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The UAE has revealed the long-awaited new 'Federal Arbitration Law' that will have a long way connecting the country's position as the most attractive hub for arbitration in the Middle East and North Africa region. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan repealed the former law governing arbitration in the UAE and issued new Federal Law Number 6 of 2018. The previous arbitration law of 61 articles which relies on the UNCITRAL model law will significantly rebuild UAE arbitration law. It is expected that this new arbitration law will build a reputation for the UAE and UAE will become the preferred seat for international arbitration in this region. This new law will encourage more foreign direct investment into the UAE since it will become the most preferred place of international arbitration.
This new arbitration law provides greater certainty of outcome, within a recognized international framework for conflict resolution. There are rumors that the new law will come into effect one month after its publication in the Official Gazette. Significant changes identified in the new law compared to previous regulation includes recognition of arbitration agreements made by modern communications methods such as e-mails as well as recognition of the competence rule with arbitrators provided with the power to decide their jurisdiction. The law allows preliminary orders and interim measures and also ensures that enforcement is not automatically stopped if the award is challenged. As per the new regulation, arbitrators are empowered to award costs. A provision is introduced for joinder of parties to arbitral proceedings and as per the new law arbitral proceedings, and the arbitral award are considered to be confidential unless it is agreed by the parties.
The articles of the New Arbitration Rule will substitute Articles 203 to 218 of the UAE Federal Law Number 11 of 1992 and currently, UAE Civil Procedure Code will regulate arbitrations in the UAE. The New Arbitration Law will apply to the following:
Any arbitration directed within the UAE, unless the parties have concurred another law ought to use, furnished, there is no contention with public order and moral equality of the UAE.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray waits to testify before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. November 5, 2019. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)
The Justice Department's inspector general has concluded that the FBI omitted crucial details in its requests for warrants to surveil Trump campaign associate Carter Page, saying the agency neglected to mention that some of the information the warrant applications were based on was shaky.
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's yet unpublished draft report found that the FBI did not inform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that the controversial Steele dossier, cited in applications to spy on Page, was unreliable, according to the Washington Post.
The dossier was compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele who was investigating Donald Trump for an opposition research firm hired by the Hillary Clinton campaign. The dossier purported to show connections between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
The FBI found Steele's information about a Russian government connection to be dubious but declined to mention as much in the later applications to the FISA court for warrants to surveil Page.
Horowitz also found that an FBI lawyer doctored an email used in the warrant application, a potential crime prosecutors are now investigating.
However, the inspector general did not say the FISA court should have declined to grant the warrants and nevertheless concluded that political bias did not compromise the FBI's handling of the Russia investigation.
Attorney General William Barr has reportedly said privately that he disagrees with the inspector general that FBI had enough information in July, 2016 to justify opening an investigation into members of the Trump campaign.
"I think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. It's a big deal," Barr said in April. "Frankly, to the extent that there were any issues at the FBI, I do not view it as a problem that's endemic to the FBI. I think there was probably a failure among a group of leaders there in the upper echelon."
Mairead McArdle is a news writer for National Review Online and a graduate of Thomas Aquinas College. @johnsonhildy

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I've read articles about cryptocurrency. Yes, a change for everyone's convenience. there are countries that use cryptocurrency like money to buy goods and other transactions. I conclude, cryptocurrency will not die this year. The number of bad news and price reductions are normal things that happen every year.
60% of population does not have real currency and bank. this is what crypto currency is targeting, as long as they do not die and keep on education on mobile internet. crypto will be there. it is matter of choose which one. the only one i can see now will stand is bitcoin and TAUcoins as far as i see.


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If I'd only known: Best advice from founders to founders
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This year, we met many founders of impactful startups and businesses where purpose shined through brighter than ever.
We have asked our founders what one piece of advice would they give themselves if they had to do it all over again.
Their answers were quite different but equally valuable and inspiring. Some might have wanted to take the idea more seriously from the beginning; others give much-deserved credit to whom you partner with on this journey.
Are you curious to discover the sacred recommendations from our seasoned founders?
Discover below the highlights of 6 exceptional founders interviewed in 2021:
1. Millie | Rachel Klausner | Workplace giving made fun
Millie facilitates workplace giving through an interactive platform. Its founder Rachel, has throughout the years received the same advice from other founders, and it has stayed in her head to this day:
"Being a founder is the craziest roller coaster. The highs are so much higher, and the lows are so much lower than just doing your average job or being a regular professional."
It is so that she regularly reminds herself when one of the low points calls her door instead of questioning if she should keep going or what it is she is doing.
"I remember someone telling me that, and it has really helped me in some of those low moments and helps ground me in some of those high moments."
Launching a new business idea is exhilarating, and there will be many high waves. Some days will be amazing, deals are closing, and it feels like you have it all sorted out. But having that mantra and visualizing the journey as a roller coaster with its ups and downs has kept her more humble and grounded. Rachel gained the perspective to see that the high was just one day in a week, a month, and a year.
"Because sometimes founders, myself included, could have a great day, and you could be like… "Okay, let's go hire those other few people!" "Let's go do those things that we want to do!" Okay, well… slow down. It's just one of those extra highs."
In the end, what has worked for Rachel and Millie is to keep herself more levelled during those super high and super low moments.
2. Polaris Digital | Marco Bombardi | Impact driven strategic business partner
Our next founder Marco helps other impact-driven founders grow as a strategic business partner. During our chat, he highlighted the importance of delegating with confidence and reserving the time to dedicate it entirely to grow the business.
"Don't underestimate the value of having this built-in filter of people who care about Impact, who care about people, about the planet… and how that's going to have a practical impact on people being more proactive and knowing how to communicate and being kind to clients."
For Marco, it is critical to skip transactional work and spend his valuable time on things that matter. For that, hiring impact-driven freelancers has been the best solution.
3. OLIO | Saasha Celestial-One | The local app fighting food waste
Located in the UK is Saasha, Co-Founder of OLIO. This app connects neighbours with the purpose of sharing food instead of throwing it away. For Saasha, it was crucial to select mindfully who she teamed up with and how the work would unfold for both parties.
"My co-founder and I are incredibly close friends. We were very thoughtful about how we set up our partnership to make sure that we didn't put our friendship at risk and set us both up for success."
Saasha and her Co-Founder Tessa were not only organized and open about their intentions, but they also relied on the help of a book called: The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup. After reading it, they sat down and worked through all of the different areas it raised.
"Co-founders need to work through and decide equity, etc. And whilst our relationship has gone from strength to strength, I've seen so many other founders committed to a co-founder. But, ultimately, they had to go separate ways. That can be really damaging for the company and the culture and morale."
Saasha's ultimate advice is to team up with a well-trusted Co-Founder. Someone to hold you accountable, go through the highs and the lows…
"But it's as important as deciding potentially who you're going to marry."
4. Kuri | Baptiste Malaguti | The sustainable cooking app
Baptiste is the vegan founder of Kuri and has a special passion for food and the planet, thus his lively and aesthetically pleasing cooking app. Baptiste started Kuri with the mission to spread awareness about the importance of our food choices and how we can nurture ourselves and our environment through seasonal produce. His advice for other founders is:
"I think it's really important to focus not only on the impact side of things but also on the core value that you're proposing to your users. You can build a product that looks incredible on paper from a climate perspective and an impact perspective. But suppose it doesn't bring practical value to your users. In that case, you're going to spend a lot of money on marketing on something that people don't actually want to use."
5. We Act | Raymond Laracuenta | The collaborative chat app for activists
Raymond saw a niche and created a solution to improve collaboration and communication among change-makers. Raymond is the founder of Oblivion.io Software, creators of WeAct, the collaborative app designed for anyone striving to create positive social change. Providing the tools for more effective ways of communicating and organizing. His advice for other Startup founders was to look global when hiring:
"Work for Impact has provided us with the ability to hire really top-flight skills anywhere in the world as we need it. Where you can manage those skills is really just a push-button…Now I've worked with people worldwide: graphic designers, developers, copy editors, bloggers…."
Raymond considers the "traditional" hiring process time-consuming and expensive. Where in most cases, the work and the capital don't line up. Resulting in onboarding employees that are not needed permanently. For WeAct, what has served them is to rely on on-demand talent.
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According to Raymond, this "freelance approach" has been a great solution and advice, and it has served them when needed. They were also happy to reach out again when collaboration was successful or the workload increased. As a result, it has helped Raymond keep costs lower and collaborate with the best available talent.
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6. Botany Labs | Friedrich Eickhoff | The Air Purifier & Smart Planter
Friedrich is the CEO and Co-Founder of Koru, the air purifier and self-watering smart plant pot that will not only care for your plants while you are away but also the overall quality of the air in your home.
At the beginning of their journey, Kuri plans to start production in early 2022. But what helped the Founders at Botany labs so far the most has been having mentors:
"We had one on the engineering side and the other on the marketing side. Then we had a third person, more on the psychological side. So somebody who understood psychology very well and knew how to help our collaborators and us be grounded again. There's always something going on, stress levels going up, we're all human at the end of the day."
Friedrich highly recommends every person who wants to start a business find a go-to mentor. He highlights how it can be helpful for various topics, business or non-business related:
"I've recently started a leadership journey with DSIL. I've learned that the more human communication, interactions are actually happening, the more trust we gain and the better we can work together."
And as with any "relationship", sometimes taking off the business hat and taking on the very human hat is extremely important to get to know each other and actually work better together.
"In the end, we are all humans, and we need to drive change from the inside to the outside. "
This post was packed with great recommendations, so we have decided to summarise the key takeaways from our partner founders below.
Top advice from founders to founders:
Stay grounded during high and low moments and try to gain perspective to avoid impulsive decisions over these periods.
Build your team based on shared values so you can delegate with ease and dedicate your time to growing your business.
Start your business with a trusted co-founder and agree on a structure that sets you and your partner up for success.
Don't get lost in the impact of your business. First and foremost, it should serve a real consumer need.
Embrace a flexible freelance work method where you can bring top talent in and terminate your collaboration when needed without any hassle.
When working with different co-founders, partner with a mentor to keep everyone grounded and help the team navigate stressful times.
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We feel incredibly fortunate to have met so many inspiring and impactful organizations with whom we all share the common vision of working together towards a better tomorrow. Thank you for your continued support over this year.
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What was the motivation behind the Engineers actions in Prometheus?
After watching Prometheus I don't have a clear idea of why the Engineers created the human beings. Because, if they created humans so that they can test their bio-weapons on us, then it makes sense, but it's ambiguous. Why did the Engineers want to destroy the human beings that they have created?
Did I miss something?
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You didn't miss anything, I don't think you're supposed to know from the film. The pilgrims didn't explain to the original Americans why they were giving them diseased blankets. The Spanish didn't explain to the Aztecs about their horses and guns. Contact with a massively more advanced culture is always going to be baffling. – Keith Jun 20 '12 at 13:33
While Michelangelo created many beautiful works of art, there are certainly times when he started out, didn't like what he was doing, and threw it away. – PoloHoleSet Aug 26 '16 at 14:24
The Engineers are planet builders who seed planets with the gift of life. It's shown in the start of the film that the Engineers visit Earth repeatedly, as their figure pointing to a constellation of stars is found throughout history.
When the film starts, an Engineer drinks the dark fluid, that starts this chain reaction of life. This fluid is so powerful, that it can turn a dead planet into a living Earth.
When the crew of the Prometheus lands on the alien planet, and they enter the tomb their foot steps uncover worms that are preserved in the tomb. They are still alive and crawling. The tomb cylinders start to leak the black fluid and the worms mix with the fluid. These worms evolve into the snake like creatures that later attack the two crew members stuck in the tomb.
Later, only the Prometheus captain refers to the black cylinders as bombs or weapons. When Elizabeth is talking to David she asks why the Engineers would want to destroy Earth, David replies "sometimes before you can create you must destroy".
I don't think the Engineers were going to destroy Earth as much as "restart" it. It's clear they took an active role in making our planet, but they had some kind of agenda that isn't defined in the film.
This is why, at the end of the film Elizabeth flies to their home world. To find out why the Engineers had decided Earth was a failure.
I answered this question two years ago, but since then a lot has been revealed about the plot for Prometheus by Ridley Scott. The following comes from various sources that I've read.
At the start of the film. Illustrations of figures pointing to the stars implies this was a message from the Engineers. Ridley stated in an interview that there is nothing in the film that indicates these figures were Engineers, and the pointing could have been a warning not an invitation.
Ridley says the early planet shown at the start where an Engineer sacrifices himself was not Earth, nor does it indicate if it was a historic reference or present day.
Ridley Scott has said in an interview that the reason the Engineers wanted to destroy Earth (specifically mankind) was because Jesus Christ was an Engineer. The Engineers made man, man went bad so they sent an Engineer to try and fix the problem. We crucified the Engineer and apparently they didn't like this.
There are many other controversial topics related to the film, but I decided to only reference the things that came directly from Ridley.
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Scott has referred to the Engineers as 'gardeners' - think of it as the actions of a gardener who cuts the heads off beautiful roses, because they know the rose bush will grow back fuller and even more beautiful. That was my take on it. – Nobby Jul 3 '12 at 12:43
+1 If you want to wipe out humanity, you use a virus that actually kills them and doesn't transform them into some other (advanced?) lifeform. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Aug 23 '12 at 22:14
Apparently, it's because of what happened (what humans did) to Jesus. Yes. That Jesus. Apparently he's an Engineer-Space-Jesus.
Excerpts from Prometheus Unbound: What The Movie Was Actually About [cavalorn.livejournal.com/584135.html] (emphasis, mine):
An astonishing excerpt from the Movies.com interview with Ridley Scott:
Movies.com: We had heard it was scripted that the Engineers were targeting our planet for destruction because we had crucified one of their representatives, and that Jesus Christ might have been an alien. Was that ever considered?
Ridley Scott: We definitely did, and then we thought it was a little too on the nose. But if you look at it as an "our children are misbehaving down there" scenario, there are moments where it looks like we've gone out of control, running around with armor and skirts, which of course would be the Roman Empire. And they were given a long run. A thousand years before their disintegration actually started to happen. And you can say, "Let's send down one more of our emissaries to see if he can stop it." Guess what? They crucified him.
Yeah. The reason the Engineers don't like us any more is that they made us a Space Jesus, and we broke him. Reader, that's not me pulling wild ideas out of my arse. That's RIDLEY SCOTT.
So how did our (in the context of the film) terrible murderous act of crucifixion end up wiping out all but one of the Engineers back on LV-223? Presumably through the black slime, which evidently models its behaviour on the user's mental state. Create unselfishly, accepting self-destruction as the cost, and the black stuff engenders fertile life. But expose the potent black slimy stuff to the thoughts and emotions of flawed humanity, and 'the sleep of reason produces monsters'. We never see the threat that the Engineers were fleeing from, we never see them killed other than accidentally (decapitation by door), and we see no remaining trace of whatever killed them. Either it left a long time ago, or it reverted to inert black slime, waiting for a human mind to reactivate it.
The black slime reacts to the nature and intent of the being that wields it, and the humans in the film didn't even know that they WERE wielding it. That's why it remained completely inert in David's presence, and why he needed a human proxy in order to use the stuff to create anything. The black goo could read no emotion or intent from him, because he was an android.
Shaw's comment when the urn chamber is entered - 'we've changed the atmosphere in the room' - is deceptively informative. The psychic atmosphere has changed, because humans - tainted, Space Jesus-killing humans - are present. The slime begins to engender new life, drawing not from a self-sacrificing Engineer but from human hunger for knowledge, for more life, for more everything. Little wonder, then, that it takes serpent-like form. The symbolism of a corrupting serpent, turning men into beasts, is pretty unmistakeable.
Refusal to accept death is anathema to the Engineers. Right from the first scene, we learned their code of willing self-sacrifice in accord with a greater purpose. When the severed Engineer head is temporarily brought back to life, its expression registers horror and disgust. Cinemagoers are confused when the head explodes, because it's not clear why it should have done so. Perhaps the Engineer wanted to die again, to undo the tainted human agenda of new life without sacrifice.
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Wow, the most ridiculous idea is indeed what Scott had in mind, can't believe it (haven't read the linked blog post, though). But of course +1 for the answer. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Sep 16 '12 at 18:36
Of course, left unstated here is the Engineers own implicit hypocrisy: Having judged humanity unworthy for killing one of their own, they in turn were willing to kill hundreds of millions. Perhaps that is why the dark slime turned on them.. – RBarryYoung May 8 '14 at 12:39
After seeing the movie, this question ate at me and I kept coming back to the same idea. Ridley Scott answered this question and confirmed what I suspected.
Whatever happened on LV-223, happened approximately 2000 years ago. It's clear that the Engineers were loading up their ships with cannisters (oddly shaped like 20th century bombs don't you think?) and plotting a course for earth.
It's clear the Engineers visited earth many times after the creation and interacted with humans. So at one point they were quite happy with us. But something changed.
What happened on Earth 2000 years ago that would anger our creator to the point that they decided enough was enough?
Well .. according to one of our largest religions, we killed a man who did nothing more than preach peace and love.
Every religion has the creation story and the story of some great event that nearly destroyed mankind. At some point, the creator becomes angry and starts over.
In Prometheus, "God" was pissed! Period. A messenger was sent down to warn us that we were on the wrong the path. Instead of heeding that warning, we crucified the messenger.
"God" had enough and decided to wipe out His creation. Only this time, the weapon intended to wipe us out turned on "God" and destroyed all of His kind first.
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Although the connection to Christian religion seems a bit ridiculous, it is certainly an interresting idea, delayed apocalypse due to a small accident on god's side, hah. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Aug 23 '12 at 21:33
The movie is fairly clear that the engineers were responsible for the seeding of human life on earth (and probably all life unless the film makers were careless in how they described DNA similarities). But there is very little evidence given directly as to why they did this.
We also know the engineers must have interacted with early mankind or the archaeological traces with the star map would not have been created. But we don't have any evidence about what they did to early man.
One of the other threads in the movie is the somewhat naive desire in some characters to "meet their maker". Peter Weyland seeks their knowledge because it might preserve his fading life. Elisabeth Shaw seeks them out of some primal urge to understand where she came from (perhaps compensating for the early deaths of her parents). She ends with a strong desire to know whey they "rejected" humanity (almost as if she is asking "what did we do wrong?").
Everything shown about the engineers in the movie itself seems designed to contradict these naive views about them being benign "creators". The best theory about their work on the planet was that it was a military experiment, deliberately isolated from engineerdom because it was dangerous (I think this was the captain's idea). The storage areas for the "eggs" certainly suggest that they were being made and stored by the engineers. The stored videos in the pyramid complex certainly look like something went wrong.
So why the connection with earth? Given the above I think the engineers were simply creating species to use in their experiments. We were just sophisticated lab rats and they felt no more empathy with us then we would with rats killed in medical experiments. The woken engineer just wanted to destroy the people waking him and his urgency to act after waking might be a product of wanting to destroy humanity before it gets out of hand (clearly the original plan to test the weapons would have been on a pre-space age planet where the experiments could not escape).
So, in conclusion, it wasn't that they wanted to destroy humanity: they wanted to use us as guinea-pigs in a bio-weapon experiment.
The only mystery is why they interacted with ancient man (though they could just have been monitoring the experiment's progress).
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Nice try at getting behind the motivation. In that you are doing a lot of guess work. It would be nice if you could get any proofs to claim engineers wanted us as lab rats in their experiment. I think James' answer is more apt. – Alexander Jul 5 '12 at 1:53
@ReddySR Well, though it is your opinion, it is quite interresting that you object to the guesswork of this answer while embracing James's. Not that I would take any position, but James's answer isn't much else than mere guesswork, too. – Napoleon Wilson♦ Aug 23 '12 at 21:37
I think that there are two groups of engineers. There was a split in their thinking that lead to war between them. One group of engineers wanted to create a race much like themselves, but others among them rebelled against the thought of creating others like themselves and in secret, created the xenomorphs as a weapon to use against the other element of engineers that may have been protecting humans. I think the war was devastating and very few survived it, so when the one was awakened he knew that his side must have failed in winning the war.
Notice that the surviving engineer did not bother to try and communicate with his homeworld, which leads me to believe that they all must be dead too or they think he is. He figured this out because it was humans that found him and not his own kind. Then there is also the fact that there are other working ships on the planet, no one leaves working interstellar hardware laying around on a military installation unless they are all dead. It will be interesting to see if Elizabeth finds them, but I think she will only find a dead homeworld.
There is also the other possiblity that the faction that may have been protecting us killed off the creators of the xenomorphs and left the planet for dead, but I don't think that if they were still alive they would have left such a dangerous weapon on the moon and planet unchecked. They did, however, leave a warning so they must have had some conscience. Hopfully we get to find out in a sequal.
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This is kind of "The Best" explanation to date given on motivation behind engineers. All pieces click for me now. Thanks! – Alexander Jul 5 '12 at 1:42
The engineer who is woken up by David looks like Army man, with bio-mechanical stuff around his neck and more sturdy build. Around his stasis chamber were more chambers, to accommodate more engineers. But those chambers were breached at lung area indicating the others were killed by xenomorphs. So I think the pro-humanity engineers created the xenomorphs as a rather tough solution to fight their counter part. – Alexander Jul 5 '12 at 2:02
My guess as to what happened:
The earth that they had populated in the beginning was another form of biological experiment to see how lifeforms feed off of each other, however, one life form (human), extended its reach beyond earth and into space.
Basically, the human bioweapon became smarter and posed a major threat to the existence of those that created the human bioweapon in the first place. Hence, when the engineer wakes up, he makes no attempt whatsoever to communicate with the humans and robot android, but realizes that the human bioweapon has extended its reach beyond earth, and cannot be contained.
Therefore, he kills everyone within his vicinity and starts heading for earth to destroy it completely using either the black liquid or other form of weapons.
In my opinion he kills them because human behavior imitates that of a virus and is a deadly weapon of warfare against other life forms.
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Watching this video made me think of Prometheus. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n-tTst-vyQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player I think the engineers were a type 1 civilization or were attempting to get to a type 2 civilization, they clearly had a mastery and understanding of the galaxy. My guess is she visits the planet and it is a wasteland, which also explains why the engineer/warrior did not try to communicate with the homeland prior to its attempt to destroy earth. I think the best twist on this is that they had a conflict between the engineeers (science) and another group, whether equal and internal (warrior clan) or engineered, external replicas of some sort that rebelled and tried to kill their creator. I also think that they used the black goo on several worlds, in one version it created the xenomorph, in another it created us. To them, perhaps, we are the same as the xenomorph, who would destroy them in similar fashion. So that was why they were trying to destroy us with their own biological weapons, although that might be too intricate. Clearly focusing on the themes is the solution: fathers and children, the Greek theme of Prometheus, of stealing fire (the first engineer creating life on earth and man becoming capable of such worldly destruction) and the relationship with death and the eternal question of the source of life, must be explored. It is, however, very human to ask WHY? That is the question David cannot understand, and one of the themes used as well.
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Engineers never expected humans to come anywhere closer to their technology. They are afraid that if human race is left as it is humans might conquer the Engineer's world in future. So they plan to kill entire human race using a biological weapon (parasite plague)
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Maybe the engineers that we saw weren't the true engineers but slaves/robots. The real engineers in fact look identical to us. The slaves/robots were built to be bigger so they have the necessary strength to carry out difficult tasks. The engineer we saw at the beginning was a slave/robot.
Then 2000 years ago there was a revolt by the slaves against their masters. Once the universe was populated by many Earth-like planets supporting humans. The slaves rebelled and destroyed these populations. Only one Earth remains. That is us.
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Where is your source for this? – iandotkelly♦ Nov 8 '12 at 1:19
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MEDWAY — The Planning and Economic Development Board has approved a site plan modification for a local gardening center - a decision officials said is a compromise between maintenance measures they outlined for the property and unreasonable regulations the nursery's owner said were being imposed.
The board's approval of the plan Tuesday night comes after Medway Gardens owner Joseph Avellino alleged a conflict of interest against Chairman Andy Rodenhiser in September because of Rodenhiser's involvement in the Medway Lions Club Christmas tree fundraiser.
But both Avellino and Rodenhiser said Wednesday that they were able to reach an agreement regarding work that needs to be completed at the Summer Street business.
"Overall we are happy with the decision," Avellino said. "We were able to work with the town and work it out reasonably."
Officials have said improvements for the site - including the upkeep of a driveway and the installation of additional landscaping, among other tasks - that were outlined in a site plan filed in 2014 had not been completed.
Last month, Avellino said the extent of the work would be unaffordable. In September he also alleged that there was a conflict of interest with the matter since Rodenhiser was chairman of a committee in the Medway Lions Club that organizes the group's annual Christmas tree fundraiser.
"I just wanted to get that out in the open," Avellino said Wednesday.
The fundraiser is in competition with his holiday sales, he said.
Rodenhiser resigned from the committee position and consulted Town Counsel and said he did not meet the legal requirements for a conflict.
Through his attorney, Avellino also argued that under state law, land used for horticultural purposes was exempt from following a site plan, though officials claimed the Cumberland Farms gas station located on the property was the site's predominant use.
"We didn't make a determination one way or another because that wasn't really before us," Rodenhiser said of the decision. "What was before us was a modification of a site plan.
"In our decision, we incorporated some lines basically to say, 'We agree to disagree' in order to come to an (agreement)," he added.
Although Avellino said the classification remains a "grey area," the nursery will be able to carry out the work he agreed upon with the town. That includes installing fencing along the eastern boundary; installing a sign that conforms to zoning bylaws; and installing a gate, among other items, according to the plan.
Under their agreement, officials removed specifications for more landscaping along borders and regulations on how a gravel driveway off of Milford Street should be maintained, according to documents.
Avellino said his issue with the board's original proposal was primarily about being "micro-manage(d)" by the town, especially in a business that changes by the season.
"It would be too much for them to be monitoring my every move," he said.
Rodenhiser said the board's decision included "heavy-duty compromises," but noted that he thinks they were in the best interest of both the town and Medway Gardens.
"I think it worked out well," he said.
Christopher Gavin can be reached at 508 634-7582 or cgavin@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @c_gavinMDN


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Gotham: How the Riddler Got His Name
by Thomas Ijon Tichy
Parts silly, parts nonsensical but ultimately really fun.
At some point I have to wonder where my obsessive overanalyzing of Gotham starts to hurt my enjoyment of the show. To me, practically everything in this installment was eminently predictable, yet if I hadn't watched every promo and every teaser, read every interview and spent the entire three-month hiatus discussing and theorizing about the show, that might not have been the case.
So, what I'd foreseen or gathered was:
Edward Nygma feeling tormented about murdering his best friend; killing a whole lot of people; and challenging Lucius Fox to a game of wits
Lucius stepping up to the challenge yet Edward eluding capture
Oswald getting saved from death by Ivy
Bruce seeking out Selina but getting rejected and then beating up Sonny and his thugs
Thomas kidnapping and replacing Bruce, and:
Bruce ending up in the custody of the League of Shadows at Nanda Parbat by the end of the episode.
The only part I didn't predict was Jim's story, because... well, frankly, I didn't care too much about it. Anyway, all those pieces put together made up more or less the whole episode.
That's why I'll refrain from posting any advanced predictions in this review. For better or worse, I don't want to screw you over with my poison.
If there is one major letdown in this episode, it lies in how it's called 'How the Riddler Got His Name'. Personally I'd expected a little more intriguing answer to that question than, "Yeah, so he just started calling himself that."
Still, you can't say it's not in character. The Riddler makes himself, and that's what the show sets about exploring — nothing would offend the massive-yet-fragile ego of his invented persona more than suggesting this is all an accident, that he's just a victim of unfortunate circumstances or a creation of another.
In a way, it's similar to Hannibal's famous line, "Nothing happened to me, Officer Starling. I happened", even if this is clearly partially a lie serving to mask a horrible past. I suspect that this is also part of what's troubling to Eddie about Oswald's final words to him, "There is no Edward Nygma without the Penguin."
The other negative has to do with suspension of disbelief. A show like Gotham — part science fiction, part detective drama, part fantasy, part romance and part dark comedy — depends a lot on that, and in order to maintain it, it's vitally important that the show makes sense and is consistent within its own framework.
That's why it's more-or-less unforgivable when Lucius, who already once recognized Edward Nygma by his voice through a loudspeaker in ten seconds, fails to do so again as he spends an entire conversation with him on the phone talking about riddles. Then you add Harvey — who worked with Eddie for years — overhearing it all to the equation, and it just gets really silly.
That's not to say this is a bust, far from it. Once you ignore these few errors, the rest of the episode shines. It's well-acted, well-paced and well-directed.
While Jim Gordon's story is rarely very thrilling, this installment delegates him to a rather minor role discussing the Court of Owls with his uncle — and it has to be said, you can't quite be certain who Frank is really betraying — while Lucius Fox has to step up to the plate as the foil to Eddie's Riddler, which is only one of the best ideas the show has ever had. I genuinely loved his interactions with Edward in places where the dynamic between Ed and Jim would have fallen flat, and I'm very happy that Chris Chalk got his time in the sun as he totally runs away with it, proving how deep the talent on the show really is.
In Riddler World, Jim is the jock to Eddie's nerd, and that really does not make for a very enduring or palatable hero versus villain format. Where Eddie will always be "one in the crowd" to Jim, this episode convincingly goes about setting him up as the true nemesis to the criminally underutilized Lucius. Albeit not the worst offender, Jim has always leaned towards treating Eddie like a joke, and so any concern he'd voice over Ed's wellbeing would come across as self-serving and hypocritical.
While we're on the subject of Jim versus Eddie, it's notable how they handle another conflict in this episode. The show is clearly aware of the twisted bully/victim narrative they have spinned with Edward, and no other character has been more guilty of belittling him on the show than Harvey Bullock.
That's what makes Eddie choose him as the sacrificial lamb, and that's what prompts Harvey's comical plea for mercy at the top of the stairs — "I'm sorry, Ed!" At some level, he does know that he's at least a small part of the reason Edward snapped, and as that behavior was one of his most unsympathetic traits in the first season this realization serves to further humanize him.
As a sharp contrast to Jim, Lucius is someone who might have even liked and respected "good Eddie", with all of his quirks and his wit. Lucius speaks Edward's language — as evidenced by him immediately solving his riddle in their first scene together one year ago — which makes their scenes much more lively and compelling than Ed's bitter feud with blue-collar cop Jim. This is a person who might have been a friend and a light in Eddie's darkness but never got to know him, and that's what makes his plea to Edward's better nature ring true and add a touch of real tragedy to the storyline.
This is also part of the reason why Edward selects him as his arch-enemy, why he's so happy that he's found him and why he's such a trade-up from Gordon. Lucius represents all that old Edward wanted to be but never became. He basically has Ed's old job but he's well-liked by Bullock and his colleagues, he's confident, calm and collected without being arrogant, he doesn't have the constant need to prove himself, and as long as Fox is around, Edward has to worry that he might not be the smartest guy in the room.
Still, the main purpose of the Riddler plot is for Edward to say farewell to Oswald... and even if this would've packed a bigger punch if Oswald was actually dead, it's still very important in showing us Edward's own perspective. This is a man talking to a figment of his own imagination and for all of his obvious denial, he has no reason to lie. There have been many people angry at Edward for manipulating Oswald ever since they started spending time together, but this is besides the point.
"I want you to know that our friendship meant something to me. I cared about you, and I miss you."
Before Isabella's murder, Edward "manipulated" Oswald in order to endear himself with him and not to destroy him, and this is shown demonstratively to be the only way Edward knows how to relate to people. Oswald was a hero to Ed, a role model, so his approval was of supreme importance to him, and there is no evidence of Eddie ever meaning him any harm before Ozzie killed his girlfriend.
"I just killed the best friend that I have ever had. My search for a teacher or an enemy... that was just me trying to hold onto him for a little bit longer."
If that's not enough, you need only look at how the man is nearly falling apart with grief talking about it with Lucius. The show intentionally avoids addressing Ed's reaction to Oswald's romantic overtures, but in a sense, Oswald is really Edward's first and only love, the only real person whose affection he's treasured, whereas Kristen and Isabella were only trophies or symbols.
Finally addressing Bruce's and Thomas's storyline which is quite simple, I'd like to spend some time on my naming "the clone" or 514A. As you've seen through my reviews I have consistently refused calling him "Five", because "Five" is not a name. He has no name, and if I'm going to call him anything before he's actually given a name it'll be Thomas, as his function on the show is virtually identical to the function of Thomas Wayne Jr. in the Court of Owls storyline of the New-52 comic canon.
Still, this is a regrettable and noteworthy mistake of the show as in this episode, Kathryn ostensibly refers to him as "the clone." This completely removes the intriguing ambiguity that was maintained throughout the comic book storyline regarding this character, as it is now evident to the viewer that he cannot be Bruce's actual twin except at a genetic level.
It's a bit hard to see how the show is truly going to make heads or tails of this storyline. Yes, the "evil twin" twist is terribly cliché, and that's why if you do it, it has to make sense. Kidnapping Bruce but refraining from killing him and sending him off to training: Why? What was the chief reason they made a clone in the first place, seeing as it really looks like overkill just for a time-limited replacement? These are questions the show must conclusively answer or the proceedings will fall flat.
"Wanted or not, no one's going to be afraid of the Riddler."
"Maybe not yet. But they will be."
To round off my thoughts on this episode, the general aesthetics are absolutely perfect. The Riddler's costume is a thing of flawless beauty and there has never been an actor half as good or looking one tenth as sharp portraying the role. While not always the strongest in scripts, the overall quality, workmanship and "touch of feel" of each episode has substantially improved for each season.
Basically, the show has doubled down on all its high cards and is currently going from strength to strength.
Thanks to themasterplanner for valuable post-episode discussion.
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Labels: :S3.E15, Gotham, Gotham reviews, How The Riddler Got His Name, Thomas Ijon Tichy
millicentcordelia said...
Enjoyed your review as always!
Even if the makers of Gotham aren't brave enough to go there (it's 2017! What's the problem!) Ed and Oswald are each other's one true love.
"The Riddler's costume is a thing of flawless beauty and there has never been an actor half as good or looking one tenth as sharp portraying the role."
And, Cory Michael Smith gave an award worthy performance, as did Chris Chalk.
The revelation that Five/Thomas is a clone didn't bother me so much as it did you, but I do hope he doesn't end up being just another disposable character.
This episode proves how good Gotham can be when they clear away the clutter-limit themselves to a few story lines, and give the actors time and space to do what they do best!
Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 4:47:00 AM EDT
Hear, hear..it's 2017 why can't two villains be in love? Well they so are. If Hannibal the series could kinda go there in 2015 why not Gotham now?
Brilliant episode and review. I loved Ed hallucinating Ozzie all over, and Lucius being clever and foxy.
The clone/evil twin stuff was kinda dull.
Ah, Ivy finally had her use by saving Ozzie. Good girl.
Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 7:21:00 AM EDT
It's hard to watch when you know that some characters can't ever die. Of course the Penguin is alive.
Wonder if Bruce is really in Nanda Parbat or does Arrow have dibs on that part of the DC universe for the time being.
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 3:04:00 PM EDT
Thomas Ijon Tichy said...
Arrow doesn't have dibs on any of the Batman mythology. Gotham has licensed all of it, with the possible exception of actually showing Batman.
Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 8:46:00 AM EDT
Ra's al Ghul and his 2 daughters are or were characters on Arrow. It would be strange to see him again here so soon.
Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 11:58:00 AM EDT
I don't particularly like the idea of casting Ra's on Gotham since he is only involved in "forming" Batman in Nolanverse, and I am not a big fan of that take. That said, Alexander Siddig will be fifty times the Ra's that Arrow had - for one, he's actually the right ethnicity, and he's a vastly superior actor - and Gotham really can't go around keeping tabs on everything Arrow's stealing from the Batverse.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 7:08:00 AM EDT
"Gotham really can't go around keeping tabs on everything Arrow's stealing from the Batverse."
So true! Haha!
"That's why it's more-or-less unforgivable when Lucius, who already once recognized Edward Nygma by his voice through a loudspeaker in ten seconds, fails to do so again as he spends an entire conversation with him on the phone talking about riddles. Then you add Harvey - who worked with Eddie for years - overhearing it all to the equation, and it just gets really silly."
I thought that Ed's voice was disguised, but you are right. The riddles alone should have been a giveaway.
I find it a little lame that Ed was originally hoping for Jim as his nemesis. When the Riddler challenged Batman with his Riddles it made sense because Batman is a knowledgeable fellow. That's not the case with Jim. I think the show should stop having its villains confusing Jim Gordon the not-yet-existant Batman.
Friday, May 12, 2017 at 3:52:00 PM EDT


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DeKALB –While NIU engages in a Thanksgiving break every November, the university does not have fall break, as some other schools do.
Whether or not to implement one is a debate that continues, but the issue is tricky. While an extra day to sleep in is always worth celebrating, adding a fall break may have financial consequences or require time to be taken away from winter, spring or summer breaks.
Would two autumn days off be worth the cost? NIU students hold a mix of opinions.
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Owen Vaughn
Should NIU have a fall break?
"Yeah, for sure… because, I like spending more time with my family and friends, obviously, and like, my brother, he goes to a different college and they had a whole fall break. I didn't get to see him for the whole week, so. I feel like you get, like, left out, basically. I guess for, like, mental health too. I mean it's nice, like, a break from everything."
Do you think there would be any downfalls to a fall break?
"Not really, no. I mean I think break's good for everybody, like students and faculty."
Rykia Armstead, a freshman who's currently undecided with their major. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Rykia Armstead
"I say no and yeah. I say yes because it gives people, like, let's say if they needed money or extra money or something like that, I would want to give them a break so they can make more money and stuff like that. But I also say no, so we can hurry up and get school and get out…"
Tony Kasa, a freshman majoring in journalism. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Tony Kasa
Should NIU have a fall freak?
"No, no… I feel like the winter break, spring break, summer break, that's all, you know, neat and handy, but I feel like if you take off too much time, then we might… fall behind, and get like a bit lazy in some of the stuff we do… I know people get overwhelmed with the work that we get, but I feel like keeping us here, and keeping us on the grind, like helps people stay focused if that makes sense… I try to be productive."
Do you think there would be any benefits to a fall break?
"I believe so. Obviously, just some time off would let people, like, relax and recharge and get all their systems back up."
Ariana Nova, a freshman business administration major at Holmes Student Center. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Ariana Nova
"Personally, I don't think we should have a fall break because we already have winter break, which is a month long, and usually fall is when we get settled down with the semester with exams and quizzes. I just don't think it would make sense if it's just two days."
"Maybe for mental health for students. They can get like a break from assignments."
Kennedy Smith (left), a senior majoring in public health, and Arianna Ramos (right), a junior majoring in political science, are members of Women of Poise and Substance: Chapter of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. (Lucy Atkinson | Northern Star)
Kennedy Smith and Arianna Ramos
Smith: "We both think that a fall break is needed, because… throughout the pandemic, it gives students opportunities just to have a break, in both semesters. I think that's very important just so that they can have some time to think about their mental health, to spend time with family, because a lot of students here are from out-of-state, or family is very far. So I think that it's just very important for them to be surrounded around love, and stuff like that isn't here on campus."
Ramos: "Just to expand on that a little bit more… what we kind of think is with unprecedented times and all these unprecedented challenges, we have to kind of look at a new solution. Like traditionally we have that Thanksgiving break, but it's so short… Like I said, with new problems, we need new solutions, and I think a fall break will be a good solution to that."
Smith: "I think that, looking at the calendar, I don't know… if it's really realistic, because fall semester goes by so quick. We already have Thanksgiving in there, and then we are off on holidays at the beginning of the semester. So I don't think it's very realistic, so I feel like the challenges will be trying to fit it in…But I feel like if there's a will there's a way."
Ramos: "Yeah, I feel like I think the only way for it to work, really, would be to start school earlier, and then… but that defeats the purpose of having that break because now we have more days and now we need another break… But I think maybe, to help students – because we are for the break to help students – I think something that would help students even more is having that support from your professors, and your advisors, and those connections. So I really think as long as the university continues to improve on those facilities and student services, that's how we cater to our population rather than including another break."
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