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El dia del seu aniversari, l’Aitana rep una desagradable notícia: han assassinat la seua cunyada Glòria i tot fa pensar que ha estat el seu germà Miquel, en un acte de violència contra la dona. L’Aitana no pot creure que el seu germà siga un assassí, per això mateix remourà cel i terra per demostrar-ne la innocència. La seua investigació la durà a descobrir els entramats més secrets de l’especulació del sòl valencià, amb una trama de polítics, cantants, artistes i gent influent. És innocent el Miquel? Creus que l’Aitana aconseguirà desemmascarar el veritable assassí? A l’IES Paco Mollà de Petrer ho estan investigant amb la lectura d’Anatomia d’un assassinat. I Gemma Pasqual, la seua autora, ha anat per a ajudar-los amb la recerca del vertader culpable. Fotografia: Andrea R. Lluch. Més informació: www.periferic.es
Former American POWs who elected to remain with communist-led forces walk through the North Korean town of Kaesong—about 10 kilometers west of Panmunjom where the cease fire was negotiated that effectively ended the Korean War.
The photo was taken by an unidentified Indian photographer in late January 1954 and distributed by the Associated Press.
As the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s continued in the United States, the prisoners who refused repatriation were labeled as “brainwashed” and fear of communists’ ability to shape people’s minds was spread across the country.
However some were African Americans who did not wish to return to face racial discrimination. Others agreed with their hosts that communism represented a better hope for mankind than the capitalism of the United States.
Most, though ultimately had difficulty adapting to the culture and language of the host country and eventually returned to the United States.
Prisoner repatriation was one of the greatest stumbling blocks in the long cease-fire negotiations between the forces of the United Nations and those of China and North Korea.
In June 1953, the two sides agreed that no prisoner who did not wish to be repatriated would be forced to do so (this had long been a sticking point in negotiations, with the Chinese and North Koreans wanting all prisoners returned to their home countries).
Prisoners who did not wish to go back to their home countries would be given 90 days in a neutral compound near Panmunjom to reconsider before being allowed to stay in enemy territory. Following the armistice that was signed on 27 July 1953, effectively ending the Korean War (South Korea never signed), the main prisoner exchange was free to proceed.
One British and 23 American soldiers (along with 327 South Koreans) refused to be returned to their homelands. Two, Corporal Claude Batchelor and Corporal Edward Dickenson, changed their minds before the 90-day window expired. Both were court-martialed and sentenced to prison terms, with Batchelor serving 4½ years and Dickenson 3½.
This left 22 U.N. soldiers who voluntarily stayed with the Communists after the final exchange of prisoners. The 21 Americans were given dishonorable discharges.
This had the unintended consequence of rendering them immune to court-martial when they finally returned to the United States (which the majority eventually did), because they were no longer active-duty military. However, they were still criminally culpable for any acts of collaboration or offenses against fellow prisoners committed while they were POWs.
About 4 a.m. on February 24, 1954, a train carrying the 21 American defectors rumbled across the Yalu River into China. The Chinese soon shipped some of the men off to study language and politics. Others went to mills, factories, and farms across Eastern China.
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TITLE: Man in the High Castle
AUTHOR: Philip Kindred Dick 1928-82
TYPE novel hardbound
PUBLISHER: Putnam
COVER PRICE: $
ISBN:
PAGES: 213
COPYRIGHT: 1962 by author
PUB DATE: November 1962
EDITION: Science Fiction Book Club
COVER ARTIST: Robert Galster
INDEX: 0112 - Man in the High Castle - 007 - PKD - IFB
QUOTE “Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.” Philip K. Dick
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The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick [0596 - Mar 19 2015]
"Taking the book - "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" - she read the back part of the jacket...I heard someone say that he's almost a sort of paranoid; charged barbed wire around the places and it's set in the mountains The High Castle - that's his pet name for it". from "The Man in the High Castle"
Philip K. Dick's (1928-82) "The Man in the High Castle" (1962) is an alternate history novel. This trope is commonly used in science fiction to explore history's what-ifs - as in what if Kennedy was not assassinated or in this story of what if Japan and Germany won WW2. The success of this book, I believe, is that Dick does not overly dwell on how the US was defeated - but on what it would be like living in the United States occupied in the West by Japan and in the East by Germany. The characters for the most part are common folk: shop keepers, factory workers, an author, a divorced women having an affair - familiar to readers of Dick's stories.
One of the principal story pivots is a controversial book "The Grasshopper Lies Heavy" by H. Abendsen, a resident of the supposable "neutral" Rocky Mountain States who resided in the High Castle - his fortified home. The "Grasshopper" presents a compelling realistic "history" of the defeat of the Axis during WW2. Surprisingly the Japanese do not fret about this books circulation but the Nazi's are so incensed they send goons to assassinated Abendsen. The book is quoted and several principle characters ponder its relevance and meaning.
Another theme that permeates this story is the use of the I Ching as a divination text by many individuals, both Japanese, and whites to determine how to proceed when faced with confounding decisions.
This is a carefully crafted story that still resonates with many readers and, I believe, elevated Dick far above his contemporaries is the science-fiction community.
Having read most of Dick's novels I would opine that this is the one book I would recommend first to an interested person. It is fully permeated with Dick's distinctive observation on religion, reality and interpersonal relationships. Yet it holds together as a convincingly accessible story without spiraling into too many unusual discourses. Discourses that make him such an object of curiosity to many readers, myself included, I may add.
Of interest is that Amazon is producing a television series based upon this novel in 2015.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/07/12/covid-made-us-l...
Covid was made in US lab, claims aide to top EU diplomat
China jumps on claim by Professor Jeffrey Sachs that he was 'pretty convinced' the disease had leaked out of a facility in America
Here are some videos of Columbia Professor Jeffrey Sachs:
His background, philosophy and work;
His appearance on the Athens Democracy Forum where he was stopped by NY Times reporter Steven Erlanger:
His view on Covid-19 origin on the Grayzone Channel:
Link to the Lancet article:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01585-9/fulltext
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic
Executive Summary
The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic provides a comprehensive investigation, analysis, and response to COVID-19. The Commission delivers a number of recommendations that are divided into three main areas. First, practical steps to finally control and understand the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, realistic, feasible, and necessary investments to strengthen the first line of defence against emerging infectious agents in countries by strengthening health systems and widening universal health coverage. Third, ambitious proposals to ignite a renaissance in multilateralism, integrating the global response to the risk of future pandemics with actions to address the climate crisis and reversals in sustainable development.
Key findings
• The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2 remains unknown. There are two leading hypotheses: that the virus emerged as a zoonotic spillover from wildlife or a farm animal, possibly through a wet market, in a location that is still undetermined; or that the virus emerged from a research-related incident, during the field collection of viruses or through a laboratory-associated escape. Commissioners held diverse views about the relative probabilities of the two explanations, and both possibilities require further scientific investigation. Identification of the origin of the virus will help to prevent future pandemics and strengthen public trust in science and public authorities.
• WHO acted too cautiously and too slowly on several important matters: to warn about the human transmissibility of the virus, to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, to support international travel protocols designed to slow the spread of the virus, to endorse the public use of face masks as protective gear, and to recognise the airborne transmission of the virus.
• As the outbreak became known globally in early January, 2020, most governments around the world were too slow to acknowledge its importance and act with urgency in response. It was mainly the countries in WHO's Western Pacific region, primed by their experience with severe acute respiratory syndrome, that reacted with urgency to the outbreak, and that generally pursued a suppression strategy that led to low cumulative mortality, although the omicron variant (B.1.1.529) has been undoing some of these gains.
• Coordination among governments was inadequate on policies to contain the pandemic, including travel protocols to slow the global transmission of the virus, testing strategies, public health and social measures, commodity supply chains, data standards and reporting systems, and advice to the public, despite the very high interdependence among countries.
• Epidemic control was seriously hindered by substantial public opposition to routine public health and social measures, such as the wearing of properly fitting face masks and getting vaccinated. This opposition reflects a lack of social trust, low confidence in government advice, inconsistency of government advice, low health literacy, lack of sufficient behavioural-change interventions, and extensive misinformation and disinformation campaigns on social media. Public policies have also failed to draw upon the behavioural and social sciences; doing so would have led to more successful implementation of public health interventions and helped to increase social trust, prosociality, equity, and wellbeing. In many cases, policies and decision making have not been informed by robust and continuously updated evidence syntheses.
• Public policies did not properly address the profoundly unequal effects of the pandemic. Heavily burdened groups include essential workers, who are already disproportionately concentrated in more vulnerable minority and low-income communities; children; women, who face employment, safety, and income losses, exacerbated by the adverse consequences of school closures; people living in congregate settings, such as prisons or care homes, especially for older populations; people living with chronic conditions and disability; Indigenous Peoples; migrants, refugees, and displaced populations; people without access to quality and affordable health care; and people who face the burdens of long COVID.
• Among high-income countries, those with strong and resilient national health systems—including public health systems that complement clinical health care—have generally fared better at addressing COVID-19 and maintaining non-pandemic-related health services. In low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health systems tend to be under-resourced and fragmented, better outcomes were seen when previous experiences with outbreaks and epidemics were built upon, and when community-based resources—notably community health workers—were used to support screening and contact-tracing capacity and trust-building within communities.
• Rapid development of multiple vaccines has been a triumph of the research and development system and the result of long-standing public and private investment and cooperation. However, the lack of a multilateral and coordinated approach by governments to manage intellectual property rights, technology transfer, international financing, the allocation of vaccines from multinational pharmaceutical companies, and the support for vaccine production in LMICs for use in those countries, has come at a great cost in terms of inequitable access to vaccines.
• Economic recovery depends on sustaining high rates of vaccination coverage and low rates of new, clinically significant COVID-19 infections, and on fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate the socioeconomic effects of the pandemic and prevent a financial crisis. Emergency global financing from the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and regional development banks had a salutary role, although much larger financial flows from high-income to low-income regions were warranted.
• The sustainable development process has been set back by several years, with a deep underfinancing of investments needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement. In most countries, the pandemic diverted resources and policy attention away from longer-term goals, thereby reversing progress towards the SDGs in many countries.
www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/bac...
Major Covid report suggests virus could have leaked from a US lab
The Lancet’s paper said it is ‘feasible’ that Sars-Cov-2 emerged from a natural spillover or a lab incident, but elements provoke backlash
The Lancet is facing a backlash after a major Covid-19 Commission report suggested the disease may have leaked from a laboratory in the United States.
Published on Wednesday, the paper said it remains “feasible” that Sars-Cov-2 emerged from either a natural spillover or a laboratory incident, and called for the introduction of more safeguards to reduce the risk of either eventuality.
But the report, the result of two years of work, also suggested American researchers could be culpable. As well as mentioning facilities in Wuhan, it noted that “independent researchers have not yet investigated” US labs, and said the National Institutes of Health has “resisted disclosing details” of its work.
The report comes as controversy swirls the commission chair, the economist Prof Jeffrey Sachs.
At a conference in Madrid earlier this year, he said he was “pretty convinced” that Sars-Cov-2 “came out of US lab biotechnology, not out of nature” – a claim that has since been widely promoted by Chinese diplomats.
In August, Prof Sachs also appeared on a podcast hosted by Robert F Kennedy, Jr – one of the world’s most prominent anti-vaccine commentators – to discuss his beliefs, just days after Instagram and Facebook suspended an account led by Mr Kennedy for repeatedly sharing what the platforms said was Covid misinformation, especially around vaccines
‘Shameful moment’
Experts said Prof Sachs actions have overshadowed much of the robust research and recommendations within the 58-page report, and criticised the Lancet for resisting calls to remove him.
“Sachs’ appearance on RFK Jr’s podcast… undermines the seriousness of the Lancet Commission’s mission to the point of completely negating it,” said Prof Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Canada.
“This may be one of the Lancet’s most shameful moments regarding its role as a steward and leader in communicating crucial findings about science and medicine,” she said, adding that she was “pretty shocked at how flagrantly” the report ignores key evidence on Covid origins.
Prof David Robertson, of the University of Glasgow’s Centre for Virus Research, added: “It’s really disappointing to see such a potentially influential report contributing to further misinformation on such an important topic.”
“It’s true we’ve details to understand on the side of natural origins, for example the exact intermediate species involved, but that doesn’t mean there’s… any basis to the wild speculation that US labs were involved,” he added.
When approached by the Telegraph, Prof Sachs stood by his previous comments, adding that he personally “oversaw this part of the work” on the emergence of Sars-Cov-2. Last summer he disbanded an initial task force led by Dr Peter Daszak amid concerns it was too biased towards the natural origin hypothesis.
It was never re-formed, but Prof Sachs said commissioners had “consulted widely and met with a number of scientists”.
“Everybody has signed off on the final text. The question of a possible laboratory release mostly involves the question of US-China joint work that was underway on Sars-like viruses,” he said.
But Prof Peter Hotez, a member of the Lancet Commission and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas, said there had been “diverse views” and that he had “pushed hard on removing” mention of US labs in the report because it was “a distraction”.
He added that he had been “speechless” when Prof Sachs appeared on Mr Kennedy’s podcast.
Countries still lack 'meaningful' pandemic plans
Discussion around the origins of Sars-Cov-2 was only a small element of the report, and experts said the rest of the paper was based on robust research.
The report found the Covax scheme was hampered by science policy and implementation failures, warned most countries still lack “meaningful” pandemic preparedness plans, stressed that more needed to be done to combat vaccine hesitancy globally, and noted the “striking… irresponsibility of several influential political leaders”.
It also criticised the World Health Organization for acting too slowly in the early days of the pandemic, suggesting it “repeatedly erred on the side of reserve rather than boldness” – for instance around the delay in calling a public health emergency, and a “hesitancy” to confirm Covid could spread through airborne transmission.
The UN health agency also “fell victim to the increasing tensions between the United States and China”, the commissioners warned, adding that better international collaboration will be key to prevent epidemics becoming pandemics in future.
The WHO said it welcomed “the overarching recommendations”, but said there were “several key omissions and misinterpretations” around the agency's initial response.
The researchers analysed the varying approaches to the disease around the world, too. The Western Pacific “stands out for its very low average mortality rate,” possibly as the region’s experience of the Sars epidemic in 2003 had left it better prepared to tackle new pathogens.
The approach in North and South America was a “stark” contrast, the report said, and a high mortality rate “reflects the failures of this region to take concrete measures to suppress the epidemic, and high vulnerability to deaths from Covid-19 due to structural characteristics”.
Meanwhile in Europe, governments aimed “only to slow the transmission of the virus”, rather than suppress the pandemic. The commissioners suggested countries were repeatedly pushed into stringent lockdows as measures were completely rescinded too quickly, allowing new waves of disease to hit.
The Commission made 11 recommendations, including stronger regulation of the wild animal trade, the creation of a new WHO biosecurity oversight authority, better international coordination in the face of infectious diseases, and a new $60 billion a year Global Health Fund to support health systems and pandemic preparedness in lower income countries.
A spokesperson for the Lancet said that the publication had, in collaboration with Prof Sachs, “regularly evaluated the work of each Task Force as scientific evidence about Covid-19 evolved, to ensure that the final peer-reviewed report will provide valuable new insights to support a coordinated, global response to Covid-19 as well as to prevent future pandemics and contain future disease outbreaks.”
Este es Ramón el gatito sin botas de mi hermana y su novio._
El primer gato que cargue en mi vida y este minino es el culpable de que ya no les tenga tanto miedo a los gatos._
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TITLE: Castaway World
AUTHOR: John Brunner 1934-94
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Ace F-243
COVER PRICE: $.40
ISBN:
PAGES: 129
COPYRIGHT: 1963 by author
PUB DATE: 1963
EDITION: Ace Double Novel backed with Rites of Ohe by John Brunner
RATING: 8
COMMENT: expanded version published and retitled as Polymath in 1974; about 20 pages were added to the text.
COVER ARTIST: Ed Emshwiller
ISFDB: Yes verified
The cover title of Castaways World dropped the apostrophe after s that is used on the title page. The spine reads Castaways' Worlds.
Castaways' World has 'complete novel' printed on right bottom front cover.
The artist is not credited; EMSH is on the cover.
INDEX: 0210 - Castaway World - 23 - JB - IFB
QUOTE “Something is wrong,” Ragle said. “I don’t mean with you or me or with any one person. I mean in general.” “The time,” Ragle said, “ is out of joint.” “I thing we should compare notes.” …From Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick
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RATING: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 don’t read.
NO entry: indicates specific information not available from book.
TITLE: Swords and Ice Magic Ace
SERIES: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Sagas Book - 6
AUTHOR: Fritz Leiber 1910-92
TYPE: paperback Collection
PUBLISHER: Ace
COVER PRICE: $ 1.75
ISBN: 0-441-79167-0
PAGES: 243
COPYRIGHT: 1977 by author
PUB DATE:
EDITION: 2nd Ace printing; no date or number line
COVER ARTIST: Michael Whelan
ISFDB: Yes
RATING:
INDEX: 0317 - Swords and Ice Magic Ace - 10 - FL 1st edition Jul 1977 - IFB
CONTENTS:
Rime Isle • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1977) • novella by Fritz Leiber
The Bait • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
Beauty and the Beasts • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1974) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
Trapped in the Sea of Stars • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1975) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
The Sadness of the Executioner • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
Trapped in the Shadowland • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
Under the Thumbs of the Gods • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1975) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
The Frost Monstreme • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1976) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
QUOTE: The seven eyes of Ningauble the Wizard floated back to his hood as he reported to Fafhrd: "I have seen much, yet cannot explain all. The Gray Mouser is exactly twenty-five feet below the deepest cellar in the palace of Gilpkerio Kistomerces. Even though twenty-four parts in twenty-five of him are dead, he is alive. "Now about Lankhmar. She's been invaded, her walls breached everywhere and desperate fighting is going on in the streets, by a fierce host which out-numbers Lankhmar's inhabitants by fifty to one and equipped with all modern weapons. Yet you can save the city." "How?" demanded Fafhrd. Ningauble shrugged. "You're a hero. You should know." Fritz Leiber, from "The Swords of Lankhmar"
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RATING: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 don’t read.
NO entry indicates specific information not available from book.
мир
© Andrew Bossi, flic.kr/s/aHsjXUgY4p
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2014 May 2
Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
El dia del seu aniversari, l’Aitana rep una desagradable notícia: han assassinat la seua cunyada Glòria i tot fa pensar que ha estat el seu germà Miquel, en un acte de violència contra la dona. L’Aitana no pot creure que el seu germà siga un assassí, per això mateix remourà cel i terra per demostrar-ne la innocència. La seua investigació la durà a descobrir els entramats més secrets de l’especulació del sòl valencià, amb una trama de polítics, cantants, artistes i gent influent. És innocent el Miquel? Creus que l’Aitana aconseguirà desemmascarar el veritable assassí? A l’IES Paco Mollà de Petrer ho estan investigant amb la lectura d’Anatomia d’un assassinat. I Gemma Pasqual, la seua autora, ha anat per a ajudar-los amb la recerca del vertader culpable. Fotografia: Andrea R. Lluch. Més informació: www.periferic.es
Plaza Vicente López y Planes - Estación Borges del Tren de la Costa
Que habrá hecho esta pobre planta para estar enjaulada?
Habrá sido defendida en el juicio por El Hombre Vegetal de Titanes en el Ring?
Tanto miedo tienen de que se escape que hasta techo de rejas le pusieron?
Será una planta carnívora?
Ninguna de estas dudas pude sacármelas ese día porque cuando me acerqué a leer la placa se la habían robado. Y ese humano que dañó el patrimonio de la Ciudad estará preso?
Si alguien se apiada de este pobre vegetal encerrado, puede llevarle una regadera de agua o un poco de fertilizante (cigarrillos no porque no fuma) a la Plaza Vicente López y Planes en la Estación Borges del Tren de la Costa
LLAMEN A GREENPEACE !!!!!
мир
© Andrew Bossi, flic.kr/s/aHsjXUgY4p
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2014 May 2
Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
мир
© Andrew Bossi, flic.kr/s/aHsjXUgY4p
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2014 May 2
Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
мир
© Andrew Bossi, flic.kr/s/aHsjXUgY4p
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2014 May 2
Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
мир
© Andrew Bossi, flic.kr/s/aHsjXUgY4p
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2014 May 2
Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
TITLE: Cirque
AUTHOR: Terry Carr 1937-87
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Fawcett Crest
COVER PRICE: $1.75
ISBN: 0-449-23556-4
PAGES: 223
COPYRIGHT: 1977 by author
PUB DATE:
EDITION: 1st paperback
COVER ARTIST:
INDEX: 0154 – Crique – 001 – TC - IF
QUOTE “His wife had held him in her arms as if she could keep death away from him. He had cried out, "My God, I am a dead man!"
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go.” Philip Jose Farmer
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RATING: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 don’t read.
NO entry indicates specific information not available from book.
TITLE: Stations of the Nightmare
AUTHOR: Philip Jose Farmer
TYPE: paperback Collection
PUBLISHER: TOR
COVER PRICE: $2.75
ISBN: 0-523-48522-0
PAGES: 256
COPYRIGHT: 1982 by author
PUB DATE: Feb 1982
EDITION: 1st edition
COVER ARTIST: Greg Theakston
NOTATION: many interior illustrations
INDEX: 0101 - Nightmare - 0014 - PJF - IFB
CONTENTS:
·Stations of the Nightmare • interior artwork by Peter Kuper
·5 • Stations of the Nightmare - Part 1: The Two-Edged Gift • (1974) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
·67 • Stations of the Nightmare - Part 2: The Startouched • (1974) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
·133 • Stations of the Nightmare - Part 3: The Evolution of Paul Eyre • (1974) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
·179 • Stations of the Nightmare - Part 4: Passing On • (1975) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
·235 • Osiris on Crutches • (1976) • shortstory by Philip José Farmer [as by Philip José Farmer and Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor ]
QUOTE “His wife had held him in her arms as if she could keep death away from him. He had cried out, "My God, I am a dead man!"
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go.” Philip Jose Farmer
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TITLE: Game Players of Titan
AUTHOR: Philip Kindred Dick 1928-82
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Ace F-251
COVER PRICE: $ .40
ISBN:
PAGES: 191
COPYRIGHT: 1963 by author
PUB DATE: 1963
EDITION: true 1st edition
COVER ARTIST: Gaughan
INDEX: 0127 - Game Players of Titan - 017 - PKD - Ace F251 - IFB
QUOTE “This is Managing Director Dill,” the teacher said, “The Coordinating Director of the Unity System.” Managing Director Dill is responsible only to Vulcan 3. No human being except Director Dill is permitted to approach the computer banks. “Mr. Dill,” a girl’s voice came. “Can I ask you something?” “Certainly,” Dill said halting briefly at the classroom door. “Director Dill, don’t you feel ashamed of yourself when you let a machine tell you what to do?”…from Vulcan’s Hammer by Philip K. Dick
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TITLE: The Long Forgetting
AUTHOR: Edward A. Byers 1939-89
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: BAEN 55980-X
COPYRIGHT: 1985 by author
ISBN: 0-617-55980-X
EDITION: stated 1st printing
PUB DATE: September 1985
PAGES: 283
COVER PRICE: $2.95
COVER ARTIST: Paul Chadwick
ISFDB: yes
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QUOTE….“The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but someday the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therin, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age. ….” From The Call of Cthulhu by Howard Philip Lovecraft
Title: New Writings in SF3
Editor: Carnell, John 1912-72
Type: Paperback – anthology
Publisher: Bantam Books
Publisher ID: F3380
Copyright: 1965 by editor
Pages count: 168
Edition: 1st Bantam,
Cover artist: not credited – no signature line on cover
Publication date: February 1967
Cover Price: .50
Index: 0167 – New Writings in SF - 003 - JC - IFB
Comments: John Carnell edited 21 volumes of New Writings in SF from 1963 to 1972.
Contents:
·vii • Foreword (New Writings in SF 3) • (1965) • essay by John Carnell
·1 • The Subways of Tazoo • (1964) • novelette by Colin Kapp
·43 • The Fiend • (1964) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl
·53 • Manipulation • (1965) • novelette by Keith Roberts [as by John Kingston ]
·79 • Testament • (1965) • shortstory by John Baxter
·89 • Night Watch • (1965) • shortstory by James Inglis
·103 • Boulter's Canaries • (1965) • novelette by Keith Roberts
·125 • Emreth • (1965) • shortstory by Dan Morgan
·145 • Spacemaster • (1965) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
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Here's a police station in Northern Constabulary's force area which was not a Northern Constabulary police station! Confused? Well, let me explain.
Grantown -on-Spey (as it became in 1898 on being made a Burgh, prior to which it was simply Grantown) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantown-on-Spey is s a "new town" or "planned town" created in the 18th century, built on a piece of uninhabited moorland one and a half miles from Castle Grant. The centre of the town was a rectangular piece of grass and round this the first houses were built at “The Square”.
It was situated right on the border of Elginshire (Morayshire) and Inverness-shire, and indeed in 1840 when County policing was being started (or at least professionalised from the previous Rural Constabularies which did - or did not - operate), it created a bit of a quandary. Because part of it was in Inverness-shire, that force felt obliged to have an officer there, and yet most of it was in Elginshire, so could the two counties (or Chief officers) perhaps come to some sort of arrangement? Then, as now, the cost of policing was of great importance!
In any event, following tidying up of county boundaries, the problem went away and the whole of the town and its environs was very much within Elginshire. Having said that, it was bounded on the south and west by Abernethy (Nethybridge) and Duthil (Carrbridge) beats of Inverness-shire Constabulary, and it was a long way away from the County Capital, Elgin. As such, the Grantown bobbies always kept in touch with their neighbours in Inverness-shire, an arrangement which worked well over the years.
This building was constructed in 1868, presumably by the Commissioners of Supply for Elginshire (as Police Authority) or the Town Council of Grantown, and was named the “Town House”. It also hosted a Burgh Courtroom. It could not have a more prominent location in the centre of the Burgh – if you look closely at this photo, a street sign “The Square” is mounted at the corner of the building, with a “Police” sign beside it.
Part of the building, at least, was allocated to the Police and by the 1960s it was recorded that the Station building was owned by the Police Authority, and comprised a Police Office, 2 cells and a 4-roomed apartment (Police House). It is likely that the house was occupied by the Sergeant for the area. By 1930, Morayshire had merged with Nairn to form Moray & Nairn Constabulary, and in 1949 that force was absorbed into the new Scottish North Eastern Counties Constabulary (SNECC) - nothing much North OR East about Grantown's location though, being fairly central in the Scottish Highlands in the foothills of the Cairngorms, some 15 miles north east of Aviemore (Inverness-shire)
The 1974 reorganisation of Scottish Local Government afforded an opportunity to objectively review boundaries and so the Parish of Cromdale and Burgh of Grantown were placed within the new Highland Region (to be policed by Northern Constabulary) - as was the case with Nairnshire also - rather than within Grampian Region (into which the remainder of SNECC merged with Aberdeen City Police). By then however, this building was no longer fit for purpose as a police station and by mid-1973 SNECC had completed the building of a new police station further up the road in Castle Street, complete with 2 attached houses and a flat for officer accommodation. Thus by then time Northern Constabulary had come into being in May 1975, the “Town House” was no longer an operational Police Station, and it was duly handed over to the Highland Council. It is now in use as Council offices and a Public Service Point.
After the merger, Grantown-on-Spey’s Sergeant became responsible for supervision of the Nethybridge Police Station, and Grantown Section subsequently was extended to take in Carrbridge and Boat of Garten. (The single-officer Stations in the small villages of Nethybridge, Boat of Garten and Carr Bridge have since closed and these areas are policed from Grantown/Aviemore.)
The Station in the photograph would have been from where Constable James Fraser of the Elginshire Constabulary set off on 17th July 1878. He was summoned to the nearby Grant Arms Hotel, in response to a report of a male suffering delirium tremens (DTs) in his room in the Hotel, which he was in the process of trashing. PC Fraser was endeavouring to effect the arrest of one Andrew Granger who was causing a disturbance within a bedroom of the hotel. On PC Fraser trying to push the room door open to effect entry, Granger thrust a knife at him and caused him grievous bodily injuries from which died two days later.
Granger was subsequently convicted of killing PC Fraser (but found guilty of the lesser charge of Culpable Homicide instead of Murder).
In the history of the area now policed by Northern Constabulary only two officers died from injuries deliberately inflicted - PC Fraser and PC Thomas King (20 years later and 6 miles away in the adjacent County of Inverness-shire). www.flickr.com/photos/conner395/803771270
Both men are buried in the same graveyard, of Abernethy Parish Church - midway between Grantown and Nethybridge - their graves merely yards apart - and yet (until additional lettering was added to PC Kings gravestone on the centenary of his death) there was nothing to show that either officer had been killed in the line of duty)
God Bless them both.
Foto del Making Off de Culpables, se rodó en el local la Feria y en un galpón con las pantallas leds. El video fue dirigido por mis amigos de Alterado!
Link Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsc7YXgAe8E
Link Making Off:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeQa2YzMYI
Fotos Por: Carolina Dagach
A Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia
monòlit per a Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, a la muntanya de Montjuïc, per l'ajuntament de Barcelona el 13 d'octubre de 1990 en 81 aniversari de la seva mort.
El 13 d'octubre de 1909 va ser executat a la presó del castell de Montjuïc, acusat d'haver estat l'instigador de la revolta coneguda com la Setmana Tràgica de Barcelona del 1909. Una revolta anticlerical, després de la qual Ferrer, a causa de les seves poques amistats estratègiques i la seva antiga vinculació amb Mateo Morral, va ser declarat culpable davant un tribunal militar. La seva obra més coneguda és L'Escola Moderna. Poc després de la seva mort es van obrir arreu del món diverses Escoles Modernes inspirades en la seva pedagogia. Una de les més importants va ser la Modern School de Nova York, fundada en 1911.
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Monolith and statue dedicated in 1990 by the Barcelona mayor's office in respect for his work.
Following the declaration of martial law in 1909 during the Tragic Week, he was arrested and executed without trial by firing squad at Montjuich Fortress in Barcelona on 13 October, even though he was never really involved.
Shortly after his execution, numerous supporters of Ferrer's ideas in the United States formed what were called Modern Schools, or Ferrer Schools, modeled after la Escuela Moderna. The first and most notable Modern School was formed in New York City in 1911
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Monolito y estatua colocados en 1990 como reconocimiento público de la ciudad de Barcelona a Ferrer Guardia. Este monumento es una réplica del instalado en memoria del pedagogo anarquista en 1911 en Bruselas, exactamente en la Avenida Franklin Roosevelt, frente a la Universidad Libre de la capital belga.
En 1909 se encuentra en Barcelona y es detenido, acusado de haber sido el instigador de la revuelta conocida como la Semana Trágica. Una revuelta anticlerical, tras la cual Ferrer, debido a sus pocas amistades estratégicas y su antigua vinculación con Mateo Morral, fue declarado culpable ante un tribunal militar y a las 9 de la mañana del 13 de octubre de 1909 fue fusilado en el foso de Santa Amalia de la prisión del Montjuïc.
Es bien sabido, y ya lo fue en su momento, que Ferrer Guardia no tuvo relación con los hechos y que los tribunales militares lo acusaron y condenaron sin más pruebas.
A Congressional initiative that would award the Purple Heart Medal to the military victims of Major Nidal Hasan’s terrorist attack on Fort Hood is being blocked by the U.S. Department of Defense in a most bizarre rendering of reasoning.
“Passage of this legislation could directly and indirectly influence potential court-martial panel members, witnesses, or the chain of command, all of whom exercise a critical role under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Defense counsel will argue that Major Hasan cannot receive a fair trial because a branch of government has indirectly declared that Major Hasan is a terrorist -- that he is criminally culpable.”
The DOD said “The Army objects to the proposal because it would undermine the prosecution of Major Nidal Hasan by materially and directly compromising Major Hasan’s ability to receive a fair trial. This provision will be viewed as setting the stage for a formal declaration that Major Hasan is a terrorist, on what is now the eve of trial. Such a situation, prior to trial, would fundamentally compromise the fairness and due process of the pending trial.”
Once again the U.S. government, for reasons unbeknownst to us, seeks to enjoin some sort of political correctness regarding defendants’ rights as opposed to calling an Islamic terrorist an Islamic terrorist.
You’ll have to excuse us if we can't quite wrap our brains around the unwillingness of the administration to cite a Muslim man who shouts “Allahu Akhbar” before murdering the lives of 13 innocent people as an Islamic terrorist. Do they really believe that they can convince us that he was just having a bad hair day? Suicide bombers do the same thing.
In case you might be wondering what the White House thinks, “The Administration objects to Section 552 which would grant Purple Hearts to the victims of the shooting incidents in Fort Hood, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas.” This a direct quote from an eight-page official STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY issued on the letterhead of the Executive Office of the President!
We must ask ourselves, “Where is the America that will defend its own against acts of terrorism?” Then it follows that we must also ask, “Where is the America that will defend its allies?” That leads to asking “Where is the America that will defend Israel?”
Fortunately for Israel, she does not need the American President. Almighty God is her Protector and Redeemer. Some might argue, asking “Where has He been for the last 2,000 years?” Those who ask do so through the eyes of flesh that miss the fact that His dealings with Israel are not done. He has walked with the Jews through the “valley of the shadow of death” and He will lead them to a time when they “shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” That time has not yet come, but it is close at hand. We need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6) with a heart that completely trusts the Lord and knows that His plan is perfect in every way. Pray with us, please.
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Esto me pasa por cotilla xD Así estoy ahora, en batín, en el sofá y rodeada de bolitas xD
Aquí la culpable www.flickr.com/photos/daoine/4362700729/
1 - Stop what you're doing.
2 - TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF RIGHT NOW. Don't primp, just snap one!
3 -Upload it.
4 - Tag 5 people to do the same (name check in your comment and/or send flickrmail)
Y las nominaciones vendrán en un ratito xD que se me quema el pollo xD
A South Korean captured soldier who elected to stay in North Korea puts his arm around U.S. POW Otho G. Bell of Mississippi January 26, 1954. Bell also decided to remain with the communist-led forces.
The two are singing the Internationale.
As the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s continued in the United States, the prisoners who refused repatriation were labeled as “brainwashed” and fear of communists’ ability to shape people’s minds was spread across the country.
However some were African Americans who did not wish to return to face racial discrimination. Others agreed with their hosts that communism represented a better hope for mankind than the capitalism of the United States.
Most, though ultimately had difficulty adapting to the culture and language of the host country and eventually returned to the United States.
Prisoner repatriation was one of the greatest stumbling blocks in the long cease-fire negotiations between the forces of the United Nations and those of China and North Korea.
In June 1953, the two sides agreed that no prisoner who did not wish to be repatriated would be forced to do so (this had long been a sticking point in negotiations, with the Chinese and North Koreans wanting all prisoners returned to their home countries).
Prisoners who did not wish to go back to their home countries would be given 90 days in a neutral compound near Panmunjom to reconsider before being allowed to stay in enemy territory. Following the armistice that was signed on 27 July 1953, effectively ending the Korean War (South Korea never signed), the main prisoner exchange was free to proceed.
One British and 23 American soldiers (along with 327 South Koreans) refused to be returned to their homelands. Two, Corporal Claude Batchelor and Corporal Edward Dickenson, changed their minds before the 90-day window expired. Both were court-martialed and sentenced to prison terms, with Batchelor serving 4½ years and Dickenson 3½.
This left 22 U.N. soldiers who voluntarily stayed with the Communists after the final exchange of prisoners. The 21 Americans were given dishonorable discharges.
This had the unintended consequence of rendering them immune to court-martial when they finally returned to the United States (which the majority eventually did), because they were no longer active-duty military. However, they were still criminally culpable for any acts of collaboration or offenses against fellow prisoners committed while they were POWs.
About 4 a.m. on February 24, 1954, a train carrying the 21 American defectors rumbled across the Yalu River into China. The Chinese soon shipped some of the men off to study language and politics. Others went to mills, factories, and farms across Eastern China.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is an Associated Press photograph housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.
Prince William Code Child Abuse Virginia Lawyers Neglect 18.2-371.1 Class 4 Felony
Prince William Code Child Abuse Virginia
Have you been charged with child abuse per the Virginia Code and need a lawyer to defend you?
Are you concerned about the consequences of being charged with child abuse per the Virginia Code?
In Virginia child abuse is a serious offense punishable under code section 18.2-371.1and is a Class 4 felony.
“Any parent, guardian, or other person responsible for the care of a child under the age of 18 who by willful act or omission or refusal to provide any necessary care for the child’s health causes or permits serious injury to the life or health of such child shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony…”
For a lot of our clients, child abuse can result in the loss of their job, their security clearance or even their immigration status.
Don’t risk going to court without a lawyer, if you have been charged with child abuse per the Virginia Code. Contact our law firm for help and speak with a lawyer today.
We have client meeting locations in Fairfax Prince William Richmond Loudoun Virginia Beach Fredericksburg Lynchburg.
We will do our absolute best to help you get the best result possible based on the facts of your case. Our law firm has the necessary experience to assist you with this matter.
Below is a sample case of child abuse in Virginia.
Jackson v. Commonwealth
Facts:
In a child abuse case in Prince William, the Commonwealth sought review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals of Virginia reversing the trial court’s holding that defendant’s acts and omissions in the care of his six-month-old son were so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life to convict defendant of criminal abuse and neglect in violation of former Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-371.1.
If you are facing a criminal case in Virginia, contact a SRIS Law Group lawyer for help. You can reach us at 888-437-7747
Prince William Code Child Abuse Virginia Lawyers Neglect 18.2-371.1 Class 4 Felony
Holdings:
The Virginia Court made the following holding:
In the context of former Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-371.1(B), the statutory language does not apply to acts of simple negligence. The Supreme Court of Virginia bases its conclusion on the express language of the statute prohibiting willful acts or omissions so gross, wanton, and culpable as to show a reckless disregard for human life.
We have client meeting locations in Fairfax Prince William Richmond Loudoun Virginia Beach Fredericksburg Lynchburg.
We will do our absolute best to help you get the best result possible based on the facts of your case. Our law firm has the necessary experience to assist you with this matter.
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TITLE: The Dark Design
SERIES: Riverworld
AUTHOR: Philip Jose Farmer
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Berkley
COVER PRICE: $2.25
ISBN:
PAGES: 403
COPYRIGHT: 1977 by author
PUB DATE:
EDITION: 5th printing
COVER ARTIST: Vincent Di Fate
INDEX: 0100 - Dark Design - 0013 - PJF - IFB
QUOTE “His wife had held him in her arms as if she could keep death away from him. He had cried out, "My God, I am a dead man!"
- To Your Scattered Bodies Go.” Philip Jose Farmer
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Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
London CPS – Demonstration Statement – 3rd July 2009
We are cyclists of London, gathered here this afternoon, in a quiet protest and short vigil in memory of all our fellow cyclists killed by the drivers of vehicles; several more during this year already.
In particular we think of Eilidh Cairns, 30, who was killed at Notting Hill Gate by a tipper lorry driver on February 5th this year, and of Anthony Maynard, 25, who was killed north of Henley by a van driver exactly a year ago
We make our protest here at the London Crown Prosecution Service, to remind Ms Dru Sharpling, Chief Crown Prosecutor, of the decision of her colleagues at Reading CPS, when last year they inappropriately, remissly, and to our minds unforgivably, ordered that the van driver who struck Anthony (and his companion) from behind would not face charges. We do not hold Anthony’s life so cheap
You, the CPS at London, will shortly be reviewing the case of Eilidh Cairns who was also hit from behind on a one-way straight road.
Our protest is on behalf of all cyclists. Across Europe, motorists are presumed to be at fault in motorist-cyclist collisions. In the UK, even faced with prime evidence of a dead body, a driver does not have to prove his innocence. Instead the C.P.S. decides whether charges can successfully be brought against the motorist, and can then choose to drop a case entirely. In Anthony’s case (and as is claimed in Eilidh’s case, and in the cases of many others) the van driver’s defence that he simply didn't see the cyclists was accepted by the C.P.S. as an adequate accounting for the death of a highly-principled and well-loved citizen in the prime of his life
In a time when the nation as a whole is encouraged to exercise, and use forms of transport other than the car, and when climate change is seen as a real threat, cyclists need to feel that they have the full and equal protection of the law when on public roads, and not a law apparently interpreted (or simply set aside) to the maximum advantage of the driver, no matter how culpably careless. The C.P.S. was in dereliction of its duty last year. We fervently hope that it will adopt a different perspective, starting with the forthcoming case of Eilidh. Allowing drivers to kill with complete impunity just will not do, and does not meet the nation’s needs and priorities
We append a quotation from Christopher G. Thompson, ‘District Crown Prosecutor, Oxford Rural’, in a letter sent by him to one of the Reading Cycling Club committee who had written deploring this failure to prosecute (dated 16 March 2009):
“the fact that no prosecution has followed in this case does not in any way mean or suggest that drivers may drive carelessly around cyclists or that cyclists will not be afforded the protection of the law where appropriate.”
In what must have been a considered letter, the phrase affording cyclists the protection of the law “where appropriate” is chilling: NO! We demand the protection of the law. Full stop
Thank you. Cyclists of London
www.londonfgss.com/thread24903.html
www.lcc.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1428
realcycling.blogspot.com/2009/07/delivering-message-about...
TITLE: Time Storm
EDITOR: Gordon R. Dickson 1923-2001
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Bantam 12269-X
COPYRIGHT: 1977 by author
ISBN: 0-553-12269-X
EDITION: 1st Bantam paperback edition
PUB DATE: January 1979
PAGES: 477
COVER PRICE: $2.25
COVER ARTIST: not credited
ISFDB: Y
Comments: The cover artwork and design – color and type font - are quite appealing. Dickson’s attempt at the “big book” story format is worth reading.
Culpability: All images are from publications owned by CW. Image scanning, editing and compiling of bibliographic data was performed by CW. No entry indicates information not available from book. ISFDB: Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base. RATING: On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being great and 1 don’t read.
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TITLE: Pilgrimage to Earth
AUTHOR: Robert Scheckley 1928-2005
TYPE: paperback collection
PUBLISHER: Bantam #A1672
COVER PRICE: $.35
ISBN:
PAGES: 167
COPYRIGHT: by author
PUB DATE: October 1957
EDITION: 1st edition, 1st printing
COVER ARTIST:
ISFDB: Yes verified
INDEX: 0372b - Pilgrimage to Earth - 002 - RS - IFB
CONTENTS:
·• Pilgrimage to Earth • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·12 • All the Things You Are • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·22 • Trap • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley [as by Finn O'Donnevan ]
·31 • The Body • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·36 • Early Model • (1956) • novelette by Robert Sheckley
·54 • Disposal Service • (1955) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·59 • Human Man's Burden • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·73 • Fear in the Night • (1952) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·77 • Bad Medicine • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley [as by Finn O'Donnevan ]
·94 • Protection • (1956) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·104 • Earth, Air, Fire and Water • (1955) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·112 • Deadhead • (1955) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·120 • The Academy • (1954) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·141 • Milk Run • [AAA Ace] • (1954) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
·155 • The Lifeboat Mutiny • [AAA Ace] • (1955) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
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Anuel AA Ft. Mike Duran, Kevin Roldan, Bryant Myers, Darkiel & Noriel – Culpable Remix (Ultimo Preview)
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El dia del seu aniversari, l’Aitana rep una desagradable notícia: han assassinat la seua cunyada Glòria i tot fa pensar que ha estat el seu germà Miquel, en un acte de violència contra la dona. L’Aitana no pot creure que el seu germà siga un assassí, per això mateix remourà cel i terra per demostrar-ne la innocència. La seua investigació la durà a descobrir els entramats més secrets de l’especulació del sòl valencià, amb una trama de polítics, cantants, artistes i gent influent. És innocent el Miquel? Creus que l’Aitana aconseguirà desemmascarar el veritable assassí? A l’IES Paco Mollà de Petrer ho estan investigant amb la lectura d’Anatomia d’un assassinat. I Gemma Pasqual, la seua autora, ha anat per a ajudar-los amb la recerca del vertader culpable. Fotografia: Andrea R. Lluch. Més informació: www.periferic.es
TITLE: Secret Agent of Terra
AUTHOR: John Brunner 1934-94
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Ace F-133
COVER PRICE: $.40
ISBN:
PAGES: 126
COPYRIGHT: 1962 by author
PUB DATE: 1962
EDITION: 1st publicaion – 1st edition
COVER ARTIST: Ed Emshwiller
ISFDB: Yes NOTATION:
Cover for Secret Agent of Terra is stated "First Book Publication"
Artists signature on cover "EMSH" Ed Emshwiller.
Secret Agent of Terra 127 pages
COMMENTS: Ace Double Novel with The Rim of Spacve by A.B. Chandler
INDEX: 0256 - Secret Agent of Terra - 34 - JB - IFB
QUOTE “Yew want to know what the reel horror is, hey? Wal, it”s this- it ain’t what thern fish devils haz done, but it’s what they’re a-goin’ to do! They’re a-bringin’ things up aout o’ whar they come from into the taown….ever hear tell of a shoggoth?” p73….. From The Shadow Out of Time by Howard P. Lovecraft
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TITLE: Land Leviathan
AUTHOR: Michael Moorcock 1939-
TYPE: novel paperback
EDITION: 1st DAW, prior UK editions in 1974
PUBLISHER: DW No 178 UY1214
COVER PRICE: $1.25
ISBN:
PAGES: 174
PUB DATE: Jan 1976
COPYRIGHT: 1974 by author
COVER ARTIST: Michael Whelan
ISFDB: No
RATING: 3
INDEX: 0286 - Land Leviathan - 06 - MM - DAW 178 - Jan 1976
comments by CR:
"The Land Leviathan"(1974) by Michael Moorcock is books 2 in the trilogy "Oswald Bastable" the other two books are "Warlord of the Air" (1971) book 1 and "The Steel Tsar"(1981) book 3. Just to be accurate the series is also referred to as "Nomad of the Time Streams" a title which I prefer.
In "The Land Leviathan" author Moorcock, a character in the novel no less, go to great lengths to create the background of how he acquired the manuscript that is the Land Leviathan - first a 3 page introduction and then a 37 page prologue and this in a 175 page book (DAW paperback No 178 published January 1976) - then an epilogue and a editor's note. Candidly this makes for an intriguing reading experience especially if you have read book 1"Warlord of the Air". Oswald Barnstable revisits the early 20th Century for the 2nd time to find Gandhi as the ruler of South Africa and the United States a devastated country with a crackpot racist President. Oswald reluctantly joins forced with the notorious despot Cicero Hood the Black Attila.
This science-fiction novel by acclaimed British author Michael Moorcock (b1939 -) falls into the category of "alternate histories" a popular if somewhat overuse SF trope particularly during the last 15 years or so. Moorcock's protagonist in all three novels is Oswald Bastable who has the problematic talent or better yet curse of uncontrolled reentering of the Timestream and reliving alternate political-military histories of the first half of the Twentieth Century.
In these three related novels Moorcock refrains from super science extrapolations of war weapons. In fact dirigibles are the weapon of choice in the assorted hostilities and play a critical role throughout all three books. For that reason Steampunk fans hold these books in high esteem.
Of great interest to this reader the author integrates himself as a character-narrator in these novels. Utilizing journals, letters and diaries from his grandfather, also named Michael Moorcock, he presents to us readers the adventures of Oswald Bastable. Insofar as there is considerable philosophical-political ruminations by Oswald Bastable one must conclude the author his turned aside from the narrative and is sharing his own closely held beliefs. Moorcock's themes include but are not limited too the madness of war, the ability of messianic madmen to manipulate otherwise sane people to perform horrendous deeds and the destructive force of blind adherence to isms.
Michael Moorcock is know and much admired for his talent to integrate characters and themes in his vast body of works spanning over 50 years and 70 plus novels. These three novels written early in his career contain themes, concept and characters that show up in many later works. I am referring to specifically Count von Beck, Mrs. Una Persson, and the Multiverse to name a few.
As an introduction to Moorcock's body of works this is a good place to start although I am partial to the Elric and Corum book series.
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QUOTE….“ It is the color of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair, which flows below his shoulders, is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody, and from the loose sleeves of his yellow gown emerge two slender hands, also the color of bone”. Thus described by author Michael Moorcock in the first book, Elric of Melniboné
TITLE: Dragondrums
AUTHOR: Anne McCaffrey 1926-
TYPE: paperback novel
PUBLISHER: Bantam 13189-2
COPYRIGHT: 1979 by author
ISBN: 0-553-13189-3
EDITION:
PUB DATE: February 1980
PAGES: 193
COVER PRICE: $2.25
COVER ARTIST: not creditied
ISFDB: No
COMMENTS: Two page map prior to text. Third novel in the Harper Hall Trilogy along with Dragonsong and Dragonsinger.
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QUOTE….“He learned about pain and death from an ugly dying dog. It had been run over and lay by the side of the road…. To understand what the dog was saying he put his hand on its stumpy tail. “Who mandated this death for you?” he asked the dog. “What have you done?” “I did nothing,” the dog replied. “But this is a harsh death.” “Nonetheless,” the dog told him. “I am blameless.” The Divine Invasion”. Philip K. Dick
Vitraux, Cathedralis SS Michaelis et Gudulae
In 1370, according to the legend, holy communion wafers began to bleed after being stabbed with daggers by the Jews of Brabant at the synagogue in Brussels. The remains of the hosts were venerated for centuries as the Miraculous Sacrament (Sacrement du Miracle/Sacrament van Mirakel).
It is a fact that in May 1370 some six Jews living in Brussels and Leuven were burnt at the stake after being accused of the theft and desecration of the Blessed Sacrament (the so called ‘Blood Libel’). We know that Jewish property was confiscated, and that from the very beginning it was believed that the holy hosts had actually bled. Later on, in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, it was asserted that in 1370 all Jews had been expelled forever from the Duchy of Brabant.
The guilt of the Jews was never established. On the contrary, it has never even been proven that the hosts had in fact been desecrated. Belief in the alleged miracle was the only justification for executing the Jews. Accusing the Jews lent credibility to the miracle. Moreover, the alleged miracle offered a sought-after opportunity to dispose of the Jews. For the faithful the ‘miracle’ served as a material sign and proof of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Similar ‘Eucharistic Miracles’ connected with the presumed culpability of the Jews occurred elsewhere as well during the Middle Ages. Traces of red mildew on holy wafers were taken for traces of blood, the blood of Christ.
The legend of the Miraculous Sacrament is presented in many works of art in the cathedral. Especially to be mentioned are the XVIth century stained glass windows in the Sacrament chapel, which today holds the Cathedral treasury, where the reliquaries for the Miraculous Sacrament from different periods are on display. There are also the XVIIIth century tapestries in the choir, but these are not normally on display. Further, note the impressive series of fifteen XIXth century stained glass windows in the cathedral aisles. The last five windows of the northern aisle, near the chapel of the Miraculous Sacrament, portray the devotion to the Miraculous Sacrament from about 1436 till 1870. The first ten windows, eight in the southern aisle, starting at the front, and two in the rear of the northern aisle, represent the legend as it was handed down in Brussels since the middle of the XVth century. The legend runs as follows.
In autumn 1369 a prominent Jew from Enghien took the initiative of bribing a Jewish convert to Christianity to steal communion wafers, in order to desecrate them. Shortly afterwards he was murdered (windows 1-3). His widow passed the hosts to the Jews in Brussels, who stabbed them with daggers in their synagogue on Good Friday 1370. The sacred hosts began to bleed (windows 4 and 5). A Jewess who had converted to Christianity was bribed to conceal the hosts among the Jews of Cologne. But she repented and confessed the whole story to the rector of the “St. Mary’s Chapel” church in Brussels, giving him the miraculous hosts (windows 6-7). Based on the testimony of the Jewess (window 8) and after being judged by the Duke of Brabant the Jews were publicly burnt at the stake. The remaining Jews were expelled by the Duke from the Duchy of Brabant and their property confiscated (window 9). The miraculous sacrament was subsequently transferred in procession to the chapter church of St. Gudula (window 10).
The relic of the Miraculous Sacrament played a significant rôle as a national symbol for the Catholic identity of the country. The veneration of the relic served in public as a support for the struggle against Jews, Protestants and liberals. Charles V and the Habsburg family gave the XVIth century stained glass windows of the chapel of the Miraculous Sacrament. In the XVIIth century, Archdukes Albert and Isabella enriched the chapel with numerous gifts. Albert and Isabella are buried in front of the altar of the Miraculous Sacrament. Leopold I and Leopold II, the first Belgian kings, offered the first two XIXth century stained glass windows in the southern aisle. The other windows were given by the Belgian nobility.
After 1870 the relic was no longer of national significance. The local devotion to the Miraculous Sacrament however survived up to the Second World War. Moreover, the stained glass windows, paintings and tapestries kept the alleged history of the ‘blood libel’ alive. Only after the tragedy of the Holocaust, and under the influence of a more enlightened mentality, was a critical attitude with regard to this anti-Jewish medieval legend adopted in Catholic circles.
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Today one friend (Pro-Ukraine) missed being shot by less than a meter. Another (Pro-Russia) was beaten by opposing protesters. And another (Pro-Ukraine) was lit on fire by a Molotov cocktail. ...And I *saw* that last one as it happened on a livestream. And what happened at Odessa's Trade Union Building today is an absolute travesty. If you aren't paying attention to what has been happening, is happening, and what is still to come: you should be.
What is going on in Ukraine is sickening, and worsened in that at the start of this year these same people were friends. You don't throw rocks or tear up cobblestones, toss Molotovs or fill the bottles, fire bullets or stand beside them & expect none of that is intended to kill. Those of both sides who contribute to the carnage are as culpable as those who perform it.
Behind every front line of thugs is a mindless mob, and behind every mindless mob -- to some glimmer of hope -- are the good people, ignored, who will pickup the fallen and clean the mess of both sides.
Sgt. Richard G. Corden (left), (spokesperson for the 347 South Korean, U.S. and Briiish POWs who refused repatriation), and Andrew Condron (the only British soldier to remain) join in singing the Internationale at the peace hut in Panmunjom, Korea January 26, 1954.
The POWs came to the site of the negotiation of the cease fire that effectively ended the Korean War to make themselves available for western lournalists to interview.
As the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s continued in the United States, the prisoners who refused repatriation were labeled as “brainwashed” and fear of communists’ ability to shape people’s minds was spread across the country.
However some were African Americans who did not wish to return to face racial discrimination. Others agreed with their hosts that communism represented a better hope for mankind than the capitalism of the United States.
Most, though ultimately had difficulty adapting to the culture and language of the host country and eventually returned to the United States.
Prisoner repatriation was one of the greatest stumbling blocks in the long cease-fire negotiations between the forces of the United Nations and those of China and North Korea.
In June 1953, the two sides agreed that no prisoner who did not wish to be repatriated would be forced to do so (this had long been a sticking point in negotiations, with the Chinese and North Koreans wanting all prisoners returned to their home countries).
Prisoners who did not wish to go back to their home countries would be given 90 days in a neutral compound near Panmunjom to reconsider before being allowed to stay in enemy territory. Following the armistice that was signed on 27 July 1953, effectively ending the Korean War (South Korea never signed), the main prisoner exchange was free to proceed.
One British and 23 American soldiers (along with 327 South Koreans) refused to be returned to their homelands. Two, Corporal Claude Batchelor and Corporal Edward Dickenson, changed their minds before the 90-day window expired. Both were court-martialed and sentenced to prison terms, with Batchelor serving 4½ years and Dickenson 3½.
This left 22 U.N. soldiers who voluntarily stayed with the Communists after the final exchange of prisoners. The 21 Americans were given dishonorable discharges.
This had the unintended consequence of rendering them immune to court-martial when they finally returned to the United States (which the majority eventually did), because they were no longer active-duty military. However, they were still criminally culpable for any acts of collaboration or offenses against fellow prisoners committed while they were POWs.
About 4 a.m. on February 24, 1954, a train carrying the 21 American defectors rumbled across the Yalu River into China. The Chinese soon shipped some of the men off to study language and politics. Others went to mills, factories, and farms across Eastern China.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is an Associated Press photograph housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.