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The Up Country Ulster-Scots had had reservations. Decades before the war, one major champion of states rights was Ulster-descended John C. There is a bit of romance in it, but I think the key relationship is the one between Maureen and Shirley. Emigration[ edit ] Considerable numbers of Ulster-Scots emigrated to the North American colonies throughout the 18th centurysettled in what would become the United States between and alone.
Ulster idyll book be continued in my next article. Rebellion, rapine hate Are loosed to rule our fate, By England's act and deed. Here the mature composer is obvious, nowhere more so than in the Dance of the Marionette…with its repeated rhythms and delicate writing for the glockenspiel. I think in your 50s you can easily sit back and have regrets or you can see it as a time to get started. Many songs now sung in Ulster are claimed to be from County Donegalthough many of the songs originate from Oriel. Most Ulster-Scots entered America by way of the port of Philadelphia.
There is a bit of romance in it, but I think the key relationship is the one between Maureen and Shirley. The Jacobites besieged Derry from December to Julyending when a Williamite army from Britain relieved the city. Both possibilities are allowed for in the standard language. A fine disc. The banned Irish feminist writer who took on De Valera It took me a long time to write.
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Even better is the Cotswolds Symphony… Filled with delightful English folk themes and centered by a touching Elgarian elegy to the textile designer, artist and utopian socialist William Morris, this work reveals Holst to be an important composer.
The idea for Yes has been around for a while. The English-descended Americans on the coasts coined this term because they were Scots, but they had come from Irish ports. This is Ulster idyll book the same attitude the London government has towards Scots Ulster idyll book "You all speak English, so why not just all speak English".
Please login to post a review Reviews Conductor JoAnn Falletta once again, as in this recording of music by Marcel Tyberg, demonstrates a versatility and an instant affinity to the composer at hand, and delivers a solid and uncluttered account.
The majority of Irish people were "Jacobites" and supported James II due to his Declaration of Indulgence or, as it is also known, The Declaration for the Liberty of Conscience, that granted religious freedom to all denominations in England and Scotland and also due to James II's promise to the Irish Parliament of an eventual right to self-determination.
She began writing the book in the years following her sister's death in May On the Continent and indeed in Africa and elsewhere where many of the newest adult learners come from speaking several languages is just a matter of daily life, and there is a healthier attitude to bilingualism.
On the coastal plane of the southern colonies in particular, and this region is also known as the "tidewater"land and politics were dominated by a Cavalier English-descended plantation-owning gentry.
To answer this question one must recount American history from colonial times. Jackson was very conscious of his roots as his biographer and chaplain R.
Ulster idyll book Now Ulster idyll book shot and steel Beneath that flag must show How loyal hearts should kneel To England's oldest foe. Its predecessor was Moody, T. The real nature of Gaelic as a living language has nothing to do with its official status as a national language the Ulster idyll book enemies of Irish at present are the Fine Gael government, many of whom can speak the language!
Title[ edit ] The book's title, A Hidden Ulster alludes to the lack of public knowledge among singers and song historians on the songs of Oriel.
In the s, Scottish Presbyterians became a majority in Ulster, due to a large influx of them into the Province. There was a task of rebuilding a war-shattered economy, and dealing with the injustices of a Union-imposed "reconstruction" regime.
Here they lived on the frontiers of America, carving their own world out of the wilderness. Decades before the war, one major champion of states rights was Ulster-descended John C.
The towns of Derry and Coleraine, as well as much of the lands that were to become Ulster idyll book County of Londonderry — ie the whole territory bounded by the River Foyle, the sea and the River Bann, and the fisheries of the two rivers — were granted to the City of London Corporation, which was charged with planting them.
This is particularly evident in younger speakers of this dialect. Gaelic still is the first spoken language, and the everyday language of children in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
How could they not be? I am talking about myself as well as Maureen.The rediscovery of Irish song books on our shelves With the transfer of music books from the Hesburgh Library to the new Music Library in O’Neill Hall, songbooks and books on Irish music that are more appropriately housed with the Irish Collection have been transferred to the Hesburgh Special Collections.
Among these books are collections of ballads (without music notation) such as the. HOLST, G.: Symphony, "The Cotswolds" / Walt Whitman, Overture / Indra / Japanese Suite / A Winter Idyll (Ulster Orchestra, Falletta) Show recording details. We have compiled the ultimate Database of phone numbers from around the state and country to help you locate any lost friends, relatives or family members.
We offer the ability to search by first name, last name, phone number, or business name. We make it easy for you to .Monie half-hidden refrences ir pdf tae the five o thim throughout the text o the pdf itsel, whuch wus publisht at last in This book is the first translation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into Ulster Scots, a language which derives from the Lowlands in Scotland and which was imported into Northern Ireland in the early 17th century.Irish and Scots-Irish history and genealogy books, eBooks and DVDs on Irish and Scots-Irish culture, folklore, music and poetry, Ulster-Scots Guides and promotional materials & .A book to avoid is a memoir published in ebook s, The Ebook Lily, by Sean O’Callaghan – Tim Pat Coogan calls it a fairy story.
Apart from McKenna’s book on the English campaign and maybe some of Enno Stephanis Spies in Ireland, the remaining accounts are either more fairy tales or, like Brendan Behans, quite patchy.


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The city of Waukesha took the steps Tuesday night to move forward on the approval of a cost-savings shared health clinic with two other governmental entities.
This occurred with the city’s Finance and Human Resources committees making a recommendation for the Common Council to approve the intergovernmental agreement for a joint medical center with the School District of Waukesha and Waukesha County.
Waukesha’s Common Council will vote on the recommendation at its May 6 meeting.
With many Common Council members in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting who issued their support of the agreement, City Administrator Ed Henschel said he expects it to pass.
The school district and county already approved the agreement at meetings last month and for the health-care provider Healthstat to operate the facility. The North Carolina-based provider was selected by the city, county and school district earlier this year after a lengthy vetting process.
All city, county and school district employees and their families would be able to use the facility, which will be located in the offices of the county division of public health at 615 W. Moreland Blvd. on the Waukesha County Courthouse campus.
Waukesha County Human Resources Manager Jim Richter said the county has budgeted money for building renovations that could start very soon.
The clinic can be used for services such as primary care, wellness, pharmacy, occupational medicine and health assessments. Emergency room services are not available at the clinic.
The original timeline called for the city to vote on the intergovernmental agreement last month.
But the council held off on a vote after former Mayor Jeff Scrima brought in representatives from ProHealth Care to a meeting a few weeks earlier saying why a shared health clinic with Healthstat wasn’t the best option.
Scrima also said in an email that employees would be required to use the clinic (which wasn't true) and that ProHealth Care would match the savings of Healthstat in an alternative proposal.
ProHealth Care was part of the bidding process, but Henschel said Tuesday their proposal was ranked last when a committee reviewed the 12 providers.
Richter also said that ProHealth Care, like the other 11 providers that were looked at, had the option to provide alternatives.
Employees and their families are not required to use the clinic or they could use both the clinic and their own doctor, Henschel has said. A patient record at the clinic can also be sent to an employee's primary care physician.
The city administrator also said Tuesday night that he has not heard from ProHealth Care since the March 4 Common Council meeting and that ProHealth Care indicated that using their facilities would be mandatory.
Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings, who had made a referral for Henschel to review an alternative proposal from ProHealth Care last month, was upset that her request was not heard. Cummings is also a county board supervisor and one of four who voted against the shared health clinic at the county board meeting last month.
“I don’t think we’ve done our due diligence,” Cummings said Tuesday. “I find that disappointing.”
Henschel has previously said it violated his ethical duties to reopen the process.
“This was diligently reviewed,” said an adamant Henschel, who gave an overview of the agreement at the beginning of Tuesday's meeting. “We’ve given you the best proposal with the greatest cost savings to the city.”
According to estimates provided by Healthstat, the onsite clinic could save a total of close to $8 million over the length of the joint agreement, which is for five years. The county is expected to save about $3 million, the school district $3.4 million and the city $1.2 million.
Henschel said the savings are based on 50 percent participation over the five years and that if more people use the clinic, the entities will see more in savings.
“I’m hoping it will be more than that,” Henschel said. “That’s a conservative estimate.”
Significantly lower co-pays is one cost-saving measure employees will see if they use the clinic, which will be set up so the employees of the three entities can use their insurance there.
The cost of operations would be shared in proportion to the eligible members of each entity with the school district paying 44 percent, county 40 and city 16.
“This is something that just didn’t happen overnight,” Alderman Andy Reiland said. “This was fully vetted by the three governmental bodies and provides a (cost-saving) option to employees and their families in a day when all costs continue to rise. It’s refreshing that these three bodies have united for families to manage the costs and it will end up being a tax savings.”
Henschel said on Tuesday that because the city did not vote along with the school district and county last month, the timeline for the clinic to open has now moved from Sept. 1 to Nov. 1.
David Young, a representative from Healthstat, said Tuesday local medical staff will be hired to operate the facility.
With the city looking like it will soon join the school district and county in approving the clinic, Alderman Steve Johnson called it “a win-win for everyone involved.”
Alderman Terry Thieme said his employer, Kohl’s, utilizes a health clinic for its employees and urges the council to vote for it in a couple weeks.
“We’re always trying to find ways to save taxpayer dollars,” Thieme said. “And this is definitely a benefit to the taxpayers."


COUNCIL BLUFFS POLICE SEARCH FOR SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED MURDER AND ARSON CASE
(Council Bluffs) Council Bluffs Police are investigating an Arson and Attempted Murder that allegedly occurred early this morning at 3616 John Street.
Police say, Kevin and Roland Arnold were in the southwest bedroom of the residence when they heard gunshots, which penetrated the room and struck both of them. Roland Arnold was transported to University of Nebraska Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Kevin Arnold refused treatment for his minor injuries at that time. The weapon is believed to be a shotgun.
Authorities say that he suspect (s) had thrown an accelerant around the outside of the residence that did not burn.
The investigation continues.


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Delta near deal to buy Virgin Atlantic stake: source
By Rhys Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N: Quote) is nearing an agreement to buy Singapore Airlines' (SIAL.SI: Quote) 49 percent stake in Virgin Atlantic VA.UL, and is expected to agree to a transatlantic joint venture with the British carrier, a source said.
Meanwhile, Richard Branson said he planned to keep control of the carrier he set up and said International Airlines Group (ICAG.L: Quote) boss Willie Walsh was misguided for saying the brand would be ditched by Delta.
"Rumors have been spread in the press that I am planning to give up control of Virgin Atlantic and, according to Willie Walsh ... that our brand will soon disappear. This is wishful thinking and totally misguided," Branson said on Monday.
A source familiar with Branson's thinking told Reuters that Virgin Atlantic would form a joint venture on transatlantic flights with Delta if the U.S. carrier bought Singapore Airlines' stake in the British carrier, which Branson set up in 1984.
Delta and Virgin Atlantic's plan to set up a revenue-sharing deal on flights between Britain and the United States would involve code-sharing, allowing both to sell flights on the other airline and share revenues from ticket sales, the source said.
The joint venture could lead to the pair sharing costs and bringing prices and schedules into line, the source said.
The partnership would be similar to that operated by American Airlines AAMRQ.PK and IAG's British Airways (BA) since 2010 on transatlantic flights between Canada, Mexico, the United States and many European cities.
Delta has acquired stakes in Grupo Aeromexico (AEROMEX.MX: Quote) and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas (GOLL4.SA: Quote) over the past year, and has long hoped to break into capacity-constrained Heathrow. Virgin Atlantic is the second-largest carrier at the airport after BA. Continued...

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Above: One of the stretch heads for the stretcher leveler. Together, two heads grab and secure the material with one of the stretch heads shifted hydraulically to stretch the material.
Mathematical formulas and industry experience help cut supply chain costs
November 2013 - A service center is expected to supply good-quality materials on time out of its available inventory. “We view these as the essential cornerstones of our business, but we also understand that they are just the start to serving our customers,” says Bill Werner, executive vice president of sales, Jemison Metals. Standing out in the crowd takes some strategy. “In the service center industry, you have to think about what makes you different—what separates you from the rest.”
Longevity is the name of the game, and the goal is to obtain and retain long-term business. To this end, the Birmingham, Ala.-based service center has developed several software solutions that focus on taking cost out of the supply chain. “Removing inefficiency from the supply chain informs everything we do,” Werner says.
Developed by Jemison Metals’ research and development team, the company uses four different solutions. The company’s forecasting and inventory management system tracks customer metal consumption in real time and adjusts inventory pipeline levels allowing customers to avoid costly stockouts or over-inventoried situations. The system allows Jemison to provide mill partners accurate and timely forecasts of future demand.
Another solution is Jemison’s bill of material optimization program. Here, Jemison Metals’ team of supply chain analysts load customers’ material specifications into its proprietary computer model and the software determines the optimal, or low cost, supply chain solution. According to Werner, “The software looks at all of the mill and internal processing costs and capabilities, including logistics and financial information, and determines the low-cost solution. We streamline and analyze each component of the cost through the entire supply chain to provide the most competitive price, backed up with the lowest-cost solution.”
Once an order is received, the third element of the software helps conduct a thorough contract review. Under the guidance of a team of employees from sales, quality and operations, Jemison confirms and loads part specifications and other order information into its system, and the software automatically reviews all of the details to make sure everything is input correctly and there are no entry errors.
The software has helped Jemison Metals maintain its company culture, keeping tabs on performance so management can see where the company is flourishing as well as highlight any areas for improvement. Since instituting this program, the company has achieved record company performance in all key metric areas. “And the software always lets us go back and analyze these records,” he adds.
Using complex mathematical algorithms and several optimization engines, the software assists customers in determining the optimal sheet size to purchase. The company finds out what process is being used by its sheet customers to produce flat finished parts, whether the material is punched or cut using laser or plasma, and comes up with a sheet size solution that will dramatically improve yield loss.
“Many of our customers order standard-size sheet and then rely on their nesting software to maximize yield,” explains Werner. “Our software looks at the finished sizes being produced and recommends an optimal sheet size to purchase. Instead of adjusting to a 48-inch-by-96-inch or 120-inch standard-sized sheet and accepting high yield loss, we can determine the optimal sheet size that, in most cases, will dramatically improve yields, saving our customers thousands, and in some cases, millions of dollars.”
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Customers are taking notice of the new software. Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, Mo., serves the information technology industry, producing parts for data solutions in computer rooms and data centers, including industrial automation and commercial and residential HVAC sales. Emerson purchases hot-rolled, cold-rolled and two types of galvanized materials from Jemison Metals.
Jemison Metals secured long-term business by providing quotes through Emerson’s online bidding process. Emerson Electric has run some test trials on a few sizes using Jemison Metals’ software and the numbers add up. “With the addition of Jemison Metals’ software, taking that kind of money out of our metal spend year-over-year is key to us,” says John Russer, commodity manager for flat-rolled steel, North America, at Emerson Electric. “The software is very attractive to us,” Russer says. “And because better yields result in lower upfront purchase volumes, we will drop our overall spending by a considerable amount just by optimizing the sheet sizes we use today.
“For us, quality is key when producing parts for data centers,” he continues. “Our parts end up in cooling systems and battery backup systems placed in server farms and server rooms. Jemison provides us with consistently high-quality material in a timely manner. They’ve had good quality ratings with us.” Jemison Metals’ proximity to Emerson Electric is also a positive factor for the company as it helps cut freight costs.
In addition to its patented software, Jemison Metals installed a heavy-gauge Butech Bliss stretch leveler in its Decatur, Ala., facility to produce the ultraflat and memory-free steel that customers now require, says Werner. “We take into account customer needs and adapt accordingly,” he adds. This new plant in Decatur is Jemison Metals’ first greenfield project and is located near Nucor, one of its key supply partners.
“We feel being close to the mill and having minimal inbound freight will let us continue to keep supply chain costs as low as possible,” Werner says. “This $18 million initial capital investment for the building and equipment includes plans for us to add two more bays and expand from an 84,000-square-foot facility to a facility with more than 250,000 square feet.
The Butech stretcher leveler (0.060 inch to 0.625 inch by 96 inches) gives Jemison Metals the ability to run customers’ products through the machine either stretched or leveled, depending on specifications. It has state-of-the-art flatness, width and thickness variation detection equipment. The equipment is being installed in the last quarter of 2013 and scheduled to begin production in January 2014.
“To our knowledge, we have one of the heaviest-gauge stretcher levelers in the U.S. for hot-roll, hot-rolled picked and oil, cold-rolled and coated product,” Werner says.
The up-to-date and well-researched information and service provided to Emerson Electric is helpful. “I think the key for us is Jemison has already shown us that it is a proactive service center; it’s not a reactionary company,” Russer says. “They’re always quick to respond and will point things out to us regarding pricing, quality or mill delivery issues. We can talk to the guys out on the slitting line as well as we can talk to the vice president of procurement. The ease of doing business with them has been very good for us.” MM
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VRI Allows for the Interpretation of Nonverbal Cues
By David Fetterolf, Stratus Video President
Communication experts agree nonverbal communication makes up a considerable portion of how we convey meaning to one another each and every day. Facial expressions, postures, hand movements and even tone of voice all carry meaning in addition to the spoken word. The visual nature of video remote interpretation (VRI) allows interpreters to take into account nonverbal forms of communication.
In healthcare environments, nonverbal communication can be key to a proper diagnosis. For example, when asked the degree of pain a patient is feeling, he or she may say “no to little pain” but with a severe grimace, one that indicates the patient may be feeling more pain than verbally reported. Nonverbal cues that signify misunderstanding are also essential in healthcare. For follow up care plans to be effective and proper medication management to take place, patients must have meaningful understanding of their healthcare information. This is particularly true for limited English proficient, Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients that require the assistance of language services.
Medical interpreters work as a bridge to ensure both parties understand one another. As ambassadors of cultural competency, medical interpreters are trained to pick up on any misunderstandings that take place as a result of a difference in language or cultural background and clarify them. When there is a difference in a healthcare program or the patient is not familiar with medical terminology, even in his or her preferred language, the interpreter may need to define certain terms or explain differences in how one healthcare program may function in the United States versus the patient’s country of origin. For medical interpreters to pick up on telling visual cues, a furrowed brow, for example, they must be able to see both the patient and the provider.
VRI combines the benefits of face-to-face interpretation with the on-demand nature of over-the-phone interpretation. The video component allows interpreters to see both patients and providers, their facial expressions and gestures. VRI includes both American Sign Language & Certified Deaf Interpreter services, so healthcare providers can facilitate effective communication with Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients. If the patient prefers the presence of an onsite interpreter, VRI can be utilized, so as not to delay the delivery of care, until an in-person interpreter arrives.
Learn more about VRI and how it can make the provision of language services more efficient at your facility in our eBook: A Guide to Staff and Contract Interpreter Management – Expert Insights from the Field.

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Our democratic ritual was met with an unusual amount of hosannas owing the historic nature of its victor. It does represent something that a minority could rise to the nation’s highest office–it does indicate that the country has made some progress through its tumultuous history.
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However, I think the Onion may have had it the best in its own assessment of this supposed history. It would seem to me all the better than an African-American become the next Bill Gates or Sam Walton, or be the scientist who cures cancer or some other such advance, rather than be a president. But even the cynicism of government distrust cannot fully obfuscate what was achieved by Barack Obama. Roderick Long noted: “I’m more pleased than not with the results of yesterday’s election (meaning pleased that Obama won out over McCain, not pleased that we got ourselves yet another president). Sure, Obama is a corporate liberal whose policies are not really any less fascistic or imperialistic than McCain’s, but a) he at least seems less trigger-happy than McCain; b) culturally, his election is a satisfying slap in the face to racism and parochialism (it’s great to see a black person at last in the nation’s highest-profile and most influential job – I just wish the nation’s highest-profile and most influential job weren’t the goddamn presidency); and c) hell, if I have to listen to some guy’s speeches for the next four to eight years, just from an aesthetic standpoint it’ll be a relief to have them coming from someone who’s charismatic and articulate rather than from an irritating doofus.” My God: the bubble of anti-Bush merchandise is about to collapse!
All along, the supporters of each candidate were growing increasingly strange. McCain was reaping the poisoned fruit of disastrous GOP policies of the last few years in combination with tactics that had alienated many wings of the conservative party, leaving behind only the diehards and kooks. As for Obama supporters, their victory almost seemed to be a redemption, a change greater than the substance of the man or any of his positions. There are numerous reports of his legions weeping when he won; even as same-sex marriage was being outlawed in states across the nation, gay individuals were doing likewise — despite some indication that Obama’s run might have galvanized elements of the left who might support the ban. Then there was the fascinating Chicago Trib article noting that even among Obama’s youngest supporters, tolerance seemed to end at political views. And of course, a bunch of bigoted assholes trying to become martyrs to the Church of Racism. It was always unclear on what exactly an Obama presidency was promising in any specific sense. His name was rather invoked as a mysterious talisman in order to ward off the encroaching shadows that have grown so long lo these past eight years.
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But is Obama the drastic change from Bush and his policies? Even though this was a central tenet of the Obama campaign, it was pointed out even before the election that there was little substantive difference between McCain and Obama on a policy level. As Antiwar.com notes, Obama does not seem a dramatic departure from the foreign policy the United States has been pursuing — and certainly not even within shouting distance of the non-interventionist policy advocated by the likes of Ron Paul and Ralph Nader. These two gentlemen, who barely registered a blimp on the electoral scale, did release a set of four points upon which they agreed, deviating significantly from the two main candidates:
Foreign Policy: The Iraq War must end as quickly as possible with removal of all our soldiers from the region. We must initiate the return of our soldiers from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East. We must cease the war propaganda, threats of a blockade and plans for attacks on Iran, nor should we re-ignite the cold war with Russia over Georgia. We must be willing to talk to all countries and offer friendship and trade and travel to all who are willing. We must take off the table the threat of a nuclear first strike against all nations.
Obama and McCain disagreed with virtually everything on this list, to certain degrees depending on the item. Obama was more open to negotiation, but engaged heartily in rhetorically lambasting Russia. Neither of them would consider removing troops from the United States’ half centuries old bases in Korea, Japan and Europe.
Privacy: We must protect the privacy and civil liberties of all persons under US jurisdiction. We must repeal or radically change the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the FISA legislation. We must reject the notion and practice of torture, eliminations of habeas corpus, secret tribunals, and secret prisons. We must deny immunity for corporations that spy willingly on the people for the benefit of the government. We must reject the unitary presidency, the illegal use of signing statements and excessive use of executive orders.
Obama voted for the renewal of the PATRIOT Act and, in a stunning betrayal of some of his followers, voted for the infamous FISA bill — the estimable Glenn Greenwald remarked wryly on the Democrats payday from telecoms in thanks. USAToday has noted that “six of the 15 people [Obama] named to his transition team are top fundraisers.”
The National Debt: We believe that there should be no increase in the national debt. The burden of debt placed on the next generation is unjust and already threatening our economy and the value of our dollar. We must pay our bills as we go along and not unfairly place this burden on a future generation.
The Federal Reserve: We seek a thorough investigation, evaluation and audit of the Federal Reserve System and its cozy relationships with the banking, corporate, and other financial institutions. The arbitrary power to create money and credit out of thin air behind closed doors for the benefit of commercial interests must be ended. There should be no taxpayer bailouts of corporations and no corporate subsidies. Corporations should be aggressively prosecuted for their crimes and frauds.
Neither McCain nor Obama criticized the bailout or economic policy in terms other than “we have to bail them out, but we’ll put them on a shorter leash”. Among the fun facts:
- “It is not about the time – the many times – that he hung up on political contributors in a Chicago mayor’s race, saying he was embarrassed to accept their $5,000 checks because they were $25,000 kind of guys. No, the definitive Rahm Emanuel story takes place in Little Rock, Ark., in the heady days after Bill Clinton was first elected President…Suddenly Emanuel grabbed his steak knife and, as those who were there remember it, shouted out the name of another enemy, lifted the knife, then brought it down with full force into the table. ‘Dead!’ he screamed. The group immediately joined in the cathartic release: ‘Nat Landow! Dead! Cliff Jackson! Dead! Bill Schaefer! Dead!'”
- From Emanuel himself: “Here’s how it would work. Young people will know that between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, the nation will enlist them for three months of civilian service. They’ll be asked to report for three months of basic civil defense training in their state or community, where they will learn what to do in the event of biochemical, nuclear or conventional attack; how to assist others in an evacuation; how to respond when a levee breaks or we’re hit by a natural disaster. These young people will be available to address their communities’ most pressing needs.”
- “When the House Democratic majority passed a military appropriations bill slated for Iraq, a clause that would have prohibited an attack on Iran without a vote in Congress was deleted at the instigation of Emanuel and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. When Rep. John Murtha presaged the popular rebellion against the Iraq war by coming out against it in no uncertain terms, Emanuel urged Pelosi to refrain from endorsing his call for withdrawal, arguing that it would hurt the Democrats politically.”
- And who better to help lead us out of the depression than someone who had a hand in an organization that did so much to generate it! “[Emanuel] served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot ‘red flags,’ according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com. According to a complaint later filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Freddie Mac, known formally as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, misreported profits by billions of dollars in order to deceive investors between the years 2000 and 2002. Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of having ‘failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention.'”
There are also some disturbing indications on how the Obama administration might operate, namely usage of executive orders. Glenn Greenwald points out that such orders are best used to expedite the reversal of previously issued abusive orders, rather than to create whole new areas of executive fiat — such as drilling in the Gulf.
As the Emanuel appointment indicated, could Obama ironically be the president to signal a return to slavery via conscription? Obviously the left will offer a justification of such community service/national guard esque service should it ever take a mandatory form — namely that it is not war related but “charity” oriented. To conscript a person into service, whether it be for war or community labor, is slavery. Thankfully, it does appear to be reaching such a proportion at this point, but rumblings of a homeland security force on par with the military are unsettling.
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But Greenwald also points out some reasons to be thankful for the Obama win, from the perspective of judicial appointments. And if nothing else, he is a welcome change from Bush II, even (God help us) if it turns out to be on a merely superficial level — and even if it’s from someone who would apparently deport his own aunt.
My hope is that all these points against Obama add up to be so much as dust in the wind. I hope that he reigns in US foreign policy and in particular military spending. I hope he heeds the advice of Andrew Bacevich on the wars the nation has been sunk into:
First-order questions are begging for attention. How should we gauge the threat? What are the principles that should inform our response? What forms of power are most relevant to implementing that response? Are the means at hand adequate to the task? If not, how should national priorities be adjusted to provide the means required? Given the challenges ahead, how should the government organize itself? Who – both agencies and individuals – will lead? To each and every one of these questions, the Bush administration devised answers that turned out to be dead wrong. The next administration needs to do better. The place to begin is with the candid recognition that the Global War on Terror has effectively ceased to exist. When it comes to national security strategy, we need to start over from scratch.
A change in the office holder always brings fresh hope that the crimes of the previous administration have ceased (although they will likely go unpunished) — although in this case, that hope may be unfounded.
However, it is there nonetheless.
By far the best parody of this whole democratic rodeo — the 2008 Economic Witch Trial:
September 25th: The Rt. Rev. Bar. O’Bama preach’d a sermon claiming that the Economick Maladie in general, & the Livestock Market Catarrh in partickular, may not be due to the Vengeance of Almighty God. It may have a Moderne Scientifick Basis, he said, such as Liver Humours convey’d via Corrupted Ether.
He posited a cure through Massive Public Borrowing or by applying leeches to taxpayers (which sounded similar). Outside the Church of St. Anaesthesius, a hayswain smote him with a dead cat that was unusually ripe. Item: 1s/6d income, selling d. cat to hayswain.
September 26th: Goodie Palin, Capt. McCain’s amanuensis, handed out tracts blaming the Economick Decline upon deviant sexual practices, large lunches & big bonuses among workers in the livestock market. A costermonger, Ecclesiastes Pluckrose, caught a two-headed carp. Item: tkt. to see carp, 1/2 d.
September 27th: Thirty-seventh day of rain. Livestock markt. still closd. Idle traders broke into Saml. Walton’s Genl. Store & made off w. four hogsheads of Demerara Rum. Item: two gals. rum from traders, 2s/6d.
September 28th: Hephzibah Fishblight, the schoolmistress, announced a debate on Economick Decline featuring Capt. McCain, seckonded by Goodie Palin, v. Rev. O’Bama with the grave digger, Old Jo. Biden. The mkt. immediately sold out of Rotten Persimmons. Dead cats now trading at one guinea per.
Maybe Some shpahnking is in order? “Children whose parents spank them or otherwise inflict physical punishment may be more likely to have sexual problems later.”
Overheard in New York: “Fool! That word is biotech. Why you gotta be ignorant all your life?”
Real American Hero: Surviving 1500 ft drops
Portal to Mayan Underworld: Michael Bay comes up with an idea for a new Nic Cage movie
SF Gate’s Top 10 Campaign Films — What?!? No Manchurian Candidate?
retro CRUSH’s Top 10 Fictional Sports —
From April 2003: Putin taunts Blair about Saddam
William Anderson’s ultimately disappointing Socialism and medicine article
Male Porn Star: not living the dream
Fox News prints something worth reading? Instapundit’s Glenn Reynolds vs the Drug Warriors
Nike’s influence via the Olympic basketball championship
“Two off-duty female cops yelled, ‘We are the police!’ – and then pistol-whipped a Bronx man in what authorities call a case of road rage.”
Kim Soo Imm, a passionate Korean “Spy”
Times Online’s 10 Greatest Sci-fi Films Never Made
More on Renting vs. Buying
Gruesome War: A Surgeon’s Guide
Amish Apple Butter! Not under our watch!
Small town struggles after immigration raid
Secretly Recording a Traffic Stop is apparently illegal
You could be anywhere: the Photoshopping of video
A private nuclear power generator? Come and get some, Montgomery Burns
Internet radio makes its last stand
Kate Beckinsale is the sexiest woman on the planet for 2008? Look, nothing against Kate, I think she is an excellent role model for other hot actresses by participating in onscreen threesomes (NSFW). But the best? I disagree, sir. How about Monica Bellucci though? 40+ years of age and making it to the top 8.
There’s eccentric, crazy and Kim Jung Il batshit insane
Indie film gems all made for less than $1 million
Strange bedfellows: GM and environmentalists join together to suck some government tit
Football recruiting stories: frickin awesome
British commanders say the war in Afghanistan cannot be won
Who’s seceding from the Union now? Apparently, Northern California
Stefan Karlsson attacks the Swedish myth: “Recently, the so-called Swedish model — that is, the Swedish economic system with high taxes and a big welfare state — has been celebrated again in the press.”
Say goodnight to Posse Comitatus: “The Army Times reports that the 3rd Infantry’s 1st Brigade Combat Team is returning from Iraq to defend the Homeland, as ‘an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.'” Hey Glenn Greenwald, get on the fucking train!
Letterman vs. McCain: who can make less sense?
World murder capitals: hey there, New Orleans!
From the Left: growing dissatisfaction with the Obama cult
Sean Corrigan vs Schadenfreude: An Austrian Econ Catfight
The NY Times Tally of federal bailouts
Gloom and doom: Bill Bonner on the financial crisis while others point out that those that maimed the patient are trying to revive it and most Americans oppose the bailout
Halloween fallout: Scary weapons!
Learning from Mistakes only works after age 12. That’s not what my belt says.
DNC t-shirts may have crossed a line. Haha, jokes about beating up protesters! That’s rich.
Yeah, we were lied to and no one important got punished: top officials knew of torture in 2002
Fun with libel: Retailers suggest E-bay leads to shoplifting
Hitchcock: Monster or moralist? Or haberdasher?
Pre-crime detector not involving Tom Cruise
Top Ten worst television shows ever?
Shift in abortion demographics
Wu-Tang Clan name generator: just call me 100-Watt Warrior. I’m going to put that on my fucking tombstone. Then there’s the Sarah Palin baby name generator. My name would be “Cue Manhunt Palin”. Not sure wherefrom that came.
The miracle berry takes the sourness out of food
America’s ten most stressful cities
After the fall: Lehman employees and their families
Free sex brothel — but you’re being watched
A rape case without evidence. Mike Nifong, line 1…
Yikes. Just yikes…
Go ahead, play with spider…
William Odom: soldier to the end
World’s fastest rollercoaster: 0-128 mph in 3.5 seconds
The motivation behind traffic cameras: dollah billz y’all
The end of bailout transparency — and it has to do with officer compensation
Military spending: a flow chart
China becoming dissatisfied with US dollars
Ron Jeremy wind-up toy: that ain’t right
A legacy of police torture on the South Side of Chicago
Runaway train apparently stops in Nebraska
Another friendly fire coverup?
British public info messages went pretty Orwell
Conspiracy time in the old corral! It’s the Iranian ship of death
DRUNKEN KARAOKE PING PONG INCIDENT — now that would be an awesome name for a band
The lurker bomb knows where you sleep
The amazing pictures of the Brightest Nights on Earth
Space Odyssey meets the internet — the intergalactic space child is reality porn
The fascinating World Disaster Map
There are not even words — OJ is the anti-Obama
Miss Keeley would be a hell of a Bond girl if she could act
The perfect bank craigslist aided robbery right up to the retarded part
The scariest video games of all time — Doom just keeps looking more and more dated
“Andover man shot with crossbow, beaten with bat, run over, burned“. That pretty much speaks for itself.
Derek Jeter is the worst shortstop in baseball
Gas prices down spells beeg trouble for ethanol
Bolivian president tells US anti-drug efforts to fuck off
The last soldiers to die in the pointless war
Cleansing of Iraqi Christians and the silence of American Christians
“In one case, a hidden camera in a police interview room filmed detectives bashing a suspect during an interview. The suspect was repeatedly slapped and kicked, pinned to the ground and hit with a telephone when he asked to call someone.” Not going to lie: I laughed out loud when I read that.
“In Case You’re An Idiot: Canada Wants To Make It Illegal To Play Video Games While Driving”
“Blondes make good girlfriends but brunettes are better wives“. This sounds scientific.
Flexible displays interest the military-industrial complex
Nothing like being addicted to computer cleaner. That may be lower than head-shaking.
Prison official’s wife makes off with the goods
Civil servant fined for…leaving secret files on a train
Combat Hand Signals, my favorites: “Aim for the Ass”; “Jesus Christ They’re Shooting at Us”; “I Brought the Wrong Ammo Again”
BBC Fire Presenter for Turban Remarks — that’s just plain funny
TEN BELOW ZERO
A War Without End: Part II
The War on Drugs, now 37 years old, claims a myriad of victims:
- “A Lima, OH jury has acquitted police officer Joseph Chavalia of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 26-year-old Tarika Wilson. Chavalia shot and killed Wilson and wounded her infant son during a drug raid last January. Wilson was unarmed. During the raid, one of Chavalia’s fellow officers shot and killed the two dogs owned by Wilson’s boyfriend and the target of the raid, Anthony Terry. Chavalia testified that he mistook his fellow officer’s shots at the dogs for hostile gunfire coming from the bedroom where Wilson was standing with her child. Chavalia then fired blindly into the bedroom.”
- Marijuana and Pain Management
TEN BELOW ZERO 4
GLOBAL WARBLE? – WADING INTO THE THEORY OF ANTHROPOGENIC GLOBAL WARMING – Don’t Stop Believing
- “Dear FRONTLINE: Your 2-hour program broadcast on 21 Oct 08 called HEAT followed the script of the self-appointed priests of global warming exactly. There was no attempt at balance. Those who might have provided it were marginalized as ‘Deniers’ with no names and were accused by innuendo of being paid by the fuel industry. A Canadian reporter who was also an environmentalist discovered that many ‘Deniers’ were highly qualified scientists who would better be called the less pejorative name ‘Climate Realists.'”
- “Recent mapping of a number of raised beach ridges on the north coast of Greenland suggests that the ice cover in the Arctic Ocean was greatly reduced some 6000-7000 years ago. The Arctic Ocean may have been periodically ice free.”
From the Wikipedia:
“Operation Northwoods or Northwoods, was a false flag conspiracy plan, proposed within the United States government in 1962. The plan called for CIA or other operatives to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Castro-led Cuba. One plan was to ‘develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington’.”
This Week’s Stephen Colbert’s Guitarmageddon Toss of the Gauntlet:
THE CLASSICS vintage Eddie van Halen, and his iconic baroque 1980s guitar shred “Eruption”. What’s going on with Eddie’s outfit there? Looks like a gay plumber from the future slipped and fell into a time vortex:
Jimi Jam – Down on that Killing Floor live in Monterey.
Double Black Diamond: The world’s fastest guitarists — this is just silly. This fucker is playing a big x of guitars. METAL!:
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- The larger energy weapons in the Macross series (and by extension Robotech) are of this design. Some of the ships of the titular class even used the arms of a Humongous Mecha mode as "prongs".
- The Trope Codifier was the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross itself, whose bow separated to form its Wave Motion Gun.
- The Zentraedi's ship-mounted cannons had a sort of baby-version of this look to them.
- Macross Frontier gives us a private military version of the SDF called the Macross Quarter. About 1/4 the size of Battle Frontier, she carries a Heavy Quantum Cannon. This tri-prong, splitting weapon of mass destruction, though new in the pantheon of Macross wonder weapons and not as powerful as Battle Frontier's Wave Motion Gun, still has enough power to take out a Vajra battleship double (and even a little more) its own size. Instead of firing a single beam from between the prongs, each prong fires its own beam which cycles down the "rail-gun" structure and "twists" together with the other beams into a combined spiraling stream of energy.
- Also in Macross Frontier, we have one of the most advanced Variable Fighters, the VF-27 Lucifer, with a smaller version of the Heavy Quantum Cannon. The gun splits into a dual-prong energy "rail-gun" that takes a cue from its bigger brother armed on the Quarter. While not as obviously powerful, it can take out a medium sized Vajra with one shot.
- The second movie gives the YF-29 Durandal one similar to the VF-27's, only it opens vertically instead of horizontally.
- The Trope Codifier was the original Super Dimension Fortress Macross itself, whose bow separated to form its Wave Motion Gun.
- In Fafner in the Azure: Dead Aggressor and its prequel movie, a number of the energy weapons exhibit this feature, being swords that split down the middle to fire energy blasts. The practical purpose of this feature is shown by the separating halves of the blade creating a hole in an enemy's force field through which a shot can be fired.
- Raising Heart from Lyrical Nanoha has a "Cannon Mode", in which its half-crescent knob turns 90 degrees and extends, forming this type of weapon, while a gun grip and trigger forms on the other side. The explanation is simple.
- Done a number of times in the various Gundam series:
- The Nu Gundam's Fin Funnels work this way, and can also generate a beam shield as needed.
- Tallgeese III's megacannon, which has variable power modes. In maximum output mode, the form that uses the Tuning Fork, its power output is roughly equal to Wing Zero's Twin Buster Rifle, but It Only Works Once; afterwards Tallgeese is drained of power and needs assistance to get back to full functionality.
- Gundam Virtue's GN Bazooka (pictured) would split and extend for its Full Burst Mode. Later on, the Gadessa sported a three-barrelled variant that could separate the barrels to form a weapon of this type.
- so is Virtue's later generation, Seravee Gundam, which can launch an Energy Ball.
- Digimon has two of these: Beelzemon's gun opens in such a manner before firing, and the lion head design on Lowemon's chest can do a fairly unusual version of it; the mouth opens, and a sphere of black energy swirls into existence between the jaws. A yellow beam is then fired from deep inside the mouth, through the black sphere, and the enemy is struck with a black-and-yellow blast.
- The Oratorio #8 Kill Sat in Eureka Seven.
- The wing-mounted beam cannons from the Knight Sabers' gunship in Bubblegum Crash!
- The Artemis from Mai-HiME uses this for its main weapon
- Trinity Blood: When Abel cranks the Crusnik up to 80%, his wings act as one of these.
- Transformers Cybertron: When powered up by his Cyber Key, one of Optimus Prime's Super Mode BFGs opens up the barrel to create one of these.
- The wands in Little Witch Academia are of this design. The spells come out from between the prongs.
- In Bleach, Ichigo's second Hollow form and the artificial Hollow White charge and fire their Ceros from between their horns.
- In Zoids, the Berserk Fuhrer's three-pronged "eggbeaters" function this way, as well as opening up to create energy shields or function as blades on their own. Though the Liger Zero X never appeared in animated form, its two-pronged lightning dischargers presumably work similarly.
- In Medabots Arcbeetle forms one of these weapons with a spike on its head and chest, meant to evoke the horns of a hercules beetle.
- At the end of the second season of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime, Therestina Kihara opens a giant lance-like weapon to reveal it as one of these, consisting of eight prongs with electricity dancing between them. The weapon was built to imitate Mikoto Misaka's natural railgun superpower, ultimately firing a powerful energy beam from the center.
- In the IDW Generation 1 continuity, Decepticon leader Megatron was re-built into a new body with an alt-mode of a flying wing, reminiscent of the B2 bomber. In robot mode, the tips of the flying wing joined together to form a double-boomed version of his signature arm-mounted BFG. This feature was replicated in toy form several months later.
- Star Trek: Nemesis: While the Scimitar was destroyed before it could fire its thalaron weapon, the individual emitters were shown to have several booms joined together by a ring. The weapon is presumably fired from the center of the emitter.
- The Federation Dreadnought-class battleship USS Vengeance in Star Trek Into Darkness mounts a pair of these which deploy from a retractable mount on the forward hull. They are used to target the USS Enterprise. However, they fail to fire due to Scotty sabotaging the Vengeance's computer.
- The Stun Guns used in the Battle Room in the film version of Ender's Game look like this.
- The warship-mounted railgun that's used to kill Devastator in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen takes this shape, horizontally oriented.
- As mentioned on the Wave Motion Gun page, Larry Niven's 1985 novel "Ringworld Engineers" presents an early version of this trope in the Wunderland Treatymaker, a Kill Sat just short of Death Star class. It fired a parallel pair of beams — one to suppress the negative charge on sub-atomic particles such as electrons, while the other suppressed the positive charge on particles like protons. Between them they generated an incredible electrical potential, and in turn enough electrical current to melt and then vaporize rock. The only time it was used on a planet, the result of dragging its beams across the planet's surface resulted in a canyon twenty miles across and twelve miles deep, and nearly two hundred long.
- In Babylon 5, the main guns of the Vorlon ships have exactly this kind of devices as their main weapons. The beam is formed in middle of four "prongs", overlapping with Converging-Stream Weapon.
- The spin-off series Crusade has the starship Excalibur. It has a reverse-engineered Vorlon style main gun. Unfortunately, the power plant is not quite up to the requirements of the Wave Motion Gun, so it has to be restarted after firing, rendering the ship unable to maneuver or fire any guns for approximately one minute.
- In the Doctor Who episode Time Heist:
- The Teller pushes his eye stalks together when liquifying the brains of his targets.
- The dimensional shift bomb has two folding flanges that the Doctor extends like this to set it.
- D'Argo's Qualta blade from Farscape is a fairly well-justified example; it's a normal sword most of the time, but he can open it up, forming a gun of roughly this configuration; there's a barrel at the back end, and the "prongs" don't seem to do anything when it's a gun; seeing as they're the sword blade, they're still fairly useful.
- In a much smaller scale, the Street Hawk motorcycle's nose-mounted laser.
- The GUTS Wing 2 planes from Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna.
- Power Rangers Samurai/Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: The Beetle Blaster Megazord/Kabuto Shinken-Oh's finishing move involves the Beetle's horns forming a Wave-Motion Tuning Fork that spins.
- Armored Core 2 has a dual Arm Cannon version as a Shout-Out, but the effect is less like a Wave Motion Gun and more like a barrage of plasma bolts.
- While Armored Core has had Railguns, which doesn't count for this trope, the so-called Railguns in Nexus and Last Raven does not, in fact, fire solid projectiles and in fact fire energy cannons. Models such as the arm-mounted YWH16HR-PYTHON and the back-mounted CR-WBW98LX (previously CWX-LIC-10 in 3/Silent Line). In the Python's case, the weapon is actually three-pronged!
- The Covenant Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol from the Halo series. As might be expected, their workings have raised quite a bit of speculation but one of the more prominent ones is that the prongs supercharge air molecules between them and accelerate the resulting plasma out with a magnetic field. Better to just play the game.
- The "seldom explained" bit is justified in that the Covenant have (poorly) reverse-engineered all their technology from the ruins of the extinct Forerunners who they worship as gods. The Covenant don't understand how it works because attempting to do so runs the risk of being seen as heresy (since everything Forerunner-related is considered holy). The humans don't understand how it works because they're not anywhere near advanced enough to have anything like it.
- Haken Browning of Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier uses the "Longtomb Special", a Hand Cannon with an incredibly long barrel that, when used during his Limit Break, splits the barrel open into three prongs to fire Frickin' Laser Beams. Notably, the actual barrel of the Longtomb Special remains between the prongs.
- In Super Robot Wars Advance, the Ash Saver's "Halberd Launcher" is a Personal Trooper-sized version of this, firing a main beam that splits into several smaller beams at the target.
- The Van and Aerotank (and presumably the dumbed out Van Leader) enemies in Phantasy Star II have a variation on this: the large, vertical "slab" in front rotates 90 degrees, opens sideways, a crackling of energy is seen inside, and it launches an energy blast.
- The Lightning Gun from Quake and Quake III: Arena.
- The nose of the Vic Viper from Gradius is shaped like this, and is even used as such in some art/adaptations.
- Homeworld makes good use of this:
- Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm: the Taiidani Sajuuk Cor Ion Frigate has a forward-mounted ion cannon that sports not two but four accelerator units around its axis.
- Homeworld 2: the Sajuuk actually inverts this trope in that the weapon is composed of two angular trenches running across the sides of the entire ship and the vertical fork on the front which is only the muzzle. When the weapon fires, a golden-orange energy stream fills the trenches from the rear to the front; when the stream reaches the fork, anything that happens to be less than ten kilometres in front of it is dead (unit spoiler!).
- In MARDEK 2, the Dracelon boss monster has one as a claw. The two prongs also open out to 180° when it uses its Lightning Storm attack.
- The mass relays from Mass Effect fit the "tuning fork" description, even though they're not weapons. Though given their importance to pan-galactic travel, they could be considered a delivery system. And they are an important component in the Reapers' cycle of destruction.
- On the other hand, they could fit this trope completely if used to deliver a nuke to destroy the mass relay on the other end. While relays are ridiculously tough, if one does go up the result is quite spectacular.
- The Bullet Hell arcade game Cyvern has the green dragon, who fires the beam from prongs on its wings.
- Warp Rifles in UFO Aftershock.
- The D-Rex boss in Mega Man X has a weapon like this.
- In later Virtual-ON games, the Temjin exhibits this, with its beam rifle's barrel splitting open to allow it to fire a supercharged shot. Given that the rifle is not only also its sword, but a flying surfboard too, this raises one or two questions about the weapon designers in that game...
- Raiden's melee attack is something of a subversion. Its shoulder cannon is more similar to a parabolic dish, but its melee attack uses that shoulder-mounted weapons in a fork-like configuration complete with arcing electricity.
- The Tesla Cannon in Fallout 3's Broken Steel DLC and Fallout: New Vegas.
- The Monado in Xenoblade is a Laser Blade and not a ranged weapon, but otherwise fits this trope, with the physical part of the sword splitting in two to create a projector for the energy component of the blade.
- Metro 2033's Volt Driver/Hellbreath railgun is a Scavenger World version that fires ball bearings magnetically accelerated through two prongs held together by places and screws. It's one of the most powerful weapons in both games.
- Unreal I has the Dispersion Pistol, the Evolving Ray Gun that goes from Ranged Emergency Weapon to Hand Cannon, become this depending on the number of upgrades. With one, it's a perfectly example, while with three it has a proper barrel but with "tuning fork" prongs on the sides, while after the fourth it has even more prongs on top.
- Doom (2016)'s Gauss Cannon works a lot like this, due to its railgun-style design.
- Zarya's Particle Cannon from Overwatch. Winston's Tesla Cannon has a shape similar to a tuning fork, but has a much shorter range compared to other weapons of this trope.
- This is the visual cue in Stellaris for a battleship carrying a spinal mount weapon or, in Apocalypse, a titan. The exact designs vary from archetype to archetype — the reptilians and mammalians have the most conventional application of this, while the molluscoid "prongs" are shaped like tentacles — but it's always there as a shorthand for "this ship is carrying a weapon that will devastate your capital ships and static defenses".
- Megatron's first transmetal form in Beast Wars has him equipped with a two-pronged arm cannon. That glows purple. The clamplike prongs, however, are more akin to a hand than anything else and are occasionally used as such when he's not blasting things.
- An unused concept sketch for a Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover was of Megatron with an alternated move of a Cobra Helicopter/tank. The vehicle's three rotors formed a Shoulder Cannon in robot mode.
- Tirek, the Big Bad from the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode "Twilight's Kingdom", uses the space between his horns to cast magic spells and throw earth-shattering fireballs.
- The Free Electron Laser is a piece of awesome technology that matches this trope, complete with being especially good at being tuned for various emitted frequencies of radiation. The FEL forces a stream of electrons at relativistic speeds to pass through an optical cavity (the "fork") containing alternating magnetic fields (the "wave motion" component), and depending on the strength of the alternative magnetic field (the "tunable" component), the resulting synchrotron radiation produces photons at controllable power levels and frequencies. The technology is quite versatile and has has applications in scientific research and medicine, but also as a powerful directed energy weapon for military applications.
- Railguns work by discharging capacitors through rails connected to the positive and negative capacitor poles with the projectile completing the circuit generating a electromagnetic field, this accelerates it depending on the charge of the capacitors. Modern railguns can fire projectiles faster than 7x the speed of sound.
- Because a railgun needs far more instantaneous power output than most storage systems can supply, they usually need to warm up before a shot—either by charging a capacitor bank or spinning a carbon-fiber flywheel to high speeds—although this probably won't produce any light show at the tuning-fork end. They also tend to produce a massive muzzle flash of sparks due to the high voltages and the incredibly fast wear of all the materials involved. Some railguns even fire plasma instead of metal slugs. In other words, railguns pretty much are wave-motion tuning forks.
- Nitrogen lasers excite the nitrogen in the air in order to amplify ambient light into about 200 randomly occurring powerful laser bursts per minute, which make a pretty impressive rapid fire pulse laser.


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Matt Morillo, director of Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues
An ear for girl talk, and an eye for angry young women
By Rachel Fershleiser
From The Vagina Monolgues to Sex and The City, American mainstream culture seems to have figured out that women not only think about genitalia and blowjobs, we talk about them too. Humorist Matt Morillo, 31, took what he sees as the next logical step, writing a series of theatrical vignettes where sexy, neurotic, urban women could curse, complain, dissect the gender gap, and make an audience laugh. Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues originated three years ago, mostly as a venting outlet between friends, and ended up selling out at the East Villages Duo Theater and Theater for the New City. Now its enjoying an open-ended commercial run at MacDougal Streets Players Theatre. Made up of monologues and sketches, the evening (taglined Even Though Its a Play, It Doesnt Suck!) addresses thongs, bikini waxes, daddy issues, posing nude, and birth control pill side effects. Which begs the question: how did a man write it? Morillo talked to The Villager and tried to explain:
Rachel Fershleiser: How did this idea come about?
Matt Morillo: I happen to have a lot of platonic female friends, and we tell each other everything. Girls talk to me differently than to their boyfriends. Theyre entirely open and honest.
Do you date women?
I do, yes, although Im not particularly good at it.
When did it really become a play?
Well three years ago I lost my day job at a video store. Business had been slow, so Id sat around telling stories with the girls I worked with. Once I had extra time on my hands, I wrote them out into sketches. From there it just kept moving and moving.
How collaborative has the process been?
Oh, its hugely collaborative. Several of these actors Ive been working with forever, and weve been with this show two or three years. I like my actors to be creative, and Im always excited when an improvised line works better than what I wrote.
Has an actress ever told you youve got it wrong?
There was a line I cut from the piece about losing your virginity because the actress told me A girl would never put it that way. I have a good ear for girl talk, but Im still a heterosexual male, and these talented actresses are a big help. Still, though men and women are tremendously different, at the end of the day theres deep similarity. And when it comes to frank discussion of sex, women talk much dirtier than men.
Do you think most men know that?
I think its becoming more accepted, and thats a really good thing. Women arent looked down on as much for talking about sex or being sexually active.
Have you gotten any negative feedback?
One woman was deeply offended by the monologue about thongs and waxes, that we would say women only do it to impress men. But men do that too. When I go out in nice pants and gel my hair, its because Im hoping to meet someone. Thats what people do. I think she recognized herself and didnt like what she saw people are only offended by the truth. Anyway, Im cool with offending people. I just want to entertain people and make them laugh. Im trying to poke fun at what we all know to be true.
Do you really think plays suck?
Most of the time. Ive seen some good ones, but I think too many playwrights are so focused on their social or political message that the story gets lost and whats left is dull and pretentious. I loved the play Jewtopia because it was fun. I related to it and I had a blast. It was hysterical and poked fun at truths thats how your message comes across.
Does this play really express the female point of view?
I think its right down the middle. No ones wrong in these scenes, its just a guy being a guy and a woman being a woman. I just do one thing most men dont do I listen. And I thank God every day for making me a man. I dont wanna go through the shit you guys go through.
Angry Young Women In Low-Rise Jeans With High-Class Issues, The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street, Angryyoungwomen.net.

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Resveratrol, a bioactive compound predominantly found in grapes and red wine, provides a wide range of properties that are beneficial for health, including anticancer and anti‑inflammatory activities. Previously published studies have addressed the potential therapeutic effects of resveratrol on rheumatoid arthritis (RA); however, the subcellular mechanism remains to be fully elucidated. In the present study, the therapeutic effects of resveratrol on adjuvant arthritis (AA) in Sprague‑Dawley rats were investigated, and the mechanisms of resveratrol‑induced apoptosis in fibroblast‑like synoviocytes (FLSs) were further examined. Based on the findings, resveratrol treatment over a 12‑day period led to a reduction in paw swelling and arthritis scores at the macroscopic level, and an attenuation of inflammatory cell infiltration and synovial hyperplasia, upon a histopathological examination of the AA rats. Furthermore, the administration of resveratrol triggered decreases in the expression of interleukin (IL)‑1, IL‑6, IL‑8 and tumor necrosis factor‑α (TNF‑α) and an increase in the expression of IL‑10, alleviating inflammatory injury in AA rats in a dose‑dependent manner. In addition, resveratrol was revealed to induce the apoptosis of FLSs when administered with 5 µM H2O2 as determined by elevated levels of Bax, caspase‑3, caspase‑12 and C/EBP‑homologous protein, and the downregulation of B‑cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl‑2), suggesting that resveratrol is able to induce apoptosis in FLSs via the mitochondrial pathway and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in a milieu containing 5 µM H2O2. Furthermore, JC‑1 was used as a fluorescent probe to detect the mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm), and resveratrol was shown to reduce the Δψm in FLSs in the presence of 5 µM H2O2. However, resveratrol was not able to trigger intracellular calcium overload, although it did suppress ATP‑ and thapsigargin‑induced calcium release from the ER. In conclusion, the present study revealed that resveratrol was able to alleviate inflammatory injury in AA rats, triggering the apoptosis of FLSs via the mitochondrial pathway and ER stress. These results provide a theoretical basis for future treatments using resveratrol for RA.
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Pancreatitis is a disease caused by inflammation of pancreatic acinar cells. Geniposide (GEN) possesses anti-inflammation activities. Hence, we investigated the effects of GEN on LPS-stimulated AR42J ...
Resveratrol is a polyphenol with chemopreventive properties against prostate cancer; however, the mechanisms underlying its actions are not completely understood. Previously, we demonstrated that DUSP...
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the effect of resveratrol on inflammatory mediators and insulin resistance at the cellular and molecular level in obese non diabetic and ...
Since their return from military service in the 1990-1991 Gulf War, many Veterans have been affected by debilitating symptoms that are not easily explained. A leading hypothesis states tha...
Evaluation of resveratrol treatment oh ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in egg donors
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This pilot phase I trial studies resveratrol in postmenopausal women with high body mass index. Chemoprevention is the use of certain drugs to keep cancer from forming. The use of resverat...
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A fibroblast growth factor that was initially identified based on its sequence similarity to FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4. It is found in MYOBLASTS and plays an important role in MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT.
A fibroblast growth factor that is a specific mitogen for EPITHELIAL CELLS. It binds a complex of HEPARAN SULFATE and FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2B.
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According to the National Arthritis Data Workgroup, an estimated 6 million people in the United States report having experienced gout at some point in their lives. In fact, gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis in men over the age of 40....


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Independence Day Parade
Join hundreds of thousands of spectators to watch the country’s biggest and best Independence Day Parade, symbolically set against DC’s historic monuments. Admire the marching bands, fife-and-drum corps, floats, military units, giant balloons, equestrians, drill teams, national dignitaries and celebrity participants in this flag-waving, red-white-and-blue event. The mile-long parade marches along Constitution Avenue.
Capitol Fourth Concert
Then gather on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol for a patriotic evening of music. The televised Capitol Fourth Concert, which precedes the fireworks, presents an all-star salute of American entertainers from pop, country, R&B, classical and Broadway featuring the National Symphony Orchestra.
Conclude America’s birthday at the National Mall with a bang — a display of eye-popping fireworks, whose dazzling bursts of color and light illuminate the skyline. The nation’s most important civic space, the National Mall is home to more than a dozen monuments and memorials that commemorate great Americans and significant events in American history.
Want to skip the crowds on the mall? Savvy insiders head instead to five locations on the Arlington side of the Potomac River for prime viewing spots. They are:
- Gravelly Point, a park area just north of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which is famous for plane spotting.
- The Mount Vernon Trail that winds alongside the Potomac River, whose uninterrupted views of the DC skyline are perfect for watching the fireworks.
- The Francis Scott Key Bridge, which connects Arlington’s Rosslyn and DC’s Georgetown neighborhoods, offers stunning views of the capital. Stroll over from the Rosslyn Metro station and catch the fireworks from the bridge.
- Arlington’s Long Bridge Park offers great fireworks views along with room to spread a picnic blanket. It’s located at the north end of the Crystal City neighborhood, accessible from the Crystal City Metro station.
- From the famous Iwo Jima statue in Rosslyn, you’ll get a panoramic view of the fireworks, the national monuments and memorials, and the iconic statue of Marines raising the flag. What could be more patriotic than that.
Washington Monument Activities
Other activities draw visitors throughout the day. Did you know the cornerstone of the Washington Monument was laid on Independence Day in 1848? Commemorate it by visiting the Sylvan Theater Family Activity Area on the grounds for activities about the history of the city’s most famous monument. Kids can complete their Independence Day Junior Ranger booklet full of fun activities to earn a special Junior Ranger badge.
Mount Vernon Event
Salute the first U.S. president, George Washington, at his Virginia estate during Mount Vernon's Independence Day event. Watch daytime fireworks shoot off over the Potomac River while viewing special military re-enactments, including a musical performance by the National Concert Band. Witness new citizens take the oath at a moving naturalization ceremony.
Memorials and Parks
Visit the nation's memorials dedicated to those who served our country, many of which are located in Arlington, such as the Air Force Memorial, Marine Corps War Memorial, National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial and Military Women’s Memorial. Or enjoy recreational opportunities in one of the many DC area national parks, some of which have July 4th ranger programs.

domain: geography


12th October 2004, 10:23
RINGWOOD was the last but one ship built at the Glasgow yard of Harland and Wolff before closure in 1962.This was taken some 17/18 years later when she paid a few return visits to Glasgow as MERCUR to discharge ore cargoes.She is approaching the Erskine Bridge outbound.
12th October 2004, 14:27
Yes she had a sister built as BELISLAND , and they were an example of new vessel fitted with Velle cranes throughout,six being installed. RINGWOOD and BELISLAND were broken at the end 80s. the first as ATAMAS and the second
as SEA SUCCES.
12th October 2004, 22:20
Yes,BELISLAND was the last.A sad day when the yard closed.Was derelict for 15 years and was a good place to photograph ships passing.Then houses were built but you can still walk along the old slipways and take photos.


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In the video.. Learn about the all-new Toyota Land Cruiser 2022 specifications
The Japanese company, Toyota, recently revealed, at a global launch event, the new generation of its legendary Land Cruiser, in a model for the year 2022, which carried significant changes in terms of exterior features and interior components, in addition to a new 3.5-liter six-cylinder engine. It replaces the eight-cylinder engine for which the SUV has long been known in the large family segment.
The exterior structure came with completely new features, based on its design on the new Toyota base known as “TNGA”, but the biggest change in the “Land Cruiser 2022” came under the hood, with the car equipped with a six-cylinder engine with a capacity of 3.5 liters, and a turbocharger It produces 409 hp and 650 Nm of torque, an increase of 30 hp and 110 Nm of torque, compared to the previous generation's 5.6-liter eight-cylinder engine.
The new generation also received another change in terms of transmission, after the 2022 model came with a ten-speed automatic transmission, which gives the new Land Cruiser excellent acceleration in its class, with the ability to start from a steady state and reach a speed of 100 km. per hour in 6.7 seconds.
The design lines of each of the front and rear elements of the car contributed to enhancing the capabilities of the four-wheel defense, with a front entry angle of 32 degrees, and the ground clearance "height from the ground" of up to 230 millimeters.
The "Land Cruiser 2020" relies on a permanent all-wheel drive system, and it also got an active and variable suspension system (AVS) in addition to the intelligent balance system with motion control, and Toyota provided its car with an upgraded generation of the terrain selection system, after the snow driving mode was added. An advanced automatic mode based on a Terrain Monitoring System is connected to a camera built under the body of the vehicle.
The external and mechanical changes were accompanied by a number of internal improvements, as the cabin of the “Land Cruiser” came standard with a 9-inch information screen, and the option to have a screen larger than 12.3 inches, and smartphones can be accessed through the “Apple CarPlay” and “Apple” systems Android Auto", in addition to the wireless charging feature for cell phones.
The cabin is equipped with a 360-degree view camera and an information display system on the windshield. The car is also available with an electrically operated tailgate, a fingerprint identification system, an air purification system, and an electrically adjustable steering wheel.

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Effect of acupuncture on sperm parameters of males suffering from subfertility related to low sperm quality
A group of infertile men with abnormal semen analysis were randomly divided into two groups; one group was given 10 acupuncture treatments over five weeks, and the other group no treatment. Significant improvements (p < 0.05) were demonstrated in the acupuncture group compared to the control group, in particular improved motility and morphology.
The aim of this prospective controlled study was to assess the effect of acupuncture on the sperm quality of males suffering from subfertility related to sperm impairment.
Semen samples of 16 acupuncture-treated subfertile patients were analyzed before and one month after treatment (twice a week for five weeks). In parallel, semen samples of 16 control untreated subfertile males were examined. Two specimens were taken from the control group at an interval of 2-8 months. The expanded semen analysis included routine and ultramorphological observations.
The fertility index increased significantly (p < or = .05) following improvement in total functional sperm fraction, percentage of viability, total motile spermatozoa per ejaculate, and integrity of the axonema (p < or = .05), which occurred upon treatment. The intactness of axonema and sperm motility were highly correlated (corr. = .50, p < or = .05).
Thus, patients exhibiting a low fertility potential due to reduced sperm activity may benefit from acupuncture treatment.


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Today Nils Frahm works as an accomplished composer and producer from his Berlin-based Durton Studio. His unconventional approach to an age-old instrument, played contemplatively and intimately, has won him many fans around the world. For a musician this early in his career, Frahm displays an incredibly developed sense of control and restraint in his work, catching the ear of many fans.
As the recognition continues to grow for his previous solo piano works 'Wintermusik' (2009) and ‘The Bells’ (2009), 2011 saw the release of his critically acclaimed record 'Felt' on Erased Tapes Records. The album was followed by the solo synthesiser EP 'Juno' and 'Screws' (2012) – a birthday gift to his fans he recorded while recovering from a thumb injury. Nils released his follow up to Juno titled 'Juno Reworked' (2013) with guest reworks by Luke Abbott and Clark.
Nils returned with his new album 'Spaces' in 2013, expressing his love for experimentation and answering the call from his fans for a record that truly reflects what they have witnessed during his concerts.
In 2013 Nils Frahm released his first music book, entitled 'Sheets Eins'. Nils is currently on his worldwide 'Spaces Tour 2014'.
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'A work of gentle genius, and one of the year’s best albums' – The Quietus
'A fantastic record…it can transport you somewhere else' – Alexis Petridis, The Guardian Album of the Week


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In the huge center area at MoMA sitting in a cordoned off area at Marina Abramovic’s feet was a well behaved gaggle of earnest and intent art lover type folks. There she is, they say, pointing and with hushed whispers. That’s really her, the artist sitting in a chair and in a robe, good posture not even. She is the art. What she does here is lean forward a little and look at you in a creepy stare down kids game. I have to admit I don’t find this interesting. Yet. But there is something great about the idea of not doing anything. I have tried it at home ever since I was young and although I try it a lot now, it just seems to get everyone in the house very angry.
Watch out though because this concept might take hold. A lot of artists are now free to just sit and stare. What a nice change for them. No more of that time consuming learning how to draw stuff and trying to figure out all that color, shape and other difficult painting type stuff. So last year.
Artists are the trendsetters of Popular culture so maybe others will follow. In fact, maybe this idea will carry over to all creatives such as dancers, playwrights, although I guess Beckett was already there and musicians (ok, John Cage kind of beat us all to this one with the 4’33″ minutes of silent sitting at a piano). But these two artists chickened out and employed prop stuff like a piano or a dead tree on stage. Actors, it’s maybe it’s time to relax now. Perhaps soon on TV a blank stare will greet our blank stares. Then we can all sit and stare at each other. It will quickly crossover to other professions; machinists, real estate agents, doctors, why even school bus drivers will all be practicing their respective professions by not doing them.
How liberating! Finally we can all just stop and go play golf as this culturally challenged group would probably be the very last to “get” it. Kids could still go to school, or would the “sit and do nothing” idea apply to students too? But they already seem to be doing nothing. Maybe an age appropriate cut off date would have to be imposed, like “Stop that. You can’t do nothing, that’s only for adults”.
This exhibit titled “The artist is present” at MoMA and is far more cerebral and evolved than the conceptual artists we all studied in art school like Martin Kippenberger and Josef Bueys. Looking back now they made the big art mistake of injecting some humility and wit into their art performances. For example Bueys explained the history of art to a dead rabbit. For a few days. Or how about this one? Kippenberger bought a bar in a rough neighborhood, tripled the price of beer, got himself pounded in the parking lot by the local mates, had a photo taken of his bandaged up face and then did a nice painting from the photo.
Yoko Ono, had some wonderful pieces, if you can forgive her for breaking up the Beatles. But she didn’t evolve this far. Her most famous fluxus piece was a stunningly great work (really) where you had to climb a ladder to see a little a note on top of the ladder that said simply; Yes. You were rewarded just for your optimistic outlook by clmbing the ladder and hoping against all hope that the note didn’t say fuck you or something. Legend has it that right then and there, John Lennon fell head over heels for her.
Marina Abramovic does more than nothing as the exhibit continues upstairs. Maybe these were transitional pieces on the art highway to nowhere. There’s a black and white film of her combing her hair. Another of her yelling. Very loud. Then a famous early piece of her wearing nothing and kind of jumping around. Which reminds me of another profession; pole dancers. They would also finally be able to sit and stare and do absolutely nothing like the nude figures in this exhibit. Although these two figures were pretty bland and standoffish. They did not get many dollar tips.
There’s another famous piece showing a big artistic star she hand carved into her stomach with a razor blade. Ouch, Marina Abramovic! I think we can all be glad her art has evolved into just sitting if this is the kind of mischeif she was getting herself into.
So be sure to see the show. Or be truly sophisticated. Don’t go. Do nothing.