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I was reading the paper the other day, (before you get the wrong idea, it was because I was bored and at the Air India office), and I read something in the op-ed column of the TOI about us having too much choice. It's a theme that's been running in my head too, because, of course, it's time for MinCat's biennial life crisis.
I'm much happier in Hyderabad than I've been anywhere else, yes even in New York. I acquired a wonderful group of friends, places to go, music I like, had two fabulous flatmates (though one did go down the toilet, and some might say I should have expected it. Heck even I say that), and wonder of all wonders, found a boy willing to date me (after much coaxing, drama, patience etc.). The job doesn't suck too much either, apart from the usual brown nosing desi manager stuff. I'm right by the rents, talk many times a day, see them every weekend. It's lovely.
And yet I'm discontent.
Sometimes I think it's because I really am meant for something strange and quirky, like teaching languages in foreign countries. Sometimes I think I'm too lazy to put my back into it and chip away at the difficulties of other, more conventional, careers until I have something I can hold on to. Sometimes I think I AM happy, just convinced that, with the myriad of choices out there, there's something "better".
Which led me to wonder if maybe that's our malaise; even if we get what we wanted, our discontent grows because of all the things we are told we can have - whether or not we really can have them.
1. have said and thought it many a time meself. and it is precisely the angst of all the choice out there that leaves us in prufrock sir's shoes. It's just knowing that all-of-it is just waiting out there, hints of possibilities waiting to be sniffed out there, and the fact that it could, very definitely, be a reality. Woe is us; existentially crisis-ed lot. Of course the po-mo levels are only handed out to a few :) *huuuugity** in the immortal words of ze quintessential Hyderabadi- light le le baap :)
2. True in general. But in your particular case, I think it's because you have too many interests that aren't satisfied by the job or at least compounded by that. So if you get something going on the side - more spanish, photography, chick-lit novel - and plan exotic travels once in a while it'll be the perfect life. :)
Clever Orangutan Under Indonesian Security Network
3. dfly, or, even better, dil pe mat le, haath me le? hehehe
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} | 645 | Becky Uline and her friend Cathryn Gatcum darted around the Italian Cemetery in Colma on Saturday, putting poker chips on tombstones.
"It's a nice day to run around a cemetery," said Uline, of San Francisco, who wore her red hair in pigtails. "It's very beautiful. Every name is a person who people loved."
They were among 80 people playing in the Graveyard Games in a necropolis where more than a million people are buried. In Colma, cemeteries occupy 73 percent of the land area, the perfect territory for Tombstone Hold 'Em.
A mix of hipsters, punks and yuppies -- in tech company T-shirts, furry hats, glasses and dyed hair -- raced around scanning gravestones for their shape, the date of death and the number of people memorialized.
A statue on top equaled a club, a pointed top a spade, a round top a heart and a flat top a diamond. The last number in the date of death was the card's value, so 2005 equaled a 5. Two names on a tombstone equaled a jack, three a queen and four or more a king. Players who found the grave of someone who died on their birthday could use it as a joker.
When selecting a pocket pair from their hand, teammates had to touch stones and each other at the same time. Several found themselves in Twister-like contortions, with one person lying on the neatly trimmed grass, one hand on the grave and one foot touching a partner's foot, while the partner also lay flat with a hand stretched up to another grave.
"There are many stories in cemeteries, and we wanted people to think and experience it in a fun and not a scary way," said organizer Jane McGonigal, a game designer and doctoral candidate in performance studies at UC Berkeley.
The shenanigans earned the wrath of some visitors, however. They were upset by a few players bounding across tombs or sitting atop them eating and dealing cards.
"People come here to pray and to see family members, not to have people running around," said Larae Fioresi of San Carlos, who was visiting a family grave.
The Web site Last Call Poker sponsored the event and plans more in Washington, D.C., Kansas City, New York, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
Here's the putative backstory: A wealthy cardplayer, Lionel "Lucky" Brown, set aside in his will a small sum for poker games to be held in his memory in some of his favorite cemeteries.
Now, the real backstory: Game-maker Activision is developing a game set in the Old West called "The Gun." Saturday's game was an elaborate stab at guerrilla marketing, selling new products by word of mouth and other nontraditional means, which emerged with the Internet.
To generate buzz, the game-maker is rumored to have had a designer create Last Call, which has clues and encourages collaboration among players. Twenty minutes into Saturday's poker game, about half the players peeled off to look for a special box that friends, who were looking at the Last Chance Poker Web site, had called them about.
"It does what a lot of people say the Internet should do -- bring people together," said Ralph Supper, 24, a theology graduate student in Berkeley.
Other "alternate reality" hits created to promote video games and movies include "I love bees," which tied to the game Halo 2, and "the Beast," a marketing device for the movie "Artificial Intelligence: AI."
Guerrilla marketing doesn't use tie-ins as blatant as, say, the tiny toys that come in fast-food meals and are intended to promote other products.
And that apparently wins the goodwill of players.
"That's what's cool about it," said Sean Stacey, 33, of Portland, Ore., who often helps facilitate the process with an alternate-reality gaming site he runs called Unfiction. "Otherwise, it can turn people off."
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Skillshare's co-founders.
Skillshare is a New York startup that turns anyone into a teacher and any place into a classroom.
It has a unique hiring philosophy. The startup says it prefers people who are passionate over the higher education they've received. It's also not a fan of traditional resumes.
"We literally do not take resumes," Skillshare's community manager, Danya Cheskis-Gold, tells us. "That is not to say that having a consolidated page of information about you isn't helpful. It's just not the [best indicator of] what we believe it takes to work at a startup."
For example, Skillshare's third employee is lead designer Jake Przespo who attended ITT Technical Institute and taught himself design. Creative Director Thompson Harrell was a freelancer before joining Skillshare.
"None of us went to Ivy League schools or anything," Cheskis-Gold says. Because it doesn't matter.
Instead of a resume, Cheskis-Gold prefers links to online portfolios and references from an applicant's colleagues that can attest to their values and drive. Previous projects and experiences that show potential are much more appreciated than what an applicant has "theoretically learned to do."
This hiring method has never backfired on Cheskis-Gold. Skillshare's 15 employees come from startup backgrounds and are all passionate about changing the future of education. | http://www.businessinsider.com/skillshares-focus-on-passion-over-college-degree-2012-3 | robots: classic
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} | 917 | Don Faught, a 25-year veteran of the real estate business, is this year's California Association of Realtors president.
A second generation real estate professional and vice president and managing broker at Alain Pinel Realtors' Livermore Valley office in Pleasanton, Faught has also been a director of the National Association of Realtors since 2002, currently serving on its finance committee. He's also a past president of the Bay East Association of Realtors.
In an interview, Faught talked about the housing crash and nascent recovery and his plans as the association's president this year. He took office in November.
Q: What do you hope to accomplish during your year in office?
Don Faught, 2013 president of the California Association of Realtors. ( handout )
A: We're working on professionalism and ethics. This distressed property market seems to have brought out some bad actors. We have a task force working on changing the licensing laws.
Q: What are these bad actors doing?
A: There are so many answers to that one. Consumers are just desperate. You have people who are pushed out of their houses because of short sales and foreclosures who are susceptible to the evildoers on Craigslist. Scammers will find a home that's for sale and tell people it's for rent. They tell people, "Send me some cash and I'll hold the property for you."
There are loan modification scams, where people ask for payment upfront. You can do it for free by going through your lender. Attorneys are even coming in from Texas and New York, contacting Californians. They claim to have these inside connections with Bank of America, Wells Fargo or Chase. People are so desperate for a life ring to save them from drowning they will succumb to it. Sometimes they don't even hear back from these people.
Q: We've come through the worst housing crash in memory. Are there any lessons to be learned from it?
A: I don't know that the downturn was such a bad thing. In 2006, about 11 percent of homebuyer could afford a median price home. Today, we're at 48 percent affordability. Now with historic low interest rates and low prices, for the first time many Californians can afford to buy a home.
In 2006 you could buy a house for 100 percent down. You had no skin in the game. When Wall Street finally blew up, it was easy to walk away from your home. To me that was the problem. What we have going for us now is good underwriting. They are looking at your credit worthiness, actually verifying you have a job.
Q: If you could wave a magic wand and fix one thing about the market, what would that be?
A: I'm not completely, 100 percent happy with Dodd-Frank (congressional legislation that addressed the fiscal and housing crisis). It's 1,100 pages of new regulations, all put together to have more accountability, more transparency. But, unfortunately, it had some unintended consequences, too. We've had issues with appraisals. We're still getting appraisers from outside the area, 30 miles away. There's a big difference between the housing markets in Pleasanton and Stockton.
Q: Is credit still too tight?
A: It's still too tight. That's why we need Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (government-backed companies that buy mortgages from banks, enabling the banks to charge lower interest rates). We'd like to see more private capital flow into the market, but we need both. Especially in the San Francisco Bay Area, prices are so high compared with the rest of country, that not every one can save up for a 20 percent down payment. Fannie and Freddie are great because they are a low-down-payment source of funds if you have a high credit worthiness.
Q: You think Fannie and Freddie should stick around?
A: We have to have them, especially here in California We're one of most expensive places in the country. We want people to come to California. But people won't take jobs here because they can't afford a house.
Q: What's at the top of your legislative agenda?
A: We want the mortgage interest deduction to stay. It is not only a way to make housing affordable, it has also kept people in their homes during the downturn because they didn't want to give up their tax deduction.
The other thing we're working on is supporting Senate Bill 30 in the Legislature. This is for mortgage debt forgiveness following foreclosures and short sales. SB30 is a very popular piece of legislation, so it will probably end up getting passed.
Q: Any advice for homebuyer?
A: I would tell the buying public, be cautious. Buyers who are waiving inspections and doing anything they can to get into properties may wake up with a huge hangover the next day. Do your due diligence. Buying a home is a wonderful thing, but you don't want any regrets.
Contact Pete Carey at 408-920-5419 Follow him on
Don Faught
Born: Bethesda, Md.
Age: 57
Education: Bachelor's degree in business, University of Oklahoma, 1977
Career: Pillsbury, marketing; real estate business for 25 years, beginning with his mother's Security West Realty in Fremont; Alain Pinel Realtors for the past 10 years
Home: Livermore
Family: Married, two children
Five things to know about Don Faught
1. He worked for Playboy Magazine after he graduated from college.
2. He's a member of the Women's Council of Realtors.
3. He's "a pretty decent cook."
4. He was a member of the Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow.
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Conversation Leader with UCSD Extension
Fourth Year | Eleanor Roosevelt College | International Studies w/ Political Science
My job has taught me to be more confident and outgoing. When I first started college, I was very shy and timid. I used to have trouble speaking in front of a class, and dreaded the thought of being in the spotlight. Now with my job as a Conversation Leader, I am used to public speaking, as well as displaying strong leadership skills. I have also learned to be more open minded and look to why I am resistant to a viewpoint different from my own instead of being judgmental.
Q: What do you do and what makes your job unique? A: I help teach in low to high English proficiency classes to foreign exchange students. My job is unique because every day is different; with each lesson I encounter new situations to overcome obstacles with language barriers and lead discussions that revolve around culture, traditions, and differences of opinion in a manner that respects and appreciates other’s points of view.
Q: What is your favorite part of your job? A: I love seeing how perspectives are shaped by personal experiences. Working with students from around the world allows me the ability to interact with people of all backgrounds and gain insight into customs I had no previous knowledge of.
Q: Is this job in line with your long-term career goals? A: While in college, I wanted the opportunity to travel abroad. Unfortunately, I was injured while working as an ocean lifeguard for the City of San Diego. During my recovery, I dealt with several medical issues where I was not able to study abroad. When I learned of the Conversation Leader job, I was happy because I had discovered a way around my physical limitations where I could still interact with students from different places to gain a broader multi-cultural experience.
Q: How did you find out about your current job? A: I found out about my current job at my old job as an ocean lifeguard while working at La Jolla Cove. A teacher in the program had begun talking to me before her swim, and our love for learning about other cultures quickly came up. She mentioned the program and I was immediately interested. Since I was an international studies with emphasis in political science major, I already had experience learning new languages, which helped me to be more compassionate when I would encounter students who felt frustrated learning a new language.
Q: What challenges have you faced? A: During my time at UC San Diego, I have struggled financially. It has been frustrating to work full time and attend school while rehabbing an injury. In addition, the inability to work at my old job where I made more money and\ instead work a job where I make much less, has been discouraging. One thing I try to keep in mind is to stay positive; I am in college for a reason. Rather than simply save people physically like I had before, I am creating an opportunity to help people on a bigger scale in the future. By following a career path I feel passionately about, I feel confident finances will get easier in the future. Then I will have the chance to have a job I love, and support myself. The end result is a double win.
Final advice? Keep trying. There is a proverb I heard that goes, “Fall seven times, get up eight”. If that saying can be applied to life, then I am confident you will achieve what you are striving for. For my job it is essential to be kind and compassionate. Personal character is such a huge component in any job, which I feel people forget when they are
preoccupied with having the best resume or work experience. Convey your passion for the position when applying, and trust that your best qualities will be recognized if you do so.
This article originally appeared in the May 2017 Issue of the Triton Worker.
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Virginia Tech
A team of researchers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States has revealed how mitochondrial diseases are passed from the mother to the next generation in a mouse model system. The study, which was published on-line in Nature Genetics*, shows for the first time how mitochondrial diseases that cause muscle weakness, diabetes, stroke, heart failure and epilepsy are passed from mother to offspring.
Mitochondria are the "engines" present in each cell that produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the key energy currency that drives metabolism. Mitochondria also have their own DNA (mitochondrial or mtDNA) that encodes a small but essential number of proteins required for energy production in cells. Mitochondria, and the mtDNA that they contain, are inherited solely from the mother, as the paternal mtDNA present in the sperm are destroyed after the egg is fertilized. In almost all diseases caused by mutant mtDNA, the patient's cells will contain a mixture of mutant and normal mtDNA. The proportion of mutant mtDNA in most cases determines the severity of the disease.
Dr. David Samuels, assistant professor at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI), commented: "The computational model used in this investigation simulates the biological process directly and allows scientists to examine the early stages of embryo formation and development. Clinicians can therefore take a close look at the replication of mitochondrial DNA and the dynamics of cell division in mouse embryos before and after implantation in the uterus." He added: "Computational modeling and cutting-edge lab work were both essential for this study. The experiments gave us new information that we had to have to build the simulation, and the simulation was used as a tool to analyze the data from the experiment."
Dr. Patrick Chinnery, Wellcome Senior Fellow in Clinical Science and professor of neurogenetics at the University of Newcastle in the United Kingdom, remarked: "Mitochondrial disease can have devastating effects on a family, and the chance of having affected children is a cause of major stress. By defining the main biological mechanism, we hope in the long term to develop counseling guidelines that will help patients and their families make more informed decisions."
The computational model reveals how mtDNA is divided into different embryonic cells before and after implantation and how the replicating mtDNA molecules are subsequently separated between the dividing germ cells that make up the embryo. The model accounts for the marked reduction in the number of mtDNA molecules that are transmitted from mother to offspring, the so-called "mitochondrial genetic bottleneck." It is thought that this genetic bottleneck has evolved over time to remove deleterious mitochondrial mutations from the population. These mutations are either lost during transmission or, if transferred, give rise to offspring with a low chance of survival.
Although the current study investigates the transmission of mitochondrial DNA in mice, the computational model is also applicable to human data. Mitochondrial diseases are thought to affect as many as one person in 5000. The research offers the hope that clinicians will be able to predict a child's risk of developing maternally inherited mitochondrial diseases that cause muscle weakness, diabetes, stroke, heart failure and epilepsy.
* Lynsey M Cree, David C Samuels, Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Harsha Karur Rajasimha, Passorn Wonnapinij, Jeffrey R Mann, Hans-Henrik M Dahl, Patrick F Chinnery (2008) "A reduction of mitochondrial DNA molecules during embryogenesis explains the rapid segregation of genotypes," Nature Genetics,
This research is supported by the Wellcome Trust and the Thailand Higher Education Strategic Scholarship for Frontier Research Network.
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The Wellcome Trust is the largest charity in the United Kingdom. It funds innovative biomedical research, in the United Kingdom and internationally, spending around £500 million each year to support the brightest scientists with the best ideas. The Wellcome Trust supports public debate about biomedical research and its impact on health and wellbeing.
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Stars Shine Down...
Ever seen a star in the eye? Try it.
Try gazing at the shining glimmer of a now-bright, now-dark star..
Try gazing at the throbbing intensity of a thousand stars shining down..
It's an experience on its own. It's something that will last you a lifetime. I hope I get my fill of them in this lifetime, doesn't seem possible though..
It feels like the stars are talking down with you. Like they are saying something, only if you understand it. Like they are pointing to something, only if you get it..
It feels like heaven..
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3cia said...
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} | 81 | Somewhere Else Dream Sequence
In the backroom. Barely
Perceived. Realised. Slowly
Takes off veils of clothes
In slow-time. Watching me
Through sea-weed, sow belly lace,
solitary, hunger strike, the muslim brothers.
“Gimmee some meat. So hungry
I’m hallucinatin.”
“Naw man, just hang.”
Companero de la vida,
I have not slept beside you
For 25 years. The leaves turn. You die in my arms.
Pussy willow weeps. Solitary. Tears like
Black eggs. Lip-lap the lala moon.
All the way to the sea.
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Temperature Rise
Surface Temperature Rise
Temperature Rise hits Arctic most strongly
Feedbacks have the potential to dramatically speed up the temperature rise.
Albedo change, due to decline of snow and ice in the Arctic, exercizes a strong additional warming feedback. As illustrated by the above image by Neven, from the Arctic Sea Ice blog, average Arctic sea ice thickness (crudely calculated by dividing PIOMAS (PI) volume numbers with Cryosphere Today (CT) sea ice area numbers) is the lowest on record in the satellite era.
Another feedback is methane release. On August 25, 2013, mean global methane levels were recorded as high as 1828 ppb. On September 4, 2013, a peak methane level of 2481 ppb was recorded, showing how quickly methane levels can rise locally.
Runaway Global Warming
The danger is that, as sea ice retreats further and as methane traps more heat, there will be areas in the Arctic Ocean where cyclones will cause shallow waters to warm up all the way down to the seabed to such an extent that heat will penetrate the seabed, triggering destablization of methane held in the sediment in the form of hydrates and/or free gas. Recently, sea surface temperatures of about 20°C (68°F) were recorded in some spots in the Arctic Ocean, as also described the post Arctic Ocean is turning red.3
For more on the threat of runaway global warming, also see the methane hydrates blog.4 This situation calls for an effective and comprehensive climate plan, such as described at the ClimatePlan blog.5
1. Four Hiroshima bombs a second: how we imagine climate change
2. Warming in the Arctic
3. Arctic Ocean is turning red
4. Methane hydrates
5. Climate Plan
1. Earth is a conscious and intelligent being. Just as human body works to sustain the temperature of the system, she is designed to maintain energy or heat of the system by transporting energy/heat. Thus when we recklessly and exponentially add heat and unwind the environment, Earth accelerates the transportation of energy. Her action manifest as winding and Her weapons are rain/snow and fire she carries within in her womb. Thus she winds so that she can cough the fire and dust from her inner core to cool earth. This winding initially leads to increasing earthquake, before volcanic activity increases. End result of it earth splitting turning inside out and destroying many civilizations. Signs of the world tending to self-destruction are very much there History speaks of such events. It is time we awaken to Truth-
2. The Earth is not conscious, the climate science denial groups love to hear us say things like that giving life to something that is inanimate. it is a planet on which we have burned too much stuff, coal, oil, and gas primarily, causing our own problems. It is a planet and we have pitiful global governance...that´s the long and the short of it. | https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2013/09/temperature-rise.html | robots: classic
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Mikie-Boy Kinsley Goes All Man-Like
...well, at least Mikie-boy tries.
The trouble with this desire for retribution isn't that it goes too far. The trouble is that it doesn't go far enough. There is another group -- a large one -- that stood by doing nothing while Americans grabbed people off the streets of foreign countries, took them to other foreign countries (because we don't allow this sort of thing in the United States!) and tortured them until they said whatever our government wanted to hear. If you're going to punish people for condoning torture, you'd better include the American citizenry itself.
Well, Mikie-boy, I'm here waiting for you to come and get me. It's possible that I'm here only because the US Gummint did what it had to do to fulfill its PRIMARY purpose: defending the shores.
So I'm here, Mikie-boy. Just look for the "NRA" sticker on the door.
HT: Ace
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Bring it. Sissies. | http://dad29.blogspot.com/2009/05/mikie-boy-kinsley-goes-all-man-like.html | robots: classic
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Question: Shoulder Pain
I have played baseball for 14 years and 2 very competitive years fighting for scholarships. I have had one bone spur, bone decompression surgery before and it proved to be unsucessful. I have a terrible pain in the back of my shoulder, but it is a long drawn out injury that seems to have spread. The pain is a constant pain, and is easily aggravated by overhead lifts and movements that require the joint to move forward. With my arms out to the side, if i roll my hand, palm down, forward the pain worsens. My 1st MRI and orth. look showed no major torn tendons and some bad rotator cuff inflammation. I have pain that seems to go behind my shoulder blade as well, i can hear a crackle of sorts when i even inhale. i also have a constant ability to "crack" or "pop" my shoulder. Any advice or help is appreciated. 2 year injury that has altered and changed my life.
Well, it would be good if You get it thoroughly treated first and later concentrate on play again. Doing both You stand chances of loosing out in both and staying up with pain again. You need that surgery or some good medication immediately.
It sounds like you need another MRI of the original surgery. The other pain is probably caused by your body attempting to stabilize the injured area and/or compensate by using different muscles. The fact that one surgery failed does not mean nothing can be done.
When you get the prognosis and cost, then you can decide if you want to try another surgery, do physical therapy, or just let it rest and cool, pay for college yourself, and live with it.
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Investigative Poetics 8 - (Smoking Typewriters - 1 - "Racial Matters")
[SAC Albany, August 25, 1967] - FBI COINTELPRO Against Black Liberation Movement]
AG: So now I'd like to move on to some samples of prose by the Intelligence Agencies. These are documents (retrieved) under the Freedom of Information Act. As background to this, I should say that, in 1960,or (19)62, I don't know what the proper citation is, J.Edgar Hoover got up at, I think the Republican Convention, and said that the three biggest threats to America were "the Communists, the Beatniks, and the egg-heads" (He actually said that - "the egg-heads")
Student: Who are the egg-heads, specifically?
AG: Well, Adlai Stevenson. The...
Student: Adlai Stevenson?
AG: ..eggheads were sort of faggot, pro-Communists, I guess, intellectuals, who didn't do any work and..
Student: "Pinkos"?
AG: Fancy-pants eggheads. "Fancy pants intellectuals" was Joseph McCarthy's phrase, for people who weren't macho enough to want a big army and fight the Communists, or something.
Anyway, so there's always been.. Hoover, apparently, as early as (19)65, there's this Operation Cointel, COINTELPRO - Counter-Intelligence Program - aimed at many many different groups. I don't have much on it but I think it probably included the Beatniks as a formal, organized, Counter-Intelligence matter. I don't have any papers on it, but sooner or later, I think there will be enough research, or research will show, that the FBI, or the Federal Police, the FBI, probably collected as much scandalous information as they could from local newspapers or local police - things like "Bearded Hippie Stabs Grandmother In Iowa Farmhouse", or whatever, and took as many of those stories as they could, and made sure they were circulated all over the United States, to give an image of bearded, unwashed, bed-bug-ridden, hairy, murderous Beatniks. I think that was, actually, literally organized, but I don't have any papers on that to prove it. But there were, on many other groups, vast organizations, on many more overtly political people.. like Hoover was involved in making sure that the charisma of many Black (African-American) writers and organizers and spokesmen were stained. So he went on a giant campaign against LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Stokely CarmichaelMartin Luther King, Eldridge Cleaver, and anybody, any artist, or anybody, that got mixed up with them.
So here's some papers to begin with on LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka). This is 1970 - the program maybe reached its climax in 1970.
F.B.I. Date 11.13.70 Via Airtel To: The Director of F.B.I. 100-44-8006 From: SAC, Newark - I don't know why the Strategic Command in Newark, Strategic Air Command? no, that's S.A.C - the local FBI office in Newark -
Subject: Co-Intel Pro Black Extremists RM - The following Counter-Intelligence proposal is submitted for consideration. It is recommended that a letter be sent with a Jersey City, New Jersey postmark to LeRoi Jones at 502 Hugh Street, Newark, New Jersey, and the Newark, New Jersey newspapers. Consideration might also be given to wire distribution. It should be signed "Ministry of Information Black Panther Party, Jersey City, New Jersey. The letter should read similarly to the following - "LeRoi Jones, the poet who calls himself Amiri Baraka, is Tom Pig pretending to be a true Black Revolutionary. He asked people not to buy the Black Panther newspaper because he wanted the People's money for himself. Jones uses the People's Liberation Soul Power to line his pockets. His goons threatened Panthers selling papers and people trying to buy them. Now Jones tries to put himself on a throne, like maybe you saw his picture. He fancies himself the reason Ken Gibson got elected Mayor of Newark. Jones had visions of his throne in Newark, then the whole country, then the world. Jones is shoving his Congress of African People idea down the throats of Brothers and Sisters on High Street. He hustles them as religion to make them his slaves. He thinks he's Black Jesus and should be put on his own cross. Even Africans laughed at Baraka's home-made dashikis in New York. When will the Black People of Newark wake up and see Jones - Baraka is just playing his King role and they're just pawns" - In connection with the above suggested letter, a copy should be sent with a return address of 501 High Street, Newark, New Jersey to..[and then it's eliminated, blacked-out, one line blacked-out] through the papers, or even if the papers will not print the letter, as if it were smuggled out of Newark by a loyal C.A.P member within Jones' organization who agrees with this letter. It is pointed out that the conflict between Jones and the Black Panther Party has risen and fallen over a period of years. This letter attempts to take advantage of the current renewed conflict engendered by Jones' anti-Black Panther propaganda to both belittle Jones and to expose the Panthers' resentment of Jones.
Student: God!
AG: Then, from S.A.C. to Newark, let's see.. the answer: "To: S.A.C. Newark From: Director, F.B.I. November 19, 1970 Co-Intel-Pro Black Extremists Racial Matters - "Your Counter-Intelligence proposal regarding Leroi Jones and the Black Panther Party is approved. Ensure that the letter sent can not be traced to the Bureau. Advise the Bureau of all positive results from this proposal. A copy to San Francisco"
And then, "Note" (and on these replies, generally, Hoover's office gives an analysis -
"LeRoi Jones, the Black Extremist poet and playwright who helped elect Kenneth Gibson, the Black Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. has been in conflict with Black Extremist, Black Panther Party for some time. Jones has been known as "the Black Messiah" of the Pan-African Movement in the United States. Newark has proposed a letter to Jones signed Ministry of Information, Black Panther Party, Jersey City, New Jersey, attacking Jones as an Uncle Tom who is using the Black people of Newark for his own purpose. Copies of the letter will also be sent to Newark newspapers and a letter to the Chairman of the Congress of Afrikan People, in which Jones is now active in a leadership role. This proposal will cause disruption not only within Jones' group but also n the Black Panther Party, since Jones has an appreciable following in New Jersey who will resent this statement."
Then from Newark to Washington - "Attached to file a xerox copy of the approved letter sent out on this day to the Newark Evening News and the Newark Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, and to LeRoi Jones, 502 High Street and to the Hudson Dispatch, Jersey City, Union City"
And then the letter read, finally, well, more or less as I read it [Allen reads again, commenting on the erratic punctuation and spelling throughout] - "LeRoi Jones, the poet who calls himself Amiri Baraka, is Tom Pig pretending - comma - to be a true Black Revolutionary - period - He asked people not to buy the Black Panther's newspaper because - comma - he wanted.. - it's real good prose, I mean, it's right from the street! - the People's money for himself - comma - Jones uses the People's money for Liberation Soul Power to line his pockets - period - His goons threatened [t-h-r-e-t-e-n (sic)] Panthers selling papers - comma - and people - [papers comma and people] - trying to buy - [b-y (sic)] - them. Now Jones tries to put himself on a throne, like maybe you saw his picture? He fancies himself he reason Ken Gibson got elected Mayor of Newark. Jones had visions of his throne in Newark, then the whole country, then the world. And so forth..Same thing..
So that was all sent out an done.
Now what's interesting about that - (the) plot-within-the-plot - of course, Jones (Baraka) was a very interesting figure and a great figure, as he was, in the literary world, maybe the precursor of Ed Sanders in terms of literary activity - mimeographed, home-made cultural newspaper and magazine publication. In (19)58-(19)59 (he) had a magazine called Yugen and was hanging around with (Jack) Kerouac and (Gregory) Corso and Peter Orlovsky and myself and Frank O'Hara and Kenneth Koch at the Cedar Bar in New York, and was the one central figure uniting all the different schools of poetry in one magazine (more effectively than Evergreen Review or the Chicago Review, which were also doing that). Plus (he) was uniting all of us to the Black groups, with the Black musicians, like Albert Ayler and Don Cherry (and I think Elvin Jones was around there). (So) he would have parties where Don Cherry and Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor would play, and it would be mixed with all the painters, like (Willem) de Kooning and Franz Kline - and (Jack) Kerouac and (Gregory) Corso and myself - and A.B.Spellman, and a whole bunch of Black writers - Plus (Frank) O'Hara, plus people from Partisan Review. So he had the greatest salon in Newark, and it was an era of good feeling and a fantastically organized social scene, resulting in cultural activity that really was powerful, because it was an unbeatable combination - all those people.
When Malcolm X got killed.. Apparently Malcolm X had told Jones (Baraka) that he would have to take over.. In case anything happened to him, Malcolm X himself had told (him) that he would have to take over a certain spiritual or cultural leadership. And (he - Jones/Baraka) at that time was a funny guy, literary, you know, grabbing Peter (Orlovsky)'s cock at parties, and smoking a lot of grass (and even shooting a little junk and lots of cocaine), writing poems that seemed somewhat Beat - a Beat poet but an aesthetic person, and also a student, visiting (a Roshi, who was a) Zen master in New York that Gary Snyder had worked with and trained in English. So (he) was right in the middle of that. And (then), all of a sudden, there was a (the) traumatic assassination of Malcolm X plus threats of assassination on Jones (Baraka), so (he) got completely paranoid and moved away from the White community and began getting scared of them. Then the FBI made all sorts of similar poison-pen letters so that (he) was separated out from the radical group of, I think it was Tom Hayden, who was organizing the SDS (Students For A Democratic Society) in Newark, and so (he) denounced Tom Hayden and further isolated himself. Then (he) got into an involvement with a Black Nationalist theoretician, Ron Karenga in UCLA - (has anybody heard of him? - the US Group, it's called - Ron Karenga of the US Group, UCLA, who were also in a fight with the (Black) Panthers - in fact, several people got murdered, the Panthers, got murdered, at UCLA, by Ron Karenga's US Group). Karenga's view, unlike the (Black) Panthers, and unlike Jones (Baraka)'s previous view, was that the Blacks would have to make it (by) themselves, without any White help, that Black and White cultural mixture was a mistake, that the Blacks had to find their own macho, or their own balls, that White leadership would always betray them, that White honky Liberal leadership would soften the scene, that it was really [as Mao declared it] "power grows out the barrel of a gun", and that you couldn't have "the barrel of the gun" unless you had a unified community, (and) you wouldn't have a unified community unless it was a community of the really oppressed, (and) the only really oppressed people were the Blacks, (so) the Blacks should identify with themselves and not with the White, Liberal, Middle-Class, Hippie, Revolutionary, or White, Communists, and Blacks should identify with African culture, and there should be total separation. Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) should not talk to Allen Ginsberg. Everything should get really paranoid.
So from 1965-1970 Jones (Baraka) was getting intellectual advisement and ideas of a very brilliant nature like this from Ron Karenga. Then, in December last year (1976), I went to Hollywood to do some Buddhist work, and played at a.. did a show in the nightclub called the Troubadour, and ran into Ronee Blakeley, the singer, (who was the star of the movie, Nashville), who I spent time with on the Rolling Thunder Revue, and she said, which surprised me, that she had been a big radical all though the 'Sixties and (had) hung around with Weathermen and people from the SDS. And it turned out that her boyfriend, who had been fucking her all through the 'Sixties and (her time with) the SDS, had later turned out to be an agent. And then, after he was unmasked as an agent, he kept calling her up, wanting to have more dates. So she, being very intelligent, said, "Well, where is his head, anyway?". She says "yes, I'll go out and find out". So (she meets him and) he took her out to a party, full of FBI agents, and who was there but Ron Karenga! - So I said, "What?" - Then I saw Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) in January in New York. He had meanwhile changed his view and had become a Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist, with the idea that he was wrong in the 'Sixties, actually, that the White-Black oppressed had to work together, that the problem was Capitalism, not race (or that greed, or Capitalism, was not, necessarily, a racial matter, but was an economic problem - so it was a Marxist interpretation). So he was now willing to work with everybody. And I told him and his wife that story about Ronnie Blakeley, and he said, "Yeah, we had some suspicions about that", and his wife said that, long ago, they'd broken with Karenga, thinking that there was something funny about him, (that) he might be an agent. Though, she said that, for five years, they were basically working with him and getting ideas and information and direction (intellectual direction and social direction) from Karenga.
Then I saw in an underground newspaper, a little item from J.Edgar Hoover, (like one of these pages - [Allen points to his Freedom of Information xeroxes]), saying, "Use the US. Group and Ron Karenga as a group to split Black from Black, Black group from Black group" (like Panthers from Jones (Baraka) and Panthers from the US Movement). So, apparently, that group was, so to speak, influencing him (Jones/Baraka), who was like a giant intellectual and poetic and spiritual and cultural leader - he was being influenced by Karenga, who was being influenced by the FBI. And whether or not he was an actual agent...? (because I then went to Les Whitten, who works with Jack Anderson, to see if he had any information, and his information was that Karenga was just a clown, (a) publicity-hound, who would do anything, and who probably would work for the FBI, but was not a paid agent).
So what's the upshot? The upshot is that the entire cultural history of the "Sixties would have to be re-written, because one of the major events of the 'Sixties was the Black/White paranoia, the split of the whole Movement, which was, apparently, engineered by the government. All the radical radicals on the Left were saying, "Right on, bro'! The Blacks are absolutely right". It was, I guess, the white Liberal guilt that made people feel that it was innot realizing the sensitivity and inhumanity of separating White from Black, or separating brother from brother, or the tearfulness of not being able to relate to Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) after a while, on a literary scene, if not a social scene.
[Audio for the above is available here, beginning at approximately sixty-nine-and-a-half-minutes in, and concluding approximately eighty-seven minutes in]
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originally posted: August 12, 2015 on my FB wall
FB: Lies in a newspaper
Some obvious lies in today's newspaper, supported by my relatives (not by me)
Repetition of false, wrong, short ideas over time changes, corrupts minds of people (brain-washing or brain-polluting)
Picture 1. implants into an average human mind an idea, that Arc of Noah is a joke and that people were stupid since they believed such things. This is being implanted into children's minds, that the Bible is a joke - over and over and over again. Bible - bad, drugs, yoga, witchcraft, masses - good. There is a description of the Arc in the Bible - it was huge! and not so ridiculously small. People still have some doubts about it - but when you start to think, you get the answers.
Picture 2. "Is cheating (being unfaithful) good for marriage?" If people would know what love is, if they would love, this question would never pop out but since they don't, since they don't know, how beautiful marriage can be... they have made themselves their own definition of it... then I guess, one can tell you, that it is ok to be unfaithful in a particular way... and people are gladly paying for such lies, which more and more permeate the entire humankind...
The title of the section is: For soul and body... well for what kind of soul and body? Sick, dead... Step by step people are buying those lies... Too bad for them... | http://resitevkje.si/en/fb/fb021.html | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-47
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Last week, I saw on TV for the first time an ad for this "Farmers Only" dating site, accompanied by the slogan, "Because city folks just don't get it." I thought it was a joke at first, that I'd surfed onto a comedy channel doing a spoof ad... (Was waiting for spokespeople ID'd as "DaisyDukes744" or "ginghamgirl" etc.) But no, 'twas for real, as I just learned when visiting their site:
" is a dating site like no other. We exist because, the way we see it, there are basically two groups in America. Group one revolves around four dollar cups of coffee, taxi cabs, blue suits, and getting ahead at all costs in the corporate world....Group two enjoys blue skies, living free and at peace in wide open spaces, raising animals, and appreciating nature. We understand the meaning of Southern hospitality, even if we don't all live in the South. This group makes up America's Heartland – the slice of America with good old fashioned traditional values, values that were never lost by the farmers of our country. These values have also been preserved by the cowboys and cowgirls who still live on the edge..."
Their intro page wasn't as wacky as I thought it would be. It sounded fairly reasonable. Sort of. Until I started breaking down their statements:
RE "Two groups of people in America." Hmmm. I've lived in the country with a rural route mailbox address and a pond and a horse and sliding down the random culvert on a piece of cardboard for fun. And then I've lived in small towns of under 5,000 people. And in cities of 60,000; 600,000; 850,000; and 8 million. Where do I fit in?
Am I in Group One? Let's see: Four dollar cups of coffee: Don't like coffee; wouldn't pay $4 if I did. Taxi cabs: Huh? What in the world is wrong with a cab? Blue suits and getting ahead in the corporate world: I realize that a "blue suit" stereotypically represents a "fancy city slicker" who's out to "screw" the "working man"... And I'll grant that many lawyers and financiers and others of that ilk do indeed maintain this uniform and the "getting ahead at all costs" attitude. But "lawyers and financiers" make up a VERY small portion of city-dwellers.
Am I in Group Two? Let's see: Blue skies: Overrated. I actually prefer some rain in between. Living free: Please, who doesn't like that. Wide open spaces: Depressing to me. I like forests and hills, and I also like exciting city canyons of buildings. Raising animals: This is fine if you're just raising cows for the milk and/or chickens for the eggs. But many farmers/ranchers are raising beaucoup animals for the express purpose of slaughtering them for money. Yuck. Southern hospitality: This is nice on principle. Unless it's completely phony, a smile hiding sadistic tendencies, which unfortunately is often the actual case. I personally found New Yorkers and New Jersey folk more honestly nice and down-to-earth.
Good old-fashioned traditional values: This is "code," I assume, for "Christian God only" and "marriage = man + woman." Having been brought up in a horribly dysfunctional, violent straight household out in the country with a "good ol' boy" Texas father, I must immediately discount the claim that "country" somehow equals "old-fashioned traditional values." In my personal experience, when you live out in the country, the violent person can get away with a lot more because there's no one around to witness what they're doing. (And if the police are FINALLY called, they refuse to do anything... because the perpetrator's "name is on the mailbox"!)
As for small-town or country Christianity: I was baptized a Lutheran, and attended various churches (either with family or friends) growing up: Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist (both Southern and Fundamentalist), Church of Christ, even Mormon (with my high-school boyfriend). These were all pleasant places for me, focusing more on one's relationship with God rather than hatred toward others, as seen on TV today by more radical right-wing church groups. But I can't say that they helped me become more spiritual in any way at all, which is what, even back in high school, I was trying to become. I wasn't just in it for the socializing. As I soon realized most people were. (This realization was akin to learning that there was no Santa. And that my university wasn't set up to help me become enlightened! I was a naive child and young adult.)
Plus there was the "dumb" factor in the Bible, regardless of the denomination: If God created Adam and Eve, and they had only two sons, one of whom killed the other... then how was the world subsequently populated? Cain fucked his mother, and we're all a product of incest? And fossils have been found of dinosaurs. And of proto-modern humans like the Neanderthal. Where's this in the Bible's history of the world's formation? (And that's just the most basic beginning of the ongoing ignorance in the book. I personally stopped believing in its "holiness" when I was 15, upon reading its teaching that women were inferior to men.)
So I've gone off on a tangent... Where was I? Oh yeah, the last thing in the blurb from the FarmersOnly site: "...the cowboys and cowgirls who still live on the edge." OK, maybe this means that they're living on the edge of town, on the edge of "corporate society," or somesuch... I suspect, though, that the wording is trying to make the younger farm-oriented folk who have cable and Internet and have thus seen attractive representations of what's available in the outside world -- but aren't quite up for whatever reason to pursuing anything outside of their comfort zone -- feel somehow "cool" and "edgy" despite their actual complete lack of "edginess."
OH, by the way, RE "...values that were never lost by the farmers of our country. These values have also been preserved by the cowboys and cowgirls..." Oh yeah? Read some history of the settlement of the US West: There was a constant political battle between the farmers who wanted boundaries for their land, and the Big Ranchers who wanted no fences so they could, with the help of their poorly paid cowboys, drive their cattle through, unobstructed. THAT was the battle between the haves and have-nots in the 1800s. Since when did the interests of "farmers" and "cowboys" become one?
Funny that there's no "" dating site. I don't know that there's any sort of comparative defensiveness on the part of city dwellers (well, except maybe on MSNBC). I think that people who live within civilization are much more self-aware, much more aware of irritations that come with living around lots of other kinds of people. And don't transform such irritations into dogma: "two groups"/"Heartland vs. Other"/"Values vs. No Values." That kind of scared, defensive, completely undatable (to me) world view.
mom with 2 children said...
It only works for fence post size women
I'm plus size and no one wants to even be friends
All they want is a one night stand
kelligirl said...
Mom with 2 children,
I've always been a "fence post sized woman" and they still usually want one night stands. I'm almost convinced that most men have a hard time "really" getting to know woman they meet because they're too distracted by attraction. Frankly, I think it comes down to respect. If more women had respect for themselves, more men would have to respect women. | http://thiswomanisdangerous.blogspot.com/2012/05/farmersonlycom.html | robots: classic
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Toby Jones, a historian of the modern Middle East, says the Saudis see the Arab awakening as an existential threat while the US sees it as something to be manipulated.
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} | 400 | Did you know that switching to goat milk soap is one of the easiest ways to begin properly nourishing your skin? The commercial soap you’re used to using may get the dirt off, but it’s probably damaging healthy skin cells in the process. Most commercial soaps are heavily abrasive and damaging, that’s why the FDA says, “Today there are very few true soaps on the market.” It’s a simple switch, but the results will be incredibly tangible and life-changing.
What is Goat Milk Soap?
Companies like O My! make soap using all-natural ingredients, which of course includes farm fresh goat milk. It’s a healthy mix of oils, butters, and milk. The oils and butters work to freshen your skin with a beautiful aroma, but what does the goat milk do?
Natural Exfoliation
Goat milk contains lactic acids that naturally remove dead skin cells while regular soaps have cheap chemicals that can easily irritate your skin. The natural acids in goat milk act both as a moisturizer and an exfoliant.
Rich in Vitamins
Vitamin A, C, and E are all found in goat milk, and perhaps most important is vitamin A’s role in repairing damaged skin. It even helps fight wrinkles and lines! Meanwhile, other soaps use synthetic vitamins that lack the same healthy rewards.
Moisturizing Skin
The fatty acids and cream found in goat milk help to rejuvenate the skin with their moisturizing qualities, unlike most soaps which actually dry out the skin. This is a dream come true for a majority of people who suffer from sensitive skin.
Fighting Bacteria
The PH level of goat milk is incredibly similar to the skin’s, allowing it to keep the skin moist and safe from unwelcome bacteria.
Handcrafted Locally
We know that commercial soaps are mass-produced in factories, but the natural, farm fresh goat milk soaps are typically handcrafted locally. In this case, the healthier option also helps support small communities and jobs.
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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.. And that it may be, but trying to copy something and pass it off as your own is just stealing!
It was brought to my attention yesterday that 2 people were copying my work and selling it on etsy. This is even more annoying since I am struggling financially and they are making money off my efforts. After looking around on etsy my Husband found several more people who had just copied the images off the internet and we making things with them to sell or in one case they painted copies and sold them. All of these images were from a series I did for the 35th birthday celebration for Hello Kitty. I can’t even make things out of these designs because the copyright is held by Hello Kitty’s parent company Sanrio. I would need their permission first. I did 9 paintings for the event and several of them were my interpretation of some old masters paintings. There is a big difference between using another persons art as reference to create your own original piece of art and doing a copy and passing it off as your work.Here is an example of stealing. And the kicker here is this person had the balls to say the image was copyrighted to her!
Here is an example of doing your own version. I wanted it to have the look and feel of the original so you would know which old masters painting I was referencing, it was the point of the painting.
If someone were to do an homage to one of my pieces I would be flattered, especially if the mentioned referencing my work. But if they are copying my art and passing it off as their own, not so much. When I was in art classes we would occasionally copy an old masters piece (you can learn quite a bit from making a copy). But I would never have tried to pass off the piece I was learning from off as my own work.
Some may say “But Misha you have done the Last Supper several times in your work, Isn’t that a copy of the original?” and I would say yes I have Used the Last Supper many times and in each case I have used the well known painting to convey a message. The more some one knows the original the more they get my little jokes in the piece. It is very obvious that I am referencing and not making a copy.
I know that if I put my art out there on the internet it will run the risk of being stolen, it is a risk I have to take to get my work to be known. And in a way the fact some one thought my work was good enough to make them money is a bit of a compliment. But the fact is that if you takes someone elses work and make a profit from it, you are stealing.
One Response to “Copying is not flattery”
1. I’m so sorry Misha. This is the worst kind of thievery. I PRAY that these people receive some karmic retribution and swiftly.
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YouTuber Metal Jesus Rocks posted a 12 minute video talking about and breaking down the ultra rare Nintendo 64 add-on called the 64DD. It was heavily promoted in the game magazines but never made it to U.S. retail shelves. But you can take a gander at the prototype in the video below.
The Mary Sue picked up on Metal Jesus Rocks' video after it started spreading far and wide across the interwebs, giving gamers a look at one of the more obscure designs to come out of the house of Nintendo.
As you can see in the video above, the N64 64DD was an add-on system that used a special cart slot in the front. You stacked your original N64 on top of it. It was similar Sega's failed Sega 32X experiment the generation before that.
The 64DD was known as the 64 Disk Drive. It was utilizing floppy disk, similar to zip drive disks, and would allow the 64 to play new types of games. As pointed out in the article and video above, the expansion system flopped so bad in Japan that they decided to pull its release from the U.S.
It's weird because I remember seeing this in some gaming magazines way back in the day and always wondered what happened to it. It was similar to all the promotion that the Panasonic M2 console received with its amazing graphics and everything only to end up getting canned right before release. The graphics on the M2 were super amazing back then and seeing those PR bullshots in the gaming magazines always made me excited to see how the system would do on the open market, but alas it was not meant to be... much in the same way that the 64DD in America was not meant to be.
In the 64DD's case, Nintendo had 10 games that came out for it between 1999 and 2000, including an F-Zero X Expansion Kit and SimCity 64, but it just couldn't cut the custard on the Japanese market. In Nintendo's eyes, if it sold horribly in Japan then it was not going to sell well in America.
It's interesting because the international markets are very different, and even though the 64DD may have died in Japan it doesn't necessitate that it would have done horribly in America. For instance, the Xbox game consoles always do horribly when launching in Japan, but they sell quite well in America and Europe.
The video details how the particular unit he came across is not a dev unit but a retail U.S., unit. It's region-locked, which is typical for most Nintendo hardware. He tried playing the Japanese version of F-Zero X for the 64DD and it wouldn't boot. It did, however, boot up normally without a disk inside and it booted to a standard U.S., N64 splash screen.
The particular unit that Metal Jesus Rocks managed to get his hands on also came with a blue 64DD disk that had mysterious contents on it but he was unable to read it due to lacking a devkit card for the 64DD.
The whole video is fairly fascinating and also slightly disappointing just because we don't get to see it play any games. Hopefully there's a follow-up video where we get to see what kind of contents are on the disk. Speculation is already running rampant about it possibly being something Legend of Zelda oriented or maybe even something from Earthbound...who knows?
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1 onion, sliced
1 bell pepper, sliced
1 Zucchini, sliced
3 or 4 carrots, sliced
6 smalls large red potatoes, cubed
1 falafel mix
1 Any seasoning you like (ex, cayenne and black Pepper)
Start charcoals. Mix the falafel per instructions. Cut all vegetables.
When falafel is ready, get a piece of foil big enough to fit all the ingredients. Put shiny side in.
Put some falafel mix in the middle, shape like an oblong pattie. Put some of each vegetable on top, watch for carrots that like to roll off. Sprinkle lots of seasoning.
Now the tricky part, closing the foil. You make a boat and take the long sides, put them together and roll a couple of times (as many as you can).
Roll the ends upwards as far as you can. Take another piece of foil and wrap it again the same way in the same direction; do it in such a way that no juice or steam can escape. Do this until you are out of food.
Put foil dinners on coals, making sure there are no flames. After about 15 minutes, you can flip the dinners. When you start to smell the food, it probably is done. You really need to just make sure the vegetables are cooked. You can check a dinner at any time and just close it back up if it's not ready.
This is a really great dinner. Serve with bread if you have it. I like to put picante sauce on mine.
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The firefox browser now reports this error message:
Google’s Chrome Browser reports this error message:
This webpage has a redirect loop
This makes NO SENSE. I went to Dashboard Tools-Buddy Press and in DESPERATION under Repair Forums I checked every ding dong choice and kept my fingers crossed. Now it works again! Keep in mind I added, deleted nothing. First thing this morning I accessed the site when to my test page and right off the bat it was broken.
Some questions:
How does it get “broken” when nobody added or deleted anything overnight?
How does an administrator KNOW when Buddy Press Forums break?
How often does this happen?
Am I better of starting from scratch?
Is this kind of error caused by trying to migrate posts from earlier versions?
Funny thing is I did nothing to migrate anything. I just installed the latest version of Buddy Press, the latest version of bbPress and BINGO everything that was showing in earlier versions was already there. The only problem was not having an index page which I explain in another post and was corrected yesterday.
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Alchemist vs. Forestal RP
AchimrstAchimrst NatureMember Posts: 3,608 @@ - Legendary Achaean
This is in response to @Bluef so we don't get off track in the other thread and have a discussion about all this stuffs:
Achimrst said:
Bluef said:
From the origins of Alchemy in Achaea:
Operating within their hall, named the Cauda Pavonis, they profited from trading transmuted minerals and tonics to the elite who could afford them. Over time, however, these curatives were replaced by other more palatable and readily available remedies, and respect for the isolated order began to dwindle. Eventually, the leader of the cabal made the fateful choice to depart from the society that shunned them once and for all. Secretly the Alchemists used their combined talents to displace the Cauda Pavonis to a fold in the ether: the space between planes.
From Nurazar, Part III:
Watching with only the mildest of interest, the scholars of the Cauda Pavonis observed unrest in the forestal community as well. Groves were rendered useless and beasts barely clung to life while Nature's devoteessought answers from every imaginable source.
The Cauda Pavonis would probably not be happy with the allowances in Addama's solution (but they probably aren't happy already about the way certain cities have found work arounds for their decision to allow forestals to be grandfathered in). The difference here is that this is more than just a handful of people we're talking about now. The history of the alchemic class and its rivalry with nature should be supported, not washed away by the tradeskill changes.
There are no Alchemy organizations that even explore that RP it would just turn into Eleusis ganking shit talking Alchemists when they harvest primes.
Not everything has to end in a fight between Nature and whoever with shitalking and a zillion deathsights. Just saying, if that was the roleplay basis (and I believe I've only noted a small part of it) then it should be supported or explained away by another happening that has far more to do with RP than with the mechanics of trade skills.
Bluef said that anyway,
Ok, I totally agree with you on this, it should definitely be enforced/used in an RP way that doesn't turn everything into Mhashtan lol raiding Eleusis because "Wez R Alchermerst alliez" Ending in...
Oh and Oakstone/Eleusis ganks on Alchemists who gather primes would surely be lol.
Or it should just be done away with as people are already a bit confused about it with grandfathered forestals living in a city that don't get enemied to Oakstone because they live with Alchemists. It's pretty obvious it's an avenue no alchemists want to go down. Not to mention Eleusis just ignores it completely, hell some forestals use Alchemy cures!
Cauda Pavonis is like a denizen organization that doesn't give a shit about us at all, so who really cares what they think. If players took over or even ran the damn thing and had an Alchemist thing similar to Oakstone that would definitely enforce the RP or at least give it some direction, although we already have necromancers for anti-forestal RP.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, what can Alchemists bring to anti-forestal RP that Apostate/Infernal don't already? Not to mention Mhaldor as a whole.
• BluefBluef DelosMember Posts: 2,176 @@ - Legendary Achaean
I wasn't really suggesting that there would be anti-Forestal RP with the alchemists of the realm; I was stating that it is the precedent upon which some of the alchemist's history, particularly that of the Cauda Pavonis, may be built. I'm not sure you can really say they're anti-Forestal though -- It's more like they felt disrespected, walked away as a result of it, came back in Sapience's hour of need. They didn't really seem to feel any which way about the hurt happening to the plantlife; it was more like detached apathy.
But if the choice cities made to go alchemist is going to mean anything, then it has to be supported through what happens with trade skills. People maybe shouldn't be able to take both the alchemist and concoction trade skills. Forestals in alchemic cities should potentially bear the burden of doing so.
I have no real strong positions on any of this. I just don't see the point of going against history and lore willfully just to tend to a few special snowflakes.
• AchimrstAchimrst NatureMember Posts: 3,608 @@ - Legendary Achaean
Well it's not really you saying they are anti-forestal it's like their whole RP, can't have forestals because Alchemist or whatever.
• AddamaAddama Member Posts: 947 ✭✭✭✭✭ - Grand Achaean
It sounds like the leadership doesn't want to punish their grandfathered forestals for, you know, loyalty.
Yes, it would be a lot cleaner to just spite them, either forcing them to change class or live with no curative trade skill or leave altogether, but there's solutions that don't involve that.
~Kresslack's obsession~
• VayneVayne Rhode IslandMember Posts: 1,897 @@ - Legendary Achaean
There is no enmity between the Cauda Pavonis and the Forestals, the alchemists just find their ways superior and are spiteful. They made the deal with the city-states that they may learn their skills if they forsake concoctionists(a sly business deal if anything). The Cauda Pavonis is not intent on starting a fight, or they would not have cloistered themselves away for centuries focusing on their work.
Of course, this is all a set up to give Mhaldor an alternative to their factionally opposed source of curatives. If anyone can transmute or concoct than that takes some of the tension away. Perhaps it can be said that the practices have become so common place and in demand that others have learned to practice them.
• BluefBluef DelosMember Posts: 2,176 @@ - Legendary Achaean
I think what's at odds here is those cities who may potentially have persons who can do both. Tecton seems to be indicating that this will be RP-regulated though, meaning that special snowflakes may continue to exist as they always have.
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Your European Football Weekends
Asian Football Weekends anyone!? Our mate Pat from Belgium did just that - well more of a Asian Football Month really. He kicked off at Kapten i Wayan Dipta Stadium in Gianyar Bali, Indonesia.
It was the home to Bali Persegi FC but they've since gone bankrupt and have stopped playing. Shame.
He then popped into the Shah Alam Stadium 15 miles outside of Kuala Lumpur. It is home to the Sengalor FA and was opened in 1994 when a Senglaor FA selection team attracted the might of Dundee United over for the opening. I guess Motherwell were fully booked up that night!?
Here's our man! This time at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur. It holds just the 100,000 and is the 8th largest stadium in the world.
The Malaysian national team play here and so of course did Gwen Stefani on her 'The Sweet Escape Tour' - what a night that must have been.
Pat then went to a Malaysian Division 1 match (Mmm...). He saw the delightfully named My Team FC lose 0-1 to Pahang FA in front of 300 lucky punters.
You could hear the sound of the local mosque echoing around the stands.
It was played at the Stadium MBPJ Petaling Jaya. I'll be asking questions later so I hope you are jotting all this down!?
Lastly, (boo - Ed) Pat headed to a match in the Malaysian Division 2. He saw Felda Utd lose to Johor in front of around 200 fans at the Bola Sepak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.
Thanks for sharing your Asian Football adventures with us Pat! You can see and read more at Pat's Football and Travel blog.
Stephen Harris is another chap who's had the Buenos Aires football experience. It has to be the world's number 1 city for football!?
Stephen attended the Huracan v San Lorenzo match which was actually played at Boca Juniors ground. The crowd was restricted to 23,000 because of security risks which also meant there was a staggering 1,100 police on duty for the match. As it was the game got abandoned not because of crowd trouble but due to a heavy downpour.
The post match scenes. Have you ever seen owt like it our kid!?
Here's our man posing with the Boca Juniors.
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in regards to the Malaysia football, those teams aren't the power house..try look up for the new Malaysia Cup Champion Kelantan FA. Their fans are the most fanatic, and they flocked the stadium, home and away too! | http://europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.com/2008/10/your-european-football-weekends_8721.html | robots: classic
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Skies stay mostly sunny as we finish out the afternoon, but clouds will be approaching the region this evening. Showers and thunderstorms are working their way into the mid-Atlantic...which are expected to arrive in western Massachusetts after midnight. Temperatures and dewpoint levels stay up tonight, both numbers settling into the mid-60s.
Heading into the Fourth of July, we will be faced with some rain showers and the possibility of some stronger/severe thunderstorms. Our first round of rain is expected right from the get-go early tomorrow morning. After that, we dry out a little bit in the afternoon, but that will allow the atmosphere to stay a little bit unstable (a hot, sunny afternoon likes to destabilize the air for thunderstorms). It sounds like a contradiction, but the more sun we see poke out...the more of a chance of thunderstorms redeveloping later in the day. A strong thunderstorm is possible, but a wild severe weather threat looks to be escaped with the steady rain coming in so early in the day.
Tuesday night: Increasing clouds, scattered thunderstorms after midnight, becoming widespread by morning, low 64.
Independence Day: Periods of showers and thunderstorms, most widespread early in the day, a few storms may be strong, humid, high 88.
Thursday: Hazy, hot, and humid, high 91.
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Non Flying Bird
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A small flightless bird that sticks to the undergrowth
Hitpoints 10
Behavior Passive
The Non Flying Bird is a small flightless bird that sticks to the undergrowth. It has a colorful plumage with green upper parts and blue underparts. It has a small blue crest or tufted feathers on the crown. The bare tail is black. It use its four-parted bill and three tongues to mimic the petals and pistils of a flower to lure in unsuspecting insects that it feed on. It is harmless and tends to avoid engineers that come close to it, and attempts to fly for short distances if sufficiently disturbed.[1]
Behavior[edit | edit source]
The Non Flying Bird wanders around, and is passive toward engineers but will run if attacked.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
• The name "jungle finch" was coined by discord user "Satisfinchory", referring to a bird-type creature seen in "The REAL meaning of fear..." video.
• Its official name was confirmed by Hannah during a livestream.
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On the same day my article, Fourth Industrial Age or Millionth Example of Technology Worship?, was published about another example of technology worship I read yet another article, The New Revolution in Military Affairs, describing the need for a new revolution in warfare. I nodded my head as they explained, as I did last week, every supposed revolution in the last 30 years.
Then the author moved on to offer rhetoric about playing a losing game or being Blockbuster in the age of Netflix. The crux of the argument is that "A military made up of small numbers of large, expensive, heavily manned, and hard-to-replace systems will not survive on future battlefields, where swarms of intelligent machines will deliver violence at a greater volume and higher velocity than ever before. Success will require a different kind of military, one built around large numbers of small, inexpensive, expendable, and highly autonomous systems.”
There are numerous mistakes in this analysis, and I will cover two of them briefly, before taking a historical view that fatally undermines his case. The crucial first mistake is intelligence. Despite all the advances, technology can't replace the human mind. They can store lots of information, and this article describes that, and technology, such as the advanced sensors and heads up display of the F35 can help process information for human pilots and soldiers, but they cannot make the decisions on their own. We are still years or ages away from a self-aware Skynet dictating strategy. Moreover, this is assuming that countries like China, which still has millions of people living in caves and troubles fielding their jets, can suddenly master even more complicated technology in a battlefield environment.
To read more, click here.
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} | 819 | As a software engineer at Apple and as an investment strategist at Goldman Sachs, Alex Fishman made very good money, which he spent at some of the world's nicest restaurants. But one moment reliably brought dread.
"Being handed the wine list is the worst moment," Fishman says. "Most of the time I hope there's a sommelier, and they can pick the wine. But there are times when I have to--though I usually try to refuse."
A crippling lack of knowledge about vintages, tannins, and terroir is absolutely a first-world problem, and Fishman is the first to admit it. But upon leaving his next job, at government contractor Palantir--which uses data-fusion platforms to assist government and private companies in fighting crime, terror, and fraud--Fishman knew he wanted to start a company aimed at consumers. He also knew he wanted to take some of Palantir's principles with him.
"Part of what makes Palantir so successful and such a special company is that it's comprised of all these smart people only motivated by the success of the mission," says Fishman, who is pictured above. "If we could keep our borders safe and we could make our big institutions function better, we can also make it easier to enjoy life."
Fishman turned to the tech-averse wine industry, deciding that, as he says, "we want to make the world a more delicious place."
Fishman started building his wine app, which he called Delectable, in September of 2012, initially crafting it as a personal journal tool for wines that aficionados had tasted and wanted to remember. Soon, he built in social layers, hired top programming talent, and raised roughly $6 million in venture capital investment from an esteemed panel of entrepreneurs--including Joe Lonsdale of Palantir, David Sacks of Yammer, Max Levchin of Slide, and Gary Vaynerchuk, whose motormouthed tasting videos for Wine Library first made him famous--to expand the app's scope and audience.
On June 19, the new 4.0 version of the Delectable app is being debuted. An app update is rarely cause for celebration, but there's something pretty cool going on here.
On the surface, the app features a reworked user interface, new social-interaction tools (users can follow and read recommendations from not just their friends but also their favorite sommeliers and chefs), and--most impressively--instant-image recognition.
From a user perspective, it feels a little magical to open the new version of the app, snap a photo of the bottle of wine you're drinking, and, by the time you've set the bottle down, the app has identified the winemaker, place of origin, and vintage of your beverage--and then shows you what other people who drank it have thought of it.
Yes, a little wine social network has totally nailed fast image identification and built a back-end library on the basis of it.
Says the reliably amped-up Vaynerchuk: "Are you kidding? Two-point-five-second recognition? That's just sick."
Vaynerchuk says the company's main hurdle is competition. Delectable isn't the only company trying to carve out a new market in the wine space. The app Vivino, by a startup based in Copenhagen, Denmark, also does quick wine-bottle identification, as does Drync, another popular app created by a Boston-based team.
Fishman says the inspiration for building a superstrong tech back end for his app was the wine industry itself. He and his team, early on, interviewed sommeliers and small winemakers in Napa and Sonoma, a quick drive from the company's San Francisco headquarters. Yes, a bunch of San Francisco engineers went to learn from an industry that, at is heart, is built on purists proudly allergic to technology.
"Wine is complicated," Fishman says. "Our job as technologists is not to dumb it down; it's to make the complexity approachable. I learned accuracy is something winemakers and sellers will also not give you any leeway on."
Fishman and his team--which numbered about a dozen--set out to not piss off their core audience of industry insiders by making an app with technology so smooth they wouldn't feel it. They've also built an expansive library of millions of wine labels and user reviews.
"We ended up building the first version of our app for them," Fishman says. "Then we thought we'd universalize it for everybody. Version 4.0 is taking this product and making it so everyone can use it."
If Delectable seems like a narrow business, consider the lines of revenue, current and potential. There's e-commerce (currently, app users can order bottles or cases with a few taps), and there's the potential to leverage the influencer voices on the app (including sommelier Michael Madrigale of Bar Boulud and Richard Betts of My Essential Wine) as well as a Big Data play. Would you expect anything less from a Palantir alum?
"We are increasingly a data provider for the industry," Fishman says. "Obviously, respecting the privacy of users is of utmost importance to us, but there are really interesting things we can do around data here."
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Empress Michiko's Tiaras
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend the Diamond Jubilee festivities in Thailand, 2006 (Pool/Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Empress Michiko of Japan will become her nation's Empress Emerita when her husband, Emperor Akihito, abdicates. As their thirty-year reign draws to a close, today we have a glittering overview of the tiaras she has worn since becoming a member of Japan's imperial family.
Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko on their wedding day, 1959 (AFP/Getty Images)
The first tiara that Michiko wore was the elaborate diamond scroll tiara that she donned for the formal audience with her parents-in-law on her wedding day. Newspaper reports from the day claimed that the tiara was a remodeled version of a tiara that had belonged to her husband's grandmother, Empress Sadako, noting that it contains "1000 diamonds set in platinum." (Read more about their imperial wedding here!)
Crown Princess Michiko, 1971 (AFP/Getty Images)
Michiko wore the tiara and its matching necklace for several years, eventually handing it off to her daughter-in-law, Crown Princess Masako, in 1993. (More on the tiara here!)
Crown Princess Michiko and Mamie Eisenhower at the White House, 1960 (Everett Collection Historical/Alamy)
This modern diamond and pearl tiara is one of the most stunning diadems in the imperial vaults. Michiko began wearing the tiara and its coordinating jewels early in her marriage, including a famous outing for dinner at the Eisenhower White House in September 1960. Today, the tiara is worn by Crown Princess Masako. (See a close-up here!)
Empress Michiko before her husband's enthronement, 1990 (AFP/Getty Images)
One of the most important Western-style jewels in the imperial vaults, this grand diamond tiara was made in the late nineteenth-century, likely by a European jeweler. It can be worn with various toppers, including a set of diamond stars. The piece is reserved for the use of the empress, so Michiko began wearing it after her husband's accession in 1989.
Empress Michiko on Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako's wedding day, 1993 (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
Michiko wore the tiara for important events, including state banquets, official portraits, and the wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako in 1993. (Read a detailed timeline of the tiara's history here!)
Empress Michiko attends a banquet at the Guildhall in London 1998 (PAUL VICENTE/AFP/Getty Images)
This all-diamond tiara features one of the most important symbols of the Japanese imperial family: the chrysanthemum flower. The piece was a favorite of Michiko's mother-in-law, Empress Nagako, who wore it on Akihito and Michiko's wedding day in 1959. (More on that here!)
Empress Michiko attends a banquet honoring the King of Morocco in Tokyo, 2005 (MAP/AFP/Getty Images)
Michiko has often chosen this piece for banquets, including the Guildhall banquet during an important state visit to the United Kingdom in 1998. She also wore the tiara on the wedding day of her younger son, Prince Akishino, in 1990.
Empress Michiko attends a dinner at Uppsala Castle in Sweden, 2007 (SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images)
In later years, Michiko often reached for this lovely tiara, which features stylized honeysuckles in its design. It originally belonged to her husband's aunt, Princess Chichibu, who wore it on her wedding day. (See a photo here!)
Empress Michiko attends a banquet honoring the King and Queen of Spain in Tokyo, 2008 (KOJI SASAHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
The diadem was one of the last tiaras that Michiko wore regularly. Health problems led her to stop wearing tiaras altogether several years ago, generally appearing at gala functions in elaborate necklaces and brooches instead. | http://www.thecourtjeweller.com/2019/04/empress-michikos-tiaras.html?m=0 | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-51
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Osteopathy is a specialised system of examination, treatment and management developed over the last 100 years.
Osteopathy looks at the body holistically, as a whole, looking at the underlying problem and not just the symptoms.
Osteopathy uses manual, hands-on, techniques to treat numerous problems.
The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) advises that GPs can safely refer patients to an Osteopath for treatment.
What are Osteopaths?
Osteopaths have been through a thorough and detailed medical training program that includes much of what a doctor has to learn.
Osteopaths must be registered with the General Osteopathic Council in order to practice and use the title Osteopath.
Osteopaths have been taught and extensively use techniques, which are used to treat over 10 million patients every year in the U.K.
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Death Penalty: Inconsistent Sentencing, Political Mercy Pleas, Erroneous Convictions. Abolition, A Systemic Correction
Inconsistent Death Penalties
Had the wheels of justice ground faster—instead of at the proverbial snail’s pace—this man would have been hanged by now. The convict from a remote village in the Nanded district of Maharashtra was accused of killing his wife and four children in 2007. The District Sessions Court awarded him death sentence which was upheld by the High Court and the Supreme Court. His review petition was dismissed by the Supreme Court in 2012, which it now ‘recalled’ observing that all the courts relied on an ‘extra-judicial confession’ and ‘ignoring medical evidence’. His sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment. (ChoudharyAmit Anand. “SC admits mistake in awarding death sentence, commutes it to life sentence.” The Times Of India. October 2, 2019.
In May 2019 the Supreme Court had acquitted six persons whom it sentenced to death ten years before in a case involving dacoity, gang-rape and murder of five persons of a family in Nashik in 2003. The case escalated through the tortuous judicial processes and the Apex court confirmed the death sentences on April 30, 2009. In its latest judgement the Court observed that the accused were
“… from the lower strata of society and are very poor labourers … false implication cannot be ruled out since it is common occurrence that in serious offences, sometimes innocent persons are roped in.” (Mahapatra, Dhananjay. “6 awarded death by SC in 2009, acquitted in 2019”. The Times Of India. May 5, 2019.
A google search for “SC admits mistake”, prompted by the first report cited above, yielded five results. Here are the remaining three: “SC seeks Centre's reply on plea challenging mandatory death penalty under SC/ST Act” (The Times Of India. May 10, 2019.; “Decade after awarding death, SC commutes sentence to life imprisonment for delay in deciding mercy plea”. (ChoudharyAmit Anand. The Times Of India. February 22, 2019. “SC reverses man’s death sentence; revives debate on extreme penalty” (Mahapatra, Dhananjay. The Times Of India. November 28, 2018. All these cases were reported by The Times Of India between November 2018 and October 2019.
Socio–Politics Of Mercy Petitions
On March 8, 1993, an APSRTC bus from Hyderabad was on its way to Chilakaluripeta in the Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. In the pre-dawn hours, it was waylaid by two dacoits, Sathuluru Chalapathi Rao and Gentela Vijayavardhan Rao, as it cleared the town of Narasaraopeta and was just twenty kilometres from its destination. The duo brandished deadly weapons and threatened the passengers to hand over their valuables. One of them carried a can of petrol and sprinkled it from the back of the bus to the front entrance. They threatened to set fire to the bus if their demands were not immediately met. Whether some passengers resisted or whether the dacoits panicked was not clear but the duo closed the door and carried out their threat. They set fire to the bus and twenty-three sleeping passengers were engulfed in flames and charred to death. Several others sustained serious burn injuries. The culprits were arrested ten days later and the case culminated in the Supreme Court which upheld the death sentence on August 28, 1996. The Supreme Court judgement which narrated the gruesome details of the crime was reported in the India Kanoon portal: “Gentela Vijayavardhan Rao And Anr vs State Of Andhra Pradesh on 28, August, 1996” ( George Fernandes and Rajni Kothari filed a mercy petition. President Shankar Dayal Sharma rejected it. Mahaswetha Devi filed a second mercy petition. The Supreme Court stayed its own sentence in view of the pendency of the mercy plea. Finally, President K. R. Narayanan commuted their sentence.
On August 14, 2004, Dhananjay Chatterjee an ‘impoverished guard’ in a Kolkata building was hanged. Although bearing a Brahmin name, Dhananjay Chatterjee was far from being a member of the Kolkata bhadralok, or intellectual elite…His execution followed a shrill campaign…”, wrote N. Jayaram: “How India hanged a poor watchman whose guilt was far from established” ( July 21, 2015. An emerging 24/7 news channel added its bit to the shrillness of the campaign. The misfortune of birth status added to Chatterjee’s misery of poverty. He had spent fourteen years in jail before he was hanged. President, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam rejected his mercy plea. However, it must be said in his defence that although the President is vested with the authority to pardon a criminal under Art. 71 (1) (c) of the Constitution, in practice, the President merely follows the recommendation of the Home Ministry. The case did not arouse ‘the quality of mercy’ in the conscience of civil rights activists. No NGO or civil rights group knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court to open it in the small hours to hear a revision plea. No newspaper headlined the next day “And they hanged Dhananjay Chatterjee”!
If the frenzy of misplaced social vigilantism took its toll in Chatterjee’s case it was the political frenzy that impacted the Indira Gandhi assassination case. This is not to say that the assassins did not deserve death sentence. One of the assassins, Beant Singh fired thirty-three bullets into her body. He was killed instantly when her ITBP security guards opened fire. A second assassin Satwant Singh fired twenty-three bullets but was seriously injured in the crossfire with a bullet lodged in his spine. In normal circumstances, his condition would have rendered him ineligible for hanging. A plea to the Supreme Court to allow him to recover was disallowed. A medical team hastily removed the bullet to ‘ready’ him for the hanging. (Bhatnagar, Rakesh. “The accused did not want to be defended”. DNA. October, 30, 2009 Ram Jethmalani pleaded in vain that the case against the third assassin, Kehar Singh was flimsy and highly circumstantial and did not ‘prove guilt beyond all reasonable doubt’. The President disallowed mercy petitions with utmost dispatch.
The partisan approach of civil rights groups, political parties, state legislatures and the ‘intelligentsia’ in seeking mercy for convicts has not escaped the attention of the Supreme Court. Balwant Singh Rajoana, who was sentenced to death for killing Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995, did not file a mercy plea but the NGO ‘Lawyers for Human Rights International’ sought a review of the trial court verdict. The Punjab state legislature passed a resolution seeking mercy for Rajoana. Similar resolutions were passed by the Jammu & Kashmir legislature in the Afzal Guru case and the Tamil Nadu legislature in the Rajiv Gandhi assassins’ cases. On the other hand, the Court pointed out; poor people like Dhananjay Chatterjee who does not have societal support always got a raw deal with respect to mercy petitions. (“Why wide disparity in treatment of mercy pleas? SC asks” The Times Of India. May 27, 2012. The Supreme Court, however, agreed that there was subjectivity and it was individual perceptions of the judges that decide whether a convict should be awarded death sentence or life imprisonment. (Mahapatra, Dhananjay. “Judges' perception dominant factor in death or life sentence: SC”. The Times Of India. Jan 25, 2011.
Abolition, A Systemic Correction
It is the grey areas in the administration of criminal justice that cause these anomalies. If all are equal in the eyes of the law, why was the mercy plea of Dhananjay Chatterjee rejected and the one in the Chilakaluripeta bus burning case entertained? The contrast is stark. A person whose crime might not have been ‘proven beyond all reasonable doubt’ was sent to the gallows but the sentence of the duo who murdered twenty-three people in cold blood was commuted. In the Neeraj Grover murder case (2008) a small time film actress (whom Grover, creative head of Synergy Adlabs was helping to find a foothold in the film industry) and her boyfriend were accused of committing the crime. The duo cut up Grover’s body into 3oo pieces, packed them in gunny bags and was carrying the body to burn it deep in a forest. Mumbai tabloids published other macabre details of the crime and its aftermath. According to one, after the boyfriend stabbed Grover, with the dead body lying in the next room, the duo had sex twice before their ‘next operation’. The actress was sentenced to three years, not for murder but for trying to destroy evidence. She was released by the end of the trial. The boyfriend was sentenced to three years for destroying evidence and ten years for culpable homicide, with both sentences to be run concurrently. In the Naina Sahni murder case (2013) the accused, Sushil Sharma cut up her body and tried to burn the pieces in a restaurant tandoor. He was not awarded death sentence. In the Jessica Lal (2010) and the Priyadarshini Mattoo (2010) cases too no death sentences were awarded. In two ‘high profile’ murder cases in Hyderabad the well-heeled accused, to use an Americanism, ‘walked’.
In an article in the ‘Journal of Law and Criminal Justice’, Arvind P. Bhanu mentioned that fourteen retired judges wrote to the President that “Supreme Court had erroneously given the death penalty to 15 people since 1996”. (“Arbitrariness in Capital Sentencing System: No Disappearance of Furman-Like Challenge”. Journal of Law and Criminal Justice. December 2014, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 187-199). The Law Commission Report on Death Penalty (No. 262, 2015) pointed out that the differences in the quantum of punishment was due to the interpretation of ‘mitigating circumstances’, such as age. According to it, the data collected “substantiate the picture of inconsistent, arbitrary and judge-centric application of the death penalty.” (p.149). The following portion of the report is worth citing verbatim:
“Numerous committee reports as well as judgments of the Supreme Court have recognized that the administration of criminal justice in the country is in deep crisis. Lack of resources, outdated modes of investigation, over-stretched police force, ineffective prosecution, and poor legal aid are some of the problems besetting the system. Death penalty operates within this context and therefore suffers from the same structural and systemic impediments. The administration of capital punishment thus remains fallible and vulnerable to misapplication. The vagaries of the system also operate disproportionately against the socially and economically marginalized who may lack the resources to effectively advocate their rights within an adversarial criminal justice system.” (pp. 223-224)
The report, however, takes into consideration concerns regarding terrorism and makes the following caveat:
“… [C]oncern is often raised that abolition of death penalty for terrorism related offences and waging war, will affect national security. However, given the concerns raised by the law makers, the commission does not see any reason to wait any longer to take the first step towards abolition of the death penalty for all offences other than terrorism related offences. The Commission accordingly recommends that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes other than terrorism related offences and waging war.” (p. 226)
The inconsistencies and vagaries in the application of law need no further elaboration. It is a systemic failure and needs systemic correction. Is it time the death sentence is abolished for all crimes except terror-related cases? The most compelling argument for the abolition of death sentence is that it is irreversible, even if at a later date fresh evidence surfaces to prove the innocence of the accused. It is also advisable to make the definition of ‘life sentence’ not amenable to subjective interpretation. In serious crimes like homicide, a ‘life sentence’ should mean ‘till the normal end of a life, without remission’. In serious crimes against humanity it may be necessary to avoid philosophical distinctions such as whether it is ‘retributive’ or ‘reformative’. The punishment should be seen only as a ‘deterrent’ till such time the society evolves to a level when a further revision could be considered.
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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Yves Montand and Jean-Louis Trintignant
THE SLEEPING CAR MURDER (aka Compatiment tueurs.1965). Director: Costa-Gavras.
When a train traveling from Marseilles pulls into Paris, a young woman is found strangled to death in a sleeper compartment. Inspector Graziani (Yves Montand of The Wages of Fear) and his partner Jean-Lou Gabert (Claude Mann) investigate the murder and to their astonishment discover that someone else is reaching the witnesses, the other passengers in the murder car who disembarked in Paris, first, and shooting them! The witnesses include the actress Eliane Darres (Simone Signoret of Games), who has a younger lover, Eric (Jean-Louis Trintignant); Rene Cabourg (Michel Piccoli of Danger: Diabolik), who is resentful that women generally snub him, as did the victim; Daniel (Jacques Perrin), a young runaway who rides the train without a ticket; Bambi (Catherine Allegret), a young lady who takes him to her apartment for sex and sustenance; and others. The Sleeping Car Murder is suspenseful and has some good actors in it, but despite some intriguing developments, it's a bit of a let-down once you realize that the basic premise is pretty much lifted from Agatha Christie -- not Murder on the Orient Express, but "The Alphabet Murders," which was also filmed that same year. At least this has different plot developments and an unexpected final twist as well as some homoerotic elements (Eric pours through a muscle man magazine in front of an oblivious Eliane in an early scene; the identity of his male lover comes as quite a surprise.) The picture drags a bit after the final revelation and the film's score is lousy, but Sleeping Car is still an attention-holder. With a mysterious killer wandering around in a black raincoat killing people, the movie almost reminds one of an Italian giallo film, but the murders are neither gruesome nor graphic. Signoret, Trintignant, Piccoli, Mann and the others are all quite effective, but Montand looks pretty bored throughout. He was married to Signoret at the time, from 1951 until his death in 1984. Catherine Allegret is Signoret's daughter by her first husband.
Verdict: Interesting French thriller .. with reservations. **1/2.
angelman66 said...
Would love to see this; I have never seen Montand and Signoret together in a movie, only separately. They were both so talented. I believe they also did several stage productions together.
William said...
I would have loved to have been in the room when the couple had their first conversation after Montand's affair with Marilyn Monroe became public knowledge. I bet she gave him a good whack! Or maybe she had that certain European "understanding" and had a fling of her own! Anyway, I've found a couple of bios on the couple and I'll get the details, LOL! | https://greatoldmovies.blogspot.com/2018/05/the-sleeping-car-murder.html | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-43
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1. Setting up a New Document
2. Using Prinstalled Symbols
3. Editing Symbols
4. Creating your own Symbols
5. Searching and Replacing Symbols
To demonstrate the use of symbols in Canvas, we are going to show you how easy it is to add and arrange objects such as furniture within an office floorplan. Planning the layout of furniture ahead of time ensures everything fits within the space available before going to the effort of physically arranging it. We will use symbols that match the measurements of each piece of furniture, allowing us to simply click and drag these pieces from our library without having to draw them each time.
This tutorial will show you how to access and modify a variety of preinstalled symbols from the Symbol Library and how to make any vector object or group reusable by exporting them into your own symbols.
Step 1: Setting up a New Document
Begin by taking notes of the measurements of your furniture and floorplan. With these dimensions in hand, you are ready to prepare your document.
To set up your document:
1. Click File | New.
2. Under Type of Document, select Illustration.
3. Under Document units, select feet.
4. Under Format, select N.x2.
5. Select Drawing scale from the scale list and select 1" = 1'.
6. Click the Landscape icon.
7. Click OK.
If your Document Layout palette is not already open, select Window | Palettes | Document Layout. This palette is the control center for your sheets, layers, and objects and can be used to add, delete and move items.
To draw the floorplan:
1. Turn your Grid layer on by selecting the Grids check box in the Properties bar (be sure it is set to visible in your Document Layout palette).
2. Select Layout | Grids and Guides and deselect Snap to X and Y as shown in the image to the right and click OK.
3. In the Toolbox select black for the pen ink, and no fill for the fill ink.
4. Select the Curve tool from the toolbox and select the Polygon tool to draw the rooms. Ensure your measurements are correct by referring to the Properties bar.
If you have used more than one polygon shape, select all (Ctrl+A) and group your objects (Ctrl+G).
Step 2: Using Preinstalled Symbols
With your room laid out you are ready to begin adding furniture. The Symbol Library offers a variety of categories chock full of symbols you can quickly add to your document. These symbols can also be adjusted to match precisely the requirements of your project.
To use a symbol from the Symbol Library:
1. Select Window | Palettes | Symbol Library.
2. In the Symbol Library palette, select a symbol category, in this case Architecture.
3. Select a symbol and drag it onto your sheet.
Tip: To scale the symbol while you place it, Shift+drag the cursor to set a proportionate bounding box size. Canvas scales the symbol to fit the bounding box. You can also resize the symbol after it is placed by adjusting the measurements in the Properties bar to match the measurements of your furniture precisely.
Step 3: Editing Symbols
To edit a symbol:
1. Select and ungroup the symbol you want to edit with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+U.
2. Modify the symbol by editing the individual objects.
3. When you have finished editing, select all the objects and group them with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+G.
To save your modified Symbol:
1. Select Object | Export As Symbol.
2. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select a location for your symbols and click Make New Folder.
3. Enter a name for your symbol folder and click OK.
4. In the Name Symbol dialog box, deselect Automatic Naming and enter a descriptive short name for your new symbol.
5. Click OK.
To link to your symbol folder in the Symbol Library:
1. Click the drop-down arrow in the Symbol Library palette and select Symbol Library Options.
2. Click Add Path and browse to your path location.
3. Click OK. Your Symbol folder is added under My Symbols in the Symbol Library palette.
Add other symbols from the Symbol Library that match the furniture you want to arrange in your room and set their measurements accordingly. If you have furniture that is not listed in the library you can also create your own.
Step 4: Creating your own Symbols
To create your own Symbol:
1. Create an illustration of your piece of furniture using the drawing tools such as the Rectangle, Oval and Polygon tools.
2. Refer to the Properties bar to review and enter precise measurements.
3. If you have more than one object in your symbol illustration, SHIFT+click and select all objects, then press CTRL+G to group them. Note: Ensure Select Across layers is checked in the Properties bar.
4. Select Object | Export as Symbol.
5. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the folder created in the steps above or make a new folder and click OK.
Note: If you create a new folder, be sure to link to it in the Symbol Library palette as outlined above.
7. Click OK.
Create more symbols and simply drag them into the Symbol Library palette. Note: Be sure that your symbol library folder is selected.
Step 5: Searching and Replacing Symbols
Now let's say you have added all of the office furniture and have just been told that the desks are actually 2" deeper than was originally noted. Fortunately, this is a simple fix.
Revise an instance of your symbol by following the steps outlined in Step 3: Editing Symbols but this time instead of exporting it, click a line on your object (not the anchor points which will adjust the shape) and drag it into your Symbol Library preview to make it a symbol. Name this updated desk NewDesk.
Next we want to search for all cases of the desk on our floorplan. To do this we will use the Symbol Library Search and Select feature.
To search and replace a symbol in the Symbol Library:
1. In the Symbol Library palette search field, type a search term, such as desk for our example.
2. Click the Search icon. The desk symbol displays in the preview pane.
3. Right-click the desk and select Search and Select to select all instances of the symbol. Shift+click any you do not want selected.
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Movies I Love: True Romance
by Patrick Bromley
Today's F This Movie! entry was originally going to be a review of The Master, the new movie from Paul Thomas Anderson that's due out in about a month. But then Tony Scott got diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor (or maybe he didn't) and chose to jump off a bridge and kill himself rather than wait to die, and it seemed like I should write something about it. He wasn't a filmmaker that always meant a lot to me, but he did make one movie that means more to me than most. For that, I will forever be grateful.
I've always been kind of a Tony Scott fan, even though I hardly like any Tony Scott movies. I made it a point to see every movie he directed (with the exception of The Hunger, which many consider his best and which I still have not seen), and even when they were bad -- and most of them were pretty bad -- there was something so slick and and watchable about everything he did that I had a hard time looking away. His movies were almost entirely about style and appearances (in later years, overpoweringly so), and while it wasn't a style I'm all that crazy about, it can't be denied that he changed movies. With Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II, he essentially invented the Simpson/Brucheimer aesthetic, which, in turn, gave us filmmakers like Michael Bay. That's not to say that Tony Scott is entirely to blame for Michael Bay. That's like blaming The Beatles for the Insane Klown Posse (no, Tony Scott is not The Beatles, but you get my hilarious analogy). But everything Michael Bay has spent his career doing is just an imitation, then an inflation, then a bastardization of Scott's style. What I'm saying is that I would gladly watch every movie Tony Scott ever made before watching Transformers again just once. Even The Fan.
And, yet, a guy who directed an entire body of work I mostly don't care for managed to make one of my favorite movies of all time: 1993's True Romance.
I was 16 when True Romance was released, and can honestly say that no movie had ever spoken to me in the way that movie did when I saw it opening night. I had seen Reservoir Dogs one year earlier, so Quentin Tarantino was very much on my radar. It was the fact that he had written the screenplay to True Romance that brought me to the theater the first night (and the fact that the trailer made it look awesome, even though seeing it now is to realize that it is advertising a movie that is everything I came to hate about the post-Tarantino cinema of the '90s), as I was just paddling out to ride that New Wave of cinema that he helped usher in during the decade. And while his voice is everywhere in the movie -- Clarence Worley, the film's main character, might as well be Tarantino -- I quickly forgot that he was responsible for writing it. The characters, the performances, the insane energy all sucked me in almost immediately. I walked out of True Romance a different person, not because the movie reinvented storytelling, but because I had fallen so completely in love with it that I could just tell that something was chemically different inside of me. Some movies feel like they've always been living in our heads and our hearts, waiting to be shown back to us. When a filmmaker is able to do that, it's a kind of magic trick we didn't even know was possible, like someone guessing what number you're thinking of when you hadn't realized you were thinking of a number.
The screenplay -- which, incidentally, was Tarantino's first -- tells a simple enough story. Working-class geek Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is sitting through a Sonny Chiba triple feature on his birthday. A beautiful blonde comes into the theater. She is Alabama (Patricia Arquette), and she immediately strikes up a conversation. They go out for pie. They talk. They have sex. Alabama confesses that she is a call girl and was paid to be at that theater by Clarence's boss as a birthday gift, and also that she's in love with him. They get married. Clarence decides to have it out with Alabama's pimp, Drexl Spivey (an unrecognizable Gary Oldman), and winds up with a suitcase full of drugs. So the couple heads out to California to meet up with Clarence's wannabe actor friend, Dick Ritchie (Michael Rapaport), because he lives in Hollywood and can surely find someone looking to buy a whole lot of cocaine.
There's also the Ghost of Elvis (Val Kilmer), who speaks to Clarence in the bathroom; Floyd (Brad Pitt), the perpetually stoned roommate who never gets off the couch; Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubinek), a profane, hilarious producer of Hollywood action movies who just happens to look JUST LIKE Joel Silver; Virgil (James Gandolfini), the sadistic hitman; Dimes and Nicholson, two caffeinated, swinging dick cops and much, much more. True Romance may lack realism. It may, at times, lack good taste. What it never lacks is color.
A lot of people have complained over the years about what Scott did to Tarantino's script -- putting it in chronological order and what not -- and have expressed regrets that QT didn't get to direct the movie himself, arguing that the movie would have been better as Tarantino had originally planned. I love love Tarantino, but those people are wrong. Scott's direction has a lot to do with making True Romance great, because, for once, his aesthetic is actually part of the story. Clarence sees himself as a character in a movie. He isn't living his life so much as he is playing a part, and he brings Alabama into that fantasy once the pair falls in love. Clarence isn't going to picture himself as the hero of a low-budget arthouse crime movie, which is what True Romance would have been if directed by Tarantino at that point in his career (he hadn't yet made Reservoir Dogs, much less become a household name with Pulp Fiction). Clarence is going to be the star of a slick, trashy Joel Silver action movie -- or, at the very least, a Lee Donowitz movie. Tony Scott made exactly the movie that Clarence is seeing in his head, all smoky and backlit, cut fast and loud and scored both by expensive mainstream bands like Aerosmith and Hans Zimmer music that sounds exactly like George Tipton's score for Badlands.
It's all cool. And for the first -- and pretty much only -- time in Tony Scott's career, his cinema-of-cool approach actually functions to comment on the material instead of just dressing it up.
It's also the only entry in Scott's filmography that really, really loves actors. He's made plenty of movies with a good performance or two (many of them courtesy of Denzel Washington, his leading man of choice since the mid-'90s), but True Romance is a movie that loves its cast so much that it slows down enough for EVERY SINGLE PERSON to have a moment. Yes, much of that comes from Tarantino's script; there's only a handful of filmmakers currently working that love actors as much as he does. But Tony Scott could have easily chucked all of that in order to get to more shootouts and drug busts. He doesn't.
Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette have never been better in any other movie; they've never even come close (well, maybe Christian Slater did in Heathers). Arquette has the more difficult role, since she's basically playing a variation on the geek's fantasy: hooker with a heart of gold, but who just happens to love Burt Reynolds, will sit through three kung fu movies and who, most importantly, LIKES YOU. Alabama is sexy because, call girl regrets aside, she's totally comfortable with who she is. She's confident. She dresses outrageously not because she's a hooker, but because that's how she likes to dress. But Arquette pulls off something in the movie which few actresses are able to do: she's both sexy and adorable (most Hollywood films require women to be one or the other). She's also funny and tough. Sweet. Ballsy. Brave. Supportive. Tarantino establishes early on (through the dreaded voice over, because fuck Robert McKee) that this is actually Alabama's story, and it's exactly the right choice. She is the soul of the movie.
It's hard to oversell just how special and rare the character of Clarence Worley was back in 1993. Nowadays, the geeks have inherited the Earth and every character in pop culture is Scott Pilgrim or the guys on Big Bang Theory. The idea of the protagonist of a Hollywood movie being a guy who collected comic books and spent his birthday sitting through a triple feature alone in the theater was, at that time, revolutionary to some of us. We felt like we were Clarence, which made watching the transition from his "real" life to his "movie" life all the more thrilling; we were sitting in a theater wishing we were a guy in a movie who was sitting in a theater wishing he was a character in another movie. If it were made today, True Romance would be called "meta" -- a kind of Inception or Mulholland Dr.-style mind fuck movie in which reality gives way to fantasy without any textual clues that such a thing is happening. What I love about True Romance is that it plays everything totally straight. Clarence isn't fantasizing. This is his life. Even the title of the movie is free from irony. It's not winking at us, like "Hey, we know she's a hooker and he kills a pimp and they steal drugs and get involved with the cops and the mob and AIN'T LOVE GRAND??" True Romance is genuinely romantic because it means it.
Consider also the insanely deep bench of great character actors that fill out the supporting cast: Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, Samuel L. Jackon, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek, Chris Penn, Tom Sizemore, James Gandolfini, Ed Lauter, Paul Ben-Victor, Kevin Corrigan, Bronson Pinchot. Every single one of those actors (save maybe for Kevin Corrigan, who is basically an extra, and Samuel L. Jackson) gets something great to do, too. A great scene. A memorable speech. A good piece of business. Everyone in the movie registers. Everyone comes off great. True Romance has one of the best -- and best-used -- casts of any movie of the 1990s.
Howard Hawks had a formula for a good movie: three good scenes, no bad ones. True Romance has no bad scenes, and a shit ton of scenes that aren't just good, they're great. Christian Slater's opening speech about fucking Elvis. Gandolfini's monologue about the first time he killed a guy. Hell, the entire Gandolfini sequence. Clarence goes to see Drexl. Clarence and Alabama sitting on the couch. The rollercoaster. The shootout. Floyd. And, most famously, there's the Dennis Hopper/Christopher Walken scene, which is often called one of the best scenes in any movie ever, even by people who don't like True Romance.
We at F This Movie! often talk about how our relationships with our favorite movies are intensely personal, because no duh. While there are a ton of people who love and admire Citizen Kane (it is, after all, the SECOND BEST movie of all time), I don't often hear people talk about it in terms of being a "favorite." Second best? Sure. Favorite? Not really. I know that True Romance isn't really a "great" movie, objectively speaking. Subjectively? Fucking A. My relationship with it is more personal than almost any movie I've ever seen. After that first night, I tried and tried to get more people to come with me so I could see it again. (Side note: my friends at the time instead insisted on seeing The Real McCoy, and we are not friends anymore.) If it comes on TV, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and watch it. If I happen to catch it at the end, I'm sad that it will be over so soon. I love it so much.
So Tony Scott is gone, and it's sad because it's sad when people go away and because he had a family that loved him and lost him. He made a lot of movies that meant a lot to a lot of people -- movies like Top Gun and Man on Fire, because nobody's perfect. But if he never made another movie that I liked, he will always be important in my life because he brought Clarence and Alabama's love story to the screen. For a guy whose body of work consisted mainly of movies aimed at our balls and our guts, he should also be remembered as someone capable of making a movie like True Romance -- a movie aimed straight at my heart.
1. Beautifully written.
I, too, saw "True Romance" on its opening night--but I didn't like it all that much (at first). I thought the acting was great, but I felt the style was way over the top. It made me appreciate "Reservoir Dogs" even more. I thought, "Well, that's just like Taxi Driver. Another Mexican standoff?" Of course, it did not help that the motel beat down scene was heavily cut nd that it wasn't Alabama who shot Chris Penn at the end of the theatrical cut. Once it hit VHS in the Director's Cut though, everything clicked for me. Any complaints I once had--completely vanished. I now hold this movie in the highest regard.
Another Tony Scott film I love is "Crimson Tide," partly because I thought it would be boring like "The Hunt for Red October" and it wasn't. Anything but. Of course with Tarantino doing the rewrite, we got another variation of the Hopper/Walken scene in it.
You like to talk about ambitious failures on your show. I think "Domino" is a prime example.
1. Thanks, Cameron. It's interesting that the Director's Cut made that much of a difference for you. I've always felt like the changes were less about altering the actual movie than they were about the MPAA being very uncomfortable with scenes of women and violence. All of the objections involved Alabama.
I like Crimson Tide, but I rarely feel compelled to revisit it. Maybe I'll have to watch it again and see if I feel differently about it.
Good call on Domino. That movie's a MESS, but I still kind of like it. We did a podcast on it a long time ago. I don't remember what I said about it, but it was probably something to that effect.
2. I think my reaction changed when it came to video because I could sit back on the couch and watch it (especially on the widescreen LD). Seeing it theatrically, in the third row, was a little too much. I never watched another Tony Scott film that close again. LOL.
2. Well written Patrick. You summed how I feel about that movie. It would be in my top 5 favorite movies. Have you done a F this movie podcast about True Romance? I would like to hear that.
1. Thanks, Tony! We've never done a podcast on it, because I was afraid it would just be the Chris Farley show (which is what this column pretty much was in print form). Maybe we'll revisit it soon.
3. "True Romance" does nothing for me as a movie, narrative-wise but I can appreciate it means so much to someone like Patrick (like my favorite movies mean so much to me and nobody else). As a compilation reel of some great actors doing a minute or two of some of their best/most memorable work it's a freaking masterpiece. If you're bored watching it (so sue me, Alabama and Clarence are dull and unintiresting characters to me, though the actors do have romantic chemistry) just wait 5 or less minutes and a cool actor will have a great one-liner or a great scene (not just the Hopper/Walken talk, which is epic) which is a great way to get to the end with a guaranteed amount of fun. And the ending (Tarantino's script throwing an obvious nod to Terrence Malick's "Badlands") is actually kind-of sweet.
The last time I saw it (a lifetime ago) I was struck to hear James Gandolfini speak with his normal voice since I've gotten so used him with his Jersey accent from "The Sopranos." :D
4. There are 2 types of people. Those who love True Romance. And idiots. Yes. I went there. It's a fantastic film. It's incredibly romantic, and if you read interviews with the cast you could feel there was a special spark between Slater and Arquette that can't be duplicated. It's an all-star cast for a reason. Hell,---and entire film (Pineapple Express) was made just from the idea of Floyd, the burn out pot smoking roommate. Thank you to this blog for the photo of Elliott (fondly remembered as Balky from Perfect Strangers) with a gun to his head. Yes, I used that as my background now on twitter. Tony Scott, (may he rest in peace) Direction is that of someone who gets story. Uses camera motion to move the story along. There are so many great scenes in that film, it's hard to pick a favorite. There are so many great characters, again--it's hard to pick a favorite. I agree for sure on the Christian Slater comment. Heathers was his other great performance. Thanks for reminding people why this movie is my favorite movie of all time.
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After a few years Erial changed the name of the village (with a population of approximately 50 people) to "Lee's Corners" after his son, store owner Levi Chamberlin. However, in 1895, to avoid confusion with a town with the same name, another change was in order - this time, the village became known as "Laporte" ("the door") and boasted a population of 102. A few years later, in 1907, the post office shut down and many of the businesses did as well.
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All About Video Production
Video Filming Basics
Are the terms “dynamic download” familiar to you? Do you understand just how video can be streamed real-time over the Internet? In this post, you are visiting figure out the response to all those problems.
Business web sites are now embedding helpful ‘just how to’ and ‘promotional’ video clip documents in their website web pages, and are ending up being considerably conscious that their visitors are much much more likely to view a 3 minute video than to read pages of text.
With video streaming over the net now being considered provided, we need to ask; Exactly how does it working out?
Firstly, we have to crack video streaming down into its 3 most generally made use of forms.
1) On need video clip streaming
2) Progressive download
3) Live video streaming
On need video streaming This is where a video content is streamed over the web when a website site visitor demands it. An instance of this is when you click a play button for a video clip you would like to see and the video clip plays. This is really much like the ‘Progressive download’ that we have mentioned besides one major distinction. When a video clip is streamed it is utilizing streaming server innovation. Steaming servers are a fantastic means to see to it the video clip is supplied as it needs to be. Streaming video with the different streaming server modern technologies also permits us to do greater than just stream our video. We can actually have ‘individual interaction’ with our streaming web server allowing us to take a video clip viewer to a store to purchase something they have actually seen and ‘clicked’ in the video they are expecting instance.
Modern download: This is where your video clip gamer downloads the entire video into your computers memory while the video is playing.
Live video clip streaming: Real-time video clip streaming requires a capture tool, like a video cam, encoding software that transcodes or converts the video signal from the camera into an internet certified video clip style and a streaming web server.
The video clip electronic camera will certainly pass on the video clip details to the encoder, which will certainly send out the transcoded video up to the streaming server (often over the net) using Among the various streaming protocols. The streaming web server will then broadcast the encoded video over the internet to your audiences that will view your video live, typically with a short delay, commonly about 7 to 20 secs of just what is happening in actual time.
Exactly what is MPEG4? MPEG4 has actually been created to allow video playpack on a variety of systems. It could be used on computer systems, HD TELEVISION, PDA’s and mobile phones.
Although there are many various video styles on the net, the basis for all streaming, whether live, on need or progressive download, all work making use of similar coding plans acquired from story provided for MPEG2, the previous format to MPEG4.
MPEG4 is made up of ‘information networks’ utilized to send out the video stream and the audio stream. The variety of data networks is not explicit. Usually we have a video transport youtube channel that is made use of to stream the video clip data, we have up to 8 stations for audio, usually MP3 or AAC (Breakthrough Audio Codec), we have a youtube channel for subtitles and we have an information stations that allows information to be passed to and from the streaming server.
The factor video can be streamed effectively over the internet is the distribution method. Video clip, especially in movies, is delivered structure by structure. This is lugged over from conventional shooting approaches where each framework contains the complete image presented to the viewer. These structures are played back one after the several other so swiftly that, to the human eye, makes the effect of constant movement.
Compressed MPEG4 video is composed of ‘I-Frames’ and ‘P-Frames. I-Frames are effectively structures which contain all the information required to show a structure, where a P-Frame is an update of an I-Frame. So what the decoder does is show an I-frame and then reveal a series of P-Frames that update modifications in motion etc. As a result of this, the video size is greatly reduced. This discusses why, when watching a video over the net you in some cases see empty squares in the image. This is due to the fact that the P-Frames were not obtained in time and the decoder could not upgrade those locations in the video clip. Just what is a Codec A Codec is a means of coding and deciphering details. So all the different video clip styles on the net operate in a comparable method, making use of an encoder to minimize video and audio data whilst maintaining as much top quality as feasible. This video is then transmitted over the net and when it gets to the clients player it acquires decoded into, or as near to, its initial style.
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You can subscribe to just about anything these days ... but why?
Photo: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac
Over the last couple years, tons of iOS apps switched from one-time purchases to monthly or annual subscriptions. As a user, this can seem frustrating — or annoying even — but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.
The rise of app subscriptions brings benefits to users, developers and the app ecosystem as a whole. Whether you’re subscribing to your favorite weather app, task manager or podcast player, the subscription model offers perks that never existed in the one-time-purchase world of apps.
Subscriptions are better for everyone
For users, subscriptions typically offer the ability to try out an app without dropping any money up front. With most apps offering a free trial period or a feature-limited free tier, some of the most powerful and useful apps are more accessible to the largest audience.
For developers, utilizing a subscription in their app allows for a more consistent, longer-lasting revenue stream. Instead of only making money from their app with each purchase, the subscription model allows them to earn on a monthly or yearly basis. This can help fund future development of the app, as well as cover the long-term costs of their app or service back-end.
For the app market, subscriptions help combat the massive plunge in app prices. Before the App Store, software was typically expensive. Many “old” apps used to cost $50 or more (and come on a CD).
When the App Store launched, the price of ownership tanked. Most users couldn’t justify spending $5 on an app, let alone $50 or more. This led to most apps being free. Sure, some higher-end apps went for $5, $10 or even $20. But the market for those apps was incredibly small and specialized.
Subscriptions let users get an app and only spend a few bucks — it just so happens that you’re spending those few bucks every month. It’s a lot easier to swallow spending $5 every month than it is to spend $60 in one shot. It’s even more beneficial when users don’t need the app all the time.
With so many apps and services switching to this subscription model, it’s more important than ever for users to know how to manage them. Apple’s implementation of subscriptions makes it easy to get started, but knowing how to change or cancel your subscriptions proves a little more confusing.
Dealing with iOS subscriptions
Managing your iOS subscriptions isn't hard if you know where to look.
Managing your iOS subscriptions isn’t hard if you know where to look.
Screenshots: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac
Apple offers a great support article on how to view, change or cancel app subscriptions on various devices. On iOS, modifying or canceling your subscriptions can be done in a few ways.
The first method is through the Settings app, and goes like this:
1. Open Settings.
2. Tap your Apple ID banner at the top.
3. Inside your profile settings, tap iTunes & App Store.
4. Tap your Apple ID at the top.
5. On the pop-up box, tap View Apple ID.
6. Scroll down and tap “Subscriptions.
7. Tap into whatever subscriptions you want to manage.
From there, you can change a subscription setting to a different billing option, or hit cancel to end a subscription after the current billing period. This is also a great way to see when things are coming up for renewal.
The App Store makes managing subscriptions much faster
The App Store makes managing subscriptions much faster.
Screenshots: Ian Fuchs/Cult of Mac
The second method for managing your subscriptions is much easier, and is new as of iOS 12.1.4.
1. Open the App Store on your iOS device.
2. Tap your profile icon in the top right corner (on the Today, Games, Apps or Updates tabs).
3. Tap Manage Subscriptions.
This will take you to the same view you saw before, allowing you to update any current or expired subscriptions or cancel subscriptions made through your Apple ID.
If both of those seem too fussy, or you want a more “power user” method, you also can use an iOS Shortcut to jump straight to your subscriptions. (Click the image below to download the shortcut.)
Manage subscriptions shortcut button
App subscriptions: Everbody wins
App subscriptions can leave you feeling frustrated or discouraged about trying new things. But in the end, they can be great for everyone.
Apple created a very solid system for developers to make incredibly powerful apps a sustainable market. The company also made it easier for users to experiment with apps and only pay for what they truly want. All it takes is a few seconds to be sure you’re only subscribing to apps you desire. | https://www.cultofmac.com/625084/ios-app-subscriptions/ | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-22
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Everyone needs a wild night out once in a while, and if your idea of a great time involves a little (or a lot) of bare flesh, then we've got a couple of clubs that might be your cup of tea. Not just for the lads anymore, strip clubs have lost their seedy overtones and are attracting a more cultured crowd than ever before. So you needn't feel sordid about wanting to hit up a Bada Bing late one night with your pals; get a table, a booth, a bottle of their finest, or even a private dance. Birmingham is home to a lot of beautiful women, what can we say?
Medusa Lodge
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If you need proof of how far adult clubs have gone from the seedy days of the last few decades, take a look at Medusa Lodge. This burlesque and gentleman's club is filled with plush black and purple colours, and VIP booths perfect for a civilised night until the early hours. But they also boast burlesque and other unique events, perfect for female clientele also. | https://www.designmynight.com/birmingham/clubs/strip-clubs-in-birmingham | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-39
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Austin asked me the following in the comments section of another post:“Where & how specifically did your pastor (& all pastors and ministers of today’s Protestantism) get his/their authority to organize a church, to baptize, confer the Holy Ghost, to perform miracles in the name of Christ, to call and ordain other pastors and ministers, to guide and direct, to keep the doctrines pure?”
I think to answer your question I need to take a step back and explain better what Protestants think of the acts that preisthood holders perform. As far as baptism and communion go, we Protestants don’t think that there is anything magical or significant about the actual physical act. They are outward expressions of the inward condition of the heart. There is nothing significant about getting dunked under water by a special man. The only significance that matters is the condition of the person’s heart and the Holy Spirit’s acceptance of that intention. I fully believe that an atheist could baptize someone and it would “count” as long as the person being baptized view it as a sincere act of his devotion to Christ. There aren’t any special rules that HAVE to be followed no matter what. If they don’t go all the way under the water, it still counts. If they’re wearing mickey mouse socks, it still counts. If it’s done in a hot tub, it still counts. If a woman dunks you under water, it still counts. What’s important is the person’s heart.
I’d be interested to hear if LDS think that a baptism doesn’t count, if some minor violation of protocol wasn’t followed. Say a man doesn’t go all the way under, walks outside and gets hit by a car. Are you saying that Christ wouldn’t accept that baptism? What if the Priest who performed the function was just going through the motions and had secretly violated all of his covenants and abandoned the faith? Would Christ still accept it?
Pastors and church elders get their authority directly from the Holy Spirit. If they feel called to the position by the Spirit, they’re work can be judged by its fruit. The Holy Spirit does not need anyone to confer Himself on to other people. He is God and can fill anyone He wishes. No man can withhold Him from any other man. Those who are called to church leadership are held in check by the authority of the Bible. They are held accountable to what the scripture clearly teaches. If they violate that trust, they would have been better off having a mill stone tied to the neck and thrown in the water.
Mark 9
39″Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, 40for whoever is not against us is for us. 41I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward.
We Protestants could be wrong about all of this. Perhaps there is a specific line of priesthood succession that must be followed. Perhaps there is a protocol that makes all of these things legitimate rather than just the condition of a man’s heart. I wonder, for what reason should I believe that the priesthood line comes from Joseph Smith? What reason or evidence can I investigate that he didn’t just make it up himself? At this point, if you convinced me that I am wrong about the priesthood, I would just join the Catholic or Orthodox church.
10 thoughts on “What Makes It Count
1. Great discussion.
The vast majority of Saints would say unequivocally that it wouldn’t. As for your scenario (totaly legit of course), we’d say that if it wasn’t done right and God didn’t count it that there will come a time in the Millenium when the mistake will be fixed and that the person would not suffer any eternal negative consequences for the blunder, especially because of the persons true intent for baptism. So, yeah, we’re pretty anal about it. But if you are going to say it matters then you have to be don’t you? Also, this is why two men are charged to be witnesses at every baptism. They are instructed to ensure that it was done correctly: the dunking, the words, everything. They get in trouble if it doesn’t go correctly and they miss it. In theory any way.
Mormon priesthood belief is very simple and yet somehow complex at the same time (sounds like religion to me 🙂 ). As you probably already know, it has to have originally been given by God or someone else who legitimately obtained it. A man’s personal priesthood can be revoked by God at any time on account of wickedness or by the appropriate Church leader. We believe that after the first generation or two of Christians that God intentionally took the entire priesthood from the earth. That’s why we think that going to the Catholics or Orthodox wouldn’t help you. There’s a line of authority connecting them but they ceased to have God’s priesthood a very long time ago. Joseph Smith got his priesthood from Peter, James, and John so he got it in the appropriate manner. Now why God took it away in the first place, that’s the complicated part.
2. Would the person with the voided baptism be required to spend time in spirit prison? Wouldn’t any time not spent in paradise be a negative consequence?
Even if I accept that God took the priesthood away, why should I believe that he gave it to Joseph Smith?
3. But the Bible gives plenty of examples of basing faith on evidence (I Corinthians 15 and Acts 17) . Your answer basically just comes down to “because I want to”. If faith is “because I want to” then we are basically just talking about the difference between chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
4. Dando,
With regards to your question: “What if the Priest who performed the function was just going through the motions and had secretly violated all of his covenants and abandoned the faith? Would Christ still accept it?”
The answer to that is yes, that would still be okay. Like Protestants, it’s really about the person getting baptized in that respect. For example, the missionary who baptized me was NOT living in accordance with the gospel, or the missionary rules. (I didn’t know that it was inappropriate at the time, but he was coming to my house in the middle of the night by himself in his regular clothes, and would go on dates and smoke sometimes, he had a cell phone… lots of stuff.) But I didn’t have to get baptized again, because I was baptized by someone who had the proper authority, even if he wasn’t living his life in such a way as to be worthy of it.
5. Ha Ha. That is funny and well deserved revenge. Too bad you didn’t say something embarrassing like “I would always leave lipstick smears on the missionary whenever he came over”.
If it really is about the person being baptized and not the person doing the baptism, then that reinforces the Protestant point of view in my mind.
6. However, I will say that if they do it improperly–if the baptizee isn’t fully submerged, etc., then the baptism is like it didn’t happen. I have a friend who got baptized again when she was 18 (after being baptized when she was 8) because it was determined that it wasn’t done properly (or something).
Also, I don’t know that spirit prison is necessarily bad–it’s where the spirit paradise missionaries find you. 🙂 So, lots of people in spirit paradise are there a lot, I think. lol
7. Dando: You seem to know an awful lot about the church but you don’t have any idea about why I’d think Joseph Smith was given the priesthood? As you’d expect, there are lots of things: the Book of Mormon, the Temple and its rituals, the revelations in the D&C, and the list goes on. If it’s “by their fruits you shall know them” then I personally see a huge amount of things relating to the priesthood that Joseph restored that are true fruits. And it’s not like I don’t understand if you don’t see them but I’ve experienced them in my life and that’s all I can really base my decision on.
8. Yes, I think what I was trying to show you was that nobody really finds the truthfulness of the LDS church in the restoration of the Priesthood. LDS typically believe in the necessity of the priesthood and believe that it was restored through Joseph Smith based on something outside of priesthood theology itself.
If a person stops believing in the historical accuracy of the Book of Mormon, or stops believing that Joseph Smith is a true prophet, they don’t go on believing that the ONLY True and authoritative priesthood is found in the LDS church.
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Move over kale, there’s a whole class of edibles looking to take over your trendy food title. Perennially grown foods are getting a lot of attention. Plants, such as rhubarb, asparagus, onions, berries, grapes and yams can deliver bushels of nutritious food with little to no effort. Researchers say these crops can also help feed our world with significantly less environmental impact than some other, more common fruit and vegetable plants. One food group that is leading the way is edible oils. The United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says 40 percent of vegetable cooking oils, such as olive oil and Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil, already come from perennials.
The promise of perennial plants
Perennials, unlike annuals, do not need to be planted every year. That makes them easy for gardeners and good for Mother Earth, too. Because of their extensive root system, perennial crops minimize erosion. They also require less water than annual plants and help create a stable ecosystem. The FAO praises perennial food crops because they require less fertilizer, which also supports a healthy water system.
Perennial crops also provide an environment where native animals can thrive, without fear of their habitat being destroyed for annual replanting. They are generally a lot more productive, too. That’s why perennial foods hold such promise for our world’s food supply.
Malaysian oil palm is a model for perennial food crops
Malaysian oil palm farmers already experience these benefits on their plantations. Oil palm trees grow for thirty years, and produce oil-rich fruit year-round. Other vegetable oil sources, such as corn, soybean and canola need to be planted and harvested annually. Oil palm plantations use just a tiny fraction of the world’s farmland, just 0.23 percent, yet produce a tremendous amount of oil. Per acre of land, oil palm produces 11 times more oil than the soybean, and seven times more than canola. Palm oil is also non-GMO, and requires fewer pesticides and less energy than these other oils.
In Malaysia, more than 260 species of plants and animals reside in or near the decades-old oil palm plantations. Snakes and barn owls act as eco-friendly rodent control. These animals coexist with other animals, such as orangutans and kingfishers.
The perennial food movement
Researchers worldwide are studying additional eco-friendly foods. University of Minnesota scientists, for example, are helping to develop perennial wheat crops. “That’s been the ‘holy grail’ talk for years,” said farmer Richard Magnuson in a Star Tribune article. The University has launched the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative to develop a series of perennial crops for Midwestern farmers. Agronomist Don Wyse, the initiative’s leader, believes this next generation of food crops will be highly productive and offer environmental benefits, such as improved water quality and habitat for native animals.
You can join the movement by adding more perennial foods to your diet. Perennial wheat isn’t readily available yet, but wild rice, bananas, cacao (chocolate), artichokes, figs, apples and Malaysian certified sustainable palm oil may all be found at your local grocery store.
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} | 998 | A wave of laughter rippled through the capacity crowd of 1,500 at Town Hall here when Charlie Haden began stuffing cotton into his ears near the end of Ornette Coleman's JVC Jazz Festival appearance Tuesday. Haden, the acoustic bassist with Coleman's reunited original quartet, was merely taking precautionary measures as the members of the composer/saxophonist's current Primetime band trouped on stage and plugged in their instruments before joining the quartet for the finale of the 2 1/2-hour performance.
When the combined groups concluded an appealingly light-hearted version of "Theme From a Symphony," the audience responded with a five-minute standing ovation that brought Coleman back from the wings for a curtain call. More importantly the performance established that Coleman's singular approach to music--which he calls harmolodic and still defies precise explanation--remains uncompromisingly distinctive in whatever context he places it.
The reunion of Coleman, Haden, trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Ed Blackwell (who replaced Billy Higgins in the lineup much as he had during the quartet's initial New York appearance in the early '60s) for their first live performance in 25 years made Coleman an inescapable presence in the New York media in the weeks preceding the concert. The New York Times ran one article touting the performance as "one of the jazz events of the decade," and Village Voice devoted its quarterly centerfold supplement to Coleman and his music.
And the group's powerful, assured performance offered ample evidence that its remarkable ensemble empathy hadn't diminished over the years. The sound may have eerily echoed those early Coleman albums on Atlantic Records but the freshness and originality of his style imbued the music with a contemporary vitality.
Focusing on new material like the spicy Spanish-flavored Latin genetics helped deflate any nostalgic expectations, even if the biggest audience response was reserved for "Lonely Woman," an early classic with mournful horns rising over Haden's melancholy-based drone. Haden and Blackwell were outstanding throughout the set in maintaining an insistently physical pulse while Coleman's lyrical blues-tinged alto sax solos were constantly inventive.
The one weak link Tuesday was Cherry, who wore a sour, distracted expression and didn't come close to filling his role as front-line foil to Coleman. He consistently failed to hit high notes, faltered noticeably on the faster tempos and ran short of ideas during his solos.
Despite sound problems, Primetime's opening set showed that the septet has matured considerably since its last Los Angeles appearance. With twin electric guitar-electric bass-drum trios flanking Coleman, Primetime's dense sound lacks the wide-open atmosphere or the cohesive focal point that the formidable Haden-Blackwell tandem provided the quartet.
But Primetime has made enormous strides in employing dynamics and leaving enough space for the individual instruments to be heard. The stop-on-a-dime ending to the break-neck "Biosphere" elicited gasps from the crowd and the lyrical, round-like introduction to "Story Tellers" by bassists Jamaaladeena Tacuma and Al MacDowell cleverly shifted into a hard funk back beat behind Coleman's yearning, bluesy lead. The ebullient drumming of Calvin Weston and shaven-sculled guitarist Bern Nix's canny chords and spidery single springlines were highlights throughout the set.
During a Monday afternoon interview in the Manhattan offices of his legal advisers, Coleman said that future live appearances by the original quartet, either by itself or jointly with Primetime, depends on ironing out scheduling conflicts. But the New York concert was only part of a plan Coleman, 57, has devised around his just-released double album, "In All Languages," on the small, Texas-based Caravan of Dreams label.
By featuring the quartet and Primetime performing new material--and having both bands interpret six of the same pieces--Coleman hopes to focus attention purely on his music rather than the labels used to categorize it.
Coleman's career is on a high-profile roll by his standards. After 15 years of sporadic album releases on a variety of labels, he has apparently found a home with Caravan of Dreams. In addition to "In All Languages," the company has released Primetime's live "Opening the Caravan of Dreams" and "Prime Design/Time Design," a piece for string quartet and percussion inspired by the late Buckminster Fuller, in the last year. Coleman's "Song X" collaboration with guitarist Pat Metheny in 1986 was a critical and commercial success that introduced his music to a wider audience.
The wide-ranging exposure and acceptance of his music is a far cry from the days when Coleman was alternately hailed as an innovator and denounced as a charlatan. Coleman gradually won over most of his critics as his career progressed through the '60s and early '70s but never enjoyed any commercial success. But he never thought his music was uncommercial.
"I always thought commercial music meant like there's only one Coca-Cola so it's automatically commercial," Coleman said. "Since no one was playing the way I was, I thought that I would just automatically be commercial.
"Only in '75 did I ever get on a bandstand and play something that I had recorded. Until then, it would always be a brand new program because I thought this was the way of the creative person. I wasn't making any money but I was making lots of music."
But Coleman's vehicle for making music changed dramatically after two trips to Africa in the early '70s where he played with Nigerian street musicians and the Master Musicians of Jajouka in Morocco. On his return, he began shifting to electronic instrumentation to come closer to the huge, 100-plus piece of harmolodic orchestra he still dreams of assembling one day.
That shift sparked another ongoing round of controversy, particularly when Coleman began working with younger musicians in Primetime grounded in funk and rock as well as jazz. But Coleman remains adamant about continuing to allow each musician to freely interpret his melodies.
"It really amazes me when all of a sudden one guy will play a note or a rhythm and just light up everything," he said. "You never know when it's gonna happen but you couldn't have that if you had a guy playing only one thing."
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Growing Pains
A new report, Expert Committee Recommednations Regarding the Prevention, Assessment, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity: Summary Report, issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) this month, is designed to tackle the growing prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States.
Its recommendations should make any parent shudder - not only does the position of the AAP assume overweight and obesity in children is a problem of behavior, it assumes every child in the United States, with the exception of those classified as "underweight" by BMI, is in need of routine intervention and prevention to avoid overweight and obesity in adulthood.
I kid you not.
Every child in the United States, except those with a BMI classifed as "underweight," will now be subject to a risk assessment and prevention measures at every doctor visit. The implication within the document is clear - parents simply cannot be trusted to know how to raise normal healthy weight children over the long-term, even when their child is a normal weight, thus routine, repeated messages must be delivered at each and every opportunity.
The new guidelines call for healthcare professionals to question and investigate all of your family behaviors and habits at home - everything from what you eat, when you eat, how often you watch television or use a computer, if you eat out, where and how often, and how much time is spent being sedentary versus being active is to be collected and noted in your childs medical chart.
Despite the fact your child is classified within a "healthy weight" you'll be subject to your own scrutiny as a parent too - if you're overweight or obese, your child will be flagged as "at risk" due to your weight, not their weight.
Should the clinician note any abberant behavior - heaven forbid you allow your child, for example, a level of television time deemed excessive - you'll be scolded to limit television time. Heck, even if nothing is found and all is well, you'll still get the lecture about diet, exercise, limiting fast food and avoid sugary drinks....just in case....overweight and obesity is, afterall, a problem of behavior and you need constant reminder of that if you are to comply.
Where the guidelines sink to Brave New World levels is what is recommended for those children who have a BMI classed at or above the 85th percentile. There is to be no more sugar-coating the problem. Children with a BMI between the 85th and 94th percentile are overweight and children at or above the 95th percentile are obese.
In addition to the above assessments of risk, they'll now be subject to routine bloodwork and you'll be expected to do something about the "problem behaviors" now.
The first stage will be "Prevention Plus" through your doctors office. You'll now be expected to visit the doctors office for monitoring more frequently and ensure your child eats 5+ servings of fruits and vegetables daily, ideally eliminate sweetened beverages from your child's diet or limit to 1 per day, limit television time to less than 2-hours per day, make your child do physicial activity for 1+ hours per day, prepare meals at home, eat at the family table 5-6 times per week, have a "healthy" breakfast daily, and get the whole family on-board with the changes. You'll have 3-to-6 months for the doctor's office to see results, with visits scheduled to follow-up and monitor each month, and if no progress is noted, you and your child will be bumped to stage 2.
Stage 2 assumes you didn't do enough on your own, so now you and your family will be expected to follow a "structured" planned menu, reduce television time to less than 1 hour per day, engage in planned "supervised" physical activities and record what you are doing to prove you're complying with the recommendations and "achieving targeted behaviors"! If progress is not noted within three to six months, yup, you'll be bumped to stage 3.
In stage 3 you'll enjoy an intervention team (note sarcasm) that includes a behavior counselor (social worker, physcologist or other mental health provider), registered dietitian, exercise specialist and primary care provider, as well as weekly office visits to monitor progress in the "structured program in behavior modification" which will include, "at minimum", food monitoring, short-term diet and physical activity goal setting and "contingency management."
This "Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Intervention" now intensifies the urgency and seeks to maximize "behavior changes." That's because, if all this fails to result in progress and a reduction of BMI to the "healthy weight" category, they're going to pull out the big guns and take your child to stage 4 - the "Tertiary Care Intervention," which can include admission to a tertiary care facility for children as young as two, very low-calorie diets for children as yound as two, medications for children as yound as six, and/or bariatric surgery for children older than twelve.
Within the link above is the second document, Assessment of Childhood and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity, which details how to determine if a child is overweight or obese and reinforces the need for intervention, even in healthy, normal weight children. Noteworthy in this document is the explicit determination that BMI is the end-all-be-all measure of risk. While they note the BMI has flaws, and that the use of calipers to determine fatness is useful - "skinfold thicknesses are predictive of body fat in children and adolescents" - they continue on to dismiss its use and state "the expert committee does not recommend the routine clinical use of skinfold thickness measurements in teh assessment of childhood obesity."
What this means is that if you have an athletic, muscular child, who happens to have a high BMI due to muscle, you're going to be expected to do something about his/her weight to bring BMI to a "normal healthy" range.
Throughout the document the expert committee goes to great lengths to detail how to ask questions of parents and children, what to look for as problematic behaviors, and how to convince parents to modify those problematic behaviors.
A third document within the PDF package, Recommendations for Prevention of Childhood Obesity, we learn the justicification of the new guidelines in the opening sentences, "The majority of US youth are of healthy weight, but hte majority of US adults are overweight or obese. Therefore, a major health cahllenge for most American chidlren and adolescents is obesity prevention - today, and as they age into adulthood."
Let's not address what caused adults in this country to grow heavier, let's just continue to assume it's gluttony and sloth, lack of willpower, eating too damn much food, being lazy and more - those bad, bad, bad behaviors - and not allow our children to fall into the same trap and repeat, repeat, repeat to children they must eat a healthy diet and exercise daily!
We must do this, even if they're a healthy weight now, because - by golly - look at the adults around them! Bad examples, bad behaviors, bad, bad, bad.
Within the document we find lots of suggestions about how to monitor, control and modify behaviors - everything from positive reinforcement to cognitive restructuring to self-assessment to decision support.
Then there is the Recommendations for Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity document. In it we're treated to the dogma to eat a "healthful" diet before getting to the real meat of the purpose - sections on food behaviors and then dietary intervention that includes the "use of balanced macronutrient/low-energy diets" for our children as a means to an end.
This is followed with reminding readers about the importance of physical exercise and the role of structured and unstructured activity each day and more on limiting television viewing and media usage.
Of course it, like the other documents, would not be complete without a full presentation of behavior approaches and techniques to use when a child is overweight or obese by BMI along with the drugs of choice and the option for bariatic surgery.
It also justifies the use of a staged behavior modification approach starting with prevention and reaching tertiary care if needed. Unlike the previous documents, it provides more detail by age. Those details make it clear that a child as young as six, when after six-to-twelve months of increasing intensity without sufficient progress, it may then "be appropriate for patient to receive evaluation in tertiary care center," followed by flow-charts to make the decision-making process as to when to step-up intensity a no-brainer.
I really have no problem with the idea of helping parents help their child eat a good diet, I have no problem with encouraging children to be active and play actively each day.
What I do have a problem with is the wholesale implication that children who are overweight and obese are so because they have behaviors which must be modified through intense, staged interventions that have no solid evidence to support their use across the population!
Worsening this is that now, even healthy normal weight children, are to be subject to repeated, routine messages to make it clear they must maintain a BMI within normal or else they too can look forward to intense behavior modification intervention.
You may wonder if anyone has ever investigated how such an approach may affect children long-term?
The last document includes an interesting sentence, "The purpose of this article is to offer practical guidance to providers by providing recommendations, including those that LACK THE BEST POSSIBLE EVIDENCE." (emphasis mine)
It also includes a section titled "Potential Psycological Complications of Behavior-Based Treatment" and states, "Only one study, a 10-year follow-up study of children who completed behavior interventions for obesity, reported on potential complications of treatment. Epstein et al found increased rates of psychiatric disorders such as depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders..." noting it was unclear if these were a result of comorbid conditions associated with obesity.
Amazingly, after staing only one study followed-up on children after behavior intervention, they pooh-pooh this by pointing to another study as supporting behavior intervention comes with little to no risk to children in the future - "Other trials showed improvements in children's psychological functioning and did not find higher rates of eating disorders among children treated with a family-based, behavior, weight management intervention."
I wondered what that study was all about since the clear message here is not to worry about damaging children with this type of intervention. The reference is to a study conducted by Faith et al - Effects of contingent television on physical activity and television viewing in obese children - published in Pediatrics in 2001.
How this expert committee sleeps at night, I don't know!
This is a bait-and-switch citation in what's now being put forth as the standard of care to imply these interventions aren't going to have any long-term consequences to our children's mental health and well-being.
The study referenced, unlike the one that followed up TEN YEARS later, was short-term for twelve weeks, investigating whether making television viewing contingent on a physical activity (pedaling a stationary bike in front of the television) would reduce television viewing time. It did. But it DID NOT investigate any phsycological impacts, nor did it follow up years later to see if there were any psycological impacts.
Nice try though - and anyone reading the document who does not follow the reference trail will never know. Given this type citation madness is included, in what is probably the most important factor - long-term outcome and potential consequences - one must question what else in the document also has this type of reference?
Folks, we have here a plan to now subject every child to intense and routine messages about body weight, BMI, eating, activity and their "behavior" - with no hard evidence it will provide the desired long-term results and the potential to seriously cause harm as our children grow-up in such an environment of intense scrutiny, monitoring and implication that BMI must remain within "normal" or else.
This expert committee has apparently lost all belief in "First Do No Harm."
1. Anonymous1:09 PM
And of course, no-one being interviewed will answer with anything but the truth!!!
What a waste of money
2. Anonymous1:42 PM
The motto of "experts" everywhere: Parents are morons.
*sigh* I've never been more thankful that the medical system as it stands is overloaded. The committee members who favor "a doctor in every home approach" have apparently never attempted to make an exam appointment for healthy children at a busy practice. I can't imagine my family doctor wasting that kind of time to cross examine the parents of obviously healthy children. I also can't imagine case workers adding "obese" children to their endless list of abuse cases, but stranger things have happened.
Of course, another real issue is that if actually implemented, such a measure would prevent the parents who might need such intervention from going at all. Heck, after the vaccines were given, I'd think twice about bringing my kid into the system that would attempt create such an intrusion into my family life. Emergencies only after vaccines if I was cross-examined and scolded about an otherwise healthy kid.
3. And just think, even with all this Big Brother oversight, the malnourished, underweight kids will slip through. Cause you can never start being too rich or too thin!
Sounds like a plan to move copious amounts of money into the hands of diet doctors. If this goes into practice, how much you want to bet that a special government allowance will go to pay for all of this BS screening? Can't pay when little Johny has a cold, but can for this BS!
4. This means absolutely nothing. As others have noted, pediatricians are overloaded as it stands, and since most of the "outside the office" actions would be against the wishes of the parents, they would have to be passed as law. Which simply isn't going to happen.
Build a rapport with your pediatrician. Communicate freely. Make it clear that you respect them and their knowledge. If you don't get respect in return, find another doctor. Ultimately, the parents and not the doctors are the final decision makers and no "expert group" is going to change that any time soon.
5. How on earth would we even begin to pay for this? Social services are so strained they can't even take care of kids who really need intervention because of mistreatment.
6. Anonymous5:06 PM
It won't happen - because no one will pay for it! The insurance companies will not and the government will not either. If no one pays, the doctors won't bother with it. So don't worry.
7. This sort of thing is already happening in the UK. And their NHS is already overburdened and underfunded. Obese children have bene taken from their homes, because the parents were deemed negligent for allowing the kids to become obese.
Truly outrageous. We can look forward to even more teenagers and young adults with eating disorders in the future.
8. Anonymous9:16 AM
There is a trouble maker also named Wilshire (some relation to Regina) who once suggested a moratorium on ALL dietary recommendations not supported by Level I evidence.
Looks like the powers-that-be don't want to give up the powers-that-they-have.....
A shame.
9. Gary Taubes explores this paradox in his book, Good Calories, Bad Calories. Chapter 4 of the book titled ‘The Greater Good’ Geoffery Rose, an epidemiologist, is quoted as saying “ 49 out of 50 would eat differently every day (i.e. avoiding saturated fat) every day for 40 years and perhaps get nothing from it.” He suggested that you needed to create social pressure to change. This is the whole basis of public heatlh heart disease prevention model. This would be fine if the intervention offered a large degree of benefit compare to a small degree of risk, e.g. Typhoid vaccination to those who have been exposed to a carrier. The problem is that we’ve gotten into a situation where the (public health) intervention is worse than the cure. One example is the mass prescription of statins, a treatment, at best, only marginally effective in the prevention of heart disease or, more precisely, in the prevention of the recurrence of heart disease with many minor and serious side effects and a significant cost.
The dilemma is that the public health bureaucrat, who is typically a doctor, must treat the entire population to prevent the illness of a few, even if there are negative consequences to some in that population. This violates Hippocratic oath of First Do No Harm. A more cynical person than I would say this is a case of attempting to justify one’s existence (i.e. salary) when there was no need. More likely it’s a case of group think, that we experts (technocrats) are here to solve your problems (whether you want us to or not.) Oops there’s that cynicism again.
Taubes goes on to explain the problems with this approach. The most imporant being that once the public health campaign is adopted, it is effectively impossible to backtrack and say “Oops we were wrong. In fact, the science now shows that saturated fat is not a risk factor and that it’s the excess carbs that are harmful.”
10. I sometimes wonder if in the early days of nazi germany everything seemed pretty normal except a few offbeat things of this same nature.
11. Wow!! When mine were little all they cared about were the underweight kids. My daughter was always tall and thin (90+ percentile for height, 10th for weight). My doc wasn't a problem, but every other health care worker I was in touch with were!
My DD is now 25, tall and thin. Every trip to WIC was a nightmare! Her health was fine, she wasn't anemic, had plenty of energy, was obviously happy, intelligent, etc...but at every visit I had to listen to lectures about how thin she was and how she could get sick at such a low weight! She was the healthiest in the family!
I was "counseled" and questioned at every visit. I was told to give her milk shakes, ice cream, and pudding to put fat on her....even if she didn't eat her meal! It got to a point, just before she turned 5 (the cut off for WIC) that I was threatened with a social service referral! At that point my doc intervened and told them to back off....I was lucky.
This is what moms and dads will go thru if they have to use any of these services. Of course it will be the poorer families that will get the most intense "counseling", which I guess is good since we all KNOW that poor are fatter because they're lazier and eat more, right? (note sarcasm).
Don't you just love the stupidity?!
This whole "at risk" garbage drives me nuts! I am SO glad my kids are grown!
12. Anonymous4:18 AM
Gee, I suppose that childhood obesity has nothing to do with taking away recess, PE and school lunches with poor nutritional values...
Makes me think twice about taking my kids in for their check-ups...
13. Anonymous10:12 AM
Some times you just have to believe your own eyes. As I pass by the loccal school yard and look at the kids at recess I see very few obese children. If you were to ask Americans if they thought most kids were obese the majority would answer yes but their eyes tell them a different story, such is the power of the media.
14. I agree with anonymous....I watch people, it's one of my favorite past times in stores, airports, etc. While the fat kids do seem to be fatter, there are a LOT of skinny kids out there! Many of them (well dressed, clean, etc) look like they're being starved!!
I was harrassed when mine were little because my DD was very thin. I know it just made me mad. If I didn't have a supportive pediatrician and mom, I don't know what I would have done! It VERY scary to be told you may loose your kids when you didn't do anything wrong!
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A 45 year old man from Lydney has died after crashing his motorcycle into a parked van in Woolaston.
The incident happened over the weekend, as the driver of the motorbike was heading on the A48 towards Lydney.
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Messerschmitt Me 262 (Schwalbe / Sturmvogel) Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft (1944)
The German Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe of World War 2 became the first operational-level jet-powered military fighter in history.
Staff Writer (5/18/2016): The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the German answer to a failing war effort heading into 1945 during World War 2 (1939-1945). It was championed by some of the major players of the war though ultimately limited in its combat reach by forced design decisions, shortages of critical war materials, engine reliability, inexperienced pilots, and the Allied bombing campaign. The Me 262 could have been a game-changer for the Germans had it been given the necessary resources it required to make its mark on the war early on and provide a turning point for the German defense. By the end of the war, the Me 262 was hampered by a variety of issues - both logistically and politically - which ultimately limited its effectiveness and imprint on the war. Additionally, so much time had elapsed between the design idea and actual operational service that the Allies were already hard at work on their own jet-powered fighters which would have leveled the playing field. Nevertheless, the Me 262 still resonates with observers of World War 2 history - the first jet-powered fighter in service anywhere in the world - and remains the focus of so many "what-if" scenarios.
The turbojet engine is largely credited to the British and Frank Whittle but other nations evolved their own designs at about the same time in history. Germany was one such nation with patents and prototypes emerging during the 1930s - BMW and Jumo would become two of its major contributors players heading into World War 2 (1939-1945). With new, more refined turbojet engine models becoming available, the RLM (German Air Ministry) charged the Messerschmitt and Heinkel concerns with development of a new military-minded airframe to be powered by jet propulsion. Due to the limited thrust output of these new engines, two engines became the accepted norm for all viable future jet fighter designs.
Messerschmitt and Heinkel submitted their designs to the RLM in June of 1939 as "Projekt 1065" and "He 280" respectively. German authorities favored the Messerschmitt design over the competing Heinkel endeavor but still saw value in further developing the He 280 alongside the P.1065 and thusly, funding was allotted for both submissions. First flight of the He 280 was on April 2nd, 1941 becoming the world's first turbojet-powered military fighter aircraft in the world to fly. The Heinkel product followed its earlier He 178 experimental prototype into aviation history, the He 178 being the first jet-powered aircraft ever to fly back on August 27th, 1939.
During March of 1940, Messerschmitt was awarded a government contract for four aircraft of which three would become flight test models and the other a static test article under the designation of "Me 262" and the name of "Schwalbe" (translating to "Swallow"). The initial design called for use of straight main wing assemblies but weight and thrust issues with the expected BMW powerplants forced engineers to adopted a pseudo-swept-wing arrangement rather than redesign the entire aircraft. Additionally, the original design saw the engines buried in each straight wing assembly as opposed to the largely accepted vision of the Me 262 with its underslung nacelles. It was this wing revision that introduced - or rather forced - the heavy, large engines to reside in underwing nacelles away from the aircraft structure. This had the beneficial effect of allowing unrestricted access to the engine during testing and service while also facilitating engine replacement. The changes also benefitted the overall design aerodynamically to an extent by producing a more streamlined form with less frontal drag. The undercarriage was of a "tail-dragger" arrangement to keep the fighter's construction and operation simple. The arrangement included two single-wheeled landing gear legs leading a single-wheeled tail wheel at rear. All legs were retractable under the aircraft.
Due to delays in both the BMW and Jumo jet engines, the Me 262 prototype airframe was fitted with a Jumo 210Ga 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine of 750 horsepower output managing a two-bladed wooden propeller. This allowed Messerschmitt engineers to, at the very least, test out some facets of their new design without the need to delay the program by waiting for the proper turbojet engines to pass their own testing regimens. The subsequent work on the airframe produced the "Me 262V1" prototype which began conducting ground running trials during April of 1941. It eventually went into the air on April 18th, netting an airspeed of 261 miles per hour without turbojet support. The flight lasted all of eighteen minutes and proved the aircraft sound in terms of handling and airflow. The aircraft allowed for twenty-three total flights to be had - a critical period of development for Messerschmitt engineers despite the lack of true turbojets being fitted.
BMW 003 series turbojet engines finally arrived for November 1941 and these were quickly run and then added to the Me 262 airframe. The first true jet-powered Me 262 went airborne for the first time on March 25th, 1942 though the Jumo piston engine was still retained for safety. The flight proved something of a failure when both engines flamed out, the pilot able to direct his heavy aircraft - under the power of the sole piston engine - back down to the runway. The exercise forced a rewrite of the BMW 003 engines which produced the new 003A designation and testing of this engine began in October of 1943.
With the work on the BMW engine ongoing, the Me 262 was outfitted with the alternative Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet model instead. The switch added additional thrust output that the 003 lacked and, it was hoped, would benefit the Me 262 airframe. By this time, the original Jumo 004 had been revised along the lines of using far less war material in its construction which introduced weaknesses in its design - the changes begat the 004B engine designation. The Jumo engines were installed into the second (Me 262V2) and third (Me 262V3) Me 262 airframes for testing which forced a modification of the existing engine nacelles (originally intended for the BMW turbojets). Additionally, the vertical tail surface was enlarged to compensate with the changed airflow.
With its Jumo engines fitted, Me 262V3 went airborne on July 18th, 1942, becoming the first of the line to fly solely on the intended jet propulsion arrangement. The aircraft, requiring a great deal of runway length to get airborne, ultimately managed a top speed of 375 miles per hour during this twelve minute stint, reaching an altitude of about 6,000 feet in the process. Additional testing during subsequent flights revealed nothing detrimental about the product - amazing considering the technological complexity inherent in the jet-powered fighter design. One of the key changes instituted was in a revised wing structure which officially granted the Me 262 airframe a fully-swept wing profile. By now, speeds in testing had reached 450 miles per hour. Despite its designation, Me 262V2 actually followed V3 into the air on a first flight during October 1942.
Progress proved such that two more prototypes - V4 and V5 - were ordered by German high command to be followed by fifteen preproduction series aircraft, this despite ongoing development and the generally unreliable, low-powered engines at play. V1 and V4 were eventually damaged beyond repair, V2 was lost (its pilot killed) during a dive attempt, and V3 was destroyed in an Allied bombing raid. V5 was the first version to introduce the tricycle undercarriage arrangement - against Messerschmitt's wishes and at the behest of Galland while further backed by Luftwaffe chiefs. The move was intended to improve ground running for the pilot as well as take-offs. The nose leg would feature as a consistent weakness for the life of the aircraft. V5 was also eventually damaged during testing and not repaired.
When famous German aviator Adolph Galland first flew Me 262V4, he was so impressed that he returned to his superiors and pushed for large-scale manufacture of the type (inherent limitations of the design aside). With rumors of the British undertaking a similar jet-powered fighter project, the Luftwaffe agreed with Galland and the Me 262 received the needed priority for mass production. The official production charge occurred in June of 1943 with the ambitious manufacture rate of sixty Me 262 fighters per month. This charge forced Messerschmitt engineers to find quick solutions to ongoing issues - cockpit pressurization and an ejection seat were still on the to-do list.
Me 262V6 was used as a preproduction quality mount and fitted all-new engine nacelles with the latest Jumo 004B-0 engines then available. Weapons were not yet fitted. In November of 1943, V6 was used to display the awesomeness of the Me 262 fighter design before Adolph Hitler himself. Hitler was so enamored by the display that he suggested the fighter be used in the tactical bomber role, giving rise to a fighter-bomber form (the "Sturmvogel" or "Stormbird") for which Messerschmitt was not completely ready to undertake with the compact delivery schedule. Nevertheless, the promise was secured that the Me 262 could fulfill the fast bomber role which fell into the plans by Hitler to use these aircraft in a counter-punch role against key Allied fronts as a shock instrument - a "Blitz Bomber". Prototype V6 crashed in March of 1944 with the loss of its pilot.
A cleaned-up canopy (the small sliding window gone) greeted preproduction model Me 262V7 and a pressurized cabin was finally added. The Jumo engines used were finally production-quality forms which now promised a near-finalized look to the German aircraft. After over a dozen test flights, V7 was too lost in a fatal crash in May of 1944.
Me 262V8 was finished with the proposed armament of 4 x 30mm MK 108 series cannons in the nose. A new canopy was also later installed with improved vision. Testing of the V8 and its guns revealed problems all their own forcing a revision of the feed mechanism - though jamming of these guns (brought about by violent maneuvers of the aircraft) was never truly solved by the end of the war. Ammunition counts for the large-caliber weapons were restricted by necessity as internal volume was at a premium within the Me 262 airframe. V8 went airborne in March of 1944 but was later lost in October of that same year during a landing exercise gone wrong. Despite Hitler's insistence on a jet-powered fighter, Messerschmitt engineers continued to further the Me 262 as a fighter first - particular when word of the new Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" heavy bomber began to reach German intelligence circles.
Me 262V9 was given several advanced physical changes and used for high-speed testing and other test roles beyond that. It first flew during January of 1944 - before V8 - and managed its own collection of successful (and unsuccessful) flights during its time aloft. Me 262V10 was delayed by the lack of engines and did not fly until April 1944. It was then used to trial bomb testing as Hitler's prized fighter-bomber.
Program Challenges and Product Limitations
The Me 262 fighter initiative faced many challenges in its run to becoming the German fighter that would change the war. The Allies were hard at work on their own advanced fighter concepts which would have given the Me 262 a run for its money - no longer the sole, untouchable jet fighter in the skies over Europe. Additionally, the Junkers Jumo jet engines required for the product were very temperamental and largely unreliable which worsened mass production promises. The engine was also the powerplant of choice for another championed German jet aircraft - the Arado Ar 234 "Blitz" bomber - a design falling more in line with Hitler's fighter-bomber vision over the battlefield. As such stocks of the engine were committed to that Arado program as well.
As a war weapon, the Me 262 was very limited by the very infancy of its inherent technology and those existing technologies brought together - from the engines and guns to operating speeds and advanced form. Additionally, skilled workers and restricted war material were a requirement with such an advanced aircraft - further complicating the rise of the Me 262 as the standard German frontline fighter in a war effort that was hampered by the constant Allied day and night bombing raids.
Production quality Me 262s were not available to the Luftwaffe until April of 1944 and the first stock numbered just sixteen aircraft. The numbers were strengthened some in May with seven more fighters arriving. By this time, the aircraft was reaching speeds of 540 miles per hour and capable of simply outrunning, out-diving, or out-climbing any known Allied fighter/interceptor. Its cannon armament could bring down a single bomber by way of a single burst of fire. Thusly, the Luftwaffe believed it truly had a thoroughbred on its hands suitable for changing Germany's war circumstance.
However, one final major hurdle still remained in getting the Me 262 into the air - suitably trained pilots. As such, airframes were set aside for conversion to a tandem two-seat form with the first arriving in July 1944 and the Luftwaffe arranged for a trials squadron to be formed.
The first Me 262 air kill of an opposing aircraft - a British de Havilland Mosquito - was recorded on July 26th, 1944. The first Me 262 loss to enemy fire followed on August 28th, 1944 when a pair of Republic P-47 Thunderbolts successfully downed the jet.
The Sturmvogel
Hitler continued to insist on the Me 262's development along the fighter-bomber route. This was driven home after a May 1944 meeting when he learned that the fighter-bomber form had not even been addressed, resulting in the immediately ordering of such an aircraft to take precedent over the fighter version without delay. The modifications to the existing air frame proved problematic but were nonetheless forced onto Messerschmitt designers. This included adding more fuel for extended operational ranges and the deletion of two of the four 30mm cannons to help offset an inherent imbalance of the airframe - particularly when the bombs were dropped and that weight lifted. The aircraft also received two hardpoints under the fuselage ahead of the main landing gear legs. Applicable arming and release equipment was run through the cockpit and wings. The changes produced a heavier aircraft with altered flight characteristics which would require an experienced and attentive pilot at the controls. Despite the shift to the fighter-bomber mold, development of the fighter form was allowed to proceed and every 20th Me 262 was set aside for the fighter role and even these were requested to be completed with some sort of bomb-carrying/release feature.
Technical Specifications:
Messerschmitt Me 262 (Schwalbe / Sturmvogel)
Single-Seat Jet-Powered Fighter / Fighter-Bomber Aircraft
Focus Model: Messerschmitt Me 262A-1
Origin: Nazi Germany
Manufacturer: Messerschmitt - Germany / Avia - Czechoslovakia
Service Entry: 1944
Production Total: 1,400
Crew: 1
Length: 34.78 ft (10.6 m)
Width: 41.01 ft (12.50 m)
Height: 12.47ft (3.80 m)
Weight (Empty): 8,378 lb (3,800 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 14,110 lb (6,400 kg)
Powerplant: 2 x Junkers Jumo-004B turbojet engines developing 1,984 lb of thrust each.
Maximum Speed: 541 mph (870 kmh; 470 kts)
Maximum Range: 652 miles (1,050 km)
Service Ceiling: 37,730 ft (11,500 m; 7.1 miles)
Rate-of-Climb: 3,937 feet-per-minute (1,200 m/min)
Hardpoints: 2
Armament Suite:
4 x 30mm MK 108 cannons in nose
External Bombload of up to 1,200lbs. Other armaments of later models included (some trialed):
2 x 550lb SC250/SD250 bombs under forward fuselage
2 x 1,100lb SC500/SD500 bombs under forward fuselage
1 x 1,100lb or 2,200lb towed bomb (Deichselschlepp)
2 x 20mm MG 151/20 cannons with 2 x 30mm MK 103 cannons and 2 x 30mm MK 108 cannons in nose.
24 x 55 R4M AA rockets underwing
1 x 50mm Mauser MK 214 autocannon in nose
1 x 50mm Rheinmetall BK 5 cannon in nose
2 x Ruhrstahl X-4 wire-guided AA missiles under the forward fuselage.
Reconnaissance versions were usually gun-less aircraft and carried camera equipment in the nose, noted by bulged fairings along the nose sides required for the film magazines.
Me 262 - Base Series Designation
"Schwalbe" - Name denoting fighter version
"Sturmvogel" - Name denoting fighter-bomber version
Me 262V - Prototypes and pre-production models
Me 262A-0 - 23 Pre-Production models built
Me 262A-1a - First Operational Status Model
Me 262A-1a/U1 - Additional 2 x 20mm cannons (in addition to the base 4 x 30mm assembly.
Me 262A-1a/U2 - Inclement Weather Variant
Me 262A-1a/U3 - Unarmed Reconnaissance Model
Me 262A-1b - Bomber Destroyer; 24 x air-to-air unguided rockets added (12 under each wing).
Me 262A-2 Sturmvogel (Stormbird) - Fighter-Bomber
Me 262A-2a - Fighter-Bomber; capable of 1,102lb external bomb load.
Me 262A-2a/U1 - One-ioff used to trial new bombsight
Me 262A-2a/U2 - Two-seat fighter-bomber variant with bombardier fitted into prone bomb-aimer position in glazed-over nose assembly; 2 examples.
Me 262A-3a - Proposed ground-attack variant; not furthered.
Me 262A-4a - Reconnaissance variant
Me 262A-5 - Production Reconnaissance Fighter; limited numbers by war's end.
Me 262B-1a - Two-seat conversion trainer with dual controls.
Me 262B-1a/U1 - Two-seat trainers converted to night fighter role; outfitted with FuG 218 Neptun radar and antenna array on nose.
Me 262B-2 - Proposed Night Fighter; lengthened fuselage
Me 262C-1a - One-off prototype; rocket-assisted interceptor; Walter HWK 109 rockets.
Me 262C-2b - One-off prototype; rocket-assisted interceptor; BMW rockets.
Me 262C-3 - Proposed interceptor with Walter HWK RII-211 rocket boosting.
Me 262C-3a - Proposed interceptor with Walter HWK 109-509S-2 rocket boosting.
Me 262D-1 - Proposed mortar-carrying bomber destroyer
Me 262E-1 - Proposed bomber destroyer with 55mm MK 114 cannon in nose.
Me 262E-2 - Proposed bomber destroyer with 48 x R4M rocket support under wings.
Me 262W-1 - High-speed version with Argus As 014 pulsejet engines.
Me 262W-3 - High-speed version with Argus As 044 pulsejet engines.
Me 262 "Lorin" - High-speed model benefitting from 2 x Lorin ramjet boosters over wings.
Nakajima J9Y "Kikka" - IJN variant based on the Me 262
Nakajima Ki-201 "Kayru" - IJA variant based on the J9Y
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} | 694 | Anteaters, Sloths and Armadillos
Anteaters, Sloths and Armadillos are of the same family. A Bizarre group of animals make up the order of mammals known as the EDENTATES. They include the above mentioned animals, all of which, except the nine – banded armadillo, live in the tropical regions of South America and Central America. The name edentate means without teeth. But it is misleading term, as only the anteaters are toothless. In fact, some armadillos have more teeth tan any other land animals.
Of the 21 species of armadillo, the largest is the giant armadillo which is 91.5 cm (3 ft) in length. It has up to 100 peg-like - twice as many as most mammals – which are shed when the animal reaches adulthood. The smallest species, the fairy armadillo, is less than 15cm (6 in) long. Armadillos give birth to up to four young. The nine – banded armadillo, from North America, gives birth to quadruplets of the same sex.
Body Amour:
Armadillos are encased in Body Amour formed by separate plates made of bone. Soft skin links the plates together giving them flexibility. In most species the plates cover only the upper part of the body. If threatened, some species, such as the three banded armadillo, roll into a ball while others make for their burrow or dig themselves into the ground.
Armadillos have large curved claws. They use them to dig into the ground to make burrows, to escape predators and to find food. The giant Armadillo’s middle claw is the largest claw in the animal kingdom, measuring 18 cm (7 in) around the curve.
There are four species of anteater. The giant anteater lives in grasslands. The other three species live in forests and have prehensile (grasping) tails with which they hang from trees. Anteaters have long snouts and tongues to enable them to collect the termites and ants on which they feed. They locate the prey with their acute sense of smell. Their fore claws are so large that they need to walk of their knuckles. The claws are used to break upon termite nests and for defense. If threatened, they rear up on their hind legs and try to rip their opponent with their claws.
A female’s ante aster gives birth to a single young. The young anteater travels on its mother’s back for the first year of its life, by which time it is almost half the size of its mothers.
Giant Anteaters:
Scientific Name: Myrmecophaga Tridactyla
Order: Edentata
Family: Mytmecophagidae
Distribution: South America
Habitat: Grasslands and Savannahs
Diet: Termites, Ants and Larvae
Size: Length including tail – 1.83 m (6 ft)
Lifespan: 25 years (in captivity)
Adapted to living upside down, sloths hang by their claws from the branches of trees. They can rotate their heads through a 270 degree angle, allowing them to keep their head upright while their body remains inverted. They eat, mate, give birth and spend their entire life – cycle upside down. Sloth’s hair lies in the opposite direction from other animals’ to allow rain to run off. Only when asleep do they adopt a more normal position, by squatting in the fork of a tree. There are seven species of sloth. All are herbivorous.
Sloths are very slow movers. They rarely descent to the ground as they can only just stand, but cannot walk. They drag themselves along with their claws. In water though, they are good swimmers.
Due to the high humidity levels in the rainforest, infestations of green algae grow within a sloth’s fur and cover its coat. This acts as a camouflage and makes the sloth less conspicuous. As the seasons change, the algae change color to match the color of the trees.
There are seven species of pangolin or scaly anteater. They have much in common with the Edentates, but they belong to a different order called the Pholidota. They are covered with scales attached to the skin. Some species have a long, prehensile tail that is used to grasp branches and also to lash out at predators. They feed on termites, ants and larvae which they catch with their long tongues.
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} | 388 | In agreement with P.M. Tuilaepa
21 August 2018
Dear Editor,
Prime Minister Tuilaepa is absolutely right about the issue of the Chinese debt.
While Tonga may be struggling to repay loans, Samoa certainly is not.
Asking for a debt write-off is tantamount to admitting that Tonga is going to default.
If the whole Pacific Forum asks for debt forgiveness in one go, the credit rating for the whole region would be in the toilet.
Samoa can afford to repay the loans that Samoa owes. There has been no issues with repayment and creditors like the ADB, the World Bank, and the Exim Bank of China have had no issues with Samoa.
So why should Samoa jump into the same boat as Tonga?
Tonga’s economy and revenues are quite obviously smaller than Samoa’s so Tonga cannot afford to repay.
Maybe their King with all his riches should contribute more money to the repayments. After all, wasn’t his lavish palace renovations and the new St. George’s Palace the result of deals done by the last King?
Anyway, Samoa knows it cannot keep asking for loans because then they will become unaffordable. So it hasn’t.
The new wharf project at Vaiusu could’ve been built by now if they had asked for an Exim bank loan to do it, but they haven’t. They are steadily building up the grant funds to build the wharf eventually.
They currently have 60% of the funds covered.
Why have they not gone for a loan?
Because the government knows its limits and it won’t stray over that limit. This is good discipline and is a result of some sound financial stewardship from Finance Minister Sili Epa Tuioti who has preached fiscal discipline over the past two years.
Revenue minister Tialavea Tionosio Hunt has also been beavering away making sure revenues are collected by everyone, including some of the highest earners in the country - the faifeau.
However, as it stands, Samoa can comfortably afford the current loan repayments and does not need to ask for debt forgiveness.
Petelo Suaniu
21 August 2018
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The advancement of technology and global marketing has added a new venue in protecting intellectual property associated with complex patents. Fortunately, the courts have started to intercede, examining the violation or infringement claims, based on intellectual property patent enforcement rights. The process isn’t simple. Documentation for the case is detailed and requires legitimacy in order for the person or small company to receive full patent protection.
Yesterday’s forerunners have spent many hours developing complex intellectual property systems, filing patents and securing the marketplace, establishing a wealth of revenue for years to come. So many times the patents are exploited taking the invention to market without authority, initiating an infringement on the rights of the inventor and those who invested in the concept.
The abundance of patents over the past decade may now be the cause for overlapping pre-existing patents due to advancements in the market. The introduction of new technology patents has introduced a secondary market, made up of private group investors or non-practicing entities. These groups are financing or buying existing patents, matching existing technology patents to a recently financed or purchased patent, and citing infringement violations based on their own patents. It’s become more critical for plaintiffs to hire an experienced firm to represent and prove true ownership and accurate compensation for proportional damages as a result.
Non-practicing entities
These entities are known as patent trolls, using patent enforcement strategies to generate revenue instigating litigation trials. Depending on the size of the company or the ability to legally represent the company, most incidents will settle out of court, at a loss for the business and the company’s shareholders. It’s become a very successful method for generating revenue without having to produce or develop a product or service. As the market demands increase for better and more advanced technology, it’s getting harder to bring new product to market without some form of overlap to a preceding patent.
Today, judicial systems are more aware of the patent troll motives, and may see these actions as hostile. Trolls pursue consumers purchasing alleged infringed technology or small companies less capable to represent themselves in court. As each case is settled or judgment rendered, determinations are based on sufficient facts to show real controversy between the parties. Yet, non-practicing entities continue to seek modifications for winning strategies, enforcing patent violation claims as a primary source of revenue.
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} | 7,368 | The Star Wars Dissection – Retcons
Hello all, it’s Andrew and I’m back with another post for The Star Wars Dissection.
Last time, I said that I was planning on doing a run of posts about the different depictions of Star Wars film battles in the EU, starting with the Battle of Naboo. I will still continue with that line of analysis, but something else came to mind in the interim.
On the forums, there was a discussion on how different franchises handle continuity. Marvel Comics, for example, has its main continuity (which they call Earth-616), a secondary continuity (its Ultimate line) and then any number of other continuities, some of which may just be one-shots or short stories from their “What If” line. Video games tend to exist within their own continuities, as well as TV series. Films had their own continuities too. And while some franchises may have shared continuities (the cartoons Wolverine and the X-Men and Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are in the same universe), and while some might cross over periodically (the Ultimate Fantastic Four once crossed into the Marvel Zombieverse; the game Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions featured the protagonist from Amazing Spider-Man, the Ultimate Spider-ManSpider-Man Noir, and Spider-Man 2099 working together), there are dozens of individual continuities, each with little to no bearing on the remaining ones. Continuity is maintained as best as possible within each individual universe, but having multiple universes allows different storytelling. Explorations with time travel and alternate realities allows even further experimentation with characters; I’m specifically thinking of the House of M miniseries, where the Scarlet Witch created a new timeline where all the superheroes’ single greatest desire was fulfilled. For example, Spider-Man was married to Gwen Stacy, who hadn’t been killed as she had in the main series. So the variety in universes and continuities allows for a degree of flexibility in storytelling; if I want Spider-Man to fight Wolverine, I can probably find (or invent) a universe to make it happen.
Figure 1: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions showcases the multiple universes produced by Marvel.
Star Wars is interesting in that there is one continuity; one single universe in which all canon events take place. This continuity is preserved by authors who try and work within the limitations set by the universe, and the assistance of those such as Leland Chee and his Holocron Continuity Database. Occasionally, writers break from the established continuity, either accidentally or otherwise. While never done out of malice, but instead for the benefit of good storytelling, the maintenance of the overall continuity requires the creative use of retroactive continuity, or Retcons.
Over the past few years, especially since Star Wars: The Clone Wars came out, fans have voiced their concern over the use of retcons. The introduction of numerous new elements, be they directly or implicitly counter to the continuity, have given fans a certain degree of irritation (to put it mildly). This provoked a wide range of responses, from mild indifference to total outrage, with some choosing to no longer invest in Star Wars as a result of continuity changes. It also spawned the Petition of the Two-Thousand, a formal request to Lucasfilm to be mindful of the Expanded Universe when writing new stories. While I respect the goal of the Petition (indeed, no further continuity errors would be wonderful) I enjoy the prospect of new retcons that attempt to keep all stories canon.
So I’m going to look at some of the bigger retcons ever made in Star Wars, but I’m also going to see if the pre-retcon EU can be reasonably assembled into some kind of multiverse or alternate continuity.
Canon levels
Before delving into my analysis, I want to touch upon the different levels of canon, and separate the terms canon and continuity. There are presently five levels of canon, labeled G, T, C, S, and N. G-canon is material that comes directly from one of the six films. The G stands for George Lucas; ostensibly, all G-canon material came directly from Mr. Lucas. It is worth noting that G-canon has divisions within itself, stemming from the slight changes Lucas makes in each new release of the films. The most recent release of the films (which, as of 16 September 2011, would be the Blu-Ray release, until the films are re-released theatrically in 3D) are in the highest echelon of G-canon. T-canon is a fairly recent invention, and includes material from the movie and TV series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The T stands for Television, and so any material introduced in any TV series (including the upcoming Live Action series, but probably excluding the Seth Green animated series and other non-canon material) falls under T-canon. Originally, T-canon was introduced to establish that the material in The Clone Wars would be a higher level then the rest of the EU, and thus could pre-empt novels or comics. Leland Chee later went even further and stated that T-canon material still came from the office of George Lucas, and so would be equivalent to G-canon. The C in C-canon stands for Continuity. This includes all EU material published post-1991 (as well as some pre-1991 material, such as the Han Solo and Lando Calrissian trilogies) that exists within the Star Wars continuity. It includes novels, comics, RPG sourcebook material, etc. Notably, it includes the plots of video games, but not the game mechanics; for example, Kyle Katarn did destroy the Arc Hammer (LucasArts, 1995), but he did not get shot hundreds of times, nor did he do it carrying 10 large weapons on his back, etc. Films and TV shows can pre-empt C-canon material, requiring the retcons discussed below. S-canon is a level below C-canon, which includes EU materials pre-1991, with a few exceptions. S (for Secondary)-canon was invented to include these older materials that don’t quite fit in properly, such as the Marvel Star Wars comics or the Goodwin/Williamson newstrip comics. The logic was that S-canon was a grey area. Either newer EU sources could reference an S-canon story, which upgraded it to C-canon, or the new EU books could choose to contradict it, making the S-canon story non-canon. New material is never classified as S-canon, nor is EU material downgraded to S-canon; the level exists only to account for older material, to be either upgraded or downgraded at the whim of the authors and Lucasfilm. N-canon is all material that is not canon, and thus not part of the continuity. This includes old S-canon stories that have been downgraded, game mechanics in electronic or tabletop games, certain humorous and obviously non-canon material from Star Wars Tales and LEGO Star Wars, non-canon game endings, etc.
Figure 2: Marvel Star Wars #96: Duel with a Dark Lady (Duffy, 1985), was S-canon until 2006, when Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (Allston, 2006) referenced the events therein, bringing it up to C-canon. Note that Lumiya was also referenced in certain Hidalgo/Peña articles, but never in newer novels or comics.
The term Continuity refers to the one story, spanning the millennia of the Star Wars universe, which includes G-, T-, C-, and S-canon sources. Conflicts between sources are resolved through the canon levels and fancy retcons. The point is that one cannot say “G-level continuity” vs. “C-level continuity,” otherwise you would have a Marvel-style multiverse, which is not the goal. One continuity, where a canon-level system helps clarify its contents.
History of the Clone Wars
The Clone Wars were first mentioned as what appeared to be a throwaway line in Episode IV, where it was revealed that Obi-Wan Kenobi once fought in that conflict, holding the title of General. That was the only G-canon material to mention the Clone Wars until Episode II came out, 25 years later, where we learned that the conflict was between the Republic’s clone army and the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. But before 2002, there were numerous theories about the date and nature of the Clone Wars. First, the dates of the Clone Wars were highly variable. In some, it is implied that the Clone Wars were finished long before the Empire’s rise, but in others, the Clone Wars ended much closer to the events of Episode IV. A Guide to the Star Wars Universe (Velasco, 1984) said that the Clone Wars ended in 35 BBY. The novel Dark Force Rising (Zahn, 1992) corroborates this, stating that Honoghr was devastated during the Clone Wars in 35 BBY (or, “44 standard years” before 9 ABY). Other sources, like the Farlander Papers (DeMaria, 1993), do not give a date, but instead state that Palpatine was elected President during the Clone Wars, and that he became Emperor many years later. On the flipside you have Marvel Star Wars issue #68-69 (Michelinie, 1983), which states that Boba Fett, along with Fenn Shysa and Tobbi Dala, were part of the Mandalorian Protectors and fought against the Republic. Furthermore, it states that one important mission on which the three Mandalorians were sent was to capture Senator/Princess Leia Organa, who was already a prominent figure by this point. Since Princess Leia was only in the Senate for 2-3 years before Episode IV, the implication is that the Clone Wars occurred much closer to Episode IV then we previously thought. All of these dates differ from the official dates of the Clone Wars (22-19 BBY), and thus were retconned in some creative ways. The year 35 BBY was retconned into being the year of the Great ReSynchronization (originally, the Great ReSynchronization was meant to be at the end of the Clone Wars, but the retcon disassociates the two events). The Battle of Honoghr has been retconned into taking place in the year 20 BBY, with the Essential Guide to Alien Species (Lewis, 2001) setting up the retcon that a year on Honoghr is shorter than the galactic norm (29 Republic years = 44 Honoghr years). The information in the Farlander Papers is almost correct; Palpatine was elected during the droid army occupation of his homeworld, and became Emperor 13 years later. The Boba Fett/Mandalorian retcon is a bit more convoluted (but is easily my favourite retcon ever). Episode II established that Boba Fett was only 10 years old at the start of the Clone Wars. The History of the Mandalorians (Peña, 2005) established that Spar, a rogue clone of Jango Fett, claimed to be the offspring of Jango, took on the title of Mandalore the Resurrector and re-founded the Mandalorian Protectors/Commandos and fought for the CIS. One of the missions that Spar, Shysa, and Dala would perform was an attempted kidnapping of Padmé Amidala, prominent Senator and Princess Leia’s biological mother.
Figure 3: Left: Boba Fett, later retconned to being Spar, during the Clone Wars (Marvel Star Wars 68). Right: Boba Fett during the Clone Wars (The Clone Wars: Death Trap)
The nature of the Clone Wars has also been highly variable. Early discussions stated that the original intent was for the Clone Wars to be fought between the Republic/Jedi and the Mandalorians, per The Galactic Empire Scrapbook (Vaz, 1997). The Mandalorian issues of Marvel Star Wars seem to corroborate this, going further to state that the Mandalorians fought for the Galactic Empire, establishing that the Clone Wars was fought between the Republic and the Empire, and that the Empire ultimately won. The Thrawn Trilogy (Zahn, 1991-1993) went in a different direction. The Clone Wars, per these novels, was a series of conflicts fought between the Republic/Jedi and various armies of insane clones, led by “Clone Masters”. Other sources seem to corroborate this version, and the general belief was that the clones were fighting against the Republic. Of course, when Episode II came out, these interpretations differed from the G-canon material, and so had to be retconned. First, the Mandalorians fighting against the Republic is retconned in a few ways. There were many Mandalorian splinter groups, some fighting for the Republic, such as Kal Skirata and the other bounty hunters Jango Fett hired to train the clone army (Traviss, 2004), some remaining neutral, such as Duchess Satine’s pacifist New Mandalorians (Hsu et al, 2010), and others fighting for the CIS, such as the aforementioned Mandalorian Protectors under Spar and Shysa (Peña, 2005) and the Death Watch under Pre Viszla (Hsu et al, 2010). The fact that the enemy Mandalorians were fighting for the Empire was easily retconned into the fact that Darth Sidious was in command of the CIS before the rise of the Empire. There were other interesting retcons to correct the Thrawn Trilogy interpretations. The conflict with the Clone Masters was retconned to having taken place some time later, where they used their own clones to fight the Empire. Furthermore, I have heard that the Clone Masters were retconned into being the Kaminoans, who built a smaller clone army to rebel against the Empire, as seen in the game Battlefront II(Pandemic Studios, 2005), though the link between the Clone Masters and the Battle of Kamino in Battlefront II is tenuous (the Wookieepedia article does not state a source). Another retcon is the army composed of insane Morgukai clones used by the CIS during the Siege of Saleucami, as shown in Republic #74-77 (Ostrander, 2005), thus establishing that, indeed, the Republic did fight an army of mad clones at one point during the Clone Wars.
Figure 4: Left: A Kaminoan Rebel clone fighting a Stormtrooper (Star Wars: Battlefront II). Right: The Morgukai Clone Army fighting Jedi (from Star Wars: Republic 74). Both of these serve as retcons to older Clone Wars references, stating that the Republic fought armies of insane clones.
So, as you can see, a number of interpretations of the Clone Wars have existed over the years, and a variety of retcons (some of which were rather creative) have kept almost all of it in the continuity. As a result, I have high hopes that any further interpretations or changes/errors made during Star Wars: The Clone Wars can be corrected, and that no material will be thrown out.
History of the Death Star
The Death Star has had a somewhat convoluted history, with numerous retcons to explain inconsistencies. We first saw the Death Star in Episode IV. It had recently been completed, and during the film it was used, destroying Alderaan. At the end of the film, we get an odd inconsistency. The Death Star plans contained within R2-D2 show the superlaser dish to be along with Death Star’s equator, and not in the upper half as we saw earlier. The explanation is simply that the Plans were out of date, and the original plan was to have the sueprlaser along the midline (note: the real reason is that originally the Death Star model would have its laser along the midline, but was changed later in the production process; I’m thinking it was probably too costly to re-do the incorrect CGI animation). The problem with this retcon is that Episode II showed the Geonosians in possession of an early set of Death Star Plans that were accurate. This can mean one of two things: either the animations of either Episode II or IV are simply incorrect and should be disregarded, or the Death Star Plans possessed by R2-D2 are much much older than originally predicted, perhaps up to 29 years old, when Tarkin and Sienar first came up with the idea of a Death Star in Rogue Planet (Bear, 2000)
Another issue of contention is the Death Star Plans. At the beginning of Episode IV, Princess Leia has just taken possession of the Death Star Plans, and gave them to R2-D2 for safekeeping. The EU tried to address how she came to acquire these plans. The problem is that there are no less than seven missions alleging to have resulted in the theft of the Death Star Plans. Rebels first learn of the Death Star’s existence by Garm Bel Iblis and Hal Horn on Darkknell (Interlude at Darkknell; Zahn, 1999). Knowledge of it became more widespread in 2 BBY after the signing of the Treaty of Corellia and the formation of the Rebel Alliance, when Garm Bel Iblis, Mon Mothma, and Bail Organa were held prisoner there until they were rescued by Starkiller (The Force Unleashed; Williams, 2008). Afterwards, the nascent Rebellion recognized the Death Star as the greatest threat to their lives, and so set in motion plans to steal detailed blueprints of the station. One mission to steal the plans involved the theft of Imperial communications satellites and their deployment in the Cron Drift. These satellites picked up technical transmissions, which were sent to Princess Leia via Mon Calamari Cruiser Independence (X-Wing; Totally Games, 1993).
Figure 5: Kyle Katarn retrieving one set of Death Star Plans from Danuta (Star Wars: Dark Forces)
Another mission involved mercenary Kyle Katarn, who infiltrated the Imperial outpost on Danuta and stole the plans from its main computer (Dark Forces; LucasArts, 1995 and Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire; Dietz, 1997). The outpost on Danuta was also raided by Rebel Rianna Saren, who also stole the Death Star Plans (Lethal Alliance; Ubisoft, 2006). In another mission, a Rebel fleet raided an Imperial convoy over Toprawa, stealing the plans before escaping (Rebel Dawn; Crispin, 1998, and other sources). A simultaneous raid on an Imperial Research Station on the surface of Toprawa captured the plans as well (Jedi Dawn; Cockburn, 1993). Another source of the Death Star Plans was from a prisoner riot on board the Death Star itself. Various prisoners, led by a captured Jedi Padawan, escaped from their cells and began fighting the Stormtroopers stationed on board. The riot was stopped quickly, but not before the prisoners transmitted the Death Star Plans to the Rebel outpost on Polis Massa. The outpost then transmitted the plans to Princess Leia before it was destroyed by the 501st Legion (Battlefront II; Pandemic Studios, 2005). Lastly, the Bothan Spynet acquired the plans and, with the help of Imperial traitor Moff Kalast, transmitted them to Princess Leia (Empire at War; Petroglyph, 2006). The retcon, established in the game Empire at War, determined that the Death Star Plans were intentionally broken into fragments and stored in different areas across the Galaxy, and that these various missions ensured the Rebellion got one complete copy. That said, there remains numerous gaps. First, Empire at War implied that the Empire learned that the Rebels were planning to transmit the complete copy of the Plans to Princess Leia over Tatooine, and therefore sent a massive fleet to catch her in the act. No fleet is ever seen in Episode IV (or any other source), and in all honesty, using the Death Star Plans as bait in a sting operation seems a bit excessive. This may be simply game mechanics. Another issue is that both Kyle Katarn and Rianna Saren stole Death Star Plans from the same outpost on Danuta. No retcon has been established so far, but it seems fair to say that there were two fragments, and each of them acquired one independently; Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire established that the Imperial base was significantly larger than Kyle Katarn ever saw, allowing the possibility that Saren’s mission took place elsewhere in the facility.
The last issue worth discussing here is the Death Star’s construction. The Jedi Academy Trilogy (Anderson, 1994) established that before the Death Star was built, a prototype was manufactured in the Maw Installation. This prototype consisted of the outer superstructure, the reactor, and the superlaser only. Once all relevant technology was perfected on the prototype, construction of the main Death Star began. However, Episode III contradicted this, showing the first Death Star under construction in 19 BBY, days or weeks after Empire was declared. The retcon, from the New Essential Chronology (Wallace and Anderson, 2005), showed that the superlaser was perfected aboard the Death Star Prototype, only to be added to the main Death Star after the engineers had it working properly. Another construction issue is duration. The first Death Star seemed to take 19 years to construct, whereas the Death Star II (which was over 5.5 times larger and much more complex) took a maximum of four years to build, or as little as one year, noting that the Empire built the Tarkin as a Death Star substitute in 3 ABY (Marvel Star Wars 51-52; Michelinie, 1981). Two retcons exist for this time difference. First, the retcon from The New Essential Chronology regarding the Death Star Prototype can also explain the construction time. Construction stopped when technical problems in the superlaser and other systems sprouted up, and was on hiatus until these problems were resolved aboard the Prototype. The other retcon comes from George Lucas in the DVD commentary for Episode III, where he suggested that union disputes and supply problems delayed construction (though he may have been joking).
I should note that the novel Death Star (Reaves and Perry, 2007) attempted to resolve many of these inconsistencies, narrating the construction process in the first chapter or so, and then telling the story of the Death Star in its last year of existence.
History of the Jedi
Very little was known of the Jedi Order before the prequel films were made. As a result, the Bantam-era EU authors had to balance creativity with restraint. They wanted to reference older Jedi, but there was the strong risk of writing something that George Lucas would later abolish, especially since Mr. Lucas stated that the Rise of the Empire would not be depicted in the EU. Therefore, the EU authors had to be careful in their references.
Luke Skywalker knew very little about the Jedi at the start of the New Republic era, but he slowly learned about the Order through the years. He learned a few things over the years, many of which were preempted by the prequel films. First, Luke seemed to believe that the Force could be taught to anyone, and thus in the Marvel Star Wars comics was going to teach Kiro, the Rik Duel gang, Barney, and Vila, but refused to teach any of them because of his concern that improper training would make them fall to the Dark Side (Duffy, 1983-1985). However, Episode VI implied that not everyone could be trained to wield the Force, and the post-1991 EU entrenched the idea that one needed to be “Force-sensitive” to become a Jedi. It could be retconned that some of Luke’s students were Force-sensitive despite Luke’s lack of knowledge, but the point is moot; he taught very few people during that time period.
Luke had a big breakthrough in learning about the Jedi in 8 ABY, when he found the Chu’unthor, a Jedi Academy starship that had crashed on Dathomir. He found various data tapes and books that explained more details about the process of teaching new Jedi. He seemed to believe that all Jedi were taught on starships like that, a concept that was reinforced in 12 ABY when he met the Old Republic Jedi Callista, who had apparently been taught aboard theChu’unthor (note: because the original Chu’unthor had crashed centuries before the prequel films, it was retconned that Callista learned aboard the Chu’unthor II). In 11 ABY, Luke sought out Force-sensitive students to be the first class of his Jedi Praxeum. He learned, through experimentation, about the “nub”, a part of the brain that, if pushed with the Force, would have a strong reaction in Force-sensitive people, and used that technique to find most of his first class. When the prequels came along, very little of this information was adopted. The Jedi were trained in the Jedi Temple and were identified by counting midichlorians in a blood sample. Retcons would be established to account for these differences. The Jedi Temple had not been conceived of in 1999, and so the EU would retcon that the Temple was in ruins, and while it was still standing in 4 ABY (per the Episode VI DVD; Lucas, 2004) and even 11 ABY (per Battlefront: Renegade Squadron; Rebellion Developments, 2007), it had collapsed by the time the Yuuzhan Vong arrived (Allston, 2002 and Stover, 2002). Tionne was sent to investigate the temple at one point, but apparently got very little information from it. The fact that Callista was taught aboard a starship was retconned to the fact that Callista’s master, Djinn Altis, operated his own Jedi sect, independent from the rest of the Jedi Order. The brain nub was never referenced in the prequels, but the easy retcon is just that midichlorian detection was easier or more efficient/accurate/precise than the nub, and that Luke never learned about midichlorians until much later in his life. It is also possible that Luke discovered the existence of the brain nub, and so no older Jedi knew of it.
Another difference in the portrayal of the Jedi pre- and post-1999 is the existence of Jedi families. During the Bantam era, it was established that Jedi could marry and have families, and several of the characters were the descendants of Jedi Knights, including Kam Solusar (Dark Empire II; Veitch, 1994) and Corran Horn (I, Jedi; Stackpole, 1998). Callista had a spouse named Geith Eris, and the Imperial warship Eye of Palpatine was meant to attack Belsavis, a planet housing the children of Jedi Knights (Children of the Jedi; Hambly, 1995). Jedi of the Old Republic during the Sith Era also had families; Andur and Nomi Sunrider were married and had a daughter, Vima (Tales of the Jedi: The Saga of Nomi Sunrider; Veitch, 1993). Then, Episode II firmly established the idea that Jedi could not marry nor have children, due to the risks of falling to the Dark Side associated with attachment to your spouse/offspring. Also, according to Vergere, Jedi were not permitted to have children to avoid creating Jedi family dynasties, which would have undue influence in the Order (I think this was from Destiny’s Way; Williams, 2002). As a result, retcons were required. Ranik Solusar had his son Kam without the permission of the Jedi Council, and so was severely reprimanded (The New Essential Guide to Characters; Wallace, 2002). There were two interpretations of Corran Horn’s circumstance. Either Nejaa Halcyon had special dispensation to have his son Valin (who became Hal Horn, Corran’s father) due to cultural considerations (Elusion Illusion; Stackpole, 2003) or Halcyon married and had a child without permission, keeping it hidden from the Jedi Council (Jedi Trial; Sherman and Cragg, 2004). Ultimately, any Jedi offspring dating from that era (such as Galen Marek) could be explained by the child being conceived with special dispensation from, or against the will of, the Jedi Council. Callista and Geith were members of Djinn Altis’s Jedi sect, which allowed marriage (Order 66; Traviss, 2008). The children of the Jedi located on Belvasis were retconned into being Apprentices and Padawans, not offspring (The New Essential Guide to Characters; Wallace, 2002). Last, issue 23 of Knights of the Old Republic established that there was a shift in Jedi thinking following the Great Sith War (J. Miller, 2007). Jedi would continue to have relationships and families for some years; Grand Master Satele Shan had a son, Theron (The Old Republic 7; Freed, 2011), but by the time of the Ruusan Reformations, the Jedi Order would ban marriage and conception.
Figure 6: Luke Skywalker, Kam Solusar, and Corran Horn: descendants of Old Republic Jedi; Nomi Sunrider and Ki-Adi-Mundi: Old Republic Jedi with children.
In conclusion, there were numerous differences between how Jedi lived and were taught in between the EU and the prequels, but very minor retcons solve most of the issues.
History of Anakin Skywalker
The history of Anakin Skywalker, later Darth Vader, also has an interesting collection of retcons. Like the other retcons discussed, many of these retcons come from information slowly revealed in the films contradicting expanded universe material published earlier (easily the most forgivable type of retcon). The first retcon I will discuss is Anakin and Vader being one and the same. This seems like a no-brainer; Anakin fell to the Dark Side and became Darth Vader. It’s the plot of the entire saga. But in Episode IV, Obi-Wan strongly implies that Anakin was a Jedi Knight and friend of Obi-Wan, and Vader was an entirely different person, who was Obi-Wan’s apprentice. Vader fell to the Dark Side and murdered Anakin. Vader’s relationship with Anakin was completely omitted from the pre-Episode V EU except for one instance, Marvel Star Wars Annual #1: The Long Hunt (Claremont, 1979). Apparently, Obi-Wan visited the planet Skye during the Clone Wars with his two students, Darth Vader and “the man whose lightsaber [Luke was] wearing”, and the Skytiri remembered the name Skywalker. This was retconned in an interesting way. It seems that, shortly before the battle, Anakin performed the Corcordance of Fealty, a ritual of trust where Anakin traded lightsabers with another Jedi, in this case Halagad Ventor. As a result, the two individuals with Obi-Wan at the Battle of Skye were Anakin and Halagad (“Darth Vader and the man whose lightsaber you’re wearing”). The only question this retcon raises is how the people of Skye knew Darth Vader if they only met him before his transformation. This leads me to believe that someone among them is very well connected in the Empire.
A second retcon of note is Anakin’s history before his transformation into Darth Vader. In the original trilogy, we learn that Anakin was a starship captain and a very skilled pilot, as well as a Jedi Knight and a warrior of the Clone Wars. His transformation into Vader followed an unspecified fall to the Dark Side, and the Episode VI novelization expanded that he fell into molten lava during his confrontation with Obi-Wan. While technically all true, the original trilogy makes certain implications about these facts. Specifically, they seem to imply that Anakin was an adult by the time Obi-Wan met him and agreed to train him. We later learned in Episode I that Anakin was a child, soon to be 10 years old, when he was discovered by Qui-Gon Jinn. Anakin’s pilot skills at the time were limited to podracers, but he had a certain innate talent with flight. The original trilogy also implied that Owen Lars and Anakin Skywalker had some kind of relationship before Luke was born; that Owen objected to Anakin leaving Tatooine to become a Jedi and fighting in the Clone Wars. Episode II establishes that Anakin only met Owen at age 20, and it seems that they had very little (if any) contact afterwards. The retcon is merely that Owen was lying, trying to prevent Luke from wanting to leave into the dangerous Galaxy and end up falling to the Dark Side by telling him that Anakin was the captain of a spice freighter. Obi-Wan presumably played into this lie to avoid telling him that Anakin and Vader were one and the same. Interestingly, The Clone Wars offers a fun retcon that Anakin was, at one point, the captain of a freighter, the Twilight, but that he used it for war instead of shipping spice.
History of Boba Fett
Boba Fett, being a fan favourite, has also had numerous contradictory re-tellings of his history, requiring retcons to set straight. I’ve already discussed Boba Fett’s appearance in Marvel Star Wars 68-69, where he was allegedly a warrior in the Clone Wars, fighting for the Empire (and the retcon that this warrior was actually rogue ARC Trooper Spar, claiming to be Jango Fett’s offspring.) Another interesting re-telling is how Fett escaped the Sarlacc after the events of Episode VI. In Marvel Star Wars 81 (Duffy, 1984), Fett escaped from the Sarlacc and was recovered by some Jawas, who assumed he was a droid. He ended up on a Sandcrawler that, after a battle with Han Solo, ended up crashing back into the Sarlacc. Another source, A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett (Montgomery, 1996) depicted Fett being in contact with the Sarlacc, who was telepathic. Fett goaded it into contracting around his jetpack, killing it and allowing Fett to escape, severely injured but alive. Fett was recovered by Dengar (expanded upon in The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy; Jeter, 1998-1999). The retcon here is fairly simple: both events occurred. That being said, it is strange because not only do neither Montgomery nor Jeter refer to the events of Marvel Star Wars 81, but it seems out of character for the most skilled bounty hunter in the Galaxy to fall into a sedentary animal’s mouth twice in the same week.
Another retcon comes from the difference in Fett’s background. Already in contradiction to Marvel Star Wars 68-69The Last One Standing: The Tale of Boba Fett (Moran, 1996) told the story of the young Jaster Mereel (allegedly Fett’s birth name) as a Journeyman Protector on the planet Concord Dawn. Mereel/Fett held this post until he killed another Protector for undisclosed reasons. Later sources expanded upon this time period. Outbid but Never Outgunned (Smith, 2001) implied and History of the Mandalorians (Peña, 2005) confirmed that Fett/Mereel was married to a Kiffar woman named Sintas Vel, and they had a child, Ailyn Vel. It was later established as well that the reason Mereel/Fett killed his superior officer was because that superior raped Sintas (expanded upon in BloodlinesSacrifice, and Revelation; Traviss, 2006-2008). Of course, this entire backstory was rendered moot when Episode II established that Boba Fett was not born Jaster Mereel, but instead was the clone of Jango Fett. Retcons ahoy! The comic miniseries Jango Fett: Open Seasons (Blackman, 2002) established Jaster Mereel as leader of the True Mandalorians, who recruited Jango Fett and helped train him to become a Mandalorian warrior. By the end of the story, it was revealed that part of Jango’s desire for Boba was that he become the next Mandalorian leader, or “Jaster’s Legacy.” After the Clone Wars, Fett would go to Concord Dawn, change his name to Jaster Mereel, and become a Journeyman Protector, and the rest of the story would continue unchanged.
Fett’s childhood has also varied somewhat recently, but only minimal retcons were necessary. 10-year-old Boba Fett was introduced to us in Episode II, and the young reader series Star Wars: Boba Fett (Bisson and Hand, 2002-2004) established that he learned how to become a bounty hunter during the Clone Wars. He was betrayed by Aurra Sing, and then worked for Jabba the Hutt. He tried to assassinate Mace Windu, to avenge his father’s death, but failed. The second season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars added more to this history, establishing that, early in the Clone Wars, he was helped by Aurra Sing and Bossk, and was imprisoned by the Jedi after failing to kill Windu (Petrie, Mahony, Filoni, and Greenberg, 2010). The retcon here is fairly straightforward: whereas originally books 1-4 took place within the first month of the Clone Wars and books 5-6 took place near the end, now all six take place early in the war, before the events of Death TrapR2 Come Home, and Lethal Trackdown. This allows Fett to try to kill Windu once in Boba Fett Book 6: Pursuit (where Windu did not know Jango had a son) and again in Death Trap (where Windu was the only one who knew of Jango’s son). Palpatine protected Fett from prosecution at the end of Pursuit, but could not do so at the end of Lethal Trackdown. As for his involvement with Aurra Sing, there are any number of possible solutions. I’m thinking someone (like Jabba) vouched for her, and she proved herself trustworthy as long as they were on the same side.
The last retcon is an interesting one. It’s about Boba Fett’s involvement in the Young Jedi Knights books 7-11 (Anderson and Moesta, 1997-1998), or more specifically, his lack of involvement. The History of the Mandalorians (Peña, 2005) established that it was actually Ailyn Vel, wearing Spar’s armor, impersonating Boba Fett during the events of those books. Boba Fett was meanwhile leading his people as Mandalore, ostensibly preparing his people for the upcoming war against the Yuuzhan Vong. Ailyn Vel would impersonate Fett to further her own career, but this also added to the legend of Boba Fett, as different accounts would place him at multiple locations at once. In my opinion this retcon is useless; there really is no need to suddenly decide that any character is really someone else impersonating them.
Figure 7: Ailyn Vel impersonating Boba Fett (Young Jedi Knights: Shards of Alderaan)
Other plot points:
There are numerous other retcons that I would like to briefly mention, either because of their necessity, their creativity, or their sheer insanity, but do not relate to the main topics mentioned above. I would like to mention them below, in point-form, in no particular order:
-Anakin Skywalker was once referred to as Tan Skywalker in the newstrip comic The Constancia Affair (Manning, 1979), as the name Anakin had not yet been invented (or, not yet uttered on screen). This was retconned to being a title, bestowed upon starfighter pilots who had done Palpatine a special service (The Emperor’s Pawns; Peña, 2001). Maarek Stele (from TIE Figher; Totally Games, 1994) was also a Tan.
-Princess Leia has memories of her mother (per Episode VI), despite never having met her (per Episode III). While the most logical retcon might have been “Leia doesn’t know she’s adopted, and so she’s thinking of Breha Organa”, instead the new canon is that Leia, being Force-sensitive, touched minds with Padmé, remembering her face and a few emotional details.
-The Republic existed for 25,000 years (per Episode IV) and fought numerous large wars during its lifetime (Great Hyperspace War, Great Sith War, Mandalorian Wars, Jedi Civil War, Great Galactic War, New Sith Wars, etc.), but according to Sio Bibble, there hasn’t been a full-scale war since “the formation of the Republic” (per Episode II). This now refers to the near-collapse of the Republic during the New Sith Wars, and the reorganization of the Republic in 1,000 BBY following the Battle of Ruusan. This retcon also accounts for comments made by Palpatine (Episode II), Saesee Tiin (The Clone Wars: Citadel Rescue), and Pre Viszla (The Clone Wars: The Mandalore Plot).
-R2-D2 and C-3PO end Episode III in possession of Raymus Antilles, and begin Episode IV in his possession too. But in the 19-year interim, the droids had a series of adventures away from them (as featured in the Star Wars: Droids cartoon, as well as Droids comics by Star Comics/Marvel and later Dark Horse Comics). It was later explained that the Tantive IV was attacked by pirates during routine testing of the escape pods. he pods had to be abandoned, but it was later learned that the droids were on one of them. The droids were traded and sold for the next decade or so, until they were recovered by Bail Organa, and instructed to never again board an escape pod unless explicitly ordered.
-The appearances of several starships and droid models before their canon creation date (e.g. A-Wing Starfighters before the Battle of Yavin) are retconned as being portrayals of their prototypes. As a result, all pre-Episode IV appearances of the A-Wing are actually portraying the R-22 Spearhead.
-Owen Lars was referred to as Obi-Wan’s brother in the novelization of Episode VI (Kahn, 1983), to explain why Luke was placed in Owen’s care. Episode II later established that Owen was Anakin Skywalker’s stepbrother. Further retcons exist that Obi-Wan actually does have a brother named Owen (Jedi Apprentice: The Hidden Past; Watson, 1999) and that, possibly due to poor recordkeeping, the Galaxy at large believed that Owen Lars and Obi-Wan Kenobi were brothers (Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope; Stern and Boucher, 1989), at least until Han and Leia learned the true history of Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine in 8 ABY (Tatooine Ghost; Denning, 2003).
-Aurra Sing was put in jail following the events of the comic Jedi: Aayla Secura (Ostrander, 2003). She escaped prison, and was put in prison again following the events of The Clone Wars: Assassin (K. Lucas, 2010). She escaped again and teamed up with Cad Bane in The Clone Wars: Hostage Crisis (Mahony, Larsen, and Greenberg, 2009). She went back to prison sometime thereafter, and was released by Vader in 19 BBY, to hunt Jax Pavan, who almost killed her, per Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows (Reaves, 2008). She was then put back in prison, and escaped when the Yuuzhan Vong bombed the prison world, and resumed being a bounty hunter, hired in 40 ABY to kill Hapan Queen Mother Tenel Ka (Legacy of the Force: Tempest; Allston, 2007). Apparently, Republic prisons are about as effective at containing criminals as Arkham Asylum. Still, some of these were retconned away. It is possible that the events of Jedi: Aayla Secura will take place after Hostage Crisis. And Sue Rostoni confirmed that the escape from the prison world during the Yuuzhan Vong attack didn’t happen; C-3PO just had it wrong, and she’s been free since Jax Pavan left her for dead.
-Mistryl Warrior Shada D’ukal and Karoly D’ulin came across a component labeled to be for the Death Star II (Hammertong: The Tale of the “Tonnika Sisters”; Zahn, 1995), even though the Death Star was not yet destroyed, and the Tarkin Doctrine implied that only one Death Star would be built. No retcon exists here yet, but numerous are possible (anything from Palpatine hedging his bets and preparing to build a second Death Star in case the first failed, to mislabeling the container.)
-Numerous characters have been killed, only to re-appear later on in the continuity. Both Captain Gregar Typho and Aurra Sing were killed in Coruscant Nights II: Street of Shadows (Reaves, 2008), but reappeared later; Typho in Star Wars Galaxies (Sony Online Entertainment, 2003) and Sing in Legacy of the Force: Tempest (Allston, 2007). Most recently, Darth Maul, killed in Episode I, is implied to have survived in The Clone Wars: Witches of the Mist (K. Lucas, 2011). The only retcon here is that death in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genre is fluid and rarely permanent. The phenomenon of Comic Book Death can be applied to Star Wars. Death in comic books is rarely permanent; indeed, it was once held that “the only three people to stay dead in comics are Bucky, Jason Todd, and Uncle Ben,” since the deaths of those three characters were so integral to the characters of Captain America, Batman, and Spider-Man, respectively, and despite that rule, both Bucky and Jason Todd were resurrected.
Indeed there are a large number of continuity breaches retcons throughout the Star Wars saga. My original thought was to see if the different pre-retcon versions of the stories could come together coherently to create a separate continuity. However, the different breaches and retcons are so variable that they do not come together very well.
The only possible full alternate continuity would be if we erased all prequel-era material (Episodes I, II, and III, The Clone Wars, and all pre-Episode IV EU except the Han Solo Trilogy, Han Solo Adventures, and Lando Calrissian Adventures) and re-wrote the Rise of the Empire era using only the hints from the post-Episode VI EU. We could re-tell the events of the Clone Wars as hinted at by Zahn in the Thrawn Trilogy, that it ended in 35 BBY as between the Republic and mad clones. The only problem is that the prequel era has been heavily referenced in the post-Episode VI EU, especially in the Dark Nest Trilogy and Legacy of the Force series. Those plotlines would need to be retconned or abandoned (not really a problem, since we’re talking of an alternate continuity anyways.)
Conversely, I also note that there are numerous stories that have been written that are classified as Infinities, or non-canon. These stories are fun reads, but are explicitly outside the continuity. Just like the various Marvel “What If” and other out-of-continuity stories, it can be said that each of these exists in its own universe, which could, in theory, be expanded upon at will.
Table 1: Various apocryphal timelines of the Star Wars universe. (Click for larger image)
In his Star Wars Timeline Gold, Nathan P. Butler identified no less than 97 apocryphal timelines (with one more added since the latest publication; LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace). In the table above, I placed all of them in rough chronological order, so you can see just where these various timelines branch off from one another. Each of these branches could be thought of as its own universe, teeming with possibility, waiting to be explored.
This analysis of retcons has shown me that the Star Wars continuity, while occasionally negatively affected by new contradictory material, can survive almost any attack. While authors are strongly encouraged to play within the sandbox and respect previously established stories, there exist mechanisms for dealing with continuity breaches. As a result, I see no need for a reboot or another universe to be created any time soon.
That said, the mechanism also exists for creating a story that is outside the main continuity, such as through the Infinities label. These stories can be fun, and showcase all the possibilities the Star Wars universe has to offer, without muddling continuity. I would like to see further stories along this line, like a revived Star Wars Tales or a prequel Star Wars Infinities trilogy. I see no need for a full reboot, but this mechanism could be used to create a new continuity (like Marvel’s Ultimate line) without erasing the old material.
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} | 551 | Bring us your grievances and gripes, those yearning to blame Republicans and live for free
I predicted Mitt Romney's honeymoon would last until about last weekend. Well,what have we heard in the last few days? Prominent scholars have declared "The Republicans are the problem"; it is apparently reasonable to assume a President Romney would have let Osama bin Laden walk; the respected voice of no less than Eugene Robinson says Republicans are waging a campaign to discourage voting rights just like back in the Jim Crow days; and a Democratic congressman accused Romney of being a "basher" of immigrants' hopes and of "making the most reprehensible and most irresponsible statement that ANY presidential candidate could ever make."
The idea of a Republican "war against women" is regularly discussed as fact, and the Ryan budget (the only serious budget proposed by anyone) isn't debated on its merits; instead Obama supporters say it "decimates food programs for struggling families and radically weakens the protection for the elderly and sick..." And today we start the OWS May Day revival that will accuse leaders from the center and the right of being the cause of every problem imaginable. The 1 percenter in-chief, President Obama, will be with them in spirit.
To summarize, the president and the left don't have a record to run on or a plan for the future that can withstand daylight, so they distract and deceive by saying any wacky thing that comes to mind. Every campaign has some hyperbole, but that is all the Democrats have, and it's only May 1.
The kickoff of the 2012 campaign debate is a bad joke. The election hasn't had a serious start, so it doesn't need to degenerate into a mindless turnoff for voters; it's already there.
Since the election will still happen in November, what does this mean? I think the Democratic leaders have collectively decided a farce is better than any sort of debate. But I think the left is outsmarting themselves; they run the risk of being so predictable in their constant fingerpointing and overdone blaming of Republicans that the voters they need to enthuse will tune out, shrug and not vote in November by the numbers that Democrats will need to win. Voters aren't stupid. They will notice Democrats are not offering solutions.
Instead of hope and change, Obama is trying to find a way to embrace and enhance any and all grievances and invent some new ones, in the hope of manufacturing even more victimized malcontents who can be formed into a new coalition. This is bizarre but I don't see evidence of another plan.
Romney must look back at the last several days and assume more of the same is coming. It is too early to match the Democrats blow for blow without belittling himself and playing on their turf. But the warnings are clear: Nothing is out of bounds, the truth can be ignored and no accusation is too extreme. Get ready.
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} | 592 | Hindsight might be 20/20, but events that will someday constitute history can be a muddle of myopia.
Todd Andrlik, a history buff who works in marketing in Chicago, has amassed a significant collection of printed newspapers, going back 250 years. He assembled many of them in "Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News," a coffeetable book describing the War of Independence day-to-day, as Colonial readers would have read about it.
It all started, as most things did, in Philadelphia.
Tucked into a somewhat wonky story about tax law in the Pennsylvania Gazette, dated May 10, 1764, is this item:
"Our other Advices by the Packet are, that a Scheme of Taxation of the American Colonies has for some Time been in Agitation. That it had been previously debated in Parliament, whether they had Power to lay such a Tax on Colonies which had no Representative in Parliament..."
Not quite the shot heard 'round the world, but this is the first known published account of a complaint regarding taxation without representation, the idea that would form the core of the American Revolution.
Meandering chronicles
Newspapers of that era were much different than papers of today. Because of slow communication lines, "breaking news" meant events that happened weeks before. News was cribbed from personal correspondence, often reprinted from other newspapers as they flowed between the Colonies.
"The effort to go out and be a journalist didn't exist," said Andrlik. "As the war begins, you see news by after-action report; commanders would summarize the engagement, send it up the chain to the President of Congress. The President of Congress would circulate the summary to the newspapers."
The reports from commanders could not be verified or cross-examined. Some decisive victories for the Colonies -- the Battles of Trenton and Princeton -- were summarized in British newspapers of the time as shows of force for the Crown.
The modern technology now wrestling news away from the printed page -- the tweet, the blog, the status update -- is being used in the service of historical news. The website of the Rosenbach Library and Museum, for example, is now posting historical images and documents pertaining to the Civil War as it happened 150 years ago, day to day, in real time.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War" offers a similar experience of plodding through historical accounts as they happened.
"You're getting an appreciation for the length of time it took for this thing to unravel," said Andrlik. "It's not a quick one-page worth of bullet points. It's 20 to 30 years of revolution. That, to me, is fascinating -- you see this gradual unfolding."
Fabric of history survives on rag linen
Ironically, the old technology of the day is why these newspapers still exist. In the 18th century, newspapers were printed on rag linen, a material woven from shredded clothes and sail-cloth -- strong enough to withstand centuries. Today, paper is made from much flimsier wood-pulp.
Andrlik's newspaper collection was photographed in high-definition color, and reprinted in the book with certain passages highlighted, guiding readers to the parts pertinent to the progress of the revolution. The rest of the paper is still legible, including, for example, an account of an infestation of caterpillars, an ad for a lost horse, and a short history of the Russian empire.
"For me, it wasn't just the news pertaining to the American Revolution. It was the ads, the obituaries, the essays," said Andrlik. "All of the contextual pieces I never got in textbooks."
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King Ghidorah
Godzilla film series character
First appearance Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Last appearance Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Created by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Portrayed by Shōwa
Shoichi Hirose
Susumu Utsumi
Kanta Ina
Hurricane Ryu
Tsutomu Kitagawa[1]
Akira Ohashi
Aliases Ghidrah
Monster Zero
Thousand Year-Old Dragon
Grand King Ghidorah[1]
King of Terror[1]
King Ghidorah (キングギドラ Kingu Gidora?) is a kaiju film monster that first appeared in Toho's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. Although Toho officially trademarks the character as King Ghidorah,[2] the character was originally referred to as Ghidrah in English markets.[3][4]
Although King Ghidorah's design has remained largely consistent throughout its appearances (an armless, golden-scaled winged dragon with three heads and two tails), its origin story has varied from being an extraterrestrial planet killing dragon,[5][1] a genetically engineered monster from the future,[6] or a guardian of ancient Japan.[7] The character is usually portrayed as an archenemy of Godzilla and Mothra,[5][1] though it has had one appearance as an ally of the latter.[7] Despite rumors that Ghidorah was meant to represent the threat posed by China, which had at the time of the character's creation just developed nuclear weapons,[8] director Ishiro Honda denied the connection and stated that Ghidorah was simply a modern take on the dragon Yamata no Orochi.[9]
The initial idea for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster came from Tomoyuki Tanaka, who also created Godzilla. Tanaka's inspiration came from an illustration of the Lernaean Hydra in a book about Greek Mythology, and Orochi of Japanese folklore. Tanaka was enamored with the idea of Godzilla fighting a multi-headed serpent, but considered 7-8 heads to be excessive, and thus the number of heads was reduced to three.[10] The final version was an armless, three-headed dragon with large wings, two tails and of extraterrestrial origin.[11] Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa insisted that the Ghidorah suit be fabricated using light-weight silicon-based materials in order to grant the wearer greater mobility.[12] The final Ghidorah design was constructed by special effects artist Teizo Toshimitsu,[13] who had initially painted it green in order to further differentiate it from Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra, but changed it to gold on the insistence of Eiji Tsuburaya, after his assistant noted that being a creature from Venus, the "gold planet", Ghidorah should be that color.[10] The monster costume itself was built by Akira Watanabe, and worn by Shoichi Hirose, who also played King Kong in Toho's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Hirose walked hunched over inside the Ghidorah costume, holding a metal bar for balance, while puppeteers would control its heads, tails and wings off-camera like a marionette.[11] The monster's heads were each fitted with remotely controlled motors, which were connected to operators via a wire extending from the suit's backside.[13] Performing as Ghidorah proved challenging to Hirose, as he had to time his movements in a way that would not conflict with the separately operated heads and wings, as doing so would have resulted in the overhead wires tangling.[12] Because of the suit's weight, it frequently snapped the overhead wires supporting it.[13] Special effects were added as the creature is capable emitting destructive, lightning-like "gravity beams" from its mouths and generating hurricane-force winds from its wings.[14] Despite King Ghidorah's central role in the film's plot, the character was given little screen time, as Hirose had fallen out with special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, who never forgave Hirose for accepting a Hollywood deal, and subsequently hired Susumu Utsumi to play King Ghidorah after Invasion of Astro-Monster.[12]
In Invasion of Astro-Monster, King Ghidorah was given a darker shade of gold, and its movements both on land and in the air were more fluid than during Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, as the special effects crew had at that point learned from the shortcomings of the previous film's depiction of the creature.[15]
In Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, the character's ruffs of hairs surrounding its heads were replaced with horns, as it proved difficult for the special effects team to superimpose the individual strands of hair onto footage of people escaping the monster.[16] Special effects director Koichi Kawakita had originally planned on having each of Ghidorah's heads fire differently colored beams, but this was ultimately scrapped in favor of the classic yellow color.[17]
For Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, director Shūsuke Kaneko had originally planned on using Varan as Godzilla's principal antagonist, but was pressured by Toho chairman Isao Matsuoka to use the more recognizable and profitable King Ghidorah,[18] as the previous film in the franchise, Godzilla x Megaguirus, which featured an original and unfamiliar antagonist, was a box office and critical failure. In order to emphasize Ghidorah's heroic role in the movie, his size was greatly reduced. He was portrayed by Akira Ohashi, who moved the creature's heads as hand puppets.[19]
Fictional biography[edit]
Shōwa era (1964-1973)[edit]
In his debut film, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Ghidorah is portrayed as an ancient extraterrestrial entity responsible for the destruction of the Venusian civilization, five thousand years before the film's events. His attempt to destroy Earth is thwarted by the combined efforts of Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra.[5] Subsequent Shōwa era films would portray Ghidorah as the pawn of various alien races seeking to subjugate Earth.[20][21][22]
King Ghidorah also appears in the fifth and sixth episodes of the television series Zone Fighter, where it is revealed that he is a creation of the Garoga aliens.[23][24] Sent out by the Garogas to kill Zone Fighter, King Ghidorah put up a vicious fight against Zone, but was eventually defeated. Before Zone could kill Ghidorah, the space dragon fled. As Zone Fighter shares continuity with the Showa era of Godzilla movies, after escaping from Zone Fighter, Ghidorah would next appear chronologically in Destroy All Monsters, set in 1999.
Heisei period (1991-1998)[edit]
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)[edit]
In Kazuki Ōmori's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, the character's backstory is completely re-envisioned: he originates as a trio of diminutive genetically engineered creatures called "Dorats" owned by members of the 23rd century Equal Environment Earth Union, a group dedicated to equalizing the power of Earth's nations. Seeking to stop Japan's global economic dominance in their timeline by transforming the Dorats into King Ghidorah through nuclear exposure, the Earth Unionists hope to plant the Dorats on Lagos Island during the 1944 H-bomb tests there. Prior to doing so, they remove the dinosaur that would ultimately become Godzilla from the island, so that the resulting King Ghidorah would be able to attack Japan without opposition. In 1992, the Earth Unionists unleash Ghidorah onto Japan, but he is defeated by a recreated Godzilla. The wounded King Ghidorah lies dormant under the sea for two centuries before being outfitted with robotic parts by a disillusioned Earth Unionist and sent back to 1992 in order to stop Godzilla's rampage.[6] In Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II, "Mecha-King Ghidorah's" remains are salvaged by the United Nations Godzilla Countermeasures Center (UNGCC) and reverse engineered to create Mechagodzilla.[25]
Rebirth of Mothra III (1998)[edit]
Okihiro Yoneda's 1998 film Rebirth of Mothra III portrays King Ghidorah as an extraterrestrial that landed on earth during the Cretaceous and wiped out the dinosaurs by draining them of their life-force. Ghidorah left earth, only to return in modern times to feed on humans. Mothra fails to defeat the monster, so it travels back to the Cretaceous in order to kill Ghidorah retroactively. Mothra defeats the younger Ghidorah, but the monster's severed tail allows it to regenerate back into its adult form in modern times. Mothra finally kills the monster by transforming into "Armor Mothra".[1]
Millenium period (2001)[edit]
In Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Ghidorah is portrayed as having been one of the three guardians of Yamato, originating 1,000 years before the events of the film. Initially an antagonist, Ghidorah was imprisoned in Mount Fuji, only to be reawakened in 2001 to halt Godzilla's destruction of Tokyo. He is defeated, but then revived and empowered by his ally Mothra.[7]
Throughout its appearances, King Ghidorah's only consistent abilities are flight and the capacity to fire "gravity beams" from its mouths. Its first incarnation is shown travelling through space within a meteor capable of generating magnetic fields.[5] Ghidorah's mechanized form in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah is equipped with Capture Cables and a large Machine Hand restraint that can discharge electricity, and is strong enough to lift Godzilla.[6] In Rebirth of Mothra III, King Ghidorah gains energy from eating victims, and can construct a dome to house its victims for future consumption. It is also portrayed as capable of firing lightning bolts from its wings and regenerating its entire body from severed body parts.[1] Ghidorah's incarnation in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack can electrocute enemies through its teeth, and can gain power by absorbing the spirits of dead monsters, allowing it to form an energy shield capable of deflecting Godzilla's atomic ray.[7]
Spin-off characters related to and based on Ghidorah (although quadruped in appearance) were featured in other Toho films: "Desghidorah" (or Death Ghidorah) in Rebirth of Mothra and "Keizer Ghidorah" in Godzilla: Final Wars. In July 2014, Legendary Pictures confirmed to have obtained the rights to King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan from Toho and plan to feature them in their sequel.[26][27]
Video games[edit]
King Ghidorah fighting SpaceGodzilla in Godzilla (PS3 - 2014 PS3 PS4 - 2015)
• Take Me To Your Leader is the second studio album by English hip hop artist Daniel Dumile (also known as MF DOOM)[30] and was released under the alias "King Geedorah" on June 17, 2003. The cover features a figure very similar to the appearance of King Ghidorah.
The character has been well-received and is considered to be the most famous enemy of Godzilla. listed King Ghidorah as #1 on their "Top 10 Godzilla Villains" list,[31] and #6 on their "Top 10 Giant Movie Monsters" list,[32] while IGN listed the creature as #2 on their "Top 10 Japanese Movie Monsters" list.[33] Complex listed the character as #4 on its "The 15 Most Badass Kaiju Monsters of All Time" list, calling him "iconic" and "he simply looks cooler than some of the more powerful bugs, crabs, and robots."[34] In his review of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, Ethan Reed of Toho Kingdom praised King Ghidorah, calling him "a fantastic addition to the franchise" and "no less than pure evil, a relentless force of destruction that wipes out the life of entire planets just for the sake of it" and concluded that "King Ghidorah is not only one the best characters in the series, but one [of] the best movie villains as well."[35] Similar views were expressed in Paste, which listed Ghidorah as #5 on its "10 Best Movie Dragons", describing it as "probably the deadliest beast in all of Godzilla lore".[36]
Godzilla historian Steve Ryfle however criticized Ghidorah's design in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, citing its stiff movements and recycled Rodan screech, as well as noting that it didn't deviate enough from Eiji Tsuburaya's original design.[37]
1. ^ Legendary Pictures and Gareth Edwards, director of Godzilla, confirmed that the rights to King Ghidorah, Mothra, and Rodan from the Toho Studios films have been acquired, and that the characters may appear in "future franchise installments"
1. ^ a b c d e f g Rebirth of Mothra III (1998). Directed by Okihiro Yoneda. Toho
2. ^ "King Ghidorah Official Trademark". Toho. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
3. ^ "North American poster for GHIDRAH". Continental Releasing-1965. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
4. ^ "Ghidorah Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Toho. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
5. ^ a b c d Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964). Directed by Ishirō Honda. Toho.
6. ^ a b c Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991). Directed by Kazuki Ōmori. Toho
7. ^ a b c d Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001). Directed by Shusuke Kaneko. Toho.
8. ^ Jess-Cooke, C. (2009), Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood, Edinburgh University Press, p. 38, ISBN 0748689478
9. ^ David Milner, "Ishiro Honda Interview", Kaiju Conversations (December 1992)
10. ^ a b CHO Japan (2012-10-31). "1970's Godzilla FX Director - PART I - ７０年代のゴジラの特技監督 (SciFi Japan TV #06)". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
11. ^ a b David Kalat - Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster, Classic Media R1 DVD Audio Commentary
12. ^ a b c Kalat, D. (2010), A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series, McFarland, p. 77-78, ISBN 978-0-7864-47-49-7
13. ^ a b c Yasuyuki Inoue: 1922-2012, SciFi Japan (February 24, 2012)
14. ^ King Ghidorah character profile - Godzilla Movie Studio Tour (PC Game), 1998
15. ^ Ryfle, S. (1998). Japan’s Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G. Toronto: ECW Press. p. 124. ISBN 1550223488.
16. ^ David Milner, "Shinji Nishikawa Interview", Kaiju Conversations (December 1995)
17. ^ David Milner, "Koichi Kawakita Interview", Kaiju Conversations (December 1994)
18. ^ Ed Godziszewski and Norman England, "Interview with Shusuke Kaneko", Japanese Giants, Issue #9 (June, 2002)
19. ^ Kalat, David (2010). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. pp. 240–41. ISBN 978-0-7864-47-49-7.
20. ^ Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965). Directed by Ishirō Honda. Toho.
21. ^ Destroy all Monsters (1968). Directed by Ishirō Honda. Toho.
22. ^ Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972). Directed by Jun Fukuda. Toho.
23. ^ "Attack King Ghidorah!". Zone Fighter. Directed by Jun Fukuda. April 30, 1973
24. ^ "King Ghidorah's Counterattack!". Zone Fighter. Directed by Jun Fukuda. May 7, 1973
25. ^ Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993). Directed by Takao Okawara. Toho
26. ^ Jeffries, Adrianne (July 26, 2014). "Gareth Edwards returns to direct 'Godzilla 2' with Rodan and Mothra". The Verge. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
27. ^ Sullivan, Kevin P. (2014-08-14). "'Godzilla 2′ Gets Release Date: 'Let Them Wait'". MTV.
28. ^ "Graphic Novel: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
29. ^ "Book: Godzilla Saves America: A Monster Showdown in 3-D!". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
30. ^ "King Geedorah "Take Me To Your Leader"". Retrieved 2014-06-23.
31. ^ (September 25, 2015). "Top 10 Godzilla Villains". YouTube. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
32. ^ (August 31, 2013). "Top 10 Giant Movie Monsters". YouTube.
33. ^ Hawker, Tom (May 15, 2014). "Top 10 Japanese Movie Monsters". IGN. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
34. ^ Josh Robertson, "The 15 Most Badass Kaiju Monsters of All Time", Complex (May 18, 2014)
35. ^ Ethan Reed, "Review: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)", Toho Kingdom (July 22, 2009)
36. ^ Curt Holman, "The 10 Best Movie Dragons", Paste (January 3, 2013)
37. ^ Ryfle, S. (1998). Japan’s Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G. Toronto: ECW Press. pp. 271–2. ISBN 1550223488.
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Haru-ōji as seen at the end of the film
Haru-ōji (ハル王子), meaning Prince Haru, is the prince of an unseen land known as Flower-koku. He exclusively appears in the anime movie Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!. His name, Haru, means "spring" in Japanese.
Haru as Kibidango
He first appears in the beginning of the movie as a teal dog (capable of limited speech) named Kibidango (キビダンゴ), named after a type of Japanese millet dumpling. He shows up inside the grocery shortly after Miss Endless leaves, sent by Kinoko Sennin after Mario called the author of Luigi's treasure-hunting book for more information on their gemstone. However, he mauls Mario and takes it. Mario, not wishing to part with the last remnant of his love Princess Peach, and Luigi, not wanting to lose their ticket to the Mushroom Kingdom, chase after Kibidango, following him into some seemingly ordinary pipes. These pipes, though, turn out to be Warp Pipes, and they transport Mario, Luigi, and Kibidango to the Mushroom Kingdom. Once the three reach a cave in the far-off kingdom, Kibidango rushes behind Kinoko Sennin for protection. Mario and Luigi then learn what King Koopa did to Peach and the Mushroom Kingdom's inhabitants from the hermit, and the brothers eventually decide to embark to the castle and save the princess and her kingdom. After some persuasion from Kinoko Sennin, Kibidango joins the brothers on their quest, occasionally offering help and advice to the adventuring pair (and actually pulling his weight in adventuring more than even Luigi, who was depicted in the anime as very greedy and somewhat unreliable).
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In the early 20th century, people across the world cut their own bread, one slice at a time. But in 1902, a Missouri inventor named Otto Frederick Rohwedder couldn't get his bread slices to fit inside the slots of his toaster. Thus began his 26-year quest to invent a bread-slicing machine. Although Rohwedder had a prototype as early as 1912, he soon realized that cutting the bread wasn't enough; he also needed to package the slices in such a way that they wouldn't go stale. By 1928, Rohwedder had modified his machine to wrap the bread in addition to cutting it, and his first loaf of sliced bread was sold that July in Chillicothe, Mo.
But just because it sold, that doesn't mean that it sold well. For years, sliced bread was a commercial flop. Consumers thought the loaves looked sloppy, and bakeries hesitated to invest in the machines. That all changed in the 1930s, when Wonder Bread hit the shelves. Lured by its colorful red, yellow, and blue packaging, Americans picked up the sandwich slices and put down their bread knives for good.
Health guru Dr. John Harvey Kellogg spent the late 1800s extolling the virtues of vegetarianism at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan, a spa that welcomed the likes of Thomas Edison, William Howard Taft, and Amelia Earhart. There, Dr. Kellogg also perfected new forms of vegetarian cuisine, including breakfast cereal and peanut butter. He even toured the country, lecturing about the spread's health benefits. In fact, one of these talks possibly changed the course of legume history. When Dr. Kellogg spoke at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, George Washington Carver was in attendance; that may have been what piqued his interest in the peanut.
During its early years, peanut butter was a delicacy, only to be served in upscale tearooms. Chefs combine it with beef, pimientos, Worcestershire sauce, and other ingredients, with limited success. But around 1900, peanut butter met jelly, and the sweet-salty combination was a hit with kids. As the commercial peanut butter industry took off, the cost of the spread dropped dramatically. By the time the Great Depression hit, hungry Americans were relying on the PB&J as a cheap, nutritious meal, and later, during World War II, soldiers were scarfing them down on the battlefield. The sandwich has been a national touchstone ever since. Nowadays, the average American child eats about 1,500 PB&J sandwiches before finishing high school.
In 2000, the J.M. Smucker company came to the aid of parents everywhere by patenting and marketing the first crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The frozen, disc-shaped Uncrustables quickly became a top-selling product. All was well until 2001, when a small Michigan grocery store started selling its own crustless PB&Js, and Smucker's sued them for patent infringement. But after a thorough investigation, the US Patent & Trademark Office ruled that the Smucker's version was nothing special. After all, cutting the crust off children's sandwiches is practically an American tradition.
In January 1943, US government officials put the kibosh on sliced bread, arguing that it was detrimental to the war effort. They claimed the bread went stale too fast, wasting precious wheat, and that the metal in the slicing machines would be better used for guns, tanks, and ships. When the ban was lifted a few months later, the country rejoiced. A headline in The New York Times read, "Housewives' Thumbs Safe Again!"
Want to know who makes the priciest peanut butter on the market? The federal government, of course! For about $220 per 6-ounce jar, The National Institute of Standards and Technology sells what it calls "Standard Reference Material No. 2387," a pristine peanut butter spread. The price tag comes with a precise analysis of the peanut butter's nutritional composition, including levels of vitamins, minerals, fats, amino acids, and aflatoxins, the carcinogens produced by mold in peanut crops. Food manufacturers use the spread for quality control, comparing it to their own products. Sadly, this means that no one actually eats the gold-standard peanut butter; it's fed exclusively to laboratory equipment.
(Image credit: Flickr user jpellgen)
It would take 500 million pounds of peanut butter to cover the floor of the Grand Canyon, which happens to be how much Americans consume each year.
The above article was written by Megan Wilde. It is reprinted with permission from the Scatterbrained section of the July-August 2010 issue of mental_floss magazine.
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Outside of North America, mentioning Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich makes people ill.
The reason: in British English the word "Jelly" means gelatin, or what we call "Jello" in the US. So it is the equivalent of saying "Peanut spread with jello". Sounds disgusting.
So if you are talking to a Brit, Aussie, or Kiwi, say "Peanut Butter with Jam". They will understand you and not throw up on your shoes.
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Appealing to the Masses
Great Orator, 1944 by Irving Norman
Great Orator, 1944 by Irving Norman
As we near the end of what may be the longest and most contentious election in US history, I have been thinking a lot about something I read in my college English Composition textbook (which I still have after all these years). It was in a section explaining how rhetoric is used to appeal to a crowd of people, and the importance of using key words that tap into the fears and prejudices of the audience. Anyway, here is the quote:
The streets of our country are in turmoil. The universities are filled with students rebelling and rioting. Communists are seeking to destroy our country. Russia is threatening us with her might, and the public is in danger. Yes, danger from within and without. We need law and order. Yes, without law and order our nation cannot survive. Elect us, and we shall by law and order be respected among the nations of the world. Without law and order our republic shall fall.
(Excerpt from speech by Adolf Hitler: Strategies for Successful Writing)
Fear seems to be the driving motivator in this election, and regardless of a person’s political inclination, fear and insecurity are the primary impetuses in candidate selection. People supporting Trump are afraid that they are losing their jobs, that they are not being heard and represented, and that the country is heading in a direction that contradicts their beliefs. On the flip side, people supporting Clinton fear increasing racism and intolerance, increased influence of corporate interests, and loss of women’s rights. Add to that the fact that everyone, regardless of political affiliation, is concerned about terrorist threats and political instability in other countries. Put all this together, and you have an election based upon fear, which is stoked by a media that seeks to capitalize on this widespread sentiment.
I am not going to tell you who to vote for, because it is your choice and you have the right to vote your conscience. I would encourage everyone, though, to take a step back, take a deep breath, and try to make a decision that is less fear based. It is tough—trust me, I know—but it is important.
Thanks for stopping by, and keep reading and thinking.
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Black Widow: Issue #6
In issue #5, Natasha is captured by Damon Dran. In this issue, she escapes and captures Dran, handing him over to S.H.I.E.L.D. While in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody, Dran is assassinated by a Chaos operative. As he is carrying out the assassination, the operative says “Chaos rains, Mr. Dran.” I found this to be a clever double-entendre, implying that chaos reigns. I personally ascribe to the theory that order is constantly striving to move toward the chaotic state. Because it requires so much energy to maintain order, it just seems logical based upon the idea of entropy that order would tend toward disorder. Anyway, let me back away from that rabbit hole.
The theme of this issue, and the subtitle, is “Paranoia.” Throughout the issue, the idea of how paranoia affects covert operatives is explored. Natasha accurately acknowledges that the state of being alone fuels paranoid thoughts. This ultimately leads to the fear of trusting another person. Trust can be scary under ordinary circumstances, but in the clandestine world of spies it becomes dangerous, too.
But who can I trust? Because I don’t know if I can do this by myself… It takes so much effort to get close to someone. To navigate those finely woven threads of doubt and trust. But sometimes… sometimes you need someone else.
I’ve found that the ability to trust comes after one gains a sense of self-confidence. We need relationships with others in order to share what is going on inside. Isolation is not a healthy state of being.
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No. 515612
previously a punk kid who became a pansexual buddhist lolita lifestyler
>quit because of bullies and LACE drama (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxz0QVfggik [DL][Archived Copy])
>history of self harm, ED and severe anxiety
>broke up with 2-year boyfriend to date their best friend (and her other best friend's ex) whom she 'loved all along' and 'makes her believe in love at first sight' (Who broke up with her)
>creates her OWN japanese street fashion called Party Kei
>was basically a two week shopping spree
>home again and struggling to keep up with making videos
>still lying about making 'enough money to pay rent' (while asking Louise for $$) and about being supportive to her followers
>interviewed by cbc.ca about internet popularity in her basement room
>"would call herself lesbian if she wasn't dating someone with a dick"
>started streaming on younow for money
>Colin broke up with her, now dating girls only through tinder
>Got a tattoo of her cat after getting told her wand plan was a bad idea and throwing a fit about it
>Full time youtuber now
>Got into a crappy fashion/design school close to mommy
>Currently dating normie girl
>Keeps crying about YouTube demonetization because she can't fund her shopping and sugar addiction
>Says she's pagan/a witch but won't talk about it because apparently people are touchy about religions
>Dumped new girlfriend after several-months-long lesbianism obsession.
> Jill told her girlfriend of two months "I'm not attracted to you. I don't want to lead you on". Used her for clickbait and continued to talk about exes all the time in front of her gf and her family. Now posts depression memes
>Entered a Kawaii Contest to win another trip to Japan, is a finalist
>Got a magical girl tattoo on her thigh and knowingly used copyrighted music in her video.
>Quit two of her medications
>Currently posting a lot about sex & Drinking
>Is going to New York for her bday and is planning a meetup
>Party-Kei facebook group empire collapses
>Makes a cat house using non pet-safe materials
>New York Meet being held by nobody's and on a Monday
>charging $60 a pop to be breathed on by the chosen one, Jillian.
>Posted Valentine's Day lookbook; mom helps film (including ass-shots) instead of stopping this atrocity
>Piss hair has arrived and it's every bit as terrible as you think
>Made an itabag and failed to make it tacky like it's supposed to be
>"Exposing my Past" video is essentially Louise "bragging" about Jill being so smart
>Bought the SugarpillxLTS collab set, whined about broken eyeshadows and got a replacement palette sent to her, still did review with broken palette
>Plans on making a dress for her NYC trip/birthday despite her constant lack of completing other sewing projects she has started/planned
>Has posted publicly twice about shit mental health and needing to take a break, still refuses to take care of herself properly
insta https://www.instagram.com/pixieelocks/
tumblr http://pixielocks.tumblr.com/
blog pixie-locks.blogspot.ca
Cosplay Page https://m.facebook.com/cosplaypixie/
No. 515615
You used the wrong picture anon you fckin asshat
No. 515639
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Make the thread yourself if you want a specific pic used
No. 515640
people requested one though.
No. 515641
have some courtesy, newfag.
No. 515646
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ok but this person's not wrong
i dont get why it matters since she looks like trash in all of them, but im sorry i fucked it up for y'all anyway
No. 515647
>calling people newfag
>can't fucking sage
This thread is off to an awful start, the pic is fine.
No. 515656
IMO this pic is better than the one I voted for
No. 515699
This. The one people requested was old as shit, at least this one is somewhat relevant. But honestly who gives a fuck, it's just one thread picture. These fill up pretty fast anyway.
A callout post and the following chimpout would be delicious. How has Jill been transphobic, though?
No. 515708
Oh my god how petty are you guys over a picture(whiteknight)
No. 515727
Jill, please get yourself some of this next time you feel like wasting your adsense dollars on makeup, instead of complaining forever about not having a primer.
also, your makeup is creasing because you're using pressed powder to set. That's not what it's for. You need a loose powder, get yourself some laura mercier.
No. 515729
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Dropped pic.
It's less expensive than a palette you'll use once.
No. 515740
I don't think there was a reaction to it (it and a few related tweets got maybe a like each?), but then again Jill or her stans lurk here anyway so I'm sure she'd reference it in a stream or video soon now that it's been posted.
But I'm not particularly sure where she's been transphobic? I've seen posts here from months ago where Jill had an opinion about drag hurting the trans community, but I haven't seen anything in recent times that really sticks out. Otherwise, the twitter user's spot on about Jill doing all this problematic shit and her followers turning a blind eye, but when anyone else does it it's suddenly this big issue and they're a terrible person for it.
No. 515746
There has actually been major evidence of Jill being transphobic in her famous quote “I would *~totally~* be a lesbian if I wasn’t dating someone with a dick” which implies the whole gender=genitals thing, which invalidates a lot of trans people (both trans men and trans women) due to genital reconstruction being incredibly expense and difficult, also (I believe) can’t be done until later in the transition. And this is coming from Jillybean who believes “*~Clothes have no gender~*” or “every colour is unisex” you get the idea.
Sage for SJW knowledge sperg
No. 515752
Bless and thank you anon, I fucking forgot entirely about that quote.
No. 515765
obviously saged but what is pressed powder for then?
No. 515775
To set the foundation
No. 515783
It wasn't just that it was the fact as well that she was referring to Colin who she was dating at the time who identifies as non binary and she was completely invalidating that after making a big show of how accepting she is and flaunting having a nb partner like a fashionable accessory
No. 515786
that's hardly 'major evidence' even by sjw standards. just sounds like someone who has no idea what they're on about, so normal Jill.
'non-binary' is not a thing it's just transtrender bullshit, so can't really fault her for that.
No. 515788
Even if you believe that it's still crappy to use someone as an accessory and then make them feel bad by saying stuff like that about them very publicly to your audience when you supposedly love them
No. 515839
I noticed right away >>515452 when I was watching her new video about her casually talking about a lot of stuff thats been happening in the threads as well. Especially with how unicorns were a normie trend for awhile
No. 515849
I'm confused, how has she been transphobic though? Ya can't spill the tea without receipts.
No. 515851
This! And at least put a base down for the eyeshadows. Blend as you go, it's way easier than what's she doing now.
No. 515855
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Louise follows Jill on Twitter and interacts with her a lot. I'm surprised she isn't more concerned with her daughter's depression posting
No. 515861
Considering Jill throws around "depressed" every other word, her mom probably thinks it's just the new cool hip way to talk about life. That, or she knows Jill isn't actually depressed and is therefore ignoring it, otherwise we would see her buying Jill more cats.
No. 515879
Savage but true.
When Jill was talking about how horrible her therapist was in the past Louise was just agreeing with her and supporting her in her views, instead of letting her know that maybe it was just one shitty experience and that she should try again.
Seriously, I think it's quite irresponsible that Louise apparently hasn't tried to stop Jill from just randomly quitting her meds or seeking therapy again or something. I know that Jill is an adult, but I think most parents would try to talk with their children about that stuff, no matter the age.
No. 515883
She definitely follows this thread.
In a way, I have some small respect for her in that regard, as instead of calling her jill-stans to come over here and whiteknight (which they'd definitely do, knowing them) or her ignoring it completely, she takes at least a small bit of the criticism here and mentions it/takes it to heart.
She still has numerous problems, but at the very least she has a small amount of self awareness, which is better than half the cows here.
No. 515885
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Huh. Remember when we talked about how bloody horrific this cow looked? Well she’s at Jill’s party. When two cows meet
No. 515893
kekekek I can't wait until the party happens.
No. 515925
They have a really weird mother-daughter relationship… its more like a friendship. If my mom followed me on social media and read my posts, I wouldnt be retweeting shit about how depressed I am or how Im a female bottom or whatever the fuck. How is Louise not concerned about the blatant oversharing of info Jill does?
No. 515964
She’s been over sharing since she was like 13 her mom doesn’t give a shit.
No. 515999
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She wants everyone to believe she's bilingual so bad
No. 516031
Funny how Jill is starting to sniff Jeanette Converse's shorts Kek I've known about JC for years well before I ever knew of Jill, I always thought she and Jill had the same generic hideous aesthetic. Doesn't surprise me that they are know a pair of matching cows.
No. 516077
It's so weird how she tries to flaunt her French skills like it's something exotic and special. I'm not Canadian myself, but I assume that many, if not all, Canadian children would study French to some degree in school considering it's one of the country's official languages.
My pet peeve about Jillian is how she spends all her time telling her audience about her skills instead of actually practicing them. "Oh yeah I speak French and watashi am totally learning Japanese minna!!!!" She could be making good progress on learning Japanese if she actually studied instead of watching anime. Or she could, I don't know, practice her fucking sewing skills? But I suppose bath bombs and makeup hoarding are more important than self-improvement or leading a fulfilling life.
No. 516086
>cat lover, Jeep, lover
Irrelevant but im weeping
No. 516097
Why do I get the feeling that Louise thinks convertibles and jeeps are luxury cars? Kek they are pleb asf. My rich ass uncle drives a Lamborghini and he would never post that he's a lover of "muscle cars" Kek now I know where Jill gets her boastful, delusional attitude from.
No. 516110
I don't think she takes any of the criticism to heart, she just makes up excuses for why she does those things instead of fixing them
No. 516111
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im sorry louise
No. 516114
I don't know about other provinces, but the province my boyfriend lived in taught french in the primary schools and it was required to take it
No. 516121
I know it's required in all of the Eastern provinces, I grew up in Ontario, and you had to take it up until either grade 9 or 10; after that you could opt out if you wanted to.
I seem to recall someone telling me when I moved to Alberta that it wasn't required, given how far it is from Quebec, but I could be wrong. I'm in BC, now, and I've never heard any of my friends with kids mention French…
Google could solve it, whomever's curious enough.
No. 516127
please leave jill's mom alone
No. 516128
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No. 516147
I grew up in New Brunswick canada which is where jills moving to kek. But i had to take french immersion since grade 1. And i speak fluent french. The way jill talks about it (I haven't heard her French so idk) she sounds like she took one class in high school and knows how to say few basic words. Kek. Cant wait for her to come here and try and show of her French skills to a real French speaker.
No. 516150
I'm in Ontario and it's required to take French from grade 4-9 and you can be in French immersion if you like. Knowing French isn't that special, most kids take it for the bilingual degree you can get. Also you can't work any government jobs without knowing French and English.
Moreso we speak Quebec French…. Some teachers will teach you France French but generally you can't really use this French outside of Canada without getting some weird looks.
No. 516176
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i love you anon thank you for bringing this picture into my life
No. 516342
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She has hamster cheeks
No. 516347
her hair is the color of honey mustard and i'm offended
No. 516369
this is that nasty shade of yellow people use purple shampoo on to get rid of once they bleach it. I can't believe she dyed it purposely like this
No. 516395
When is she gonna stop with the whole 'wearing glasses cos they're so cute lolz' thing?
They make her look awful.
No. 516428
Honestly what facial expression is she even making ??
Also the yellow hair with the in coming black roots…girl you need help
Small nitpick, but that blue fuzzy scrunchy doesnt even go with the outfit.
No. 516429
she might need them, i think i remember her saying that her vision is awful and close to that of a legally blind person.
No. 516433
That's a nasty trailer trash blonde looking mess.
Forgot to sage.
No. 516446
she wears contacts for her vision and faux glasses with them because she thinks its uwu cute uwu
No. 516453
No the purple shampoo is to get brassiness out. This is straight up yellow, which CAN look good on some people. But not JIll, she somehow doesn't seem to know how to make anything look good.
ALso what is that lopsided pout she is doing with her mouth, it looks like she's trying to get something out of her teeth. That thick ass line of lipstick on the one side makes me want to vom.
Also, chiming in from the prairies to say we were only required to take french until grade 7, but there were immersion schools as well up to grade 12. I also want to add that Jill is almost definitely pretending to be ~multi lingual~. That one time she mentioned accidentally saying Japanese words (I think it was "sou") while talking to friends is such a fake, weeby thing to do. I am close with people who speak three languages fluently and that literally NEVER happens to them. Jill is just a try hard.
sage for long dumb post
No. 516470
Jill fancies herself as a sophisticated, multilingual ~*speshul quirky weeb baby*~ it's truly embarrassing to watch. I speak English, Spanish and German fluently and I don't even cross lingo speak when around others. Kek Jill needs to stop it's just pathetic at this point. As proven by her failed Japanese skills.
No. 516553
Pressed powder is more for mattifying, absorbing oil and preventing shine. Because it's heavier than loose powder, if you use it to set foundation you have a much higher chance of creasing and looking cakey. It's one for setting your t-zone if you're oily, but in areas like the under eyes and smile lines where foundation tends to crease, using a heavier product is just going to make the problem worse.
To combat the creasing, she needs to use a fine loose powder and apply it with a damp beauty blender. This will help the powder meld with her skin instead of sitting on top of it like a mask and creasing up whenever she moves.
She also needs to moisturize her skin before applying foundation, it goes a long way to prevent creasing.
No. 516630
I don't agree actually. I'm fluent in 4 languages and sometimes I'll forget how to say something in one and end up using the word from another language. It does happen.
Jill is a total weeb though and fluent in nothing but English so I can't really forgive her for this kek.
No. 516688
>that lipstick application
oh lord
No. 516799
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No. 516801
what did she mean by this?
also I just listened to a bit of her last stream and she got fanmail from a viewer who apparently actually started seeking therapy/treatment for her depression because she was inspired by how happy Jill is, pretty ironic lol
No. 516811
Off topic possibly but I used to be friends with jillian. I don't wanna say too much incase I out myself but it's so funny she's this queer icon when she was borderline homophobic when I knew her.
No. 516815
>>516811 can you give us some examples? also how old was she when this happened?
No. 516816
me too anon, but the days of her being a cis het lolita princess with colin are long over.
No. 516818
>>516815 I never knew her in real life but I used to be obsessed with fetsu Chan and so did jill so we started talking, probably like 5 years ago?? She was into Lolita at the time and made videos of her sewing in french.
she just used to say stuff in passing like about girls with dicks so I guess more transphobic than homophobic ??
No. 516822
>>516818 she was awful with colin and his gender identity, so this isn't surprising. 'i'd be a lesbian if i wasn't dating someone with a dick.'
No. 516825
>>516822 she said more but I don't wanna put words in her mouth as I don't remember exactly what was said and in the context but she came across like one of those straight girls that thought all lesbians loved her.
We had alot of mutual friends (some rl ones) and no one that was friends with her back then still speaks to her so that says alot
No. 516838
lmao no one cares you "speak french" jill. everyone knows canada has 2 official languages, french and english. if you actually spoke french fluently you would have no problem just spitting it out.
No. 516848
No. 516854
she addressed buying single eyshadows after we called her out on that wow
No. 516856
>>516848 'mass seduction is a big mood'
No. 516858
I find it so funny that the only PO stuff she cares about are things people bought
No. 516861
her talking about use is the most obnoxious she's ever been HASHTAG TRUE FAN
plus she's moving like she's on musical.ly
No. 516870
The way she screams "small artist". Wow mama Jill supports small harajuku inspired businesses praise her kek
No. 516885
Is it just me or people who wear J-fashion just like Pixie?
>Obsessed with not being "normie"
>Obsessed with buying tons of clothes they can't afford because "only clothes make me happy"
>Materialism is normalized in the community
>Lot of really "depressed" people who don't do anything
It's scary how Pixie is more common than I thought
No. 516893
Except a lot of them actaully coordinate their outfits well.
No. 516896
Yeah, because people outside of Jfashion aren't consumed with material objects and spending money they don't have. At least people in Jfashion have their own styles.
No. 516900
pixie can afford her clothes though , also materialism is rampant all over.
i think you're wrong in any case. jfashion does attract many people who are outwardly like that. a lot of normies are exactly the same, just not as expressive. fuck, lame and onion don't dress weird and they are more jill than jill is.
No. 516921
Anon, I don't know what kind of people you've met, but I can assure there are plenty of people in jfashion who are fully functioning, have reasonable spending habits and can easily support themselves and their hobby. They're just not as vocal nor attention seeking as Jill or rest of snowflakes.
Besides, Jill doesn't do jfashion, she's inspired by it at best.
No. 516941
Be honest kids, a lot of young people were/are drown to jfashion because they have mental issues and see it as a way to stand out and be unique and fill the lonely void in their heart with material possessions, especially the ones who gain followings.
Also calling people normies makes you sound just as ~speshul~ as jill.
No. 516953
smells like projection
No. 516977
lol you're the one comparing an entire group of people who wear japanese fashion with literally everyone else on the planet. it's obvious as fuck you're referring to normies, excuse me, normalfags. you definitely sound like you're super insecure if you think only people in jfashion are like this, or if they aren't the norm.
No. 516982
It irritates the hell out of me that she seems to have started copying Stef Sanjati's mannerisms.
No. 517008
she said in a live a long time ago that she doesn't watch her (anymore) and isn't suscribbed to her so i think if she has new mannerisms it's from someone else (she mentionned jackie aina in a recent video so maybe it's her?)
No. 517021
I thought the same thing actually which is weird bc I asked if she liked her during one of her streams once and she said she found stef really annoying / abrasive / mean or something like that
No. 517033
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No. 517036
I really don't understand how she has so much time to watch so many different anime shows. She always seems to be sleeping or spending hours on social media.
No. 517045
Even if she sleeps 12 hours a day, that leaves 12 hours to do shit, and since anime shows are 22 minutes a day, you can watch almost 3 episodes an hour. It's pretty easy to watch a handful of episodes in a day without it taking up much time.
No. 517056
Is she actually losing hair? It looks so thin! I mean I knew the ends of her hair were fried but this is next level.
No. 517066
she needs to stop wearing her hair in a ponytail with that hairline
No. 517071
The way she speaks reminds me of the old lady with the sponge LMAO
No. 517078
i totally understand the struggle of growing bangs out and not wanting them in your face but there are SO many different and flattering styles she could do that aren't a slicked back ponytail that makes her head look bulbous
No. 517079
Ha! Bulbous is the way to describe it.
How come we didn't get a video on the puke daffodil hair?
No. 517081
a receding hairline to match her forehead lines and jowls
No. 517083
>>517079 i think jill got too much criticism for her last hair vid kek and jillybean can't handle being told that bleaching her entire hair every time is bad
No. 517087
does anyone know why she's so opposed to visiting a hairdresser? I mean she clearly has the money, does she think her own results are actually good?
No. 517091
Maybe cos it fits in with the uwu starving artist does my own hair so crafty uwu vibe?
No. 517095
she should at least go to a salon to get it bleached. like, if she would just get the potentially damaging part done professionally she could still do diy hair vids with fashion colors and it would be better because it wouldn't always look fried as fuck
No. 517125
She probably won't to to a hair dresser cuz social anxiety uwu
No. 517128
shes copying grav3yardgirl and jackie aina. she's been trying to be pastel grav3yardgirl for years though.
No. 517148
I would be very surprised if Jill actually likes Jackie Aina or continues to watch the rest of her channel besides the recent too faced review.
Jill supported Jeffrey Starr well after the racism allegations came to light and she stills stans h3 after the same thing . Both of them have publicly used the n word and she’s obviously fine supporting or defending that. She’s also posted anti-sjw things for years, tries to shade pc culture or “call out” culture. That’s probably what other anons meant by Jill’s casual transphobia too, always making sly comments about the binary that probably rubs her sjw fans the wrong way.
Recently in a stream one of her fans was complaining about racial issues (like uwu why is everyone mean to white people now uwu so intolerant) and Jill agreed that “everyone should just get along” (as in stop calling out white people and bringing attention to white supremacy basically).
And 80% of Jackie’s videos, especially recently, are about exclusion of poc in the makeup industry, or her generally ranting about being a black woman, loving her black man, celebrating black love and beauty etc etc
So I honestly don’t think Jill truly watches her or is a fan because any subject matter that doesn’t directly benefit Jill (like pretending to be a independent queer artist with gay struggles) is too profound, triggering or boring for her (or you can sum it up by saying it’s ~bIg BoY sPoOkY~ aka not to her interest).
I bet you anything Jill can count the amount of black people she’s met on one hand (not including her trips to Montreal or New York) and she’s never mentioned watching other black you tubers, never mentioned listening to any kind of black music etc.
Now before anons come for me, I’m white but I find it interesting how it took Jill almost 4 years posing as a progressive-inclusive-artsy public figure type to finally acknowledge black creators and pander to their audiences. She’s a bad pseudo-sjw.
No. 517161
Didn't she say after the one time she went for her Japan trip that going to a salon was "too expensive?" Jill is the kind of person who avoids spending money on necessities so she can spend it on more frivolous stuff. You know when she lives in her own she's only going to eat instant noodles and frozen tendies, because why spend money on boring FOOD when you could use it to buy more lacy oaf and too faced?
I knew a girl like this. She avoided paying her car insurance and drove illegally so she could use the money for clothes and makeup instead.
No. 517166
You nailed it, that's Jill all over. She couldn't give a shit about anything outside of her very limited range of interests/things that fit her aesthetic.
It's also funny considering that high-profile fashion designers generally keep up to date on social and political issues and research a huge range of topics for their collections, and then there's Jill who never cares to look into anything other than children's anime and new clown shit to buy.
No. 517224
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"Got some betties, some boops, some goofs and gaffs, some romps"
she tries way too hard to emulate other YouTubers. First it was Jeffree, then Drew, and now h3h3. How long until she tries and forces herself into one of their streams?
No. 517243
Why did she say pounds instead of dollars in her favorites video? We have dollars in Canada
No. 517249
That was in reference to something she bought off ebay, and it could have been listed in pounds??? use ur brain
No. 517251
kinda nit picky I guess but it bothers me that she doesn't link her 'featured confetti club members' in the description, it comes off as kinda lazy to me. Not to mention when I go to their instagram a lot of the time she never even likes or comments on the post? Maybe I'm reaching but it just seems strange to me.
No. 517252
jill calling herself a "sister" in such weird wording ???
No. 517254
She also emulates Jenna’s mannerisms all the time. Her personality is based off other Youtubers
No. 517255
I see what you're saying. The point of featuring followers should be to (hopefully) give them a little bump in activity, and if you don't link to their page it kind of defeats the purpose. How many people are gonna go out of their way to look someone up as opposed to clicking a link?? Another purpose of featuring people should be to interact a bit with your audience, but she doesn't follow/like/comment on their shit.
No. 517318
Agreed! It rubbed me the wrong way as soon as I heard her say it and I wondered if anyone was gonna mention it.
No. 517339
jill trying pathetically hard to be ~~on fleek~~
No. 517470
She does this because her hair is always greasy and she doesn’t wash it she she has to put up
No. 517578
The first time she said "Futari wa PreCure" I swear to god it sounded like "Daddy wa PreCure" with her shit ~multilingual japanese~.
No. 517591
it just reminded me of james charles and my brain shut down
No. 517595
she picked up some stuff from noodlerella for a while there too, I noticed actually she hasn't mentioned her "London friends" for a while now, her wanting to go there kind of died and she jumped on Kelly Eden instead
No. 517604
h e y fuck jill am i right lol
No. 517649
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It’s so awful I wanna die
>I’ve been liking this one band since grade 5
>this other band did a concert and played songs only Hashtag True Fans™️ will get and I am Hashtag True Fan™️
I had to give up on the video after the True Fan™️ shit because I don’t think I could handle her talking about anime.
No. 517752
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Be prepared for more ~gay obnoxious jill
No. 517763
Yes, start 8 seasons in when the quality is tanking and disregard most of the history of the show and the in jokes and references to itself that it makes. Great plan.
No. 517777
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Sage for nitpicking but I cringe at her constant use of this word
No. 517781
Pixielocks is the new ForeverKailyn for me to be honest.
How dependent she is on her mommy, how clueless she is in regards to the world, her make-up and clothing hoarding, her having the taste of an actual child, making a big deal out of every Starbucks and Michael's trip, tweeting about every stupid TV show she watches… Even though Jill constantly tries so hard to stand out and attention whore with her ~quirky fashion~ she's really just a stunted basic white girl, amazing.
No. 517784
people who use the term stan are insufferable. even on here, it's a stupid term.
No. 517844
I hate to say it, but Pixielocks is downright a star compared to Kailyn. She hasn't raped anyone for starters, she attended an actual school and whereas her college might suck, it is still some form of education away from her parents.
No. 517876
she's starting with season 8 because it's the only one on canadian netflix and afaik the others aren't available to legally stream anywhere else here.
No. 517981
They’re not available to purchase anywhere?
No. 517989
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Someone said something about this in the last thread, but apperently she does filter out specific words from her comments, so it’s impossible for us to see most hate comments
No. 517990
So she no longer thinks drag is transphobic then? Can't wait for all the appropriated gay and black slang and tongue pops we will be hearing
No. 518006
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I saw this and thought of Jill kek
No. 518056
Jill is a spun out autist with zero self control kek
No. 518061
I’m fucking dead @ those comments. Kek how can you see them?
No. 518102
yeah how would someone be able to see comments held in review if that’s the point of being in review, is this u jill?
No. 518117
I'm assuming she posted that somewhere else at the time?
No. 518119
Wait I just realised this is a new screencap, was looking at the old video title at the bottom. What the hell Jill
No. 518131
wait is that jill?? wtf?
No. 518133
I'm visibly cringing at work. She had never shown to care or support drag Queens, and now this? She'll join the group of obnoxious underaged drag fans who know nothing about drag or gay culture outside drag race.
And why would you start on season 8, but not season 1? At least season 2?? Dumb cunt
No. 518134
it's a screenshot from an old thread that jill had posted on her twitter. it was originally from jill and someone else posted it to her thread.
No. 518141
This is a new screencap though. The video is her newest one and the time it was posted was a few minutes after 5.03 PEI time, and she also uses Bell. When you scroll through her twitter media it isn't there either.
Try again.
No. 518153
No. 518161
Seems legit, though I wouldn't put it past her to self-post something similar
Wonder what her ex thinks of
>makin vids and breakin hearts
As the bio on facebook
No. 518165
Season 8 is on Canadian Netflix right now and afaik season 1&2 are called the “lost seasons” because they’re pretty difficult to find anywhere to watch.
No. 518168
Jill has no substance besides buying shit other people want and sperging about anime or whatever she's trying to be a hard fan for. Sad that she's getting more videos for being on the trending page, I like to see people who have something interesting to offer and not just mommy's money and a shit aesehtic that normal people give attention to because colors. How far is she going to go with youtube when she keeps relying on the same things?
No. 518235
Jill is the queen of basic bitch, who the fuck is she to call anyone a Normie? She dresses like a retard for attention, because her personality is so fucking boring and lacks substance of any kind that she would never get any attention if her life depended upon it. Kek
No. 518312
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Guess this is you too?
No. 518324
Way to be so obvious anon. Kek seriously this just made you look like a dumbass. Kek
No. 518412
oh god, as if the RPDR fandom wasn't bad enough
No. 518417
This is rich, considering Jillian called drag "transphobic" (obviously not sure what the fuck she's talking about) and now she's watching RPDR because it's "trendy and cool" to like it. What do you want to bet she starts acting like the biggest drag race fan in the world within the next few months? She's seriously pathetic.
No. 518471
This is some bizarre samefagging going on…
No. 518478
had to peace out when she started talking about Annie Clark/St. Vincent because no. She cannot love what I love. No. I will not accept it.
No. 518519
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So Jill just won the kawaii leader contest..
No. 518522
I can’t believe it. I stopped watching her for awhile because she was boring me but this is a ride I want to be on
No. 518527
Oooh boy, I hope this will be another era of glorious milk.
I mean come on, she seems to be too fucking depressed/tired/'overworked' to even regularly post her low effort YT videos right now, she's truly ideal for such a position lol.
No. 518532
I hate that this actually happened but I can't say I'm surprised at this point, considering how big of a mindless zombie mob of followers she has. Now we get to hear her sperg on about being a kawaii leader and a full-time Youtuber and how hard it is.
Now, who's up for taking bets on how quick things will go sour?
No. 518534
It's so hilarious to me that someone who… doesn't even wear J-fashion won. Like when was the last time Jill even purchased anything from Japan? Or wore any of her J-fashion clothing? This whole competition is a joke.
No. 518535
Now this is a ride I want to be part of, I can't wait to see this.
No. 518537
>inb4 she quickly tries to buy & squeeze herself into some more stuff from her ~favie brand uwu~ Candy Stripper
No. 518544
I hate everything.
No. 518549
Watch her ego blow up, up and away. I can only imagine what a shit show Jill will be in Nipon.
No. 518552
Look at the bright side anon, this title means absolutely nothing to anyone in the real (fashion) world.
Sure Jill will brag about it any chance she gets now, but anyone with a brain can see that she clearly has grown out of J-fashion and has no genuine passion for it. I think if Kammie had won she would've actually done something with this since she cares about J-fashion, but for Jill this is just another ego boost. I don't think she actually gives a shit about spreading kawaii culture, she wants to be the person that always stands out the most.
Jill just happens to have a fanbase of 12 year olds that have nothing better to do than vote for their idol every day, of course she'd win in a popularity contest like this.
No. 518554
It's just because she's the last person who deserves a free trip to Japan.
Her first Japan trip was so milky partially because she wasted so much of her and her mom's money simply to go eat burgers and buy clothes halfway across the world.
I know the title doesn't mean shit. I just don't think she deserves the spoils that come with it.
No. 518574
She’ll have to do stuff this time though, other than shopping and eating her chicky tendies
No. 518586
They put up this video of her, it feels super awkward
No. 518588
this is so uncomfortable to watch… she just like doesn't seem grateful at all either??
No. 518589
You'd at least think she'd open with a thank you
No. 518590
Love how this channel was dead and then came back to put Jill in my subscription box. I also love how fair it is that Jill decided to enter a public vote based contest instead of giving someone else a chance, not that I'm surprised.
No. 518592
oh nice, more shit that she will never use again!
videos like this really show how spoiled she is, it would have been nice if someone more grateful would've won, but I guess that's just how life is
No. 518606
We all knew this would happen but still sad for anyone who cares about Jfashion in the west. Styles like fairy kei seem to be declining because western people want to buy Harajuku inspired fast fashion or cheap knock off stuff instead of actually supporting brands or putting effort into the fashion. Now we have someone just like that "representing" and soon to be bragging how Jfashion they are despite wearing Lazy Oaf and crayons all the time. Can't wait for her to get ripped on even more for being basement dwelling rainbow trash with no skills outside of talking like a baby at a camera.
No. 518617
This was the best thing to wake up to this morning, no joke. I honestly feel like this is going to be an entirely new chapter for Jill.
No. 518620
It's honestly pretty weird and fishy to me that she won the contest considering she 1. didn't advertise it as much as a lot of other people and 2. the people who did advertise a lot got A HELL OF A LOT more engagement than her on their content. Soooooo. how did this happen?
No. 518630
Has she actually posted anywhere about her winning? I just looked on her twitter and there's no mention. Even Pastelbat said congratulations to her? Does Jill really care?
No. 518632
So since She won does that mean she gets a free trip to Japan like her idol Kelly eden ?
No. 518633
God she sounds like such an idiot.
No. 518636
Pretty sure it's Japanese judges that have the final word.
a new era of milk that's for sure.. I almost wouldn't be surprised if she decides to further put off college because she'll be ~soo busy~ with travels to japan and the meet ups in New York/UK will blow her ego out of the water.
No. 518642
Yeah I was wondering if it had to be something like that because Jill getting the most votes make zero sense.
Even though she said in the video that she got the most votes haha you wish jillian
No. 518662
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She posted this in response to the post about it on the facebook group
No. 518664
I have no horse in this race, I don't pick sides. But the amount of salt absolutely pouring out of you guys right now about Jill winning is so fucking hilarious, oh my god.
No. 518684
This is a board dedicated to shit talking people. Most of us actively dislike the people we go out of our way to shit talk. Is this really surprising?
No. 518693
What's really sad is the amount of people taking this so personally. >>518532 "I hate that this actually happened" >>518544 "I hate everything"
The people who are pointing out how funny it is that she doesn't even wear jfashion and just had a legion of twelve year olds spamming votes for her aren't salty. That's the lolcow I know. Not the "wahhhhhhh I can't believe she won I hate this there must have been vote manipulation"
No. 518697
I personally think her winning is a blessing, I really hope there will be another Japan trip lol.
I mean the whole competition and title are meaningless, Jill doesn't even seem that excited for it herself. No one outside of the Jfashion community even knows about it so it's not like she's giving a bad reputation to it.
No. 518698
Literally who gives a fuck. This thread is to shit on her. Not to meet your expectations.
No. 518699
Exactly. The point of lolcow has always been to document, discuss, and laugh. If anyone finds themselves personally affected, upset, or angry, then they need to step away and focus on their lives for a bit.
No. 518702
So two comments that say "I hate" mean people are automatically being salty? I think you're projecting a bit. I think it's just a bit of dramatic wording. I doubt anyone here is genuinely upset that Jill won.
No. 518703
She’ll pull a Kely Eden and force Japanese workers to go out of their way for her comfort. Kek
No. 518709
I wonder if her mom would go with her again? She seems incapable of traveling by herself
Also wondering if she'll suddenly start acting like she cares sooo much uwu about Japanese indie designers again, I hope she buys as much tacky crap as last time lmao
No. 518712
i for one am pleased that she won.
No. 518717
I don't think there's salt literally pouring out of anyone but there are certainly some briney individuals(samefagging)
No. 518723
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No. 518727
Does that mean that we will see her on this Show? What exactly is she going to do there? Will be her mom allowed to be on her side all the time?
Idk but I'm lowkey excited about that because she seems to be overwhelmed by the easiest tasks so I'm ready for complaining and being totally overdramatic all the time. I hope she has to eat food that she is ~scared~ off lmao
No. 518735
>implying kawaii.i is nothing but a shitty kotaku style site.
No. 518746
It's hilarious that they let someone as lazy and awful as Jill be the winner, her entry pic is so much more low quality than the others
Excited to see what comes next though kek
No. 518749
99% sure she's going to crash, burn, and then make a twitter post/ half-assed youtube video about bringing mental health advocacy to the ~~kawaii~~ world's eyes. Then she'll probably say she needs "only a week" break from the internet for said mental health, which might turn to her regretting her decision publicly and extending her break to 2+ weeks.
I mean if she can't handle making 2 youtube videos a week as her "job" how tf is she going to handle all the PR that comes with having the (albeit really small and insignificant) role in the kawaii international world? She's gonna have to at least actively keep up with Jap fashion and promote it, isn't she?
No. 518750
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why is she so obsessed with comparing herself to Sharpay Evans now? I've never watched high school musical but isn't she just the typical rich ditzy blonde girl? why would a grown adult aspire to be like such a character from a kids movie lol
No. 518755
That's because someone said she could be like Sharpey in one of these earlier threads
No. 518763
I don't think it's a good thing to be materialistic, fake, and snobby to everyone you meet on top of being a weeb.
No. 518765
I almost wish Jill would go for that glittery glam bitch look Sharpay Evans sported. It would look good on her versus rainbow puke clown. I'm glad Jill won. May she prosper in milky failure for our amusement.
No. 518770
I would love to see that happen, she will probably cry because her mom can't come with her and she will have to follow the schedule of kawaii.i instead of a week full of shopping.
No. 518774
'People here are saying that the final decision didn't come from votes or else she probably wouldn't have won
No. 518785
>show such dedication
Didn't know that haul videos = dedication
No. 518798
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It's almost as if Japanese people dont want to watch a weeb kek
No. 518799
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Kind and humble lol
No. 518801
Kind as an axe wound, humble as a middle finger.
No. 518803
idgi either, Sharpay was actually talented and hard working no way would she be a lazy slob like jill
No. 518839
at least someone said it lol I have zero bias too, imagine if this was the moo thread. Mods would have a field day.
No. 518854
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I thought the tinfoils about her reading these threads was just a meme but she keeps making this comparison after someone posted >>494381 here and it's so… idk. weirdly specific and not applicable? (she looks nothing like the actress) Spo I find it hard to believe it's just a coincidence.
No. 518868
Didn't know not wanting her already-massive ego to be fed with with a contest win = taking it personally. As others have said, the contest doesn't mean shit, but Jill's not one to be humble about anything and there were other people that could've used this wisely. Aside from that, this will bring in good milk and can't wait to see what bullshit happens when Jill actually has to do something.
But on another note, now that she's won this, is it gonna affect her going to school at all? I feel like if she has to take trips to Japan often, it won't sit well with some of her teachers.
No. 518885
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Can she do a day without spending money
No. 518891
hows jill going to survive college whilst maintaining a 'job' on youtube?
if she has to take mental health days now, when she just lays around all day, how in the hell is she going to cope at college. as well as having to do stuff for that kawaii thing that she won.
No. 518893
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No. 518907
I really hate how average girls with skinnyfat bodies think that means they're thick.
No. 518967
It's so funny to me that her little minions think they made her win the contest, and somehow put in enough votes to beat all of the other, very good-looking, beautiful people with huge followings.
No. 518969
She’s not thic she’s just fat
No. 518972
What benefit would Kawaii.i have lying about who got the most votes though? If it were someone else they would have just had another person to feature thus more views from their audience.
I think Jills fans are young and really active online. She would reblog stuff about people setting alarms to vote and all that, so they probably wanted mama jill to notice them and had time to just go ham with votings. I follow a lot of the other contestants and Jill seemed the most active about asking people to vote, especially on Twitter
No. 518973
Professional level? No lighting set up because it is too much effort, shaky tripod on her bed, fucked up saturation, can't be bothered filming close-ups properly, can't keep her own schedule, so professional
No. 518974
Kawaii leaders don't actually have to do anything after their role on the show is over, nor do they really get any perks aside from a free, very short trip to Japan. I think the trip is like 3 days and you're filming the whole time so you don't hbe a lot of free time. And yeah, they're going to make her do "cultural" things that she doesn't care about at all and probably eat food that isn't just a plain cheeseburger or tendies.
I think she thinks this is going to catapult her to fame or make her some kind of idol in Japan. Nobody remembers the past leaders at all and they've been running the contest for years. There were four leaders I think last year and nobody gave a shit about any of them except kelly, and that's only because she made a spectacle of herself with the AP fiasco.
No. 518983
It seems like anything that's better than filming with a potato webcam and using Movie Maker transitions is considered great quality, simply because that's the usual standard for most J-fashion videos on Youtube.
Jill really lucked out with getting good equipment from her mom lol.
No. 519003
Can confirm, I participate in multiple j fashion communities and no one gives a shit about this title or competition
It's been a joke for awhile, especially when Kelly Eden won
No. 519019
So now that Jill actually won, she's gonna be visiting Japan right? When is this going down??
No. 519023
Probably not for 6 months or so
No. 519049
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This is getting ridiculous she doesn't wear jfashion any more.
No. 519055
I'm actually glad jill won, we get to watch her embarrass herself on japanese tv. But I'm a lil sad we won't get the milk from her going to hyper japan in the uk.
No. 519080
It's up to the judges in the end, not the votes. They could have just chosen her because she's an up-and-comer rather than a big name in the community.
No. 519082
Yeah I feel like none of the other contestants besides Anzu would embarrass themselves, but I was hoping anzu or jill would win so we could see them embarrass themselves on television.
But then again that really furthers stereotypes about dumb western foreigners. Jillian is perfect for perpetuating those stereotypes
No. 519101
How is this Barbie "thicc"? Looks like the normal Barbie shape to me
No. 519132
She won both the judges votes and the prize for winning the most public votes
No. 519135
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That's probably just a sign that you're still a beginner Jill
No. 519141
They released a few different barbie shapes (tall, short, thin, curvy) and this is in fact a curvy one. She has wider hips and thighs than a normal Barbie, but I agree it just looks completely normal. Not even much thicker arms or a rounder face.
Sage for toy collector chat
No. 519168
Jill straight up confirming she lurks in these threads. I wonder if she posts in them as well? We get it girlfriend, any press in your attention whore eyes is good press.
No. 519263
Our kawaii leader, everyone.
No. 519291
If you're an inexperienced moron like Jill you will have a difficult time handling a sewing machine and any half hazard project attempted. For the love of god would it really damage Jill's massive ego if she would just admit she's a shitty hobby crafter who needs to get herself enrolled into an intermediate level sewing class asap at the bare assed minimum? How the hell does she expect to excel in her arts and crafts school if she can barely be bothered to sew a basic shift dress with set in sleeves? Kek
No. 519422
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>gets a NY trip for her birthday
>pissy that she doesn't also get another Japan trip
No. 519424
She's not going because her friends don't want her with them now kek
No. 519426
She said before that she isn't taking the trip because she wanted to be 'responsible' and save money for college, but if she didn't spend 500 bucks a month on make up, clothes and children's toys she could've easily traveled there lol
No. 519443
I thought that post was Jill selfposting the minute I saw it, sage for obvs speculation
No. 519462
Well she's right, she can't be mad. She has the NYC trip and KS event anyway, and I'm sure her friends are gonna really enjoy being there without Jill being her usual suffocating self. Imagine all the Japanese food they'll get to enjoy now!
That's hilarious.
No. 519478
in my city in canada you need both to get a decent career. It's not that special here.
No. 519510
Unrelated, but whenever someone calls Jill a "h3h3 stan" or supporter or whatever they sound so insufferable. Yeah they said the wrong thing once or twice and that makes them racist for today's sjw culture standards, yeah I get it. I hate racist people too. Can't we just enjoy shit in peace too though?
God she doesn't even try to hide her self posts anymore
Wow so speshul with her fast fashion, ugly makeup, shitty aging face, fried hair, great sewing skills, a great role model.
The saddest thing is that she doesn't care. She doesn't even wear jfashion.
I'm saging this.
No. 519515
Confirmed self posting. Why does she do that though? What does she win with this? We will laugh at her more. She's just retarded.
No. 519516
Maybe she thinks we will become her friends or something lmao
Also it's pretty funny how she's constantly pushing this ~I hate dramu & internet bullying uwu~ shit yet she spends her time lurking here and watching YT drama channels
No. 519525
I don't have a problem with h3h3 or their podcasts in general, it's just that Jill admittedly stans shitty people like Tana Mongeau and Jeffrey Starr for the longest time.
Jill is a bad person with poor judgement of character > jill likes bad people with poor judgement of character (not saying the h3 couple are bad people, just speaking generally).
No. 519526
People only bring it up because Jill likes to say she's above bigotry and cares about social justice issues, but she openly watches and supports lots of people who don't have those same values. She's a hypocrite, and that's why it's mentioned. I doubt anyone in here actually gives a shit about h3h3, and you sound way more insufferable defending some random YouTube channel on this thread.
No. 519532
She's an hypocrite then
That's what irks me the most about her and how she's just doing everything (including calling drag race transexist but then watching it) for fame points and to be "in".
No. 519545
wow another haul.
No. 519546
No. 519549
At this point all of Jill's cheap-quality-pastel-with-obnoxious-patterns garments are just blending together for me, I wouldn't have even recognized these clothes as 'new to her wardrobe'.
No. 519553
This is the second or third article about jill in the "pei" section of the CBC website. There was that article about her reaching 50k subs on YT and now this. And I remember Louise trying to get her another interview with cbc when her first dollar store job asked her to change her blue hair so she quit. They were going for the 'workplace discrimination' angle.
And then there was that article about Louise paying $8k for a catio last summer.
All because Louise is friends with these journalists or someone else with executive powers over at CBC PEI.
No. 519554
>every time I wash my hair I have to redye it
please Jill… just go see a professional hairdresser…
No. 519556
Her mannerisms and vocabulary are getting more and more obnoxious and I didn't think that was possible
No. 519557
she really does not suit satin can she stop with these satin dresses
No. 519559
I have soft hate boner for those earrings tbh
No. 519560
every time she says 'lewk' i want to scream
also she said that the shirt is 'a lil bit baggy' but tbh, it looks sorta tight to me (so does the skirt, i can see how uncomfortable she is in this 'lewk'
No. 519561
her looks are all so mediocre
No. 519563
Cows stick with the herd rofl. God Misha is a piece of work.
No. 519566
Nothing says I Love Japan like a bootleg sailor moon top.
No. 519569
That is just sad. If she wasn't dropping on ugly Lazy Oaf clothes and shitty palettes to use one shade she could be having an amazing experience with her friends and boost her channel in the process considering the Japan videos are her most popular. Really sad Jill.
No. 519573
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Am I seeing things or can you see her underwear/tights when she is lifting that dress up?
No. 519575
That's just how slow news are in small towns. I don't think there's some kind of mega pulling of strings here, the local news are just trying to fill in their paper. Nothing really exciting happens and any news that portrays the place positively is pounced on and dragged out as much as possible.
No. 519576
she's streaming now. i'm taking notes for as long as I can stand her.
No. 519586
The shirt is way too tight. It's why it's bunching up over her boobs.
No. 519587
lol in her stream she mentioned that she needs more makeup brushes bc she just uses the same three. pretty sure i saw something in the thread a while back about the brushes she uses. lurky jill
No. 519588
Stream highlights so far:
-went off of birth control, but realised she 'wasn't gay' and so went back on
-said she didn't date until she was 15. um what about your abusive girlfriend she had at 13??
-made semi transphobic about wanting to look like a woman
-is going to see a mcr tribute band for her bday. hopes to find her lover in the bar
-lot's of serotonin talk. she's ~still sad.
-obviously isn't a mcr fan?? kept getting names of songs wrong ect, despite claiming to be the 'biggest fan ever' as per
-sharpay has always been her number 1 dream role
-has ordered MORE lazy oaf clothing
-said she was bisexual (i think this is the first time she's admitted that)
-keeps talking about needing better makeup brushes (confirming that she's lurking)
-Admit she has gay phases, but that she's not a lesbian.
-Right now she's ready for anything (meaning a man or women)
No. 519595
What's her sudden obsession with Sharpay immediately after it got mentioned here? I don't think she's doing it to fuck with us but I do think someone she is close to must regular here and 'let it slip' that she's like Sharpay after reading
No. 519599
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I’ll admit this outfit wasn’t /that/ bad (besides making her look like a literal rectangle) but oh my god, the yellow accents in the shirt really bring out the patchiness in her hair and the garish color
wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Kate since it’s already confirmed she lurks here
No. 519600
shes saying in the stream how she used to find drag offensive and that she's realised she was wrong
more confirmation of lurking?
No. 519603
She probably is just doing it because drag has been the flavor of the month for a while now. She doesnt want to step on anyone's toes
No. 519605
>-Admit she has gay phases, but that she's not a lesbian.
Ugh, how not shocking
No. 519614
It's kind of funny because drag in itself is not transphobic, but making yourself into a caricature of what you think a "woman" is while constantly throwing around slurs is pretty shitty and that's exactly what RPDR is which is the only drag she has any interest in.
No. 519615
I want to grab her and scream at her that serotonin isn’t the only neurotransmitter that affects your mood and depression but then she’d have to actually learn something and she’s too lazy for that.
Skinny fat my ass, this is full on fat. Just because she isn’t an obese landwhale doesn’t mean she’s not fat.
>implying that she has another friend besides Jon
No. 519626
-Will smoke weed when it's legal. Is scared of illegal weed in case 'it's laced with death.'
-shading her friends for leaving her all alone on her birthday. Only Jon is here for her bday.
-Keep saying she loves scaring people with her aesthetic?
- 'I used to think drag was problematic, but I just didn't understand it.'
-someone trolling the chat about hurting cats an everyone freaked out kek
-is going to a hairdresser before newyork
No. 519628
>is going to a hairdresser before newyork
lmao why does she think that the only time it's worth going to a hairdresser is before an international trip?
also I really hope she's going to an actual one this time and not the same special snowflake she went to last time
No. 519629
The clothes all seem like the cheap knockoffs you find on taobao or Aliexpress. The owner of the store seems problematic in their own ways but I suppose it makes sense that cows would stick together.
No. 519632
They have a party kei line but Jill made up party kei and doesn't have shit to show for it. Too funny. The pink top with the blue skirt was actually cute for me but still looks bad on her.
This. How does she get 50K plus views? She'd beyond annoying.
>Right now she's ready for anything (meaning a man or women)
Meaning she wants anyone who will enable her, give her attention and willing to be used for youtube views.
>Keep saying she loves scaring people with her aesthetic?
They're scared because you're so cringy, Jill.
No. 519637
No. 519639
she often does
No. 519640
The clothes are cheap. Ota-q draws a design and has it printed on the clothes, but then she has to sell it for more than it's worth to get a profit. There's lots of stores like that, the example I can give you off the top of my head is Miss Octopie.
No. 519641
a girl sent her a package and said she had a crush on pixie + now shes getting called "goth gf", could this be the next alyssa?
No. 519642
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I don't understand how louise is okay watching her daughter talking about not caring if she is getting dick or pussy just as long as she is getting some
No. 519645
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is it just me or is she looking more and more like lena dunham
No. 519646
Kera International is just freelance J-Fashion weebs who can write in Japanese. They aren't actually sending a real reporter.
No. 519650
Ugh I'm so sick of these stores popping up with artscow shit. Their quality is terrible for the price. 0/10 would not buy
No. 519651
- ate on camera (despite constantly saying she couldn't bc ~muh anorexia kek)
-'my nose is one thing that i'm not self conscious about.' (but you should be)
-was top of her french class
-she's 'going to japan to be famous.' (half joking)
No. 519667
She legitimately looks 40 years old in half these outfits. She only really looked her age in the one with the pink hoodie and white printed skirt, before she put on the ugly windbreaker.
No. 519668
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yeah Jill really looks like the typical 'weird aunt' character in this vid lol
No. 519674
some anon like three threads ago pointed out that jill dresses super edgy but only listens to the most basic pop music ever. and jill has been talking about st vincent ever since nonstop! because uwu indie artist. its so fucking annoying she brings her up every stream, picture, video, when you can just tell she just listened to one of her albums for the first time ever. ITS GOOD YEAH, WE'VE BEEN KNEW, JILL. so goddamn annoying and predictable from her.
muh im the bigges mcr fan ever (2 mainstream so now she never mentions them) –→ muh im the biggest muse fan ever –→ muh im the bigges joy division fan i wear their tshirt on every photoshoot -→ muh im the biggest st vincent fan ever uwu —→ whatever dumb thing she'll be obsessed for 2 weeks and drop as she always does
No. 519676
Kek, can't believe stream anon didn't mention that she thinks clashing colors means two colors are almost the same, but not quite (as in different shades of pink). No wonder all her clothes clash because she doesn't know what it means. Idiot.
No. 519682
Jill knows nothing about color theory, design, material, clothing quality, good fit, sewing or any of the economics behind the fashion industry, it's an actual joke that she still acts like sewing is ~so important uwu~ to her and that she will ever become an actual fashion designer.
No. 519706
I'm surprised that she doesn't listen to weeb music or kpop tbh
No. 519726
I just about keeled over because not only does Jill not have the faintest idea of what is actually involved in fashion design, she acts like she's some authority on sewing and fashion with an established brand and following. She's never so much as taken the time to follow through making a mock up of one of her unoriginal, mediocre designs. Who even calls themselves a fashion designer with no portfolio to display their skills or ideas? Kek
Sage trigger
No. 519754
It figures a dumb bitch who has been caught writing shit about Japanese street fashion styles would pick another tacky white girl who doesn't wear jfashion, it was meant to be.
No. 519803
I need deets on this. Is there a thread anywhere?
Super saging
No. 519834
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It's basic artscow shit.
No. 519835
>>519834 'cow' how fitting kek
No. 519838
That is Sooo shitty I can't even.
No. 519842
It's so messy to see her endorse this kind of basic ass 'brand' that takes designs from sailor moon, puts it in a random pattern and then print it out on basic clothes. It's one thing to have a design that's based on something, but still unique art (basically fanart), but this stuff she's endorsing is just a blatant rip-off. That plus her happily endorsing chinese brands that steal designs and sell them for cheap. How is she so ignorant/dumb?
No. 519843
this is actual full retard, who taught her that birth control had anything to do with orientation or that straight girls remain permanently on the pill/lesbians don't due to their sexuality…
???? not only did she date that 'sketchy' older girlfriend of hers (apparently), but also she had a two year relationship with her punk boyfriend Walker before dating Tristan when she was 15
why the lie tho?
No. 519846
How is this bad? I'm not sure that I get it unless they are claiming they personally make the items. You are paying for the design which you can't make the item yourself without and a small production is going to head to an independent company.
No. 519859
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OT but can we just appreciate the complete degeneration of Jill’s hair in the past year? The shit she does now is how most girls wear their hair to sleep and she thinks she’s a fashion influencer
No. 519860
i think the art's legit, with the brand owner actually drawing the different wands and patterns…what i find crappy is the branding itself, using the awkward stock photo models and an obvious supplier is so tacky.
that said, jill's style in general could really benefit from purchasing from small artists/indie creators that fit her aesthetic and bringing them to prominence/reviewing them honestly. but she won't do that, bc all she cares about is overly expensive brand name crap
No. 519862
It's bad because it looks cheap and poorly made and it's ass ugly
Damn anon stage for shit taste
No. 519863
First of all the store uses cheap clothing and doesn't try to hide it by using actual product photos, instead just using the stock photos. The owner also pushes the brand constantly online and acts like they are above everyone simply because they slap drawings on cheap clothing and can sell them.
No. 519867
I agree. Courtney likes to act like they’re better than everyone else, but they’re far from it
No. 519869
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Jill: watches a few episodes of drag race
No. 519871
Jill needs to try and stop being a “sexy clown”.
Pls tell me that she didn’t flash us on purpose..she knew that the dress is see-through and even she edits her vids, so??????
Sexy clown???
No. 519872
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No. 519874
God I didn't realize how bad the clothing looks when printed
No. 519875
>>519872 next thread pic
No. 519883
I think bottom left would work well on its own.
No. 519886
Jill's idea of sexy is really creepy
No. 519892
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ngl, I think she looks really cute on bottom right. Like, her dropping the glasses is already a huge improvement for her, considering them do not balance her face out, they make her nose look bigger and her, more granny-ish. Jill, if you wanna look cute with glasses, pick a smaller one. Could even be those cat eyed glasses in pastel pink to fit her aesthetic.
Anyway, I think that she would look really cute with this "rockabilly pastel" look, idk? I don't even know if that is a thing.
Oh, look, when I googled it, Jill showed up! lel
Anyway. Vintage dresses tend to look really cute on curvier women. Like, imo, Jill is looking kinda curvy on the bottom right pic, it's all about know how to dress for your shape.
She could keep the colorful hair like the first pics on my attatched image while dressing all pastel, like the pics on the right. And then she would be sexy, as she wants.
Well, I can dream.
No. 519896
if the shirt was tucked in and she had a cute thin belt it would really improve it imo, shed look less boxy. its the start of a cute outfit tho, for once
No. 519985
This would be so cute if the shirt fit her right.
No. 520001
she listens to kyary pamyu pamyu, she said it on stream
No. 520003
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No. 520004
Because people will actually be seeing that mess in real life unlike her small town
No. 520009
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it doesn't even matter at this point, her hair is so fried and broken that short of getting an actual pixie cut (kek) nothing will make it look decent. within a week it will be back to her gross, oil-slick top bun because it's too greasy and damaged to wear normally.
No. 520014
I swear I think Jill is banging Johnny Boy…ewwww Kek she's definitely not just hanging out with him for friendly reasons.
No. 520021
…am I the only one that finds it weird that she's saying her huge pink fluffy coat that she "thinks is from h&m" was sent to her po box??
That honestly sounds like a lie go get around the criticism of not supporting (Western) fast fashion, but it seems so sloppy. I know her fans would probably send her some shit like that but, coats like that aren't exactly cheap to ship, and they just happened to get her size. Sure, Jill.
No. 520022
This guy is her only friend, she went back on birth control suddenly and he is over at her house lying in bed with her… we all know what is happening here.
No. 520031
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No. 520035
when she turns to the side while wearing the first dress, it makes her look like she has a huge stomach. Maybe its because its sticking out over her boobs or something, but that is NOT a good 'lewk' and not a flattering material
No. 520045
I know I’m retreading old ground but it baffles me how or why anyone would want to fuck Jill. She seems like the most unpleasant person to have sex with, especially since most anons wouldn’t be wrong in dubbing her a pillow queen. And it’s not even like she has any qualities to compensate for her bedroom performance
No. 520047
I'd die laughing if she got knocked up before starting college. Kek
Sage for rant
No. 520048
She won’t. That’s why she’s back on birth control again.
No. 520050
I have this ghastly image of Jill dirty talking Jon, in her retard vernacular and probably cock ridding the poor fag into the dildo wand wall. Kek
No. 520051
I was wondering that too because she's had that h&m coat for awhile
No. 520065
Never forget her reblogging that post about not needing to get your partner off because you're a "bottom" lmao
No. 520066
honestly tho, good on her for finding someone who likes her despite her shit personality, lazy, greasy-haired self.
Too bad for her fans that really wanted her to be full on lez.
No. 520068
Anon it's so obvi that she's totally hetero, there is a better chance of her getting herpes than her being bisexual.
No. 520086
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No. 520091
peeps vodka sounds disgusting enough to blow peeps tea out of the water
No. 520116
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No. 520121
low key conspiracy theory:
she never had an eating disorder, her teeth are just shitty cos she doesn't brush them and all the peeps.
No. 520134
That's not her bedroom, though. Is it his? If his room looks like that he is NOT straight.
No. 520139
so she's completely selfish and self-centred in bed, too, to the surprise of no one.
Alyssa dodged a bullet.
No. 520141
She definitely had an ED. She used to be quite thin, and while she wasn't skelly like most ana-chans we see here it's obvious that that's not her natural body type. I do believe she had an eating disorder to be as small as she used to be.
No. 520148
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I remember in her recent closet tour video she shows a pink, sparkly sweater and said she got it at a thrift store. I have the same sweater, it's from H&M made in 2016. Of course she lies about shopping at H&M.
No. 520150
Jill shopping at a thrift store? LOL
That's a joke in itself, with the amount of money she drops on LO, there's no way she'd go thrift shopping.
She should just admit that she buys from them
No. 520154
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I doubt she thrifts either, she probably pretends to to seem "quirky"
No. 520156
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jill was known to photoshop the shit out of the pics though. she wasn't skelly and that "unnatural" figure she had was likely the product of her mother photoshopping her pics to make her seem smaller.
she might really have an ED but i don't think we'll ever know for sure. just like she could (DOUBT) be a real lesbian but we can't know. or how she might actually have been abused by her ex gf. but we literally won't ever know because jill lies and exaggerates about even the smallest things in her life. ie: changing her sexuality every other week, attention whoring her mental illnesses, her ever changing "style", her pretending to be unaware of people she copies her "style" from etc etc. you never know whats real thing with jill and whats just a trendy phase for her.
not trying to fight with you thought, just bringing this up itt for those unaware of her past cow behaviour. i'm sure most people do believe she had an ED, i'm skeptical though.
No. 520158
idk we've seen her wear that sweater for ages, and even before she started hating on fast fashion she said it was thrifted. People donate H&M clothes too, ya know. Not trying to wk, but this is a little tinfoily. Hers always seemed to be a paler, dirty looking pink too. Not that shade of purple.
No. 520160
iirc she used to be really into thrifting back in her lolita days, so it's not that far-fetched. wouldn't put it past her to lie about her fast fashion items though
No. 520164
It's not my picture, but it's definitely the same sweater. I know people donate H&M clothes but especially since she had it a long time I really doubt she thrifted it especially since I saw one on the clearance rack still in May last year.
No. 520166
she said the only reason she didnt go on the japan trip with her friends is because they invited her "last minute" when in reality they invited her back in november apparently… honestly i just think shes not comfortable to go anywhere without her mom (especially since shes bringing her mom on the kawaii.i trip) … college is gonna be a huge wake up call for her.
No. 520169
Excuse you anon, she thrifted that dirty looking purple sweater 2 years ago
She keeps buying clothes that she never wears for more than a few weeks. It's kind of ridiculous, it would be justifiable if her entire wardrobe was thrifted but she drops 80-100 dollars on a t-shirt and wears it a few times at most.
No. 520171
OT but I'm surprised she has multiple friends that aren't John
No. 520176
Of course she has to take her mum to Japan. "I was gonna go on my own but then I remembered I luurve my mum uwu"
How is Jill gonna live away from home if she can't even spend three minutes away from her mother?
No. 520177
I can’t seem to find anything about the Alyssa situation anywhere. Could someone recap how that went down?
No. 520196
I think it might be a spare room at her place. The pillowcase is one she owns. Her room is down in the basement, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's another bedroom down there. So if Jon is staying the night, maybe they set up a fort in there.
No. 520272
>'my nose is one thing that i'm not self conscious about.'
lol it's her worst facial feature second only to her jowls
No. 520275
but anon! that could actually end up being FLATTERING and aesthetically pleasing!!! Jill's goal is obvs to look like a walking rainbow trash bag
No. 520324
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This shit is so annoying. Chrissa doesn't handmake her stuff she gets it from factories in china, I've seen her speak about it. So of course jilly has to come defend her pal cuz she got free shit and since she's obsessed with annika Victoria and she only ~shops ethically~ now. Fucking retard
No. 520325
It's really sad how much Jill puts getting money/free shit before being honest and genuine.
Just like with the Zaful shit, she didn't even care that they are actual scammers and acted like the quality was great even though some of the stuff looked like it was made of tissue paper and ripped/broke a couple days after she got it.
No. 520340
personally i see a lot of fast fashion stuff at thrift stores so its not impossible to have bought it there, although im pretty sure you’re right and she didnt. this is jill we’re talking about kek
No. 520371
No? She wasn't? She was a notorious brandwhore. Are you thinking of someone else? I can't think of a single lolita coord she's EVER done that included thrifted pieces. She almost exclusively wore Angelic Pretty and BTSSB, besides her shoes from bodyline or Dream V and that old Anna House dress that she kept around forever since it was her first dress.
There really aren't that many thrift stores in PEI. There's a value village, mission something and another large uncurated family used clothing store. Her friends who live in Halifax have given her some cute stuff and her fans also send her thrifted items to her PO box, but I seriously doubt Jillian regularly goes to that terrible value village and finds anything that can be added to her wardrobe. All her nice thrifted things were sent to her as gifts.
She doesn't have any irl friends that aren't john. The "friends" she speaks of are girls that idolize her that she met at local cons and meetups. She only started calling them "friends" when Colin dumped her ass and she was desperate for company. That's when she invited Kenzie to drive 4 fucking hours to visit her house for the first time.
Before that Kenzie was just this chick she saw at conventions and took pictures with in fairy kei at a harajuku walk. Stacey openly calls herself jill's biggest fan and even begged her to start a blog together years ago (right before she made the pixielocks blogspot). Wendy has been ass-kissing hard since she met Jill as well. That's her three "friends" that she only recently adopted when she realized the theatre and lbgtq community both hate her. Colin was both a theatre and queer kid so that was probably the final nail in the coffin for her socially.
No. 520373
>cant find it anywhere
You're a lazy liar, it was only four threads ago. It's better to read the milk that Alyssa's sister generously provided for us >>>/snow/445432
No. 520374
she's got like two or three videos of stuff she's thrifted though (given 50% of it was tacky knick knacks but w/e) and would go on about how ~cute and kitschy~ she thought thrifting was.
No. 520375
her thrifting videos are mish mashes of stuff she over-paid for in Japan, has been given to her (I think?) and has gotten over several years. Seriously. watch them again. It's all the same stuff, basically.
No. 520407
It wouldn’t surprise me if they had planned to make a fort so Jill brought some supplies to jon’s House
No. 520418
How does she not have a perpetual migraine in that angry pink disaster of a room. It's like living in a fresh wound.
No. 520440
At least Louise can finally see some interesting cultural things in Japan. I can't imagine being 20 and so dependant on my parents though. Jill should really try to get out of her comfort zone and start challenging herself more.
No. 520443
I thought the main reason she went with Louise was because she was paying for their room and board? And wasn’t she planning to go with her boyfriend at one point?
No. 520468
Jill could EASILY pay for that herself. Last time she blew $3000 on random shit. She's just hung up on her mama.
No. 520693
She also used to photoshop her photos too much, who knows how thin she actually was.
No. 520695
I think she does have a perpetual migraine from it. She is always complaining about feeling crappy and like she needs to take a nap.
No. 520876
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Does she even know what reincarnation means. Kek she's so stupid. It's hard to beileve she speaks French when she doesnt even understand english
No. 521031
Who’s excited for the incoming milk of Jill’s birthday meet up?
No. 521045
was watching NHK channel, and on a show called kawaii international I just saw her become the kawaii leader in canada.
that was all i seen and just wondered if anyone heard about this?? saged just in case
No. 521049
It was posted to the thread the second it was announced. Read the thread before you post and if you cbf to do that just press CTL + F And type in “Kawaii International”
No. 521060
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She's rly trying to be a sjw
No. 521069
Yknow I could care less but still the same time…isn't the point of drag gay men dressing up as women? Just as drag Kings are often gay women dressing as men? And if you are into that style of makeup as a cis woman does that really count as drag? It honestly feels like it's white women who watch RPDR and want to be totes queer and appropriative too uwu
Saging my somewhat ignorance
No. 521093
While I think >>519869 is understandable, there is a strong idea that modern American drag culture has historically been a safe space for gay men and trans people, especially poc, as a reaction to being expected to be super macho.
Some people think including cis female drag queens is an attack on that culture, in the same vein as straight people being seen as slowly "inavding" gay clubs and treating them like a human zoo/a place to hide from creepy dudes. Which is understandable, but dismissive of queer women, transwomen and women in general who experience sexism and who want to express that and confront stereotypes and expectations through drag.
TL;DR It's complicated, being a few episodes in to tv friendly RPDR (in a later season that doesn't throw around slurs like confetti like the earlier ones) is maybe not the best time to become a Twitter warrior over a thing you have no real knowledge of. Especially when you are probably straight.
No. 521096
A self proclaimed “lay Buddhist” not understanding what reincarnation means? Get out of town.
No. 521097
I kinda agree with >>521093
Drag is an outlet for gay men to express themselves. You could ask 10 queens their reasons for doing drag and you ours get 10 different reasons. Rupaul talks about doing Genderfuck - being provocative and pushing the boundaries of what is expected of men. Whereas some other queens talk abut their drag persona as a separate entity that they perform as. Some do it because they enjoy dressing like an exaggerated female stereotype.
Jill is just bandwagoning her flavour of the month cause without doing any actual research (as usual). It’s her typical “I am an Ally of this thing because it’s cool!” bullshit without understanding the actual root of the issue.
No. 521107
She always say that she got her pure breed cats because her mom is allergic. But she has a vlog in a pure breed cat festival, so I think theyre just obsessed with that.
I asked her a few months ago on younow if she would upcycle clothing from thrift stores and she answered she would never thrift EVER.
No. 521116
jill hasnt been buddhist for quite a long time shes uwu witchy!! tehe now
No. 521117
No. 521119
Probably because she sucks it at. And it's too much work to find pieces that aren't too "normie" for her clown look. Thrifting is one of the biggest and cheapest things you can do if you're anti fast fashion so it's really funny that she never does it but wants to pretend she cares about that issue. If she had an ounce of intelligence she'd upcycle things to her aesethic because nobody else in the west is doing that with pastel or Jfashion styles. But that means regularly leaving the house, actually sewing and trying to improve your skill.
No. 521146
holy shit this video slayed me
I was only able to skip through it because it got too painful after a few seconds, I can't believe how cringey all of her fans are
it's just like when a thot cosplayer has a lot of followers, all of her fans are just greasy neckbeards so you can't even be jealous of their popularity because it's just too depressing
Jill may have a bunch of subscribers and win stupid contests and stuff but then you realize that the only people who admire her are… like this lol
No. 521168
She’s backing the wrong horse if she thinks supporting these deluded idiots makes her part of the social justice in-crowd. I didn’t realize bioqueens felt like they were so oppressed like this which is cringeworthy by itself, but it’s so telling that transmisogynistic jillybean would attach herself to the imagined oppression of straight women wearing too much makeup rather than learning about any genuine issue that gay/trans people face.
Do you guys think she’d start doing drag? I thought this was going to go further into insulting gay best friend/her saying “werk” too much territory, not that she’d immediately glom onto the hot mess that is the bioqueen/faux-queen community.
No. 521175
Yeah, I knew someone who started the watch RPDR, became obcesssed with one of the people on there because “That’s me!!!”, started wearing lots of pink and doing over the top gaudy “drag” makeup still dressed as a girl talking about how ~gay~ and ~queer~ she was. Hopefully this doesn’t happen to Jill, I don’t consider “drag makeup” on girls “drag” if they’re still dressed like girls.
No. 521181
I don’t understand the “girls can wearing drag” argument. What’s stopping you dressing up gaudy and lip syncing? Just don’t call it drag.
No. 521186
Tell to obnoxious, poser and attention seeking cow like Stella Rose St. Claire who claims to be a female drag queen but she's just your run of the mill snowflake with a shitty unoriginal clothes line. She'd be good friends with Jill, especially since they love to act like they are oppressed and do things for the sole purpose of e Fame. What desperate morons. Seriously I don't understand how Tumblerinas like Jill even function when everything about them is completely fake, redundant and predictable asf.
Sage for rant and massive sperg
No. 521195
your source for this is… ?
No. 521196
I went to the same highschool as her, and they released the play they were doing just recently.
No. 521199
sorry, i was an idiot and put my email in the post. But ya, so she's stan-ing after sharpay due to the fact that her previous high school is doing it. She commented on the post about it being performed and everything. She's envious of her not being able to get the role.
No. 521201
if you want i can provide screens.
No. 521207
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No. 521212
I think I saw something about her school doing HSM3 too. And we all know about how upset she was when didn't get the lead in marry Poppins and then proceeded to claim that all the other theater kids were jealous bitches that bullied her out.
Yeah they literally drove almost 5 hours to see a purebred cat show lol louise likes purebreeds the same way she likes cars. She simply would never allow an adopted domestic cat inside her home. Apparently they both volunteer at the shelter on a regular basis according to Jill. First of all, I don't think it's true or else we'd hear Jill at least casually mention going to the shelter on twitter or in vlogs sometimes. And if louise actually cared enough to volunteer at the shelters, they would definitely consider adoption and she clearly couldn't be that "allergic".
Also there's a difference between someone like myself who's "allergic" meaning I get the sniffles when I meet a new cat for the first time but with my own cats I just need to groom them and keep their litter boxes cleaned daily to subdue my allergies. On the other hand, there's my mother, who's ordered by her doctor to stay away from cats and dogs, or else she'll have regular asthma attacks if she lives with them.
If louise can live with four long haired cats (who are not hypoallergenic as they try to claim) then it's clear allergies are not an issue. She clearly just looks up exotic breeds like, oh, siberian forests cats that are known to have fur under their paws to survive the harsh winters in Russia. She then made a reservation with a breeder in Ottawa which meant poor Quinny had to fly 2+ hours alone to his new home in PEI. Adopting from their local shelter would just be so much simpler.
No. 521214
wow, what a loser. Shame she's not still there anymore. She wouldn't get the part and it be hilarious. She'd be the fat girl who likes to dance.
No. 521215
just saying now, i know for a fact no one "bullied her out". if anything she tried to bully the main lead. I heard a rumor that she was spreading saying that the girl who played mary had been talking shit behind her back. However, I'm not much into the theatre arts so I can't confirm these. However, wouldn't doubt them at all.
No. 521217
people who go to breeders make me sick. even more so when they try to come up with excuse after bullshit excuse.
christ, she's pathetic. is she unaware of community theatre? or is she just aware enough to know she'd never get anything other than a background part outside of high school?
No. 521218
When she was still with a guy before her previous boyfriend I think they did like… ONE community theatre performance together. Also, I don't see a huge problem with people going to breeders as long as they make an attempt to support local shelters. The only volunteering Jillain and her mother do for the Humane Society here is taking photos with the animals at christmas. I myself volunteered there while in HS and I never saw her there once… unless she just within the last 2-3 years started doing it?
No. 521223
She definitely could have continued theater. She met Tristan and Colin through theater, even did a play with Tristan. And Colin's ex-girlfriend Gillian (the one who was friends with Jill) continued at their local college which offers a professional theater program.
She's just jealous that the entire community socially rejected her. During a time when she wore full lolita and actual jfashion coords to school every day and demanded all the lead roles.
Remember this is the girl that brags about being a "piano child prodigy", "top student in art class", "top student in french class", "i speak japanese", "i'm a fashion designer". You can only imagine how annoying she was towards everyone else. I suspect they had good reason to mock her.
No. 521226
From what I recall no one really mocked her… I think the only time where he got an immense amount of hate was during one of her Drama Classes (wasn't in this class, just heard about what happened) and someone from her Grease Production didn't like her attitude and entitlement during it and created immense amounts of drama surrounding this. I don't think anyone deserves that, and I felt sorry for her when I heard about it, but she did the same thing during Mary Poppins from what I hear so idk??
No. 521234
The mocking was mostly online, on facebook from what I remember. You're right, it was during the grease production, and i'm not from your school so I really don't know most of the details. But iirc there was quite a few kids posting indirect or passive aggressive posts about her, some of them might have actually been more direct, and it got to the point that Tristan and her mom were openly telling them to lay off Jill. She had a minor breakdown over it especially because some of them were mocking her youtube channel which was brand new at the time, and some were commenting directly on the channel or her pixielocks page.
In any case, i'm like 99% sure that's what Louise and Jill were talking about in the recent video. But even then she stayed throughout the mary poppins musical, so maybe that's when she was "bullied out" idk.
No. 521235
See, that's what I thought as well, but I recall her saying several times during Mary Poppins that she felt that Grease was more "family-like" and she enjoyed the process more. Yet I don't recall any rumor of bullying towards her besides what I said previously.
No. 521242
Was she the best at everything at y’all’s school? Like is she actually fluent in French? Is she a piano prodigy? Do you know anything about her so-called “abusive” relationships, the two she had before Tristian?
Also, I believe you, but other anons probably won’t because they like to scare milk away. Do you have like a yearbook with a picture of Jill in it for proof? Or something else that could help give you credit?
No. 521250
I wasn't actually in her grade… but no from what I remember she wasn't great at everything. I actually enjoyed her company in Juniour High, but I didn't hear of anything with the abusive relationships or anything of that nature. She went out with another friend of mine during Grade 8 or 9 he was actually really nice, and still to this day is a cool dude, from what I understand they're still friends. However, other than him I'm pretty sure he was her first boyfriend, she didn't have anyone before that. I wouldn't say she's fluent (because our french education system here sucks balls), but she spoke a lot to me about wanting to drop out of french, and how much she hated it. When she got to highschool and I was still in junior high she basically just dropped me as a friend. We weren't close, but we knew each other well enough. And had actually went to the extent of not responding to me just asking how it was going in HS. I don't actually know if I got the year book during her time there… I purchased it my last year due to the fact that I'm broke and couldn't purchase it every year. But, I'm honestly not fake. I live on PEI, and I've known Jillian since Grade 7. She actually used to be super sweet and genuine, and when I was alone she hung out with me during one of the first days because I didn't have any friends yet. After going to HS she changed completely.
No. 521252
sure sounds like the Jill we know and love today.
No. 521253
If you guys would like proof tho I'll go and see if I can dig up my yearbook. It won't be a year she's in, but I was the year after so I'm sure the book will be proof enough? if not then I honestly don't know what to tell you guys because like I said I wasn't close with her at all during highschool, and I didn't get a phone until I was like in Grade 10, and by then I didn't really know her anymore ot take "selfies" with her or anything.Sorry.
No. 521254
please, we need more photos
No. 521255
Okay, I'll see what I can do when I get home! sorry atm I'm at university.
No. 521259
Her "first boyfriend" in grade 8 or 9 was Walker right? He's been mentioned in this thread before so don't worry.
At one point Jillian did claim he was oppressive towards her and forced her to adopt his interests, taste in music etc (hence her "punk" phase) and then she moved on to her jfashion/lolita lifestyle after the breakup set her free I guess.
But she also defended him when his roommate accused him of animal abuse. Her and Louise publicly said they couldn't believe it because he was such a sweet boyfriend (?) which contradicted her claim of his forceful or abusive nature.
No. 521261
Yes, Walker. I didn't know if he was mentioned yet so I didn't want to say his name if it wasn't already exposed. Also, she was in the punk phase since Grade 8 right before they were dating she was into it. He didn't force her into anything. Maybe heightened that? But by the end of Grade 9 she was going into the lolita stuff, this when we started drifting. Walker is super sweet tho, he didn't do anything to her.
No. 521263
If you care about keeping your information private, just remember that Jill and her friends lurk these threads, so be careful about exposing yourself if you spill too much.
No. 521264
Thanks for the warning, I heard about the drama in her previous fan group, yikes. Too many of her fans focus on here, not healthy.
No. 521275
Jill needs to get over her past and grow the hell up. It's annoying how she's so hung up on her bullshit past, like that's the only thing that defines her pathetic existence. Move out of the basement of your parents, wash your greasy ass hair, stop dressing like a retarded adolescent womanchild and live your life as the grown ass woman you are Jill!
No. 521279
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Louise is going with her again
No. 521286
Jill's inability to do anything by herself is astounding. I hope college makes her grow up a little.
No. 521287
She already said her mom is the photographer for the meet-up.
No. 521289
Her mum talks about her like an online emo boyfriend on deviantart
No. 521293
Is it that weird for a 20 year old female to travel with her mom? Jillian is generally over attached to her mom but I don't think that is a big deal
No. 521294
Do you know about her lesbian relationship when she was around 13? That one was also allegedly abusive.
Okay to be fair going to another country by yourself is pretty scary and I’d want someone to go with me if I were in her shoes. Plus, as women, we should know the dangers of traveling alone especially in a big city. Though I agree her attachment to her mom is actually pretty creepy.
No. 521312
maybe I'm biased because I wish my mom and I were this close, but its actually really sweet how she calls her daughter her best friend, Jillian if you do actually lurk here you better fucking appreciate your mom
No. 521335
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Hey, so I did hear about the relationship at 13. Don't think it's true… at all. The only one I can think of is this one girl that I'm friends with they used to be really close in like Grade 8. She was how I met Jillian… however I don't think they were abusive? Or even in a relationship? What do I know. Anyway yall, here's my proof.
No. 521337
>those roots
every time
No. 521345
>>521335 thankyou anon for all of your milk!! We really appreciate it!!
No. 521346
>>521335 does Jillian boast her wealth like she does online? She constantly has to let everyone know how much money spends and how she's wearing x brand.
No. 521349
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Yearbook pictures are always awful, but she could have at least bothered doing something with her hair.
The whole lesbian relationship was only two months long I think. She wrote about it some in her deviantart journals, but she never actually alluded to any abuse. Pic related is what she wrote about this girl, I had taken the screenshot a few weeks ago but never posted it because I wasn’t sure if it was milky.
No. 521350
Hmm, from when I last saw her at times she will mention, "oh I got this" or "i got this", but to be honest it's not a constant affair unless you ask her about it. She did hang out with people who were all about fashion… It is heightened slightly more online than irl, but this is PEI and she wears a lot of abstract clothing brands that most of us Islanders have never heard of. We wouldn't share an appreciation for it, so ya it's not as frequent.
No. 521354
>>521350 are you able to shed some light on her dumping all of her friends (or them dumping her?) she only seems to have one friend left, Jon? Has she always been a loner or?
No. 521357
Yes, of course! After her first year at high school and the whole Grease fiasco, a lot of her friends ditched her. Or at least drifted from her. Not all of them of course, but I mean people make big choices in highs chool about their friend groups, I don't know if it was any fault of her own. Throughout what I remember in her second and final year is that she tended to preoccupy herself in the art room or in a hallway doing art. Lately, however, which is probably what you're referring to, I know a lot of her friends moved away to go pursue either art school or another school of secondary education.
No. 521359
>>521357 How does her current online personality contrast how she is in real life? She talks like a baby, constantly goes on about her sooper severe ~depression and is just generally really ott
No. 521361
It's pretty similar. However, I feel like a lot of people do nit-pick some things she does and everyone has their faults, I know Jillian has her struggles much like everyone. She just happens to deal with it differently. Mind you, I'm not here to shit on her, but I want everyone to have a realistic perspective about her.
No. 521363
>>521361 have you read much of the threads? There's a basic summary at the top. She's a pretty shitty person, even if we do nitpick. How did you find lolcow and why did you feel the need to post?
No. 521366
You guys wanted the real answers, I'm willing to give them. I've seen them, they're pretty toxic. And I agree a majority of the stuff is terrible. I found lolcow from the whole fandom issue, it was being posted on her profile… so I wanted to investigate out of being bored. I'm not shaming you guys or anything, I just thought you might want to know the real answers instead of speculation.
No. 521368
>>521366 We really appreciate you taking the effort you've made giving us milk. These threads started pretty much as soon as she started posting on youtube, were you still friends at this point? She's known about them for a long time aswell.
No. 521371
No, we had stopped being friends by the time she had turned 15, so a little bit after she started posting (I think.) So by the time she started branching out to youtube instead of just dwelling on tumblr was after my time.
No. 521373
>>521371 was she a loyal good friend? She pretty much is only friends with people that idolise her now.
No. 521376
I wasn't like her bestfriend or anything, but during her punk phase she had a LOT of friends, and I enjoyed having her as one. I wouldn't know if she was loyal though, I don't think our friendship reached that extent. She has been friends with Jon for a while now though, so perhaps her loyalty is subjective? Or atleast is now.
No. 521380
>>521376 did you know Jon well? Jill seems to only want him around whilst she's single.
No. 521389
I know Jon pretty well actually. Still friends with him now. He's actually a super sweet guy, and at times I feel like she takes his loyalty for granted. However, pretty sure she uses him as a dependant when she's hitting her all-time lows. Which, to be honest, as a friend is not expected, but I wouldn't be surprised that this happens. Jon is a really sweet guy though.
No. 521390
No, if you do it occasionnally. Yes, if your only company is your mother, 24/7.
No. 521393
>>521389 Is Jon gay?
No. 521396
From what I know, no he is not. He's had, numerous girlfriends.
No. 521398
>>521396 we have a theory that jill and jon are friends with benefits. She can't stand to be alone and they only seem to hang out when she's single
No. 521400
Definitely no. I mean, it's a nice theory, but I've seen the way how they behave with one another and I know how each of them is in a romantic setting. They're strictly platonic. If they were FWB it'd be an honest shocker. Jon isn't a sleeping around kind of guy, he's very loyal and if he were to even think of that idea I'd suspect he'd have to be official with her first.
No. 521404
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You've just added fire to the flames my friend.
I have a quick question about her interests, when did she go weeb? Was it in her punk phase? I remember seeing a shot of an anime poster in her room and some cosplay but was she as obnoxious as she is with it now? The tattoo was a huge leap.
Also has anyone nicknamed the rainbow Jillmobile that is her car?
No. 521406
>>521400 I don't understand why Jon would hang around Jill. She clearly uses him to fill a void, whilst being a shitty person that only wants to be friends when it suits her. What's in it for him?
No. 521407
Her weeb phase started in like Grade 8 along with her punk phase. I'm not quite sure what originally got her into it, but that's all I know. It started with anime/manga and escalated from there. She was never this into it then as she was now. I think her interest in cosplay started in Grade 9, not actually sure why, but we were all pretty impressed with it originally. When it wasn't so intense. Also, no from what I know…no, one has ever named it that. I work downtown, and I've never heard that.
No. 521410
>has anyone nicknamed the rainbow Jillmobile that is her car?
lol anons are so extra with the questions when islanders are providing milk
nayrt but many people stay loyal to their middle school friends simply because of how long they've had a bond together, you tend to cling to those people because it's rare to still have friends from preteen or early teen years.
No. 521411
I'm not quite sure why Jon gets along with Jillian so well. Apparently, they used to dislike each other, at least that's what I was told by him. This was after the Grease situation (I think), but then they got along again in Grade 11 or the end of 10. I honestly think people just don't give Jon more credit. He's a really great friend, and I'd hang out with him more if he wanted, but I guess they just have some weird connection that I don't understand.
No. 521414
>>521411 we aren't saying Jon isn't a good person or anything, just that Jill uses him as a doormat. Jon himself isn't milky.
No. 521421
we had her go over the top when the car was "keyed" so it's shown that people don't give a shit.
Also thanks for coming along. While these threads tend to focus on her outward appearance and weight, it's interesting to hear about her outside of the internet.
Final questions though so to put the ED deniers to bed, did you know Jill when she was going through the worst of it? Also is she as quiet as other islanders have said she is irl nowadays or has youtube given her a confidence boost?
No. 521424
If you want to reply to someone particular, just click the post number on their post and it’ll be added to your reply.
Are you afraid of what Jill will think of you associating yourself with us? Even if you’re not here to shit talk her, she really hates these drama boards.
When did she stop regularly showering? Does anyone ever talk about how nasty her hair looks?
No. 521425
I'm suggesting you mean when she "left the lolita community" (if not that point please let me know), No I wasn't around then, she had ditched me just before. Hmm, I also think it depends on what situation she's in. If she's with friends she tends to be very loud, but like I said all during HS she was pretty private, quiet, and kept to herself. Because of this everyone thought she thought that she was better than us. That's why she didn't have a lot of friends during then, she came off as unapproachable.
Also thanks for the tip, I had no idea how. I'm not really that afraid of if Jillian finds out. However, this Island praises her quite heavily, and their backlash is what I fear most, which I hope I don't get. She used to describe her hair as straw-like in HS because of all the damage thatit had undergone. It's much healthier then it was.
No. 521429
>>521425 are you fb friends with her still?
No. 521431
I unadded her a bit ago, but I have a friend who still has her added so I'm able to get any deets if it's extreme.
No. 521433
>>521431 We have people who are friends with her. I just was curious about what you thought about constant ~woe is me~ posting
No. 521434
I think it's a bit ridiculous. Mental illness is one thing, but money is never an object or real obstacle for her. I think she goes on about it too frequently to get attention, this is really the one thing that irritates me the most about her. She's the one who craves the attention the most yet receives plenty of it.
No. 521435
>>521431 also, i'm curious about how she did theatre with her cut wrists? (bit morbid, i know)
No. 521440
She actually from what I know has no cut wrists, but instead cut thighs. It wasn't a huge issue as it was HS production.
No. 521442
>>521440 that's so weird, a her da was filled with posts like 'i don't cut my wrists for attention. I do it for anything but attention.' but then proceeded to write about it a lot.
No. 521443
I mean, I might be misinformed, but I've never seen her cut wrists unless the cuts are really tiny. I only know about the thighs.
No. 521445
why cant she take a friend though?
the first time i went abroad was with my gf when i was 18, its not a big deal
No. 521446
>>521445 anon, she has no friends kek
No. 521452
there are small scars on her left arm, much lighter and more superficial than her leg, she showed them in her recent two-faced video
No. 521454
Picture??? I couldn’t see them.
No. 521456
good point kek
with japan the second coming surely louise is going to have to pay to go again? like shes been before so its not like shell get lost???
No. 521467
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here, theres only one really visible but its def a sh scar
No. 521493
Yeah she's definitely confirmed that it was self harm scar. She brought attention to it a while back.
I think this anon >>521421 was asking about her "severe" eating disorder phase which supposedly happened before lolita and her relationship with Tristan. She's talked about her parents or her therapists forcing her to stay in a mental institution for ED because she wouldn't eat for days. I believe she said this was during end of elementary or beginning of middle school. She also said her abusive lesbian relationship (possibly with your friend?) was a major cause for her mental downfall and subsequent self harm/eating disorder. She explains all of this in a video she titled "self harm" not too long ago just before her last tattoo.
She's also claimed that middle school was the darkest and hardest times of her life and included traumatizing experiences like her first gf, first bf, and when she saw muse live?? apparently something to do with her middle school friends staying in a hotel room and something traumatic happened. Sorry if this is all vague, she mainly just alluded to it.
No. 521502
>>521493 on her da she posted about going to the emergency department because of her self harm as well (she alluded to stitches but was being vague)
No. 521545
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She was hospitalized in May of 2012, from the sound of it for her ED (Just due to the limiting of time online, not sure if they would do that for self harm)
No. 521550
>>521545 does anyone find it odd that she was hospitalised for such a short time for her ed? like it wasn't for medical stabilisation, as she would be in general. UK fag here, but generally ed admission to psych are for a long period?
No. 521562
I have a hard time understanding why you would make a social media post about that. I was hospitalized in high school a few years earlier, so it wasn't as much of a thing, but no one but my closest friends knew and I can't imagine wanting to put that out there? Not trying to invalidate her experience, but ???
No. 521570
It seems as though she was just really active online when she was young (probably had a lot of online friends through tumblr), I can’t find any other posts on her Facebook related to self harm/ed so it seems like she just wanted to let people know she wouldn’t be able to contact them without explaining exactly why.
No. 521571
I feel like its part of her attention seeking tendencies, I was a huge attention whore in highschool and I pulled the same shit
No. 521577
It sounds about right if her ED was caught early and was not very severe. She was definitely in a psych ward based on the fact that they took her phone, they do that st psych hospitals here in the US as well. If she was checked in voluntarily and not a suicide risk, she was probably in an open ward which meant she could have free time with supervision.
No. 521584
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It seems like just before this she had her blood tested, may have been the reason she was hospitalized, also might account for why she’s scared to get it tested now
No. 521604
Tbf the anon posting the milk isn’t even sure it was for an eating disorder. Even early on, getting treated for an eating disorder should take more time than that. It was probs just a psych ward stint and she needed an excuse for gaining weight so she said she was ana
No. 521625
Found her abusive gfs deviant art, idk if its been posted before
she was definitely dating jill in 2011; jill was 13 and she was 14/15
looked though the journals and it seems they had a really regular breakup then stayed friends after??
No. 521629
This video killed me jfc
No. 521647
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Based on this, if they were in a relationship it seems as though they were keeping it a secret (first post, age 15 when Jill would be 13, and says she is single). Looks like either Jill was avoiding contact (trying to use a deviant art journal to get her to contact her), or they were just into DA? I think that must have been the point where some shit went down though because of her commenting that her parents don’t trust her/won’t let her hang out with people. Fourth post seems like a sort of apoligy, then fifth is admitting she wasn’t a healthy part of the relationship.
She later lists Jill as an ex in an future post, and does bring her up in a sort of passive way (doesn’t sound like they were really hanging out but somewhat still friends, she didn’t have negative feelings toward her it seems)
Who knows how it went down. It’s possible Jill didn’t want to lose friends and just got along for the sake of now alienating herself, or that she didnt realize it was an unhealthy relationship until she didn’t have a healthy relationship. We’ll never really know
No. 521662
they were dating, theres stuff there literally saying they were
and they still hung out for months after breaking up and called each other best friends
No. 521664
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jill doesn't sound great in this relationship either
as an abuse survivor it fucks me off to see people label nothing as abusive
No. 521739
oh my god thank you for adressing this. i never believed that for a second. a few threads back some sperg anon(s?) were saying she was abused by her first gf and that she was "totally" a lesbian but that the experience hurt her too much to date women for a very long time.
its good to know that all of that were nothing but sperg fantasies. thank you for clearing this up. i hope it never gets brought up again. jill has only dated women twice in her lifetime, and both have been totally meaningless short relationship that she milks for attention and nothing else, pls stop believing when she claims to be a lesbian every six months.
to curious anons, heres the fanfic
No. 521743
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No. 521757
was posted feb 13, 2014 wish i could say thats about jill but i highly highly doubt it. she didnt seem to have tumblr when they dated either so nothing really worth looking for
No. 521775
>hoping for at least 20 more years of adventures!
It's probably just worded weirdly but it sounds kind of dark saying at least only 20
No. 521818
It's 20 because Jill turned 20, and also because her mom is probably in her 40s at this point, so maybe she means 20 years from now, while she will still be alive, she probably won't be able to travel and stuff? Or maybe she's wording it like that because she had cancer and these first 20 years weren't even guaranteed?
No. 521830
I can't believe it but I miss the rainbow hair. at least I could tolerate looking at it without wanting to vomit.
No. 521846
She has a LOT of posts at that time on DeviantArt saying SORRY, like a ridiculous amount. :0 I don't think it was a nice relationship either.
No. 521848
This sounds like regular teenage bullshit to me. Every teenager is melodramatic, especailly if they're into the ~emo~ scene like Jill was then.
No. 521849
i'm really grateful for all the milk in that it allowed us to see where jill's current attitude stems from but judging very young teenagers with not yet fully developed brains for an online "relationship" 7 years ago seems like low hanging fruit to me. children with hormone-addled brains will of course act silly. oh well, at least the "girlfriend" seems to have grown into a sane person (or at least someone who can appear sane online).
No. 521863
I don't think anyone would judge her for the relationship if Jill didn't push the whole "my abusive ex lesbian girlfriend :'(" so much.
It seems like Jill just didn't enjoy being with a girl/that particular girl much and it seems like it was like any other wishy-washy teenage relationship; which is fine if you don't claim that your ex was abusive.
As another anon mentioned I was also verbally and physically abused in a past relationship and it was such a damaging experience for me, it just irks me when someone like Jill says her ex was abusive just because their relationship was a little rocky.
(Though that seems to be a recurring pattern with her, her talk about how she "forgot" that she had depression until Colin left her was just as painful.)
No. 521869
This is pure speculation, but based on the fact that her girlfriend also seemed depressed, maybe she would leverage that kind of thing over her? It's pretty common for depressed teenagers to do the whole "if you leave me, I'll kill myself" thing, and that really can mess with people, especially other young depressed kids.
No. 521879
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Who is Meka? Could this be the confetti club member who keeps sending Jill fan mail, the one who admitted she had a crush on her? I haven’t seen her name mentioned yet in these threads yet, but I could be wrong.
Saged if I missed something and this is old news.
No. 521912
original deviant art link anon here, I've literally gone through everything
there were a couple of messages where pixie was subtly threatening more self harm because of said gf, seems like they were both dramatic and edgy which made the relationship unhealthy
if someone was that awful and abusive while you were dating you wouldn't continue to be best friends for months after the breakup
abusers try to keep you any way possible and jill seemed perfectly happy to stay
No. 521926
cringeeeee at that video, that was hard to watch
No. 521936
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Hey guys, it's me again. So I did a bit of digging for you and found Uma's FB. Her and I have never met, but I do know of her. Both Jillian and Louise have commented on her past photos.
No. 521937
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No. 521940
Also to answer all of your guys' questions about the ED thing, I had no actual clue. I mean, I was her friend, but she hadn't said much of it she just said she was going to the hospital for a while. IT might also be because I was a year younger, so I never saw her everyday either. When she was in her punk phase she was very skinny, but when moving into the lolita phase she wasn't as skinny so I'm guessing that when it happened.
No. 521944
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No. 521946
Also, I'm pretty sure this is what started the drama from the Grease play which caused her to be picked on quite a bit. She was the main attraction for the local paper's video on the play, a lot of the main leads were pissed.
No. 521947
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Gay pixie woe is me posting is back
No. 521948
Here's the other video clip. But, from my knowledge this is what caused some of the anger, the rest I don't know how as I hadn't attended yet.
No. 521950
>>521948 she has bare arms. I bet she paraded her scars.
No. 521951
>>521948 Colin and jon are both in this
No. 521952
Yes, pretty sure this and their Drama class was how they became close.
No. 521953
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No. 521954
Sage for OT/blogposting;
I can see why she’d get picked on. I did drama/theatre in high school she seemed like the kind of actor who didn’t have a lead role so they would “upstage” and make themselves the center of attention no matter what. It ticks everyone off lol.
Now I know next to nothing about grease so her character could be a main but I’m not sure!
No. 521956
She wasn't quite a main, but she was Frenchie which was a STRONG supporting character. A lot of the other leads didn't like her due to that I presume, like I said I wasn't in this year.
No. 521957
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guess they're all too busy having fun in Japan without Jill huh
No. 521958
Also, if you guys would like a hint on who the main culprit was for her "tormenting" in HS take a peek at her Birthday Bash photos from 2014.
No. 521967
2014….if I recall correctly that's when she held a tea party in her basement right?
I haven't been fb friends with jill in years but I do remember those pictures.
No. 521973
I wonder what Uma and Walker both think of jill casually using their relationships for pity points and offhand mentioning their ~abusive power dynamics~ on social media and in videos with her huge follower count.
That being said, they're both adults now and are likely better adjusted than Jill so it's best they ignore it and continue on with their lives.
What do you think of Jill's recent "relationship" fiasco? You can read about it in this thread >>>/snow/445432 her poor ex-girlfriend's sister actually came on the board to clarify the details, she was so pissed with Jill's mistreatment of her sister.
To be fair, it was clearly just a rebound after Colin, but that's preciously what was so cruel about it. Jill used her for gay brownie points, clickbait videos and pictures, without ever showing her face and then later claiming she "wasn't attracted to her". Just awful, awful stuff honestly.
Just curious if this surprised you at all, though i'm assuming you don't know Alyssa. Do you think Jill went after this girl (who never had a relationship before but was bicurious) simply because she was rejected from her queer friend group? For example, she used to really like that other alyssa girl who later became Emery/Emerson but then suddenly stopped hanging out with that entire friend group. Is that the reason she resorted to tinder to find a "lesbian relationship" with a normie girl she barely knew and quickly dumped?
No. 521981
…that happens often, though, because of a lot of internalized BS after the fact and usually an inability to see the abuser as bad even after the break-up. a lot of the times, the gravity of the abuse might not sink in until way after the fact
not saying this is the case with jill and the old gf, just saying a blanket statement like that is kind of ignorant.
No. 521987
what is this context
and kek at the thought of anyone ever calling jill a dyke
No. 521989
Wow Jill does seem to have way more stage presence and is a lot more into than anyone else. And Frankie isn't a lead but is one of the main supporting characters. But like really this is all teenage high school drama/stale milk, but I do find it interesting for some weird reason haha.
No. 521992
>hello yes as someone who makes up shit for a living suck my metaphorical penis.
I was wondering that about Uma and Walker too. I would be pissed, especially if her followers were coming after me. I’d also come on this board to clear my name hint hint
No. 521993
Are her friends posting about Japan? Must suck to have them rub it in on her birthday
No. 521994
>>521993 she was invited tho
No. 522008
Imagine fucking up multiple relationships/friendships and still expecting everyone to treat you like you've done absolutely no wrong. Karma's a bitch, eh Jill?
No. 522019
Look at drag artists like Creme Fatale, gottmik, Tayla Macdonald and Rosie Faux. You can't tell me that's not drag.
No. 522024
>>522019 don't derail
No. 522034
She isn't trying to be SJW, she is sucking up to that Emily girl who is a female drag queen, is it any coincidence that Emily comes second in the kawaii i contest and then all of a sudden Jill retracts what she said about drag, is watching drag race (which Emily is a huge fan of and is actually acquainted with a number of former contestants) and is retweeting support for female drag queens
No. 522035
I've been abused
and I was referring to her situation only + how dramatic their breakup was, if it was abuse she would have left, not kept coming back
No. 522043
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This is her amino, with her other social media
Sage because cc talk
No. 522049
Fuck I'm not that much of an 'anon' oops
No. 522060
You actually have no clue about how abuse works, do you?
No. 522061
Uma is too. I’m pretty sure that Tristan was also in Grease but I didn’t see him.
No. 522070
Yeah after getting a lot of screen time with both of the videos in a cast of 20-30 people i’d be upset.
No. 522076
One from the Mary poppins muscial
No. 522079
Right, okay time to start answering!
Yes Tristan, Jon, and Colin were all in this play with her.
And yes, I actually did hear about the fiasco, however I did not hear about Jillian mistreating her or about the sister's posts so I'll give my thoughts before responding on that. This girl seemed to be a rebound to me. The funny thing is Alyssa is actually a friend of one of my close pals and he showed clear hesitation when we spoke about it. From what I heard Jillian was just very controlling and always wanted to be cutesy about everything. I actually have tinder installed, before I got a boyfriend, and this was just recently after I got it so the settings werent situated yet, so it said I liked both sexes and I found her on there. She got tinder the moment she came out that her and Colin broke up, so the fact that it happened so quick shows it was a rebound. Also the thing with Emery (I also went to school with them), and they were always a drifter. Their original friends before they moved here were in Moncton or w/e and so when they went back to university/college they were back with their friends. So the friend group was essentially temporary from what i understand.
No. 522080
Let me make it clear that she wasn't as big in MP as in Grease. >>522076
Most of the cast told me they were hesitant around her becaue she seemed to dislike most of them.
No. 522105
Lmao posting about an overseas trip you're on - that your friend has already been on and will be on again in the near future - isn't rubbing it in jfc. If jill feels bad it would only be because she's a jealous and bad friend.
No. 522108
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Sexy clown outfit
No. 522110
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I think we're probs getting a dolls kill haul
No. 522118
Her idea of looking 'sexy' makes me so uncomfortable. I wonder if she's going to go full Kiki Kannibal with the shitty bondage gear and mesh tops with fluffy earrings but in pink instead of white?
No. 522121
that harness top looks so cheap
lmao at all those loose strings
No. 522167
I wasn't taking Jill's side, just remarking that in her mind it would seem that they were rubbing it in. Are they posting any pics online? Wonder what kind of trip they are having without her and if it is cultural at all unlike Jill's trip.
No. 522173
Diff anon but also was in an actual abusive relationship, when you’ve actually had enough you walk the fuck away from the person and never look back.
No. 522177
You'd think she'd at least wear high quality wanna be raver/s&m style clothes and not this cheap crap. Watch her start dressing like a club kid! Michael Alig watch out!
Kek if she's wants be ~*younique*~
try listening to Bjork and mimic her fantastically wild ensembles! At the least
No. 522178
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Jill commented on Venus Angelics newest video about being scared of getting fat
No. 522188
Such an expert in surviving anorexia! I have an ed that I have been dealing with for years, it's a fucking nightmare and Jill needs to stop acting like she was such a victim of this damned disease VA is a bit dramatic but justified in her opinions. Jill just loves to mention her so called ed for points, what a cow.
No. 522194
Where does she mention her ED in this? This is literally just a supportive comment
No. 522201
Okay but myself and countless others have had people who've abused us threaten awful things, including murder. Sometimes it's not so easy for people, especially when you and your family are being threatened and you don't have anywhere else to go at the time. Don't discount those experiences. Just because people didn't leave for a long time doesn't mean they aren't strong people.
No. 522203
Anon is just projecting.
No. 522204
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None of them have posted to insta about the trip, but Tracy has had a few Facebook posts (Jill hasn’t interacted with any of them), and Tracy got posted to the Spank insta. Looks like all of the girls going are who she hung out with on New Years? So she probably is feeling sad about missing out now
No. 522206
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I know we compare Jill to Kammie a lot but I wanted to bring attention to another bright dresser. Kate Hannah doesn’t try to disguise her fashion as “kawaii” or “jfashion” because it’s not, she actually gets her hair dyed professionally, and she wears a lot of the same brands as Jill (lazy oaf, dolls kill etc.). She also is a fashion designer and her designs do leave a lot to be desired but at least she’s going out and making things instead of sitting on her ass and whining about ~muh serotonin~
No. 522207
I was in a 2 year long abusive relationship and even after I worked up the guts to finally end it with him, he and I still talked for 5ish months because I was so codependent and he had torn me down so much I clung to him in a weird way I can't even fully understand.
Not proud of it, but not everyone handles trauma the same way. Just because someone else didn't go no contact right after an abusive relationship ended doesn't mean they weren't in an abusive relationship.
No. 522211
Ok yall are kinda derailing because let's be real for a second
Do you actually think Jill was "abused" by these people? whether it was uma or walker, it seems clear she was being a melodramatic teenager, she's still dramatic about her breakups and exes even as an adult and clearly can't handle intimate relationships very well as she's so controlling.
No one has done anything to her. She just shit talks her exes. We've heard her use that tone even about Tristan and Colin despite them being absolute saints as boyfriends. She's just bitter about every relationship.
No. 522213
Sage, but best part of this video is around the 2:20 mark when they start to sing 'Beauty School Dropout' to her. The song is basically about an angel who tells her she is terrible at beauty school so see needs to drop out and go back to high school.
I think we know this will be her in a year, just "fashion" school, and it will be farmers telling her to quit.
No. 522242
I think you’re both strong, that’s not the message I was trying to convey at all
Yes but we’re talking about Jill’s relationship
If she was actually being abused by Uma, she wouldn’t stick around in the way she did - she was still being like “aw we are such besties!!! I love your hair so cute uwu!!” and actively seeking Uma after being told (by Uma) to give her time + leave her alone, not to mention Jill started dating again like a month later
The point was that the abusive gf story sounds like bs
No. 522256
Well, def not feeling sorry for her. I bet all of them saved money for this trip and we all know that Jill could have gone too if she would use her money more wisely aka not buying every crap that she doesn't need while ~saving up for college~.
On the other side I don't think that Jill would be somebody that I would like to have on my side during a trip? I mean judging by her last Japan visit it would be such a drag for everybody if you are with one person that is a super picky eater and just there for the ~aesthetics~ and not actually seeing cool stuff and visit places that are not clothing stores. So I guess they will def have more fun without her tbh.
No. 522261
Tracey only eats KFC so Jill wouldn't be the only picky eater.
No. 522275
Does anyone know what Uma is supposed to have done that was so abusive/awful to Jill? I had a day off after dental work so I spent some time reading Uma's journals and it looks like Jill left her to start dating Walker. I'd have assumed from Jill's hinting that Uma is the one who would have broken things off and broken her heart, but it seems like the opposite. Lots of angsty 'why won't you love me' style journals from Uma with, bizarrely, Jill commenting trying to commiserate even though she broke up with her? I know they were dumb teenagers but the situation is so bizarre.
From what's posted online (obviously a lot might have gone on IRL we don't know about) I can imagine Jill's definition of 'abusive' is this girl posting a lot of angsty public journals and generally being kind of manipulatively heartbroken like every fucking teenager ever/everyone after their first serious heartbreak.
sage for speculation
No. 522284
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No. 522292
Wow this really seems to confirm that Jill just made up the 'abuse' shit, gross.
Uma just seemed to be heartbroken after Jill left her for Walker and maybe said some desperate things but as other anons have mentioned pretty much any teenager does. I feel like maybe she asked Jill for a suggestive picture or something before and Jill felt uncomfortable so to her it was sexually abusive, she's constantly going on about how triggering the anime 'Citrus' is for her currently because of this ~awful past relationship uwu~.
No. 522306
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Not going to SS it all, but there's a lot of journals Uma posted soon after the breakup with Jill commented basically wanting her to be happy and over it so they can hang out as normal - this journal was about a halloween party Uma had decided she was going to go to despite the breakup.
I know they were young, but it seems real emotionally dense/insensitive to expect someone whose heart you've just broken to be happy and friends with you IMMEDIATELY AFTER shit has gone down. I feel like Jill has always been awful at relationships and treating people like things/accessories.
No. 522319
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Jillian sliding onto Venus' latest video explaining her hospitalization
No. 522329
I just saw that and found it weirdly condescending. Not once in the entire video does Venus ever say she has body dysmorphia so its kind of rude of jillian to so casually label it that. "so brave of you to talk about the mental illness I'm assuming you have uwu"
No. 522388
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No. 522399
Jill could easily afford to go on the trip with her friends but didn’t go because her mom wouldn’t have been going.
No. 522402
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Why is Jill so lazy and gross? I can understand wanting to take a small break after filming for 20 minutes, but she’s acting like she just spent several gruelling hours doing something Actually productive and is entitled to a break
No. 522404
didn't she not like venus?
No. 522407
yeah, I remember her being upset about Venus "queer baiting" because of her one video title lol
No. 522408
Jill's comments there seem weirdly manipulative, imagine being that manipulative at only 13. I can't imagine typing/thinking like that when you're just a kid wtf
All the overly cutesy pastel vomit types are most definitely sociopaths in disguise
No. 522430
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She posted on ig about photoshopping her hair yellow and now wants to keep preaching about mental health for more views.
No. 522433
She is seriously the worst person to give any advice on this matter…
>>522402 I mean this pretty much just shows that at this point she's a NEET shut-in loser living in her mom's basement, it's nothing to be proud of.
No. 522439
I’m already angry and I haven’t even seen the video yet. And the worst part about this video is that her stupid snowflake followers are gonna praise her for it.
No. 522445
She's so fucking manipulative. I guarantee this is exactly how she broke up with Walker, Tristan and Alyssa too. I mean, with Alyssa we literally already had confirmation. She left Uma for Walker and then Tristan for Colin. She's fucking gross. I know this happened when she was 13 but she continues to do this "falling out of love" act at her convenience like with Alyssa recently.
Anons here say they feel bad for Jill because she "genuinely loved" Colin but I call bullshit. The reason she was so shook over that break up and still isn't over it is because she wasn't given the time to leave at her convenience when she found someone new. But she was definitely hinting at moving on with her "I'm confused" fb posts and saying she would be a lesbian if she wasn't dating someone with a dick. She was definitely going to leave him sooner rather than later but he took the initiative and she couldn't handle it.
No. 522464
Is she gendering her bra?!
No. 522488
Methods to cope with mental illness? She can’t even do it herself
What’s she gonna tell them? Eat peeps, watch anime, don’t do anything productive and sleep all day to cope? She’s so fucking stupid
Also she probably left Alyssa to pursue Jon
No. 522533
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she copes by eating too much, sleeping all the time, and living in her mom's basement… idk about the rest of the internet but I don't exactly look at her and think "wow, she's got it all, how can I be like that?!" kek
No. 522535
I wouldn't call her a sociopath for being like this at 13, I was pretty much the exact same way at that age and so were a lot of other kids I knew at that age. It's immaturity more than anything, they're still learning how to handle complex social situations but they're too selfish to do it gracefully.
That being said, the fact that she still acts like this is the most telling thing. It's one thing to be shitty at relationships at 13, But another thing entirely to continue it into adulthood without thinking that anything is wrong. She's an overgrown teenager who doesn't want to grow up. That's what I personally can't stand about her.
No. 522676
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Still pushing the ~*Super Gay*~ shtick even after claiming that she’s a) Bi and b) primarily attracted to men
No. 522685
>Guys you know how when you're gay and you see a girl and you're gay you find her attractive because you're both girls and you're gay???
No. 522873
My point still stands. You weren’t actually finished so you kept talking to them. When you’re 100% over it you cut that person out of your life. It took me almost 2 years, some people take 12. But at the end of the day, once you’re over an abusive person you cut ties and don’t reach out/don’t respond. Jill still does because these people never hurt her bad enough to warrant things like restraining orders, etc. She was just an emo teen being extra about her relationship woes because that’s what teens do.
No. 522892
Jill's an inexperienced dummy who dwells in the basement of her parents troll hole house don't give her that much credit. She has zero real life experience and no understanding of domestic abuse in relationships.
No. 522939
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I can’t believe no one has posted her diabetus peeps birthday cake
No. 522985
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No. 522986
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No. 522987
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So edgy n ~queer
No. 522988
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No. 522989
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She's so lonely and yet she doesn't make the effort to leave the basement
No. 522990
hmmm. can't say i've ever felt whatever these ~hyperfemme~ hyroglyphics are supposed to convey about a strange woman I just met, unless it means slightly charmed and vaguely attracted. Guess I'm just not as gay as Jill.
No. 522991
People like venus way more than they like her now and venus has really suffered in some awful ways and you know Jill can't let anyone be "more" than her in any way
To me it just feels like she is piggybacking off of Venus's last video here, she didn't mention this ahead of time and just magically decides to do this again after Venus did hers, it's pretty disgusting, why is everything a competition with her
No. 523028
so is Jill's new thing 'sexy alcoholic clown' now? wtf
her whole ~teheh I'm so depressed I have to use alcohol to cope but I'll randomly go off my meds because I'm ok uwu~ shit is really pissing me off
like sure go ahead if you want to be an irresponsible idiot but at least don't preach about it to your impressionable young teenage fans
No. 523060
Just end this thread now. This is all the proof we need on Jill's arrested development.
No. 523070
It's the same stuff she did when Kate was talking about LACE. She finds a big thing to latch onto and piggybacks off it for extra views.
No. 523178
No. 523202
It's a little sad to know that she's making money from telling people to wash their face and drink water, but I guess if that's what her fans want…
No. 523206
>>523178 its disgusting that she has only just learned to wash her face
No. 523212
I wish that she always spoke in this soft, serious tone she’s much more tolerable to watch.
No. 523217
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that fupa kek
No. 523226
>>523178 it triggers me that she knows meds help her but she'll let herself run out and not do anything about it
No. 523236
yeah like you know what a good self care tip is? taking your meds like you’re supposed to so you feel like a human.
No. 523242
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No. 523251
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More unnecessary purchases
No. 523260
It was aa good video
No. 523261
it's so gross and weird how she acts like taking care of your skin / literally just washing your face is something only people who care about skincare do and not like… literally just basic hygiene
No. 523275
Her tips:
>Wash your face
>Drink water
>Go on a walk or just open a window
>Be creative. Draw, sing, sew, play piano, whatever you love
>Connect with friends and family
>Hold your pets close/If you don't have a pet get one
>Get comfy clothes that make you feel good about yourself and not lazy/guilty
>If you can clean your room
>Remember to take your meds
>Take a good bath with music or show tune. Relax and ground yourself, detach from the world for like 45 minutes a day
>Rant interval about people criticizing the drink water and take a lush bath approach to self care. Says everyone does self care differently and it pisses her off that people don't think something as simple as opening a window helps
>Find media that you can relate too in a healthy way. Don't watch sad things, only things that make you happy
No. 523280
I especially hate the 'get a pet if you dont have one' if you're super depressed to the point where you can't take care of yourself, taking care of an animal is a terrible idea.
No. 523281
I mean some of those tips are useful for lifting your mood a bit, but I feel like with anxiety or depression, medication and therapy are the best answers. I know I don't speak for everyone when I say that. Opening a window can be nice, but it's not going to help you overcome a mental illness. She really is the last person who should be giving advice on this kind of thing.
No. 523294
I agree. When I first started suffering from depression as a young teenager neither my parents nor I really knew what to do so we just tried to do all of those things that lift your mood for a little while, but in the long run it didn't change my condition at all and only actual therapy was able to help me.
I mean yeah I guess it's nice that Jill is trying to be all supportive and stuff but I think this video can only help people who don't have depression and only get sad/anxious once in a while.
No. 523298
Those socks that are way too tights, that awkward pose to attempt looking less fat, that fucked up expression… this is a mess omg
No. 523300
Also that style of shorts are not meant to be so tight… you can see her underwear line in the FRONT dear lord
samefag sorry but this is so bad
No. 523317
These are all simple things everyone recommends on Tumblr. What about trying to eat real food instead of meatballs, peeps, and coffee? What about actually going to the doctor for mental and physical health, which Jill skips because she's afraid of blood tests or talking about her feelings to a professional instead of tweeting it. She really wants to jump on the feel good mental health bandwagon but doesn't take her own seriously.
No. 523323
Also a lot of controlling/improving mental health is being active in trying to change your behavior and challenge unproductive coping methods, which she’ll never do. Rest is good for someone who is extremely anxious and a workaholic, but terrible for someone who lacks the motivation to get out of bed regularly. She doesn’t get that, probably because she only went to two therapy sessions then got huffy and left.
No. 523337
It also shows how far she is from reality. Doesn’t she realise how expensive pets are?
No. 523352
These tips aren't bad but they're only for a specific kind of person. The kind of person like her who is a shut-in.
No. 523356
I think the "drink water", "connect with friends and family" and "remember meds" are the only actually helpful ones, and the others would only help if you are only feeling a little down. Of course it will feel nice to have fresh sheets on your bed or to have cute comfy clothes, but that feeling really goes away after 10 seconds. I wish she would have mentioned trying to eat healthily and well, going to a doctor to get help, or even taking some vitamin D. A bathbomb is not going to make you not want to commit a suicide ffs
No. 523384
>nb4 someone thinks those sausage squeezing socks actually makes her look cute.
Self-care is just a small part of recovering from depression. Self-care is supposed to keep you from not showering for a week straight, to make sure you get an adequate amount of nutrition, and to not be wallowing in your own filth. Jill does all of these things and doesn’t make an effort to not do them so idk why the hell she thinks she’s an authoritative figure on all things mental-health.
Something I noticed she left out (based off of anon’s summary, I don’t think I can stomach to watch the actual video) is exercising. She mentioned going for a walk but that’s really more for fresh air. Exercising does make a difference imo, it’s not the cure for depression but it makes you feel like you accomplished something that most normal, non-depressed people are too lazy to do.
No. 523399
>>523178 this video just reinforces that she really isn't that mentally ill. If drinking water cures your depression, its not depression. It's just you feeling a bit low.
No. 523406
oh, come on. I know that when I have to call in to work because I've been crying for two days straight and only get out of bed to go to the bathroom or make sure my cats are taken care of, the first thing that comes to mind is putting on some cute track pants, opening my window and having a big ole' glass of water to make it all better.
No. 523410
Don't forget listening to the Smiths, but only their happy songs uwu
No. 523413
I'm surprised she didn't say st Vincent to remind everyone she's her biggest fan again kek
No. 523433
Imo this is the piece of advice that shows how little she challenges herself.
It's not good to wallow, you shouldn't lock yourself in a room and listen to nothing but radiohead when you feel sad, but equally when you're depressed or anxious one of the most important things is to learn how to react to ~triggering~ things normally. You need to be able to hear or watch something sad without that spiralling you into further depression. Negative emotions aren't bad, they're a normal part of life that you need to learn to work through, not ignore and avoid. Bad things will happen in your life, that's one of the only certainties. When you find it harder to deal with those things you need to expose yourself to them in order to learn how to cope.
Honestly I think this is the main cause of why Jill is so intolerable, at least for me. She is so, so sheltered and immature yet she likes to look worldly and wise. She can't deal with "negativity" to the extent that it's actually preventing her from growing up, and her family enables her so she never has to.
No. 523454
She doesn't have to pay for the pets or care for them herself, it's easy for her to say this as she isn't actually responsible for them, I worry about her wanting to take one to college with her because I just don't believe she is capable of looking after another life when she can't look after herself, can she cook or clean or wash her own clothes? I suspect her mum does it and having all that lumped on her at once on top of caring for an animal……
No. 523465
While animals can definitely be an amazing benefit for depression and anxiety, I just can't condone adopting a cat or dog or what have you solely because you expect it to make you feel better.
I mean, not only do I love my cats dearly and do the absolute best I can by them, and the knowledge that they depend on me to go out to ensure I don't run out of food or litter or treats, to keep toys about and play with them, cuddle and love on them and so on… even just the knowledge that they depend on me keeping my shit together for their sake is the only motivation I have some days.
But if some dumb, selfish shit up and brings a living being home in lieu of actually legitimately dealing with whatever their issue is? Well, you hear so often about how animals wind up neglected, underfed, unsocialized etc., and I can all too easily see that happening to one of these little twits who treat Jill's word as some sort of gospel.
Service and farm animals aside, I find it repugnant at best when people get pets as 'things' and/or ornaments as the main motivator.
Do it the right way, and take some proper steps before bringing home something that requires a commitment of time, emotion, money and resources for up to a decade or more.
/rant fueled blogging. The way too many people see and treat animals makes me far too angry and sad.
No. 523492
Omg the comments on the video make me cringe
They’re acting like she’s their savior for her googled information
No. 523507
Oh my god literally, I’m going to uni this year and would love to bring one of my cats but like I’m not gonna be able to feed her and care for her so like??? No??? What utter shit and entitled advice
No. 523515
Stop self-posting. It's embarrassing.
No. 523519
What does that even mean!?
And when will Jill stop pretending to be bi.
No. 523520
She has never had this delima..
No. 523531
Lmao someone like that has better things to do than self post. She's trying to give an example of someone who does "rainbie kawaiii" stuf that isn't disgusting like jill.
Jill could be into absalutly anything and still be just as disgusting. Stop thinking it has somthing to do with j-fashion
No. 523542
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Awwww poor bby so misunderstood, lol
No. 523545
Tbf mental illness isnt based on situation though
No. 523547
there are loads of "im selfdiagnosed and valid uwu <333333 !!!11!" comments as well im gonna vomit
No. 523591
You can't like joke now unless you relate? The nitpicking in pixie threads can be unreal sometimes.
No. 523601
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I found some cringey comments and made a collage for you all!
Btw depression doesn’t go away just because you don’t have time for it lol, that’s the kind of shit old people say to dismiss mental illness.
No. 523602
>how do you stay so skinny?
top fucking kek
No. 523612
>>"im 14 and have BPD"
Literally no.
No. 523613
but google said getting pissed at mom means i have a personality disorder!!!!!!1!!!! its not like doctors go through years of training to diagnose or anything kek
No. 523616
Someone somewhere must have said something about her video haha
It’s not but Jill literally has everything she needs to get her mental illness in a better state. Imagine those struggling with depression and anxiety and couldn’t afford to pay for their meds anymore even though they want to take them? Then there is Jill who chooses not to take her meds, get any help and lay around all day — not Everyone has the luxury to wake up Whenever and laze around. A lot of people have bills, school and work that they have to think of, Jill doesn’t.
No. 523620
No, but she definitely has the resources to get professional help and chooses not to. And acts like she has it all figured out when in reality she is sleeping and taking baths all day.
Circumstances can also bring on or worsen mental health issues. If her issues aren't cause by difficulties in life, then she obviously needs professional help to sort out whatever is going on with her.
Drinking water and washing her face isn't real treatment. It's so irresponsible to be a role model and act like it's ok to just practice uwu self-care instead of seeking real treatment for your issues, especially if you are barely able to function and do your job.
How is she going to survive college? Routine and structure can definitely help with depression, but moving away from home when she can't be apart from her mom is a huge change in and of itself.
I seriously doubt she can do the actual adult bare minimum self-care you need to survive. Cooking, buying groceries, sticking to a budget, maintaining an apartment, and taking care of a pet while also balancing school all seem way beyond her capacity when she has so few responsibilities that she struggles to fulfill right now.
No. 523669
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>let me brag about my life constantly but also don't you dare forget i'm sad!! i've got mental illness so don't stop feeling bad for me!!!
lol shut up jill
No. 523675
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maybe…things would be better…if you took your fucking meds? have you thought of this yet, jill?
No. 523679
let's be real though, medication doesn't solve the void of being an unfulfilled and vapid individual, it won't prevent her quarter life crisis and eventual mid-life existential problems, she can certainly start by taking meds if needed but she needs to learn to appreciate and love herself beyond being a poser, braggart and people-pleaser.
No. 523680
What hell does that girl think is fat if she's calling jill skinny?
jill is honestly lucky she attracted so many delusional fans to follow her.
No. 523681
I guess she was too busy talking about her pimples and forgot to mention that therapy is important..actual professional help. The thing that she herself has been avoiding because the process isn't funzies
No. 523692
I take issue with Jill's stance on therapy because she has both the money and her father's insurance to pay for any therapist of her choice. Apparently PEI does have terrible mental health services but she regularly drives to Halifax for shopping sprees so she could easily have monthly/bi-monthly or even quarterly therapy sessions with a therapist of her own choosing.
Tons of people across Canada have barely any access to mental health services if they're from low income families without insurance because publicly-funded mental health care is practically non-existent in most provinces and have unbelievably long wait-lists. But she has the luxury to shop around for some of the best practices offered on the east coast but of course she pretends yet again that she's somehow oppressed into being mentally ill.
This is why her entire depression/anxiety shtick is nonsense. I can literally understand being so anxious you can't even face people in your life, but when I was incapable of leaving the house most days and started quitting my jobs and putting off my education, that's when I begged my family to help me afford a few therapy sessions. My dad couldn't even pay upfront so the therapist agreed to a trade (he did some free advertising work for them). Sorry to get all bloggy, but besides the fact that Jill did have an emo phase with the cutting or bulimia, I think she has taken full advantage of her middle school melodrama to identify with issues she has no clue about at this stage in her life. And that is why she needs to start seeing professionals again, they need to assess her current mental stability and whether she should still be taking the same meds at all since dosage is often updated after a few years depending on weight change and other factors.
No. 523742
Sage but the girl playing Sandy in this has a fantastic singing voice, no wonder she got the lead. Jill can't sing for shit.
No. 523823
She's so entitled, irrelevant and clueless asf. The last person I ever had the displeasure of knowing like this was my spoiled asf rich ass only child ex boyfriend who claimed he had severe depression and never got diagnosed by a doctor and much like Jill his parents fussed over him so much so that I believe they were his real issue. He would get so bitchy when I would tell him to get a proper diagnosis of his bs depression. No wonder I dislike Jill, even more know than previously.
Sage for blog
No. 523893
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She's always gotta be the ~biggest fan of something
No. 523941
well, while it doesn't fill the void, it certainly didn't help that she went off her meds because she thought she was doing "ok". now she's stuck with the reprecussions of going cold turkey and hating herself. while meds are not for everyone, she should've contacted whoever prescribed her those meds and found a way to wean herself off of them safely.
No. 523942
imo her reason for not taking them was incredibly stupid too
"I'm feeling happy now uwu", like of course, that's what the meds are for?? you can't just think that 'oh I'm totally fine now and it's not because of the meds at all', like if Jill had that little faith in the meds in the first place why even take them?
this stuff just makes me really angry
No. 523949
Unfortunately it’s also very common. Even otherwise intelligent people make the same mistake, so it doesn’t surprise me Jill would.
No. 523951
Exactly. She talks about her meds as if she'd been prescribed placebo sugar pills all these years.
No. 523953
Even if it's only monthly, monthly sessions do help. But she's not going to because no one is going to push her into doing it.
This is stupidly common like >>523949 said. It's a stupid cycle where you think you're "ok" then you stop, hit a low and start again. She's lucky to have that safety net of her parents to catch her when that low might hit.
No. 523981
That ticked me off too. It's called being a normal teenager with crazy mood swings.
No. 524034
yeah like BPD is such a serious condition has ruins your fucking life, not just getting angsty
No. 524058
And just because you know how to use google doesn't mean you can read a few symptoms and then self diagnose.
Everything she listed is NORMAL ADULT FEELINGS jfc. It doesn't mean it's clinical anxiety, depression, or real mental health issues. Not something to label yourself with for pity points.
No. 524063
It's so funny how certain people will go on and on about how mental illnesses are actually physical and just like any other illnesses, but they will still self diagnose. You wouldn't self diagnose cancer or diabetes, so why self diagnose anxiety or depression? Shit
No. 524066
I was misdiagnosed at 14 with borderline personality and bipolar.
It wasn't until I was almost 30 I was given a proper diagnosis. PTSD. Anxiety. Depression. Night terrors etc.
Imagine my surprise that unlike 15+ years ago, my new meds are actually helping. Have been recommended for various sleep study programs, counselling etc. I'm still a wreck sometimes, but, most of the time, I'm functional.
These idiots are turning mental health in to a fucking joke.
No. 524072
I was just browsing Kelly Eden’s latest thread and saw something interesting
It’s nothing too milky, just speculation that a WK had a very similar writing tone to Jillian. Which fuels speculation that she does lurk on here.
No. 524129
Damn, I'm sorry anon. Those are such serious mental illnesses to be diagnosed with so young and that come with a ton of stigma and judgement. I hope you are having more good days than bad now.
No. 524137
you're really not clinically supposed to diagnose any personality disorders in patients under the age of 18, because when you are young, your personality is still in flux. if you see that one may be manifesting in a child under 18, you can begin to treat those symptoms, but not the disorder itself. I'm sorry you were misdiagnosed, that was incredibly irresponsible of that mental health professional.
No. 524138
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Who’s ready to see Jill detained at the border?
No. 524146
In her slumber party sesh videos she says that she met her then girlfriend due to their love for Muse and they met for the first time in the hotel in New York when she webt to see them live.
Also, some user here said that she didnt know the 'cool' groups she has been mentioning lately, but she talks about them in her second slumber party sesh video.
No. 524160
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No. 524162
Oh boy. Wonder what the vid's gonna be about this time. Another Ikea shopping trip??
No. 524181
I love that she just used the anti-semitic parentheses without realising.
No. 524202
How is that antisemitism wtf
No. 524214
Google is your friend.
No. 524238
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Jill confirmed alt-right neo nazi
No. 524240
Sage for OT, but I’m sure she’s using it in a way like they were used in AOL chats where you “cyber-hug” a user with three parentheses.
Or she’s dense and thinks it’s a new quirky way to tweet.
No. 524247
who actually cares. it's a signal to others but doing it innocently doesn't make you alt-right
No. 524252
Her ends are so bleached that they wont hold on to the yellow.
Her designer diaries video might be about her birthday outfit she has been working on for weeks but couldve taken her 3 days, as she said.
No. 524264
I think clothes from Walmart are more qualified to be considered designer than any of the hideous crap Jill has shittily constructed. Kek Such a huge ego for such a lack of talent.
No. 524273
ran across this video where an actual hair dresser reviews Jillian dying her hair mint
if I was Jill I'd be mortified because compared to the other two girls he reviews her hair looks like shit but I'm sure she'll just be like "omg another youtuber noticed me!!!"
No. 524277
>>524273 she's going to be all over how gay he is tho
No. 524286
I love to check on Brad from time to time and back when Jill posted her Hair Diy video I lowkey hoped that he will come across it lmao
No. 524295
Ngl I've been excited to see this year's trainwreck birthday dress for weeks now. At least she's using a pattern this time I guess, but I'm sure she'll manage to fuck it up.
No. 524300
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Does pixie even have any goals in life beyond being a uwu famous fashion designer ~~
No. 524301
thanks, anons. much appreciated.
No. 524357
slightly OT but the last girl he reviewed i went to school with and she's been bleaching/dying her hair unnatural colours for fifteen years… compare it to the states of Jills which she has not been doing for half as long. girl treats her like shit and it shows. she needs to dye it to a colour similar to her own and give it some tlc and some time off the bleaching or she's gonna go bald.
No. 524385
from the age of about 13 to about my mid-20's, I bleached, dyed, and rebleached my hair. Up to every other week. I didn't care for it, other than conditioning the hell out of it after a bleach job, and routinely shaving it all off and starting again.
Maybe that was my saving grace from being a scarecrow?
She should try it. Or, take care of her shit before it falls out.
No. 524389
They’re funny about diagnosing anyone under 25 in UK now, like I’m 19 and have finally been diagnosed lmao
No. 524397
In Canada, they diagnosis elementary school students lol. My brother was diagnosed at the age of 5. Why else would so many American and Canadian children be taking prescription psychiatric medication?
No. 524399
even almost 20 years ago when I was (mis)diagnosed, they weren't supposed to assign such disorders to anyone under 18. Nor were they supposed to prescribe high dosages of antidepressants, because of the high risk of suicidal ideation.
They do and did it anyways. Cuz handing out potentially lethal pills lines their pockets. What do they care?
Not all psychiatrists. But too many.
No. 524402
Wow,this just really shows how big Jillian has become.
No. 524404
I always find it funny how Jill always refs Philip as part of her research/inspiration on doing Youtube full-time, when even Phil's strongly recommended having a job to fall back on when first starting out. Is she still having trouble keeping her videos monetized?
No. 524412
P sure the anon you replied to was talking about BPD/personality disorders but enough derailing I guess
No. 524476
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the comments are fucking killing me. someone mentions how fat shes gotten and the jill police show up and threaten to find the person. person doubles down and then confetti club say they're inciting a riot.
No. 524486
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Apparently he was too nice cause she seems way to chill about this
No. 524494
I was just going to post the video! I love Brad's videos, and he was pretty nice about Jillian's hair (other then her roots, which he didn't like)
No. 524517
lol irl at the part where she apologizes to her mom about ruining the towel and brad was like "wait, how old is she..?"
i know he's too nice for it to be shade. but its such an honest reaction to this womanchild.
No. 524540
Who's the dude who isn't part of the band just creeping around Jill?
No. 524678
lol the fat comment has been removed now
It's incredible how triggered everyone got about that
No. 524692
I love how they're all "UwU body positivity" but they can't accept people can be fat. Being called fat isn't a negative, people who are fat know they're fat. It's not a slur.
No. 524694
yeah, right? I mean Jill always goes on about how she loves her ~thick thighs~ and ~booty~ and whatever the hell, but as soon as you point out that she gained weight you're the devil lol
No. 524696
I can see why Jills "quirky" attitude may seem cute when you watch one video, but it becomes so repetitive.
What happened to the anon that made videos?
No. 524733
i mean specifically with bpd
No. 524736
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No. 524747
This is so cringy.. If I didn't know her I would've thought this was ironic.
No. 524749
Jill is a true cringelord.
No. 524754
>Can't stop telling everyone how gay she is
>Has had two 1-month long relationships with women in her entire life, both went disastrously
No. 524755
Samefag, but she is basically the epitome of the attention seeking bisexual teenager who will only ever have relationships with men. Basically a terrible representation of a gay woman
No. 524759
Does Lady Gaga know this
No. 524761
Bi girls aren’t gay, Jill should just say that she most likely prefers men.
No. 524763
People use "gay" as an umbrella term.
No. 524776
it's weird because she already has, if you look at transcripts even from this thread >>519588
she's stated things like
>went off of birth control, but realised she 'wasn't gay' and so went back on [birth control]
>Admit she has gay phases, but that she's not a lesbian.
and her obnoxious shit about preferring penises (surprised her more sjw fans aren't upset about that since she's always saying anyone with a penis is a man/a straight relationship so by extension implying mtf aren't really women/gay)
but of course she can't ever stick to one identity because she doesn't have one, just just morphs into whatever she thinks will get her the most attention. so now she's a queer lil rainbaby again.
No. 524780
She’s the kind of person go say she’s “so gay” for dating a trans guy tbh
No. 524822
Piggylocks is indeed a fatty Chan.
No. 524826
learn to sage
No. 524862
Oh put a sock in it — there are so many unsaged posts and this is the one you want to single out?
I’d say Piggylocks suits her, but that’s an insult to pigs.
No. 524914
I mean that would be an accurate description of a same sex relationship lmao
No. 524942
are you pixie though
No. 524963
He was throwing lowkey shade left and right. His face every time she started slapping on the colour was a face of contained horror. The only part he complimented was the bangs.
No. 525013
Sure, if you only see people as walking genitals.
Which I guess she does…
No. 525018
Was this during her ED? She looks cute and normal here.
No. 525038
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sage for old milk, but she's already done this. parading her relationship w/ colin as super queer bc he was "genderqueer", pic related
a bunch of people in the comments of the pic called her out on using that caption while in an obviously het relationship
No. 525074
I know this is kind of gross to say but I think Jill and Colin were a very cute couple. Makes me sad they're not together anymore I wish Jill would change. I know she's a selfish person but she definitely cared about him. She's just too stupid and immature to realize the reason he broke up with her was because of her shitty mistreatment.
No. 525076
I'm more inclined to agree with other anons who've said they thought the only reason she's so hung up on losing him is because he broke up with her, and not the other way around.
Partners, pets and friends are accessories to her. Maybe one day she will grow up and actually realize that her being immature, selfish, shallow isn't a good look.
No. 525157
sage for OT and no milk;
claire's is "going bankrupt" whatever will our jillybean do now
No. 525173
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Her new hair. She's looking more frumpy than usual kek
No. 525178
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This person included pixie in her international women's day post..I'm speechless how does jillybean contribute to society in any way? How does is basement dweller who is selfish inspirational?
No. 525179
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No. 525183
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She has updated her Insta bio.
No. 525185
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No. 525188
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I'm so sick of her playing the abuse narrative.
No. 525193
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It's a nice dye job thankfully, but man yellow does not suit her skintone at all. She'd look so much cuter with a natural hair color, and doing unnatural colors at the bottom, but obviously that's not ~quirky kawaii~ enough for her.
No. 525212
her choice in horrid facial expressions really bring out how haggard and wrinkly she is for a 20 year old.
No. 525218
thanks for making me check out what the last girl looks like. Jill, if you want to do rainbow hair, THIS is the way to do it! It looks amazing. All the colours are blended to compliment each other and she is rocking it.
after jills horrendous bangs i never thought rainbow hair could look this good
No. 525222
i mean, i guess considering what she's going for it's a success? the roots look so much better, i'm glad for that alone.
she's probably going for yellow because it's cartoony. honestly this colour cant look good on anyone. lemon drop, more like piss drop
No. 525235
The hair looks good and healthy surprisingly. Healthier than usual, anyway. However, her face is horrifying without all the Facetune and photoshop.
My mom had the texture of her hair ruined from a bad bleach job. I can imagine Jill’s hair feels awful from her repeated bad bleach jobs. I wonder what the hairdresser used to keep her hair from looking so crispy.
No. 525238
Whats wrong with her face??
She looks ROUGH jfc
No. 525284
No. 525319
She looks like an evil oldschool Disney character. Like that boy who turns into a donkey from Pinocchio. Good god that face will give me nightmares.
No. 525365
This video really shows how far she's fallen tbh. Used to have friends, a social life, hobbies, was more normal… tragic.
No. 525378
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Looks like jillybean is getting overwhelmed about moving away from her mum.
No. 525381
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Here’s a fan giving her “advice” to not move out. Can’t wait for the official announcement that she wants to just “take a another “gap year” because she’s so overwhelmed being a kawaii leader” or some other bullshit
No. 525392
I'm kekking over this shit. I'm can't believe a 20 year old grown adult is afraid to do just that be an adult and take care of her own life. For the love of god I moved out of my parents house at 17 to go to university. There's what normal people do Jill! Fuck what a maladjusted trainwreck she is.
No. 525394
>>525381 kek omg I still can't beileve I have to go to the same shitty collage as her (for financial reasons. Sorry not everyone's rich like you jill) but ugh I hate how attached she is to her mother like grow up you should not have been living off her this long. It's probably not just the whole I love my mommy thing it's probably because jills never bothered to actually learn how to be stable on her own.
No. 525411
louise needs to like distance herself from jill more and push to make a life outside the family home
it’s not healthy to be “bff love ya cute mum” when you’re trying to leave, the only reason im finding moving away easy is the fact that i have a life outside my mum so i dont like need her anymore?
tbh i think louise is just as irresponsible as jill sometimes for allowing/encouraging this
she should say like you can choose not to go to college but if you dont youve got to get a job and pay rent, its so frustrating to see her live at home for free at 20
No. 525412
So I haven’t been paying too much attention to the shitty college details but I’m assuming Jill would be living in an apartment if she even gets her ass to go correct?
All I can think of is Jill trying to deal living in a dorm like could you even imagine the milk
No. 525418
Her shit college doesn't have dorms because it isn't a proper university. So yes, apartment
No. 525451
That’s a really big ass problem. I know it’s normal to be afraid if you always lived with your parents and then you have to leave all alone in an apartment, but maybe the best decision will be rent an apartment with other people? Where I live, it’s really common for Uni students to live together in an apartment even if they don’t know each other (everyone has their own room but you share bathroom and kitchen). Also friends do this kind of stuff, but yes she doesn’t have friends so…
No. 525457
inb4 her mom moves there with her.
No. 525459
when I was her age I was champing at the bit to move out. I cannot imagine being so spoiled and attached that I'd still want to live at home as a 20 year old.
No. 525461
>>525188 this is clearly showing that pixie favourited this tweet.
No. 525463
What happened to her plan to live with Wendy?
No. 525464
>my suffocating cave of loneliness
holy shit in my entire life I've never heard anyone talk about moving out like this, she clearly has some kind of issues
also isn't she going to live with her friend? it's clearly not just generally about being alone but just about not being with her mommy anymore
No. 525467
Don't people generally make friends when they go to college? Does she not count on that at all?
No. 525468
I think she's just incapable of having meaningful friendships, in the past she often said that the only people she even spent time with were her mom and Tristan/Colin
so unless she finds some new boy toy at college she probably doesn't care about meeting people there lol
No. 525502
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She's a mess
No. 525503
Damn, we thought she looked bad here, but compared to what she's wearing now this is actually a good look.
It looks better than before, but I wish she'd just choose a flattering and cute colour. The brown brows are definitely an improvement though.
I usually talk about how weird and codependent Jill is with her mum, but this is actually pretty cute.
Moving out would be really good for Jill though - it would force her to be independent and I think it could be really good for her (unless she goes all neckbeard nest on her new place which I can see happening bc of her hoarding and laziness). Sorry to blog post, but I moved out when I was 17 and it was a great experience; you'd've had to pay 20 year old me to go back to living at home with my parents. >>525459 I had friends who still lived at home by choice (vs financial reasons/familial obligations) and I never understood it! I'm going to assume these are the type of people who need their parents to make important phone calls for them still.
No. 525514
Exactly what I was going to say. I've seen some younger 17-18 year olds be nervous about moving to bigger cities alone but first of all, Jill is not moving to a big city. She's moving two hours away from home by car. Louise will probably visit her every fucking weekend. Still unbelievable that she passed up schools in Toronto or Montreal for this exact reason and is still complaining about being "far away" from mom.
When I was 18 I couldn't wait to sign my own lease and finally do my own groceries, even if depression and social anxiety was a factor. She also seems to forget the actual privilege of being able to afford living alone, like 9 times out of 10 people's first living situations are either terrible dorms, several roommates or living with a significant other and struggling to afford even that.
It's amazing that she turned around this exciting opportunity into a self-fulfilled prophecy of ~muh depression & loneliness~ and we're still 6 months away from the move. She could easily plan to find a therapist in her new town, join some community or college clubs, extracurricular stuff, maybe even get a part time job again or do some volunteering. Whatever she needs to do to make her experience positive. To me, her constant complaints about leaving the nest shows that she has no true ambitions and is spoiled to her very core to the point that she's sees nothing for herself in the future beyond her comfortable maritime life.
No. 525531
The dye job looks great. Her face is terrifying though. How is she only 20 years old??
Watch her have it up in a bun in less than a week.
No. 525538
How old is she here? She looks more mature. Not in a bad way.
No. 525540
14, maybe 15 at most, during her ED phase.
No. 525571
she looks healthier here than she does now tbh
it will be in a bun cos she doesnt shower, only bathe. I feel bad for the person who washed her hair there, it has to be nasty and grimey
No. 525586
sage for dumb question, but is it really that weird to live at home when you're 19/20 in america? In my country it seems pretty normal, and i didn't move out until i was 21
No. 525590
Yes, it's a weird North American thing to expect everyone to move out at 18. I think it's stupid, but it is very common here, so Jill lounging around at home is seen as lazy or childish.
No. 525594
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>"help I'm scared of leaving my mom's basement because my mom is my only friend"
>"don't worry, my best friend/roommate is leaving because she gets more views than me on youtube, it'll be fine"
No. 525598
jesus christ jill. buying bananas alone is the exact same as doing it with your moms except you gotta use your money.
don't get me wrong, i was scared when i moved out and i even cried, just bc i feared the unnkown. but i was also excited and looking forward to my independance. its not like phones and skype dont exist. get a grip jill
No. 525615
Well in Canada you are considered an adult at 18, so yes, most Canadians expect someone of that age to adopt most adult responsibilities. Only two generations ago men went into the workforce very young and women married straight out of high school. Even today, many people graduate high school at 17 or even 16, so naturally you’re expected to become a contributing member of society one way or another. Once you pursue post secondary education or get a job you typically do move out of your parents home?? I mean both Jill’s parents and her brother have done all the things I’ve mentioned, she’s the odd one out in her family so that probably speaks for itself.
No. 525659
I use to be extremely shy and a shut in when I was a teenager so I can understand being worried about doing things alone in public. But she goes to Micheals alone and goes alone through the drive through for coffee, but she can't go to a non craft store alone? Maybe don't wear every ott clown thing you own in one outfit and grocery shopping would be no problem. She just wants mommy to be there to hold her hand and take care of her, she's not shy or anxious. A young girl with big dreams should want to move out and become independent so she can focus on her career but Jill isn't that type of girl. She'd rather hang onto her mom, be taken care of, and constantly be given postive feedback for every little thing she does while doing nothing to contribute to her so called dreams. Doubt she'll even make it half a semester with her mommy dependency.
No. 525677
I can't believe a 20 year old woman is this domestically challenged…how embarrassing! How the hell do you not know how to grocery shop being that old? Her mother has mollycoddled her to the point of mental retardation and nearly wipes her ass for her. Can't imagine what a shit show her first big spooky wooky grocery big boy shoppy trippy is going to be like.
No. 525680
Total speculation here, but does anyone else think Louise is manipulative behind the scenes? Jill seems to have a good relationship on the surface with her mom but something has to breed this codependency. She could be (un)intentionally holding her child back. She has to be at least aware of how much she coddles he daughter. People like Jill don't just happen, they're created some how
No. 525683
I agree anon. Louise is ruining Jill and any possiblity she has at growing up.
No. 525690
it's not weird, most young 20s can't move out for financial reasons. especially if you live somewhere where to the cost of living is rly expensive. but…going away to dorm/for school is sooo much different and idk why jill is acting like she'd being kicked to the curb or some shit
No. 525693
shes probably worried about the cashiers judging her on all the shitty peeps she buys
No. 525697
Did the video get taken down? I can't find it on Brad's channel anymore. I wanted to see the cringe, dammit.
No. 525702
I can’t believe that a 20 year old doesn’t want to move off her tiny little island and out of her tiny rural town and get a life. Sage for blog posting but I’m younger than Jill and am only a few credits away from finishing my bachelors degree. I also moved out at 16, got emancipated, and got my own apartment. All because I wanted to get out of my tiny gross rural town and do something with myself. I just don’t get how jillybean can think it’s healthy to be that attached to her mom, so much so that she’s comptemplating not moving out at age 20.
No. 525708
Anon, listen, homosexual people are homoSEXUAL. Not homogenderal, you fucking retard.
No. 525715
>Living alone
Makes me think she's going to rent a whole apartment to herself without subletting, which is a fucking stupid idea. Like seriously fucking retarded. She will have a breakdown within the first three months of uni and drop out if she does this. The single biggest piece of advice I would give her is to get housemates.
No. 525731
Not only do roommates or housemates give you built in social interaction and a way to meet people, they can model somewhat adult behavior. I crashed and burned the first time I attempted college (because I had moved out of state and had no access to mental health care with my insurance lol) but what kept me going as long as I did was the need to keep up appearances somewhat with my housemates. Even the ones that partied and got rowdy still went to class and took care of themselves.
No. 525735
She's not going to use her money. I guarantee when she moves out her rent/groceries/phone/car insurance/etc will all still be paid by mom and dad so she can keep using her youtube money for the ever-important hauls.
No. 525742
Even if you don't make friends with them, just having people living with you is really helpful - you learn to be mindful of others in a way you wont have had to previously, you learn what it's like when someone else isn't mindful of you. Both of these are really important experiences for learning how to both be respectful and stand up for yourself. Jill desperately needs someone in her life who will say no to her and who she can't just run away from or bully into submission with e-fame.
No. 525777
as much as I hate Jill, I can't help but feel like you guys are just salty that she most likely doesn't have to consider having roomies because living alone is actually financially feasible for her thanks to her mommy and daddy's money. If she really has as bad of anxiety as she claims to have, she'll be better off living alone. Sharing a house with relative strangers will only drive her back home sooner.
No. 525780
so the plan to share an appartement with her friend Wendy fell through? good thing for the "friend" lol, I couldn't stand living with Jill
No. 525784
I think Jill is just being dramatic when she says she's going to live alone? I can't imagine why they suddenly wouldn't be living together anymore, unless Wendy won't be going to that school after all.
No. 525794
No, I base it on the fact I both have anxiety/depression and am in a student society at uni that helps struggling people integrate into uni life, but I didn't want to mention it because blog. The biggest factor we have in people dropping out is isolation and loneliness. We have to convince a lot of first years, especially those with mental health issues, that living in a privately rented apartment with a couple of housemates is very different to living in halls and that they should try to stick it out. Even though there are more people in halls, it can be a very isolating experience for introverted people, especially if you have the bad luck of being placed on a floor with only normie party animals. It's more like living alone, hence the comparison.
and to be completely honest, her taking the easy path because of her mental illness will not help her. Being mentally ill does not give you a doctors note for life. She needs to do these things precisely because they are more difficult for her than they are for everyone else. She will never get over her anxiety issues if she doesn't. Living with complete strangers for the first time was awful for my anxiety, but ultimately that exposure therapy (for lack of a better term) has done me far more good than harm in the long run.
No. 525800
I feel like Jill living with other people will open her eyes a bit. She's so out of touch with how the real world works and she won't learn by herself.
No. 525805
i think louise really wanted a little girl to dress up and be bffs with. that coupled with jill being the youngest sibling (who often are coddled more than the eldest) really screwed jill up
No. 525958
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The big reveal!
No. 525960
I see what she was going for, but…
No. 525962
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No. 525964
was she going for "goblin"? if so, she nailed it.
No. 525967
I love the lime vomit color and the glitter pink shoes that don't match, so cute.
No. 525974
Thank you, this hurts my eyes
No. 525976
Can't wait to see what this looks like not under studio lights kek
No. 525981
my mum is pretty manipulative and has fucked up my relationships because of it, she made me 100% reliant on her when I was young and acted like she was god
tbh I can see that happening to make jill the way she is
No. 525982
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The hair color and dress color are really giving me Tinkerbell vibes.
I'm not a seamstress so I cant comment on the construction at all. I'm pretty surprised by the aesthetic of it though, its pretty different from her usual style
No. 525985
I had to go look at trashmouths original comment to see the context and
>trashm0uth_this lowkey gives me moana vibes and i love it 💕💕
No. 525986
Why did she shop her legs? It’s such a shame, her ankle looks off, like at an odd angle?
Like she doesn’t need to shop her photos,embrace your body Jill please
No. 525987
big anime meadows? i think ive seen an anime meadow like once or twice… what about like… idk a real meadow lol why does it always have to be anime
No. 525988
Random pink shoes that don't match, shit put all, ugly fabric, typical Jill diy outfit with bonus of that top half looking like a blob.
No. 526007
Just discovered Pretty Pastel Please on YouTube. She makes more expensive hauls than Jill but is a functioning human.
Sage for irrelevant youtuber
No. 526008
Ugh… I want to be glad she's actually sewing, but this honestly just looks cheap, nor is the design particularly original to make up for that. Jill really just should not aim to become a fashion designer. She's clearly not suited to it in pretty much every possible way.
Anyway, this speculating about Louise strikes me as dumb. We really don't have any reason to assume she's manipulative or anything like that; in fact, it's probably kind of an unfair assumption to make, especially since we've only ever heard and seen that Louise is a nice person. I really don't think it's anything deeper than Jill being the spoiled result of an upper-middle class upbringing. Louise is probably has good intentions but ended up spoiling her daughter and making her kinda codependent. Happens all the time.
No. 526023
In her cure whip video she said she had been sewing for six years, but dang. Looks more to me like she's owned a sewing machine for six years, but that does not look like six years of sewing.
No. 526030
It's an incredibly basic dress that i assume she just hot glued some flowers to, because she's way to lazy to hand sew them. But from a seamstress perspective, her construction is pretty messy. You can tell she didn't clip or press the bodice seams because of how lumpy they look, and the hem is puckered which means she didn't bother to stay stitch it. you can't hem a circle skirt without stay stitching, especially in what looks like cheap stretch satin.
No. 526051
jill, my guy, if you REALLY wanted this to work you could've gone for black heels instead. something that's not so tacky and bright to deflect from the garbage that is this dress.
like honestly, i can see this sorta working…if this wasn't jill.
No. 526064
No. 526065
It can be six years if it's on-and-off sewing and she just hasn't tried to improve her skills, but then again this is Jill we're talking about. The only sewing she really has done and/or improved on was what was necessary for her cosplays, and she still didn't make the skirt for her Cure Whip cosplay right.
I'm surprised the glitter boots are still intact tbh. Glitter shoes aren't well known for holding up well from what I've seen, and Jill has used these in snow several times already, so I'm surprised they aren't as fucked up as the other pink boots she has.
No. 526066
Speaking from my own experience going to art school, I've never seen a case of a first year student isolating themselves by living alone and off campus turn out well. Even the handful that were well off enough to live alone in later years almost always opted to live with one or more classmates just to have someone around with a shared experience.
How someone can consider themselves an up and coming fashion designer while showing off a circle skirt and babby's first princess seam bodice with no sleeves or discernable neckline with pride is beyond me.
I guess it's better than her not sewing at all. But I doubt she'll feel humbled by the experience and want to push herself more.
No. 526096
Her sewing skills are sub-par to say the least. I go hope she takes initiative to at least improve her skills in sewing and tailoring. It's a trade you dedicate the time and energy in learning proper techniques and industry standards for apparel construction. I graduated fashion design school over 9 years ago, I work as an independent pattern maker. Took me time and dedication to learn my trade. I think Jill would actually be successful if she invests her time and energy into her education, ditching her lazy ways. I may not like Jill, but I still hope she pursues fashion design.
No. 526114
learn 2 sage. Also this kinda screams self post kek
No. 526146
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No. 526148
It's generally looked down upon to stay at home past 18 in the US. (Enter blogposting) As someone who goes to a community college & is almost 20, I've gotten a lot of responses that are patronizing– "That's a smart decision" and "At least you're going to school". But the social stigma is worth it when kids that go straight into 4-years pay 30k+ for tuition (which is what our society condones) kek. People in this thread probably haven't met anyone who still lives at home and is going to a CC because they generally work full/ part time to pay for school.
No. 526156
This dress is, at most, a 2-hour project. Based on when she posted that she was working on it, it's taken her weeks.
No. 526188
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I have no idea what the concept was meant to be here. What was she going for? She looks like one of those flower walls at a craft store. It would have been a cuter design if the flowers were clustered at the bottom and faded out to the top or something like pic related, but having them spread apart so evenly looks silly. Not to mention the entire thing looks cheap. What a fashion designer though amirite?
As much as I've been hearing this, this sentiment doesn't seem to be true in my area. I'm American and I know plenty of people in their 20's who still live at home. It's starting to become really commonplace for people to wait a while to move out, I think.
No. 526192
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Yeah the first thing I had to think of were those fake squares of grass with flowers on them, but even those look nicer lol
I wish she would've put more smaller flowers & picked higher quality ones, from a distance these ones might as well be candy wrappers she stuck on there
I really do hope she wears this to the NY meet so we can see that mess in high quality
No. 526249
The concept is that she likes grass with flowers. She said it in a vlog (i think the Ikea one) that she wanted to buy a green carpet and add flowers for her new appartment
No. 526258
Where'd her neck go
No. 526260
Soz lol, I'm trying. The sage thing is weird, in my community we use 4chan and came to lolcow bc Jill was mentioned there.
No. 526269
You know sage exists on 4chan too, right?
That's not true in my experience. I think by the time you hit your mid 20s or graduate, people expect you to be moved out though.
No. 526270
That dress is literally the color of vomit, and where's the neckline? This looks like she just added princess seams to a bodice block, slapped on a circle skirt and called it a day.
Actually, I think that's exactly what happened.
No. 526275
The funny thing is a lot of people who are so proud of leaving early come right back after they graduate, but people who leave later seem to stay on their own. Blogpost, but I've generally seen older people genuinely calling it the smart path but other college students being condescending.
To bring it on topic, I don't understand why Jill buys such cheap materials when she's not hurting for money. She also picks difficult stuff for newbies to work with, like cheap slippery satin and that stretchy shiny pink fabric. No wonder it takes her so long if she's wrestling with cheap shit while not having a good foundation on construction.
No. 526281
What are you talking about? Plenty of poorfags follow these threads and that's precisely what's so frustrating about Jill wasting her financial resources when she doesn't need to work and can afford top schools in Canada. No one would care if she went into community college straight out of high school, for example if she wasn't sure of her career path or were truly a frugal person. In fact, half of the island attends their local CC including her HS classmates, Colin, and Louise is even an alumni.
Jill is just lazy, she isn't held back by anything.
>Graduated high school 2+ years ago
>Has never had a full time job
>Every part time job has been the same minimum wage cashier/clerk position
>Has known she wanted to be fashion designer since middle school
>Never taken any sewing classes
>Never prepared any portfolios for actual design/art schools
>Is going to waste 9,750$ on tuition for a sub-par education simply because that school is closest to mommy
>Complained and nitpicked the programs at every renowned fashion school as an excuse not to move out
>Used Colin as a legitimate excuse as to why she hasn't left home yet
She's literally a trustfund kid laying around in her family's money all day making excuses as to why she doesn't have to do anything with her life.
No. 526313
Tbh when I first looked at this I did not think those were flowers. They look like crumpled up candy wrappers and the white poof under the skirt is very 1 ply toilet paper esque.
No. 526338
After finishing uni at 24 I moved back in with my dad, he lived alone in a large house that was close to my work, so I didn't see any point in paying a ridiculous rent to live in a fucking shoebox. We share the costs so it's more like we live together than me living at home with a parent. Not sure why this is so taboo in the west especially considering how expensive it is to live on your own. sage for massive blogpost
No. 526352
i don't understand why everyone here is acting like the fact that jill still lives at home is one of the biggest reasons she's a degen. there are a lot of reasons but imo that's not one of them?
blogpost but i'm starting grad school and still live at home? my family lives really close to a university town, why would i move out and spend a ton of money on rent that i could save to put towards a house or something when i'm done school? just bc people in the west think you have to move out at 17 and kill your parents before you're ~*~truly independent~*~? obviously this isn't exactly the case for jill because she isn't going to school OR working OR paying any bills as far as anyone can tell but god damn
No. 526355
It's not JUST the fact that she lives at home. It's also combined with the fact that she isn't in school, was working part time only, and is now only doing youtube. She's not working, she's just laying around in her parent's basement all day complaining about how depressed she is. Also add in the fact that her parents help her out with money while she spends so much on hauls and yeah, she is a degenerate. For example when her parents gave her $900 for her car so that she would be able to go to an anime convention in another province and spend a bunch of money at lush and sephora.
It's like you guys are purposely missing the point just so you can take it personally and get offended.
No. 526358
i was mostly just referring to all the anons who were making it sound like the biggest reason jill is fucking weird is because she's 20 and lives at home, ie. "moving out at 17 is what NORMAL people do!!!!!!"
you gotta acknowledge the fact that she doesn't contribute to the household/actually work/pay for her own shit half the time/leave her damn basement before it's degen behaviour
No. 526360
Whether or not you like it, moving out is seen as a sign of adulthood in US/Canada. Most 20 year olds don't want to be living at home regardless of how well they get along with their parents. They want some independence and to have the experience of living with roommates or living alone. You don't have to want to personally do this, but people will view it as less mature than living without your parents, simple as that.
No. 526366
eh, i guess it's a matter of opinion. i live in canada, so i know the societal norms, but i don't rly see it as being seen as less mature? i'm also asian tho and so is a large chunk of my social circle and we tend to have more of a family-oriented, communal living situation than most gwailos. that means everyone who is an adult contributes and pays for shit however.
at the end of the day, jill and her living situation are childish because jill is childish and refuses to do adult things like work a regular job and pay bills and go grocery shopping on her own, and half the reason this thread exists is because she's a womanchild. her living situation just adds to it.
No. 526374
>passed up schools in Toronto or Montreal
implying that jill would even be able to get in to a more reputable fashion school kek
No. 526384
If she worked hard I'm sure she could, but I think some part of her knows she's lazy as fuck, which is why she aimed super low for her college applications (also so she could be closer to mummy obviously)
No. 526389
jill and hard work aren't really compatible concepts lmao. just for shits and gigs i looked up the admission requirements for the Ryerson Fashion School in Toronto and the undergraduate program admission process alone would be WAY over jill's head. you need a resume, an essay, and three portfolio pieces in three different categories they have outlined (sewn garment, styled outfit for a fashion magazine, illustration of an original garment, fashion event and a few more). https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/admissions/Assets/programs/Fashion_Design_Guidelines.pdf
i don't think they count cosplay contests as fashion events
No. 526394
That's what's so frustrating about Jill. There's literally nothing stopping her from achieving these things except from her own laziness. She could even get free photography for her portfolio since I'm sure her mum would be delighted to help her out.
No. 526407
right? and for students who live in the country, ryerson has the same tuition fees per year as the rinky dink fashion college jill chose. and she would have an actual degree from a very reputable university in the end.
No. 526410
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tbh I don't think Jill even plans on finishing school
sounds like she'll just focus on YT more instead of actually working on college stuff, so I'm sure sometime down the line she'll say that she has to quit college because YT is her true career uwu and she already knows all the stuff they try to teach her college anyway or something lol
No. 526419
I think people were bringing that up mostly to point out how attached Jill is to her mom though? Like most people would be at least a little excited to be moving off of their tiny island and getting some freedom from their family, whereas Jill is having a meltdown over buying her own bananas. And of course it's normal to be a little sad about moving/lonely but Jill is more than that, and has shown in the past to be overly attached to her mom.
No. 526424
Maybe she realised she won't be able to continue her constant hauls while she's in school? And she probably thinks vlogging will be easier than putting together actual videos. While she'll be uploading more I don't think she'll actually be taking on much extra work for this. I can't imagine her doing anything interesting enough to vlog tho.
No. 526452
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Why is she scared to go grocery shopping by herself when she's fine going to Michaels everyday and wasting her money??
No. 526464
Sorry for off topic a little but it bugs me she still has Christmas trees in her twitter name in March
No. 526472
Same here
No. 526474
christ, the girl is a hoarder. she keeps buying so much dumb useless crap. she is the living definition of materialism. saged
No. 526484
This is such a sad thing to get excited about. It's time to grow up, Jill.
No. 526509
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No. 526513
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I guess he didn't get around to deleting this comment in her bday outfit kek
No. 526514
christ could she look any dumpier?
No. 526515
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I really don't know anymore.
No. 526517
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>>526509 this looks like a Photoshop fail to me? That curve doesn't look natural
No. 526520
This makes me sad
The purple hat doesn’t go with anything in that outfit either? Like there’s no purple in anything else??
No. 526530
definitely looks like a sloppy photoshop job
she typically does all of the post-production on her photos after her mother takes them for her and almost always liquifies to make herself appear slimmer but wow this is fucking sloppy work.
No. 526539
File: 1520805064022.gif (1.94 MB, 159x146, 1513983188790.gif)
so this is her idea of looking 'sexy', huh…
No. 526555
That ~*swexy*~ bra just don’t fit her right at all, it looks so uncomfortable and ill fitting. It looks like it’s barely staying in place
No. 526569
Her right leg looks like it was copy and pasted from another photo entirely.
No. 526576
Jill butchers everything she wears. What is she even going for anymore? Lazy Oaf and cheap clothes from Dollskill. Wow, such a style icon.
No. 526585
Everytime she wears that harness, I'm sorry, "bralette" I throw up in my mouth a little. With her aesthetic, attitude, and way of speaking it screams ageplay and I need eyebleach.
No. 526594
Nope. I’m fat and have weird fat deposits just like that. She might’ve forgotten or didn’t care to smooth it out.
No. 526615
I was just gonna comment the same thing kek. I have a similar bralette from sugar thrillz and they are NOT supposed to look like that ew
No. 526621
Nothing about this makes sense.
Who pairs what looks like a cutesy 'bunny' beret with a plastic bondage bra and schoolgirl plaid skirt? And on top of that, a mesh shirt that is super ill fitting (what's with the really long sleeves?)?.
It looks like a horrid sexy schoolgirl outfit attempt. Plaid skirts are already ugly/juvenile, the one she picked to wear is even worse and makes her look like a potato
No. 526638
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Nb4 my autism but here’s some points of shotty PS craftsmanship
No. 526639
>>526452 her nails omg
No. 526640
Samefag I couldn’t figure out where her torso ends and legs begin
No. 526681
this outfit wouldnt be /that/ bad had she wore the "bralette" under the see through shirt, a solid colored skirt to match the beret…
but still ugly
No. 526785
I honestly can't believe that she said several days ago she'd post on saturday, then said she couldn't and she'd post today instead…and then she hasn't. What is a schedule to this girl
No. 526798
Honestly I'd cut her more slack for sitting at home all day with no education or job because "YouTube is my job!!!" if she actually kept to a consistent schedule like almost everyone with a normie job has to. She treats it like a hobby.
No. 526851
She used a store-bought pattern. Jill cannot pattern draft.
No. 526891
Jill is the laziest YouTuber ever seriously. Can't believe this ass clown actually has a following blows my mind. Sloppy bitch barely puts a cheap looking bunch of clothes on her fat, gelatinous body and all of a sudden she thinks she's some edgy fashion maven. Kek
No. 526893
Update on the video
No. 526894
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Dropped pic like a retard
No. 526896
She has an unfortunate body type of small boobs + chub, which makes bralettes look really awful.
No. 526902
Designer Diaries is total kek fuel, Don't you have to be an established designer with an actual career and clientele to even claim hold to such a title? Poor deluded Jill… She's a joke and her shitty dress looks like a cheap Dollar Tree dress for 5 year olds who play dress up.
No. 526945
The worst part is that she doesn't even design anything herself, so far her videos were 'shopping at Ikea', 'making this cardboard thing I saw on Facebook' and now 'using this pattern from a craftsstore to make a basic dress'.
In Jill's world anyone who uses coloring books is a designer lol.
No. 527061
Here it is
No. 527065
File: 1520865216977.png (343.91 KB, 512x394, that fucking zip what.png)
I'm no seamstress but what in tarnation is with that zipper
No. 527069
Oh christ that's awful
No. 527074
Interfacing could have stopped so many of the issues and the handmade flowers would have been much nicer.
She wants to be a designer but doesn't want to take the extra steps to make a piece actually impressive.
There is just so much in here that is "how do you want to be a designer but don't know, don't care and don't want to make the effort to find out about?"
School isn't going to make her any more of a designer than she already is if it just comes down to lazyness.
No. 527078
honestly if she put effort forth, this could have been a really cute piece. if she hand sewed the flowers and used an invisible zipper… jesus christ the dress didnt even fit properly
the plastic flowers look hideous. small fabric flowers that were handmade would have made this piece something to be proud of.
No. 527082
>initial sketch has one eyeball bc she is lazy
Well, at least she got something right.
No. 527083
"im my own client so i dont care"
"i was too lazy"
No. 527084
File: 1520866076824.png (203.98 KB, 1610x760, Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 10.4…)
this is common sense, sewing 101 type stuff
No. 527085
My mom has a fabric shop and people use that fabric Jillian used for carnival and Halloween costume. It’s REALLY cheap (like 3/4€ par meter)
No. 527086
I thought the same thing lol I love how she just didn't mention it…why didn't she go with an invisible zipper idgi
No. 527088
She's so fucking lazy. I would never post a video like this. It's honestly so embarrassing. I'm embarrassed for her.
She took so many shortcuts, used the excuse that she's a beginner (but she has won several costume contests in the past and she def didn't deserve them if this is the quality of her work), and that this was just for fun and practice. When things are for fun and practice that's the best time to try out more difficult techniques or work on things you're struggling with.
Jill's either not listening or doesn't have a clue what that person was trying to say to her.
No. 527090
Inb4 called a whiteknight but
Idk if this (or many of her other projects) are worth critising? Jill’s sewing is shit. Absolutely. But she’s a starter so it’s not that weird to be getting such ugly garments from her in these basic shapes (circle skirts, basic t shirts, ect). Jill doesn’t know anything about sewing. Certainly not enough to be able to design a dress and sew it. There is a possibility she might have better sewing projects in mind but can’t execute them due to the fact she doesn’t know how to.
That being said I believe she probably thinks she can sew. If anything that’s what I’d criticize. Not just that the garments are ugly. The delusion. It’s also worth pointing out that most people who go to fashion design school can’t sew. Knowing how to certainly helps but most don’t. How good Jill will be at her “dream job” will depend on her ability to design, not sew. Though she never shows anything purely design. I wonder why.
No. 527096
She most likely didn't use a zipper foot. You get that kind of gaping when you use a regular foot to sew a zipper.
She pisses me off so bad. This project doesn't take how ever many weeks she took, it's 3 days max even for a beginner, especially because shes following a commercial pattern.
Im self taught too and this isn't shit you need to go to school for. It's info that is provided in the manual for the sewing maching or you can find with a quick google search.
No. 527098
She's claimed to sew for six years and won enough costume craftmanship awards to be in the intermediate category. She's not a beginner. She just knows her quality is beginner level and that's why she also keeps entering contests at novice level.
And you do have to be able to sew to be a designer. You don't get to just go straight into design, more often than not you work for a designer before you get to be one which means you have to be able to pattern and sew.
No. 527103
As someone who is self taught and has been doing it as long as Jillian supposedly has - her excuse is kinda crap, if she just watched some tutorials and spent more time on it she'd be doing pretty good… Most people are self taught until they pursue it as a career.
Especially as >>527098 said she claims to have won awards and her cosplay don't look half as bad despite being hella more complicated. This is pure laziness on Jillian's behalf
No. 527105
She really thinks going to her crappy lil college is going to instantly turn her into an expert seamstress / 'designer' lol. She mentions how she made a dress last year for her bday and will now do it every year to see her progress. Like girl, if this is the progress you made in one year while living at home without having to go to work or study, only buying shit and making videos about it. What is you even doing?
No. 527106
>Zipper looks like shit. She should have got a green/invisible/or decorative one if she wanted it to be visible, but I don't think that was intentional.
>She could have got ribbon flower if she wanted them so badly.
>For God's sake say Versace correctly
>Waist is way too big
>The princess seams are badly puckered
>Despite lining she still should have serged
>Holy armhole gape Batman
>"I'm a new bby uwu don't judge me" "I'm used to doing better because I get judged for cosplay"
>Yes, you stretched the hem while you were sewing
>If she had lined the skirt it wouldn't have puckered
>She should have left in her failures if she wants to learn, not just the good parts
>She could have used green suede if she wanted grass texture
No. 527111
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snowflake on snowflake hate is always gold
No. 527115
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holy shit I'm a sucker for 3D flower dresses and this is just offensive
I mean she used an existing pattern so the only 2 things she had to worry about were finding nice fabric for the dress and finding high quality fake flowers
you can get amazing quality fabric flowers on taobao for quite cheap and it would've made such a huge difference
if she went for something more lavish like pic related and just went full on flowery meadow the concept could've been quite cute, but these sparse few plastic flowers… disgusting
No. 527117
File: 1520868615678.jpg (61.82 KB, 1080x1349, tumblr_oncbmaMgME1qfdplwo1_128…)
Last years outfit she made for reference.
No. 527118
Before this I never have judged Jill for her sewing, I even think some of her cosplays look good. This is just a mess and I'd feel embarrassed putting this up as a "designer" for thousands to see.
No. 527122
File: 1520868991749.jpg (20.41 KB, 640x462, 1479702982134.jpg)
when does jillybean come to NYC again? i am tempted to abandon all my dignity & lurk outside the neon coated tourist trap that is dylan's candy bar just to get a glimpse of this swamp queen #lewk irl. the shade makes it look like she has hepatitis esp. w/ the yellow hair. ugh. i live.
No. 527130
Haven't seen the video but I almost guarantee that flower was placed at the bottom of the zip to hide some shitty craftsmanship
No. 527133
I'm so confused as to how she has all the time in the world yet chooses to do nothing to improve her skills and knowledge. She has zero work ethic. You think she'd get tired of sleepig all day then watching youtube and online shopping, but clearly this life works for her. She's always at micheals buying useless things, how hard is it to buy fabric, a bunch of sewing books, and sew something more than once a year. And she can't use her ignorance as an excuse as to why it looks bad, there is endless information online as well as books she can afford. And how she can claim she doesn't care because it's not cosplay is embarassing. You're going to be wearing it in NY at an event. Clearly doesn't care if everyone can see her looking like a hot mess in a half asses dress because there are no prizes involved. Top kek.
No. 527135
What thread is this person from? I never heard of her. This comment is funny as fuck though
No. 527137
i don't think she has her own thread on here, but she's been mentioned before because she's friends/interacts with other snowflakes. she does have her own PULL thread i believe
No. 527139
This one is such a classic. The cut off tee with pom poms glued on, the puppy surprise "purse". Ah, pure Jill cringe.
No. 527140
She caused a lot of drama on her instagram for doing an Anne Frank cosplay. People got pissed about it and she was very defensive. She is also pretty far up simply_kenna's ass, and now she's taken to shitting on Jill apparently.
No. 527143
jesus jill, maybe sew something more than once a year to 'flex' your creative muscles.
if this was your first project id be more accepting, but it isnt. so now youre just lazy? cheap plastic flowers? really? not even bothering to look into basic sewing shit? sounds more like someone who wants to run a cheap storenvy shop rather than becoming an actual designer.
the more she posts, the more i lose hope in her becoming a functional adult.
sage for useless rant
No. 527154
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Dumb thing that's bothering me that only yall would be nitpicky enough to entertain: the s in designer is upside down :(
No. 527162
'You're twenty years old calm down.' What does that even mean jilly bean?
No. 527186
No. 527199
I don't know about her drama, but I have to agree with her comment on Jill's video kek.
Anyone can see that dress isn't well sewn. How on earth do her calves think this remotely looks good?
No. 527209
Did this dumb cunt compare Jillian to people actually fought for human rights? This fucking unoriginal clown looking bitch is an inspirational to WOMEN????????
No. 527214
>Pretty sexy anime girl green dress summer lolita fairy kei rich girl long sleeveless rainbow goth
No. 527219
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No. 527222
I don't understand her process for this dress. It has 0 structure and she could've saved herself by using the satin as a lining. I think a fur dress might've been better for her but also it'd be super hot to wear indoors.
The flower tutorial from pinterest would've not only looked less CHEAP (not "handmade" as she put it) but also taught her not to take the cheap way out. These fake flowers and her button fiasco wasted time.
The dress could've been better and if she wasn't trying to go for such a slinky intermediate tier fabric then she could've done a great job. Maybe gingham? Something cotton based would've worked. She likes weird fabric, I'm sure she could've found something cool. There's plenty of tutorials online where she could've fixed the circle skirt hem situation where it wasn't a rippling mess.
No. 527229
She has no concept of design outside of her fantasy of "fashion designer" which, in her mind, consists of sewing solo in a little apartment above her street level independent shop. She's mentioned this as her "dream" many times before, she doesn't even grasp that she would need to hire a team to support her business and what the costs of operating would look like. She imagines that her online sales will be enough to support her career until retirement. Oh yeah, and her other very realistic dream was to be on project runway, which she'll "definitely apply for" after college and will be "very good on the show" because of her online following? I promise you she's said all of these things.
She never plans to work under another designer or for any company period. There are no internship opportunities at her college and no fashion networking in that town yet she doesn't care because she couldn't even see herself needing those opportunities. Do you remember her full time youtube vid announcement? She literally said "I might never have to work for anyone ever again".
No. 527230
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I find it so funny that she favourited this like she sure as hell doesn't think this way about her own behaviour
No. 527243
Kek omg I can't help but rant rn because of all the ridiculous things I've heard her say over the years about actual fashion schools and yet has the nerve to upload THIS???
Her mother even flew out to Montreal with her to see Lasalle and drove out to Halifax to visit NSCAD, yet Jill found things to criticize about every damn school. I'm convinced it's because those schools focus on technical design and practical experience for the workplace. All of those schools have end-of-year fashion shows that are actually acclaimed and attract the local press, leading to job offers or continuing to Master Degrees at prestigious US/UK schools. They demand workplace or coop experience during their last year. THIS IS TOO MUCH WORK FOR JILL because she doesn't see herself being a true professional, she just wants to make crafts in a fucking basement, which explains all her laziness in every single project.
>jill regularly drives out to Halifax for shopping hauls and conventions
>complains it's too far from home for college
>complains it takes too much time and is too expensive (because it's an actual university)
>complains the design program doesn't teach the kind of design she wants
>complains it's textile-based (wtf)
>complains the jewelry/accessories program is focused on metalsmithing (wtf does she think jewelry is)
>complains about the interdisciplinary foundation year (that she desperately needs)
>vid related: the quality of design in the undergrad fashion show vs Jill standards
No. 527249
File: 1520878235779.jpg (32.38 KB, 533x386, clapclap.JPG)
I know Jill does that because of showing her selfmade crap at special events like her birthday etc BUT I just remembered the thing about her prom (?) dress that she made for this also special event and after that she said that it wasn't well done and therefore she hated it.
Even though I don't see Jill progress a lot in the near future, she will mostly likely have the same feelings towards this mess >>527065 and this >>527117 . I would practice like crazy to make it look decent as possible or at least work with fabric that isn't that hard to work with when you are at Jills level of sewing and you know that you will look back at those photos in a few years and think: Fuck, what a mess.
Idk but just don't get it, it feels and looks like she only sews one piece per year and calls it a day.
No. 527252
File: 1520878424514.jpg (42.27 KB, 595x597, prom.JPG)
samfagging but this is the prom dress I was talking about
No. 527253
She actually said that she hates the birthday outfit she made last year, she basically hated it as soon as she finished it and didn't even end up wearing it on her birthday because of that lol.
No. 527257
Really? She wore that ugly fucking pom pom top all the time
No. 527259
Yeah she mentioned it in a stream a while ago, I think she really disliked the skirt and never wore the full outfit in Japan (no idea how she thinks the shirt was any better).
I think she ended up disliking the prom dress too.
No. 527282
She looks like a special needs child in last years outfit.
No. 527287
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No. 527289
Wrong thread?
No. 527296
I don't understand to be honest why Jill doesn't just settle for starting up a small Storenvy or Etsy brand or something. I mean, I know why. That's not speshul or important enough for her. But honestly? She should, because she could actually be fairly successful that way. I mean, she already has a fanbase. Those same people would buy her cheap clothes. Pretty simple. And because people would practically pay for just the fact it's made by her, she could be as lazy as she wants. She should just do that as a side job hobby sort of thing, then do something else as her main work. I'm hoping that MAYBE once reality bites her in the ass and it becomes obvious she won't become a great fashion designer who can make a living off doing that, maybe she'll consider something like that.
No. 527310
She’s too lazy to keep up an Etsy store
No. 527334
how did she say versace incorrectly? i mean her accent isn't perfect but it's ver-sa-chay, not ver-sa-chi like most people mispronounce it
No. 527336
She will not last a day in the fashion industry. I don't think Jill realises that you can't just throw anything on a form and hope it sticks. One of the first things they teach you is to use invisible zips and the excuse 'I'm my own client' won't be a reasonable excuse. Her style of drawing won't be acceptable either. I know so many people including myself who drew in a similar style and it was hammered into us straight away that it will need to change and fast. You would think that six or so years of practice would be enough to show even the smallest bit of improvement, it takes a lot more than simply owning a serger.
No. 527337
>>527289 it's not the wrong thread. This girl came second in the kawaii contest Jill won. I just find it interesting how Jill isn't going aswell.
No. 527339
>>527296 she did have her own store during her Lolita days. It sold very overpriced hot glued accessories. I dont think anyone actually purchased anything tho.
No. 527353
I'd like to thank Jill for giving me a video I can go back to when I feel down about my own work. At least I didn't make this
No. 527355
because invisible zippers take longer and require skill….
No. 527358
ohh no i didnt notice that but now im weeping
No. 527391
There's no way in hell she pinned and iron that… It's definitely a roll hem. That user could be right as well about her needle being too dull. Jill is a moron.
No. 527403
She had both an esty and storenvy during her princess phase that was called 'pixie & cherie'. I think she abandoned them when she got signed to maker studios because of their spreadshirt partnership? Anyways afterwards she had spreadshirt and now redbubble I think.
So she's been making a profit from her youtube audience since day 1. The only difference is that her old stores had crafts and accessories for lolitas whereas now it's just generic merch.
No. 527410
The Facebook page for the store is still up
- https://www.facebook.com/pixieetcherie/
No. 527419
People who have a passion for design make more than one thing a year. She just likes wearing 'pretty' clothes. She'll drop out of college in a matter of weeks.
No. 527426
Her skirt looks like she didn't cut the thread that holds the pleats together.
No. 527441
File: 1520894493165.jpg (77.62 KB, 636x960, 10996049_1430074087289530_8323…)
example of a headpiece she sold on storenvy
No. 527446
File: 1520894690735.png (604.33 KB, 960x888, pixie.png)
why is she charging so much for that headpiece??
No. 527495
No. 527521
File: 1520898688259.jpg (816.39 KB, 2805x4208, KG040x5.jpg)
Good lort, when she starts complaining about how long it would've taken her to handmake flowers to sew on the dress, I was rolling my eyes so hard. It reminded me of Erin from Project Runway - she made intricate little things to sew on her designs on the show and they were given 24-48 hours to create pieces, meanwhile Jill whines about how making basic craft flowers would take too much time. Girl, if you don't want to put in effort to create quality things, you're in the wrong field.
She starts acting like she's going so ~over the top~ by sewing extra things onto her dress, like… many designers do this. Jill, you are not special for adding designs to a dress.
No. 527544
File: 1520900160524.jpg (158.45 KB, 1200x900, JOp2nkb.jpg)
When I see this mess, pic related is all I see… I'm pretty sure I made this reference to The Loved Ones before but it's just too accurate lmao
No. 527573
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Oh boy
No. 527574
Because her retarded wandfucker followers will spend their parental bux on it, and she knows it.
No. 527606
How about you go to actual drag shows and support actual real life drag queens you absolute mong???
No. 527612
I love this dress, bc it even has sleeves like Jill’s sketch. No doubt she didn’t add them because she didn’t know how.
No. 527615
Not really? just use a zipper foot. Jill can't even do that though.
No. 527871
Girl lives on the east coast of Canada where a lot of the population still gets uneasy if they see a person who even appears to be dressed on the fringes of the societal norms
No. 527885
she drives for hours to go to Forever 21, if she cared she would go to an actual drag show
No. 527896
Yeah there's a decently big drag community in halifax and I've even seen some of jill's friends/acquaintances do drag in PEI so idgi
No. 527899
how long before jill does a drag makeup “lewk” video kek
No. 527920
This is Jill we’re talking about here, we know that she doesn’t care about drag. You shouldn’t care if she doesn’t “support” any events because it’s just a trend for her.
No. 527955
hopefully never
you can only have so much milk to laugh at until it becomes depressing
No. 528034
Wait, what the fuck. She didn't show herself making the dress at all. It's just her fat clown face gabbing about why she cut corners while making it.
No. 528037
Yeah, why in the world it says "sew with me" in the thumbnail is beyond me.
No. 528060
File: 1520962441730.jpg (142.1 KB, 1079x435, Screenshot_20180313-173404.jpg)
Brace yourself
No. 528063
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No. 528064
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oh no…
No. 528067
File: 1520962715457.jpg (209.71 KB, 1080x763, Screenshot_20180313-173829.jpg)
>>528060 oh god
No. 528069
File: 1520962882635.jpg (237.79 KB, 1080x932, Screenshot_20180313-174008.jpg)
More confirmation of her drinking alone possibly??
No. 528074
File: 1520963165119.jpg (86.26 KB, 396x359, 1493773748874.jpg)
This Jill saga is taking unexpected turns.
Full blown alcoholic 'sexy' clown drag queen when?
Even though the whole '''bio queen''' thing seems oddly fitting for her since she said before she craves attention and just wants to look as obnoxious/clown like as possible, maybe then she'll finally stop pretending that her style is 'kawaii'/J-fash related at all.
No. 528079
Fucking knew this would happen. Classic Jill to take something she knows absolutely nothing about and make it all about her.
No. 528086
I expect 20 year olds to drink a lot (particularly those who are actually in uni/college and going to parties), but getting drunk alone on a Monday is seriously depressing. I hope she's just having some wine with dinner and getting tipsy because of her meds, and not full out binge drinking. Of course, Jill could also be doing that whole "LOOK AT ME! I DRINK! I'M EDGY!" thing most people grow out of in their teens.
No. 528100
Yeah I thought a lot of anons were being too nitpicky/sheltered with Jill's normal teenage drinking but drinking alone on a monday is worrying lmao
No. 528109
Sad that Jill has to brag about drinking to her band of misfit followers. She's gonna age sooo bad.
No. 528122
File: 1520968096177.jpg (410.44 KB, 1074x1512, Screenshot_20180313-190645.jpg)
She's not sticking to her schedule this week what a surprise
No. 528123
>>528086 she said her drink of choice is vodka cranberry. Jill drinking alone is depressing because she constantly tweets about her depression and I get the impression that drinking makes her temporarily happy. That's a slippery slope. It's obviously normal for young adults to drink a lot, or people to have a drink with their meal, but Jill isn't doing that.
No. 528125
How's she going to do drag? She can't even apply her eyeshadow properly, drag requires more effort than she's willing to spend.
No. 528126
Jill reminds me of Kevin Spacey's 'gay' announcement. She's such a massive attention whore and every single thing that minority groups have has to be made about her. She's like the greatest definition/example of what tumblr bloggers complain about when they mention culture appropriation and whatnot at the hands of bored white people kek
No. 528129
so instead of prerecording videos like a proper ~full time youtuber~ would do before her trip she is getting drunk
No. 528220
I’m going to have to start publicallyncallijnhernoutnnfornhow much of a fucking mess that she looks like
No. 528252
File: 1520975917813.jpg (522.99 KB, 1077x1352, Screenshot_20180313-211813.jpg)
Possible nitpick but you can see the mint still in her hair yikes even a professional can't save her
No. 528260
Where? Under the scrunchy? That could possibly be reflective lighting from the mint scrunchy itself.
I'm not really sure though. I haven't seen enough photos of her new hair yet
No. 528331
Poor Jill really is attention desperate and the worst part of its the fact she gets support from her idiotic followers for her shitty behavior. Kek What is her need for so much attention to the point that she publicly embarrasses herself for it? She must have some mental illness to behave like this. She really does remind me of Simply Kenna.
Sage for rant
No. 528354
It's gross but it's a perfect storm. She has so much makeup she barely uses, she needs to get as much attention as possible for being SOOO GAAAAAAY YOU GUYS, she loves gaudy clothing, theater, and throwing her money around. She has no cohesive style or makeup skills or like…brand or message or anything that needs to be expressed through drag. Like being worshipped by tons of young weebs isn't enough attention for her? She has to take on a platform for people who experience real oppression.
No. 528378
lol i hope she does and gets bullied the fuck out. lots of people dont like bio queens, let alone straight queens (which we all know shes straight). she's in for it if she tries.
No. 528508
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No. 528587
Wait…correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jill see drag as problematic at one point?
No. 528654
Yes, and then she backpedalled because she wanted to watch RPDR.
No. 528736
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>two weeks ago she had never seen rpdr.
>week later she's claiming to be in love with drag queens and shit.
>day later, she's back to her so quirky and gay persona even though she has already admitted she's not a lesbian and leans more towards men partners multiple times.
>as of today, she's already a drag queen wanna be.
she's so predictable it hurts. she can't just watch a show or listen to an album and shut up. she needs to feel like she's the most special and realest fan ever. just like her "budhist phase" or the "lesbian phase", the punk phase, the ita phase the anime girl shtick etc etc etc… this drag queen phase is going to be so god damn cringy and try hard. i'm already barfing. lacey noel teas, she's not going to get anywhere in the drag scene, just going to get laughed at and start her MUA phase or whatever.
No. 528808
How long till Jill starts to throwing drag slang? I thought she was “uwu no tea”
No. 528814
i'm not armchair diagnosing but it's supposedly a big huge BPD thing to always need to be ~THE MOST~ at everything. totally agree with you on everything here
No. 528856
Heck if I wasn't working I'd join you and I'm right near dylans. Odds are I may see her and her mom at some point because I work in a big tourist trap and everyone wants to come in and take pictures.
No. 528857
God every plain basic white girl on the internet is obsessing over rupauls dragrace and suddenly wanna be drag queens now, and gets all offended when "omg people dunt respect meh as a dragqueen" even though drag isn't just putting bad makeup on and going YAAAS QUEEN HONEY SPILL THE TEA SIS WERK at any given moment no matter the context… God we all like dragrace, its not special and it doesn't make you quirky and it doesn't magically make you lgbt.
You're right, Jill loving dragrace is absolutely predictable.
No. 528862
No. 528889
what's the bet she's gonna go full trixie stan simply for the aesthetic
No. 528901
my bet's on she's gonna dislike Trixie because people assume she'll like her and have some dumb reason why she doesn't like her. And stan some relatively unpopular queen because she's a uwu super "support small queens" drag fan
No. 528906
true, lisa frank all over again. but god would it be funny to see her attempt trixie makeup
No. 528912
she doesn't have bpd, im certain about that
No. 528935
I saw a comment on her video when it was released that I feel like this was addressed towards, it's not there anymore though but the fan called her out on that shit, it's long since deleted though
yikes, if she gets into drag, she'll go full out.
i'd love to see her try and do the makeup LOL
No. 528940
With as gross as Jill is she will pull a Trixie Mattel or a Farrah Moan. Kek so edgy Jill
No. 528951
She can go fuck herself, I swear she went on about how she hates drag and now this? Anything to be coool I guess
No. 528959
saged for talking about old content, but i was looking up ank rouge reviews on yt and ended up getting jillian's in the autoplay. i didn't know of jillian until last year, but holy hell has her style/room/youtube brand gone downhill compared to this video. she wasn't making any dumb noises, made clear and useful points about the products instead of calling it all "big speshul boys uwu," was actually a bit funny, and picked out some really cute clothes from ank rouge. i've seen some old jill in these threads, but i genuinely never realized how much this chick has gone downhill.
No. 528985
She didn’t “understand” it
No. 528997
i'm surprised that jill hasn't gone fakeboi yet in her desperation to be ~queer~
she realized she wasn't attracted to women when she dated one and now she's barely clinging onto the "bi but i just like men way more!!1" thing, i'm pretty sure she knows already that she's 100% straight but will never admit that to herself or her audience, it would bring so much milk if jill's next phase were being a "gay trans boi", painting on rainbow glittery facial hair and making an ass of herself in gay male spaces. saged for no contribution
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As if anyone is jealous of Jill. She's achieved nothing.
No. 529069
She just posted her “nyc outfit” planning and it’s garbage, why would u repeat outfits oh jill
No. 529076
Bitter of what success exactly? Kek Jill has built her notoriety on nothing but vapid shit i.e. dressing like a retard, barreling through trends, amassing a hoard of plastic weeb trash and peddling her disgusting merch all while trying to claim what a fashion designer she is. Kek | https://lolcow.farm/snow/res/515612.html | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2019-22
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We have been journeying a little more than an hour amongst the verdure of the growing corn that lies upon the fields like a carpet, when suddenly, beyond the little houses and tress of a village, quite a different world is disclosed—the familiar world of glare and death which presses so closely upon inhabited Egypt: the desert! The desert of Libya, and now as ever when we come upon it suddenly from the banks of the old river it rises up before us; beginning at once, without transition, absolute and terrible, as soon as we leave the thick velvet of the last field, the cool shade of the last acacia. Its sands seem to slope towards us, in a prodigious incline, from the strange mountains that we saw from the happy plain, and which now appear, enthroned beyond, like the monarchs of all this nothingness.
The town of Abydos, which has vanished and left no wrack behind, rose once in this spot where we now stand, on the very threshold of the solitudes; but its necropoles, more venerated even than those of Memphis, and its thrice-holy temples, are a little farther on, in the marvellously conserving sand, which has buried them under its tireless waves and preserved them almost intact up till the present day.
The desert! As soon as we put foot upon its shifting soil, which smothers the sound of our steps, the atmosphere too seems suddenly to change; it burns with a strange new heat, as if great fires had been lighted in the neighbourhood.
And this whole domain of light and drought, right away into the distance, is shaded and streaked with the familiar brown, red and yellow colours. The mournful reflection of adjacent things augments to excess the heat and light. The horizon trembles under the little vapours of mirage like water ruffled by the wind. The background, which mounts gradually to the foot of the Libyan mountains, is strewn with the debris of bricks and stones—shapeless ruins which, though they scarcely rise above the sand, abound nevertheless in great numbers, and serve to remind us that here indeed is a very ancient soil, where men laboured in centuries that have drifted out of knowledge. One divines instinctively and at once the catacombs, the hypogea and the mummies that lie beneath!
These necropoles of Abydos once—and for thousands of years—exercised an extraordinary fascination over this people—the precursor of peoples—who dwelt in the valley of the Nile. According to one of the most ancient of human traditions, the head of Osiris, the lord of the other world, reposed in the depths of one of the temples which to-day are buried in the sands. And men, as soon as their thought commenced to issue from the primeval night, were haunted by the idea that there were localities helpful, as if were, to the poor corpses that lay beneath the earth, that there were certain holy places where it behoved them to be buried if they wished to be ready when the signal of awakening was given. And in old Egypt, therefore,
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Efflorescence typically occurs during the initial cure of a cementitious product. It often occurs on masonry construction, particularly brick, when water moving through a structure brings salts to the surface. As the water evaporates, it leaves the salt behind, which forms a white, fluffy deposit, that can normally be brushed off. It is not a structural, but, rather, an aesthetic concern.
It is possible to protect porous building materials such as brick, tiles, concrete and paving against efflorescence by treating the material with an impregnating, hydro-phobic sealer. This is a sealer which repels water and will penetrate deeply enough into the material to keep water and dissolved salts well away from the surface. If the source of the water penetration is not addressed efflorescence may reappear.
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zip your lip
• to stop talking
• to stay calm
• to stay hush
• to remain secret or silent
Example Sentences
1. Why don't you just zip your lip, I am tired of being nagged all morning.
2. And then the politician asked them all to zip their lips as he wanted to state his point first.
3. Zipping your lip is one difficult task for a fellow to likes to speak his heart out.
4. It is almost impossible to zip your lip when you are in the company of family or friends.
5. The manager asked all those who disagreed with the new rule about shortening of the lunch breaks to zip their lips.
6. I once saw an old lady being bad mouthed by some thieves but I just zipped my lip as I was too scared to do anything about it.
7. Anyone who wishes to stop talking should just zip their lip.
8. I am going to zip my lip at dad’s place on Monday and you can go ahead and explain why we need the extra 2000 bucks.
9. I zipped my lip for the entire presentation until I was forced to speak my Mrs. Shukla.
10. She zipped her lip at the meeting yesterday, as it was pointless saying anything.
Earlier this idiom was used in 1868 as 'button your lips' because during that period of time buttons were used to close things. After Zippers started being used this idiom was modified to 'zip your lip' by the people. The use of this idiom can be traced back to 1943.
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Sunday, January 26th, 2020
Beach House at Coachella 2010
Beach House
Sex, Inspirations, and Video Collaborations
Apr 27, 2010 Photography by Wendy Lynch Redfern Web Exclusive
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Earlier this year, vocalist/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist Alex Scallyalso known as Beach Housereleased their third album, Teen Dream. A collection of gauzy chamber-pop songs so enchanting Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste repeatedly twittered about its "insanely perfectly gorgeous amazingness," the album has garnered the hard-working duo a string of well-deserved accolades and (very) preemptive declarations of "best album of the year."
Under the Radar caught up with the pair at Coachella between their set and a well-deserved dinner to discuss youth, sex, and working on the road.
Laura Studarus: During your set today you played a "new song" can you tell us anything about it?
Alex Scally: That was a cover of Gucci Mane's "Lemonade." We thought people would recognize it, but we don't have many hip-hop listeners in our audience.
Victoria Legrand: Spread the news!
Didn't catch that! I'll be sure to take that to the streets. With material that is yours, tell me a bit about Teen Dream's accompanying DVD.
Legrand: It's ten different artists, five are from Baltimore. Everyone's already a video artist or a friend. Or like, Kevin Drew, who isn't video artist, but he's a musician. It's a curation. It's nothing definitive, they're not like traditional music videos. For us it's another experience that someone could have with our record. You know, it's part of this whole package, we wanted to present something as intense as we felt about the record for people.
And you direted the video for "Silver Soul." How was that experience?
Legrand: It was really fun. The only reason I made one was because I had a vision for the video. I probably wouldn't have done one if I hadn't had such a strong idea for the song. So it was fun.
What does the name of the record Teen Dream mean to you?
Scally: It's an abstract blurt that seems to encapsulate the feeling of the family of songs that we were working on. That's pretty much all it means.
Legrand: It's like a flash. Like a spontaneous energy burst.
Scally: You ever name your car?
Yeah. Although now my car has a personality of its own.
Scally: Right! Just like this record!
What were you like as teenagers?
Legrand: Pretty normal. School, music, friends. I was a late bloomer. Not a dork, but not a popular kid. Right in the middle area.
Scally: I was about the same. We actually had pretty similar childhoods. Similar teenage years.
Legrand: [Laughs] I think you were more "bad" than I was!
Scally: Bad?
Legrand: Yeah. I think you got away with more. Because I was the eldest!
Scally: We were both kinda like, overachieving weirdoes.
Legrand: Yeah. That's a good way of putting it.
Do you feel like you've managed to channel some of that youthful energy with this album?
Legrand: There's energy. It's not just youth. There's sensual energy, there's violent energy, there's hopeful energy. There's longing, there's heartache. Our music will always have certain elements to it. It's just an evolution of sound for us. It's not something definitive. Every record we've done has been extremely important to us! And for us, this record is about a time in our life, as every record is.
I've heard your music described as "make-out music." How would you respond to that?
Legrand: People say that stuff. It's not intentional. But I think any kind of sex is good.
Scally: I think for us, saying that sometimes has also been an effort for us to make people connect more to the visceral side of our music. Make them not be so cerebral with it.
Legrand: I think it's also helped us in interviews to make light of interviews. To get out of the head and into the ridiculous I guess. Just saying the word sex helps. Keeps things like, "Oh yeah, that thing!"
Well, it is a ridiculous word.
Legrand: It's a great word.
With a festival like this, how does it feel to be playing to larger crowds? Do you have a sense of, well I don't want to say "G" factor, but of where you stand?
Scally: [Laughs] G factor!
Legrand: You can't really tell.
Scally: Yeah, you can't really tell who is a fan. It's cool. All new experiences are welcome and interesting. That's what this was.
How has the touring and all the by-products of album promotion gone since you've joined Sub Pop?
Scally: It's good. We're very busy. We're trying to stay inspired. We're trying to go into every night with the attitude that we're going to make an amazing experience happen for ourselves and for the audience. Some nights we fail, some nights we succeed. Our goal is to get through this year, learn as much as possible, and keep our inspiration. To not get burned out by the fact that this is our job and try to keep it on the extremely creative side of things and feel like we're actually putting our thoughts and feelings and minds [into the band].
Legrand: The line is very fine when it starts to feel like work. You have to be very careful and make decisions and not over-extend yourself. Do as much as you can.
Do you get a chance work on anything while you're on tour?
Legrand: We're noodling.
Scally: Always!
Legrand: Ideas. Storing them. Watching things. Hearing things. I've never met anyone who's like this, but touring is truly a time to absorb and learn. It's not a time to shut down and just do. It's an experience for us. I think we as a band really love touring for many reasons. One of the most is for that challenge. We're a band that works very hard and you've got to make the most of every single thing that you do! Touring is not a shut down. But it is true, some days you feel like everything is the same. The shows are always different. The audiences are always different. You've got to look out for the little things.
Is there anything people would be surprised to learn about you?
Scally: We're not very serious! We take everything we do very seriously, but we're not serious people. We're very playful. We're not depressed people. People always hear your music and they thing that you're exactly that.
Legrand: [Laughs] I'm not a flowery hippy!
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How to drive the tractor?
How to drive the tractor? There are seven steps to do.
First, climb up into the tractor's seat. Familiarize yourself with the controls and find the clutch. Set the seat so you can reach the steering wheel, throttle, and other controls easily with your hands and feet.
Press the clutch pedal down to the floor with your left foot of wheel tractor. You want to be sure the transmission is in neutral as you turn it over.
Second engage the break with your right foot. Turn the key forward to start the engine. When it turns over, drop the throttle slightly (without killing it) to let the engine warm up a little. If you jump straight from turning it over to driving, you'll likely stall (two wheel tractors).
Third to drive, release the tractor's parking break. Continue holding the clutch to the tractor floor and put the transmission into a first gear.
Fourth slowly lift your foot off the clutch. Just as with any manual transmission, you want to be slow and smooth as you let the clutch out. It's a lot easier since you don't have to be actively pushing the gas. Keep the throttle at a low setting and take your foot off the brake (massey ferguson tractor).
Fifth, maintain a uniformly slow speed. Tractors aren't made for going particularly fast, they're made for durability and power. Don't push it. Go slowly, treating turns, curves, and hills with special caution.
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Partial Faith and Credit in Spain
Already the newly legalized same-sex marriage procedure in Spain faces a legal hiccough. Two male Spaniards filed to wed, but one still holds his passport from India, where same-sex marriage is illegal.
Much like a big-kid'’s version of the Massachusetts law forbidding marriages illegal in other states of the United States, the Catalonian Supreme Court of Justice slammed the guys. Like our states, nearly all nations like to respect each other'’s laws, in the full-faith-and-credit posture. The problems come when something, like polygamy, is illegal in one country.
In the case of the informal Spanish ruling, the men can appeal to the Justice Minister. From here it looks like the one fellow can turn in his Indian passport, get a local one, and then pony up for a license.
There is a certain elegance to pinheaded bureaucracy. It's like playing Simon Says.
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In college, I used to drive a 8 year old Hyundai Sonata, bought for $4500 with around 100K miles on it. It was a nice car which served me well but it also clearly showed its age.
Right after college, I went to a really good job that paid me a comfortable six-figure income. After making due financial calculations I decided that I could easily afford a new BMW 328i, Infiniti G37 or a Mercedes C250. I understood the depreciation of a new car, maintenance costs, insurance rates, etc., but as a 23-year -old, the thrill of being able to comfortably afford these cars along with the considerable discounts being offered on those cars in December 2011 helped me disregard the cons and start shopping for them.
I assumed that my shopping experience would match the premium nature of these cars, but I could not have been further from the truth.
This was me, around the time when I was shopping for the car and probably dressed similar to how I looked when I walked into the dealerships.
This was my car back then.
Blame it on the car I drove or the air of sophistication I did not exude, but when I first walked into an Infiniti showroom, I was made to wait for 20 minutes before anybody would even talk to me. During the time I was kept waiting, most other older people who walked in were immediately fawned over, offered refreshments and ushered in by a sales associate. I eventually forced my way over to the reception desk and complained about being kept waiting. I received a terribly insincere ‘sorry, but we are busy’ response. When a sales person finally came to us, he immediately took us to the used car section and started talking about how a 5-year-old car is affordable and not too bad to drive. When I was insisted that I was here for a new G37, and that he need not worry about me being able to afford it, he begrudgingly showed me their stock of new G37’s. They did, however, refuse a test drive, citing some issue with their plates. I requested a call back when they received a specific car, with specific options I wanted, that was in transit to them. I really think they tossed my card away the moment I walked out.
My experience at the BMW showroom was almost identical to the one I received at Infiniti. The only difference being they let me drive the car, but inside their parking lot and not on the road. The associate also handed me a card for a Toyota dealership owned by the same group!!
I left both the showrooms with a starkly reduced interest in purchasing their cars, even though I started out actually liking them better than the Mercedes.
I was frustrated, felt angry, insulted and had almost given up on these cars when I walked into the Mercedes showroom. I felt even less optimistic as the showroom had huge glass windows looking out to the parking lot, which meant everybody working there had a really good look at what I drove. I simply wasn’t prepared for what happened next though. The moment I walked in, the Mercedes sales manager, a young guy named Jose, walked up to me and he first thing he said was,
“Looking at your car now, I know exactly why you need a Mercedes. Let’s get you into one”.
He was responsive, polite, and even insisted that I take a test car out for a couple of hours to ensure that I liked everything about it. The experience remained impeccable all through the couple of weeks I spent being indecisive, comparing prices, financing etc. I eventually got the car from them in early 2012 and still own it. I cannot be happier with the purchase today.
In hindsight, it’s very interesting how a sales associate and a simple sales experience has a very profound impact on a purchase decision as considerable as getting a $40,000 car, even when the actual car and the manufacturer had little to do with the experience.
I was later told by Jose that he identified with the situation I was in when I walked into the dealership because he had been in similar situations which were often made worse due to his ethnicity. He also simply said he did not know or care if I would be able to afford the car when he let me take it on a test drive and all he wanted to do was to ensure that I had a great experience at the dealership and left with a positive impression of him and the brand. He also mentioned, doing this usually meant his customers came back to him when they eventually decided to buy a car be it that day or a couple of years into the future. This was among the best practical lessons I had received in customer service and something that has paid rich dividends for my business over the years, significantly more than I paid for the car!!
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Semester: Spring
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Meet Day M 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM HLS
How is expertise produced, disseminated, controlled and challenged? How do experts combine knowledge, common-sense, analytics, argument, lifestyle, character? How does expertise write itself into power--or submission? Through what moves does expertise become rulership? What is the work of disciplinary formations and the professions in reproducing practices of knowledge-making and professional judgment? How ought one to go about mapping the political implications of expertise, and how interpret the stakes in choosing an expert vernacular? We will read and discuss literature from social theory, from law, and from science and technology studies which bears on these questions, alongside case studies of “expertise” in action in a variety of professional, scientific and lay settings. Cross registration by students from other University departments strongly encouraged. Requirements: students will be expected to prepare and participate in weekly discussions and write a final essay.
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} | 5,092 | Strange-Looking Horses Overrun A Small Island In Maryland
Horse lovers and fans, this one’s for you. If you watched the 1979 movie The Black Stallion as a youngster and wished that you, too, could be stranded on an island befriending a wild horse, most would scoff and say you’re out of luck.
However, you can finally prove those naysayers wrong. There’s one island left on Earth where folks can visit and hang out with wild horses. It’s located on the East Coast of the United States, and if you’re lucky, you might catch a glimpse of a special event that only happens once a year.
On Assateague Island, an undeveloped piece of land just off the coasts of Maryland and Virginia, lives a herd of strange wild creatures. Built like horses and sized like ponies, their breed has been there since colonial days.
How did these animals get onto the island? Due to Assateague’s nature as a barrier island, its sandy shores change shape often with the sea and the wind, and it isn’t connected to any other land.
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As a matter of fact, the government once tried to build a road from one end of the island to the other, but it was promptly destroyed by a hurricane. So, yeah, it’s not an environment where settlements can be built.
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According to legend, a Spanish galleon wrecked near Assateague centuries ago, and its cargo of domesticated horses swam to the nearest island they could find. Other historians think the herd’s ancestors escaped from a colonial farm.
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Either way, once the horses had arrived on the island, they couldn’t be retrieved. Instead, they found some tasty grass growing there and began to adapt to their new beachy home. It wasn’t easy for them.
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There were many things to get used to. The horses no longer had contact with humans, and they had to fend for themselves, searching for food when one part of the island ran out.
They adapted physically, too. While the original horses who arrived on Assateague were true horses, the island’s harsh weather conditions killed off all but the shorter, sturdier foals. Over the years, the herd’s offspring became shorter, with shaggier coats for outdoor winters.
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The herd also began to appear rounder, as if they were all pregnant or overweight. It was actually due to the accumulation of sea salt on all the grass on the island, which caused bloating when eaten.
For many years, the horses of Assateague were known only locally, but in 1947 they got their big break. Author Marguerite Henry published the classic children’s book Misty of Chincoteague, about a horse who is descended from an Assateague inhabitant.
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The book went viral, as they say, and was a runner-up for the Newbery Medal. Readers began flocking to Assateague, hoping to catch a glimpse of the horses for themselves — and glimpse they did.
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In the 1950s, the U.S. government declared Assateague a protected national seashore. In order to enhance tourism on the island as a nature reserve, paved campsites were set up, and bridges were built on either end of Assateague to provide car access.
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As a bigger influx of tourists reached Assateague, you might think the horses would be scared away — but no! They kept minding their own business and eating their grass. This made for some interesting stories.
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Occasionally, visitors who’ve gotten too close — either while trying to feed or pet the horses — have been bitten. Although the horses are used to human presence, they can perceive even a gentle pat as a threat.
Although any time of year is a good time to see equine creatures on Assateague, the most exciting show happens on the last Wednesday every July, when fifty thousand tourists flock to the shores of Chincoteague to watch an unforgettable sight.
In order to keep the horse population healthy and under control, salt water cowboys go to Assateague on this day and round up every last horse — and swim them across the channel to Chincoteague, where some of the foals are auctioned.
As the crowds watch excitedly, and quietly, the cowboys herd the horses into the water at low tide, and then shepherd them through, giving special assistance to any animals that may be struggling or weak.
Once they reach Chincoteague, on the other side of the channel, the horses are corralled, and they all run down Main Street to the Chincoteague Carnival Grounds, where an auction will be held the next day.
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After the auction, the horses are corralled once more and gather on Chincoteague’s shores to swim back to Assateague, where they’ll munch on grass and trot happily until the next year’s swim comes around.
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The event is so widely renowned that it was filmed on location in 1960 for the movie Misty. Many local residents got to be in the movie, and Chincoteague children were even permitted to miss school to see Hollywood in their town.
Despite all the trimmings and trappings, locals say the best way to get up close and personal with the horses is still to drive to Assateague, get out of your car, and wait for the magic to find you. The same rule applies on most “animal islands.”
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Clearly, dog people learn to adapt on Tashirojima, AKA Cat Island. They pretty much have to, or they’d be miserable on the island where cats officially outnumber humans. How Tashirojima earned the name Cat Island goes way back to the mid-18th century.
Japan’s late Edo Period was characterized by economic growth, enjoyment of arts and entertainment, and a stable population, all of which made its way to the island of Tashirojima…just not in the way people expected.
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The people of Tashirojima were incredibly hard-working, and so were their cats. Between the 18th and 19th centuries, people on the island raised silkworms for their textiles. The problem? The island’s mouse population preyed on the precious silkworms.
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Luckily for the workers, there was a clear solution. For every mouse is a hungry cat right on its tail, and before long, the island’s cat population grew to accommodate that of the mice. But there was a hitch in the workers’ plan.
When you have stray cats on an island, there’s really only a handful of things they can do: hunt, sleep, and mate. Before Tashirojima knew it, the island was overrun with cats. It helped that the island was sustained by the fishing industry.
In that way, Tashirojima became something of a cats’ paradise: It was lousy with fish and mice, it was covered with interesting peaks and trails for the cats to explore, and as the generations passed, the island mainly became home to cat enthusiasts.
And “cat enthusiast” may not be a strong enough word. Every store, hotel, and home on Cat Island has a litany of cat toys, and tourism guides recommend that visitors bring their own cat food, since it’s always sold out on the island.
Even the most grizzled residents have soft spots for the cats: There’s a mythology among fishermen that the cats bring good luck. When a fisherman once accidentally killed a cat, he felt so guilty that he built something unusual in the middle of the island…
He built a shrine for the animal, which has become a tourist attraction and a favorite haunt among the island’s many felines, mainly because people leave cat toys around the shrine. Weirdly enough, that’s not the only cat shrine in the area.
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There are at least nine more scattered across the Miyagi Prefecture. As more tourists head to Tashirojima to see Cat Island for themselves, a couple of cat-themed attractions have popped up.
You can even find little inns designed to resemble the island’s favorite four legged animals. If you want to bring your dog to the island, you’re out of luck: It’s strictly forbidden in order to protect the cats from harm.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the human population of Tashirojima has grown fond of the cats, and though it’s considered “inappropriate” to keep the cats as pets, some of the felines have endeared themselves to the humans more than others.
One such cat, named Droopy-Eared Jack, even hit the big time. A movie was made about him that was turned into a series, and tourists head over to the island specifically to find Jack. “Droopy-Eared Jack” may not sound like a particularly powerful cat…
But don’t let the endearing name fool you. Whether big or small, every cat on Cat Island is treated with respect. After all, good fortune comes to fishermen who feed the strays…but in 2011, they learned that this isn’t always the case.
On March 11th of that year, the cats suddenly started wailing. That alone wan’t unusual, but what was unusual was just how many cats were howling out of nowhere. It seemed that wherever you went, there was a cat, wailing at whoever would listen.
But that was the problem — no one listened. It was weird that a majority of the cats were making a ruckus when usually they didn’t, but no one quite knew what to make of it. Weirdest of all was the way the cats looked.
Every cat owner knows what it looks like when a cat feels threatened: Their tails puff up, their ears flatten out, their eyes become the size of dinner plates. Unfortunately, by the time anyone realized what this all meant, it was too late.
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Hours after the howling began, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Tōhoku, sending a merciless tsunami in its wake…which headed right towards Tashirojima. The island and its four legged friends scrambled for cover, hoping the cats’ good luck would save them.
Kazutaka Sawa/Creative Commons
In a way, it did: Most of Tashirojima was still standing after the tsunami passed. Though buildings on the shore were damaged, a majority of houses were intact. One of the first things people did was roam the streets in search of any feline survivors.
It was impossible to protect all of the cats, so the people of Tashirojima were afraid of what they would find. Luckily, they had no reason to fear: Slowly but surely, most of the cats reappeared in town, wet and grouchy, but alive.
As Cat Island grows into a playground for cats and tourists alike, no one can forget the time the furry felines almost sacrificed their nine lives to warn Tashirojima of impending doom. Weirdly enough, it’s only one of Japan’s many animal-conquered islands…
At first glance, Ōkunoshima looks just like any of the other islands that make up Japan’s Seto Inland Sea. Accessible only by ferry, this unassuming strip of rock and tree has become one of the country’s most popular attractions — and not because of its natural beauty.
THE GATE | Japan Travel Magazine
Instead, tourists flock from all over the world for a chance to experience the island’s huge feral rabbit population. In fact, Ōkunoshima is now most often referred to by its nickname Usagi Shima, literally “Rabbit Island.”
Japan Web Magazine
More than 1,000 of these furry little creatures call Ōkunoshima home, and with no natural predators, their numbers only continue to grow each year. Many locals have come to associate the island with fertility, though tourists seem to hold a far different perspective. / Flickr
Ōkunoshima has become the premier destination for those looking to get up close and personal with these cuddly creatures. Years of contact have rendered the rabbits docile and unafraid of humans, with many even coming right up to visitors for a quick sniff.
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Unsurprisingly, this unique behavior has produced plenty of viral content that’s only served to attract more tourists to its shores. But while an island filled with cute, friendly rabbits may seem innocent as can be, the history of Ōkunoshima is anything but.
Before it was a world-famous tourist destination, Ōkunoshima served as a cultivation site for mainland Japan for centuries. It wasn’t until 1904, during the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, that the island began to take the shape of something more than just farmland.
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Ten forts were constructed to protect the island, though following the war’s swift end in 1905, the structures fell out of use. Still, Ōkunoshima had proven capable of supporting military installments — and keeping secrets as well.
Takuma Kimura
With the island’s population at less than 20, the Japanese government knew they could do as they pleased on the island without fear of prying eyes. That’s why in 1925, the Imperial Japanese Army arrived on Ōkunoshima with sinister intentions.
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After receiving intel that the powers of Europe and the United States were doing the same, the army initiated a secret program to begin developing chemical weapons for Japan — not exactly rabbit-friendly behavior.
The construction of the weapons factory on the island was highly classified, and most of those that were employed here were never told what they were making. The Japanese government even went as far as completely erasing Ōkunoshima from their maps.
Setouchi Reflection Trip
For more than a decade, the facility at Ōkunoshima produced over six kilotons of mustard gas and tear gas for use by the Imperial Japanese Army. These chemicals were primarily used during the Second Sino-Japanese War between 1937 and 1945, resulting in more than 80,000 deaths.
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Following Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II, all documents pertaining to the project were destroyed, and American troops ultimately disposed of the remaining chemicals through dumping, burning, and burying. Yet what does any of this have to do with an island full of rabbits?
Murikov / Reddit
Well, during the height of chemical production, rabbits were shipped to Ōkunoshima for use as test subjects. After the factory shut down, the workers wound up releasing the animals into the wild — or, at least, that’s what many first believed.
As it turns out, the remaining rabbits were actually killed by American troops when they arrived on Ōkunoshima. So, how did this enormous colony of fluffballs really get here?
Kim Bui / Flickr
Believe it or not, the island’s rabbits are actually descendants of a group of eight that were released on the island back in the ’70s during early efforts to transform Ōkunoshima into a park. Since then, these rabbits have only continued to multiply and thrive — though they may not for much longer.
The increasing popularity of Ōkunoshima has resulted in a population boom as tourists continue feeding the rabbits uninhibited. This wouldn’t be a problem if visits to the island were constant, though, unfortunately, tourism doesn’t work that way.
During the offseason, human-supplied feed becomes a rarity, leaving the 1,000-strong population to turn to the island itself for food. As the number of rabbits continues growing unchecked, it’s only a matter of time before Ōkunoshima’s vegetation is completely wiped out.
And even when tourists are around, they’re not exactly feeding these rabbits the healthiest diets. Many visitors will sneak nutrition-less and even harmful foods to these animals, resulting in the average rabbit lifespan falling to just two years.
“Of the 728 rabbits that we counted on the island, 28 percent had visible injuries or illnesses,” reported Animals and Society Institute program director Margo DeMello, who saw this percentage jump to 50 in the areas of the island closest to humans.
Yukihiro Fukuda / Minden Pictures
Conservationists are now working to limit the impact of tourists on the Ōkunoshima, a mission they’ve already had experience carrying out on another uninhabited island off the coast of Brazil. Unfortunately, the lush treetops here are concealing something far deadlier than a few hundred bunnies.
From a distance, however, Ilha da Queimada Grande looks like the perfect place to get away. Its rainforest-dense shores give way to smooth, sandy beaches below, and the average temperature in the summer rarely tops 80 degrees.
Herpeto Fauna
Unfortunately, the island isn’t a vacation spot — in fact, no one is allowed to visit it at all. That’s because this seemingly idyllic paradise is actually home to one of the most dangerous predators on Earth.
Prefeitura de Itanhaém / Flickr
Meet the Bothrops insularis, better known as the golden lancehead pit viper. And while there are no documented cases of one ever biting a human, there are plenty of legends surrounding the deadliness of this snake’s bite.
One story tells of a fisherman who foolishly ventured to Ilha da Queimada Grande in search of bananas. When he never returned to the Brazilian mainland, his fellow fishermen set out to look for him, only to discover his snake-bitten body lying facedown in his boat.
João Marcos Rosa
Another legend describes the tragic death of the island’s lighthouse keeper. While he and his family were asleep one night, a swarm of golden lanceheads slithered their way into the tower and killed each of them with a single bite.
There may actually be some truth behind these stories, as the lancehead species as a whole is responsible for more deaths than any other snake in North or South America. With a venom five times more potent than that of its cousins, however, the golden lancehead could wreak havoc if released into a highly populated area.
João Marcos Rosa
Lucky for us, Ilha da Queimada Grande is the only place you’ll find these serpents. And like the legend of their fatal bite, the story of how they came to call the island home is just as frightening.
João Marcos Rosa
Some believe that, during the days of pirates, resourceful swashbucklers buried treasure on the island and brought golden lanceheads with them to guard it. Over time, these snakes began breeding and eventually took over the island.
More realistically, Ilha da Queimada Grande was likely once part of mainland Brazil, though rising tides eventually separated it from the rest of the landmass. As thousands of years passed, the lanceheads that were trapped on the island eventually evolved into the golden serpents that live there today.
Their powerful venom is also likely a result of evolution, as their primary food source consists of the birds that nest high in the island’s treetops. The venom must be fast-acting and highly potent in order to prevent their prey from flying off.
Herpeto Fauna
Even their bodies have adapted to island, as the tails of golden lanceheads are much longer than those of their closest relatives. This adaptation serves to help them slither through trees in search of a meal.
Herpeto Fauna
Thanks to this abundant food source and lack of natural predators, the golden lancehead population has continued to grow exponentially. Estimates have placed the number of snakes here at well over 400,000, which explains the island’s more common nickname — Snake Island.
In reality, the true population size has been grossly misrepresented, as recent estimates have placed the number of snakes here at between 2,000 to 3,000. Still, this comes out to one snake for roughly every 10 square meters of the island!
João Marcos Rosa
It’s no wonder, then, that the Brazilian Navy has forbidden visitors from stepping foot on its shores. Only research teams with the proper clearance are allowed to travel to the island, and that’s only if they bring a doctor along with them.
João Marcos Rosa
Still, that hasn’t stopped those in the illegal wildlife trade from trying. A single golden lancehead can fetch up to $30,000 on the black market, and a single vial of their venom can go for much more.
João Marcos Rosa
This is because golden lancehead venom is now being harvested for its potential medical benefits. The venom’s affects on blood circulation and clotting make it ideal for use in heart disease drugs, thus creating demand for the snakes themselves.
João Marcos Rosa
Because of this poaching, the Bothrops insularis is now classified as critically endangered on the IUCN’s Red List. Inbreeding has also contributed to the population’s endangered status, as limited genetic variation has made them susceptible to disease.
João Marcos Rosa
Humans have also contributed to the snakes’ dwindling numbers, as early banana farmers actually tried burning down parts of the island in order to chase them away. In fact, the island is actually partially named after this practice, as “Queimada” is Portuguese for “burnt.”
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Fortunately, conservation efforts are being made in order to prevent these snakes from going extinct. As more restrictions are put in place to discourage poachers from visiting the island, we’ll hopefully be able to continue to enjoy the golden lancehead for years to come — from afar, of course.
João Marcos Rosa
Another snake you don’t want to mess with is the Burmese Python. The biggest of these beasts can reach a length of 23 feet and weigh over 160 pounds. They will eat anything from mice to adult deer. And they own the Everglades.
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Once you’ve got everything installed and setup, you’re able to crack on with writing some programs. Open Geany and type in the following line of code:
print("feck the world")
Once you’ve typed it in, save it as first.py and notice how the colors of the text will change. By saving the file with a .py extension the editor knows it’s a Python program and will use different colors for different sections of the code. This is useful because it makes it easier to spot typing errors (certain parts of the program will have the wrong color) and it makes the code easier to read and understand.
To make the computer process the code, you execute or run it by clicking on the Execute icon or by pressing the F5 key. If everything works ok, you should get the words feck the world written on your screen.
So what’s going on here? The command you gave to the computer was a function called print(). What this does is write to the screen anything that is inside the brackets (). The part “feck the world” is a type of data called a string (covered more in the chapter on variables) and the print function takes this string and displays it on the screen. You’re able to type anything you like between the “” and the computer will print it.
When starting to write a new piece of software, I usually start off by putting some comments in the first lines. A comment is line of text that the Python interpreter ignores, and won’t process as a command. The comment starts with the # symbol and any text written after that until the end of the line is ignored by the computer.
# first program created on 2019.03.13
print ("feck the world")
Each line of commands you type in is technically known as a statement. Programs are written by combining many of these statements into a working whole, in order to create a software application.
I recommend typing in the code snippets as you come across them in each chapter, because people usually learn better by doing rather than just reading (it will also familiarize you with the error messages that occur if you make a typing mistake.)
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Renewing the focus on badges… The use of badges kinda fell off the radar some time ago and I’d like to start using them more often.
First step, do you have any badges that are missing icons? Let me know and I’ll go ahead and add those back in (for some reason we lost a lot of badge icons)
I’m going to start by going back to the game jams and awarding badges for the winners, probably should have been doing that all along but it wasn’t part of my modus-operandi.
More importantly, do you know anyone who deserves to be awarded a badge retroactively?
Nominate them below! If you think a new type of badge should be created also feel free to suggest!
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List of badges missing icons
I think the ‘GitHub’ badge should either be given to a lot more people or just removed considering only two people have it.
Edit: There’s also a ‘GitHub Contributor’ badge. Perhaps the two should be ‘merged’?
A think it would be good to have some special badges to acknowledge the notable achievements of our regular users.
In case you need some badge icons and don’t want to make them yourself or get permission,
here’s a few CC0 art sites: 1, 2.
There’s also, but only some things are CC0.
Are you able to award badges as a moderator? If you can it would help me out, it takes a ton of time to go through each user.
I was given a Master of Life badge, which shows up blank (not broken). It has also been awarded to @Kmasato. Personally, it wouldn’t bother me to have it deleted, if fixing it is too much trouble (though I can’t speak for @Kmasato).
I think in the earliest days when ekem was running the community it appears that he intended to give a badge to each person for each game they made, but even he gave that up at some point.
I’m not sure how to approach those I don’t really like the idea of removing badges though. Just consider them legacy but adding an image isn’t hard.
Ok check out the new badges of Game Jam winners!
Also, wow check out these devoted users!!
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According to this post
A badge can only be granted by an administrative user.
I’ve looked around a bit and haven’t seen a way, as a moderator, to create or award badges.
I’m sure @Pharap was being modest in not noting himself but if this type of badge is to be given, he certainly deserves a Programming help extraordinaire or the like badge.
Or One-man-stackexchange
Congratulations to both @pharap and @mlxxxp on their hard earned GOLDEN DEVELOPER badge:
I don’t think we can create badges, but I know we can grant them.
I found the area to do so when digging around the admin panel a while back.
Just go into a user’s profile and activate the admin panel then look for ‘Edit Badges’.
I just granted you (@MLXXXp) the ‘Bug Hunter’ badge as a test.
Is there a list of who is owed what?
I won’t be able to do anything now because I’ll be off to sleep soon, but I could do a bit in the morning if I have a minute.
(Just a thought: it might be possible to do it in bulk by editing the server database or something.)
I’ve always thought that to nominate oneself for anything is a bit of a faux pas. :P
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Yeah I don’t know who should get it either really?
There is a bulk add in the create the badge panel, so if there is a list I can easily add it, I just don’t know who should ad.
Yes, I was able to do the same for you.
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If you have the admin panel do you not have Badges?
No, we don’t. It goes ‘Dashboard’, ‘Users’, ‘Logs’, ‘Plugins’.
(The last of which only allows viewing, not editing.)
Though perhaps we shouldn’t be telling everyone about all our superpowers? :P
It’s fine so long as they don’t start targeting you for phishing attacks.
If you can let me know a list of people who need a certain badge let me know and I can mass add them.
There is also the Unofficial Game Jam (it should really be added to the list of Jams as well).
Wouldn’t that technically make it ‘official’?
(And aren’t you just saying that because you won it and want another badge? :P)
No, it would make it a Jam that people on this site ran and contributed to.
Anyway, back to talking about badges…
Thinking about it, does that mean my involvement in something doesn’t make it official either? :P
Jokes aside, I do think the ‘unofficial jam’ was an excellent example of this site at its best given how many people contributed. (Perhaps we’ll be able to organise another sometime this year?)
If @bateske approves I could probably handle the badges, though I’d have to do it individually, I don’t have access the ‘bulk award’ tool.
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Collaborate With Me This Saturday!
Collaborate With Me!
So this Saturday 21st July I will be doing my first collaboration video. I am kind of nervous because what if no one joins in then it will be just me....Hmm please join in then?!
What you have to do:
Create an OOTD video on what you like to wear shopping.
Edit the video however you like, I do mine with music but its up to you, have fun with it.
Upload the video on you channel.
Use the name - Collaboration with TheMakeupChair
Post as a video response to my video.
Voila! you're done now its all down to me.
How to create a video response
Press the box like you are going to comment and this happens.
See what happens -
Hope that helps, see you Saturday! xx
1. So excited! Hoping this will give me the push I need into working on my blog + youtube. It's a really good idea Sinéad! x
2. Don't worry, I'm sure a lot of people will join. I'm excited! I hope my net connection is good on Saturday! It's a bit difficult to upload vids lately.
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holidays on gargano
The Gargano promontory rises like an island from the flat plains of the Tavoliere, geographically and culturally different from the rest of Puglia. Its landscape is remarkably diverse: beaches and lagoons to the north, a rocky, indented eastern coast and a mountainous, green heartland of oaks and beech trees - reminiscent of a Germanic forest rather than a corner of southern Italy.
For centuries the promontory was extremely isolated, visited only by pilgrims making their way along the valley to Monte Sant’Angelo and its shrine. Nowadays tourism has taken off in a big way, especially on the coast around Vieste, but in 1991 the whole peninsula became a national park, helping to protect the Gargano from overbearing.
There are places which, as a result of their history, position or the exceptional events which occurred there, are shrouded in a veil of almost tangible sacrality pervading every nook and cranny.
The Gargano is a “holy” land, a much-visited venue for some of the most important religious gatherings on a world-wide scale. The apparition of the Archangel Michael on Mount Gargano is without doubt the core of religious experience in this land. Thousands of pilgrims travel to visit the cold, dark grotto which Michael chose as his earthly dwelling. But is not only the cult of St. Michael which exalts the religious spirit of this area - there are the many churches, set against breath-taking backdrops, such as the Convent of St. Matthew in San Marco in Lamis.
In more recent times, the presence of Padre Pio, who lived in San Giovanni Rotondo, has provided a strong attraction for millions of people. But it is the Gargano as a whole which expresses its divine beauty in every time and space.
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The Enemy of My Enemy is Me
An ancient aphorism of war declares: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Well, what if you arm your “friend” to fight your enemies, but the “friend” later turns on you, using the weapons you provided—are you then your own enemy? Or are you just bone-deep stupid? For the past 20 years or so, America has been the biggest arms dealer in the world, supplying weapons to practically anyone and everyone who has the money—or to anyone whose “friendship” is deemed by Washington to be temporarily convenient. These alliances of convenience often turn around and bite us on the butt. When our troops went after Osama bin Laden and the Taliban in Afghanistan, for example, they were fired at with made-in-the-USA stinger missiles, supplied to Taliban leaders by Ronald Reagan and Bush the First when the Taliban was our “friend” fighting our enemy, Russia, which is now our “friend.” And what a scream it is to hear Bush the Second wailing that our worst enemy is now Saddam Hussein, the evildoer who is so horrific that he’s used chemical weapons—supplied by Reagan and Daddy Bush back when they considered Saddam our “friend.”
Then there’s Pakistan, who’s our “friend” today, getting more than a billion dollars a year in U.S. military aid, even though its ruler is a vicious military dictator who only a few months ago was denounced by the White House as an anti-democracy fiend. But, as one expert noted, “In the past 20 years, Pakistan was our friend, then our enemy, friend, enemy, friend.” The United States sells more arms than the next nine arms dealers combined, all for the profit of a few corporate munitions makers—even though our own troops often end up paying the price. To help stop this careless proliferation, call Peace Action at 202-862-9740.
Here’s an economic indicator soaring up, up, and awaaaaayyy: It’s the pay of CEOs! Even if a company’s stock plummets, its workers are fired, and its accountants are under federal investigation for cooking the books and looting the pension fund—the boss hog is still wallowing in the big bucks, now taking an average of more than $11 million a year in personal pay. Well, the bosses oink, we deserve it—besides, we’re just being paid what the market will bear. It’s how capitalism works, so get over it. Hey, doesn’t capitalism now operate in a global market? Haven’t you been telling us that you don’t have to pay fair wages to American workers, because you can roam the global labor market and get workers for, say, 13-cents an hour in China—or even import skilled software engineers from, say, India to work for a third of the pay of U.S. workers? So here’s my plan: Let’s import CEOs! We can get them a whole lot cheaper from abroad—and get good ones, too. Did you know that the top bosses of major corporations in Europe, Japan, Latin America and elsewhere are delighted to do CEO work for only a million or two a year. American corporate bosses now are hauling away about 500 times the pay of a typical worker in their corporations—not exactly a plus for company morale. But the ethic in other countries is much more fair—bosses in Mexico, for example, are paid only 45 times what the typical worker makes, in England it’s 25 times, and Japan it’s 10 times. So come on you boards of directors. Start applying a little global competition to the executive suite.
It’s rising, getting bigger and bigger all across the country. The “it” is a burgeoning American peace movement, flowering beautifully in the toxic climate of Bush’s increasingly strident irrational and petulant warmongering. Every week, there are tens of thousands of American marching in the streets, attending prayer vigils, protesting Bush and Cheney events, holding teach-ins, and otherwise doing the hard work of democracy, confronting the powerful as best they can while the White House pounds the war drums. The people, however, mostly are not swallowing it. When I say “the people,” I don’t mean just the campus groups and peace organizations. Now they’ve been joined by the president of the AFL-CIO and several hundred thousand union members who are stoutly patriotic… and just as stoutly opposed to Bush’s war. They are joined by the Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, evangelical Christians, Catholic Bishops, and other church groups that are aggressively organizing against George’s Iraq Attack. They are joined by Mothers Against War, a mushrooming grassroots group that began in a living room in Massachusetts. They are joined by a veterans group led by vets who were in the last war against Saddam, when George the Elder was president. They are joined by corporate leaders who oppose the madness. They are joined by Black Voices for Peace, which has launched a poor people’s peace movement, just as Martin Luther King, Jr. did back in ’68. Join the rebellion. Visit www.unitedforpeace.org or call 415-255-7296, ext. 311.
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Nebraska State Senator Beau McCoy wants to make it illegal for private health insurance providers to offer plans regulated by the state to pay for (legal) abortion care. Under the Nelson Amendment in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, this type of legislation is becoming more common on a state-by-state basis. McCoy is clearly emboldened by a rash of anti-choice bills he’s sponsored from prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks to requiring a government-sanctioned abortion “screening” (which passed only to be blocked by a federal judge) in his ongoing battle against women and families.
McCoy is proposing a law which would not only block insurance coverage of abortion in plans sold under Nebraska’s yet-to-be created state health exchange but also block private insurance companies from providing abortion coverage, outside of the state exchanges. The only exception? When a woman’s life is endangered by the pregnancy. His colleague, Senator Annette Dubas, has proposed a simliar bill which would prevent insurance coverage of legal abortion within the state insurance exchange plans only. She’s also said there will be an exception for a woman’s life.
Am I misunderstanding something? How does a woman (and her family) purchase insurance coverage criminalized under state law in advance of her life being endangered by the pregnancy?
According to the Omaha World-Herald,
“Nebraskans who find abortion morally reprehensible should not be forced to pay for abortions through their insurance premiums,” McCoy said.
Under this reasoning, when a vegetarian visits a grocery store to purchase vegetables, it’s “morally reprehensible” that they are giving money to a store that also sells meat. Why not pass a law barring grocery stores from selling meat? Why not pass a law which allows Americans to opt-out of “being forced” to pay taxes to a government that provides tax breaks to Catholic Churches which help advocate for legislation which stomps on many other Americans’ rights? Why not opt-out of paying taxes which go towards paying for wars with which many disagree? Is this really the way McCoy thinks our country functions best?
McCoy’s bill would only apply to those insurance plans regulated by the state, not “self-insured group plans,” notes the Omaha World-Herald.
Currently, under the health reform law, health plans available through the insurance exchange could include abortion coverage.
However, as Jodi Jacobson writes in a through run-down of the Nelson Amendment’s “Dos and Don’ts,” policy holders who participate in the health care exhanges must send “separate checks” if they want supplemental abortion coverage so as not to, essentially, “taint” the pool of insurance-holder purity.
Unfortunately, according to the Omaha World-Herald, “…few [Nebraska insurance] companies offer such coverage.”
And Kyle Carlson, legal director for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, says that if a private insurance company chooses to offer abortion coverage, the state should not stand in the way.
“What this policy does is inherently unfair,” he said, because it means women who need subsidized health insurance could not get abortion coverage.”
If Nebraska State Sen. Beau McCoy gets his wish, Nebraska women will have almost no access to their constitutional right to access legal abortion care.
• aimeesea
Amie, Thanks for writing about this. It is becoming more evident that the battle for reproductive rights over the next few years must be fought at the state level.
I created a petition to email the Nebraska legislature and governor to oppose this bill. Anyone can sign it:
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How To Lose Weight Without Exercise
Trying to lose weight without exercise is actually possible although it is not that easy to do. When a person is weight conscious, he/she is probably losing weight with thorough exercise but there are these persons that are restricted to exercise and worry in losing weight but how. There are a lot of ways to lose weight without exercise; obviously this would include diet modification. This will include the foods that you should start eating and the foods that you should start avoiding. However, before dealing with that, you need to and make sure that you are ready and prepared to modify your diet and deal with some changes.
Before getting into diet modification to lose weight, you should start first with yourself. Self discipline and self determination in losing weight is very important for any ways to be successful. If you are ready, you may now start monitoring and record everything that you have eaten. In this way, it will help you record the amount of calories that you have taken. Even a small or a single cookie needs to be recorded. You may not need to measure your weight in the first week, deal with it in the coming weeks.
For now, just record everything you eat. On your second week in losing weight without exercise, start weighing yourself. This is very important to closely and consistently monitor your weight. Do this every time you wake up, after each and every meal and during night time before going to sleep. Secondly, lose weight without exercise, cleanse yourself first. The body has lots of toxins in it and they need to be taken out of the body to keep your organs to function well. Drinking plenty of water and regular disposal of your body wastes is a lot helpful. Let's go with your diet.
First you need to avoid cooking and eating oily and fatty foods. You can eat the same kind of food but you need to cook it differently by boiling it, baking it or broiling it without the use of oils. Avoid or limit your sugar intake. Eliminate or reduce those sweets that you usually eat. If you used to drink juices, coffee, milk or cereals, you need to decrease the sugar in it. Or if you can, replace all these sweet drinks with water and most importantly, limit or stop drinking sodas.
Avoid your habit of eating fast foods and if possible, limit snacking. If you need to, avoid those salty snack foods. You need to gradually decrease the sizes of portions of your foods then later on you will be used to eat smaller meals. In your diet, you also need to add up more and more fresh veggies for they contain lesser fats and calories.
In losing weight without any exercise, you need to consider that it will take time because there is no rigid physical activity involved. Just always stick with the right diet to reduce your weight. That means your diet should include healthy foods that contain more vitamins and minerals and take note of the allowable amount of calories that you need to be taken up. More importantly, be consistent in recording your weight and foods eaten to determine if you really lose weight without exercise.
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Ron Paul Won Louisiana Caucuses
Lousiana GOP Lies and Steals the Win
by Jim Davidson
Special to The Libertarian Enterprise
The story continues in this corrupt state of parishes, poor drainage, and careless politicians. Three complaints have been filed by the Ron Paul campaign with the Louisiana Republican party (LA GOP). These three complaints might change the official outcome of the caucuses in time for the state convention on 16 February, or they may become the basis for a lawsuit, including potentially a restraining order to prevent the party from holding the state convention without following its own rules.
To gain further insight into this situation and process, I spent some time with newspaper articles and web sites. Coverage has been spotty, with the Louisiana State University Reveille student paper being one of the few places you can get much of this story.
Indeed, if you go to the LA GOP web site, you'll see the official results being described as follows. "Approximately two-thirds of the individuals who cast provisional ballots have been identified by their respective Registrar of Voters as registered Democrats or Independents as of the November 30 deadline. Their ballots, of course, will not be counted nor added to the totals of any district."
So, I contacted Andrew Axsom, the state coordinator for Louisiana for the Ron Paul campaign. He said, "I believe that statement to be totally false." Indeed, the Ron Paul campaign believes that some 95% of the 650 provisional ballots cast were cast by Ron Paul supporters, and that they were all registered Republicans at the time of the party deadline, November 30th.
It is sort of odd that the LA GOP makes this false claim, because when the state party apparatchiks reviewed the Ron Paul slates on 9 January 2008, they did so comparing the proposed delegates to a list of registered Republicans from May 2007—six months before the deadline for changing party affiliation. Andrew says that he questioned them about this matter, and was told they expected to be able to get lists updated through the end of October.
Three Complaints
Now let us look at the three specific complaints. First, the Ron Paul campaign says that the LA GOP rules require that two months notice be given of a planned party caucus. The purpose of that two months advance notice is so that people may change their registration in a timely way.
Although the deadline for registration as a Republican was set to 30 November by the LA GOP, they did not announce the caucuses until 17 December. Since the caucuses were held on 22 January, clearly they did not give two months advance notice.
Obviously, doing so violated the rules, left supporters of Ron Paul somewhat in the dark, and creates a clear problem with the LA GOP refusing the registrations of Republicans seeking to be delegates or cast ballots in the caucus process. If the LA GOP cannot be bothered to adhere to its own rules, they are clearly untrustworthy. I believe they are untrustworthy, and, therefore, unfit to govern a free people.
I should mention that these three complaints are internal to the LA GOP itself, and are the opportunity for the LA GOP to surprise everyone by doing the right thing. Since evil never does the right thing willingly, the possibility of the same complaints showing up in a lawsuit with a temporary restraining order seems like an important option to mention.
The second complaint is that the rules of the LA GOP set forth a deadline for candidates to be delegates at the state convention. That deadline was set by the state convention to be 10 January 2008. The procedure for amending the rules would require a meeting of either the state convention (scheduled for 16 February 2008) or of the state central committee. Guess what? Neither met.
The last time the state central committee met was during the last quarter of 2007. They did not update the deadline. And, it is not like a secret cabal of just five or ten or twenty. There are over 200 members of the state central committee. Many of them have been contacted, and have made it clear that no meeting was held.
Now, what is interesting about this complaint is that all the Ron Paul delegates were submitted by Andrew on 8 January 2008. Moreover, he submitted complete slates of delegates in EVERY DISTRICT. Yes, the Ron Paul campaign is well organized and well run in Louisiana.
Hours after turning in a full slate of delegates, on 8 January, LA GOP chair Roger Villere pushed back the deadline by two days. Villere had no authority to extend the deadline. He just did it, on his own, without authority, violating the state party rules, as a liar, to benefit the other candidates in the race. Such arbitrary and capricious behavior is consistent with tyranny, not with the government of a free people.
In their complaint, the Ron Paul campaign is demanding that all delegates filed with the LA GOP after the original 10 January deadline be disqualified. I think this demand is very reasonable.
Perhaps the LA GOP chair should be forced to crawl on his hands and knees through broken glass to every one of those disqualified delegates' homes and apologize in person for falsely misleading them into believing that Villere had authority to arbitrarily extend the deadline. I don't personally regard such a requirement for holding high office with a political party to be too much—he could always choose to resign in disgrace.
The third complaint from the Ron Paul campaign is that the caucuses were held in a deliberately false and misleading manner by using voter registration lists from dates prior to the official deadline of 30 November. I believe this complaint extends to declaring the official statement by the LA GOP on their web site that about two thirds of provisional ballots were cast by people registered as Democrats or Independents on 30 November to be false.
There are two things to take from this third complaint. First, there is the issue of integrity. If the LA GOP violates the rules they themselves set, then they are a bunch of filthy lying thieving swine, and unfit to govern a free people. Second, if they are so completely incompetent that they set one deadline for voter registration as a Republican and then fail to get lists of registered Republicans from that date, they are showcasing their talent for idiocy. And, fools should not be allowed to govern. Personally, I don't regard these two things to be at odds. It is possible for the LA GOP to be both incompetent and evil.
What evidence do we have that the LA GOP used the wrong lists? First, there is the conversation of 9 January when Andrew was told that 78 of the delegates on his slates were ineligible due to not being registered Republicans. So, he asked what the date of the list of registered Republicans they were using for comparison, and was told that it was dated May 2007. Duh.
There is some evidence that lists as recent as 1 November were not used, either. Some of the caucus participants who changed their registration on 30 October did not show up on the list of registered Republicans used by the LA GOP. So, even being a full month before the deadline was not good enough.
You know what signal this sends? It says, "Hey, we're the LA GOP leadership. You young people? Screw off. You people who want to join our party are not welcome. We'll shut you out. We'll use tricks, lies, deceit, to steal your voice, to take away your representation at the caucuses. And we'll do the same thing in every election we run. We're evil, and until we die, there isn't room for anyone new in the LA GOP." Which, on the whole, seems like an odd message to send. It is sort of in contrast to the statement Villere made congratulating the Ron Paul supporters for having "dash." Which is probably the only word he could think of meaning spirit or elan.
You know, because he's evil, and a fool.
What's even worse in this story of perfidy is the response to diligent Ron Paul supporters. They were expecting to be met with resistance, so they each got a print out from the registrar of voters in their parish indicating that they had properly registered as Republicans before the 30 November 2007 deadline. Can you believe it? Many of them were still required by the LA GOP (evil) party apparatchiks to file provisional ballots—which are now being utterly discounted.
By the way, several people asked me about this word "nomenklatura" which appeared in my last article in these pages. It is a term from the old Soviet Union, referring to people in positions of privilege, especially political privilege. You can look it up on Wikipedia. The term is synonymous with "ruling class." It means those filthy scum who arbitrarily break the rules to benefit whomever they please. These are the nomenklatura, the LA GOP leadership. In a truly just and decent society, were such people to rise to power, and do the things they have done in this case, the just and decent people would kill them, eviscerate them, and string them from lampposts and freeway overpasses by their intestines. It seems important to note that Louisiana is not a just, nor decent, society.
I mention this point now, because I have taken to using another word from the old Soviet Union, apparatchik, to describe party functionaries of the LA GOP. Why would I do so? I am pointing out that ballot access for third parties, such as the Libertarian Party, has often been denied by the nomenklatura and apparatchiki of the Democrat and Republican parties. I am pointing out that the much-vaunted "two party system" of the USA is no better than, no less deadly to individual liberty, than the one party system of communist rule in the old Soviet Union. Lest anyone have any doubts, I am saying that the Soviet Union was run by mass murdering thugs who slaughtered nearly a hundred million people. And I'm saying that the same sort of thugs run things in the USA, and if they are guilty of somewhat fewer mass murders, they are better only marginally, and by degree, rather than essentially or by kind.
In my last article, I suggested that the Ron Paul campaign was spending $5,000 to get the voter registration lists. However, I am now told, by Andrew, that these lists available from the Secretary of State do not indicate the date of recent party registration. So, a list current as of 29 January does not prove conclusively that the person was registered Republican on 30 November.
However, I have suggested that the list be obtained, anyway. For one thing, it may be that the Secretary of State's office is lying about what information they have. For another, it suggests diligence in pursuing the truth, something the LA GOP has not done.
The Ron Paul campaign has the list of 650 people who cast provisional ballots in the caucuses. However, the LA GOP refused to provide their addresses. Why? Obviously, to make it hard to establish that these people were registered to vote, and to contact them about getting evidence, such as those print outs of the dated registration, and the dated voter registration cards sent as a result.
Clearly, the LA GOP has something to hide—its own evil. Otherwise, it would publish the list of provisional ballot caucus goers on its own web site, complete with addresses, so that those people could come forward and prove their eligibility. The LA GOP has not done so because it does not want those people to demonstrate their eligibility. The LA GOP does not want to count their votes. If it did want those voters to participate, it would have brought current voter registration lists to the caucuses on 22 January.
There is to be a preferential primary on 9 February in Louisiana. That primary allows voters to guide the at large delegates to the national convention from Louisiana. A majority would presumably bind those delegates for one or two ballots. In a four-way race (presuming Giuliani steps down and endorses McCain as he has suggested he would) there is a possibility of no majority.
Other delegates would be chosen at the state convention on 16 February. I would like to see the LA GOP leadership do the right thing before then. But, I would also like to see a lawsuit filed over these many valid complaints, and a restraining order issued preventing the party from holding its convention until these complaints are upheld.
Well, you say, you don't live in Louisiana, so why should you care? I think you should care, because things in your state are just the same. The people you trust are lying—judging by the recount in New Hampshire, they are falsifying records—they are stealing your voice. They are denying you representation. They only want to pretend you were involved in picking the president, so they can claim a "mandate from the people" if their candidate wins. They do not want you to have a real voice, and they don't want the candidate you prefer to be engaged in a legitimate contest for the nomination.
I believe that this tale of corruption and perfidy extends to every election at every level. The liars in the Democrat and Republican parties have stolen every election. They lack the evidence to prove otherwise. I say they are indicted by overwhelming evidence of fraud and corruption.
Which means that you are a slave. You pay taxes without representation. You are denied your individual liberty by people who were chosen in a process that silenced your voice through fraud.
If you were an adult, sovereign, self-responsible individual, you would refuse your consent to be governed by such slime. So, I ask you, what is the content of your character?
It is not only appropriate to consider the character of the men and women of the LA GOP. Your character should be evaluated. Look into your soul. Choose how you should best be governed.
I don't know about you, but after looking closely at this process, I am agreeable to govern myself.
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Why Do Most Champagne Bottles Lack a Vintage?
Stating the obvious, Champagne bottles are different from your average wine bottle. Their shapes are a little bigger, they feel heavier in our hands, and let’s not forget that huge cork and sparkly foil up top. In addition to these bottle differences, there’s one defining factor on the labels that sticks out as well — most don’t contain a vintage. We’re breaking down why most Champagnes don’t display a year on the bottle.
The vintage (which is just a fancier word for year) on a bottle of wine states the year in which the grapes were harvested. Therefore, if you buy a bottle of 2012 Burgundian Pinot Noir, you know for a fact that those grapes were harvested somewhere between September and October of 2012. Now we know that grapes had to be picked in order to create that bottle of bubbly, and we know that those grapes were picked during a specific year, so why is it not listed?
The most simple answer is consistency. Champagne has one of the toughest climates for producing wine; low levels of sunshine and predominantly cold conditions make it difficult for grapes to ripen. In fact, at 45 to 49 degrees latitude, Champagne barely makes the cut into the acceptable winemaking coordinates (30 to 50 degrees.) Considering the extreme weather conditions that the region may potentially face, it’s quite possible that one terrible storm could wipe out an entire vintage’s worth of grapes. Not only do winemakers in Champagne need to create a product each year to survive, they also need to create a consistent product, thanks to Champagne’s renowned reputation in the global market. To combat this issue, Champagne houses create most of their cuvées as NV, or non-vintage. This signifies that Champagne producers use grapes and must from various vintages to create their cuvées, ensuring its consistency. In other words, this means that each specific producer has a distinct formula comprised of various vintages, resulting in steady flavor profiles year after year.
And those bottles that do contain a year on the label? These are the highly regarded vintage Champagnes. Like other bottles of wine, this signifies that only grapes from that particular year were used to create the wine. Vintage Champagnes are generally few and far between, considering that they are only crafted during years with optimum weather conditions at the chef de cave’s discretion. Should you stumble upon one of these bottles at your next wine tasting, we recommend passing on the spit bucket — these are some special sparkles.
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If someone has a virus like hiv, hcv ir htlv while pregnant will the baby automatically test positive for it after birth?
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Good question for your doctor. Is someone you know or are you pregnant with any of these health issues? Normally they test the mom and if positive, they then do specific things to help prevent transmission to the baby. It is not a given. They begin testing babies at about 14 days after birth from an hiv + mom. They begin medication for the baby at about 4 to 6 weeks to help continue to prevent transmission. Babies have to test negative twice to be considered HIV free. So, it's possible it can happen but not automatic with HIV.
There are different types of hepatitis. Hep A is associated with things like preterm labor. Hepatitis B does often transmit to the baby in 90% of the cases but that means 10% don't. Women can often get the Hep vaccine while pregnant since it isn't a live virus in the vaccine but that is something to discuss with one's doctor. (this is for hep B only). FAR fewer women pass hep C to their babies at about 4% only. So, that is not as big of a risk for transmission.
Htlv is not as studied but poses risk for transmission. Speak to your doctor about that.
Again, is this something you are battling or just anxious about or wondering about?
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I just meant is the initial test positive?
I am thinking of getting pregnant one day but never been checked yet so I’m curious about every risk possible
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So, you really likely do not have ANY of these. I wouldn't be concerned. They do test (or you can test now for hiv, std's, etc.). But there is no real reason to be concerned.
I guess with the caveat if you are a drug user that reuses needles. Hope that is not the case but it puts you at higher risk for hiv.
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Secret Science Club North Post Lecture Recap: The Nose Knows, but Who Knows the Nose?
Last night, I headed down to the scintillating Symphony Space for the latest Secret Science Club North lecture, featuring Dr Leslie Vosshall of Rockefeller University's Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior. Dr Vosshall is also a consultant for International Flavors and Fragrances Inc.
The topic of the talk being the sense of smell, there was a brief presentation before the lecture- six different fragrances, strips of paper infused with essential oils, were presented to attendees, who were tasked with identifying them. The first fragrance was spearmint, the second eucalyptus, the third lavender, the fourth rosemary, the fifth orange, and the sixth was cinnamon leaf
(reminiscent of cinnamon bark, but subtly different).
Dr Vosshall began her lecture by contrasting our knowledge of the sense of smell with our knowledge of color vision and of hearing. With color vision studies, we know the rules, there is a predictable relationship between the stimulus and the percept. Different wavelengths of light are associated with different colors- a honeybee would be able to perceive certain ultraviolet wavelengths and a rattlesnake would be able to perceive certain infrared ones:
Our perception of sound is also well understood, there is a predictable relationship between frequency and pitch. Musical notation can be likened to scientific notation, it's a diagram plotting pitch and time.
Smell is not well understood- different smells can be characterized as sexy, delicious, evocative, or disgusting, but there is a lot of subjectivity in this regard. In one case, there is a woman who claims to enjoy the smell of dirty diapers.
Dr Vosshall broke the subject down into a few subjects: Why does smell matter? What is the stimulus/percept problem involved? What is the role of genes in our perception of smell? What is the role of the brain in smell? Are pheromones fantasy?
Dr Vosshall then displayed a map of the world, with the countries ranked by incidence of smell disorders- the United States ranked high, with India also having a high degree of individuals with smell disorders. While blindness and deafness are considered to be tragic disabilities, an inability to smell is not generally considered to be that big a deal. To those suffering from anosmia, though, there is a decreased enjoyment of life- anosmia sufferers can inadvertently eat spoiled food, they can gain weight because of a diminished sense of taste which causes overeating, they have trouble gauging their hygiene and can compulsively wash themselves or be unaware of strong body odor, and they can fall victim to such dangers as gas leaks and chemical exposure. They can suffer mental health problems due to social isolation and a loss of links to past aromas.
Dr Vosshall displayed a couple of cartoons from an exhibition from artists James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau depicting doctors making diagnoses by smell and dogs sniffing out cancer cells, and posed the question, can dogs really sniff out cancer?
The topic then shifted to the stimulus/percept problem. Dr Vosshall showed us some diagrams of molecules which turned out to be beta-damascenone (a major component of a rose's bouquet) and 3-hexanol (a major component of grass' aroma). She noted that there is no disciplined way to predict how a particular substance will smell. A rose has over 260 odor molecules mixed in a certain combinatorial ratio. While different flowers have different aromas, there is a lot of overlap in their odor compounds. Dr Vosshall then displayed a diagram noting some odor compounds in common flowers:
Nature is the ultimate perfumier...
She then displayed a diagram displaying some odor compounds associated with human waste, such as skatole:
She then informed us that some of these 'waste' odor compounds are used in perfume making, wryly noting that perfumes contain a hint of 'stank', otherwise they'd smell flat.
As an aside, I have to note that these compound diagrams are fantastic.
Smells can be characterized by their intensity (strong vs weak) or valance (good vs bad), but there is no quantitative measure- a subjective element is at play. The culture in which one is raised has an effect on odor perception- one's perception of the smell of a durian, garlic, blue cheese, or cilantro is, to a large extent, culturally driven.
There is a difficulty in categorizing scents... we operate in a 'constrained space', having to describe aromas as 'floral' or 'citrus', or some other category. Even the descriptive terms are subjective... contrast that to a description of a musical note- Dr Vosshall joked about the difficulty in shopping for perfumes and quipped: "Nobody in a music store asks a customer, 'Do you like Middle C?'"
Dr Vosshall then displayed the body odor aroma wheel to kick off a discussion of the semantics of odor quality descriptors:
In the 1980's, researcher Andrew Dravnieks had subjects describe aromas using 146 different descriptors (PDF), though there are other breakdowns in the odor atlas. In a recent experiment, subjects were asked to describe 480 different odor molecules in their own words. At the low end, one subject merely used two words while another used 7,160 words to describe the different odors. Women typically used twice the number of words to describe aromas as men did. Certain compounds were easily described- R-(–)-carvone being described as having a minty aroma, D-camphor being overwhelmingly described as smelling like Vick's Vap-o-Rub. Other compounds were described using more varied terms, with vanillin being largely described as having a 'vanilla' smell, but also described as smelling 'sweet', or 'like chocolate'- Dr Vosshall joked that the descriptors for vanillin could be likened to the smell of Zabar's bakery section. On the other hand, methanethiol was described as smelling like feces, spoiled milk, rotten eggs, garbage trucks, and 'ass'. The descriptors are subjective, there's no scientific term to pin down an aroma.
The topic of the talk then shifted to discrimination- how many odor molecules can humans perceive? One study by Dr Vosshall's team suggested that humans can distinguish a trillion smells. There are approximately 166,443,860,262 different odor molecules, out of which perfumiers use about five thousand. Dr Vosshall wryly noted that, if the publishing industry limited itself to five thousand words, books would be boring. Dr Vosshall admitted that the study stating that humans could discriminate one trillion olfactory stimuli was her 'most hated' paper, and then described the study itself. In the study, thirty olfactory compounds were mixed in various combinations, with a certain percentage of overlap. Three vials were presented to the test subjects- two relatively close, with one mixture significantly different... the test subjects were typically able to distinguish the 'odd vial out', the one with a significant percentage difference. Out of the various compounds, trillions of possible combinations were possible, and the scents produced were dissimilar from any familiar scents.
We are much better at smelling than we think. Smelling starts with sniffing- air containing odor molecules is inhaled through the nostrils and hits the olfactory bulb, where various olfactory neurons react to different odorants to different extents. Dr Vosshall played a short animation to illustrate the manner in which various odor molecules interact with different olfactory neurons:
Odor intensity is determined by how many neurons are activated by odor molecules- the more neurons stimulated, the more intense an aroma. The identity of odorants is deconstructed in the piriform cortex of the brain, though no patterns of brain activity regarding odor perception have been differentiated. Dr Vosshall noted that scientists are driven by ignorance- they thrive on such problems as the mystery of olfaction. She also noted that it is difficult to build sensors corresponding to all odors. That being said, she noted that the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Richard Axel, Linda B. Buck for their research in olfaction- Dr Vosshall joked that this was the 'Smell Nobel'.
Humans have about 400 odor receptors, while rats have about 1,000 and dogs have about 2,000. Is smell unimportant to humans, or are 400 odor receptors sufficient? Every human has a unique nose and each of us is a bit 'smellblind'- everyone has different odor receptor functionality. To illustrate this, Dr Vosshall had three volunteers from the audience smell three vials of odor molecules- one of them (odor B) was androstenone, a sex steroid which drives female pigs in heat crazy (a similar compound, androstadienone, a product of the breakdown of testosterone in humans). The subjects were asked to describe the smell of the androstenone, and all three indicated that it did not have a strong smell, which elicited a joke from Dr Vosshall, about how she could tell them what their genomes were like. The gene OR7D4 responds to androstenone and androstadienone, and various individuals can perceive it as odorless, or sweet/floral, or urinous/sweaty. The OR7D4 receptor only responds to sex steroids, broken copies of OR7D4 cause individuals to perceive androstenone as less intense (for the record, when the vial of odor B was passed around, I perceived it as an acrid odor, almost painful to smell).
Dr Vosshall then brought up the topic of pheromones, nothing that the term originally applied to chemicals secreted by female insects to attract mates. She described one Israeli study, which she described as 'brilliant, convincing, and funny- a trifecta for scientists' that found that women's tears tended to turn men off. Tears are a chemosignal- in the study, women's tears were collected (the tears were induced by having the women watch sad movies, no onions were used in the experiment) and small patches were soaked in either saline solution or the tears of sad ladies, and these patches were placed under the noses of male subjects. There was no conscious odor difference between the tear-soaked patches and the saline-soaked ones. The male subjects were asked to rate the sexual appeal of different female faces, and the tears were found to reduce the sexual arousal of the men. Dr Vosshall noted that there is no real human equivalent to insect pheromones- any talk of human 'pheromones' involves a stretching of the term and some degree of confusion. She noted that the human pheromone literature is a 'toxic mess'.
After the lecture, there was a Q&A session. There were various questions about the evocative nature of aromas- Dr Vosshall indicated that smell tends to bypass semantic centers and hit emotional centers. Another questioner, noting that certain cooks are better at distinguishing ingredients than others, asked if one could improve one's sense of smell- Dr Vosshall noted that good smellers practice, they train themselves. Another questioner asked if any work was done to integrate odors in pedagogy, with, for example, pairing scents with chapters in a book- alas, this isn't typically done. There is a huge scent industry, though, and a lot of high-end hotels have scent designers 'imprinting' or 'training' customers with signature aromas, typically 'easy florals'. Some bastard in the audience, being a hard science junkie, asked Dr Vosshall about the differences in mammalian olfaction and insect olfaction (the last common ancestor almost definitely being an aquatic denizen of the Precambrian). Dr Vosshall stated that vertebrates and insects use completely different proteins to serve the same purpose- insects have fast-acting olfactory receptors, which probably co-evolved with flowering plants. Slower mammals evolved slower olfactory sensors.
Dr Vosshall opined that humans should be more like dogs, they should sniff around more, interact more with scents. I made a note of this advice before heading off to the subway...
Once again, the Secret Science Club has dished up a fantastic lecture in their Northern Outpost. Kudos to Margaret and Dorian and the staff of the Symphony Space. High fives all around. For those of you unable to attend, here is a video of a World Science Festival panel discussion featuring Dr Vosshall:
Crack open a beer and, if you're feeling adventurous, spray a little Odor B around the room, and inhale deeply through your nose... that's the smell of science!
Smut Clyde said...
the body odor aroma wheel
More importantly, there are similar aroma wheels for beer bouquet.
Nasreen Iqbal said...
I've read that women use a wider variety of words for colors, too. Men tend to just use the basics - it's red, yellow, blue, or green.
I was camping last summer, and the smell brought back a vague but strong sense of the past. I asked my parents later if we went camping a lot when I was a kid., We didn't, but we had a fireplace when I was very young, and we apparently used it a lot. I had no idea!
Somehow, the smell of the campfire was bringing out something in my head I didn't know was there.
ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...
Campfires remind me of being in the Boy Scouts. (So do snakes, for that matter...)
mikey said...
Growing up in north/west Marin county, the climate is what they call 'Mediterranean' which means it simply does not ever rain between may and November. So the summers are dry, and the overwhelming scent is a dry, dusty smell my sister and I called 'dried up rattlesnake grass' - rattlesnake grass being some kind of wild grass that has little bulb or seed pod on the stem that makes a soft rattling sound when you shake it next to your ear.
That smell - whenever I encounter it all these years later - changes the way I feel in every way. It's not just a fond emotional state, there's a visceral physical reaction. It's not related to any one single memory - there were hundreds, perhaps thousands of days characterized by that particular smell - but rather a whole way of feeling about life, a bittersweet wave that transports me back to my carefree youth, even as my brain knows there's no route back there...
Smut Clyde said...
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Movie Review: "Live Free or Die Hard"
-- Rating: PG-13
Length: 128 minutes
Release date: June 27, 2007
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller
"Live Free and Die Hard" is the next installment of the "Die Hard" series. The story follows John McClane (Bruce Willis) as he works with the FBI to bring in a hacker named Farrell. The story continues with action sequences where McClane and Farrell are being pursued, followed by complete chaos in Washington.
This thriller, which incorporates action and crime, is rated PG-13 and has intense moments of violence and action. These, along with brief sexual situations and language, make it a movie suitable for viewers over the age of 13. The movie has a somber tone that is sure to incite an eerie feel, but the tone of the film does not hinder the excitement of the action and adventure sequences.
The plot, which focuses on cyber-terrorism, is something that could happen in the normal day-to-day activities of the world, so audience members will be able to relate to the film as it proceeds. The film has shorter moments of fighting and action than the previous "Die Hard" movies because it actually travels over a long distance, meeting with plots to overthrow the US infrastructure and cyber-terrorist attacks. Although the movie is somewhat plausible, it still has a few stereotypes that hinder its performance.
The hackers in the film are portrayed as the uber-hackers who live in dark rooms or basements away from the world, which simply isn't consistent with the amount of damage they invoke. If audience members can look past this fact, the hackers are otherwise what you would expect as far as being intelligent enough to uproot an entire government's structure.
In the past "Die Hard" movies, McClane (Bruce Willis) is a tough officer who isn't afraid of using violence to get his point across. Although this movie is later in the series and has less blood than some others, the character actually seems to be more brutal. The character seems more like one who has had to deal with this kind of situation multiple times before, making him cold and direct when dealing with enemies. There is not a moment of second thought or pausing to consider the outcome; McClane is there to take out his enemies and to get his mission accomplished.
Speaking of violence, the movie is rated for the violent situations that happen when McClane fights with a variety of antagonists. Although it is more common in the current age to use CGI (computer graphics) to make fight scenes seem more dramatic and larger than life, this movie actually uses real stuntmen and women. This gives the fighting sequences a real sense of urgency and excitement, especially because audience members cannot be distracted by a poorly rendered image. Better yet, Willis worked to do his own stunts in many scenes, so there isn't any point when the audience is faced with odd angles to obscure a stand-in's face from view. This really helps people get into the action of the movie instead of focusing on thoughts like, "Hey, is that a stunt double?" or "Wow, the graphics on this could have been done by an actor instead."
For those who love criminal plots, this movie is just fantastic. The plot of overthrowing a government infrastructure is not new, but with characters that are familiar and a location that all Americans are likely to recognize, the movie is able to provide an interesting take on the usually overdone idea.
The best part about this particular movie in the series is that its PG-13 rating is lower than the previously R-rated films. This allows a few more family moments for those with teens, and it gives people the chance to introduce the films to those who may have been too young to watch the previous installments.
On top of the action, the character McClane has a storyline of his past over the time lapse from the last film. It shows how he has become a bit estranged from his family, and it focuses on how he tries to stay close to his daughter. She also becomes part of the villain's plans, so this is another subplot that is fun to watch and sure to keep audiences captivated.
Rated four out of five stars, this fourth installment of the "Die Hard" franchise is sure to be one that audiences remember. The action, drama, and thrilling aspects are all still a large part of the series, keeping it fresh and exciting.
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Brideshelf - Wedding
It’s your big day, so take a load off.
(submitted by Nicole)
15 Responses to “Brideshelf”
1. Ranger says:
With those sleeve things, did she have to walk through doorways sideways?
2. denise n. says:
Ooo la la! MAAARBLE COLUMNS!
3. Mary F says:
Is that a tiara behind those bangs?!? lol
4. Olivia says:
Glamour shots meets bridal portraits–together at last.
5. Martha says:
Hurry up I’ve got a poison concert to get after this
6. OtterMom says:
Why did we ever think that was a good look? My mom spent so much money on hairspray for me…
7. LynC says:
Holding the weight of that hair and those sleeves is hard work. She needed a rest!
8. Theresa r says:
The higher the hair the closer to God…I bet this hair garnered many an envious eye in the late 80′s
9. Raylene says:
Could she be any more ‘poofy’??
10. Teal says:
I’m betting she was wearing white pumps, white hose, and that there was a slit in the front of her dress. This is epic!
11. AndrewT says:
Darling, all that fluff inside your head is exploding out the back. We’ll need to do another take when it’s all empty in there.
12. henson says:
a pedestal-shelf for her arms, a sleeves-shelf for her hair
13. Scout C says:
The big day calls for big hair, big headdress, and big sleeves, too! Late 80′s, I presume?
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Hot topic: How to turn around a school
1. By attracting parents from higher socio-economic backgrounds.
Seriously - Everyone who has ever stressed about their kids's education should read Freakonomics, or at least that one chapter about your ability to impact your kids's success in life. It will actually make you feel a lot better :)
2. Random thoughts:
You really to start with a strong principal and a good set of teachers. Without that, all the volunteering in the world isn't going to help much.
The parents can support and energize the staff by offloading as much of the "non-teaching" work as they can (photocopying, stuffing envelopes, cleaning the classroom, organizing field trip chaperones and providing snack). Parents can focus on the fund-raising, grant writing, and community building events while the staff concentrates on educating the kids.
Parents also play an important roll in marketing an under-enrolled school by working the playground and talking at their former preschools. Getting folks in the door to see the school in action can be the hardest part.
It's good to remind touring parents that a school's test scores are based solely on the performance of students in grades 3-5 (testing starts at the end of 2nd grade and the results aren't available until the following fall). My take is that the APIs at so-called "turn around schools" increase initially because of a change in staff and then continue moving both from changing demographics and from the extra help that additional money, manpower, and grants can provide - tutoring, reading specialists, librarians.
Last thought is that the image of the pushy parents attempting to "take over" a school is really baloney. There are certainly pain-in-the-butt parents at every schools but the kinds of families that jump into some of these schools that are really "safe bets" are generally not the types to do that. Think instead of a group of fresh-faced parents asking the teachers & principal - what do you need?
3. So agree that it's not the "pushy parents" who want to boss everyone around that turn around schools. The more entitled parents only come in the second wave after the worker bee parents have pulled up their sleeves!
Seriously though, it's about strong leadership from the principal, and a strong staff who supports and extends the principal's vision. Parents just come and try to make things easier for them to do their jobs. Without a good principal and strong staff there's nothing parents can do.
4. I asked my pediatrician today (he's a former Board of Ed member). His advice was to hold potlucks. 3 a year, one in the early fall as a welcome, one just before the holidays and one near the end of school. Someone will bring their rice and beans, someone will bring their chocolate cake, someone will bring their potstickers, and voila - the community begins to grow. People feel comfortable pitching in when asked, etc.
Anyway - take that for what's it worth. The parents I know at Miraloma credit new leadership for its rise to superstardom.
5. But what if get shot coming in with my cake?
6. Yes, the "pushy parents" come in after the school becomes popular. Sometimes they drag down a school. Fortunately, they often yang their children out of the school, move them to another school, and then start dragging down that school.
An excellent principal is key. A principal with a strong work ethic sets a good example for teachers and parents to follow.
7. I agree that food is a good way to draw people in. At one turnaround school 10 years ago, the PTA president just concentrated on getting more of the existing parents to come to school events. She noticed that when she arrived at the school, only a handful of families ever showed up to evening events like Back to School Night, which school staff worked for weeks to put on.
Trying to figure out why parents WOULDN'T want to come to school to meet their child's teacher, see his classwork, or meet her friends' parents, this PTA president observed that most of the school population were working people with younger sibs at home. Inviting this population to come to an early evening event would mean they had to come directly from work, usually having picked up the younger sibs from daycare on the way. Her brilliant idea was to include a free dinner for the entire family at each event. In just one year, attendance at the school events jumped from the initial handful, to more than half the school population. Teachers reported meeting for the first time families who had been at the school for years. They had just never been able to come before, because of needing to pick up the younger chiuldren and feed then; we all know that a school event is no fun if you are dragging a cranky and hungry three year old with you.
This was the turning point for this particular school. Once the families got in the habit of coming to the school events, they felt more comfortable offering to help. Many parents had manual labor skills - carpentry, painting, gardening - and began to offer small but much needed fixes to the physical plant, things which Principals request from the district but often wait years to see accomplished. Parents who worked in offices began sending in the occasional ream of copier paper. Someone offered to translate the parent newsletter into their native language. Every little bit helped. By the time the wave of middle class parents began to notice the school, the volunteer community was already starting to coalesce.
The food doesn't have to be fancy - sandwiches and a big salad works for most people. It was just the idea that, instead of the event being one more thing a harried mom had to work into her evening schedule, along with retrieving the kids, cooking and serving dinner, then rushing out again for a 7:00 school event, instead it was pick up the younger kids after work, head to the school by 6, eat a leisurely dinner with the whole family (and everyone else's whole family) and then meet your child's teacher. It worked 10 years ago and today, with the current economy, who wouldn't welcome a chance to get dinner for the whole family for free?
8. How do "pushy parents" drag down a school? Ones I've seen have gotten things done for all the children and were seen as "pushy" by those who didn't want to work or didn't really care.
I agree that the principal is key and then teachers. Teachers can struggle through with a bad principal for a bit, but then it all starts to fall apart no matter how many potlucks, community events, etc. the school holds.
9. You asked what you can do and I think the other suggestions of offloading all you can from teachers is spot on. Even if some of the teachers or principal aren't great, just doing that will let them focus more time on educating kids, or they will be less burnt out from not having to do that at night.
The other thing is to increase things like arts programs, science, physical education, beautify the grounds by gardens, all of that makes a difference. And build the community not just by potlucks, but by fun events where adults get to know each other and become friendly, then it is easier to volunteer together because it's fun for the adult too.
10. In "turning around" Daniel Webster, the Prefund people engaged former mayor Art Agnos -- who lives a block away -- as a cheerleader. So I would say: find the most powerful, famous person living nearest to the school and get them involved.
11. Hello,
I'm a parent at Sunset, and a PTA board member. My child started at the school just before it became a "success story". Although there had been a PTA previously, I am told that it was small and cliquish, had no budget and virtually no plan for the year.
Things started to change when there was an influx of parents from local Co-op nursery schools. (These parents tend to view any amount of participation as a relief from what had been required of them, so they tend to feel good about getting involved.)
We had a couple of years with some motivated and businesslike PTA presidents, made some obvious and visible improvements to the facility and grounds, and funded a few needed after-school programs.
A key element to the success of the PTA has been the Principal's involvement and encouragement. Ms. Lee does a great job of encouraging parent participation. Likewise, the teachers are all open to involving parents in the routines of the classrooms.
I'd like to point out that we have a fairly small core group of parents who participate routinely. Given some support from the principal and teachers, this may be enough.
I am thinking that a nice project to undertake this year might be for us to "sponsor" another school's nascent PTA and to help guide them through the organizing process. There's no reason that any school with reasonable parent participation should not be able to be turned around.
(I think it helps, as someone put it earlier, to have programs that "offload" burdens from the teachers. Very early on we started supplying the teachers with supplemental stipends to defray at least some of the class expenses that were coming out of their personal funds. And it's important to be careful to craft enrichment programs that reinforce and cooperate with the teachers' curricula, rather than dumping a bunch of unrelated extra stuff into their laps.
Also, I'd second the point about food. And childcare is another key ingredient for allowing more parents to attend meetings.)
12. Maybe "pushy" is the wrong term. Neurotic is better.
Some parents will pester a principal incessantly about getting their kid into a class with a particular teacher in the next school year, or volunteer in the classroom, but only to help their own children.
They care about their own child's well-being and have not interest in the collective good.
That said, they are few in number, fortunately.
13. I agree with 11:32.
Sponsoring another school's nascent PTA is a great idea!
Several thousand dollars donated from a school with a six-figure PTA income to an up-and-coming school can go a long, long way.
14. I'm so happy to see all the comments here - it's certainly accurate based on what I've seen at Miraloma for the past 7 years. Some years I did tons, other years, very little (because so many new hands eventually joined!)
One of the jobs that I did one year (and the one for which I got the most gratitude from the teacher) was being the copy queen. She organized all her copying and collating work for the week and I'd come in and take care of it. She said that it really helped her have more time afterschool to connect with parents of kids that needed help, and also freed up her break time to work with kids who asked for it during break time. No time you give is ever too small!
I concur with the principal being key - especially for a school that wasn't considered popular before. Marcia Parrott was the Miraloma principal who got things going and we were blessed two years ago to get Ron Machado in to take the torch and improve the school in new and different ways. They were both key and the right leaders for the right time.
15. A little goes a long way to attract families that you often don't see - especially non English speakers. Just last week, with a flyer in Chinese, phone calls from a Chinese-speaking parent, and the lure of a presentation in Chinese from PPS Outreach Coordinator Cindy Choy, we got about 30 monolingual families to our event at Aptos, and a sign up sheet of families that want to help inform our Site Council. We also got volunteers who are English and Chinese speakers who agreed to help serve as liaisons to these families. Just a little effort goes a long way, I've found. These families are enthusiastic and eager to participate - the challenges is making sure that the school culture is actively working to communicate with all families, especially those that English is not their first language.
16. No kidding -- I was like, "Where are all the mandatory meetings?"
17. Yes, aligning one's school with dynamic preschools and coops that are in the vicinity is good advice. For example, Miraloma Coop parents were instrumental in the turn around at Miraloma Elementary.
Also, I have found that parents love to see new playground structures, or promises of new playground equipment, when they tour an up-and-coming school. Although, admittedly, the lack of playground equipment doesn't hurt an established school (a la Rooftop)!
18. 11:36, I'd add "entitled" to "neurotic." One of the most destructive things parents can do is to go around the teacher when they have a concern, rather than talking to the teacher first. It breaks whatever trust there was, and can lead a teacher to feel they must watch their back, which in turn tends to degrade communication and relationships in general. A strong principal will facilitate relationships between parents and teachers, a not-so-good principal will allow bad feelings to fester.
Talk to the teachers!
19. 7:05 - what does this mean for turning a school around? did this happen at your school and is your school one that is being turned around or did this happen in the past and harmed the school in it's turnaround? Are you a teacher?
20. Hi 2:43, 7:05 here - as soon as I posted this, I realized I should have put it in the "what makes a good principal?" thread, because it really doesn't have anything to do with turning a school around. In any case, yes, I'm a teacher, and yes, this has happened at my school which is considered to be "turned-around" but I don't think it's terribly uncommon, and I've seen it happen in unpopular schools, too.
Parents who have concerns about their children's classes sometimes skip over the step of going to the teacher, and first take their concerns to the principal. I call it a neurotic entitlement issue because they seem to feel entitled to "go to the boss" and force them to respond before they've given the teacher an opportunity to address the area of concern, or even ascertained whether or not it's a real problem. If they can get the principal to "take care of it" then they don't have to initiate uncomfortable conversations with the teacher.
Mainly I just want to say that I think everyone will be a lot happier if we don't go around each other attempting to get our way. Have respect for the teachers, most of them want to work with you to do their best for your kids!
21. 7:05 - what do the parents do if the teacher doesn't listen or agree there is a concern? Are you saying people shouldn't go to the principal then? I think this is a problem with the "turnaround" schools. Maybe you as a teacher want to work with kids and families and I think that's true of most teachers. I also think some of the "turnaround" schools have a lot of teachers who aren't so happy to be "turned around" and would like to continue the way they have been doing things. We should be honest that some of the reason these schools are where they are is not solely because of the popularity of the school, sometimes it's because of the teachers too. I expect this comment will get flamed, but it's true. Not all the teachers at these schools are top rate, though certainly at some schools this is the case. Perhaps your school had people in this situtation?
22. i think 7:05pm was just trying to make a point that sometimes well-intentioned people who are conflict-averse would prefer to go upstairs rather than addressing the problem directly with the person concerned. the tendency to go directly upstairs is really common in all walks of life, it's a cultural thing about not wanting to get into conflict, not trusting one's own ability to communicate effectively.
as i read it, 7:05 wasn't saying that it's never appropriate to go to the boss, but rather that it's always appropriate to talk to the teacher first. that's all.
23. I think 7:05 said some not so nice things about parents. He/she implied that they are Neurotic and Entitled if they do go to the principal and said they tried to go around the teacher to "get their way". Who knows what happened or what the problems were but I would be worried about a teacher that views parents as Neurotic and Entitled and trying to "Get Their Way" if they are talking to the principal about something they are worried about whether they went to the teacher first or not.
24. 1:09, I can't explain the specifics in a public forum. Of course there are problems that come up that do warrant going to the principal directly - if you suspect the teacher is drunk, let's say. But for most issues it's just basic respect to talk to the teacher before "tattling" to their boss. I accept that not all teachers are nice, and likewise not all parents are nice.
9:59, if you take an issue to a teacher and can't get it resolved, then yes, absolutely, going to the principal is the next step to take! It's just not the FIRST step in most situations.
Most, if not all, teachers I know are very happy to be in "turned around" schools because they don't have to deal with the tyranny of pacing guides, mandated curriculum, etc. that is forced on you in a Title 1 school. Once the test scores come up there is much, much more freedom to run your classroom the way you see fit.
25. I think it is really smug to have the attitude that the school will be all of a sudden better just because some middle class white people enroll their children there.
26. 5:10 just doesn't get it! It's not about being BETTER, it's about being POPULAR!
27. Oh. Right. POPULAR. Thanks for clearing that up!
28. How else can you know if your kid is in a good school? If everyone else doesn't envy you, how good can it be?
OK, snark aside, when we look at the so-called "turnaround" schools, the thing they all have in common is an influx of middle- and upper-middle class students. Educated parents have children primed for educational success, and poor kids take tests.
29. 5:10, there was a great quote here last year that "up and coming" means "when we white people lower ourselves to come to your school and make it a much better school because of our mere presence there".
But honestly, do you really think we live in a post-racial and class-free society? If not, then you'd have to agree that middle-class white people are better-served by the system than poor non-whites. It's changing slowly, but at this point it's still the truth.
30. I think we need to remember that schools improve not because middle class white people are inherently superior to anyone else. It's like raw intelligence, some people get lucky and born to a more comfortable existence that provides them with tools to succeed in the established system. The middle class in general (of any ethnicity, color, nationality, etc.) is a tool itself to effect change, even if that tool is used without thought. We're lucky, in fact, that our unthinking presence can benefit certain situations because most people can't sustain a super-charged level of dedication to some cause. Jobs, money, families, etc. interfere with out best intentions. An entitled demographic growing at a school with a less advantaged population might stick in the craw of people, and I can understand that. But I really believe that only a few people would go into it with the kind of attitude that is condescending. Most people will chill out and relax once they realize their kid is okay. It is impossible not to be aware of the divides that separate us no matter how much we wish otherwise. It would be great if our thoughts could imitate our actions. I'm hoping my kid will be one who will interact with people different from him without little mental annotations about those (unimportant) differences like skin color, etc. I know he has that freedom now, and I just hope he can grow up without absorbing all the crap that does separate us.
31. How NOT to turn around a school:
1. Enroll your child at a school that has already established practices that are diametrically opposed to your own beliefs about education. Sign up for an academics-oriented school with a uniform policy, for instance, when you passionately believe children should never conform, and should spend most of their days playing kazoos. Tell yourself that you will be able to convince the entire community to see things your way.
2. Begin complaining immediately, before you've had a chance to see how things are going, or are even aware of all the programs the school offers. Ask, the very first week of school, why there aren't more field trips / art classes / kazoo lessons. Scour the Internet until you find research positing that kazoo playing develops higher intelligence, and that kazoo deprivation puts children at risk for mental illness. Bombard your child's teacher and principal with phone calls and emails. Show up in the principal's office every day with a list of complaints. When he/she crawls under a desk to hide, go under there, too. Complain about the school publicly, exaggerating what you see as its anti-kazoo bias to the point where no one would ever think of enrolling another middle-class kindergartner there.
3. Sign up for every committee, volunteering to be president of each: PTA, SSC, and the committee you yourself originate -- the Committee for the Promotion of Kazoo Appreciation. At meetings and community events, sit only with parents who share your background, and whisper with them the whole time. If working class parents mention they want more class time spent on academics, either ignore them or suggest that the school needs more parent education classes.
3. If you get any push-back from the principal or teachers, threaten to pull your child from the school. Remind them that you wrote the grant funding the kazoo program, and that without you it will die.
4. Even after the school incorporates some of your suggestions, nurture your discontent. When a particular decision doesn't go your way, pull your child from the school and fork over the money for an expensive private school.
5. Once your child is safely ensconced in private school, begin to realize that there were many things the "up and coming" public school did very well, in fact much better than the private. Begin the cycle of complaint again.
32. wow 6:06, what you think is clever is just bitchy snark.
33. well, i thought it was snark too, but also funny. if snark bites, it's because there is truth there (if not the whole truth).
34. Include parents of all socioeconomic, education levels, and English-language ability and outreach.
Remember that plenty of great parents can't afford to donate money or time (not enough of either) to the school. In that vein, schedule events at varying times of day and have b-lingual folks on hand to translate.
Get to know each other as well as administrators.
Support classroom teachers by performing small tasks and other forms of assistance.
Bring healthy snacks for all the kids--the lunches are awful.
Learn about the other parents. Find out what they do well and how they can help. Most everyone has somethong to offer.
35. There are two types of "turn arounds".
I. The Take Over
Most of the turn arounds occur when "middle class" families take over a school and push out kids that were traditionally bussed to the school. This can result in popular and impacted schools; however they fail to be diverse, especially in terms of social economics. This is good for middle class families, but not good for the district as a whole.
II. The Change Over
Very rarely do you see significant gains (let alone huge gains) in test scores in schools that draw students from its immediate neighborhood. This is because the under performing (i.e., low income) students cannot be squeezed out, and middle class families do not want to send their children to these neighborhoods. The rare exception is multilingual programs where middle class families are motivated to send their child to a school that has something special to offer. At these schools, one typically sees some gains in test scores with time. The real question is how much do the neighborhood student’s test scores improve?
36. Hello, classism.
"Neighborhood kids" can and do achieve. It's unfortunate that so many people here equate middle class (and, I'm guessing, white skin) with success.
I grew up working class. My parents were poor. Do you know what made the difference for us? It wasn't money or "motivation". Like my parents, I grew up in a supportive community where resources were shared and expectations were high. Teachers and administrators had enough freedom to tailor curriculum but enough oversight to be held accountable.
Accountability is key. Hold administrators accountable for poor practice. Hold teachers accountable for having low expectations (and thank the ones who do a good job--there are plenty). Get angry the state government for putting education below just about everything. Ask yourself what your presence is doing for/to the kids who were already at that school. Do you care about how you're affecting the community?
But, please, think before you comment about how the middle class improve schools. Quite simply, schools aren't good if they're not serving all of their students. As I've mentioned, "neighborhood kids" can and do achieve when high expectations are paired with community and family support.
The bottom line? Take a good, hard look at how schools serve all children, not just children of privilege.
37. 10:27 - totally agree. Also about the high expectations. You should take a look at the upper grades in these "turn around" schools. Many have very low expectations for the students due to their demographics. This is really hard to change, so before you attempt it, find out how the teachers view the students. Not just what they say, but look at the assignments they give. You will find that many have low expectations (and I'm talking about what is assigned, not how students perform). In addition, if you want to turn around a school, partner with the parents and educate them about what they can do at home. Many parents are told "read to your child" but do not know what books to choose or may be illiterate. The school is only one piece of the education of a child and until we help parents know how to help students at home, there will always be achievement gaps.
38. Excellent points, 10:27.
Parent involvement/support is key (as is extra support for kids who aren't lucky enough to have it).
Teachers (I know you're reading!)... talk to parents. If there's a language barrier, do what you can to get translation service, even if it means badgering the district.
Find out what parents value and what interests them and harness that. Have parents come in--if they can--and skill share. Invite them to observe and send home regular notes letting them know what's expected of their child and how they can help.
Understand that some caring and hard-working parents might be intimidated by wealthy families and teachers or bound by cultural notions of propriety. Learn about the cultures from which students originate. Middle class parents, you can do the same.
If parents aren't involved? Pay special attention to these kids. Kids whose parents are absent for one reason or another need support from caring adults and understanding from peers.
Remember, kids can't meet high expectations if they haven't had their basic needs met, don't know how to function in a classroom, and feel alienated or judged. Expectations should be clear and consistent. A little understanding and time spent early on can go a long way to helping a diverse classroom or school succeed.
Take a look at what's happening over at Jose Ortego. Notice how the principal knows the name of every child, celebrates diverse background, invests in book fairs and other enrichment opportunities. Notice that the teachers are happy, involved and themselves diverse.
Peek into the lunchroom or volunteer for a day. Notice how many shades the kids come in and how well they interact. Look at the art on the walls and the rising test scores.
Ortega is a fantastic example of what can happen when expectations are high but realistic for all children. Take a look!
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by dulacshakur (2014-12-09 15:41:22)
Great coaches adapt. Unfortunately, Kelly seems dead-set on pushing his offensive system irrespective of whether the personnel is suited and/or optimized to run it. And, to your point, recent experience suggests we haven't had the right personnel.
There's nothing more damning than the reality that, despite having an offense led by a QB with nationally publicized turnover issues, Kelly didn't call a second running play for one of our running backs until ND was down 21-0 to a USC team that surrendered 452 rushing yards to BC. That's stupid beyond all fucking belief.
The guy has one trick in his bag, and it's apparently a high-wire act performed drunk over a pool of hungry sharks.
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The Mahabharata is the longest known epic poem, written in Sanskrit around 400 BCE. In Indian culture, it is a revered text of historical and philosophical importance. Associate Professor Sukarma Thareja of CSJM Kanpur University, India, suggests our understanding of thermodynamics is no less significant than a work such as the Mahabharata.
Specialising in Physical Chemistry research, she is a fellow advocate of sharing science through poetry and visual arts. We are delighted to feature her free-verse poem and accompanying road-mind-map collage image and invite you to take Sukarma’s poetical journey into the world of thermodynamics.
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Collage Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics by Sukarma Rani Thareja
Thermodynamics is all about
Flow of heat, into and out of system
As it undergoes physical/chemical transformations.
Thermodynamics lets us know; if particular
physical/chemical changes can occur
Under a given set of conditions.
In thermodynamics, there are three laws empirical.
One must learn all
To become an innovative physical chemist.
Boundary and surroundings are environment of system.
A diathermal boundary-wall provides no insulation (to system);
Adiabatic process won’t allow heat to flow in or out (of system).
Three thermodynamic principles
Are source of my inspiration
As a student of chemistry.
Understanding them is my passion
Since I have to learn them on my own
Therefore I need to make clear
Road-mind-map of these principles.
Where does heat energy move?
Heat energy is always moving towards a state.
Concept of state we can’t abbreviate.
When two systems are in contact
And the temperature of one (system)
Is uniform and same to connected system
Thermal equilibrium is said to be attained by two systems.
When the state variables have constant values throughout (the system)
Thermodynamic equilibrium is said to be attained (by the system).
First law of thermodynamics determines internal energy (of system)
By taking difference between heat and work (of system)
Thermodynamics attempts to explain by its second law
Why energy always moves from high to low.
Why are we not able to reverse the flow?
There is increase in randomness: entropy
Is answer to this important query.
Zero is the total change in entropy (of system)
Plus surrounding: for a reversible system.
But can we do work against increase in entropy?
Yes. But in doing so, we put a drain on some energy.
As scientists, we are looking towards perfect model.
Value of entropy is zero at Absolute Zero for a perfect crystal
But with finite number of steps
We can’t reach Absolute Zero – a temperature which is so magical
This is what the laws of thermodynamics tell us.
Finally, it seems we have reached our goal
Recollecting – learning three laws – empirical
by making mental-map-road.
Was that as easy as it looked before?
This masterpiece on thermodynamics
This literary humble poem, by Sukarma Thareja
May not be as worthy as epics of Mahabharta.
But it is surely no less than
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Warning! This post is long and doesn't have any pictures. It's not even really all that helpful to the Ubuntistas who are looking for help configuring Postfix. But I feel better. That's what counts, right?
Last night I sat down in the wee hours of the early evening to spend some quality time doing some editing on my long ignored novel, "Someone Liche You." I went through a period where I was editing a chapter a night pretty regularly last May and then I had some major tech failures (broken computers started acting broken, imagine that!) and so I ended up spending a lot of my free time trying to cobble a few of my busted computers into on that might work sometimes.
The long and the short of it, is that I sat down at my Dell Dimension 3100 Laptop which I use exclusively as a VNC terminal (remote X won't work-- it's a long story) to connect to my Desktop computer in the office so that I can access my file and do some work.
In addition, it occurred to me that back in May, I had a nice cron job that would email myself a copy of the novel at 3 a.m. every night so that I always had a daily backup. And I remembered that I thought enabling that cron job was pretty easy, so I thought I'd have a quick whack at it and _then_ get to editing my novel.
I am a fool.
So, trying to remember how to mail myself something from a command line, I start poking around on my system and realize that Mutt isn't present! Apt-get won't install it, saying that it's missing from the Ubuntu repositories. Strange. So I pursue other options. I install mail-utilities. I install some other junk that won't work without downloading and installing credentials from some dude's website.
So I start rooting around on gnu-mail and poking around in some of the Ubuntu forums. And I remember vaguely that, for some reason, this computer didn't have the main gusty repository enabled. So I fired up Synaptic and away we went. Of course! I had turned off the main Gutsy Repo. I have no idea why I would have done that, but I'm sure it was very important at the time. See? Linux is easy!
So, with the quick execution of "apt-get install mutt" I was happily churning out emails from the Command Line.
Or was it?
Of course not.
The next thing you have to do is install a Mail Transfer Agent. (We'll get to that in a minute.) Obviously, anyone who wants to mail knows that the MTA is a separate and distinct procedure from installing the mail client. Of course!
Fortunately, Mutt has a little error message when it is running in absence of a Mail Transfer Agent, so I knew that there was a problem. After some fairly unconstructive Googling, I came up with Postfix.
Why doesn’t postfix configure itself? Postfix should configure itself, given that there is no personal information that needs to be configured in the config file. It should also be a dependency for a command line mailer. Are you telling me most people who use Mutt know that they want to use it without an MTA?
I'm getting ahead of myself. Lets take a step back.
What is Postfix?
See, here's the thing, in order for your Ubuntu installation to send mail, it needs to have a mail transfer agent (MTA). You don't need an MTA if you're using someone else’s, which is what you do when you use your ISP or Google to send your email. If you want to send email from your little linux box, you can simply open up a can of SMTP Daemon on your system and you are good to go.
Good question. I am not sure why you would not just want there to be an easy and intuitive way to use your ISP's SMTP service from the command line. However, that does not seem to be how Linux works. This post is getting pretty tedious, huh? Wait, it gets far duller in a moment.
Simply installing postfix (apt-get install postfix) is not enough. You also need to configure Postfix. How do you configure postfix? You have to copy a file out of a seekrit directory into another seekrit directory. Which file? That depends on your distro. SINCE I GOT THIS FROM the UBUNTU REPOS, isn't it Fair to ASSUME that I want the postfix config file for DEBIAN!??
Fortunately, the postfix install warns you that it's not configured and gives you pretty explicit directions on what file you need to copy.
After only a three-hour trek through Googleland, I was able to send myself email from Mutt. Since all I want to do is send, I'm happy.
Of course, I didn't get any work done on my Novel.
Then, I wrote a nice little bash script that tacks a time and date stamp on my novel so that I know what version it is when it shows up in my Google mail.
See! Linux is easy.
Damn... Linux *is* easy!
I would have done it all in Perl... but that's just me.
I did!
Hmmm, looks like I did write a script named in September of 2004. Was about 50 lines, but it tarballed a directory, timestamped it, attached it, and also listed all the files in the body of the message. (It uses the MIME::Lite module and, you know.. the local MTA, though I think it originally used an SMTP server.)
Sadly, my little script just
Sadly, my little script just catalogs the text file and appends it to a scratch text file. Sends the whole thing in plain text. (Yeah, I wrote my novel in Plain Text.)
I'd be interested in knowing more about your script, though. I"d like to start sending dailies, (or at least weeklies) of this site to myself. | http://writelarge.com/node/30 | robots: classic
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} | 1,394 | "The Codenomicon tools are amazing. Using them is like being attacked by the most relentless adversary who uses every possible method to find flaws in your code
We fixed subtle crash bugs in Samba that had been in the code for over ten years. We would never have found those bugs without the Codenomicon tools.
If you're serious about implementing protocols correctly, you need the Codenomicon tools."
-- Jeremy Allison,
Co Creator of Samba
Fuzzing or fuzz testing is a negative software testing method that feeds a program, device or system with malformed and unexpected input data in order to find defects.
Learn more about the world of fuzzing and the Codenomicon difference:
Introduction >
Fuzzing Value >
Fuzzing, Where It Fits >
Fuzzing Frameworks >
Fuzzing, Static vs. Model >
The Codenomicon Difference >
Fuzzing enables software testers, developers and auditors to easily find defects that can be triggered by malformed inputs via external interfaces. This means that fuzzing is able to cover the most exposed and critical attack surfaces in a system relatively well, and identify many common errors and potential vulnerabilities quickly and cost-effectively.
The best-known example of early fuzzing comes from testing Unix command-line tools with fuzzed parameters in 1989 by Miller et al. (see http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~bart/fuzz/), although the idea itself can be attributed to multiple earlier sources. During the last 10-15 years, fuzzing has gradually developed towards a full testing discipline with support from both the security research and traditional QA testing communities, although some people still suffer from misconceptions regarding its capabilities, effectiveness and practical implementation.
Fuzzing Value
Fuzzing is especially useful in analyzing proprietary systems, as it does not require any access to source code. The system under test can be viewed as a black-box, with one or more external interfaces available for injecting tests, but without any other information available on the internals of the tested system. Having access to information such as source code, design or implementation specifications, debugging or profiling hooks, logging output, or details on the state of the system under test or its operational environment will help in root cause analysis of any problems that are found, but none of this is strictly necessary. Having any of this information available turns the process into gray-box testing, and is recommended for organizations that have access to the details of the systems under test.
A practical example of fuzzing would be to send malformed HTTP requests to a web server, or create malformed Word document files for viewing on a word processing application. The programs that are used to create fuzz tests or perform fuzz testing are commonly called fuzzers. Currently dozens of commercial and free fuzz testing frameworks and fuzzers of highly varying quality exist. Some are oriented towards testing only one or a few interfaces, while some are open frameworks for creating fuzz tests for any structured data.
Fuzzing, Where It Fits
Fuzzing is often compared to code auditing and other white-box testing methods. Code auditing looks at the source code of a system in an attempt to discover defective programming constructs or expressions. While code auditing is another highly valuable technique in a software tester's or developer's toolbox, code auditing and fuzzing are really complementary to each other. Fuzzing focuses on finding some critical defects quickly, and the found errors are usually very real. Fuzzing can also be performed without any understanding the inner workings of the tested system, whereas code auditing requires full access to source code. Code auditing is usually able to uncover more issues over time, but it also finds more false positives that need to be manually verified by an expert before they can be declared real, critical errors.
Neither fuzzing nor code auditing is able to provably find all possible bugs and defects in a tested system or program. As a rule of thumb, the effectiveness of fuzzing is based on how thoroughly it covers the input space of the tested interface (input space coverage), and how good are the representative malicious and malformed inputs for testing each element or structure within the tested interface definition (quality of generated inputs). It is generally accepted that fuzzers which are not fully model-based, or which populate their tests with random or semi-random data, are very inefficient and can only find the simplest possible programming errors.
Fuzzing, Frameworks
Some fuzzers are implemented as fuzzing frameworks, which means that they provide an end-user with a platform for creating fuzz tests. Fuzzing frameworks typically require a considerable investment in time and resources to develop tests for a new interface. If the framework does not offer ready-made test data for common structures and elements, efficient testing also requires considerable expertise in designing inputs that are able to trigger faults in the tested interface. Some fuzzing frameworks integrate user-contributed test modules, interface definitions or other auxiliary components back to the platform, bringing new tests within the reach of other users, but for the most part fuzzing frameworks require tests to be implemented from scratch by each end-user. These factors limit the accessibility, usability and applicability of fuzzing frameworks considerably.
Fuzzing, Test Suites
In contrast to fuzzing frameworks, another category of fuzzers consists of test suite-based fuzzers. These package a set of tests that have been pregenerated with fuzzing methods into a test suite or test tool that can be used in actual testing. In this approach, tests are designed in advance and implemented in some kind of modeling language (open or proprietary). The test definitions are then packaged into an application for running the tests. Usually this type of fuzzing requires only minimal work from the end-user (tester), as the interface model as well as test case definitions have already been created beforehand. The tester needs to configure only a few basic settings to start running the tests, and does not even need to fully understand the specifications or other details of the tested protocol or file format. This type of testing is ideally suited for any testers, developers, network and system administrators, and security consultants.
Fuzzing, Static vs. Model
Another dimension for comparing fuzzers stems from whether they are model-based or not. Compared with a static, non-stateful fuzzer which may not be able to simulate any protocol deeper than an initial packet, a fully model-based fuzzer is able to test an interface more completely and thoroughly, usually proving much more effective in discovering flaws in practice. A more simplistic fuzzer is unable to test any interface very thoroughly, providing only limited test results and poor coverage. Static fuzzers may not be able to modify their outputs during runtime, and therefore lack the ability to perform even rudimentary protocol operations such as length calculations, cryptographic operations, copying structures from incoming messages into outgoing traffic, or adapting to the exact capabilities (protocol extensions, used profiles) of a particular system under test. In contrast, model-based fuzzers can emulate a protocol or file format interface almost completely, allowing them to understand the inner workings of the tested interface and perform any runtime calculations and other dynamic behaviour that is needed to achieve full interoperability with the tested system. For this reason, tests executed by a fully model-based fuzzer are usually able to penetrate much deeper within the system under test, exercising the packet parsing and input handling routines extremely thoroughly, and reaching all the way into the state machine and even output generation routines.
DEFENSICS Architecture
Fuzzing, The Codenomicon Difference
Codenomicon DEFENSICS fuzzers are industry-leading, highly intelligent, fully model-based fuzzers that feature hundreds of thousands of meticulously designed, accurately targeted, ready-made test definitions for more than 150 supported network protocols, wireless interfaces and digital media formats. Our long-standing research background allows us to create extremely effective tests for any interface. Our unique DEFENSICS platform technology provides the capability to model any protocol or digital media format very efficiently, intelligently and thoroughly to achieve maximum functionality for practical fuzz testing. Our test methodology has been publically reviewed, verified and proven to be effective in practice by hundreds of vendors and other organizations worldwide. DEFENSICS fuzzers are extremely easy to install, set up and configure, empowering users to enjoy the benefits of top-of-the-line fuzz testing extremely quickly. DEFENSICS testers have been designed to integrate well with existing test management frameworks, to be fully portable across multiple systems and platforms, to provide automated, repeatable tests for all supported interfaces, and to output extremely detailed reports for all test results. | http://www.codenomicon.com/products/buzz-on-fuzzing.shtml | robots: classic
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A few months ago, I posted an article showing how we can use some internal help functions to significantly improve the performance of the commonly-used datenum function. The catch is that we must be certain of certain preconditions before we can use this method, otherwise we might get incorrect results.
Today I wish to share a related experience that happened to me yesterday, when I needed to improve the performance of a client’s application. When profiling the application, I found that a major performance hotspot was a repeated call to the datestr function, each time with several thousand date items.
datestr is the opposite function of datenum: it receives date values and returns date strings. Unlike datenum, however, datestr does not use a highly optimized native-code library function that we could use directly. Instead, it loops over all date values and sequentially applies the requested string pattern.
The natural reaction in such a case would perhaps be to vectorize the code (something that MathWorks should have done in the first place I guess). But in this case I used a different solution, that I would like to share today:
In any programming languages, Matlab included, the most effective performance tip is to cache processing results. Caching often makes the code slightly more complex and less maintainable, but the performance benefits are immediate and significant. In Matlab, benefits of caching can often surpass even those of vectorization (using both vectorization and caching is of course even better).
In the case of datestr, if we can be certain of the precondition that the output string format is the same, we can cache the results, and even use vectorization. In my case, I plotted historical daily stock quotes data and so I was assured that (1) all dates are integers and that (2) I always use the same date-string format ‘dd-mmm-yyyy’.
First, let’s define the wrapper function datestr2 with the necessary caching and vectorization:
% datestr2 - faster variant of datestr, for integer date values since 1/1/2000
function dateStrs = datestr2(dateVals,varargin)
persistent dateStrsCache
persistent dateValsCache
if isempty(dateStrsCache)
origin = datenum('1-Jan-2000');
dateValsCache = origin:(now+100);
dateStrsCache = datestr(dateValsCache,varargin{:});
[tf,loc] = ismember(dateVals, dateValsCache);
if all(tf)
dateStrs = dateStrsCache(loc,:);
dateStrs = datestr(dateVals,varargin{:});
end % datestr2
As can be seen, the first time that datestr2 is called, it computes and caches all datestr values for all the dates since Jan 1, 2000. Subsequent calls to datestr2 simply retrieve the relevant cache values. Note that the input date entries need not be sorted.
In case that an input date number is not found in the cache, datestr2 automatically falls-back to using the built-in datestr for the entire input list. This could of course be improved to add the new entries to the cache – I leave this as a reader exercise.
The bottom line was a 150-times (!!!) speed improvement for a 1000-item date vector (50mS => 0.3mS on my system):
% Prepare a 1000-vector of dates, starting 3 years ago until today
>> dateVals = fix(now)+(-1000:0);
% Run the standard datestr function => 50mS
>> tic; s1=datestr(dateVals); toc
Elapsed time is 0.049089 seconds.
>> tic; s1=datestr(dateVals); toc
Elapsed time is 0.048086 seconds.
% Now run our datestr2 function (caching already done before) => 0.3 mS
>> tic; s2=datestr2(dateVals); toc
Elapsed time is 0.222031 seconds. % initial cache preparation takes 222 mS
>> tic; s2=datestr2(dateVals); toc
Elapsed time is 0.000313 seconds. % subsequent datestr2 calls take 0.3 mS
>> tic; s2=datestr2(dateVals); toc
Elapsed time is 0.000296 seconds.
% Ensure that the two functions give exactly the same results
>> isequal(s1,s2)
ans =
So what have we learned from this?
1. To improve performance we must profile the code. Very often the performance bottlenecks occur in non-intuitive very specific places that can be surgically handled without requiring any major redesign. In this case, I simply had to replace calls to datestr with datestr2 in the application’s code.
2. Vectorization is not always as cost-effective as caching
3. Major performance improvements do NOT necessarily involve undocumented functions or tricks: In fact, today’s post about caching uses fully-documented pure-Matlab code.
4. Different performance hotspots can have different solutions: caching, vectorization, internal library functions, undocumented graphics properties, smart property selection, smart function selection, smart indexing, smart parameter selection etc.
In a later post I will show how similar modifications to internal Matlab functions can dramatically improve the performance of the uitable function. Anyone who has tried using uitable with more than a few dozen cells will surely understand why this is important…
Do you have a favorite performance trick not mentioned above? If so, please post a comment.
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5 Responses to datestr performance
1. Rory says:
I love this blog. This is fantastic.
2. MJJ says:
Also, logical indexing is fast, both to write and to process, but if you are only after a select few values within a large/huge array find may be faster (and less memory hungry) especially with the ‘k’ parameter.
3. marco says:
Really cool idea. I normally cringe when I see persistent variables, but this seems like a great use of them. Interesting indentation scheme you have there – kind of c-like to have your function guts indented like that.
4. EBS says:
Yair, good tip – what about separating out the cache creation into its own function, and putting that call into startup.m? Then you’d move the first-run time hit to startup, which is innocuous… You could next try making the cache creation one-time by saving it into an mat-file stored in the prefdir(?), using similar logic to check if it exists at the entry to the cache_creation function. This may not be any faster though :)
One power-user tip that used to work is to move any often-called/performance-critical ‘user library’ functions into the MATLAB library directory, and then update the function cache. This used to decrease the time required by ML to lookup the function, but recent improvements may make this untrue in recent versions? A related but little-known tip is that ‘clear all’ also deletes the internal function cache and causes it to be rebuilt, which can reduce performance esp. for user functions until it has been built over time as funcs are called.
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1. Walgreens
walgreens_logo.jpgThe Mt. Vernon, Illinois facility uses more than 1,000 droids to fulfill orders. Merchandise is stored in central pods and when an order comes in, human operators dispatch the bots to pick up the appropriate pod containing the item ordered. When the bot brings the pod, the operator then finds the item he or she needs, and the bot takes the pod back to its storage location.
2. Zappos
Zappos_Logo.gifIn Shepherdsville, Kentucky, 72 bots roam the 832,000 sq ft Zappos warehouse organizing and delivering shelves of goods to operators, who then pack the items into boxes for shipping. The bots are also in charge of shifting the inventory.
3. Staples
staples.jpgAt Staples' Chambersburg, Pa., warehouse, the bots have helped operators triple their productivity, roaming the 500,000 sq ft facility much the same way they do at Walgreens, fetching centrally stored pods. One of the big draws of the bot-system, which is made by Kiva Systems, is that it allows companies like Staples, which is always changing its inventory, to be flexible. The whole warehouse can easily be reconfigured to accommodate changes or the need to store a new range of products.
4. The Gap
Picture 36.pngUntil now, the Gap has relied on sorter technology to increase order-picking efficiency. But the many undesirable side-effects, including a lot more end-to-end merchandise "˜touches,' and big-time bottlenecks when the conveyor belts fail, have motivated them to switch to bots, too. With their exploding e-commerce sales (they now allow you to buy stuff from Old Navy and Banana Republic, too), they've decided it's time to lean on the droids to help fill orders. | https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/21312/4-companies-putting-droids-work-their-warehouses | isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2021-10
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Creating Citizen Science Data through Public Collection
by Trinity College Dublin
As introduced before, another major example of how involvement in citizen science can be structured is by calling the public to provide artefacts and historical memorabilia to create or enhance collections and archives. In this module, we approach public collections as archives, art and cultural collections that are:
• Open and accessible by the public
• Contributed by the public
• Co-created by the public (co-curated)
There are a number of discussions and tensions on what constitutes a private or public collection, especially in art. Here, however, we will focus on giving you a glimpse of the various public collections with mainly cultural content and introduce you to initiatives and citizen science projects that developed and curated such collections.
An initiative worth mentioning that encompasses two of the criteria of a public collection as listed above is The Public Collection. This initiative is a public art and literacy project developed to improve literacy, foster a deeper appreciation of the arts (and artists), and promote social and educational justice in the community of Indianapolis, USA. Its mission was to increase the access to books through the use of functional pieces of art in familiar settings. Through a curated process, Indiana-based artists were commissioned to design unique book share stations or lending libraries that were installed in public spaces around the state. Each book share station holds a varied selection of books for diverse audiences and age groups. The Public Collection stations are free and available to everyone. Passersby can borrow and return books at their leisure while books are supplied and stocked by the Indianapolis Public Library.
To list two examples of cultural heritage public collections, we could mention Artstor and Europeana. Artstor’s ever-growing public collections offer approximately 1 million freely accessible images, videos, documents, and audio files from library special collections, faculty research, and institutional history materials, as well as hundreds of thousands of open access images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This material is open, free and accessible to anyone through the website. These public collections are cataloged, managed, and shared by institutions such as Cornell University, Colby College, RISD, and MIT. They are also discoverable alongside the core collections of more than 2.5 million images from leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists available to subscribers to the Artstor Digital Library.
Europeana, having as its motto “transforming the world with culture”, is one of the most significant initiatives at a European level of collecting, sustaining and promoting Europe’s rich cultural heritage. By collecting a variety of content, such as music, books, films, art or social history manuscripts, from institutions all over Europe, it aims to make this valuable content more accessible and more beneficial to more and more people. Apart from collecting and openly sharing cultural heritage resources to the public, Europeana has been really active in crowdsourcing techniques for enriching resources or co-creating online collections. Europeana Migration Cultural Heritage was such an initiative, calling the public to contribute content that had to do with the topic of historical migration to and from Europe and/or to host a collection day to collect stories and material relating to migration and family history.
It is interesting to also note here cases of public co-curation of collections. The Brooklyn Museum (U.S.) and Kröller-Müller Museum (Netherlands) have organised such public curated exhibitions. Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition (Brooklyn Museum) first collected works of photography through an open call and then asked the audience to evaluate the works. Following that, the works were exhibited depending on their relative ranking in the public evaluation. Another example comes from the Kröller-Müller Museum which in 2010 organised two public-curated exhibitions based on a selection of artworks of its own collection: Expose: My Favourite Landscape was entirely curated by children who, through a website, chose their favourite landscapes among a set of fifty proposed by the Museum and gave their reasons why the works had to be included in the exhibition. Twenty artworks were then exhibited.
“Perceptual Dialectology of Irish Accents” project
What is Perceptual Dialectology?
Perceptual Dialectology (PD) is a branch of sociolinguistics that looks at how people living within a geographical region perceive the accents of other geographical regions, or their own region, and therefore relies very heavily on the participation of large numbers of members of the public to get the widest view.
How was data gathered in the Irish Accents project?
The Irish Accents project started out as an outreach exercise at the Dublin Language Garden in 2015, and was run by Vicky Garnett and Stephen Lucek at Trinity College Dublin. Over the course of one evening, members of the public who had come to the Dublin Language Garden event were asked to draw where they thought different boundaries lie between different dialects in Ireland on a blank map. The map was deliberately left without any borders drawn on it so as not to influence the lines the participants drew.
In addition to drawing lines, they were also asked to write what they thought the features of the dialects they had identified were, and what the characteristics of the people who spoke the dialect were. This gave both geographical information, and qualitative information.
The drawn maps were collected (from the 24 adults who had participated), the boundaries were ‘traced’ and entered into a GIS, and the qualitative data was entered into a spreadsheet and then annotation software for analysis. The results were presented at a linguistics conference in 2016, and submitted for publication in a forthcoming book.
How Perceptual Dialectology makes further use of citizen science techniques
Other PD projects make further use of citizen science techniques by taking the maps that were gathered in a public collection exercise, and re-presenting them to other members of the public to see if they might agree with the way boundaries have been drawn, or the features assigned to them. This then makes perceptual dialectology a more iterative process to gain a closer idea of how attitudes between groups of people in a geographical space can be formed, create a sense of identity, or even reveal how certain types of discrimination (either conscious or unconscious) are formed.
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Tangier Island, Va. - Days after Hurricane Sandy churned the Chesapeake Bay and battered Tangier, Carol Moore went for a walk. A part of Tangier Island, even at low tide, is barely above the waves. No one lives there, but it wasn't always like that.
“A thriving community. My great grandfather owned a general store up here. And there was a school and a church,” says Carol.
A hurricane in the 1930s forced out the townspeople. They retreated to the main part of Tangier, leaving behind the artifacts of their lives. Time and tide washed them away, or buried them, until recently. Among the shells and the driftwood, Carol spotted bottles, a button and then bones.
“I was just walking along the shore and ran across five graves and three skeletons, a couple skulls and lots of bones,” says Carol.
This section of Tangier Island, already ravaged by centuries of storms, took another severe blow from Hurricane Sandy. The erosion uncovered pieces of the island`s past, including a graveyard.
You can see the outlines of the caskets on what is now the beach. The button is from a child's burial shirt; his tiny skeleton now exposed to the bay. The recently uncovered headstones show the burials were for the Pruitt family in the 1800s. The graveyard was once well inland, but now the tide laps against it.
A look into Tangier's past also tells its future. The island is losing around 19 feet of land a year. A jetty has helped along the island's southwestern side. But islanders say they rest of the land needs protection, either an expanded jetty or a seawall. Carol and the other 500 who live there say they are running out of time.
“Another storm like Isabel or Ernesto could wipe us out,” says Carol.
Hurricane Sandy unearthed some of the island's hidden history. Another storm like that, Carol says, could make the entire island a memory.
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} | 446 | I woke up this morning with a headache and decided I needed to get my circulation going. I told Marko and he suggested avantouinti. Hmmm...
Marko took me to the Finnish Sauna Society sauna where we hung out in traditional smoke saunas for awhile with a bunch of naked Finnish men. The saunas were covered in soot from the way they prepare them using real wood fires. The experience was about as similar to saunas back home as eating real sushi in Japan is similar to eating California supermarket sushi.
After we were thoroughly heated, we sauntered out to a hole in the ocean and jumped in. Avantouinti! ("ice hole swimming" in Finnish) For a moment I lost touch with my limbs and wasn't sure I'd make it out, but I survived. Then, we did a rinse, heat, repeat. The second time around was much easier and thoroughly enjoyable and it did indeed get my circulation going.
One funny thing I noticed was that every time something strange was about to happen, Marko would say, "this is VERY traditional." I remember when I was taking Marko around Japan, that's what I would say to him when I was about to feed him something pretty weird.
Anyway, Marko may have been trying to get me back for feeding him snapping turtle in Kyoto, but I enjoyed my avantouinti very much and recommend it to anyone who gets a chance.
Ah, but did you have him try the frozen sliced squid?
So did Marko whip you with a birch branch? Good tradition.
One reason that sauna is the centerpiece of traditional Finnish and Estonian culture stems from architecture. When a family built a house, they built the sauna first alongside it, a warm (but smoky) place to stay while the rest of the house was being constructed. During impossible Winters, it was a necessary invention.
Don't read too much into the differences, but this parallels the hearth in American architecture. Early settlers would build the hearth first and often reside in what would become the living room. Adjoining rooms were built out, but the source of heat stayed at the center.
Anthropologists speculate that Finno Urgic tribes spread eastward from the Ural mountains too, through northern Asia, crossing to Alaska and as far as central America. Perhaps Finnish saunas have more of a tie to the smoke huts of Native Americans than we will every realize.
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How they work: Reduce the amount of acid your stomach makes.
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Dream Lover (Part 1)
Short story By: Michael68
Rebecca thought that it was only a dream. Little did she know that it would be something more than she would not be abl to handle.
Submitted:Jul 11, 2010 Reads: 576 Comments: 1 Likes: 2
Rebecca Randolph stood on the wooden deck of the large log cabin that stood just on the outskirts of the forest. The sun was slowly starting to set, as a brief chill floated upon the summer breeze. She didn't try to cross her arms from the chill, just stood there in the silence that surrounded her. She loved the silence here for some reason, that was probably why she always returned to her aunt's cabin twice each summer. But now that her aunt passed away, she had the chance to live here year round. That was if she really wanted to. Even though she had gotten use to the madness of Chicago, there was part of her that loved it here. More than just the silent beauty of the forest, or the fact that she had no neighbors to worry about who would be watching and talking about her behind her back. No, there was something else here, something hidden that she was not sure about. Whatever it was, it seemed to seduce her into always coming back. As the sun slowly sank behind the towering trees of the edge of the forest, she started to feel that something was going to come for her. Something or someone that she was waiting for to appear. Yet that seemed silly to her, since there was not a soul to be found for miles and she was the only one in the cabin. Still, that feeling stayed with her, almost haunted her in a way. Till the only thing that she could do was to wait and see if this feeling would be right.
The sky grew dark and the chill in the air became a slightly stronger. Not to the point where it would have been unbearable for her to be standing out there. Rebecca didn't go inside as of there was something within the cabin that she didn't want to face at the moment. Even that though was a ridiculous notions, for she had drove here from Illinois alone, leaving her boyfriend back home. Mainly because they had gotten into a fight over something that she could not remember at the moment, but it became more than she could handle. All that she wanted was to have some time to herself, to get her mind clear of all thoughts and problems, time to herself, to get her mind clear of all thoughts and problems, so she could figure out what she was going to do next. And she might have been able to do it, if it hadn't been for the feeling that someone was going to show up.
"Rebecca, you know that is just foolishness. You didn't invite anyone up here with you and Jack doesn't even know where this cabin is. You are totally alone. Just the way that you wanted it." she thought.
Within that instant the feeling of someone showing up had turned into the feeling of being watched. Not really glares at like so many men had done on the train to undress her, as the expression on their faces showed the carnal thoughts that they were thinking of. No, this was different, not so threatening to her at all. In a way she felt a sense of serenity that was coming over her because of it. Yet she had no idea why that could be. For some reason she wanted to look in back of her to see if someone was behind her, but something told her not to do it. It was then she could hear the sound of the floorboards of the deck creak slightly, but Rebecca tried to make herself think that it was normal. A lot of old houses creaked, even when no one was there. Her eyes continued to stare out at the forest, wondering what could be out there. She had only went as far as the lake which was not even a quarter mile away. It was what cold exist beyond that, which she had wondered. She had never gone further than the lake, for she had always believed that there was no reason for her to do so. The sky started to turn darker, as in the air the same chill grew colder. Not to the point where it would make her have to go inside from it, but enough to make her body shiver from it. Still, she remained on the wooden deck, continuing to stare at the edge of the forest, and at the ever growing darkened shadows.
It was then that she felt the gentle touch of someone's fingers on her shoulders. That first touch, stiffening her body even more and awakening a spark of desire that she had never felt before. Feeling those fingers slowly moving up and down her arms as the gentle breeze blew through her hair. Gently lifting her hair off of her shoulders as her hands rested on the wood railing in front of her. It was then that she heard the sound of a man's voice, so soft and tender in a whisper.
"I have waited for so long to come to you. Watching you, year after year that you have come here. Waiting for the right moment to appear to you. And now is the time that we are meant to be together." a voice whispered in her ear.
"Who ….Who are you?" she asked in a scared tone.
"I am the one who truly loves you and knows you better than even you know yourself. Knows what your heart truly wants. And all that I ask of you is that you give yourself to me. Let me teach you in the ways of pleasure, like you never knew." the voice said.
Rebecca wanted to resist this voice, even if she wanted to discover what it could be that he was talking about. She could feel his lips upon the side of her neck, caressing it lightly, sending a wave of such pleasure through her. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't resist the temptation that was being given to her, as her hands held onto the railing so tightly. Feeling a body press against her backside, his arms wrapping around her as hands gently started to cup her breasts. Such tremors of ecstasy surging through her as fingers moved over her nipples, through the thin fabric of her light blue summer dress. Just the contact of those fingers brought about a new wave of pleasure through her sol. Making her let out a sigh, so seductively, as her head tilted back, resting the back of it on a shoulder. She was stuck between wanting him to stop this and her desires that yearned for it to continue. The sudden rush of pleasure that his touch was bringing, consumed her, Each touch filled her with such ecstasy that she had never felt before.
"Why are you doing this?" she said softly.
"I want to please you the way that you longed to feel." his voice said in a charming tone.
His voice to her was like the gentle breeze caressing her skin. Just the sound of it soothed her senses to the point that even her fear melted away. The only thing that she wanted was the chance to see this stranger's face. Just to see who her mysterious lover could really be. She could feel the stranger's hand slowly moving down her body. Fingers lightly scratching her skin through the thin fabric of her dress, the sensation of that burned deep within her as she let out a gasp. The stranger's hand reached the hem of the short skirt of her dress. It was then that he started to lift it up. Feeling the fabric of her dress moving up the back of her thighs, pressing against her skin. Making her gasp again as her breath became rapid and her body started to shiver. His hand continued to move the hem of the skirt up till it reached her hips. revealing the laced black panties that she wore, which barely covered her. It was then that she felt his fingers moving over the patch of her pubis and then in between her legs, touching the lips of her sex through the fabric of her panties. She moaned from the contact of his touch, as her backside pressed against his body. Feeling his stiffening manhood pressing against the cheeks of her buttocks. His fingers stroking her sex so lovingly, driving her into a frenzy of such physical bliss that coursed through her veins. Rebecca's hands continued to grip the railing, as the waves of pleasure consumed her. Each touch that he gave her, brought about such sensations to her that she could not ignore. Rebecca could feel her body becoming weak, her legs trembling and ready to collapse as those fingers continued to explore her sex. Without her thinking about it, her hips started to grind, rubbing the cheeks of but buttocks against his crotch. Feeling the friction from what he was creating and what she did in response between them. She couldn't believe that she willingly let herself be consumed by the reactions that her body was performing. It was almost as if she was no longer in control of her own actions. As if some strange force was making her do these things against her will. And because of it, she was bewitched by the pleasure which she was feeling. When she closed her eyes, she could see the flash of multitude of colors before her eyes. The pleasure this mysterious lover was giving her, grew even stronger. She could feel the pressure building inside of her, making her want to scream out in ecstasy. The orgasms flooded through her, one after the other, as the fingers refused to stop. She wanted to beg for him to stop this, that she could not take it much longer. But there seemed to be no point to it, That was until he was completely convinced that he had pleased her to the point that he set out to do. Her panties had been pulled down to her ankles, those fingers now sliding in and out of her throbbing sex as the dampness trickled down her inner thigh. Her breath became deeper and rapid as she felt like she could take it no longer. The only way that she had been able to remain standing was by pressing her body against his, as she let him continue the pleasure which he was giving her.
"My God, I can't take it any longer." she whispered.
It was then that she woke up lying in her bed, her eyes looking up at the white fabric of the gazebo over the bed, through the light shadows that loomed over her. Her body rolled onto her side, feeling her sex throbbing in sweet agony. Her eyes staring at the sunlight shining in through the half opened window and onto the floor. Her body remained motionless for a moment as she realized that what she had experienced was nothing more than a dream. Or was it? That seemed to be the one question which stayed trapped within her mind. For it seemed so real to her, that she could swear that it had really happened somehow. Rebecca wasn't sure about it, but in a way she really wasn't going to think about it too long. Slowly, her body rolled onto its back again, feeling the fabric of the sheet that covered her rubbing against her nipples and bringing about a sudden brief moment of pleasure. Giving her a sudden orgasm that flowed through her suddenly. To her side she could hear the light breathing of Jack, her boyfriend, sleeping by her side. She didn't try to wake him, for he would ask her about what was wrong. And she had no idea what to really say to her. Slowly she sat up in the bed, the cotton sheet that covered her gently sliding off of her body, revealing the soft, tanned skin of her breasts and stomach. A few strands of her long amber hair fell in front of her face as she stared at her reflection in the mirror across the room. For some reason she started to feel that she was staring at the image of a stranger for some reason. even though she had no idea why that could be, it was something that lingered within her soul. For a moment she just sat there, thinking about the dream that she had. Wondering why she had dreamed about someone that she didn't know. Of course for all that she knew it could have been Jack that she had dreamed about. for she hadn't seen his face. But something told her that it was someone else. Her legs swung over the edge of the bed, her feet touching the cold wooden floor as her body gradually became erect. Naked, she made her way across the room, as the last of the tiredness slowly faded from her body. She made her way over to a dark brown dresser that sat underneath the mirror that she had been staring at. This time when she looked into it, she didn't have that strange feeling again. Within the reflection she could see Jack lying there in bed on his stomach. She smiled as she stood there watching him through the mirror.
Rebecca was grateful that he came along to the cabin with her, for now she didn't feel so all alone. The only thing was, she wasn't sure if she should tell him about the dream that she had. About her dream lover and the way that he had made her feel. Even though it was only a dream, there was something about it that scared her. Something that made her feel that this was only the start of something even more than just a mere dream. The only thing that she could so was to wait and see what would happen. Hoping that she would be wrong, even though deep within her soul she knew that she wasn't.
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