gameplay loop is not only fun, but addicting.
Dead by Daylight plays like a stealth title as you sneak behind a killer's back to rescue your friend from a hook or try to find a place to hide after taking an axe to the back. My heart pounds when I look behind me to see a crazy lady in a bunny mask getting ready to make the kill.
Even after 50 hours, moments like these still make me jump.
The first few hours with this game are exhilarating as you try to figure out who is hunting you, what their powers are, and how the person playing this killer will behave.
However, after a dozen hours or so, you'll know exactly how people play each killer and a lot of the fear vanishes. That's not to say that the game stops being thrilling or difficult. The game's ranking system ensures that you will almost always be playing against a killer that can still send you scrambling for cover. But the initial hopelessness feeling that Dead by Daylight's charm is built around loses its impact.
It also doesn't help that the survivor hit boxes are whack at the moment. I often wonder if it's Mr. Fantastic or Elastigirl behind the mask when they manage to score a hit on me from several feet away.
Playing as the killer is also fun, but never matches the thrill of playing a survivor. The fear of death is replaced by a fear of failure. The killer must wound the survivors and place them on hooks to begin a sacrifice to the Entity. On this side, the gameplay loop oftentimes feels more like Hide and Seek than hunting as an invincible death machine. Much of it is just looking around at trees wondering where everyone went. Still, killing the survivors, especially when its a blitz and over in the first few minutes, makes you feel powerful and you'll find yourself chasing after that feeling again and again.
These killers are generally modeled off of classic slasher film tropes and urban legends. There's a hillbilly that lives in the woods, an evil clown, a ghost, a mad doctor, an old hag, and many more. Each has a unique look, weapon, and backstory. It's very similar to games like Overwatch in that you can see a character's silhouette and immediately recognize them. There are 14 killers to play, with five being unlocked from the start. All of the locked killers can be purchased and most can be earned, though getting enough "shards" to unlock a character is an overly long and tedious process. I've logged over 50 hours into the game and have come nowhere close to enough to unlock a character.
All of the non-licensed characters also have costumes you can buy or unlock, but unlocking a single costume can take dozens of hours.
The only characters that must be purchased are famous faces you might recognize. There are four DLC packs that offer killers and survivors from iconic slasher films. For a few bucks, you can play as Michael Myers and Laurie Strode from the Halloween franchise, Freddy Krueger and Quentin Smith from Nightmare on Elm Street, Amanda Young and Danny Glover Detective David Tapp from the Saw films, and Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. None of these characters can be unlocked by playing the game, nor do they have any unique outfits to buy.
While the meta changes with each update, no killer is so overpowered that it makes the game pay-to-win. Same goes with the far less unique survivors.
No matter who you pick, you're bound to have a good time.
As you win and lose matches, you accumulate a currency called "bloodpoints" that you can spend on equipment and perks for your characters, similar to an RPG's skill tree. These perks give each character unique abilities and buffs that can shape how a round is played. Dead by Daylight needs some serious balancing in this department however, as there are some perks on both sides of the hunt that are completely overpowered. If one side doesn't have one, it becomes a very unfair match that oftentimes ends with someone disconnecting.
I often play Dead by Daylight with my friends Jack and Chris. The three of us have become pretty good at running circles around the killer, so when we've popped all of the generators before any of us even get hooked for a first time, it's not a huge surprise. Sometimes we still get matched with killers who don't understand the game fully.
But sometimes, right at the end, the fourth survivor gets hooked…and we see the tendrils of the Entity rise from the earth to block the exits…and the little words "No One Escapes Death" appear on the screen. At this point, we realize we've been played.
See, "No One Escapes Death" is one of these perks. It prevents anyone from getting past the exit gates while a survivor is on a hook. The survivor only needs to camp near the one hooked survivor and they've suddenly got a great chance at winning, despite floundering the rest of the match. The survivors can only wait until their friend is fully sacrificed or take a shot at rescuing their hooked comrade, which almost always ends in death for the entire group. It removes all strategy from the game in the last quarter, making the experience more frustrating than fun. It's gotten to the point where I have played with people with the variations on the name "NOED and I leave."
Bill's here! Bill from the Left 4 Dead series makes an appearance as a survivor.
Visually, this game is horrifying in every sense of the word. The vile and grimy aesthetic is exactly how I imagine being stuck in a horror film. Even the generators which serve as your salvation look rundown and busted, which drives home the feeling of hopelessness.
It is also horrifying in that this game just plain looks ugly. There is very little detail in anything. Textures look like blobs of Play-Doh that were shaped to form buildings, hooks, and trees. Except maybe with Play-Doh there would be a little more detail.
This game is not pretty, but does succeed in creating a creepy atmosphere.
Even at its highest setting (singular, the only graphics option present is "Quality"), Dead by Daylight looks like it could have run on the Xbox 360. It's insane that a game that looks a decade old runs with such poor performance on modern consoles.
And somehow, they made it look even worse! Take a look at the recent trailer for the Switch port of Dead by Daylight.
With the graphics lowered from an already low place, Dead by Daylight looks like a poorly made mobile game.
The game is also very dark with no way to adjust brightness. I understand that it's to create a creepy atmosphere, but sometimes the vibe gets in the way of having fun and I'm running into things because I can't see them. I get that it's supposed to be true to the premise but honestly, it gets annoying.
It does, however, open the door to some unintended mechanics for the survivors. Playing someone with a darker outfit, like Claudette or Jeff, allows them to lose a pursuing killer just by blending into the dark environment. I have won many chases simply by turning a dark corner and immediately crouching while the killer waltzes past me.
Sound plays a big part in Dead by Daylight. It has a gross sound design that matches its grimy visual style. There is a satisfying squish of flesh that accompanies being hooked. Stunning the killer with a pallet prompts a grunt or a shriek sound bite that would fit perfectly in any slasher flick.
The developers also chose to make most of each match silent, save for the sounds that your survivor would realistically be hearing, like the churning of the generator or the rustling of bushes. As a result, everything that you can hear serves a purpose. When you hear a crow caw nearby, you know that something is coming, whether it's friend or foe. When you hear your survivor's heartbeat grow louder and faster (which will match your own, I promise), you know that you better hightail it or remain completely still to avoid the killer. The killer's strikes and pursuits are accompanied by a loud eruption of music, acting sometimes as a jump scare. By omitting music for most of the game, it creates the tense atmosphere present right before the killer appears in a movie, keeping you on your toes at all times.
After seeing and experiencing the console ports of Dead by Daylight, I cannot recommend that anyone play it on Xbox One, Playstation 4, and very likely the Nintendo Switch until some serious performance work has been done. The original PC version of the game is the only one in which the game actually runs like a game you would pay for and not like someone tried to port a massive AAA game to mobile.
With that said, Dead by Daylight is still a uniquely fun multiplayer experience that sits at a very fair $20 price tag (it also drops down to $10 very often so maybe wait for that). It should not be missed by anyone that wants a tense game that demands teamwork or anyone that has always wanted to wear a mask and stalk teenagers. Though if you fall into that latter category, maybe use your money to get help instead.
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Netflix has hired Oscar-nominated film-maker Ava DuVernay to direct a documentary series about late pop icon Prince.
Little is known so far about the project focused on the US musician, who died in 2016 at the age of 57 from an accidental overdose of powerful painkillers, other than DuVernay's involvement and that the series will have several episodes.
"Prince was a genius, a joy and a jolt to the senses. He was like no other. He shattered preconceived notions, smashed boundaries and shared his heart through his music," DuVernay said on Twitter.


Guy van Rentergem is a Belgian national who has caved extensively on the island. Not only is he an excellent caver, he is personally responsible for some of the finest cave maps ever produced in Jamaica. His mapping work at Green Grotto, the most widely known example, is only one of many similar creations.
For our crew, he has been an incredible addition. Guy is a caver's caver. His abilities underground are astounding, and he is one of the finest cave-surveyors on the planet. We look forward to his greater involvement in 2005.
Guy's main contributions to our collective efforts are in the fields of caving, mapping, geomorphology, and his ability to join us in drinking appropriate quantities of Red Stripe.


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Posted on January 19, 2019 by Mike Glyer
(1) ARISIA. As of Friday at 11 p.m. Boston sff convention Arisia reported 2,873 members.
The Arisia 2019 Souvenir Book is available online, and includes Jenn Jumper's heartwarming writeup about Fan GoH's Bjo and John Trimble.
(2) DRESSING UP THE LOCATIONS IN GEORGIA. Amazing Stories' Steve Davidson has been scanning the media for news of Spielberg's namesake TV show which is now in production. He found this report in a in the Morgan County (GA) Citizen: "Hollywood sets eyes on Bostwick" —
A new filming project is sweeping through Morgan County this week for a reboot television series of Steven Spielberg's sci-fi/horror "Amazing Stories," with shooting locations in Rutledge, Bostwick and right outside of Madison.
Filming begin on Monday, Jan 14 off Highway 83 outside of Madison and then moved to Bostwick, behind the Cotton Jin on Mayor John Bostwick's farm. Downtown Rutledge is getting a full makeover this week for the filming project, which will shoot on Friday, Jan 18 and run into the wee hours of Saturday, Jan 19. Rutledge's iconic gazebo underwent a paint job for the filming, and on Wednesday, Jan. 16, crews began covering the intersection of Fairplay Road and Main Street with dirt.
(3) GETTING BETTER. The second story in The Verge's "Better Worlds" project has been posted — "Online Reunion" by Leigh Alexander.
As an alternative to the text, you can listen to the audio adaptation of "Online Reunion" at Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, or Spotify.
The Verge also has "A Q&A with the author" where "Leigh Alexander discusses the world of 'Online Reunion' and the 'compelling, fascinating, beautiful, terrifying car crash of humanity and technology.'"
In "Online Reunion," author Leigh Alexander imagines a world in which a young journalist is struggling with a compulsive "time sickness," so she sets out to write a tearjerker about a widow reconnecting with her dead husband's e-pet — but she finds something very different waiting for her in the internet ether. A self-described "recovering journalist" with a decade of experience writing about video games and technology, Alexander has since branched out into fiction, including an official Netrunner book, Monitor, and narrative design work for games like Reigns: Her Majesty and Reigns: Game of Thrones.
The Verge spoke with Alexander about finding joy and connection online, preserving digital history, and seeing the mystical in the technological.
(4) FANTASTIC FICTION AT KGB. Ellen Datlow has posted her photos from the series' January 16 event.
Victor LaValle and Julie C. Day entertained a huge audience with their readings. Victor read from a new novella and Julie read two of her short stories.
(5) THE FIRST DOESN'T LAST. Critics say they made Mars boring: "'The First' Canceled at Hulu After One Season".
In his review for Variety, Daniel D'Addario wrote:
"After the initial statement of purpose, though, the show falls victim to both pacing problems and a certain lopsidedness. A show like this, with title and premise centered around what it would mean to be a pioneer on a new planet, encourages an excited sort of stargazing; that quite so much of it is spent exploring Hagerty's family crisis saps the energy and spirit from a show that should have both in spades."
(6) BRADBURY OBIT. Bettina Bradbury, Ray Bradbury's daughter, died January 13 at the age of 64 announced the Ray Bradbury Experience Museum on Facebook.
Her son, Danny Karapetian, wrote on Facebook 1/13/19, "It is my very sad duty to report that my Mom Bettina passed away this morning. "She was an indefatigable force of nature, a talented and decorated writer, and a loving mother, sister, and friend to everyone she knew. I know how much she cared about all of you, and how much you all loved her."
Quoting Jonathan Eller, Ph.D., Center for Ray Bradbury Studies, "Bettina was herself a successful writer, achieving great success on daytime TV dramas Santa Barbara (1987-1993), All My Children (1995-2003), Days of Our Lives (2007), and others. She won several Emmy Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards, and earned yet more nominations."
SoapHub paid tribute: "Longtime Soap Opera Scribe Dies At 64".
…Daughter of famed science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, known mostly for his stunning novel Fahrenheit 451, and Marguerite McClure, Bradbury proved that the writing gene can be passed down. She studied Film/History at USC School of Cinematic Arts
NBC's Santa Barbara was her first soap writing team in the early 1990s. She also wrote for both All My Children (and won three Daytime Emmys) and One Life to Live on ABC and later worked on Days of Our Lives, also for NBC.
(7) DAVIES OBIT. [By Steve Green.] Windsor Davies (1930-2019): British actor, died January 17, aged 88. Genre appearances include The Corridor People (one episode, 1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (one episode, 1967), Doctor Who (three episodes, 1967), Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), UFO (one episode, 1970), The Guardians (one episode, 1971), The Donation Conspiracy (two episodes, 1973), Alice in Wonderland (one episode, 1985), Terrahawks (voice role, 39 episodes, 1983-86), Rupert and the Frog Song (1985), Gormenghast (two episodes, 2000).
(8) TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS.
[Compiled by Cat Eldridge.]
Born January 19, 1809 — Edgar Allan Poe. I've got several several sources that cite him as a early root of SF. Anyone care to figure that out? Be that as it may, he certainly wrote some damn scary horror — ones that I still remember are "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Masque of the Red Death." (Died 1849.)
Born January 19, 1930 – Tippi Hedren, 89. Melanie Daniels In Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds which scared the shit out of me when I saw it a long time ago. She had a minor role as Helen in The Birds II: Land's End, a televised sequel done thirty years on. No idea how bad or good it was. Other genre appearances were in such films and shows as Satan's Harvest, Tales from the Darkside, The Bionic Woman, the new version of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Batman: The Animated Series,
Born January 19, 1932 – Richard Lester, 87. Director best known for his 1980s Superman films. He's got a number of other genre films including the exceedingly silly The Mouse on the Moon, Robin and Marian which may be my favorite Robin Hood film ever, and an entire excellent series of Musketeers films. He also directed Royal Flash based on George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman novel of that name.
Born January 19, 1981 – Bitsie Tulloch, 38. Her main role of interest to us was as Juliette Silverton/Eve in Grimm. She also has played Lois Lane in the recent Elseworlds episodes of this Arrowverse season. However I also found her in R2-D2: Beneath the Dome, a fan made film that use fake interviews, fake archive photos, film clips, and behind-the-scenes footage to tell early life of that droid. You can see it and her in it here.
(9) DRAWN TO POE. Crimereads celebrates the author's birthday with "The 25 Most Terrifyingly Beautiful Edgar Allan Poe Illustrations". Harry Clarke and Gustav Doré are heavily represented.
Since it's the season for basking in all things dreadful, we decided to round up twenty-five of the greatest illustrations ever made for Poe's work. Some are more terrifying, others more beautiful, but all fall somewhere on the spectrum of terrifyingly beautiful, and we can't stop looking at them, just as we can't stop reading the works of the great Edgar Allan Poe.
(10) FAUX POES. Emily Temple undertakes "A Brief and Incomplete Survey of Edgar Allan Poes in Pop Culture" for LitHub readers.
What's the first image that pops into your head when you think of Edgar Allan Poe? Is it this ubiquitous one? Maybe it's that snapshot of your old roommate from Halloween 2011, when she tied a fake bird to her arm and knocked everyone's champagne glasses over with it. (Just me?) Or is it an image of Poe in one of his many pop culture incarnations? You wouldn't be alone.
After all, Poe pops up frequently in contemporary culture—somewhat more frequently than you might expect for someone who, during his lifetime, was mostly known as a caustic literary critic, even if he did turn out to be massively influential. I mean, it's not like you see a ton of Miltons or Eliots running around. So today, on the 210th anniversary of Poe's birth, I have compiled a brief and wildly incomplete selection of these appearances. Note that I've eliminated adaptations of Poe's works, and focused on cameos and what we'll call "faux Poes." Turns out it isn't just my old roommate—lots of people really love to dress up as Edgar Allan Poe.
First on the list:
1949: Ray Bradbury, "The Exiles," published in The Illustrated Man
As you probably know, Poe's work has been massively influential on American literature. In a 1909 speech at the Author's Club in London, Arthur Conan Doyle observed that "his tales were one of the great landmarks and starting points in the literature of the last century . . . each is a root from which a whole literature has developed. . . Where was the detective story until Poe breathed the breath of life into it?" But it's not just his work—Poe as a figure has infiltrated a number of literary works, including this early Bradbury story, in which Poe (along with Algernon Blackwood, Ambrose Bierce, Charles Dickens, and William Shakespeare) is living on Mars, and slowly withering away as humans on Earth burn his books. The symbolism isn't exactly subtle, but hey.
(11) SHUFFLING OFF THIS MORTAL COIL. Here's something to play on a cold winter's night — Arkham Horror: The Card Game.
The boundaries between worlds have drawn perilously thin…
Arkham Horror: The Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game® set amid a backdrop of Lovecraftian horror. As the Ancient Ones seek entry to our world, one to two investigators (or up to four with two Core Sets) work to unravel arcane mysteries and conspiracies.
Their efforts determine not only the course of your game, but carry forward throughout whole campaigns, challenging them to overcome their personal demons even as Arkham Horror: The Card Game blurs the distinction between the card game and roleplaying experiences.
(12) NO APRIL FOOLIN'. There's a trailer out for Paramount's Pet Sematary remake —
Sometimes dead is better…. In theatres April 5, 2019. Based on the seminal horror novel by Stephen King, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Jason Clarke), who, after relocating with his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two young children from Boston to rural Maine, discovers a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near the family's new home. When tragedy strikes, Louis turns to his unusual neighbor, Jud Crandall (John Lithgow), setting off a perilous chain reaction that unleashes an unfathomable evil with horrific consequences.
(13) 1943 RETRO HUGO ADVICE. DB has written a post on works by Mervyn Peake, Lord Dunsany, C.S. Lewis, and Charles WIlliams eligible for the Retros this year. It begins with an illustration —
This is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Ancient Mariner, as drawn by Mervyn Peake. Vivid, isn't it? Peake's illustrated edition of the Coleridge poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published by Chatto and Windus in 1943, and is the first reason you should consider nominating Peake for Best Professional Artist of 1943,1 for the Retro-Hugos 1944 (works of 1943) are being presented by this year's World SF Convention in Dublin. (The book might also be eligible for the special category of Best Art Book, for while it's not completely a collection of visual art, the illustrations were the point of this new edition of the classic poem.)
Though remembered now mostly for his Gormenghast novels, Peake was primarily an artist. He had in fact 3 illustrated books published in 1943, and all three of them were arguably fantasy or sf.2
(14) F&SF FICTION TO LOVE. Standback took to Twitter to cheer on F&SF with a round-up of his favorite stories from the magazine in 2018. The thread starts here.
On the strength of this great trio, those of you nominating for not-a-Hugo award might seriously consider Benedict for the Campbell.
And kudos to @fandsf for finding (and, so far, mostly keeping!) this great new writer. /6c
— Ziv W (@QuiteVague) January 16, 2019
(15) RARE BOOKS LA. Collectors will swarm to Pasadena on February 1-2 for this event —
Rare Books LA is a book fair that features more than 100 leading specialists in rare books, fine prints, photography, ephemera, maps, and more from throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. This prestigious event takes place at the Pasadena Convention Center.
Rare Books LA will compromise of numerous exhibitors. There will be 60+ exhibitors that come from around the world to showcase their rare books. Expect to discover exhibitors who also showcase photography and fine prints. To view the list of exhibitors, click here.
(16) ORIGINAL SWINGERS. CNN reports "'Missing link' in human history confirmed after long debate".
Early humans were still swinging from trees two million years ago, scientists have said, after confirming a set of contentious fossils represents a "missing link" in humanity's family tree.
The fossils of Australopithecus sediba have fueled scientific debate since they were found at the Malapa Fossil Site in South Africa 10 years ago.
And now researchers have established that they are closely linked to the Homo genus, representing a bridging species between early humans and their predecessors, proving that early humans were still swinging from trees 2 million years ago.
(17) MOON PICTURES. The Farmer's Almanac will show you "The Oldest Moon Photo".
On the night of September 1, 1849, the nearly full Moon appeared over the town of Canandaigua, New York. At 10:30 P.M., Samuel D. Humphrey slid a highly polished, silver-plated copper sheet measuring 2–¾x1–¾ inches into his camera, which was pointed at the Moon.
Humphrey then exposed the light-sensitive plate to the shining Moon nine times, varying the length of exposure from 0.5 seconds to 2 minutes. After developing the plate with mercury vapor, he sent his daguerreotype to Harvard College.
Louis Daguerre, the Frenchman who explained the secret of the world's first photographic technique in 1839, had daguerreotyped a faint image of the Moon, but the plate was soon lost in a fire. John W. Draper of New York City is credited with making the first clear daguerreotype of the Moon in March 1840, but this also was destroyed in a fire.
(18) THE LONG AND GRINDING ROAD. In "NASA eyes gaping holes in Mars Curiosity wheel" Cnet shares the images.
The rough and rocky landscape of Mars continues to take a toll on the wheels of NASA's Curiosity rover. As part of a routine checkup, Curiosity snapped some new images of its wheels this week.
Most of the photos don't look too alarming, but one in particular shows some dramatic holes and cracks in the aluminum.
(19) GLASS EXIT. If you left the theater in a haze, Looper wants to help you out:
[Thanks to Standback, JJ, Mike Kennedy, Chip Hitchcock, Michael Toman, Carl Slaughter, Andrew Porter, John King Tarpinian, Steve Green, Cat Eldridge and Martin Morse Wooster for some of these stories. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day Andrew.]
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Pixel Scroll 4/12/18 But By God, Elliot, It Was A Pixel Scroll From Life!
Posted on April 12, 2018 by Mike Glyer
(1) KINGFISHER. James Davis Nicoll turned the Young People Read Old SFF panel loose on "Toad Words" by T. Kingfisher.
Young People Read Old SFF has circled back to a modern work for the final time in the phase of the project. This time the modern author is Ursula Vernon, who also publishes as T. Kingfisher. To quote her Wikipedia entry,
Digger won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2012 and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature in 2013. She won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story and the WSFA Small Press Award for Jackalope Wives in 2015. Her story "The Tomato Thief" won the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
I've read a number of Vernon's works but not, as it happens, any of those. I have read "Toad Words", however, and it seemed an apt choice for a modern work given what the Young People have liked in the past. But I've been wrong before…
(2) DEADPOOL CHOW. Adweek describes how "Deadpool's Newest Product Pitch Takes Us Inside His Dreams, Which Center on … Frozen Food?"
Brand partnerships with superhero movies are inevitable—let's face it, most movies are superhero movies these days—but so many of them seem like an unnatural fit. Or a lazy one, at best. There's a car chase in the movie? Let's use that in a car commercial! Genius!
That might initially seem like the case with Deadpool's Devour partnership. Why would Deadpool care about frozen food? Well, he doesn't—and that's what makes the new 30-second spot work.
(3) POTTER RECAP. Martin Morse Wooster watched "Harry Potter: A History of Magic" last night on the CW:
This was a BBC documentary tied to an exhibit that is currently at the British Library and will be coming to the New-York Historical Society this fall, although what I gather from the Pottermore website is that there will be two exhibits with some overlap between the British and American versions.
The special, narrated by Imelda Staunton, had several parts. One was when actors from the movies (including Warwick Davis, Miriam Margoyles, and David Thewlis) read excerpts from the novels. A second thread consisted of curators from the British Library showing off their magical treasures of books and stuff from their collections. In addition, we saw some witches and eccentrics who had things to donate to the exhibit, including two gentlemen named Dusty Miller XIII and Dusty Miller XIV who said they had created 7,500 magic-filled wands from sticks they collected in the woods. Finally, J.K. Rowling was extensively interviewed and got to look at a lot of the stuff the curators had unearhed.
Oh, and there was a lot of Harry Potter cosplay.
Rowling had done a lot of research in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, such as a seventeenth-century herbal written by the great botanist Nicholas Culpeper. She said that she invented everything to do with wands. She also named two sources that inspired her. One was C.S. Lewis's THE MAGICIAN'S NEPHEW, and if there are references to portals and libraries in that book those are the parts she found inspiring. A second source came from an illustration Rowling made in1990 of Professor Sprout. Rowling said that that night she was watching The Man Who Would Be King, a film with many Masonic symbols. A simplified version of one masonic symbol was the source for the three-part symbol that denotes the Deathly Hallows in the novels.
Finally Rowling said, "I tied to steer clear of hallucinogenic drugs in Hogwarts." So if you're writing fan fiction where Harry and the gang settle in for good times with some mushrooms, you should know that such scenes are NOT canonical.
(4) AUSTRALIAN CON SURVEY. Twelfth Planet Press publisher/editor and Galactic Suburbia cohost Alisa Krasnostein tweeted —
If you've attended an SF con or event in Australia in the last 5 years, please consider taking this survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TCGQB82
…The purpose of this survey is to investigate the degree of harassment being experienced at our SF conventions and events.
(5) WOTF. Vajra Chandrasekera discourages participation in the Writers of the Future Contest. His thread starts here —
Because I'm irritated at myself for not saying it more often in public: if you are a new writer, you should not submit your work to the Writers of the Future contest.
— Vajra Chandrasekera (@_vajra) April 12, 2018
(6) NEW PERSPECTIVES. Bogi Takacs has started writing a column for Tor.com about "QUILTBAG+ Speculative Classics".
…In this series of columns, I will review classics of QUILTBAG+ speculative fiction—often out of print, little-known and seldom discussed. Even novels which were acclaimed in their day are frequently ignored now, creating the false impression that all QUILTBAG+ SFF is very recent.
For those who may be unfamiliar with the term, QUILTBAG+ is a handy acronym of Queer, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Trans, Bisexual, Asexual / Aromantic / Agender, Gay and a plus sign indicating further expansion.
…On the other hand, I also don't want to pigeonhole QUILTBAG+ writers and only show interest in their work if it is about their specific marginalization. I want to see minority writers write whatever they want. If they (we) want to write about cephalopods in space, I am all for that! Therefore I opted to include work either by QUILTBAG+ authors (where this is known) or with QUILTBAG+ themes. Often these two coincide, but not necessarily so.
A specific difficulty is whether to include people with non-Western, culturally specific gender, sex or sexuality IDs. Often these people also use at least some Western terms to self-identify, but sometimes they don't—especially Indigenous people. If someone has expressed a desire not to be included in Western terms, both umbrella or specific terms, I will of course respect that. But in the absence of explicitly opting out, and also if the authors use Western terms, I decided on the side of inclusion. One of my motivations in this is somewhat self-serving: I also have a culturally specific gender / sex (though I am not Indigenous, specifically) and I am interested in other people who do too!
I aim to discuss a new book every two weeks. I will begin next week with The Gilda Stories, the queer Black / Indigenous vampire classic by Jewelle Gomez, and then follow with The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter, possibly the first SFF novel by an intersex author—which also draws a parallel between being intersex and sharing a mind with a giant whale.
(7) TRUTHINESS. Hear about "'That High Truth': Lewis, Williams, Chesterton, and Ray Bradbury," in this video of a lecture given at the Wade Center by Jonathan R. Eller of the Center for Ray Bradbury Studies on April 9, 2018.
(8) PROGRAM IDEA. Amal El-Mohtar has a fresh angle for a panel discussion. Start the thread here:
I just–I really love Tolkien, obvious warts & all, & I get a really specific thing from his work that I rarely get from contemporary work, & I'd love to explore that on panels.
— Amal El-Mohtar (@tithenai) April 12, 2018
(9) BECKETT OBIT. Alex Beckett (1982-2018): Welsh actor, death announced April 12, aged 35. His genre appearances include Spark Ark (2014), and The Aliens (two episodes, 2016).
(10) HEAR STAN LEE'S DENIAL. Io9 reports "In a New Video, Stan Lee Threatens to Sue Anyone Reporting on Claims of Alleged Elder Abuse".
The Marvel mainstay came down with pneumonia in February and so his frequent convention appearances were understandably cut back. During this time, multiple reports emerged detailing how hundreds of thousands of dollars, and literal blood, were allegedly stolen from him. In a video sent to TMZ this week that's copyrighted to Keya Morgan (Lee's handler, who is currently in control of all of his communications), Lee says he's prepared to take legal action against any and all media outlets that have reported on the claims that he's being taken advantage of:
"Hi this is Stan Lee and I'm calling on behalf of myself and my friend Keya Morgan. Now, you people have been publishing the most hateful, harmful material about me and about my friend Keya and some others. Material which is totally incorrect, totally based on slander, totally the type of thing that I'm going to sue your ass off when I get a chance.
You have been accusing me and my friends of doing things that are so unrealistic and unbelievable that I don't know what to say. It's as though you suddenly have a personal vendetta against me and against the people I work with. Well I want you to know I'm going to spend every penny I have to put a stop to this and to make you sorry that you've suddenly gone on a one man campaign against somebody with no proof, no evidence, no anything but you've decided that people were mistreating me and therefore you are going to publish those articles.
I'm going to get the best and most expensive lawyers I can and I want you to know if you don't stop these articles and publish retractions, I am going to sue your ass off."
The subject video was reportedly sent to TMZ and is marked on their website as being copyrighted by Keya Morgan. The linked TMZ article is headlined: "STAN LEE DENIES ELDER ABUSE … Leave Me and My Friends Alone!!!" This copy is on YouTube, though who knows for how long?
(11) HUGOS AT ECBATAN. Rich Horton check off another nominated book in "Hugo Ballot Review: Raven Stratagem, by Yoon Ha Lee".
The novel is interesting reading throughout, with plenty of action (and some pretty cool battle scenes), some rather ghastly (in a good sense) comic bits, and lots of pain and angst. There is a continuing revelation of just how awful the Hexarchate is, with the only defense offered even by its supporters being "anything else would be worse". There is genocide, lots of murders, lots of collateral damage. The resolution is well-planned and integral to the nature of this universe, with a good twist or two to boot. It's a good strong novel that I enjoyed a lot.
(12) SERVICE TO SFF. Congratulations to 2018 Chandler Award winner Edwina Harvey! The award recognizes members of the Australian speculative fiction community, both professionals and fans.
Edwina Harvey is a worthy recipient of this year's A. Bertram Chandler Award. She has been an active member of Australian science-fiction fandom: writing, publishing and with her amazing artwork for 40 years.
She was one of the founding members of Astrex, the Star Trek fan club of NSW, and regularly contributed fiction to the associated fanzine Beyond Antares as well as other SF fanzines from the mid 1970s onwards. She was also an active member of The Hitchers Club of Australia (Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy Fanclub) from approximately 1984 onwards contributing to the newsletter Australian Playbeing through articles and comments and assisting with the copying and distribution of some issues of the newsletter. Known locally as the Fund Raising Queens, Edwina has worked with Karen Auhl on organising fundraiser events for Medtrek 4, Huttcon 90 and two Sydney Worldcon bids. (Late 1980s – mid 1990s) Edwina has been a contributing member of FOLCC (the Friends of Linda Cox Chan) which was an informal group donating monies raised to Diabetes Charities in Australia. Linda Cox Chan was a Sydney-based SF fan artist and writer who passed away in 1991. From 2012 to the present time, Edwina has also run a lucky-dip at Australian SF conventions to raise money for FFANZ.
(13) EUROVISION IN SPACE. Learn about the author's new novel Space Opera at Whatever: "The Big Idea: Catherynne M. Valente".
My agent refers to it as the fastest deal in publishing. It was done and I was committed before I could catch a breath. As I was signing the contract, my fiance asked: "Does it really just say 'Eurovision in space'? Do you actually have any idea how you're gonna pull that off?"
"Yes, it does," I said. "And no, I don't."
And I didn't. Part of me was terrified. How the hell do you even begin to write that? I mean, you can't play it straight. It's too absurd. It's obviously a comedy. Ah, but if you try to write science fiction comedy, the ghost of Douglas Adams appears and asks you with a stern expression if that's really necessary. And even if it was a comedy, the core of Eurovision is that political darkness and artistic light. You can't play it totally camp, either. And given the politics all around me, I wasn't sure I was actually up to singing it out just this minute. What had I agreed to?
But the deadline approached. And I sat down at a blank screen. I laughed nervously.
And then I stopped trying to worry about whether I could do this thing at all and wrote some shit about Enrico Fermi and I was off, and off at breakneck speed.
(14) I'M HOME! Glen Weldon creates a mythic dialogue. Jump on the thread here:
PERSEPHONE: I'm back, Mom.
DEMETER: Your mail's on the counter. How's Mopey McGee?
PERSEPHONE: Do we have to do this now?
DEMETER: Finish his novel yet?
PERSEPHONE: Mom.
DEMETER: "The Sorrow & The More Sorrow" was it?
PERSEPHONE: I'm not doing this. I'll be back in a week. [SLAM]
— Glen Weldon (@ghweldon) April 11, 2018
(15) DIRECT FROM INTERNATIONAL FALLS. Here is Amazon Prime's trailer advertising new episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle. [Via io9.]
The world-famous talking moose and flying squirrel are back in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, a comedy about two goofball friends who end up in harrowing situations but end up saving the day time and again. As their silly ambitions dovetail with Fearless Leader's sinister plans to take over the world, they are set on a collision course with his notorious super spies Boris and Natasha.
[Thanks to Standback, JJ, John King Tarpinian, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Steve Green, Cat Eldridge, Martin Morse Wooster, StephenfromOttawa, Chip Hitchcock, Iphinome, Mike Kennedy, Andrew Porter, Errolwi, James Davis Nicoll, and Carl Slaughter for some of these stories,. Title credit goes to File 770 contributing editor of the day RedWwombat.]
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A Bradbury Link Omnibus
Posted on October 6, 2016 by Mike Glyer
(1) IN LETTERS OF FIRE. Book Riot's Nikki Vanry presents "19 of My Favorite Fahrenheit 451 Quotes".
"'Books were only one type of receptacle where we stored a lot of things we were afraid we might forget. There is nothing magical in them, at all. The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us.'"
(2) INCREASED SPACE. The Indianapolis Monthly records "A New Chapter for IUPUI's Center for Ray Bradbury Studies".
Following Bradbury's 2012 death, the collection grew to include his personal library, writing desk, and 40 years of correspondence with presidents, filmmakers, and other writers. Much of the archive temporarily languished in storage: 20,000 pounds of boxes and furniture stacked floor to ceiling.
This month, the Center celebrates its move to a space three times larger in Cavanaugh Hall with a show at IUPUI's Cultural Arts Gallery, Ray Bradbury's Magical Mansions, which draws from the Center's extensive collection. It's an unusual repository for this or any university campus. Aside from smaller science fiction collections at a few college libraries, and occasional class offerings, academic acceptance of Bradbury's genre has been scarce. Archives like the one at IUPUI could change that. Bradbury's chance meeting with Eller all those years ago gave the professor his life's work. In return, Eller is giving Bradbury what science fiction writers never had: a place of honor in academia.
…[Jonathan] Eller, with now-retired IUPUI Professor William Touponce, co-wrote the first university press book on Bradbury. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction (Kent State University Press, 2004) laid the groundwork for founding the Center and archive in 2007. Though the 510-square-foot basement location wasn't set up for tours, Eller would often drop what he was doing to show curious visitors around. This summer, Eller began the laborious task of moving the archive to an impressive new 1,460-square-foot location in Cavanaugh Hall. It includes a room for Bradbury's recreated office: a blue metal desk and work table, a globe of Mars given to him by NASA, and a Viking 76 paperweight made with material from the lander. Bookshelves and file cabinets line every wall. Eller and his wife, Debi, spent months readying the space: hanging pictures, cleaning shelves, and cataloging the large book collection. "At this point in most academics' lives, they're getting ready to retire," Debi says. "But Jon is trying to preserve the effects of a man he respected so much."
The Center's new outpost offers room to shelve the 20,000 pounds of materials previously stacked floor to ceiling, and perhaps more importantly, a much more public face. Eller sees the Center as a resource for teachers, librarians, and scholars who want to pass on Bradbury's importance to future generations, and it gives Bradbury and science fiction academic credibility. And it might be just be the beginning: In addition to finishing the third volume of his biography, the professor eventually hopes to acquire even more space and funding to expand the Center into a full-fledged museum.
(3) BRADBURY BIO REVIEWED. "Bradbury: between dystopia and hope", at Spiked.
Ray Bradbury, by David Seed, is published by the University of Illinois Press.
As David Seed observes in this meticulously researched and affection tribute to the author, 'Bradbury conceived his early science fiction as a cumulative early warning system against unforeseen consequences'. As the author himself said: 'technological science fiction, as put in motion by human beings, can either shackle us with the greatest totalitarian dictatorship of all time, or free us to the greatest freedom in history. I mean to work for the latter in my science-fiction stories.'
Like the best writers who imagine the worlds of tomorrow, Ray Bradbury talks to contemporary society. The Martian Chronicles features a tale of America's 'niggers' parting en mass by rocket to the Red Planet to escape racism and servitude in the United States, in their own kind of ironic Mayflower. This story speaks to readers now as much as it would have 70 years ago. While the recurrent themes in The Martian Chronicles of environmental catastrophe and the perils of colonisation will resonate with concerned minds today, they spoke foremost to 1950s readers for whom the Dust Bowl was in living memory. It's no coincidence that Bradbury gives his colonies on Mars mid-Western names such as Ohio or Illinois.
(4) RAY ANTICIPATED LIFE ONLINE. You may have thought that Ray Bradbury had nothing to say about the rise of social media and the way the virtual world often obliterates the real one. Financial Times columnist Nilanjana Roy, in "Back To Virtual Reality", would disagree:
Perhaps an internet historian could better pinpoint when the digital world became the real world, but the truth is that our "real", physical-world selves are so intimately, inescapably layered with virtual experiences that it may no longer be possible to split the two. The price you pay for digitally detoxing is to step outside the mainstream, and that has profound consequences. An obvious example might be that I feel less connected to old friends who are not on Facebook, for example, because I don't see them, or see pictures of their kids. More subtly, if you unplug from the running streams of news, you also disconnect yourself from dinner-party, workplace, or even friendly conversation.
In Ray Bradbury's short story "The Pedestrian" (1951), a man arouses police suspicion because he is the only person to take walks while his neighbours stay at home, the flickering blue light of televisions playing on their walls. If he'd been writing today, Bradbury might have made more of the disconnect between the walker and his neighbours, the widening gap between the few who turn away from news-streams and social media immersion, and the many who are shaped by these.
(5) A SPIRITUAL MAP OF BRADBURY. J. W. Ocker just completed a week of superb blog posts inspired by and about Ray Bradbury.
1) Ray Bradbury's Ravine
September 26, 2016 — It was night, and the thunderstorm that followed me from the hotel had calmed into light rain and thunderous sky flashes. My hair was sodden, my shirt and jeans were sticking uncomfortably to me, and I was at the slippery edge of a black ravine, ready to disappear into its depths. All for Ray Bradbury.
2) Ray Bradbury's Waukegan
September 27, 2016 — This was a big one for me: Waukegan, Illinois—the hometown of Ray Bradbury. But it was more than just his hometown, more than the mere place where he was born. It was the very geography of his imagination. The place where so many of his stories were set. So many of his characters lived. On his pages, he rechristened the city Green Town. And I was going to see it all, both the real Waukegan and the fictional Green Town. We've got a lot to pack into this one, so let's get going.
3) Thoughts on Ray Bradbury's Statue
…But the one thing I didn't find was a statue of him. I mean, there was one of comedian Jack Benny, another Waukeganite, but not one of Ray Bradbury. And that's because I was in town too early. The city's been working on a statue project for him for about a year and half and, by the time of my visit, had narrowed the 40-odd submissions it had received to three. In fact, mere days after I returned from my trip to Waukegan and other points along the shores of the Great Lakes, the city announced the winning design.
4) Ray, Halloween, the Witch and Salem
September 29, 2016 — I don't know if Ray Bradbury ever visited Salem, Massachusetts. But I can tell you that a piece of his life did. Because I took one there myself. I brought it with me during my Salem October last year. And good thing too, as that piece, of its own power almost, provided an anecdote that allowed me to write the name "Ray Bradbury" a few times in my account of that Salem October, A Season with the Witch. Below is the relevant excerpt from the book:
5) Strange Stuff fromo my Study: The Halloween Tree Sketch
September 30, 2016 — In this episode of Strange Stuff from My Study, I dig into my Ray Bradbury collection to show you an original 50-year-old sketch by an artist named Joseph Mugnaini, a sketch that he did as a test layout for one of the fantastic interior illustrations for Bradbury's 1972 book, The Halloween Tree.
(6) MARTIAN PENSEES. Tyler Miller undertakes to prove "How Ray Bradbury's 'The Martian Chronicles' Changed Science Fiction (And Literature)".
Unlike his peers, Bradbury didn't care much for the future either. Though The Martian Chronicles deals ostensibly with a future inhabitation of Mars, Bradbury's tales are clearly a lens through which to study the past. He is not interested in the mechanics of space flight or the geographic terrain of the Red Planet. Technology is laced through the book, but it is the technology of a Flash Gordon comic strip, not based in actual mathematics and engineering. These stories are not realistic in the least. They are metaphors.
"Do you know why teachers use me?" Bradbury once said, in an interview for the Paris Review. "Because I speak in tongues. I write metaphors. Every one of my stories is a metaphor you can remember."
However, I have to say Miller is thoroughly wrong when he says, "Sherwood Anderson, Shakespeare, St. John Parse, Ernest Hemingway. These were hardly the writers inspiring usual 1950s science-fiction." Plenty of them tried to tap into Shakespeare and Hemingway — Papa's economical prose was regarded by many as the ideal 50 years ago.
(7) TRUFFAUT. Released this month: The New Ray Bradbury Review, No. 5, edited by Phil Nichols and Jonathan Eller.
Fahrenheit 451—American science fiction meets French New Wave cinema
As a highly visual writer, Ray Bradbury's works have frequently been adapted for film and television. One of the most stylized and haunting dramatizations is François Truffaut's 1966 film adaptation of Fahrenheit 451. For this fifth volume of The New Ray Bradbury Review, guest editor Phil Nichols brings together essays and articles that reflect upon Bradbury's classic novel and Truffaut's enduring low-tech science fiction film, fifty years after its release.
French film director and writer François Truffaut was a major force in world cinema. Beginning with his first days as a firebrand film critic and early years as a highly original director, Truffaut sustained a career that brought him numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. Yet Fahrenheit 451—his only film in English and his only foray into science fiction—is often overshadowed by the considerable triumphs of his other works, like The 400 Blows, Jules and Jim, and Day for Night. Similarly, while science fiction scholars often present the film as a significant work, they sometimes see it as a flawed adaptation, somehow less than its source, Ray Bradbury's classic 1953 novel of book-burning firemen.
The articles in this volume represent the first scholarly investigation of Truffaut's film and Bradbury's novel together. They lay out the key critical issues in comparing book and film and novelist and filmmaker, discuss various aspects of Bradbury's and Truffaut's narrative strategies in creating a world where books are systematically burned, consider the film's screenplay and Bradbury's own creative reactions to Truffaut, and examine the reception of the film among various audiences and critics.
(7) CARTOON TIME. Melville House recommends two cartoons a Soviet director made based on Bradbury's short stories "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "The Veldt."
Ray Bradbury: science fiction author, namesake of a patch of Mars, and Last Interview series participant. In 1950, a twenty-nine-year-old Bradbury published There Will Come Soft Rains, which would become one of his signature short stories. It depicts a California morning in the year 2026, as a robotic house wakes itself up and begins preparing its residents for a busy day: making them breakfast, laying their clothes out, and so forth.
There is, naturally, a twist, and one fun way of learning what it is (besides reading the story), is to watch this Soviet cartoon adaptation, Budet Laskovyj Dozhd', made by the Uzbekfilm studio in 1984, and directed by Nazim Tulyakhodzhayev. It's a beaut — austere, creepy, and oddly warm. Do yourself a favor:
At the post are links to both videos on YouTube.
[Thanks to John King Tarpinian, J. W. Ocker, and Martin Morse Wooster for these stories.]
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The Baileys Prize Book Bar is back
Following the sell-out success of the 2016 Pop-Up, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction Book Bar is returning to Waterstones, Tottenham Court Road in April for five days of fantastic events to celebrate outstanding writing by women!
On April 3rd the Book Bar will open its doors to shine a spotlight on the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2017 shortlist and offer a series of inspiring events with writers including Sara Pascoe, Grace Dent Lisa McInerney, Gemma Cairney, Val McDermid, Katy Brand, Louise Doughty and Kate Mosse.
At lunchtime, actors Tori Allen-Martin and James Rastall will bring each of the six shortlisted novels to life with exclusive readings. Each evening, the bar will come to life with book events featuring some of the UK's most inspirational women and bestselling novelists.
Readers who purchase one of the shortlisted books throughout the week will receive a complimentary Baileys to enjoy as they celebrate the brilliant novels selected by the judges for the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction*.
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BAILEYS PRIZE BOOK BAR 2017 EVENTS
Queens of Comedy: Tuesday 4 April at 6.30pm
Celebrate the best of female comedy with an evening paying homage to witty writing. Join some of the UK's top female comedians and writers, including author and broadcaster, Gemma Cairney, actor and writer, Katy Brand and comic, author and 2017 BWPFF judge, Sara Pascoe, alongside writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes and hosted by Prize co-founder bestselling author Kate Mosse, for an evening guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
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Lunchtime Shortlist Readings: Wednesday 5 April at 1-2pm
Exclusive readings from each of the 2017 shortlisted novels performed by actors Tori Allen-Martin and James Rastall – the perfect escape for your lunch hour!
Delicious Baileys Cocktail Masterclass: Wednesday 5 April at 6.30pm
What better way to celebrate the mid-week milestone than trying your hand at creating an extravagant Baileys iced coffee cocktail? Learn the tricks of the trade from our expert mixologist and master the art of the perfect book club accompaniment. Plus! Expert Biscuiteers icers will be on hand to teach all of the tips and techniques used at the Biscuiteers icing hall, so you can learn how to ice their iconic female jolly gingers.
Lunchtime Shortlist Readings: Thursday 6 April at 1-2pm
Thriller Queens: Thursday 6 April at 6.30pm
Thursday evening will celebrate the Thriller Queens of fiction. A panel of internationally bestselling writers including the celebrated Scottish crime writer Val McDermid, Nicci Gerrard, author of the gripping Frieda Klein series, Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard and internationally bestselling author Diane Wei Liang take to the Baileys Prize Book Bar stage to discuss the thrillers they love withBaileys Women's Prize for Fiction co-founder bestselling novelist Kate Mosse .
Friday Finale (in association with Emerald Street): Friday 7 April at 6.30pm
The finale event, set across two parts – will see Lisa McInerney, winner of the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, talking to Emerald Street Editor Anna Fielding about her work and offering an exclusive insight into her new novel, The Blood Miracles. In part two, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction judges past and present, including 2017 judge and co-founder of The Pool Sam Baker, author and journalist Grace Dent, broadcaster and journalist Bidisha and author Elif Shafak, will join Kate Mosse to discuss what makes a great book and the great books they love.
Tickets are on sale! Grab yours now and make sure you follow us on Twitter @BaileysPrize to stay up to date with the brilliant events taking place during the Book Bar.
*The offer of a complimentary Flat White martini or Baileys coffee with purchase of a shortlisted book is open to over 18s only. Alternative non-alcoholic drinks are available.
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Snapshot: The Skoda Rapid Monte Carlo will be provided with a red shade at exterior, while the interior will be finely finished in black.
The long wait of Skoda's Rapid Monte Carlo edition is over, as the Skoda India has confirmed the launch of the model in India latest by August 2017 and the deliveries of the model will commence from September. The Czech carmaker had previously launched the Octavia Black edition for the Indian market and is now all set to introduce the Monte Carlo special edition for the Rapid.
The Skoda Rapid Monte Carlo will be provided with a red shade at exterior, while the interior will be finely finished in black. The exterior styling will an all-black front grille, ORVMs and the roof. The new dual-tone alloy wheels will add spark to the fresh look of the car. While the interior of the car will be provided with aluminium scuff plates, faux-carbon fibre finish on the dashboard with a touchscreen infotainment system. The steering wheel will be covered with a sporty looking leather having a red-stitch.
The Indian-spec model will be offered with two engine options - petrol and diesel. The 1.6-litre petrol variant will develop a maximum power of 103 hp and a peak torque of 153 Nm, while the 1.5-litre diesel engine will churn out a maximum power of 109 hp and a peak torque of 250 Nm. Both the engines are paired to a standard 5-speed manual gearbox, while the petrol variant will come with an option of 6-speed automatic gearbox. Moreover, the diesel unit will be offered with an optional 7-speed DSG gearbox.
The new Skoda Rapid Monte Carlo Edition is expected to start from Rs. 10.25 Lakh (Ex-showroom, Delhi), which is around Rs. 30,000 more than the usual top-spec models of the segment currently running in India. Once launched, it will be directly competing with the cars of the C-segment Sedans in India, including the likes of Honda City, Volkswagen Vento, Maruti Ciaz and the yet to be launched next-generation Hyundai Verna.


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Plywood is considered to be the best form of wood used for construction of houses and office buildings these days. Considering the many varieties that it is available in and the excellent ways it can be used, there is no wonder that most people want it for their home construction. However, despite the many feature and qualities that it possesses, there are some concerns regarding the structural integrity and lifespan of plywood in the mind of the people. Questions like, how long would the plywood last and when will I have to make repairs or replace the plywood are commonly asked by people when thinking about making use of plywood in their homes.
It is almost impossible to accurately ascertain the lifespan of any wood. However, an estimated guess would be around 10 years or more. However, there is a chance that some of the varieties of plywood might have a much higher life expectancy than that. There are many factors that determine how long the panels of plywood are going to remain in their true form and would not degrade. The following are some of the factors might have an effect on the lifespan of plywood.
The quality of the plywood plays a very important role in determining the lifespan. If you have bought your plywood from a good supplier and you are certain that it is of a good quality then you can expect it to last far more than its guaranteed life expectancy. However, if the plywood is purchased from a discount store it is highly likely that it is not going to last long. Such plywood usually has a lumpy surface and sheet voids present in it which are hallmarks of its inferior quality. Thus, when buying plywood for any kind of construction purposes make sure to buy them from a hardwood supply or cabinet supply outlet.
Moisture is one of the biggest factors that can affect the endurance of plywood. If the plywood is regularly exposed to high levels of moisture then there is no way for it to sustain its quality for a long period of time. This is the reason why plywood used in houses that are located in humid areas does not last that long and degrades much more quickly. Thus, if you want to preserve the plywood lifespan then it is extremely necessary that you keep it safe from being exposed to moisture or buy plywood with high level of water repellency.
Plywood is an engineered wood which is made after passing wood and other chemicals through certain treatment procedures. The chemicals and the treatment process used for making a particular type of plywood determine the qualities and features it would have and consequently its life span. For instance, pressure treated plywood has a life expectancy of about 20 years while MRF and OSB have an expected life of around under 30 and up to 60 years. The marine grade plywood even has a life-time guarantee in the United States.
These are only a few of the factors that affect the life expectancy of plywood. There are a number of other factors that might play a role in determining the lifespan of plywood used in your home. However, if you take care of it and protect it from moisture abuse then there is a chance that it might last longer than its expected lifespan.


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The latest estimate from the US Bureau of Economic Analysis puts economic growth for Q2 2021 at 6.7% on a quarterly basis, compared to 6.3% in Q1 and 4.5% in Q4 2020. This follows the 3.5% decline in 2020, and is attributed to the progress being made in the vaccination program, as well as the extensive economic stimuli and the re-opening of businesses and the economy at large.
As of September, unemployment had fallen by 0.4% to hit 4.8%. Notable gains were reported in hospitality, professional services, retail, and transport and warehousing.
Construction market performance
In the January-July 2021 period, data from the US Census Bureau showed that the nominal (current prices) value of construction put in place was up by 6.1%, compared to the 1.2% growth in constant prices value for construction gross output in H1 reported by the US Bureau for Economic Analysis.
Residential has seen double-digit growth rates since Q3 2020 and has been a key contributor towards the rebound of the economy and overall construction industry. Low mortgage rates, strong demand for bigger living spaces and low housing inventory have all contributed towards its success.
Although infrastructure was subdued in the first half of the year, posting a 5.9% decline in transportation works in the January to July period and 5.1% decline in power, the approval of the infrastructure spending bill, which covers related long-term investments, has led to an uptick. While the new bill falls short of President Joe Biden's original US$2.3 trillion proposal, it includes US$550 billion in new federal spending to invest in various US infrastructure sectors over the next five years.
Lastly, the commercial sector had a challenging 2020, with a 6.2% contraction and investments remained weak in H1 2021, with the total value of office buildings put in place down 30.1%.
The OECD revised its forecast for full-year growth for 2021 downward in September 2021, the from 6.9% to 6%, while the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has also gone from a 7% forecast to 5.9%. It also expects the economy to expand by 3.8% in 2022, 2.5% in 2023 and 2% in 2024. Meanwhile, the IMF's prediction for 2021 is a 7% expansion, followed by 4.9% in 2022. The total value of building permits for housing units increased by 31% year-on-year in the first eight months of 2021, and the number of housing starts in H1 2021 grew by 26.2% year-on-year to 791,000, of which 564,000 units are for single-family houses.
In terms of construction, the industry is set to grow by 1.8% this year, picking up pace in 2022 to record 3.7%. Commercial will shrink further at a rate of 10.5% in 2021, while the abovementioned infrastructure spending bill will prop the sector, although output in 2021 will still fall by 4.6%. However, the bill is likely to boost spending and performance in the more medium term.
Residential is expected to continue its robust performance in 2021, with 13.6% forecast, although this will moderate from 2022 to 2025, with average annual growth of 1.7% anticipated.
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Midwest regional activity
The Midwest is rebounding from 2020, but at a slower pace than other regions in the U.S.. It is heavily reliant on manufacturing and infrastructure, but with the constraints that have been in place since the start of the pandemic, labor shortages, high material prices and infrastructure investment being limited, to date it has been a slower-than-anticipated recovery. However, the past quarter, in particular, is showing promising signs for an uptick throughout the remainder of 2021 and into 2022.
The Midwest is a hub for the industrial sector, and we are now seeing movement in the sector in Q3 into Q4. This is a direct impact of COVID-19 on everyday life, and the knock-on effect in terms of demand for additional storage and fulfillment centers. Mission critical is also a sector that has remained buoyant in the Midwest, due to the need for additional data storage
Despite the desperate need for housing, residential completions are not yet meeting the pace of demand. This is due to the increase in prices for raw materials, such as steel, copper and lumber.
There are many obstacles to hurdle for a full recovery. The Delta variant, shortages of labor and inflation of construction materials are all current issues, which are affecting projects starting, and then their schedules and costs. Once these issues settle, the Midwest expects the performing sectors to continue in line with current trends, and importantly, the sectors most affected, which were hospitality, residential and commercial, to rebound slowly as 2022 progresses.
Northeast regional activity
In 2020, the Northeast region felt the effects of COVID-19. Regional GDP was down 2.1% in 2020 over 2019 figures. The Q1 and Q2 results show a swift rebound as the region recovers from the impacts of the pandemic, +1.8% in 2021 vs. 2019 figures and a sharper contrast of +24.2% vs. 2020 figures. We await the results for the remaining quartiles of 2021 to measure the overall impact of the Delta variant on recovery.
The construction industry rebounded faster than other industries, creating uncertainty and increased volatility around project costing and labor availability. This was further exacerbated by shortages in key raw materials and an increase in manufacturing costs (as COVID safety measures were implemented). The industry continued to strengthen through Q1 and Q2 and is a larger contributor to the regional economy in comparison to pre-COVID-19 figures. In general, unemployment numbers increased (0.6%) while growth in the construction industry grew across all sectors, with the exception of hotels, manufacturing, education and healthcare.
The Delta variant continues to be a concern with winter approaching. However, there is more confidence around vaccinations being effective in combating the worst of COVID-19 symptoms. Higher unemployment rates will continue to be a challenge for the industry, as uncertainty and concern remain around the pandemic. Should mortality and hospitalizations continue to reduce and the pandemic recedes, it is expected that volatility will ease in the marketplace.
South (Florida) regional activity
The Florida region saw a slow start to 2021 due to ongoing COVID restrictions.
Non-building and Commerical sector seen a decrease in volume in 2021 however this decline was offset by a strong demand for residential properties which is expected to continue into 2022. However, residential construction surged in June of 2021, more than tripling the amount recorded at the same time last year, according to the Dodge report. The upward trend in performance is set to continue into 2022 as more and more people relocate to the state.
The Florida market is set to become a key location for major companies in the coming years. The mass exodus of highly skilled people from higher tax bracket cities has resulted in an increase demand for residential properties across the state. Looking ahead, Florida is expected to challenge New York in terms of high-density apartment living, which is only set to increase further when the tourism industry fully opens to non-US visitors in the coming months.
West (California and Bay Area) regional activity
The first half of 2021 in California has indicated that there is a strong desire for pre-pandemic life to resume, particularly with the resurgence of traveling. However, it is noted that business interruptions with restrictions are proving difficult for business owners. Recovery can be seen in all industries, with tech constituting the strongest area of growth, and logistics and distribution fully recovered.
Commercial and manufacturing construction are seeing an increase over the last quarter. Residential is thought be returning to an upward trend, and overall construction is predicted to see a significant uptick in Q4 2021.
Recovery is ongoing in all sectors. It is anticipated that California will rebound faster than most other states, catching up by 2023. It is difficult to predict how the commercial sector will bounce back, though there is an increase in return-to-office, reigniting projects in the industry again, with newer developments being approved.
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myasma says:
15 years ago at 11:44 am
that is such an exquisitely creepy shot.
mindcontrol23 says:
15 years ago at 2:17 pm
http://www.roilnoise.com/pr01.htm
transiit says:
So perhaps someone out there can explain to me how the 9/11 commission's recommendation for an "Intelligence Czar" doesn't already exist in the role of "National Security Advisor"
Is it out of her jurisdiction, was it a backhanded way of saying the current administration needs more intelligence, is it a belief that adding to the bureaucracy is going to make things better, all of the above, none of the above?
-transiit
googoobaby says:
The war on terrorism is not about understanding, it's about overstanding -- GYWO
simmonmt says:
15 years ago at 4:15 am
I think the idea is that you want someone who's actually in charge of the intelligence agencies. "In charge" meaning "able to set budgets and fire people". This is what the role of DCI was supposed to be -- as Director of Central Intelligence, he doesn't just run the CIA, but was also supposed to coordinate everyone else and tell them what to do. Unfortunately, since he doesn't have any budgetary or personnel authority at any of the other agencies, he pretty much ends up just running the CIA.
The Intelligence Czar is pretty much useless, and wouldn't do anything beyond adding another layer unless he gets this authority. The Pentagon, which runs the other main bit of the intelligence community, really didn't want the DCI controlling their operations, and doesn't want the Intelligence Czar doing it either.
I fear they'll decide not to force the Pentagon to give up control of their agencies, but will still create a (useless) Czar position just so they look like they're doing something. If that's the case, hopefully someone can quietly do away with it later on down the road.
If I remember correctly, the same problem existed with the Drugs Czar.
I like unions, so long as they're keeping the workers out of my sausage.
But I don't like the idea of the incompetant being protected from rightful termination.
I think about how much of the government is more or less unionized.
I can't help but think this stinks the same way.
In some sense, I guess so. The personnel and budgetary authority here is less about getting rid of incompents, and more about giving the Czar a stick with which to "convince" other agencies to pull in the same direction.
The idea being that while the DCI can currently tell the NSA what to do, he can't do anything to back up that directive, and thus it'll get ignored, and the NSA will do whatever it was going to do anyway. If the Czar has the ability to tell the NSA what to do and to make it stick, then great -- let's have one. If he doesn't have anything with which to back up his requests, then there's no point -- it's just another layer through which intelligence has to flow on the way to the top.
insomnia says:
If I didn't know better, I would say that the shadow indicates a person with another human face on the back of their head. Voldemort?!
jck says:
How did you guess?
purgatorius says:
Ah, Waging the War of Ideas in the Global War on Terror what an appropriate topic for a talk given at the Institute of Peace.
zenmonkeykstop says:
Not so much a hairstyle as a carapace, that.