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May 2, 2011 3:41 pm
Thomas, if you weren't married, I would ask you to marry me for this post.
LoriA permalinkMay 2, 2011 3:46 pm
I only skimmed this right now and still I need to say that this is so, so, so good. I look forward to reading it in depth when I have the time. Thank you so much for writing it!
May 2, 2011 6:53 pm
I haven't had this experience in the scene, but I certainly see plenty of evidence for it, both online and in real life. Many people drag the world's sexism into the community, while some of us use it as a platform precisely *for* breaking free of traditional gender norms and societal sexism.
May 2, 2011 8:25 pm
This is going to be a reference piece for a long, long time. Thank you for writing this. I just recently posted about my own experiences about this very issue in a very different light, but with so much overlap I think I'm going to add an addendum to my post about My unreal experience on the Kink, Inc. Armory Tour.
November 26, 2012 9:22 pm
Hi there,
I'm a San Fran kinkster who is very interested in these issues. I would love to read of your Kink.com experience.
November 26, 2012 9:50 pm
Never mind, found it with the least amount of searching. Doh!
blondeintokyo permalinkMay 2, 2011 11:02 pm
I'm a female dominant, and I've absolutely come up against this. I can't count how many times I've had men assume I'm submissive, and expect me to play out that role even after I've told them I'm not. They're always surprised when I let them know in no uncertain terms that I have no intention of playing out ANY kind of submissive role.
I'm also very glad to see you speaking up for submissive men. I have been lucky enough to date some very lovely sub guys, and I never felt any of them were less "manly". In fact, I am primarily attracted to guys who don't have the overbearing "macho" attitude that a lot of guys have. I can't stand anyone, male or female, who has an arrogant, overbearing or sexist attitude.
May 3, 2011 12:15 am
There is so much win in this post. I'd been aware of role policing in the scene for some time, but had never had a word for it – and it ties right in with domism, another phrase I think I'll be making rather a lot of use of. Thanks much for expanding my vocabulary.
Suz permalinkMay 3, 2011 2:37 am
Do you think this is at all a generational thing? While I definitely agree with you that there is an overwhelming number of male doms/female subs even in the TNG community, I don't recall there being any prejudice against switches in that group.
I also wonder about center v. periphery. As in, I've gotten a lot more "twu dom" from people I meet online than I do from people who actively go to events. The one time I got asked if I wanted to be spanked, it was at a very large party by a man I had not seen either at other events or on Fetlife.
Then again, to me it seems like there is a disconnect between what male submissives and female dominants ultimately want.
May 3, 2011 12:42 pm
It's also my experience that switching is more common and accepted among younger kinksters. I barely meet anyone within a few years of my age (26) who's not a switch.
Suzanne JC permalinkMay 3, 2011 8:43 pm
A lot of my peers don't understand why I am beyond reluctant to take my wife to any sort of play party. As a f/f couple with a clear top and a clear bottom (neither of us switch), I don't often have the energy to parry every assumption that will come from the other players. I'm sure some of them are really lovely, but the data indicates that there are a lot of untoward things still common in the Scene.
This post sums up my reluctance very well.
May 4, 2011 12:41 am
Thank you so much for this. I have directly observed a lot of this sort of behavior. My husband is a Dom (although, he has some service top tendencies, and I am working to help him understand that there is nothing wrong with that – probably another directly related topic!), my boyfriend is a switch and I am a switch. So I have seen people interact with us as a Male Dom Fem Sub couple, a Fem Dom Male Sub couple, and we have really thrown people off when we all show up to an event with nothing but a healthy hedonism and no set roles at all.
At one particularly problematic party in Chicago, I had to pull my boyfriend aside while he was subbing and catching flak from some Gorean guys to explain to him this: "In my fantasy, you are my sub. If I send you to get a drink, you are my emissary, driven by my authority to act on my behalf. I am number one in this fantasy, and you are number two. You will treat anyone that hinders you as though they are hindering me, for that is exactly what they are doing. Be appropriate, but you are not a doormat. You have an arrangement with me, and me only – you are not sub to those folks. Their opinion of us matters not to me, nor should it to you."* The amazing level of social discourtesy he had received dropped dramatically once he asserted himself. Part of that is that he is tall, brawny, bald and not a little intimating looking even in collar and cuffs.
The surprise expressed when he squared his shoulders, spoke up and altered the level of discourse was, honestly, a tasty treat for me after how awful they had been to both of us.
I am sad to see that it is not just a local or regional problem, but also comforted that this is not just us or our area. Does that make sense?
*I speak a little formally when in Dom mode.
Legs permalinkMay 4, 2011 12:17 pm
This was a great post thank you!
I have definitely experienced this, I am in a f/f relationship myself being dominant and my wonderful partner being submissive. Often people assume that I am a switch or that they can manipulate me into submitting for them so they can therefore dominate my partner/ sub. Sometimes I think it is hard to get people to take you seriously if that makes sense, I also have to agree with some people above, I think I encounter this issue more often with people who are older and less with the under 35 crowd. Sometimes I think a lot of the lack of respect comes from me being young.
I also think that living where I do (sf) makes it a little easier for male subs to be accepted, I have encountered many awesome guys who sub and while i can't speak for their experiences I can say that I appreciate them 🙂
lalouve permalinkMay 5, 2011 7:22 am
I certainly experiences sexism, despite 'publicly' identifying as a domme. In one scene, I was clearly expected to conform entirely to traditional female gender roles when not playing; also expected to desire to please, cater to, and be respectful (beyond the normal mutual respect) towards all men.
I personally identify as a switch, but avoid doing so in the scene simply because I don't want to deal with all the nuisance.
Lysana McMillan permalinkMay 5, 2011 9:14 am
Bloody brilliant. As a bi fem switch, I cannot tell you how much I recognize that pattern. I developed a rapid allergy to it early on and gravitate to bottoms and tops who refuse to play like that. None of my kinky friends or lovers want a sub who'll roll over to just anybody, even if their primary kink relationship is 24/7. But if I want to expose myself to it, I can find it far too easily.
I do wonder where the female dom fetish falls into this, though. So much femdom space I see is more about the male gaze. A different topic for a different time, to be sure, but perhaps something to mull over for the future?
Erl permalinkMay 5, 2011 1:06 pm
@ Lysana McMillan
I'm sure this is a recommendation you've seen bandied around already, but if you're looking for a good deconstruction of popular femdom as created by the male gaze instead of, you know, the dominant females in question, then Bitchy Jones is the way to go. She wrote a bunch of searing, incisive stuff before she shut down her blog, and it's still up and great.
(Bitchy Jooooones)
May 6, 2011 12:13 am
Yet another fantastic post, Thomas! Thank you so much for writing this!
Strata R Chalup permalinkMay 6, 2011 1:30 am
Fabulous, thoughtful post with lots of pointers to interesting sources. Thanks a zillion!
Mar permalinkMay 6, 2011 10:14 am
Wow. That all sounds rather terrible. Maybe it's because I live in a relatively small college town, so the local scene is very informal, or maybe it's because I only really hang with the TNG crowd, but I have never run into this and I hope I never do.
Schala permalinkMay 6, 2011 11:20 am
Very nice and comprehensive post.
My experience with online communities is a ratio of more men than women, and somewhat more submissive men than dominant men, about as many submissive women as submissive men, and a small proportion of dominant women.
That submissive men don't reach the real-life meeting status is probably caused in part by "single people can come…if female" to events, when new. So you need to already be in a couple, or you're viewed as a nuisance, but if you're female, that's okay though. A sort of permanent ladies night.
I've personally never been to a munch, a play party or any other sort of in-person BDSM meeting. My statistics above come from FetLife and CollarMe.
My boyfriend is a dominant and I'm a submissive. I'm also trans, but I don't mention that in profiles (people somehow assume transsexual woman = male cross-dresser = fetish = not really female-identified – so I avoid the whole headache by just saying 'female').
"acting as if being submissive should be constraining, and as though dominance is a status that can be lost "
I guess this is a problem. And is probably a bit part of how homophobia exists. As a threat to status, something that needs to be proven again and again (being straight, dominant, masculine 'enough'). While being submissive needs only be seen once.
I'm not certain how attractive trans women are treated in the scene, given the special fetish status some give to them, while many (this is the mainstream view) also view them as extremely submissive/unmasculine/gay/perverted men.
It's as if seeing them as women period undermined something in their brain. And I've been theorizing as to what/why for a couple years now.
Madame Hardy permalinkMay 6, 2011 11:41 am
This post used up all the awesome on the Internet; the rest of us might as well pack up and go home.
To be less fangirl: This is closely reasoned, substantiated by both research and personal experience, and compelling. Thank you for this articulate, devastating paper.
Schala permalinkMay 6, 2011 12:07 pm
"So as much as it sucks getting shit for being a submissive het male bottom, I guarantee you that submissive queer men and submissive women are not having an easier time of it."
The post highlights really fucked up attitudes that reek of sexism and are crap for all around, except dominant men who have proven 'credentials' (recognized by others as dominant), and socially submissive women who don't mind intrusions from others (which is, not that many people).
I'm not sure how submissive men benefit.
It's much easier to lose male privilege on a whim, much like it's much easier to lose the consideration that one is dominant, a leader, masculine, straight (if male).
Social status that isn't immediately visible (unlike appearance), can be lost fast, because it needs to be proven all the time. Appearance is there, or it isn't (though one can purposely tone it down, too). That's probably why the rich show off materially with big (but especially, costly) luxurious cars and the likes – it shows off their 'richness' immediately, they don't need to demonstrate it more after that.
Lady permalinkMay 7, 2011 11:47 pm
Oh my god. This so applies to butch/femme queers too–I remember before dating my girl, she told me police women are hot. I could not square this arrest-me fantasy with her butch blazer.
We've never experienced a sexual "community" but reading this blog I realized there are so many words for us. We are switches. We are sex-positive. We are all about enthusiastic consent. We service-top often, and we know how sweet pain is.
Since I'm super femme bi, only ever wear skirts, and she's a baseball-watching short-haired dyke, people tend to assume she's more into the sex than I am. That she's bullying/cajoling me the same tender awful way straight guys do. Once early on a male friend asked her "how far have you gotten with her?" An ex-boyfriend suspected her of seducing my best friend in the bathroom–"pulling a Lady on me again."
Dybbuk permalinkMay 11, 2011 4:48 pm
This is interesting. I've heard many of these issues. Oddly, however, as a dominant female, I've never encountered them. If people assume anything about me, they tend to correctly assume that I'm dominant, or, at worst occasionally, among some of my young friends be surprised that I don't switch, since most of the women we know do.
I don't know whether this is who I hang out with, how I present, age or geography.
May 17, 2011 2:34 am
I have an overwhelming urge to print this whole essay out and pass it around at the next munch. You have just (with research backing it and everything!) managed to put into very well-written words what I've been trying to articulate to the local kink community for the past year.
As it is, I'm getting very tired of, "Nono, I know they're not homophobic; see, they had no problem with the gay male couple that used to show up all the time." "When's the last the group saw/heard this couple?" "Oh, about a year before you guys moved up here." Leaving myself and Morgan to wonder about the reasons the couple decided to remove themselves from the local scene.
In any case, if you don't mind, I think I'm going to try and use this article as a starting point/discussion starter at the next meeting in an attempt to start things rolling locally.
May 17, 2011 6:41 pm
As someone who is highly submissive during play, and not at all outside of it, I have had to put up with so much of this crap. I've had "Domly Dom" men assume that I'll sub to them, because I sub to my partner. I've had them refuse to talk to me when he is present, and instead address their comments/questions about me to him. It has gone so far as to wind up with me punching one guy who would not take no for an answer and who thought he'd "show me who was boss." Guess that was me, huh?
Most of these things happened at a Fetish night in a bar where I was a bouncer, so even if I were subby to all all the time, I wouldn't be doing that while working. The last one happened at a friend's retirement party (not his) that was specifically NOT a play party. I wound up excusing myself for ruining the night (and the friendship with the asshole's sub), and going home early.
Jerks like that are why I hesitate to become more involved with the local scene instead of just playing with my two or three very trusted playmates.
May 19, 2011 11:02 am
Interesting, I just blogged about this a few days before this post was written, as the concept of 'service top' was under discussion on fetlife. I have my own way of breaking down the roles present in the kink scene where I spend my time, and was trying to express it as a set of several different axes, not just D/s or S/M.
On a happy note, the particular bubble I live in is a community mostly made up of mostly bisexual switches of various genders (yes, an entire herd of unicorns!), so we have a refreshing freedom from this sort of rubbish. By inviting folks in to our play parties etc. we aim to break down this sort of stereotyping in the most fun possible way. Long live the House of Joy! 🙂
SPS permalinkJuly 9, 2011 5:16 pm
This is news to me, but I really haven't been in an orthodox BDSM Scene as you have described. I'm a gay transguy who tops, and, believe me, NOTHING gets me going like one of the scorned male "badass bottoms" you speak of- probably because a.) they're extremely secure in their masculinity and b.) they know exactly what they want (b.) would also work for female submissives who don't take crap).
I guess I'm also weird for thinking that the sub/bottom really controls the scene. Huh.
July 11, 2011 4:17 pm
>I guess I'm also weird for thinking that the sub/bottom really controls the scene. Huh.
You're not weird. I've always thought that.
July 12, 2011 11:38 pm
I'm pretty sure we all think that 😉
Ben permalinkAugust 24, 2011 10:51 pm
Wonderful, brilliant post. Forgive me, though, for being pedantic, but I must point out that the actual quote by Archimedes was: "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth" (Greek: δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσω). So, actually, his remark is precisely to your point.
elun91 permalinkDecember 7, 2011 6:01 pm
Thank you for posting this blog. It was very educational for me. I personally am not into BDSM, so the only information I had about it was from the wikipedia article and cursory glances at BDSM sites who always try to sugar-coat their description of themselves.
I'm surprised that the BDSM generally favors male-doms and female-subs. BDSM sources always try to present themselves as being progressive and tolerant. I would have expected that pairing to be the most politically incorrect one that people would be ashamed to profess a liking for.
I would have expected a lot of feminist practitioners to be disturbed by the presence of many submissive females, due to them thinking that their preferences must be caused by brainwashing by misogynistic society. Likewise, I personally would have assumed that males who are exclusively dominant are probably more sexist and insecure about their masculinity than a male switch or sub. I'm surprised that it's often the male subs instead who have less acceptance, even considering the specific scenes that this research was conducted in. You'd think that male doms, instead of feeling threatened by the existence of male subs, would be glad for their existence because it makes BDSM more socially acceptable by also making it more gender-equal. That way straight male doms can continue to dominate their female partners without feeling guilty of perpetuating a sexist stereotype because they know that somewhere, a male sub is doing the opposite with a domme, so it sort of feels like they are both canceling each other out to some extent.
Rebecca permalinkMay 12, 2012 11:53 pm
Thank you. I foresee myself linking the shit out of this article. Thank you thank you thank you.
doobedoo permalinkMay 28, 2012 6:51 am
hi, i dont know if comments on this are still going. i find it really interesting, currently me and my partner are exploring BDSM sex, and to be honest reading some of the internet sites about it scares the shit out of me. I dont take crap from anyone including him and when we were first talking about it, because of my experiences of seeing my friends and family trapped in abusive relationships, i was very dubious 😀 To be honest all this lifestyle shit scares the hell out of me, i wouldn't want to make no decisions or be told what to wear etc constantly. it seems that everyone on the internet who likes BDSM is a lunatic, who wants to incorporate it into their life outside the bedroom and there seems to be nothing to cater to people who like BDSM just in the bedroom and don't take it seriously as a "lifestyle". to be honest all this shit about masters and slaves and how to talk to each other makes me very freaked out, fair play some people like it, but we both think that we would like to be our own people and not some weird obedience shit.
my question is this. is this normal? and do most people who like this stuff, agree or are if you meet people who are into BDSM etc are you expected to conform to this bollocks which to me seems absolutely insane? because i can foresee that i could find it very difficult to talk to anyone else about bdsm or other sexual things, i find it difficult enough to talk about sex at the best of times!
SweetJess permalinkDecember 14, 2012 11:51 am
*disclaimer – I'm no expert! I could be totally wrong, and if so, I hope someone corrects me!*
I would say no, that's not the majority. Like any other interest, there's a huge range. I think part of what you're seeing might be that the more into something people are, of course the more likely they are to be very active in that community. I mean, I guess I do some art sometimes, but I'm not super into art, so I'm not active in the art community. Same kind of deal.
Responsible kink ALWAYS starts out with a discussion of what you're comfortable with and what your boundaries are. I tend to bottom and sub, but I'm extremely assertive and a raging feminist outside the kinky time 🙂 and my partner understand that. Outside kinky time, we're on equal footing. And really, inside kinky time, we're equals, we just like playing different roles. Our boundaries carry equal weight.
Even if you're doing relatively minor BDSM, I STRONGLY encourage you to talk openly with your partner so you're on the same page and both safely enjoy yourself 🙂
And in case you haven't noticed, this is a great place to learn more, but there are also others out there.
November 26, 2012 10:25 pm
My thanks for everyones contributions. I vastly enjoyed Thomas's excellent writing. While there may be a few questionable points (see Ginny W's excellent critique above) overall it was an exhilarating read and one that struck home on many levels.
Hopefully this is allowed? I want to give a shout out to the SFCitadel in San Francisco. They make extraordinary efforts to not only encompass the entire BDSM SF Bay Area community, but they are, imho, making great efforts to ensure that everyone gets along and those mired in old patriarchal and kyriarchal social frameworks, have a chance to get up to speed and drop away those patterns of potential abuse. As well as supporting those that wish to remain in that style of living. For those that choose it, it is as valid as any other choice.
I've had someone try to paint me as not a twu submissive, to explain why they didn't want to play with me anymore. It really hurt as I give my all when I do submit. I hope that some day they (a somewhat new but fast learning Domme) can come to this blog and learn.
Thanks again for helping me to learn more.
the randomizer
September 27, 2013 8:53 pm
A thousand thumbs up. Thank you for naming the toxic feeling I get around het male doms whenever I attend a munch or open play party.
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When is it OK to "claim" a guy and when is it totally ridiculous? My guy friend posed this question on Facebook and I commented thatof coursewing-womanallll
a girl can call dibs. When I go out with my friends, we always look around and comment on who we think is cute. Then, when we approach a cutie and his friends, the girl who called him cute first has the right to flirt up a storm while the rest of us play . No one is stuck being the wing-woman the time, so it works out!
When I commented on my guy friend's Facebook status, I told him playing by the "dibs" rule is part of girl code, just like it is part of bro code. But he shot back that not all guys play by that rule. That got me thinking, do all girls play by the rules as well?
There are obvious exceptions to the dibs rule. If a guy flat out tells you he's digging your friend, you should back off. You know girls who are always on the prowl and they don't care who calls dibs? My friends and I call those girls cheetahs. Personally, I think the cheetah lifestyle only is an asset on reality TV. I'm all for a girl going after what she wants, but not when you have to stab your friends in the back in the process.
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With Labor Day now behind us, it's time to embrace fall in all its glory. For me this means latkes bubbling away in oil (yes, they're more than just holiday food), chilly nights tucked under gloriously thick down comforters, and perhaps most importantly, stews and braises on a weekly basis. As we put away our tomato plants and move our Dutch ovens to a new home on the stove, we owe it to ourselves to consider how best to honor the season's cooking.
This is time to simmer meals for hours, to dine on dark, flavorful flesh and crisp roasted vegetables. While spring and summer cooking are characterized by market-driven spontaneity, fall and winter meals demand an understanding of the alchemical mysteries of the stew pot and oven. As far as I'm concerned, now more than ever is the time to head to the spice cupboard; it's when we look to nature's more exotic offerings to magically transform its humble ones.
No season is more fitting for juniper berries, an alpine conifer that lends a clean, sweet flavor to complement red meats and the season's milder vegetables. Its roots lie in Scandinavian cooking, but I've found it perfect for all sorts of cold weather fare. It's the autumnal answer to lemon juice, adding the touch of brightness heavier meals so often require. Juniper evokes the crisp air of pine-covered mountaintops, and is so refreshing I like to nibble on the berries as a snack.
How Do You Use It?
"it makes everything feel like it was prepared on a serene mountaintop with a wood-burning stove"
Like asafoetida, juniper can't help but evoke a sense of place, and it makes everything feel like it was prepared on a serene mountaintop with a wood-burning stove. It tastes something like rosemary crossed with a berry. Its resinous-but-not-too-piney flavor is the perfect thing to cut through fat or otherwise overwhelmingly strong flavors. It's most at home with game, be it avian or mammal, as it subdues excessive gaminess and practically transports tasters to 4 a.m. hunting grounds.
But when I moved from Chicago, I lost my game connection. Now I must rely on duck and bison from the grocery store, but a little juniper makes them taste just as exotic as that glorious venison stew from winters past. Beyond game, juniper is a welcome accent to beef, pork, bacon, and lamb in many forms, and it also brings its transformative qualities to meager (though noble) vegetables like cabbage, onions, and leeks.
Recipes including juniper aren't the most common, but they can be added ad hoc to European-style stews, braises, marinades, and pan sauces that rely on rosemary, thyme, garlic, shallots (their spice affinities) or red wine and browned meat. I typically go with four to ten berries, depending on how much I want their flavor to come through. Unless used to excess, they won't dominate a dish, but will bring charming alpine notes to the background.
Juniper also has a strong affinity for vinegar and vinegary foods. While summer's batch of pickled red onions were steeped with chiles, their brine now receives some crushed berries. Store-bought pickles still benefit from some juniper added to the brine, and taste delicious after a few days (both the pickles and the juniper). Foods cooked with vinegar, like corned beef, sauerbraten, and the aforementioned pan sauces benefit from juniper as a welcome relief from otherwise overbearing acidic tang. Juniper is also perfect with smoked meats.
The grill is no mere accessory to summer; it easily becomes fall's smoker when accompanied by a heavy coat, some meat rubbed with crushed juniper, and a mug of warm apple cider. Custard-based desserts do well with juniper's sweet resin: Your autumnal ice creams or crème brûlées will thank you.
Dried berries are too moist for the spice grinder. They're best crushed in a mortar and pestle, or better yet, with your hands. Drop them in a food grade infuser bag or a tea ball before adding them to pot, or be prepared to strain. Because their skins are so thin, they lose their flavor much faster than other whole spices. Purchase small quantities whole and replenish frequently. Finding ways to use them won't be too difficult; the upcoming season begs for their inclusion.
Where to Find Juniper
Because their flavor fades quickly, it's especially important to source them well. If you're the foraging type, the fresh berries may be available near you. Do keep in mind that not all varieties are edible, so check a guide before picking with abandon. For those of us without convenient conifers nearby, Penzeys ($3 an ounce) and The Spice House ($2 an ounce) are your best options.


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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) March 03, 2015
FACT: 70% of the 1 billion people living in extreme poverty are women and girls. Education can change that → u.pw/1B5bSmx—
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It's time to help more girls around the world get the education they deserve → wh.gov/LetGirlsLearn #LetGirlsLearn http://t.co/Bs8Dz2UzsE—
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Justice Department finds Ferguson police routinely violated the civil rights of the city's black residents: on.wsj.com/1AWz1bU—
Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 03, 2015
NPR source: Ferguson cops, officials traded racist e-mails about Obama - bit.ly/1NdjFoR http://t.co/2CNEfB8dCF—
Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 03, 2015
#BREAKING Department of Justice: Ferguson police engaged in racially biased policing usat.ly/1BDXyTN—
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Official: Justice Department concludes Ferguson police engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination. cnn.it/1GgDXMh—
CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 03, 2015
.@Talkmaster You should be ashamed. The Floor of the House shouldn't be used as a tool to re-elect a foreign leader.—
John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) March 03, 2015
It is not fully understood just how big a deal it is that several Jewish members of Congress are boycotting a speech by an Israeli PM.—
Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 03, 2015
Agree w them or not, the Obama admin has begun laying out substantive case for Iran deal. latimes.com/world/middleea…—
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Newly available, once-classified documents show senior Bush officials & lawyers repeatedly approved the CIA torture. trib.al/BfNa5C6—
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Definition of Independent Projects
Independent Projects
A situation where an increase (or decrease) in the benefits of one
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Value additivity principal
Prevails when the value of a whole group of assets exactly equals the sum of the
Independent Broker
This is a provincial government licensed independent businessperson who usually represents five or more life insurance companies in a sales and service capacity and who is paid a commission by those life insurance companies for sales and service of life insurance products. We for example, have been in business for 12 years and regularly place new business with over twenty different life insurance companies.
Independent project
A project whose acceptance or rejection is independent of the acceptance or rejection of
independent project
an investment project that has no specific
independent variable
a variable that, when changed, will
mutually exclusive projects
a set of proposed capital projects from which one is chosen, causing all the others to be rejected
mutually exclusive projects
Two or more projects that cannot be pursued simultaneously.
mutually inclusive projects
a set of proposed capital projects that are all related and that must all be chosen if the primary project is chosen
Account Value
The sum of all the interest options in your policy, including interest.
Accumulated Value
An amount of money invested plus the interest earned on that money.
Adjusted present value (APV)
The net present value analysis of an asset if financed solely by equity
approximated net realizable value at split-off allocation
a method of allocating joint cost to joint products using a
Benefit Value
The amount of cash payable on a benefit.
Bond value
With respect to convertible bonds, the value the security would have if it were not convertible
Book value
A company's book value is its total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt. A
An asset's cost basis minus accumulated depreciation.
Book Value
The value of an asset as carried on the balance sheet of a
Book value
An asset's original cost, less any depreciation that has been subsequently incurred.
book value
Net worth of the firm's assets or liabilities according
book value and book value per share
Generally speaking, these terms
The theoretical amount per share that each stockholder would receive if a company's assets were sold on the balance sheet's date. Book value equals:
Book value per share
The ratio of stockholder equity to the average number of common shares. Book value
Book Value per Share
The book value of a company divided by the number of shares
An individual who is paid a commission for executing customer orders. Either a floor broker who
An agent who handles public orders to buy or sell financial assets.
Broker loan rate
Related: Call money rate.
Brokered market
A market where an intermediary offers search services to buyers and sellers.
business-value-added activity
an activity that is necessary for the operation of the business but for which a customer would not want to pay
What a company collected when it sold stock for more than the par value per share.
Carrying value
Book value.
Cash-surrender value
An amount the insurance company will pay if the policyholder ends a whole life
Cash Surrender Value
This is the amount available to the owner of a life insurance policy upon voluntary termination of the policy before it becomes payable by the death of the life insured. This does not apply to term insurance but only to those policies which have reduced paid up values and cash surrender values. A cash surrender in lieu of death benefit usually has tax implications.
Cash Surrender Value
Benefit that entitles a policy owner to an amount of money upon cancellation of a policy.
Cash value added (CVA)
A method of investment appraisal that calculates the ratio of the net present value of an
Commission broker
A broker on the floor of an exchange acts as agent for a particular brokerage house and
Conversion value
Also called parity value, the value of a convertible security if it is converted immediately.
Economic Value Added (EVA)
Operating profit, adjusted to remove distortions caused by certain accounting rules, less a charge
economic value added (EVA)
a measure of the extent to which income exceeds the dollar cost of capital; calculated
economic value added (EVA)
Term used by the consulting firm Stern Stewart for profit remaining after deduction of the cost
Exercise value
The amount of advantage over a current market transaction provided by an in-the-money
Exit value
The value that an asset is expected to have at the time it is sold at a predetermined
Expected value
The weighted average of a probability distribution.
Expected Value
The value of the possible outcomes of a variable weighted by the
Expected value of perfect information
The expected value if the future uncertain outcomes could be known
Extraordinary positive value
A positive net present value.
Face value
See: Par value.
Face Value
The nominal value of a security. Also called the par value.
Face value
The maturity value of a security. Also known as par value,
face value
Payment at the maturity of the bond. Also called par value or maturity value.
Face Value
The payoff value of a bond upon maturity. Also called par value. See principal.
Face Value
The nominal value which appears on the face of a document recording an entitlement, generally an amount of money that has to be repaid on the maturity of a debt instrument.
Fair market value
The price that an asset or service will fetch on the open market.
Fair Market Value
The highest price available, expressed in terms of cash, in an open and unrestricted market between informed, prudent parties acting at arm's length and under no compulsion to transact.
Fair Value
The amount at which an asset could be purchased or sold or a liability incurred or
Firm's net value of debt
Total firm value minus total firm debt.
Floor broker
A member who is paid a fee for executing orders for clearing members or their customers. A
Future value
The amount of cash at a specified date in the future that is equivalent in value to a specified
Future Value
The amount a given payment, or series of payments, will be worth
future value
the amount to which one or more sums of
Future value
The value that a sum of money (the present value) earning
future value
Amount to which an investment will grow after earning interest.
Future Value
The amount to which a payment or series of payments will grow by a given future date when compounded by a given interest rate. FVIF future value interest factor.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP)
A technical accounting term that encompasses the
Intrinsic value of a firm
The present value of a firm's expected future net cash flows discounted by the
Intrinsic value of an option
The amount by which an option is in-the-money. An option which is not in-themoney
Investment value
Related:straight value.
Liquidation value
Net amount that could be realized by selling the assets of a firm after paying the debt.
Liquidation Value
The net proceeds (after taxes and expenses) of selling the assets
liquidation value
Net proceeds that would be realized by selling the firm's assets and paying off its creditors.
Loan value
The amount a policyholder may borrow against a whole life insurance policy at the interest rate
Market value
1) The price at which a security is trading and could presumably be purchased or sold.
Market value
The price at which a product or service could be sold on the open market.
Market Value
A quoted market price per unit times the number of units being valued. Synonymous
market value added
Market value of equity minus book value.
market-value balance sheet
Financial statement that uses the market value of all assets and liabilities.
Market value ratios
Ratios that relate the market price of the firm's common stock to selected financial
Market value-weighted index
An index of a group of securities computed by calculating a weighted average
Maturity value
Related: par value.
Net adjusted present value
The adjusted present value minus the initial cost of an investment.
net asset value
The value of all the holdings of a mutual fund, less the fund's liabilities.
Net asset value (NAV)
The value of a fund's investments. For a mutual fund, the net asset value per share
Net book value
The current book value of an asset or liability; that is, its original book value net of any
Net present value
A discounted cash flow methodology that uses a required rate of
net present value method
a process that uses the discounted
Net present value (NPV)
The present value of the expected future cash flows minus the cost.
Net present value (NPV)
A discounted cash flow technique used for investment appraisal that calculates the present value of future cash flows and deducts the initial capital investment.
net present value (NPV)
Equals the present value (PV) of a capital investment
Net Present Value (NPV)
The present value of all future cash inflows minus the present value
net present value (NPV)
the difference between the present values of all cash inflows and outflows for an investment project
net present value (NPV)
Present value of cash flows minus initial investment.
Net Present Value (NPV) Method
A method of ranking investment proposals. NPV is equal to the present value of the future returns, discounted at the marginal cost of capital, minus the present value of the cost of the investment.
Net present value of future investments
The present value of the total sum of NPVs expected to result from
Net present value of growth opportunities
A model valuing a firm in which net present value of new
Net present value rule
An investment is worth making if it has a positive NPV. Projects with negative NPVs
Net Realizable Value
Selling price of an asset less expenses of bringing the asset into a saleable state and expenses of the sale.
net realizable value approach
a method of accounting for by-products or scrap that requires that the net realizable value of these products be treated as a reduction in the cost of the primary products; primary product cost may be reduced by decreasing either
net realizable value at split-off allocation
a method of allocating joint cost to joint products that uses, as the proration base, sales value at split-off minus all costs necessary
Net realizeable value
The expected revenue to be gained from the sale of an item or
Net salvage value
The after-tax net cash flow for terminating the project.
No par value stock
Stock issued by the company that does not have an arbitrary value (par value) assigned to it.
non-value-added (NVA) activity
an activity that increases the time spent on a product or service but that does not increase its worth or value to the customer
Notional principal amount
In an interest rate swap, the predetermined dollar principal on which the
NPV (net present value of cash flows)
Same as PV, but usually includes a subtraction for an initial cash outlay.
Original face value
The principal amount of the mortgage as of its issue date.
Other-than-Temporary Decline in Market Value
The standard used to describe a decline in market value that is not expected to recover. The use of the other-than-temporary description as
Par value
Also called the maturity value or face value, the amount that the issuer agrees to pay at the maturity date.
An arbitrary value that a company may assign to its stock. Par value has no relationship to what the stock is selling for on the open market.
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File sharing and collaboration service Drop.io has taken its services "live" by introducing real-time sharing across the site and even third-party applications. Along with the introduction of an integrated chat feature, Drop.io has evolved into a dead-simple, immediate platform for collaboration.
For the uninitiated, Drop.io allows users to create "drops," Web pages that can be used to share files, photos, and videos. It can also be used for holding conference calls, sending faxes, and more. Drop.io's uniqueness comes from the myriad of ways that users can add media and interact with drops—each drop gets a unique phone number for leaving voicemails (which become shareable audio files) and e-mail address (for quickly sharing anything), and they can be as public, open, or private as you want. You can create a drop with no admin password, then share its contact details among coworkers to use as a brainstorming scratchpad, or lock down your drop so that visitors cannot view its contents even if they guess the URL. Drop contents can be visualized in a number of different ways, such as Media (files are organized by type) and Blog (a linear, chronological view), but today's update adds a new and instant layer of interaction across nearly all of Drop.io's services.
No page refreshing is required—new media simply appears in the order of whichever view you are currently using. This brings a useful new aspect of immediacy and instant collaboration to Drop.io, and it is available for both free and paying users.
Drop.io's other major addition today is a chat feature that is quite well integrated throughout the site, and also available to third-party and even mobile clients. A collapsed "Who's Online" panel at the bottom of every page displays a typical chat layout with a list of users currently viewing the drop, and a new Chat option under the View menu will expand the chat area with a few more options. Files can be added from this expanded chat layout (and you can even drag-and-drop them with Drop.io's recently released Firefox add-on), and the chat log persists between sessions so that users can catch up on past conversations. Some media files, such as photos and videos, are displayed in-line in the chat for quick interaction.
Participating in a chat is not limited to visiting a drop on the Web, however. Third-party clients will be allowed to connect to any drop's chat room, and instructions should be posted tomorrow for clients like Pidgin, iChat, Adium, and others.
The new chat feature is also available to iPhone and Android devices. Simply visit any drop's chat area at drop.io/user/chat on a compatible device to join the room. An info panel displays clickable links for calling and e-mailing the drop, and recent chat history is displayed for mobile devices as well.
Today's update is indeed a significant one for a service that can be many things to many users, including a blogging tool, collaboration hub, real-world beacon, retail store, or a home office dashboard. After some quick testing, we found Drop.io's new features to be quite reliable, though we fear the site is becoming somewhat convoluted. Drop.io has indeed stayed true to its mantra of "simple, private sharing," but the wide variety of features and ways to visualize a drop's contents are cluttering up Drop.io's UI.
That said, real-time collaboration and chat are great additions for users who are leveraging all or most of Drop.io's many features. With a broad array of customizable features and the ability to upgrade for more storage space, brand-ability, and other perks, Drop.io's appeal as a file-sharing and collaboration service has only grown.
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It's finally here! You've made it through the dreaded winter months, and as the
halfway mark of the semester approaches, you'll finally get your reward. Spring
weather. Now, we know what you're thinking: you've experienced spring weather
before. Every year, in fact. But here's the thing: on a college campus, spring
weather isn't just spring weather. The sun is shining. The birds are
chirping. Your (31-ounce Starbucks
coffee is cold. The guys are hot. And everything just seems a little bit
better. There's nothing quite like spring on a college campus (seriously, we're obsessed), and here's why:
Spring Flings
No, not
the romantic kind, though those are fun too. We're talking about festivals!
Spring is the time for outdoor concerts, music festivals and carnivals. Almost
every college has some sort of spring celebration. More likely than not, there will
be live music, free food and an entire weekend's worth of activities to take
part in. You don't know it yet, but this is the weekend you'll spend every
spring semester looking forward to.
It's like
this unspoken rule—ask anyone! The weather gets warmer and suddenly the
professors can't make to class. Sure, they'll have legitimate reasons, or at
least, they'll say they will, but isn't it just a little bit strange that on the
day you wished you could enjoy the beautiful weather, suddenly you can? It's
God's gift to college girls everywhere.
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The green.
The grass. The oval. The square. Every college campus has a different name for
that big grassy area that students flock to in the warmer weather. As spring
approaches, the snow begins to thaw, the ice melts and that grass is greener,
and more appealing than ever. So grab your friends, your blankets and your
iced coffees and let the warm weather thaw your frost bitten bodies. And if
that doesn't do it, the shirtless boys playing football right beside you just
You know
how you spend most of this winter wearing those nondescript black leggings,
Uggs and your college sweatshirt? Well, not anymore. The warm weather will
revive you. Suddenly, you'll want to get dressed again in sundresses, jean shorts, flip
flops (which everyone will start wearing as soon as it hits 40), and that cute
spring jacket you bought back in January. Now that you don't have to put on
quite as many layers, looking cute doesn't seem like such a hassle.
New Faces
Once the warm weather appears, no one wants to spend
any more time in their dorm rooms than they have to. People leave the lounges, the dining halls, they skip their classes, and they spend more
time outside on the patio, on the grass and on the benches. Suddenly, you'll begin
to realize that there are more people on campus than the ones you met during
your first fall semester. You'll get a chance to chat with them,
too ;) Because not only do you see more people in the spring, but you see more
happy people. So take advantage of those smiling faces and start smiling back!
What's your favorite part about the spring?


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Once again the fight for GMO labeling has reignited with the introduction of a new GMO labeling bill, but this time in Washington. The "Label it Wa" campaign has already gained 350,000 signatures, and is finally headed to the Secretary of State's office in Olympia for submission. As the movement comes during the same time that a New Mexico law calls for mandatory labeling of GMOs, it is obvious that individuals everywhere are still deeply concerned over the issue of GMOs.
If you aren't concerned about GMOs, or think that foods aren't labeled due to a lack of support over the issue, think again. In addition to being linked to weight gain and disrupting vital organs like the liver, GMO foods have actually been shown to cause massive tumors in rats, in addition to causing early death.
Even more concerning is the fact that nearly 80% of the US food supply contains GMO ingredients. Ingredients that are likely created by biotech giant Monsanto, who is responsible for upwards of 90 plus percent of the world's GM seed supply.
Perhaps this is why grassroots movements are popping up all around the country, and other nations have already taken a stand against GMOs. Despite the largest GMO labeling campaign Prop 37 taking a dive (due to false advertising and quite possibly questionable vote counting), still over 90 percent of citizens in the United States are heavy supporters of GMO labeling legislation.
Will the interest of Washington citizens win this campaign? One county in Washington, San Juan, has already succeeded in banning GMOs — at least to a degree. The residents helped pass Initiative Measure No. 2012-4 late last year that makes it illegal to "propagate, cultivate, raise or grow plants, animals and other organisms which have been genetically modified."
Despite not effecting GMO products in stores, it's still a step in the right direction for Washington citizens. It should also be noted that citizens of Washington have also helped pass one of the first amendments allowing for the recreational use of marijuana – another move that shouts 'we demand individual rights' by the people.
In the end, every act toward the labeling of GMOs brings us one step closer to winning the fight for these rights (and an overall ban on the disease-linked creations). California's Prop 37 may not have passed, but the bill, along with the Washington bill and every other GMO labeling bill, are necessary stepping stones for both labeling of GMOs and the essential 'right to know'.
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True Equality
When I first started practicing law in Utah about 20 years ago, I was embroiled in about seven very large religious constitutional law cases in federal courts around the country. What truly shocked me about Utah was the degree of religious bigotry written into the Utah Constitution. By this, I mean that Congress required the state of Utah to ban the religious practice of polygamy as a condition of statehood. This was a blatant example, not unique, of Congress outlawing a religious practice for no other reason than it was not consistent with Christianity as it was practiced in the rest of the country. This act of profound bigotry, which is one of the rare examples of Congressional violation of both the establishment clause and the free exercise clause, has been a thorn in the side of a not only LDS members but also a whole bunch of constitutional theorists.
This constitutional anomaly should remind us of something–marriage is a religious institution, but marriage in America has become another government program. And because marriage has become just another government program, the state cannot discriminate. But there is still something downright offensive about the entire concept of "state marriage." You want a dog–you have to get a license. You want a wife–you have to get a license.
The problem with marriage in our country today is not that some people can marry and others can't. The problem is that marriage is not the government's business. Instead of expanding the franchise of marriage, it should simply be abolished. If folks want religious marriage, that's their business, but not that of the government. And that's an attitude that you'll find in a lot of places in Utah.
I'm not surprised that a conservative federal judge in Utah would hand down a constitutional critique of marriage discrimination. And in Utah the fight is less between gays and straights than it is between divergent strands of conservatives–libertarian LDS members on one hand, and traditional conservatives on the other. Wyoming is a red state and is known as the Equality State because it was the first to allow broad women's rights. Equally, Utah has been fighting for marriage equality for more than 100 years–the right to define one's marriage as one sees fit and to arrange one's life as one sees fit. If gay marriage is going to be acceptable in Utah, then laws against polygamy must fall. (of course, the real risk of gay polygamy is that it will be hard to tell the difference between a family and the average Catholic boys school)
If marriage is not going to be abolished, and if the court is going to recognize the right of all people to structure their own families, then we have to be prepared for what that means systemically. I'm not sure exactly what that is going to mean in practice, but I humbly suggest that it is wrong to view what happened in Utah as evidence that Utah "is the first red state to fall" as NPR reported this morning. In many places, particularly in Utah, marriage equality is a more conservative concept than one might expect.


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At NYCC's "Unbreakable: Ten Years Later" panel with M. Night Shyamalan, the director made his first Comic Con appearance of any kind, period. He encountered an enthusiastic crowd and discussed ideas for Unbreakable 2 that have never come to fruition.
After showing a clip from Unbreakable, Shyamalan met the crowd to a rapturous applause and began recounting the criticism of the film had measured. He remembered how a Carrot Top movie that had been released the same time as Unbreakable had received higher praise from particular news outlets. Indeed, this panel was a vindication of sorts for the director. After the absolute drubbing he received for Airbender, Shyamalan was all too happy to visit a project that blessed him with critical cachet. If the crowd had any leftover animus from Airbender, they didn't show it (also the questions were pre-selected, rather telling).
The director also noted how the movie industry's experienced a superheroic sea change — he attempted to sell Unbreakable as a superhero movie but encountered resistance from the studios. Indeed, a fuzzy nostalgia for the late 1990s-early 2000s pervaded the panel (after all Unbreakable debuted Thanksgiving 2000). Shyamalan also spoke at length about his admiration for Quentin Tarantino as a pioneering filmmaker. He also noted that he's met "unusual fans" of the film, including one fan who wanted to fight crime with Shyamalan.
MTV played a clip show of a correspondent trying to convince Shyamalan to make Unbreakable 2; it also showed footage of Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson expressing interest in a sequel. Shyamalan noted that there wasn't an immediate sequel as he was hurt by the reception of the film at the time. He recounted how callous teenagers on the street would crack wise about Mr. Glass. Goodness knows how he took the Airbender reception — in fact, the film wasn't mentioned once during the panel. However Shyamalan did explain that he had originally planned to direct Devil after The Village.
The director also mentioned that as an artist, he's not good at "taking the repercussions." He noted that he's had ideas for Unbreakable 2, but he was afraid the sequel wouldn't live up to the original. He said that he has considered writing a comic book Night Chronicles sequel to Unbreakable. Overall, the past was on display here, and we didn't hear much about his future projects. Alas and alack, there were no twists up his sleeve.


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Four senior Twitter executives are leaving the media company, CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted late Sunday night, the biggest leadership changes since Dorsey returned as CEO as he struggles to revive the company's growth.
Media head Katie Jacobs Stanton, product head Kevin Weil, the head of the engineering division, Alex Roetter, and HR head Brian "Skip" Schipper will all leave the company, he said.
Addressing what he called inaccurate press rumors, Dorsey praised the four executives and said he was sad to announce their departures.
Twitter's (TWTR) stock has fallen nearly 50% since Dorsey's return last year and is now trading below its IPO price amid concern the company has failed to significantly boost its user base despite a quicker pace of product rollouts under Dorsey.
On Sunday night Jason Toff, who heads Twitter's video streaming service, Vine, tweeted that he was also leaving Twitter to join Google (GOOGL) to work on virtual reality. Dorsey's tweet did not mention him.
In an earnings conference call in October, Dorsey spoke about "hiring and investing in talent" and the need for "bold rethinking."
Twitter may announce other executive changes, including the recruitment of a new chief marketing officer, on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The company will announce two new board members soon, the person added.
Dorsey tweeted that COO Adam Bain will take on additional responsibilities as a result of the departures, including revenue-related product teams and the HR team.
Chief technical officer Adam Messinger will handle the engineering team, he said.
Weil, Stanton, Schipper and Roetter are among the highest-level departures in recent months, but several executives have left Twitter since co-founder Dorsey stepped in as interim CEO in July. He has since been named Twitter CEO.
Dorsey, who is also CEO of financial services technology company Square (SQ), has yet to lay out a detailed plan of what he wants Twitter to do differently. Dorsey plans a retreat with Twitter executives this week, the source said.
Weil has been at Twitter since 2009, although he has only served as its product head for about a year. He has often served as a face of the company, speaking at conferences and hinting at new developments on the site, such as a character count that would exceed the current 140-character limit.
Twitter has shuffled through three product heads since 2014, and Dorsey has played an increasingly large role in product development.
Stanton joined the company in 2010 and was tasked with growing its audience outside the U.S. She previously worked at Google and Yahoo (YHOO) as well as the White House and State Department.
Twitter, which has just over 300 million users, had its slowest user growth in 2015 and was eclipsed by photo-sharing app Instagram, owned by Facebook (FB), which surpassed 400 million users last year.
Since his return, Dorsey has launched Moments, a product developed by Weil, which showcases Twitter's best tweets and content, laid off 300 workers and hired former Google executive Omid Kordestani as executive chairman.
The news of the executive departures was first reported by Re/Code.
Re/Code also reported on expected board changes, and the New York Times reported the company planned to name the two new board members.


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Hi! I'm a newbie in Java programming, and I'm learning from some open-source projects now. I've just came across a question: what does this block mean? I got surprised by the method defined with another method, which is rarely seen in C++. Can someone explain a little for me? Thanks a lot!
P.S.: Here we see a 'new' operation that creates an Authenticator object, but I don't understand what the block means that follows the new operation. It seems to have defined a 'getPasswordAuthentication()' method there, but why it is defined here, not in the class?
Authenticator.setDefault ( new Authenticator() { protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() { PasswordAuthentication passwordAuthentication = null; if(this.getRequestorType() == Authenticator.RequestorType.PROXY) { if(this.getRequestingURL().getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("HTTP") == true) { passwordAuthentication = new PasswordAuthentication(APJP.APJP_HTTP_PROXY_SERVER_USERNAME, APJP.APJP_HTTP_PROXY_SERVER_PASSWORD.toCharArray()); } else { if(this.getRequestingURL().getProtocol().equalsIgnoreCase("HTTPS") == true) { passwordAuthentication = new PasswordAuthentication(APJP.APJP_HTTPS_PROXY_SERVER_USERNAME, APJP.APJP_HTTPS_PROXY_SERVER_PASSWORD.toCharArray()); } } } return passwordAuthentication; } } );


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Moving is always hell. Now imagine if a million fellow New Yorkers were also schlepping their stuff to new living quarters on the same day you were.
Crazy, right? But this was a tradition in New York since colonial times, lasting until World War II.
[Above, an 1859 Harper's illustration captures the confusion]
On February 1 of every year, landlords let tenants know how much their rent increase would be, to take effect three months later.
If they couldn't afford the new price, tenants had that time to scout new digs within their budget.
With the new rent due May 1, tenants waited until that day to vacate their old premises. Moving van (pulled by horses) companies and warehouse owners jacked prices; getting around the sidewalks was a serious chore.
"Old beds and rickety bedstands, handsome pianos and kitchen furniture, will be chaotically huddled together," the New York Times reported in 1855.
"Everybody in a hurry, smashing mirrors in his haste, and carefully guarding boot boxes from harm. Sofas that go out sound will go in maimed . . . bedscrews will be lost in the confusion, and many a good piece of furniture badly bruised in consequence."
The May moving day custom began to die down in the 1920s, as new rent laws gave tenants increased protection, and more Manhattanites decamped for new neighborhoods in the outer boroughs.
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Scene & Song: Jackie Brown and Strawberry Letter 23
There's a reason the above movie poster is affixed to my closet door. Well, two actually. The second is it covers a crack on said door (don't ask). But primarily it's because I still consider Jackie Brown the most mature piece of work Quentin Tarantino had done before the 20th Century slipped right passed us. Excesses dialed down for the benefit of telling a compelling story. As the late-Roger Ebert said of the film in his review:
"This is the movie that proves Tarantino is the real thing, and not just a two-film wonder boy. It's not a retread of "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction," but a new film in a new style, and it evokes the particular magic of Elmore Leonard–who elevates the crime novel to a form of sociological comedy. There is a scene here that involves the ex-con Louis (Robert De Niro) and Ordell's druggie mistress (Bridget Fonda) discussing a photograph pinned to the wall, and it's so perfectly written, timed and played that I applauded it."
It's also worth noting what writer Peter Avellino, in another of his wonderful examinations, revealed on his blog for the film:
"Tarantino has said that part of his goal was to make his film a RIO BRAVO-type hangout movie which he winds up crossing with a certain 70s blaxploitation vibe, one that he obviously knows very well. But it's done in a certain way that captures a vibe from those films that goes beyond simply making it an homage and comes off as nothing but totally sincere…"
This was a film where the acting of the entire ensemble remained at a high-level for all involved throughout. The filmmaker's use of location the other key aspect that I very much appreciated. For those not familiar with the area, Los Angeles County locales of Inglewood, Compton, Carson, etc., as opposed to the City of the Angels proper, took center stage. A world apart compared from the L.A. downtown many film productions often portray.
Moving the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Rum Punch out of Miami and Florida to my hometown haunts really made the film personal to me. Heck, the County is where I survived the decade of the '70s. Knee-deep in the distinct personality of those areas.
Now that I'm of a certain age, this film with its older, well-worn, but classy leads, conjures quite a bit of character/age connections. Especially with the principals of the tale. Experience says running the streets and reaching a mature number don't normally meet up. Only those with a brain in their head do. And "…everybody in the movie is smart. Whoever is smartest will live.", said Mr. Ebert. As usual, he's spot-on.
For a film filled with great scenes, needle-dropped songs, and the ever distinguishable Tarantino dialogue, this may be my favorite.
The Song
Strawberry Letter 23 was The Brother's Johnson second pop/funk hit overall, from their sophomore album, Right on Time (1977). Written by Johnny 'Shuggie' Otis Jr. as a musical response, a message, to his girlfriend — number 23, in a string of them. Despite describing the feelings evoked by her "Strawberry Letter 22," the song's title is never uttered in the lyrics.
Produced by Quincy Jones, it brought the same energetic and commercial qualities the famed producer/composer would infuse into Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and Thriller albums two years down the line. The film's use of the song evokes a time and sets a tone for the scene.
The Scene
Say what you will, Tarantino can write dialogue. With the rhythm and meter of song delivered by an artist in his element, it can gather you in, offend to the hilt by its language, and/or knock you for a loop with its recitation. Given the ongoing discourse of Tarantino and his style of film and writing (see here and here, for example of the famed feuding between Spike Lee and QT), the scene will either intrigue or repel. Perhaps, even both. It comes with the territory for this filmmaker. The primary purpose of this piece is to examine the scene's construction and character interaction, and not the validity of either argument.
Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson, a QT staple) is a black-market gun runner living in the Los Angeles area who has come to the unwelcomed attention of the ATF and LAPD. One of his couriers, a Beaumont Livingston (Chris Tucker, before his career rose and dove), has been arrested and bailed out by his employer. Knowing only too well, Ordell tasks himself to deal with the situation at hand. One that's pulled down his other courier, Jackie Brown, as a result of Beaumont's suspected cooperation with said authorities:
"He put himself in a position where he was going to have to do ten years in prison, that's what he did. And if you know Beaumont, you know ain't no god damn way he can do ten years. And if you know that, then you know Beaumont's gonna do anything Beaumont can to keep from doing them ten years, including telling the federal government any and every motherfucking thing about my black ass."
Tarantino plays the scene with the distinct '70s verve that ran through his first two films, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but with a blaxploitation twist this time. Note as the principals descend the stairs from Beaumont's apartment, the audience's standpoint is that of an onlooker — the camera moving and peering in-between railings and balcony to what's transpiring. Conveying a sense of eavesdropping by the viewers.
No one roams these streets without keeping a wary eye, and ear, out for what's happening around you — especially, if you happen to live there.
Ordell's awareness of Beaumont's suspicion is also apparent. A sixth sense of his employee's unease with his benefactor, and the up-to-no-good timing of the visit. Even though he's beholden to him for bailing him out of jail, loyalty only goes so far. Thus, beyond the good-natured banter he initially starts their meet, Ordell segues over into a more plausible footing. Another gun-running task ahead. Money talks, in other words. Spinning a colorful pretense that requires Beaumont's participation to pull off.
A ruse the young hustler barely buys, if only because he wants to keep breathing in his end of the county. As usual, the auteur employs a prime and telltale movie device, one Quentin Tarantino can thank Anthony Mann and Alfred L. Werker for via their film noir classic, He Walked by Night (1948). His favorite movie viewpoint coming at the next stage of the scene. The Trunk Shot.
A cinematic camera angle which frames the scene from inside the trunk of a car. A perspective that captures the victim's viewpoint, looking up at his perpetrator, which hints at Beaumont. His hesitancy keen, especially since he has "… a problem with small places." Perfectly understandable, I'd say.
If you've ever been there, L.A.'s venerable Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles can be a powerful persuader.
Since Robbie is contemplating murder, using guilt at this point of the con, certainly to persuade a reluctant Beaumont into placing himself in such a vulnerable position, is not a thing he's about to shy away from. Cajoling, panging at his conscience, and finally wooing him through his stomach. In point of fact, using Beaumont's munchies against him is what finally convinces the victim to house himself in the ultimate tight and last spot he'll occupy with a pulse.
Only after slamming down the trunk lid on the kid does Tarantino begin to meld the song with the scene. The moment it all kicks in is done with great and recognizable effect. Starting up the car, Ordell performs something so familiar with those of us who survived The Seventies. The bygone habit of dropping a cassette mixtape down into a car deck. Bringing forth a tune. Strawberry Letter 23's catchy keyboard introduction wafting the vehicle's interior, all while Ordell slips his gloves on for the deed ahead.
Tarantino fills the theater and audience's ears at this point with the dance number's sound, in fact. As Robbie reaches for his revolver from the glove box, he knows the hard part is done. His prey secured, taking his time with the simple preparation of the final step. Languid in his motions from this point forward. Relaxed. Turning up the volume a bit more to enjoy the moment of his triumph. Glancing back toward the trunk with a smirk, proving the mastery of his play and the situation through his control of the music.
Self-congratulatory, at its utmost.
Yet, it's in the scene's final sequence that Tarantino really gets to enjoy himself. The capper. Shifting head-on at the car, QT tracks the camera horizontally, gently as Robbie U-turns his '70s vintage Oldsmobile back up the street. Creating distance with the audience, the Brother's Johnson song fades as the car withdraws to the background. Away from onlookers. Establishing that we, the audience, have only been listening through the car's own interior speakers. The intimacy broken, the camera ventures left, mimicking Ordell's turn down the block, then swings upward for the last.
With the sound of crickets rising, it's another quiet moment of night in a city suburb. Tarantino maneuvers his lens over to a vacant industrial lot. Another of those that dot this county aplenty. Headlights reappear once more, along with its identifying Strawberry Letter 23. The song now emanating its familiar chorus, edging louder as the "Olds" creeps ever closer. It stills as solitary purchase is found and parks. The tune stops as Robbie kills the engine upon exit.
Everything and everyone now gathered late-night and far off, glimpsed in the backdrop of the scene Quentin Tarantino has orchestrated masterfully.
The audience barely hearing the trunk lid as it's popped, Beaumont cursing his remaining unhappiness at agreeing to such a stupid ordeal. Only then quieted by Ordell's two shots into the compartment, which ring out distantly. Familiar, in this part of town, and indifferent. And as Robbie and the crickets care to their work, the song resumes for the last time as the car restarts and drives off calmly, though far from innocently.
If you enjoy Jackie Brown as much as I do, be sure to head over to J.D.'s Radiator Heaven blog and check out his recent and wonderful look at the film.
12 Responses to "Scene & Song: Jackie Brown and Strawberry Letter 23"
Wish I could contribute to the conversation but I'd have to see the film first. With this cast I really should get on that soon 🙂
Your take on this film is spot on and is even better with a sound track. LOL, I went to my JB playlist on Youtube. Strawberry 23 was right on time. I have a problem with QT. I watch his movies and usually ask myself why. Jackie Brown is my exception.
This movie was so underrated in my opinion, it suffered from Pulp Fiction comparisons which lowered its standing as a very good movie
[…] a film filled with great scenes, needle-dropped songs, and the ever distinguishable Tarantino dialogue, this may be my favorite. […]
Thanks for the description of how this song is used in the film. I wonder why they chose this song? I suppose I need to watch Jackie Brown.
[…] along with The Fifth Element, Face/Off, Contact, Gattaca, and especially Starship Troopers and Jackie Brown, […]


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Amid positive job numbers, politicians hedge their bets
Does anyone in politics dare talk up the economy? Apparently not.
After five months of steady job growth and with unemployment hitting a six-year low, the reaction in Washington Thursday was a collective "Yeah, but ..."
Across the political spectrum, liberals and conservatives, still found reason to despair and point fingers — a function of election-year politics, been-there-before skepticism and honest perceptions by many Americans that the recovery has yet to improve their lives.
Consider this from Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota: "Too many working families are still treading water. Our focus now must be on solutions that strengthen the middle class and give more hardworking Americans a fair shot by raising the minimum wage, making college more affordable, and investing in workforce training."
And this from Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus: "We're glad to see some Americans found work last month, but we can't rest until jobs are easy to find. That's why Republicans have passed dozens of jobs bills in the House of Representatives. Sadly, Democrats in Washington, D.C., have other priorities."
Even President Barack Obama, who would be eager to take credit for an economy on the mend, felt compelled to throw in a dampening caveat as he drew attention to the 288,000 jobs created in June, to the lower, 6.1 percent unemployment rate and to the fastest job growth since 1999.
"As much progress as has been made, there are still folks out there who are struggling," he said Thursday. "We still have not seen as much increase in income and wages as we'd like to see. A lot of folks are still digging themselves out of challenges that arose out of the Great Recession."
To be sure, there are real economic reasons to be wary, or at least not euphoric, over the most recent report.
The labor market remains weak, with a labor force participation rate stuck at 62.8 percent, the lowest since 1978. Construction jobs reached their highest level since June 2009 but are still more than 1.7 million jobs below their 2006 peak, according to an analysis of jobs numbers by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Moreover, hiring has tended to be predominantly in low-wage jobs, leading to stagnant wage growth, and the number of hours worked per week has not changed. "The headline number masks the lingering structural weakness in the U.S. labor market," said Lindsey Piegza, a chief economist at the Sterne Agee brokerage house.
"Even if we saw June's rate of job growth every month from here on out, we still wouldn't get back to health in the labor market for another 2 1/2 years," said Heidi Shierholz of the liberal Economic Policy Institute.
More important, beyond those statistics, are public perceptions of the economy.
An Associated Press-GfK poll in May, found that the share of those surveyed who called the economy "good" stood at 34 percent, while 65 percent described it as poor. That's about the same as it has been all year, though slightly above where it was during the partial government shutdown in October. Few expected improvement in the economy over the next 12 months, and more expected it to get worse.
The perceptions have a partisan hue, as well.
Economic confidence as measured by Gallup found Democrats had the highest and Republicans the lowest.
In the face of that, politicians are not likely to cheer an economic number.
"In the voting booth, economic perception beats economic statistics every time," said Republican pollster Whit Ayres.
What's more, Democrats and Republicans want to blame each other for not enacting policies they say would create more jobs. So Obama complains about Republicans not increasing the minimum wage and Republican House Speaker John Boehner says Obama has failed to lead on issues such as trade and workplace flexibility.
"In order for us to make real progress, the president must do more than criticize," Boehner said.
With the economy still emerging as the top issue of the day with a plurality of voters, each side will continue to brand the other as uncompressing obstructionists. And even if the economic trends show improvement, the fall campaign season may be coming too quickly to change the battleground.
"It takes a long time for economic statistics to be felt in people's pocketbooks," Ayres said. "It may be too late at this point to affect the political environment of the midterm elections.
What's more, neither side has an incentive to tout much progress.
"For Republicans, the reality is that they are not going to want to give credit for anything that Obama should be credited for," said Ken Warren, a political scientist and pollster at St. Louis University. "As for Democrats, when the public feels some way in the polls and it's not going to play well, even the Democrats in this case would see a down side.
"To contradict what the people think can be perceived as liability."
Associated Press Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report.
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Washington, DC, February 7, 2012 – The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) today announced that publisher and commentator Steve Forbes, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media, will serve as keynote speaker for the gala dinner being held as part of the upcoming Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE2012) to be held March 27-29, 2012 in Shanghai, China.
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Steve Forbes succeeded his father, Malcolm, as the head of Forbes Media following the latter's death in 1990. In 1996, Forbes oversaw the creation and launch of Forbes.com, a leading destination site for senior business decision-makers and investors that averages 25 million unique monthly visitors.
Today, in addition to its flagship publication, Forbes magazine, with a circulation of more than 900,000, the Forbes Media group also produces print magazines such as Forbes Asia and ForbesLife, which spotlights the luxury lifestyle and culture. Forbes also publishes regional editions and investment newsletters throughout the world, reaching an estimated audience of over 6 million international readers.
"Under Steve's guidance and leadership, the Forbes Media group has expanded to become a global, multi-media brand recognized as a thought leader on the trends impacting the business arena," Bolen said. "We know ABACE2012 Attendees will value Steve's participation in the event."
Bolen noted that Forbes's participation in ABACE2012 continues a long-standing standing collaboration between the publisher and NBAA. Forbes magazine publisher Rich Karlgaard has twice spoken at the Opening General Session for NBAA's largest yearly event, the association's Annual Meeting & Convention. Karlgaard's first appearance was in 2005, followed by a second one in 2009.
The news that Forbes will be the keynote speaker for the ABACE2012 gala comes amidst a number of other developments demonstrating the growing momentum for the show as its opening day draws near. The event organizers recently announced that Exhibitor space on the show floor has sold out, and a first-of-its kind, enclosed Exhibitor Pavilion has been added to accommodate additional Exhibitors. All of the world's major aircraft manufacturers have formalized their support for ABACE2012 with written agreements to participate in the show. The U.S. government has signaled its support for ABACE2012, with Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation signed on as a keynote speaker.
As Asia's premier business aviation event, ABACE2012 is being presented in partnership with the Shanghai Airport Authority and co-hosted by NBAA, the Asian Business Aviation Association and the Shanghai Exhibition Company. The event – which will feature a lineup of business airplanes on display at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, more than 100 exhibits in the new Shanghai Hawker Pacific Business Aviation Service Centre, and a program of education sessions with experts on the Asia region – will take place from March 27 to 29, 2012. Additional details about ABACE2012 are available at www.abace.aero/2012.
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