Each slide layout is set up differently — with different types of placeholders in different locations on each layout. Duplicates of retired questions may be removed. Nervous, fearful, exhausted, happy, anxious, fun, joyous. Thus companies will continue to produce what people want and are willing to buy, regardless of the dangers. This can indicate your loss of direction in a given relationship or situation. General CommentThis about a young couple.
Slide Dream Dictionary: Interpret Now!
This subreddit is dedicated to helping you get up to speed with the recent trends and news. He asks nothing of her, as he's been such a disappointment already, he just wants to wake up where you are, and will never reproach her for the abortion as he knows he was equally responsible: I won't say anything at all. To be in a playground and to see a slide with children sliding on it as they play and having fun in the playground, shows a relaxed life. Let someone else make your hard decisions? He slid while going around the corner. General CommentHere's what I think. Alternate Endings A section will often have a different ending after each repeat. What's he suppose to say in this country? Go to the slide you wish to hide then go to the Slide Show Ribbon, and click on the Hide Slide icon in the Set Up Group.
None of them stayed together, even after having other children, but then most couples don't last anyway, do they? This signifies that family problems, marital issues and personal problems. You live with all your faults I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything at all So why don't you slide Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide Don't you love the life you killed? Does it this up mean something special? Numbers are then placed on these lines to represent finger positions on the guitar fret board. My gut feeling is that you would do better to buy a motor home and tow a car. The life you killed could be her own life. The element of time in a piece of music revolves around the beat.
You will play the note softer, and without emphasis. However, the slides are still moving forward at 60 miles per hour. It shows that you need to allow things to move smoothly in your life without any interruption. I'm sure the Barbershop movies use dozens of other phrases that are from the same dialect. Song example with this technique: bar 194 Rhythm Notation Tabs do not have information on the rhythm or lengths of the notes — only on their pitch. Feelings that you may have encountered during a dream of Slide. I don't see any way that down would work in place of up.
Cognate with slitan, sliden, sliden. The slide is a symbolism that represents the stable ground of your life. And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete Little pieces of the nothin' that fall Oh, May Put your arms around me What you feel is what you are And what you are is beautiful Oh, May Do you wanna get married Or run away? It is often used when the melodic line ascends a fourth, although it could be also be appended to notes moving in stepwise ascending motion. It can also mean that some addition work is required, as a situation is soon to become out of control. Now you can march it back down. Links to view before submitting - - Rules 1.
You can change anything about a layout to suit your needs. Seeing a landslide in a dream Ok, now we have detailed a general slide dream, were move onto a landslide. Sliding down a roof is connected to our level of enjoyment in life. If you actually travel down a drop slide this illustrates that you are going to overcome these types of feelings in the future. Play until you hit the repeat symbol, jump back to the previous repeat symbol not shown on the picture and play until you reach the bracketed first ending, skip the measures under the bracket and jump immediately to the second ending, and then continue. He says he will marry her and give her the world, but he seems pretty unsure about that himself.
The firefighters slid down the pole to their trucks. I had been planning on getting something with as large a slide as I could get. This is that fraction that happens at the beginning of each tab. If the slide itself was enchanted anyway all not an ordinary slide, for example a slide which travels from the moon to the earth in your dream indicates that there will be a situation that will be difficult to control. After a discussion on the contextual mutability of slides, Türk concludes the section on slides with the wish that composers would notate slides in regular rhythms so as to remove doubt as to their correct execution. It can also indicate an event or even a specific period that you associate with the activity of sliding or walking down the hill.
In standard music notation these usually have a 3 written underneath the group. I'm not sure if it is a common term or just made up here. In your dream you may have… To see a house that is destroyed by a land slide as the slide was moving swiftly over. The top number in the fraction stands for the number of beats in a bar in most cases it is 4. The bottom number stands for the note value that is equal to the beat of the music. Jack is as good as his master.
The good news is that the slide ceiling a dream represents that you still have the childish qualities in order to have fun in life. Try to review your relationships with groups of people, especially if you see children in the playground playing on a slide. The children love to slide down the water chute in the aqua park. To open Slide Master view, on the View tab, select Slide Master: The master slide is the top slide in the thumbnail pane on the left side of the window. If you see a very tall slide in the dream it can suggest an increased sense of happiness and contentment in friendships. A green slide in a dream is connected to grounding in development, it suggests that you need to focus more on yourself. He regrets not dealing with the situation, leaving her to make a decision on her own, a decision that alienates her family and her church.
Regarding the three-note slide, he described it as being appropriate to works which describe sadness in languide, adagio movements. The reason is that I will be living in this year round and I wanted the extra room. Ghost notes are barely audible, but they do a lot to the feel of the music. To notice a landslide just moving around you as you watch it happen. What is the dream meaning of a slide? In some coaches, regardless of type, slides that are closed can make it very difficult for you to walk down the center of a unit, and if you try to do so when the coach is in motion, this can lead to falls. He explains that the dotted slide is used only in music with an agreeable or tender character. The source has done some traveling, but I am still very open to different ideas.


IT is a shameful part of the city's rich heritage and has largely been erased from official history books.
But a leading poet has insisted the dark role that slavery played in creating the Glasgow of today should be recognised within the fabric of the city.
Kate Tough hopes her critically- acclaimed poem, People Made Glasgow, can be a catalyst for ideas about how best to confront Glasgow's past imperial sins.
A permanent slavery exhibition within a museum, a memorial garden or new street names should all be considered as means of addressing the popular amnesia about the slave trade, says the poet.
She said: "I love Glasgow but an important thing for us to do would be to decide how we are going to acknowledge the contribution of slaves to the prosperity of the city. Why shouldn't 2017 be the year we sort this out?".
During the 18th and 19th centuries, when Glasgow was "Second City of the Empire", city merchants were enthusiastic about the triangular trade route, by which slaves were bought to enable the production of materials such as sugar and tobacco.
Ships sailed from Port Glasgow or Greenock to the West coast of Africa, where slaves were acquired in exchange for goods, before making the two-month crossing of the Atlantic. Appalling conditions on board meant, one in four slaves did not survive the crossing.
Those who did survive were forced to work on plantations in the West Indies or America, often under the brutal direction of the plantation owner, who was frequently a Scot.
Between 1740-1790, Glasgow's tobacco merchants amassed such wealth as a consequence of the Virginia plantations they built palatial homes in the heart of Glasgow. What is now the Gallery of Modern Art was once the private residence of William Cunningham, one of the most successful Tobacco Lords.
Cunningham and his fellow slave-reliant merchants have been immortalised by streets bearing their names and the source of their fortunes, such as Buchanan Street, Glassford Street, Jamaica Street and Virginia Street.
In recent years there have been increasing calls to memorialise slavery's ties with Glasgow in a more sensitive way. Changing street names often comes up as a possible tribute.
But Louise Welsh, a Professor in Creative writing at Glasgow University who co-founded the Empire Cafe, a week-long project in 2014 which explored Scotland's relationship with the North Atlantic slave trade is unsure about the need for a permanent museum.


Excellent writing, as much of Dahl's works are, including the more famous Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Beyond the quality of writing, I like Danny because it's more realistic and because of the imagery of the young boy doing brave things, but, most of all, I like Danny because of the warm relationship between father and son. The humor also helps.
My favorite of Burnett's novels, this story is engaging and even captivating. It's also one of my favorite go-to's when I read writing advice — it breaks many of the modern tidbits pundits try to make into rules.
The richness and depth of the newly-married Anne and Gilbert outstrips in some ways the delightful stories of younger Anne living at Green Gables.
Is your goal to find other writers you can meet face-to-face, who want to be published, who strive for professionalism as an author, and who want to share the journey and exchange feedback on a periodic basis?
If you answered yes, what are your options?
Where should I start when reading fantasy?
As with science fiction, this is a tough question — for the same reason. Fantasy worlds can be entirely different than our own, eerily similar, or a mash-up of the radically different and the every day.
Fantasy can be humorous (Anthony's Xanth series or Terry Pratchett's works), character-driven (Alan Dean Foster's Flinx series), epic (Tolkien's Lord of the Rings), a mashup with science fiction (Anne McCaffrey's Crystal Singer), fairy tales, portal fantasies, and much more.
Read on for the list.
Science fiction encompasses a wide range of sub-genre, ranging from space opera to alternative reality, from military sf to time travel, from alien contact to apocalyptic thrillers.
Recent read: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Antoinette Kowal.
I've enjoyed listening to Kowal's advice via Writing Excuses and decided to give her books a try. I liked the work, reminiscent of Jane Austen with a fantastical touch, and found it a bit unexpected — but I'm not sure why.
I'm looking forward to finding some of her short stories, especially "In Want of a Nail".
Scrivener lives up to its reputation. I splurged on it last month and have not regretted it for a minute. Getting by with various MS Word and Excel document was working, but comparing getting by to Scrivener is like comparing hiking without a map to racing a Ferrari on a track.
I'd recommend it to most writers.


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AGAIN (I can't believe this), I have to switch health insurance. I do not recommend Working Today or their new Freelancers Insurance. I'll get into the details of that tomorrow if I can; in short, customer service is abysmal and they've overcharged me close to $400.
I'm thinking of Media Bistro's Oxford plans. Is anyone insured through them, and if so, are you happy?


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Isolast (R) J9876 – Is It The Ultimate Material For Mechanical Seals?
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Mechanical Seal Magic Bullet – A Trelleborg Material Accommodates Most Sealing Requirements
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions, a leading provider of sealing technology, has just launched Isolast (R) J9876, which is a completely new perfluoroelastomer that has numerous properties particularly useful for mechanical seals. One thing that sets the composite apart from the rest is that it is not necessary to use various grades of materials that support various applications.
Even better, among all the perfluoroelastomers available on the market, Isolast (R) J9876 offers the widest range of resistance to media at elevated temperatures. As a result, the Trelleborg compound provides remarkable long-term retention of physical properties.
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Isolast (R) J9876 mechanical seals work well with virtually all media. It is highly resistant to extreme temperatures and can be used in applications involving water and steam. It also meets USP Class VI standards and can be used in the pharmaceutical industry.
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The compound's temperature range is 19 to 527 degrees Fahrenheit (-7 degrees to 275 degrees Celsius) and its peaks reach up to 599 degrees Fahrenheit (315 degrees Celsius).
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Ivan Christiaan Fernald (born 7 December 1955) is a Surinamese politician, who served as the Minister of Defence between 1 September 2005 and 2010, he was succeeded by Lamuré Latour.

Previously Fernald was director of the Institute for Economic Administrative Secondary Education (IMEAO).

As Defence Minister Fernald sent the military into the interior to assist with flooding in 2006, and was involved with planning a Jungle Warfare School in Suriname for foreign military services.

In June 2012 he contested the leadership elections of the National Party of Suriname, after Ronald Venetiaan stepped down. Party elections were held in eleven districts with Fernald winning four and his competitor Gregory Rusland winning seven.

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Da'irat ul-Ma'arif () was an Arabic encyclopedia published by Butrus al-Bustani in 1875. It is considered the first modern encyclopedia published in Arabic.

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Luciferina (2018): Mercy for The Devil
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Tags: 18+, 2018, Argentina, Ayahuasca, chaman, demon, devil, entheogenic, evil, exorcism, family, female sexuality, Gonzalo Calzada, good, horror, Luciferina, Malena Sanchex, mercy, nun, parents, Peruvian, positive, Primal Root, religion, rite, Satan, sex, Sexorcism, sexuality, sisters, Sofia del Tuffo, Tomas Lipan
Is there any more tired trope in horror cinema than an exorcism? Man, they're a dime a dozen. You get a young girl (typically) put a demon in her, let science fail, hire a priest, he spouts some nonsense from the old testament, people die, someone sacrifices themselves, evil is either vanquished or at least there's a stale mate. Like Beauty and the Beast, it's a tired tale as old as time and, ever since it has risen to considerable heights with classic horror offerings like William Freidkin's sublime 1973 touchstone, The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty's truly exceptional and highly underrated The Exorcist III and then it kind of spirals into the abyss of B-Movie cheese or pop culture relics, not that I don't love them, but rarely is the story ever given an update or does it conjure up anything truly shocking or surprising. When I hear there's an exorcism in a film, I know I'm going to be in for shaky bed, ass spewage, cheese a minute city.
That's why I was so damn pleased when I finally say my ass down and gave the 2018 Argentinian horror offering entitled Luciferina a shot. When I first popped the blu-ray into my player I wasn't exactly sure what to expect from Gonzalo Calzada's latest offering. I can tell you, I was not anticipating this startling original take on the stalest genre of horror since The Walking Dead drove the last nail into the zombie genre. But, I digress…
Luciferina tells the tale of young, virginal Natalia (Sofia del Tuffo) who resides in a convenient and is on her way to becoming a nun when the tragic death of her Mother brings her home to be with her bed ridden, comatose Father and recovering drug addicted sister. Once she arrives, it becomes clear that things are not at all right there. Well, will all the blood drenched pieced of art featuring both phallic and yonic imagery which she created in her final moments. Bizarrely, their ill father who can't get out of bed, no communicate, is kept all the way up on the third floor of their immense home along with all these disturbing pieces of art, where his deceased wife's blood and internal goopage was utilized by her own insane hands to create these masterpieces of the macabre. Not only that, but the dozen or so pieces are set up TO FACE THE POOR BASTARD…and there are two incredibly bright lights pointed at their poor Dad's face both night and day which I cannot for the life of me understand how that's supposed to help him with his illness, but I'm not Argentinian doctor, so…I mean, whatever you think is best doc.
Natalia's sister, Angela (Malena Sanchez) believes a curse has been visited upon the family for both her and her sister having left and has arranged for the two of them, along with Angela's rag-tag Scooby-Doo inspired team of misfits, including her ultra violent and uber rapey poster child the Argentina Proud Boys movement, Mauro (Francisco Donovan) to take a journey deep into the jungle to take part in a spiritual rite performed by a Peruvian Chaman (Tomas Lipan). This rite involves knocking back entheogenic brew of Ayahuasca. From what I understand, ingesting this concoction typically doesn't lead to the ripping of one's friends into multiple meaty chunks and leaving said chunks strewn about an ancient temple, but, some folks have far nastier demons buried within than others… Natalie decides to go along on the trip (hehehe) and take part in the ritual which will bring everyone face to face with the secrets of their past, their darkest memories and lead to an unexpected, unplanned, and deeply affecting final rite that I can only describe as a sexorcism.
Luciferina is an incredible slow burn of a horror film that does a commendable job of eschewing expectation based on the horror audiences common knowledge of such proceedings and keeping the true nature of Natalie a under wrap and still in question by film's end. Why is Natlie drawn to her mother's blood soaked murder portraits of male and female genitalia? Why does she repeatedly have visions of those around her bathed in light? Why does she keep having dreams and visions of an abandoned abbey in the jungle and a mysterious old woman within? And why is this chaste, virtuous , nun in training beginning to feel sexual attraction and lustful urges towards those around her? The movie makes clear throughout how Natalie views sex as something dirty and obscene. Take for, for example, an early scene once Natalie comes home and takes a shower. She closes her eyes and begins to stroke her breasts and touch herself between her legs as the steam rises, but as soon as she opens her eyes, she sees several larch cockroaches by her feet in the bottom of the tub. It's a grotesque and startling moment, but one that perfectly illustrates Natalie's point of view, which becomes all the more relevant by film's end.
I understand the issues many folks have with Luciferina. That the further we get into the story and the more things attempt to make sense, the less that they do. And by the final act, the fine crafted suspense and feeling of deep, unsettling dread eventually give way to exceptional bloody practical effects and one of finest sex scenes I've seen in any film, horror or otherwise, what feels like eons. Natalie, who is portrayed pitch perfectly by del Tuffo, spends the first two thirds of Luciferina building her into a fragile protagonist, but by the film's end, she becomes just as believable as confident, strong, uncompromising heroine. And, to be honest, the finale sexorcism scene is brilliant, equal parts arousing and disturbing and trail blazingly unique. It comes across as absolutely relevant and a full 180 degree turn from what exorcist films have presented to us in the past, as a woman embraces her own sexuality and empowering herself to destroy and vanquish a demon.
Luciferina possess a dark, alluring beauty all it's own , one I am not accustom to in modern horror genre. With it's wholly original combining of sex, the cycle of existence, angels, demons, is fascinating and disturbing and the film carves open it's own bloody, beautiful path. From what I gather, Lucifernia has a truly progressive and positive message regarding sexuality female sexuality, which in itself is a blessed breath of fresh air in a genre that so often boasts a near medieval conservative view of female sexual relations (I'm looking at you, Jason Voorhees). In Lucifernia, sex can be used for great good or absolute evil, it can either possess or exorcise. Sex is not inherently shameful, dirty or sinful, it all depends on the purpose of which you wield it. That mercy, not punishment, can perhaps be the answer. Now, how many religious horror films can you recall with the brass balls to convey this specific message?
Luciferina is by no means a masterpiece of the genre, but it is a one of a kind take on a thread bare genre, one that is captivating and alive with a creative energy rarely experienced by horror audiences these days. Exceedingly original, both disturbing in it's imagery and astoundingly gorgeous in it's cinematography, and manages to avoid making what could have EASILY been a cheap, exploitation "Fucked by The Devil flick" (not that there's anything wrong with those.) and instead deliveries what I would say is among the most empowering and positive female driven horror films I've ever seen.
I give Luciferina FOUR out of FIVE Dumpster Nuggets.
Mandy (2018)Crazy Evil and The Depths of an Exquisite Hell
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Tags: 18+, 1983, 2018, 83, acid, Andrea Riseborough, art, artist, Black Skulls, burning, cheddar goblin, christian, cocaine, colorful, cult, death, demons, devil, god, Heaven, Hell, horror, King Crimson, life, Linus Roache, love, lsd, lumberjack, Mandy, murder, Neon, Nicolas Cage, nightmare, Pacific Northwest, Panos Cosmatos, psychedelic, religion, Revenge, Satan, Shadow Mountain, tiger, vengeance
"I'm your God now." – Red Miller, Mandy
The stars so rarely align to deliver a piece of art so pure in form and so glorious in it's delivery as filmmaker Panos Cosmatos' Mandy. Now, the setup is nothing new. Two souls love one another, find comfort in one another's presence and deep bond beyond story book love evolves between them, a deep er connection more profound, peaceful and meaningful that most are lucky to find in a lifetime. That love is torn asunder and one of the two must seek revenge in order to find any kind of peace ever again. It's a nightmare scenario, and one all of us can identify with in one way or another. To imagine the person we love and hold closest being taken away, never to be returned…in our heart of hearts, we would all want bloody revenge on those responsible.
What sets Mandy far apart and leagues ahead of it's unifying trope is the means by which our tale is told. It has taken elements as familiar and comfortable to us horror fans as well worn pair of loafers and injects those elements with energy, a clean new take, unfettered originality creating a new kind of monster that lumbering, brutal, and ready to fuck your brain hole.
Mandy takes place in the great Pacific Northwest's Shadow Mountain in 1983. Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) is a mild mannered, bearded, beefy, lumber jack who works in the mountains by night and comes home to his uniquely beautiful artist girlfriend, Mandy Bloom (Andrea Riseborough). The two share a log cabin together and live a peaceful existence outside of society where they keep to themselves. That is until a fucking piece of shit christian cult drives through town, and their greasy, psychedelic, long haired, immensely insecure and bullying leader, Jeremiah Sand (Linus Roache) gets single passing glance at Mandy and decides he MUST HAVE HER. But, in order to do so, Jeremiah and his cult decide they need some help from some horrifying motorcycle riding, spike faced creatures from beyond the edge of Hell to help pull of their seduction/abduction plans.
That night, as Mandy and Red sit in front of their television watching the trash cinema epic, 1982's Nightbeast, and chowing down on what looks like steak and taters to me, the cult organizes their Hell creatures and set their horrible plan into action just as Red and Mandy hit the sack. In a nightmarish, dreadful sequence shot with blue strobe lights, these biker Cenobite monstrosities subdue our two protagonists, tie Red up with barbed wire in the backyard and take Mandy to meet Jeremiah who force feeds her some form of hallucinogenic and attempts to seduce in a prolonged trip of scene set in bright, neon red and purples. Of course, Mandy refuses and laughs hysterically at their weak, piece of shit leader as he shows off his nekkid body after his pathetic "join our lame-ass-cult sales pitch, and it is decided that she must meet a truly heinous and cruel death for her disrespect. The excruciatingly painful murder is committed in front of Red, who must witness the love of his life's death in all it's agonizing brutality. We are shown this moment of savagery reflected in the eyes of Red, who is bound and helpless to save her.
Once the deed is done, the cult packs it up and heads off into the rising sun, leaving Red for dead, still tied up in barbed wire and suffering from a brutal stab wound. Of course, Red manages to get free of the barb wire, has a final, soul crushing moment with his love's remains, and decides over chugs of vodka and screams of abject horror, agony and rage, that this cult's time is up and he is bringing them Hell they've never even imagined. What follows is a film that straddles a place between the mystic and the psychotic and it a goddamn wonder to behold. You feel Red's rage as he sifts through what's left of a life that he and Mandy built together, a love so pure and care free, it breaks your heart, and to see that light they had together so fucking senselessly snubbed out because of the whims of a fucking ego maniacal fuck face, you, as an audience, just wish you could help him get that revenge he so desperately seeks.
After gaining advice and weapons from some old friends, his crossbow "The Reaper," and crafts a badass battle axe, Red sets out on his odyssey alone, to settle the score with the men, women and monsters who tore his life apart. Once by one, Red visits these murderers and viciously attacks and delivers his vengeance. Obviously, Red had some previous training in survivalism, but there is a learning curve for Red, which is pretty refreshing for this kind of film. Red gets his ass kicked a couple times and even finds himself captured, but he tends to get better as he goes along. Especially once he snorts some coke and does some tainted acid in the mobile home of the monstrous creatures we learn go by he name,"Black Skulls," which turns the world into a new kind of technicolor nightmare. A neon blood bath we will spend the rest of the film in.
A horror film where The Devil is the good guy, the far right Christian cultists are the fucking hive if perverse villainy and Nicolas Cage, who gives a career best performance as a mild mannered guy who has it all taken away battling the forces of evil among Shadow Mountain? Gang, that's nothing not to love about this poetic acid head, black hearted, beautiful bitch a fucking masterpiece. This is Trash Cinema at it must unrefined and reaching it's greatest heights. I know a lot has been said about Nic Cage's performance in Mandy, how it's just another "freak out" performance from this most beleaguered of Hollywood actors. To me, this is one of the most naturalistic and honest performances of the man's entire career. When Red is chugging vodka in his tighty whities in the bathroom while screaming in absolute rage and grief, you cannot tell me this is not exactly how your would react and feel if you just witnessed the love of your life burned alive right in front of you. To have held the ashes of that one person that meant everything to you in your hands, who died only because she refused to give in to a madman. Gang, this is a performance that deserves all the recognition in the world. Also, that Cheddar Goblin commercial is a thing of Trashy beauty, too. 😉
Mandy is a powerhouse of a film and my pick for 2018's Golden Nugget Award, for Best Trash Cinema Film of the Year.
Five Dumpster Nuggets out of Five.
(NSFW) Cannibal Holocaust (1980): Buffet of Brutality or Eat your Heart out. And your liver and your spleen.
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"Here we are at the edge of the world of human history. Things like this happen all the time in the jungle; it's survival of the fittest! In the jungle, it's the daily violence of the strong overcoming the weak!" – Alan Yates, Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
*DISCLAIMER* Cannibal Holocaust does feature several sequences of onscreen animal cruelty. I. Kevin Cole, The Primal Root, do not in anyway condone the animal cruelty present in Cannibal Holocaust. That being said, I refuse to let that keep me from watching a piece of our cinematic history, which I feel lis important. That being said, I fully support your choice to NOT watch Cannibal Holocaust due to it's cruelty to animals. I totally understand.
Like the character Trash says in Dan O'Bannon's 1985 living dead classic, The Return of the Living Dead, the worst way she can imagine dying is being eaten alive. It's an honest, primeval statement that is part of our most basic animal instincts, one that still holds firm ever since our primitive ancestors hid from razor toothed beasts with flesh ripping claws intent to turn us into Sunday. What could be more horrifying that that? OF course, the thought that our own species would resort to such barbarism, hunt us down as food, take their time in killing us, and then devour what remains.
It's a subject that has been well worn in the brutal and exhaustive cannibal exploitation genre that began in the mid 1970's and remained popular through the 1980's. The films of the cannibal genre would typically involve a batch of technically savvy contemporary young people looking to exploit the stone-age natives within an Asian or South American rainforest, only for things to turn violent with the young people raping, murdering and terrorizing the natives, and then having the tables turned and being met with horrifically grotesque retribution. These exploitation films also share an attempt to deliver accomplished and startlingly real gore effects as well as genuine on screen animal cruelty. What I'm saying here, is that this genre is aimed at a very small segment of society and would never be made in the same fashion again. However, for a small period of time, this films were being churned out by Italian filmmakers year after year and playing for months on end at grindhouses across America to audiences eager to see if these films actually delivered on the sensational claims their advertisements boasted.
Few films of the genre have maintained as as much notoriety as Italian filmmaker Ruggero Deodato's 1980's cannibal epic, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Upon it's premiere the graphic violence garnered so much controversy that the film was seized my a local Italian magistrate and Deodato himself was arrested on obscenity charges and, later on, he was charged with with making an actual snuff film, as rumors began circulating that the main stable of actors were actually murdered on camera. To make matters worse, the supposedly deceased actors had signed on to contracts before filming to ensure that they would not show up in any type of movie, commercial or other media for at least one year after Cannibal Holocaust's release as to keep the illusion that the film was a genuine found footage documentary. Thankfully, the actors were all contacted and interviewed on Italian television to prove they had not been murdered and eaten in The Green Inferno. Deodato also explained how all the effects worked and provided behind the scenes photos of the cast and crew interacting jovially, and the court dropped murder charges. Still, due to the genuine animal slayings and cruelty, Cannibal Holocaust was banned in Italy, Australia, and reportedly over 50 other countries. If anything, I feel all this controversy is quite the testament to the power of a truly unique, frenzied, bleak and genuinely horrifying cinematic experience.
Which brings us to the movie that raised this enduring brouhaha that has left a mark on this piece of entertainment forever more, Cannibal Holocaust. The story focuses on a much acclaimed and celebrated American documentary film crew, known for their brutal, ground level realism and unflinching portraits of bloody reality, that goes missing in the Amazon rainforest in 1979 as they are filming a new documentary on the indigenous cannibal tribes. The film proper begins with strapping, mustachioed, anthropologist Professor Harold Monroe (played with all the masculine charm and gusto in the world by the legendary trained actor and Adult film Hall of Famer, Robert Kerman) agrees to put together and lead a rescue team into the "Green Inferno" to find the documentary film crew, or what's left of them, and recover any footage so that the investors can try and make their money back.
After days of trekking and several grisly discoveries, clues and encounters with various cannibal tribes such as the Yacumo tribe, Shamatari tribe, and the Yanomami tribe, a picture begins to form that the American film crew brought great unrest to the people of these tribes. The rescue team manages to save a group of Yanomami warriors from certain death and then bathes nude in the river to gain their trust, showing his willingness to be vulnerable in front of them. Once the women of the tribe strip nekkid, hop in the river with him, mess around and inspect his white boy wing-ding for a few minutes, they then lead Professor Monroe and his team to a shrine the tribe has erected. A shrine made of the remains of the American documentary film crew. Monroe trades a tape recorder with the tribe for the surviving reels of film the crew shot.
Once back in New York city, Professor Monroe along with the investors screen the footage obtained from the Yanomami tribe, and it becomes apparent how shockingly amoral and inhumane this four man film crew was to the natives in the Amazon rainforest. They are seen staging horrifying mass incinerations of men, women and children, disgusting rapes of native girls where they then impale the woman on a pike, the killing of their livestock for shits and giggles, all in the name of good, usable footage, the filmmakers are willing to maim, murder and desecrate whoever they must in the quest for the perfect footage that will make their film a controversial smash hit with audiences, staging whatever carnage they so deem necessary. That is, until the tribes turn the tables and come after the film crew in a blood drenched, shaky cam, parade of absolute unflinching brutality, it must be seen to be believed. There is rape, penises are hacked off, people are drawn and quartered by the bare hands of the tribe. The American film crew has reaped exactly what they have sewed, and proved themselves just as uncivilized, monstrous and depraved, if not, more so, as the cannibalistic tribes themselves. Needless to say, the investors are deeply disturbed by the footage and the executives order the footage be destroyed. As Professor Monroe leaves, he ponders just who the real cannibals are, before the camera pans up to the high rises of New York City, our societies own concrete inferno, and the film fades to black.
In all honesty, when the film ended, I had to look up the actors who we watched getting torn to pieces, hacked to death, raped and eviscerated just to make sure they weren't actually murdered on screen. The final reels of Cannibal Holocaust are, without a doubt, some of the most effective and visceral horror set pieces I have ever witnessed. The shaky came, the effects and the performances feel so damn genuine and real, that the illusion of it all being true is a hard feeling to shake. Some have said this is the Grandpappy of the found footage genre, if that is the case, Grandpappy has yet to be topped. I honestly think the key element is, as weird as it sounds, subtlety. There is plenty of gratuitous violence, but the blood isn't spraying across the jungle like a cartoon. It is dark crimson, real, and isn't the focus of what's happening. The performances and camera work are what sell the horror of what occurs in Cannibal Holocaust. And I think that's a lesson filmmakers should take away from it. We see horrible things being done to other human beings, but it's focused on for mere seconds. It's the frenzied rush of horror as people are trying to survive their own grotesque demise at the hands of those who so richly deserve their revenge. The feeling of horror that you know you deserve this and you've brought this fate worse than death upon yourself.
I would say, despite many of the films exploitation elements, and their are many, including the actual killing of several actual animals, Cannibal Holocaust cuts to the darkest corners of human nature, and in doing so, is one of the most potent and effective horror films ever made. But, hey, funny piece of trivia: When screened for the tribes they filmed with, the tribes thought the film was hysterical and considered it a comedy!
FIVE out of FIVE Dumpster Nuggets. This is a MUST SEE for horror aficionados and filth fans alike. Even if you fast forward past the animal cruelty, you will be left shocked and in disbelief by the end.
Bootsie Kidd: December BONUS Devil Girl Spread!
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Tags: adorable, boobs, Bootsie Kidd, cartoon, childhood, christmas, cleavage, cute, Dr. Seuss, fun, gifts, gify, gloves, green, Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, How the Grinch Stole Trashmas, pin-up, pinup, puppy, santa, Scuz, seductive, sexy, thigh high, thighs, trashmas, tree, yule
Hey Gang, it looks like we found one more exemplary Devil Girl spread underneath the Trashmas tree for you this year! Another from the gorgeous, lusty and voluptuous vixen, Ms. Bootsie Kidd! If you are wondering just who stole your Trashmas this year, as well as your heart, and set your yule log ablaze, look no further than this vision of rapturous Devil Girl sinful beauty herself, Bootsie Kidd! Enjoy our final Devil Girl spread of the season!
Merry Trashmas!
Photography by Kayla King of Rewski Photography
(NSFW) Ramonah: December Devil Girl of the Month 2018
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Tags: antlers, ass, black and white, boobs, butt, christmas, December, Devil Girl, festive, games, hooved, hooves, horns, horny, merry, naughty, nice, Ramonah, rear, Reindeer, skirt, slay, Sleigh, tits, topless, trashmas
Holy smokes, Gang! Our Trashmas challis runneth over with Devil Girl sweets this final month of 2018! Our December Devil Girl of the Month features an outstanding erotic spread from third time Devil Girl, Ramonah, featuring ten images of Reindeer Games sure to solidify your icicle! Let your trashy yuletide light shine on, my freaky fellowship of cinematic sleaze, and have yourself a Merry Little Trashmas in the company of naughty reindeer, Ramonah, our December Devil Girl of the Month!
Photography by Perry Gilbert
Bootsie Kidd: Trashmas Devil Girl 2018 (NSFW)
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Tags: beast, beguiled, black eyes, blood thirsty, boobs, Bootsie Kidd, breasts, christmas, cleavage, creature, December, devil, Devil Girl, fangs, ferocious, horned, huntress, killer, krampus, Monster, NSFW, nude, nudity, pierce, seductive, sensual, sexy, tits, topless, trash cinema collective, trashmas, wild, wild thing
Trashmas Devil Girl Bootsie Kidd is here to fill your Trashmas with pain and pleasure!
Merry Trashmas, Gang! It's you pal, The Primal Root, bringing you your ferocious, sultry, blood thirsty Trashmas Devil Girl 2018, Bootsie Kidd! A devious, diabolical, and divine package of voluptuous sensuality, Bootsie Kidd is bring the legend of Krampus to vicious, yuletide life! Fest your eyes and have yourselves a very merry Trashmas, Gang!
Stay Trashy, -Root
(NSFW) Setsuka: Devil Girl of Halloween
Categories: Devil Girl Halloween 2018: Setsuka
Tags: black eyes, blood, bloodbath, Damned, dark, devil, Devil Girl, evil, Gore, goth, Halloween, Hell, Hellmouth, horror, Monster, nudity, October, pentagram, religion, Satan, satanic, savrifice, Setsuka, Sexy nude
TRASHY HALLOWEEN, MY FILTH RIDDLED COLLECTIVE BRETHREN! We have quite the treat for you this Halloween in Trash Cinema Collective Land, straight from the bloody, boiling, gapping mouth of Hell we bring you are sultry, sexy, satanic Devil Girl for Halloween 2018, SETSUKA! Before you feast your eyes on a truly gruesome and gorgeous spread of epic proportions, let's take a moment to get to know our ferocious Halloween Devil Girl.
The Primal Root: Setsuka, holy smokes, your photo spread is truly stunning! Might I just say, you look fantastic in red. Where did this gory and utterly gorgeous concept come from?
Setsuka: Thank you! The concept for this shoot came from a melding of ideas between my wonderful photographer and I. I absolutely love the look of blood and we had both been wanting to do a Baphomet themed shoot for a while. I've always been into darker things and I feel like this shoot really captured my alter ego.
TPR: How was it modeling in a spread where you became progressively bloodier?
Setsuka: It was quite a unique experience! This was my first photo shoot using blood so I had no idea what I was getting into. However, it turned out to be more fun than I ever could have imagined. Every part of my body was sticking to another part of me.
TPR: Have you been a part of creating macabre, dark spreads similar to this before?
Setsuka: I have not. All of my experiences in the past have been full of light and more glamour focused.
TPR: Can you speak a little about the blood and rope aspects of the photo shoot and how different the post images are, compared to on set?
Setsuka: During the shoot I wasn't quite sure how the images would come out but Kayla's confidence really encouraged me and made me more confident. When I saw the images I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was me and the spread surpassed any expectations I originally had.
TPR: Do you have any favorite bloody, gnarly horror movies you like to break out and watch around Halloween time? What kind of flicks really creep you out?
Setsuka: My favorite bloody movie would be Hostel. Specifically speaking, the blood bath scene. I am very into the Anne Rice films, Interview with a vampire is my favorite and I thoroughly enjoy movies about serial killers. I love documentaries that get into the minds of people who would be considered monsters by society.
TPR: Any advice for any future Devil Girls out there?
Setsuka: Follow your creepy little heart and don't let anyone tell you that your ideas are too much.
TPR: What song would you like The Trash Cinema Collective to listen to while checking out your incredible Devil Girl set?
Setsuka: Devil's Game by Truth 🖤
Phtography by Kayla King of Rewski Photography


The weather forecast for the Devon area was not looking too good, but we need not have worried, because it all worked out fine. The sun came out and I was able to do some drawing around Coombe Farm even before my group of painters arrived. It was lovely to see the old courtyard and the flower filled garden once more, and walk along the little stream at the bottom of the hill. There were chickens again by the grass-roofed hen house – they could come in handy as a foreground motif later on, I thought to myself. For the time being I contented myself with a sketch of the white bench conveniently positioned in the corner of the courtyard near the ivy-clad stone arch that leads to a small path down to the stream again. Nicely warmed up now, I was ready for my first painting demonstration the next day.
Everybody was as eager to get started as I was, and we all settled in the courtyard choosing the wonderfully assorted shapes and colours of the old stone buildings as our background, and some attractive over-sized clay pots as the focus for the first day's paintings. The pots alone are a great subject fort he beginner to learn how to represent a three-dimensional image on a flat sheet of paper. It was a happy start, despite the disappearance of the sunshine after lunch, so we withdrew to the studio to finish things off. The studio of Coombe Farm is particularly well-appointed, spacious, light and full of character. It also functions as a gallery, with many fascinating art works on display.
The next day we had the full go-ahead from the Met office – sunshine all day! So we ventured out to Whitestone Farm, with wonderful gardens, and the most spectacular wide-angle view across the Dart Estuary. Whitestone Farm is the family home of renowned sculptress Gilli Sutton, who generously invited us to share her garden for the day. The open landscape and expanses of water were an ideal setting for demonstrating those exciting watercolour washes, to talk more about the wet-into-wet technique, and how to take advantage of seemingly random watercolour effects.
The practice from our day at Whitestone Farm paid off the following day when we visited the village green – 'The Ham' - at Dittisham, looking towards the harbour, with its long jetty visible across another 'leg' of the river Dart. From there you can get a glimpse across the water towards Agatha Christie's house, and the Dimbleby's riverside residence. Having mastered clean and fresh washes covering larger areas of paper as a first step and foundation for our paintings , it was time to learn how to best capture those green, wooded hills rising from the water's edge. I have a very simple way to deal with different greens, and happily shared my little trick with everybody. We were further challenged by the distant boats merrily dancing at anchor, and it was back to thinking about perspective in landscape, and how to apply some of the ground rules.
By Friday we had some impressive flower paintings alongside explosive and expressive abstracts as well as atmospheric landscapes. I felt very much that everybody had found their 'voice', and were looking forward to our informal last night's show. It was indeed a joyous sight, seeing a week's work on the studio wall, and with a glass of wine in hand we were able to admire our achievements as well as discussing tricky techniques and creative problem solving. At eight o'clock it was time to gather for another of Lauren's outstanding dinners, the culmination of a week's delicious meals.
I'd like to say a big thank you to all at Coombe Farm, especially Lara Lloyd, who together with her husband Martin welcomed us warmly into their home. It was sad to have to say goodbye, but of course I am l lucky to be able to return for another week's painting in September! And finally, huge thanks to everybody who joined me in August and made the week such a pleasure.
"The course was wonderful – creative and fun."


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Officials hope child fatalities on farms leads to change in safety culture
Photos of three smiling, blond sisters circulated around the world this year after they were killed on their family farm in west-central Alberta.
Catie Bott, 13, and 11-year-old twins Dara and Jana, suffocated in a truck loaded with canola as their family was busy bringing in the harvest in October.
Glen Blahey with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association says the tragedy has acted as a catalyst for discussing child safety on farms.
"I think it is making a difference in terms of recognition of hazards," he told The Canadian Press.
But he's hoping for more.
Blahey said it's great to talk about safety, but "it would be really nice to spur some action before a tragic event occurs."
The Alberta government recently released statistics showing that there were eight other farm deaths in 2015, two of them children. One was 10-year-old Joseph Stahl, who was driving a forklift on a Hutterite colony when the machine toppled into a ditch and pinned him underneath.
There were other child deaths on farms across the country. In one case in southwestern Saskatchewan, Layne Langridge, 14, fell in a truck loaded with grain. His grandfather, 66-year-old Dennis Becker, tried to save him. They both died.
Statistics from Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting show that between 2000 and 2008, there were about 10 child farm deaths each year in Canada. The average before that was 16.
Jennifer Austin with 4-H Canada said the most recent deaths, especially of the Bott sisters, have deeply touched her organization. It is starting a new fund in 2016 to develop additional safety programs.
"We know clubs are already focused on farm safety but this will put a further emphasis on farm safety - and at a time when it's very much on the minds of people in rural communities," she said.
A few weeks ago, the NDP government in Alberta passed new legislation that puts farm and ranch workers under occupational health and safety rules. It became the last province to do so.
The law also gives workers' compensation benefits to paid farm workers injured on the job.
Following angry protests, the province clarified that family farms are exempt. The rules will only apply to paid workers.
Eric Musekamp, founder of the Farmworkers Union of Alberta, had pushed for the legislation for years. Although the law doesn't directly apply to kids on family farms, he's glad it will help paid child workers in larger farm operations.
He said he saw children as young as eight working in unsafe conditions when he was a truck driver a dozen years ago.
"There's chains and belts and electrical motors, wires, and trucks backing around and stuff. It's hair raising."
He said he once passed out safety supplies to children at a farm - masks, goggles and ear plugs - and was promptly fired.
"That kind of got my dander up," recalled Musekamp. That's why he formed the advocacy group.
He believes the solution to curbing injuries and deaths on farms is to create a training society similar to AgSafe in British Columbia. That group, funded through workers' compensation premiums, facilitates compliance of farm legislation through training and on-site visits, even to family farms.
Other provinces such as Manitoba and Ontario have similar societies, but Musekamp said the one in B.C. is more extensive.
Over the last 20 years, the group has significantly reduced farm fatalities and injuries in the province, he said. "They hardly ever have child fatalities in their industry anymore."
He describes farm safety legislation as a stick, and the training society as a carrot.
"We believe that's part of the success in reducing deaths and injuries on the family farm without employees. This training becomes ubiquitous ... In a relatively short period of time, it starts to change the culture."


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Q: Постобработка добавленных записей Есть три таблицы
CREATE TABLE A (
  ID NUMBER,
  B_ID NUMBER NOT NULL,
  ...........
  CONSTRAINT FK_A_B FOREIGN KEY (B_ID)
    REFERENCES B (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE,
  CONSTRAINT PK_A
  PRIMARY KEY (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE
)

CREATE TABLE B (
  ID NUMBER,
  TYPE NUMBER NOT NULL,
  ...........
  CONSTRAINT PK_B
  PRIMARY KEY (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE
)

CREATE TABLE C (
  ID NUMBER,
  A_ID NUMBER NOT NULL,
  DATA NUMBER NOT NULL,
  ...........
  CONSTRAINT FK_C_A FOREIGN KEY (A_ID)
    REFERENCES A (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE,
  CONSTRAINT PK_A
  PRIMARY KEY (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE
)

(пара A_ID, DATA не уникальна и может повторяться до трех раз)
Нужно после (или во время) импорта данных в эти таблицы для всех новых записей вставить записи в такую таблицу
CREATE TABLE D (
  ID NUMBER GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY,
  A_ID NUMBER NOT NULL,
  DATA NUMBER,
  CONSTRAINT FK_D_A FOREIGN KEY (A_ID)
    REFERENCES A (ID) ON DELETE CASCADE ENABLE VALIDATE,
  CONSTRAINT PK_D
  PRIMARY KEY (ID) ENABLE VALIDATE,
  CONSTRAINT UNQ_D
  UNIQUE (A_ID, "DATA") ENABLE VALIDATE
)

Но вставить по хитрому алгоритму.

*

*Для каждой новой записи в таблицах A и C через таблицу A, получить значение B.TYPE

*Для этого значения вызвать функцию my_func, которая вернет 0 или 1

*Если функция вернула 0, то выполнить запрос
INSERT INTO D (A_ID, DATA)
  SELECT ID, NULL FROM A WHERE ID = current_id;

*Если функция вернула 1, то выполнить такой запрос
INSERT INTO D (A_ID, DATA)
  SELECT DISTINCT A_ID, DATA FROM C WHERE A_ID = current_a_id;

Функция my_func имеет вид
CREATE FUNCTION my_func (in_type IN NUMBER)
RETURN NUMBER
DETERMINISTIC
IS
BEGIN
  IF (in_type IN (5, 13, 17, 20, 65, 79)) THEN
    RETURN 1;
  ELSE
    RETURN 0;
  END IF;
END;

Как бы эту задачу решить поэффективней? Учитывая, что возможна ситуация когда импорт одних и тех же данных может происходить параллельно (если данные уже есть, то ничего делать не нужно. Вернее нужно обновить другие поля, но к этому алгоритму они не относятся). Задача осложняется тем, что возможна ситуация (хотя она и маловероятна) когда к существующим записям в С, которые ссылаются на одну запись из A добавляются еще записи, ссылающиеся на эту же запись и для my_func() = 1 нужно будет добавить записи в D
В одном пакете импорта могут прийти тысячи записей в A (не факт, что все они будут новыми). На каждую запись из A могут ссылаться до 10 записей из C

A: Итого остановился на AFTER INSERT триггере для C
CREATE TRIGGER TR_C_AI AFTER INSERT ON C
REFERENCING NEW AS NEW OLD AS OLD FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
  var_action NUMBER;
BEGIN
  SELECT
    my_func(B."TYPE")
  INTO
    var_action
  FROM
    A
    LEFT JOIN B ON (
      A.B_ID = B.ID
    )
  WHERE
    A.ID = :NEW.A_ID;

  IF (var_action = 1) THEN
    MERGE INTO
      D
    USING (
      SELECT
        :NEW.A_ID AS A_ID,
        :NEW.DATA AS DATA
      FROM
        dual
    ) sub
    ON (
      D.A_ID = sub.A_ID AND
      D.DATA = sub.DATA
    ) WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (
      A_ID,
      DATA
    ) VALUES (
      :NEW.A_ID,
      :NEW.DATA
    );
  ELSE
    MERGE INTO
      D
    USING (
      SELECT
        :NEW.A_ID AS A_ID
      FROM
        dual
    ) sub
    ON (
      D.A_ID = sub.A_ID
    ) WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (
      A_ID,
      DATA
    ) VALUES (
      :NEW.A_ID,
      NULL
    );
  END IF;
END;

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Opinions|Human Rights
Prostitution is more than a labour rights issue
Canada's proposed prostitution bill argues that prostitution harms women and children and targets de
Meghan Murphy
Meghan Murphy is a writer in Vancouver, BC. Her website is Feminist Current.
Published On 7 Aug 20147 Aug 2014
Prostitution can happen to any woman, but the risk is much greater for marginalised women, writes Murphy [AP]
Is prostitution simply a job like any other? Or is it a system that, at its core, further entrenches gender inequality and normalises violence against women? This question is central, not only in terms of how we view the sex industry and its impact on society, but also to the way in which we approach sex work from a legislative perspective.
In 2007, a case challenging Canada's prostitution laws as unconstitutional resulted in the Supreme Court of Canada throwing out the laws criminalising pimping, communicating for the purposes of prostitution, and running a brothel. The federal government was therefore tasked with generating new laws and drafted Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act.
The newly proposed legislation, unveiled in June, explicitly targets the exploiters – meaning the pimps and johns – and positions women who end up in the sex trade as victims, not criminals. If passed, the bill will criminalise the purchase of sex, pimping, and third-party advertising for sexual services (meaning it would be legal for a prostitute to advertise his or her own services, but not for others to advertise on their behalf).
Prostituted people would be decriminalised, though it would be illegal to communicate for the purposes of selling sex near a playground, school or daycare.
The bill has been hotly debated in the media and has been subjected to lengthy and rigorous hearings in front of the House of Commons justice committee. Women's groups, academics, researchers, law enforcement officers, legal experts, front line anti-violence workers, and prostituted women – both exited women and those currently working in the industry – themselves testified about the experiences, evidence, ideology or work that led them to believe prostitution was either inherently violent and exploitative, or a job that some simply choose and should be legalised or fully decriminalised in order to ensure women's safety.
Labour rights in prostitution?
While the topic of prostitution is complex, the debate among progressives is divided along relatively simple lines. That is to say, on the left, there are two obvious camps: One argues that prostitution is primarily an issue of health, safety, and labour rights as it is, after all, work, and the other argues that prostitution exists because of deep inequality and systemic oppression and will never be "safe" or, simply, "a job like any other".
Witness – Battling a new brand of pimp
The "sex work is work" faction argues that if prostitution is legal, it can be regulated and therefore made "safer". Beyond that, the theory goes, if legalised or fully decriminalised, prostitutes could organise, have access to labour laws that would protect them from abuse, and work "freely", out in the open – supposedly allowing for the existence of a safe, legal industry wherein people in prostitution are autonomous and empowered.
Those who believe prostitution constitutes violence against women, on the other hand, don't believe there is such a thing as a safe, legal industry and see prostitution as a product of class, race and gender inequality and as inherently exploitative.
While it is very tempting for progressives to want to support any argument for labour rights, the foundation upon which this position sits is shaky.
There is, in fact, no place in the world that has managed to make prostitution safe for women, despite efforts to regulate the industry and even to form unions of sorts. Under legalised regimes, trafficking and an illegal industry thrive.
In Amsterdam, for example, even the legal, red light district is said to be run by organised crime, and violence against the women working in the windows continues. While the argument that "sex work is work" and that prostitutes should be able to choose how they work appeals to our progressive sensibilities, it ignores the reality of the industry and the fact that, for most women and girls, prostitution is either not a choice at all, or is one made under duress.
The effort to frame the violence that happens in prostitution as workplace violence, as Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario president, Fred Hahn did recently, displays a deep misunderstanding of the gendered nature of the violence inherent to prostitution and a lack of knowledge around what has played out under legalisation. It also shows an extreme disregard for women's basic human rights and their right not to be prostituted.
The issue of gender
Prostitution can happen to any woman, but the risk is much greater for marginalised women. Despite the fact that Aboriginal women only make up 2-4 percent of the population in Canada, they represent 70 percent of those working in street prostitution on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside – Canada's so-called poorest postal code and the area from which at least 60 women disappeared over 20 years, beginning in the 1980s.
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These women are also not the women who would be granted access to the supposedly safe legal brothels. And even if they were, what we have learned from exited prostituted women such as Trisha Baptie, who testified in the Bill C-36 hearings, is that abuse happens to people in prostitution despite their location.
Working indoors doesn't protect women from men's violence and the notion that it would, defies logic. Feminists have long pointed out that most violence against women happens behind closed doors, often at the hands of men they know – not from strangers in the street. Baptie also pointed out that, while working as a prostitute, there was no way for her to know which johns would turn out to be violent; that no amount of screening could protect her.
The Conservative government is right to target the exploiters in their proposed legislation. What a focus on labour rights does is to ignore the realities that the bill attempts to address: that prostitution "has a disproportionate impact on women and children" and that "the objectification of the human body and the commodification of sexual activity" causes "social harm".
The only way to address the violence that happens to women in prostitution is to go to the source – ie the demand. It is unconscionable that anyone, but leftists in particular – those who claim a vested interest in the creation of a just and equitable society, one that values human life and dignity beyond profit and self-interest – would devalue the rights of women to dignity and a life free from male violence.
Rape is not a labour violation. Nor is murder, trafficking, child exploitation, or abuse. Patriarchy is not a labour violation. If we truly want a world that is safe for women and girls, we need to be honest about the reality of prostitution – why it exists and why it continues to exist, as well as how that reality impacts both individual women's lives and the global status of women as a whole.
The proposed bill has passed both first and second readings before the House of Commons and will return to the House for third reading in September before going to the Senate. Canada's current laws expire in December 2014 and the government has pledged to pass Bill C-36 by then.
Meghan Murphy is a journalist from Vancouver, Canada. Her website is Feminist Current.
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Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844 -1907), a professor of chemisty at Wesleyan College in Connecticut, established the first agricultural experiment station in the United States. A great proponent of the early work done in the home economics movement, he often hired home economists to help him conduct studies on human nutrition, exercise metabolism, and human energy balance. In 1923 his daughter, Helen Woodard Atwater, became the first full-time editor of the Journal of Home Economics.
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Neelie Kroes is, in short, a woman of power. Born in 1941 in Rotterdam, she is a Dutch and European politician for the liberal VVD party. Being said to have broken every glass ceiling, she was former European Commissioner for Competition and Digital Agenda (2004-2014), first female underminister at the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (1977-1981) and the Minister at the same ministry (1982-1989).
A model for female emancipation in the 1960s and a person that was never afraid to go after the tech giants, Neelie Kroes has put her stamp on European and World Politics. Now she is coming to Room for Discussion (3rd of October, 13:00) to review the tense situation within the EU and show some insight into what could be done to overcome the division that is now more present than ever.
The European Union has not had the most terrific two years. With Brexit, rising populism and increasing Europhobia, there is a clear uncertainty to what the future holds. The recent developments in Poland and Hungary being a reference point toward the direction in which most of the former communist countries are heading. Even without stating a right radical agenda, some parties are employing legislative changes that are aimed towards less civil liberty and more control. This happens especially in countries with a newly developed and fragile democratic system. The triggering of Article 7 against Hungary and Poland further stresses the turning point at which we have come.
It is important to keep in mind that the people themselves brought the populist parties to power. Starting from a divided left and the frightening appeal of populism there are different views on why the radical-right has soared in popularity recently. People seem to be more pessimistic about unity than ever before. When asked about the feelings towards the migration and the future of the EU, citizens of all ages are taken aback.
Considering this, it is normal to wonder about the future of the European Union and how we can deal with the rising radicalism. How will the opposition respond in order to come back to a much-wanted balance? What can the EU do without crossing the boundaries of national sovereignty? The sovereignty situation is particularly delicate. It was one of the most used arguments for Brexit in 2016, and people seem affected by it greatly.
With less than six months left until a possible goodbye to the UK, will the EU recover from the hit or will the combination of mistrust and populism result in a domino effect? A united market is more important than many realize in the race for data collection and artificial intelligence, and unfortunately, the EU is falling behind.
Can we surpass US and China?
The US and China have one big thing in common: a large market. With this comes an incredible amount of data. So incredible that by 2030, China will hold 30% of the world's available data. Both of the powerhouses are pumping billions of dollars in new technologies to collect better data and employ some of the most brilliant minds. The EU however, is not. The slow movement of funds for technological research and the increased bureaucracy have kept the tech progress in EU at a still compared to the other economic powers. But can the EU catch up with what America and China have been doing for quite some time?
Unfortunately, the EU already has a precedent of failed projects when wanting to keep up with economic and technological developments. The ambiguity of the Human Brain Project is one of the most famous. The €1billion project has not yet stated any discovery, but seems to go on even without having stated a clear future agenda. A recent Economist article advocates for inclusion rather than rivalry in the tech industry. And frankly, we couldn't agree more. Why not create a prepared space for already developed AI to evolve and thrive rather than be adverse to it coming from another nation. Regulation involving AI seems to be a rather urgent matter, that neither China nor the US, seem to look forward to.
However, a problem arises. AI has not yet been viewed as a groundbreaking technology to improve economic growth and human advancement, but rather as a matter of national security. To be more direct, AI weapons that should be used as a defense mechanism for your own countries borders, which complicates the situation quite a bit for the EU.
Mrs. Kroes is an advocate of a liberal market and an integrated EU that understands that cooperation beats competing. She was particularly involved in bringing substantial investments for the 4G network in the Union and believes that technology is at the basis of unification. Here are a few of the questions that we are particularly excited to get some insight on.
Should we allow foreign firms in the European market or help the development of local ones? How is the current division in Europe going to affect the integration of the AI market? Is the EU stable enough to get over the tumultuous period? Is nationalism just a phase or will we face a domino effect EU-exit? Tune in on Monday 8th in the E-hall at 13:00 to get some important insight into what the future of the EU looks like. Do not forget to tune in for our follow-up article on the discussion on Wednesday.


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- Seth Rogen and James Franco were great, and continued to have great chemistry together; working well off each other to create some fairly comedic moments.
- The close up cinematography scene depicting a character's demise seemed a bit unnecessary and way too extreme.
Throughout my years of watching movies, I've never seen a film generate as much real life political controversy as "The Interview" has done. One moment, we hear on the news how North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-Un, considered the movie an act of war; several months prior to the movie's release. About a month ago, Sony gets hacked by some anonymous group calling themselves the "Guardians of Peace" aka GOP (for short), with some circumstantial evidence pointing to North Korea.
Private e-mails get leaked; most of their personal information is exposed. Theaters are being threatened by these hackers, with implied notions of a 9/11 style of attack on any theaters screening "The Interview." Of course, this causes Sony to panic, where we hear about them cancelling the premiere for "The Interview" on Christmas day. President Barrack O'Bama makes a speech on how we shouldn't give into terrorist's demands.
And finally, it seems "The Interview" is back on track. Albeit a limited release, but it's back to it's Christmas day premiere. Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a movie generate so much controversy that even our own damn President had to talk about it to the media. All I can say is that if this was a more sophisticated and witty satire, then "The Interview" would probably dominate next year's Oscars.
However, it's not even close to being as witty as the topic it's satirizing. If you can look past the obvious controversial aspects of the movie itself, "The Interview" is really nothing more than your average James Franco and Seth Rogen "d**k joke" movie. Heck, this film probably has more in common with their previous outing, "Pineapple Express", than anything else. If you loved that movie, then chances are you'll probably like this one too because it has almost the exact same style of humor.
Seth Rogen playing the straight man of the duo, while James Franco plays the goofy idiot that causes all sorts of trouble. Like "Pineapple Express", Seth Rogen and James Franco continue to display a lot of great chemistry together, as they make an excellent comedy duo. It's almost a shame these two don't make movies more together.
In this controversial comedy, Seth Rogen (Aaron Rapaport) plays a producer for this popular tabloid news show, while James Franco plays the show's lovable host named Dave Skylark. While most news programming like "Sixty Minutes" and etc show ground breaking news like North Korea possibly being a threat to the United States, Dave's show goes over stuff like Eminem admitting he's a homosexual. Wow, who knew he was gay?
However, through a series of events, Dave and Aaron find out that Kim Jong-Un is a huge fan of their show; hence Dave comes up with the idea to interview him. Needless to say, Kim accepts the invitation as long as it takes place in North Korea, and Dave is only allowed to ask questions that the dictator himself wrote.
Our heroes accept these terms begrudgingly, but the CIA gets a hold of them upon finding out about their trip. And if you've seen any of the trailers for this film, then you know where the story goes from there. The CIA recruits them to take out Kim Jong-Un, and like all comedies of this ilk, you know they're going to screw it up; hence it's going to lead to one big comedic action packed climax at the end.
While I'll admit "The Interview" was pretty funny for a d**k joke style comedy in ilk "Pineapple Express", the reality is it's a bit over hyped. If you stop and think about it, the story isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Sure, it tries to satirize both North Korean culture, and American media. And to some extent it works, but the problem is that the film has a tendency to go too far at times.
For instance. During the climax when Dave manages to publicly humiliate Kim Jong-Un on a live broadcast interview across the world, they not only go out of their way to make Kim look like an uber dork by that point, but they even make the guy crap his own pants while crying for Pete's sake. And, I'm not saying that as a metaphor either. I mean he literally craps his own pants while crying on live TV, as Dave sings a Katy Perry song to him. Granted, that would've been controversial enough because they already established Kim Jong-Un as being a dork.
However, this movie seems to use the blood and violence a bit too much around the climax. To put it simply, violence and blood is okay if it helps depict the graphic nature of a situation, but it's a lot like adding seasoning to a meal your preparing. If you add too much of it, then it overpowers the dish. That's why it's important to only add the right amount of it to compliment the themes of your movie. It's what separates a good movie like "Reservoir Dogs" from something like "Pulp Fiction." "Reservoir Dogs" was a good movie, but the violence was needlessly excessive to where it almost overpowered it's strong story arc. Whereas something like "Pulp Fiction", it had violence and splashes of blood flying around, but it was never outside of the realm of reason; hence it complimented it's own story perfectly.
To get back to "The Interview", it was already controversial enough going into the climax, but it didn't need to add the whole biting off other peoples' fingers bit because it wasn't necessary to compliment the story other than for shock value and comedic effect; which arguably would've still been funny even without it being shown.
Of course, this leads to the epic chase scene. I should warn readers that the the next three paragraphs will contain spoilers, so please skip them if you don't want the movie ruined for yourself. If you've already seen it, or you don't care about spoilers, then please read at your own risk.
As other reviews have mentioned, Kim Jong-Un is killed around the ending. Not only do our heroes publicly humiliate Kim on live TV in front of the entire North Korean nation, and throughout the world, but they kill him in perhaps one of the most over top comedic death scenes ever portrayed in a comedy.
In fact, Seth Rogen and fellow co director, Evan Goldberg, make it a point for the audience to see Kim Jong-Un not only be made fun of in this film, but to show him dying in the most graphic and comedic way as humanly possible. During the chase scene, Seth and James' characters are running from Kim's army in a tank. Kim is naturally pissed off for his public humiliation, so he chases after them in his helicopter while firing missiles at them. Eventually, our heroes fire one back, and it starts to go into slow motion from there. Cue in the Katy Perry song playing in the background, as the missile launches towards the helicopter in slow motion. Immediately after it hits the helicopter, the camera zooms in on Kim's face. We see the plane slowly burn up around his body.
We even see parts of Kim's body being lit on fire by the flames around him. Eventually the fire cover his face, and then you see tiny little pieces of his head flying off; implying that he blew up. At that moment, the camera zooms out to give us a wide angled shot of the helicopter as a whole blowing up. Now, I'm no expert when it comes to film making, but I will say this. Wouldn't have been just as controversial and funny if say right before the missile hit the helicopter that it just showed a close up of Kim's face doing a stupid a look for a split second, and then immediately zoom out to give us a wide angled shot of the helicopter blowing up in slow motion? Wouldn't that have been just as funny? The movie still could've played the same Katy Perry song if they wanted to, but the fact that Seth and Evan wanted to be that graphic with his death proves only one thing. It's that "The Interview" was built around the gimmick that it's sole purpose was to mock everything about Kim Jong-Un.
Look, I'm not going to say that I have any love for Kim Jong-Un because I don't. if anything, I see him as one of history's biggest monsters. And if he is behind the cyber terrorist attacks that threatened to bomb theaters over screening "The Interview", then that makes him almost as big of a monster as Adolf Hitler ever was arguably. However, this movie tends to go too far. Look, I don't mind seeing movies that mock real life political figures, and it's not like this is the first time we've ever seen an evil dictator mocked on the big screen before. Any real cinema fan can attest to that.
Hell, Kim's dad was openly mocked in "Team America" not too long ago, but the funny thing is his dad was never mocked to this absurd degree. Granted, the movie is funny, which is basically what you'd want to see from any comedy. But when you think about this from objective point of view, you can see why Kim Jong-Un would be offended by this movie if you really think about it. If someone made a movie about someone you knew, and showed them being publicly humiliated in a movie like this, then wouldn't you be offended too? Or what if there was a movie like this where the plot revolved around killing Barrack O'Bama? Would we still be laughing and saying it's our right to free speech to mock our own President? Where do you draw the line between common decency and free speech?
Look, I'm against censorship as much as the next guy, but it's like Jeff Goldblum said in "Jurassic Park"; he said in his infamous words of wisdom, "Just because you can do something that it doesn't mean that you should." In this particular case, I honestly don't even think "The Interview" should've been made. Granted, I'm all for free speech and everything, but this is downright disrespectful. Even if you do hate North Koreans, we shouldn't mock them like this. I know some of my American brothers and sisters will argue saying how "If you have the right to free speech, then you have the right to be offended." Well, I hate to break it to you guys, but North Korea doesn't have the same laws that we do. "The Bill of Rights" is a great document that helped shape our way of life in America, but to Kim Jong-Un? That's nothing more than a piece of paper to him. He doesn't recognize it. Not out of disrespect for us, but mostly because that's not part of his culture. The problem with America is that we have this idealistic tendency to think everyone in the world either thinks like us, or they should think like us if they don't already. That's our problem right there.
Plus, if you were to ask yourself honestly, this film would've gone unnoticed if it had nothing to do with Kim Jong-Un.
Seriously think about it. If Kim Jong-Un was replaced by some made up fictional dictator in a fictionalized nation that's similar to North Korea, then chances are NOBODY would even be talking about this movie. That's just a fact. "The Interview" is only made popular because of it's controversial gimmick; which you can tell Seth and Evan play up quite a bit throughout this movie.
Overall though, "The Interview" is worth seeing if only to see what all the fuss is about. Would I say it's the best comedy of the year? Certainly not. However, it's funny for being a d**k joke film. As long as you don't go in with any high expectations for it, then you should be okay. Although I may not agree with the film's subject matter, I will say that it's quite funny to watch, and that's basically all you can ask for if your watching a comedy these days.
Steven, I will probably watch the film just out of defiance to North Korea but I am glad you did the pros and cons list. I'm sorry to hear that the script is forgettable. I too am not one who is bothered by blood if it supports the script but gratuitous violence and worse, gratuitous comedic violence are a turn off for me (unless it's Monty Python-I'm a sucker for that stuff).


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What isn't 'as a Service' in enterprise technology?
Roberto Torres @TorresLuzardo
Three-quarters of tech managers expect their companies to move toward complete adoption of "as a service" solutions in less than five years, according to a Hewlett Packard Enterprise survey of 1,000 IT decision makers in the U.S., Germany and the United Kingdom.
Adoption of service-based tools is nearing universal levels in enterprise technology. Almost 90%, say their organizations are implementing service-based tools or have completed the process.
Failure to adopt to the trend will come at a price, according to the tech leaders, who fear lagging adoption will bring about higher costs of maintenance (41%), office space (33%) and power (31%). It will also make their companies more susceptible to cyberattacks in the future, 35% of respondents said.
Satisfying enterprise technology needs under a service-based model has become standard in a number of niches, from infrastructure to hardware. Now, that trend has largely become the norm and little is offered outside a service-based model in the enterprise.
Vendors are no longer focusing on delivering their software solutions under on-premise, license-based models. Companies now even lease their printers and other hardware products under a service model, rather than outright purchasing the equipment.
As a service models allow decision makers to focus on strategic initiatives and revenue growth, said Phil Davis, president of Hybrid IT for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, in the survey announcement.
Challenges in as a service adoption remain when it comes to the cloud. Three-quarters (77%) of decision makers say their company data is siloed between a mix of public and private clouds. Two-thirds say migration to the public cloud is "currently stalled" at their organization.
The rise of edge computing stands to impact data dynamics at the enterprise level, Gartner said in its strategic predictions for 2020. The analyst firm expects more than half of data will be created and processed outside data centers or the cloud by 2023.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise New multi-national survey: 86 percent of IT leaders embrace adoption of as-a-Service, yet technical and talent challenges lie ahead
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Margaret Fuller
Jessica Parrett • April 26th, 2001
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Sarah Margaret Fuller was born in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts on May 23, 1810. Her intellectual journeys began with a rigorous education conducted by her father, a lawyer named Timothy Fuller. She had tremendous enthusiasm for classical learning, and fought for admittance to the male-only Harvard Library.
She corresponded with many of the top writers and academics of her time, and became especially smitten with the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who she sought out and eventually became close friends with. She was one of the core members of the circle of spiritual-minded Concord intellectuals that became known as the Transcendentalists, along with the educator Bronson Alcott, who hired her as a teacher at his progressive Temple School.
Fuller's activities included conducting a series of public "conversations" on lofty philosophical subjects with other women, which generated much attention in these pre-liberated years. These sessions violated a law against organized speaking events for women, which seemed only to have increased their appeal (nobody was ever arrested). Fuller worked closely with Emerson in founding "The Dial", the flagship publication of the Transcendentalist movement, in 1840.
She wrote book reviews for Horace Greeley's Herald Tribune, and used this platform to promote American literature at a time when Europe completely dominated the literary scene. She published several books, including the proto-feminist classic "Woman in the Nineteenth Century."
The first several decades of Margaret Fuller's life were lived in the lofty realm of words and philosophy. This changed in 1847 when she fell in love with the noble-born Italian revolutionary Giovanni Angelo d'Ossoli. She became pregnant, gave birth to a son, and married d'Ossoli, who participated in the wave of violent revolutions that swept through Europe in 1848. Her husband was a Marchese, or "Marquis", and so Margaret Fuller was now a Marchioness, though this may not have mattered much during these stormy years of political change. They remained in Rome until it fell to the French in May 1850, and then boarded a ship bound for America.
Their most primal and horrible moment awaited them. The ship floundered and was wrecked off the Long Island coast during a hurricane on July 19, 1950. A member of the crew tried to swim for safety with their three-year-old son and failed to reach shore. Both Margaret and her new husband were drowned in the wreck.
Henry David Thoreau rushed to the Fire Island beach and saw the wrecked ship where his friend had died. He tried to salvage her last manuscript but was unable to do so.
There is a Margaret Fuller Society, complete with by-laws, newsletter, and listserv, hosted at Texas A&M University.
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You have to be careful writing about Gary Snyder, because he's such a Zen guy you get the feeling anything you write will be vastly inferior to silence.
Exit, Pursued By Bear
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Grizzly Man, a documentary film by Werner Herzog, is an astounding and unsettling study of humanity and nature. It was pasted together from videotape left behind by Timothy Treadwell, a somewhat goofy and hippy-dippy outdoorsman who spent thirteen summers in a row communing with grizzly bears in Alaska.
Jamelah Reads the Classics: St. Guglielma by Antonia Pulci
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Jamelah Earle reviews a classic Florentine drama, "St. Guglielma" by Antonia Pulci.
Great Chick-Lit of the 70's (or, the Books That Raised Me)
Three novels I picked up from my grandmother, mother and sister when I was a kid that have influenced me to this day: Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York by Gail Parent, Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman, Kin-Flicks by Lisa Alther.
The Greatest American Book: Walden by Henry David Thoreau
by Levi Asher Thursday, July 5, 2007 07:43 pm
Levi Asher explains why he considers Walden by Henry David Thoreau the greatest of all American books.
Between the House and the Chicken Yard: Brad Gooch on Flannery O'Connor
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Jamelah Earle reads Brad Gooch's biography of Flannery O'Connor.
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Lizzie Skurnick's delightful 'Shelf Discovery' explores the adolescent literature of today's now-grown generation -- but why the exclusive emphasis on female readers? Boys read the same books ...
Philosophy Weekend: The Collective Self
by Levi Asher Friday, January 14, 2011 09:55 pm
When somebody calls somebody else selfish, the discussion should not end there. Instead it should lead to the question: which self? We all belong to several.
Philosophy Weekend: Nietzsche in America
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Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen examines the rising reputation of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in the United States of America after his lonely death.
Hitchhiking With Vanessa
"A small crowd gathered around the dumpster in the rain. Word filtered back that the girl was a teenage hitchhiker. I remember thinking that it could be me, because I was also a teenage hitchhiker."
That's Vanessa Veselka, up-and-coming novelist and Litkicks favorite, telling a harrowing true story about a past run-in with a serial killer in the pages of the latest GQ magazine ...
Whore Stories, by Tyler Stoddard Smith
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Whore Stories by Tyler Stoddard Smith is a refreshingly intelligent cultural history of prostitution in the modern world.
Elizabeth Wurtzel Looks Back Harshly
by Levi Asher Wednesday, January 9, 2013 03:55 pm
A painful and honest look back by Elizabeth Wurtzel at her social life and 20-year writing career has created a lot of buzz, both positive and negative ...


After a bleak three-year internment in a Siberian prisoner of war camp during World War II disrupted his career, Kubota eventually returned to Tokyo and his craft as a yūzen dyer. But he had not forgotten his vow to recreate tsujigahana and spent many months thinking of how its original process and method could be reconstructed.
He experimented with natural dyes as those of the sixteenth century might have used and looked for fabrics comparable to the nerinuki, a lightweight plainweave silk with glossed wefts and unglossed warps that was used for historic tsujigahana but was no longer part of the modern textile lexicon. Gradually, in spite of his dedication, he began to feel that it would be meaningless to cling tenaciously only to the past and ignore the highest-quality contemporary silk textiles available as well as the excellent synthetic dyes that were products of the modern world.
He had, by study and experimentation, uncovered many of tsujigahana's mysteries, but rather than simply replicate the traditional tsujigahana, he decided to recreate it in modern form by combining his yūzen dyeing skills, modern textiles and modern dyes with the complex resist-dyeing, delicate ink-painting and unique aesthetic consciousness associated with the sixteenth century tsujigahana.
With this concept in mind, Kubota plunged into what seemed at to be endless years of trial and error. He devised a new method of dyeing with contemporary dyes that produced unique, richly coloured products, and he experimented with modern fabrics that would take well to the dyes and stitch-resist work. He called this new technique 'Itchiku tsujigahana' in tribute to the textile that had been his inspiration for so many years but, ever a perfectionist, he refused to show any of his work until he thought it was ready. Thus, his first exhibition of Itchiku tsujigahana kimono was not until 1977, some forty years after his first encounter with the textile that changed his life.
The exhibition, held at Mikimoto Hall in Tokyo, was an immediate artistic success, and numerous exhibitions followed. Kubota was widely acclaimed not only in Japan, but also in Europe and America in the years following for his innovative designs and technique.
His success did not halt experimentation and further development of his art, however. Until his death in 2003, Kubota continued to refine and expand his work, producing ever-greater light-reflective qualities in his kimono through ground fabrics with gold or silver wefts (kintoshi and gintoshi) and more complex stitch resist and dyeing techniques. And, in every kimono, Kubota's contemporary rendition of the tie-dyeing, floral motifs and delicate ink drawings that had so entranced a 20-year-old boy with his first glimpse of tsujigahana in 1937 are there to admire and appreciate.