Thursday, December 30, 2010

Robert here, with my series Distant Relatives, where we look at two films, (one classic, one modern) related through a common theme and ask what their similarities and differences can tell us about the evolution of cinema. Since one of these films is still in theaters, I thought I'd mention that while certain plot elements are revealed I've done my best not to spoil any of the film's dramatic resolution.

Women well into their nervous breakdowns

We love to watch people go mad in the movies. We watch people go mad because of fame and money. We watch people go mad because of war or tragedy. And we watch people go mad because of the relentless pursuit of perfection. We're especially fascinated by beautiful people going mad. "I hate to do this to a beautiful woman," said one of the cameramen of Catherine Deneuve on the set of Repulsion. As if tormenting a plain looking person would be somewhat less repulsive. We envy and idealize the beautiful. What reason should they have to go mad, when life has dealt them such a winning hand?

But Natalie Portman's Nina and Catherine Deneuve's Carol do spiral down into madness. Both are haunted by visions of walking nightmares. Both see their reflections become broken and distorted. And both are eventually brought to violence. Each film contains moments of such fierce discomfort, we begin to expect (or fear) that the director is capable of showing us anything. Now that is horror. A scene of cuticle cutting in Repulsion suggests that Darren Aronofsky was probably influenced by that film's understanding of our empathy toward hangnail trauma. But it's not fear of physical pain that's the catalyst for these beauties' insanty.

Would you fuck that girl?

They're all the same these bloody virgins, they're all teasers that's all.

Sex is dirty. Sex is bad. Both of these women have stilted sexuality in a world that demands they be sex objects. Each film does a superb job of getting us into their heads, making us understand how they see sex. As Carol lies in bed at night, hearing the animalistic moans and grunts being made by her sister and her sister's beau in the next room, we agree that they don't sound sexy at all. They don't sound like something Carol would want to partake in. They don't sound like something we would want to do. For Nina, a subway encounter with a perverted old man tells us all we need to know about how sex appears before her: dirty, aggressive, a violation. There's nothing present that suggests the comfort of love or even the enjoyment of pleasure.

For both of these women, being virginal is part of attaining or maintaining perfection. Carol's pursuit of this ideal is subconscious. She doesn't hope to achieve anything by accomplishing it, but being spoiled by a man would be akin to falling from grace. For Nina, avoiding sex is part of her active pursuit of artistic perfection. Her mother has pushed her in the direction of the pure innocent ballerina. When company director Thomas Leroy insists that sexuality is her only path to perfection, it both contradicts and reinforces her attitudes toward sexuality and innocence. After all, he demands she become sexual to embody the black swan, the dark character. So sex may now be the goal, but it's still something sinister.

No way out

The activeness of Nina versus the passiveness of Carol is one of the major differences between these two films. Yet in both cases it seemingly makes their downfall more inevitable. Carol has no direction in life, no goals, no hobbies even. Her descent into madness seems a natural progression of that emptiness. For Nina, her pursuit of artistic triumph is so great, it can only lead where it eventually does - downward. What both of these women do share is obsession, and that, however manifest, is the key to their fates. The two women justify their darkness differently as well. Black Swan plays with the doppleganger (echoing Swan Lake). Nina, perhaps unable to accept any darkness within herself, creates mirror images of herself, onto whom she can project her inner evil. Carol recedes within herself, becoming further and further the eternal victim. She rationalizes her actions as necessary self-defense. She has to. By the end of her film, even the walls are attacking her.

In the over forty-five years between these two films, we notice that audiences have changed little. Stories of beauty and obsession are still captivating. Both films present us with a heroine who the picture empathizes with and sexualizes, almost becoming another one of the many gazing and lecherous men that surround them. Like Nina, Black Swan the film is more active in its pursuit of our emotional distress. The film is bombastic, swirling around, throwing a large amount of stimuli at is from all sides. Repulsion is more passive like Carol, building slowly to a point where fantastic images truly shock. Both methods work for their respective films, though the more modern one is maybe indicative of a time when the weight of film history and media saturation requires images be louder. But however the times have changed, we still respond to beauty in peril. We still are shocked at beauty embodying evil. And like that camerman we feel terrible about it, but keep it in our gaze.

17 comments:

Leo
said...

On the subject of distant relatives, I think it's safe to assume Aronofsky or the screenwriters must have taken a look at Michael Haneke's The Piano Teacher. Thinking about Black Swan on my way out of the theater, I kept thinking of Erika Kohut and her psychologically incestuous relationship with her mother. The mother in that film kept pushing her adult daughter whom she treated as a child toward perfection and absolute restraint of any sensual pleasures, be it sex or the trivial pursuit of shopping (at one point she tears her fresh garments).

Many of those scenes in which the camera follows Nina in her daily routine reminded me of the way Haneke stalked Huppert. And the apartment also figures hugely in both films. At one point Huppert barricades herself in her room with her pupil to present her sexual manifesto, much to her mother's chagrin. This scenario is repeated in Black Swan when Nina (presumably) enjoys some quality time with Lily.

Finally both women destroy themselves in the final frame in the name of art.

I thought Black Swan was a bit ridiculous. Natalie Portman was very good but I dont think her performance was the reinvention of Medea as people are making it out to be.There's not that much depth and layers in the performace. The character was one note, one dimensional, flat and not layered, and the final transformation looked forced and ridiculous to me. Too over the top, too hysterical, too loud, lots of smoke and mirrors but little substance.

There were moments in the last 40 minutes when I was just laughing at the whole thing. Not laughing with it, or laughing a nervous laughter. I was laughing because it was silly, ridiculous and overdone.

This! I've been telling everyone I know to watch Repulsion ever since the buzz around Black Swan began. It's one of my favorite films and Darren's borrowed from Polanski more than most people know (i.e. the over-the-shoulder shot is nothing new, folks!). ;-)

Great article. I wouldn't call them distant relatives as they are the same kind of narrative with similar beats and pacing, but that's a small quibble. I get that Repulsion isn't the most widely viewed picture. I think it's worth noting that there's another female-driven psychological thriller with obsessive self-harm overtones: In My Skin.

"We begin to expect (or fear) that the director is capable of showing us anything. Now that is horror."

That is just a great line.

I had heard that there are more than a few cheap "gotcha!" moments (which is the worst kind of suspense) in Black Swan, but upon reading the above description (which is the best kind of suspense) I'm much more encouraged to go see this film.

I would love to hear comments about these two films from a woman's perspective. Both films are helmed by male directors and I begin to wonder if beauty's descent toward madness is part male fanatasy, like some way in which to tear down that which holds sway over us.

Nonetheless, this was an outstanding write up and a pleasure to read. I'll be tuning in to future articles in this Distant Relatives series. Thank you.

Ani Di -- this was written by Robert, who used to write "Modern Maestros" this is his new series. But i'm sure he'll read your compliment.

I do strive to be more than just endless Oscar coverage. Though there's a *ahem* fair bit of that.

Rick -- for a female piece on Repulsion, you should check out Kim MOrgan --here's an article she wrote and a follow up to the controversy that raised. People seem to be under the impression that flawed people can't make great art because people sure get upset when other people praise Polanski's cinematic mastery.

Amanda -- i was laughing some in the final 30 minutes too but I don't think the film doesn't expect you not to if that makes sense. It is ridiculous... which is why it's flirting with camp.

Leo - I also hadn't connected the two movies before, but you're absolutely right. Great insight.

Amanda - We've chatted about this before in the comments and I think you're point is valid. Earlier today in conversation I compared Black Swan to a piece of devil's food cake. You can accurately criticize it for not having complex flavor. But that doesn't make it an unpleasant sensation.

Ani Di - Nathaniel's right, I do appreciate the compliment. Glad you enjoyed!

Rick - I wouldn't consider the cringeworthy moments in Black Swan to be "gotcha." If anything they're Cronenbergesque: getting worse and worse until you don't know what could be next... but you know it'll be even worse.

I absolutely thought about The Piano Teacher while watching Black Swan, Leo! I remember thinking during a Portman/Hershey scene: "This is a poor man's Piano Teacher." Because The Piano Teacher is a shockingly insightful movie about feminine psychosis and Black Swan is a mediocre body horror schlock trying to pass itself off as deep.

Nathaniel -- Thanks. That was a heavyweight article by Kim Morgan. There are so many talented writers/commentators/critics out there who open my eyes towards seeing films in ways I never did before.

Film is such a collaborative medium that in many ways I think quality critics and commentators contribute as much to the lasting legacy of a film as any who appear in the final credits.

Now, I won't go so far as to say that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences should create a new Oscar category for "Critic of the Year", LOL, as it is vital to the integrity of both sides to maintain a clear line of distinction, but seriously, some of these critics are so good as to approach art.

But alas, I'm going way off the topic of this article.

Robert -- Thanks for the clarification. Again, great article. I haven't seen either film, yet, but I was still able to get a great feel for both films without having any of the narrative betrayed.

This is great, but as it's been said above, the relation is hardly distant. Another film even more closely related to Black Swan is David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. The paralells range broad and thematic to alarmingly specific, from certain to camera techinques as well. If this movies cleans up at the Oscar's Aronofsky will have gotten away with murder. It's fairly clear from his body of work that he's a film buff and admires the work of the great auteurs that he appropriates their ideas to try and replicate the effect, in vain, of course.

As I sat watching the Black Swan yesterday I was constantly reminded of Repulsion. I have to say that BS was more the fingernails on the blackboard kind of horror where Repulsion was truly psychologically unsettling. It's stayed with me all these years whereas I don't think BS will last more than a week or so.


Christopher Newport University

A couple of evenings ago, I went to the Trible Library on the campus of Christopher Newport University. When I left, the sun had set and I was entranced by the beauty of this campus. I have spent the majority of my life in this area, and although I don’t remember what Christopher Newport College looked like, I am struck by the beauty of this campus. I must say Mr. Paul Trible (and his team) created a beautiful environment for learning!


Given iPad mini sales weakness, management is placing a big bet on larger iPad screens. By lowering the entry-level cost of the 9.7-inch model to $329, Apple is looking to make the most appealing iPad size more accessible. At the same time, the company is offsetting margin and ASP pressure by moving up market with more capable iPad Pro SKUs and accessories. The Apple Pencil accessory is one of the most underrated Apple products in years.

Solving the Mac Dilemma

Since large screen iPads having shown much more resiliency over the past few years, Apple's recent iPad changes seem peculiar. Why double down on the iPad now?

Apple is pushing the iPad like never before in order to solve its Mac dilemma.

Ultimately, management has two options for the Mac:

Double down. From a product perspective, there is a clear path forward for the laptop and desktop form factors at Apple. The company could continue bringing elements of mobile to the Mac. Apple can control more of the core technologies powering the Mac, and this would include bringing a version of iOS to the laptop and desktop form factors. The effort would take years to accomplish and utilize a significant amount of resources. Move beyond the Mac. This option would begin with more sporadic updates to the Mac line and then eventually lead to Apple placing less and less attention on the category as other products gain priority and resources. While Apple would still sell Macs, it would become clear that the company's focus is on newer products designed to handle the tasks currently given to the Mac.

Management faces a difficult choice between the two options as the Mac is still selling very well. The product category is bringing in nearly $23B of revenue per year, $4B more than iPad thanks to a much higher ASP. Some companies are powered by Macs (although Apple executives seem to rely quite a bit on their iPads these days). Tens of millions of users rely on Macs to get work done every day. A portion of these users are adamant that a move away from Mac is nearly impossible given their current workflows.

My suspicion is that Apple is pushing larger screen iPads because management is determined to move beyond the Mac. Apple thinks now is the time to raise awareness that the iPad is a legitimate PC alternative for hundreds of millions of consumers.

A move away from the Mac goes against much of the public commentary from Apple management. Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, and others have been quick to mention Apple's long-term commitment to the Mac with Phil Schiller even saying the laptop form factor will be around for another 25 years. However, management's recent actions speak louder:

Tim Cook calling the iPad the clearest expression of Apple's vision of the future of personal computing.

The new iPad Pro ad campaign elevating the iPad at the expense of Mac.

Aggressive iPad pricing highlighting Apple's desire to position the device for mass market consumption, while Mac pricing is more reflective of a niche product.

The iPad Strategy

As seen in Exhibit 4, the sales gap between large screen iPads and Mac peaked five years ago. The gap has since closed, with large screen iPad sales bouncing around 30M units annually and Mac sales seeing a slight improvement to 19M units. If Mac were to outsell iPad, this would certainly make Apple's goal in moving beyond the Mac that much more difficult. It would demonstrate how Apple has a serious problem on its hand as the iPad is not able to entice users away from Mac. Management is interested in avoiding that outcome.

Apple wants to push iPad sales now like never before in order to widen the sales gap between iPad and Mac. Large screen iPads have experienced some momentum in recent months. Management is building off that strength to unveil a broader campaign to boost iPad sales. If Apple is successful in increasing large screen iPad sales to a 40M unit sales annual pace (a 30% increase from current levels), iPad would be outselling Mac by 2x. This would certainly help change the iPad versus Mac narrative in the marketplace, giving Apple that much more motivation to dedicate attention and resources to other products.

Exhibit 4: Mac, Large Screen iPad Unit Sales (TTM)


Q:

How to a fetch detached Git HEAD from a local repository?

During a pre-commit hook (actually a ref-update in Gerrit) the repository is in a detached HEAD mode (witch is fine).
Doing a git clone path/to/my/repo does clone/fetch this commit, but I'd like to just do a git fetch and avoid cloning my repository each time there is a commit (for various reasons like avoiding to change file time stamps each time).
Doing a git fetch --all on a previously cloned repository (like above) does not fetch this detached head commit. Note that I do have the commit's SHA1 but a git checkout commit-sha1-here doesn't work either since it hasn't been fetched.
I do know it's by design that only remote branches are fetched, but since clone can fetch detached heads, isn't there a way to update my cloned repository to retrieve them later? I'd like to avoid having to create a temporary branch each time just for that.
The final goal is to have an updated work-tree of a bare repository (detached HEAD).

A:

Answering my own question here.
git pull of a detached HEAD seems not allowed by design but a git push of that detached HEAD is possible (i.e., instead of fetching from the receiving side you push from the sending side):
$ git push <repository> +<sha1>:refs/remotes/origin/master

Then from the repository receiving it:
$ git checkout <sha1>  # same as origin/master

Note: Pushing to refs/remotes/origin/master instead of pushing directly to master is disallowed by default if it's the current branch or a non-base repository, so we push to the origin reference.


hmmm.... am in the process of trying to set out a chapter for one of my fics and have stumbled on a bit of a technical issue. Can a vampire grow their hair and / or a beard?

I know vampires are dead, but I've heard that hair, fingernails etc continue to grow after death (not sure if this is a myth or not). If this is true, then technically it should be possible. However, I've read other vamp literature where any difference to appearance is not possible.

Not sure how this fits into vampires, Luxe, especially in the Moonlight mythology, but if I remember correctly, in real life hair/fingernails only appear to grow after death. I think it's the skin receding or something that makes them "longer."

Well, Mick obviously grows stubble, and he obviously cuts his hair from time to time...because we saw that on TV. So in my mind, that makes it canon, and vampires can grow hair and beards. Thus they have to shave and get haircuts. And probably cut their nails, too...

Q: I heard that hair does not stop growing once you die! I'm just curious is this true, if so, how long does it keep growing afterwards?

A: This is actually a myth. While it is true that when the heart stops beating and a person is declared “dead” the cells of the body may still be alive, even the most long-lasting cells on a corpse will only live on for a few days beyond the declaration of death. While this can technically mean that there is growth beyond the point of death, the actual amount of growth would be negligible.

What actually happens, and what results in the idea that the hair (and nails) continue to grow is that after death, the skin begins to retract and degrade. The end result is that the hair and nails appear to get longer after death. This is why many people think that the hair continues to grow after death.

****Cells need nurishment to continue to live. They get their nurishment from blood circulating through the body. Does a vampires blood circulate? I thinking when we see them shot or stabbed they bleed so I'm thinking that their blood is somehow slowly circulating-perhaps through electrical conduction in their system or because their hearts really do work but at an extremely low rate. Barb

Canon-wise, considering when J (and the other older ones like Lance, etc.) were born, they have to be able to at least cut their hair. Men didn't wear their hair short 400 years ago, and most of them wore beards.

If it didn't grow at some point, too, then it would make it that much harder to blend in.

I'd lump hair growth in with cellular regeneration of their bodies. So long as they're capable of healing, they should be able to grow hair.

Other vampires vary--in some cases, hair can be cut, but returns to the "pre-vamp" state every night.

In Stoker, the appearance of hair, etc. varies with how well fed the vamp is...Dracula has white hair when he is hungry, and appears older. When fed, his appearance reverts to a more youthful looking state.


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Trailer Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

It’s embarrassing to say (because we all like to think of ourselves as involved intellectuals who have the acumen to just know things, or maybe that’s just me. Whatever), but the reason I was introduced to Jiro Dreams of Sushi was because it was the sole fresh review, over 90%, on the rotten tomatoes homepage. Not that I’m surprised that all present “theater-worthy” films are terrible, but you never think that they ALL suck .

So, I clicked on the link wondering what this diamond among the filth was all about. And I have to say, I was blown away. What I thought was a short Ghibli-esqu film about a gnome with a sleep disorder turned out to be a documentary about Japan’s most acclaimed sushi chef. From the short 2 minutes I spent in Jiro’s small sushi bar, nestled away in a Tokyo subway station, I was instantly transported into another world. It’s most likely due to the editing (I still scream at the moments at :23 and :29,) but every action taken by the man who was named a national treasure of Japan seemed magical. The sushi, the fish, even the wriggling octopus had an ethereal quality to it. If the film is as precisely crafted as this trailer, the viewer will be allowed a glimpse into the mind of a master, and be allowed to see the same beauty, energy and potential that Jiro sees in these otherwise unnoticed and unappreciated objects.

When anyone takes pride in what they do, and becomes the best of anything, it turns that something into a carefully crafted art, even if you never considered it as that before. It’s like Jiro says, “I’ll continue to climb, trying to reach the top. But no one knows where the top is!” Sushi suddenly becomes an endless search for perfection, and isn’t that something we can all relate to? This trailer definitely wins cannes.

Anyway, I’m super excited. Watch the trailer below and hopefully you’ll be as pumped as I am!


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"(narrator) When creative forces behind Stargate SG-1... ..adapted the hit movie to television,... ..they created endless possibilities for new adventures." "It's certainly not Emerald City." "(narrator) One person responsible for dreaming up new worlds and settings... ..is Production Designer Richard Hudolin." "When I started the project it was, uh..." "October, mid-October of '96." "And I got a call from Jonathan Glassner and Brad Wright." "They were gonna start filming in January, but there was this set " "..the silo set with the Stargate and the complex and all of that " "..which was its own design entity." "So they hired me to do that." "We had a complete set of drawings." "We had 1 5 construction-type people... ..to analyse the set and come back in January and start building it." "Because we had six weeks to... to build... ..the main set and everything we shot for the television movie version of Stargate." "This is just incredible." "There are traditions to maintain." "One is the Stargate." "We try to match the silo and the military complex cos that's the heart of the show." "You're always starting from, or coming to, there." "That's the house, or the home, for the Stargate crew." "At one time I started a set of drawings where the silo has three floors,... ..instead of the two that it has." "But we scaled it down and figured out what we'd be shooting,... ..what we needed, and how to get the best look out of it." "Sir!" "Uh, the key elements obviously are the Stargate itself and how that functions." "And, uh,... ..I flew to LA and I gathered some of the material from the movie... as reference." "I brought it back here, and our model makers worked from" "..some of the pieces I brought back." "I actually integrated... ..some of the set pieces that I got from Los Angeles... ..into the... into the pilot." "(narrator) ln addition to sets in the movie,... ..Richard designed a medical facility, which can turn into - among other things " "..Daniel Jackson's laboratory." "There's also a multipurpose room,... ..used for crew's quarters and..." "whatever may be needed." "Plus, a second portable Stargate was built for use on location." "Because of its size, this gate requires six workers and a full day of setup." "To accomplish the creative demands of scripts,... ..an art department works closely with decorators, props and construction crew." "We have to be three to four weeks at least ahead of the shooting crew." "And sometimes I walk by and somebody will say "What are we doing tomorrow?"" "And I don't have a clue because... ..my art director's looking after the day-to-day things,... ..as well as working ahead with me." "(O'Neill) Love what they've done with the place." "I'm one of the first to get a script. I say... .."This is how I see it - this much interior, that much exterior."" ""This could be in that, that should be..." You do a budget as well,... ..because everybody's interested in what it all costs." "And from that you, uh,... ..you determine with the producers... what it will be - an' with the visual effects guys an' with the model guys." "Sometimes it's better, faster and cheaper to do a visual effect... ..than to build something." "And we design everything that you see." "The art department designs the graphics that you see on a screen." "We design the worlds that somebody may point to, or the matte work." "It's a real collaborative effort. lt's not one person saying it has to be this way." "And it's the only way to survive,... ..because there's a lot of talented people around." "Someone's been reading Martha Stewart." "(narrator) How does Richard and his team envision new ideas every week?" "Some of it's research." "Some of it's just imagination." "Some of it is, uh..." "Uh... well, you read the script and, like I say, you get to talk to talented people." "You talk to the writers and producers, and they're all..." "Everybody has their take on what the world should be." "But they look for you to say, "Do me a drawing of what it is."" "Until it's on a piece of paper, it's in your imagination." "And sometimes it's just... ..it's part of the design process, where... ..if you let yourself kind of go clear in your mind,... ..you can let things come to you." "It's how it works with me, anyway." "We're not on a planet, are we?" "That is correct. lt appears we are aboard a Goa'uld transport vessel." "I get lots of research, I have everybody in the art department " "..who are all fabulous and take off in their own direction sometimes " "..and sometimes we just talk about it and ideas pop out of nowhere." "You could fit every pyramid on Earth inside and still have room to spare." "I wonder how far down that is." "I had a problem: one of the Nox people goes like this and the world appears." "We didn't quite know what this world was gonna be." "We struggled for about a week with it,... ..and I went home and I was reading a book on stained glass." "And the combination of the Nox people and what I was reading that night,... ..that's how we put that together." "Stained glass turns into another world." "It's not a stained glass world - that's just an element of it." "So you find clues in the strangest places." "(narrator) Sometimes luck can change locations overnight." "For the episode "Small Victories", the story was to be set on a fishing trawler." "Until the producers got access to a real Russian submarine,... ..brought to Vancouver from Vladivostok." "Instead, they shot two days on the sub, and built a replica of its interior." "You'd better blow this thing." "Normally, a television series..." "you've got offices and police cars and..." 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The primary focus—meaning the commitment of personnel, resources, and senior leaders’ attention—of U.S. counterterrorism policies is the capture or killing (though, overwhelmingly killing) of existing terrorists. Far less money and programmatic attention is dedicated to preventing the emergence of new terrorists. As an anecdotal example of this, I often ask U.S. government officials and mid-level staffers, “what are you doing to prevent a neutral person from becoming a terrorist?” They always claim this this is not their responsibility, and point toward other agencies, usually the Department of State (DOS) or Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where this is purportedly their obligation internationally or domestically, respectively. DOS and DHS officials then refer generally to “countering violent extremism” policies, while acknowledging that U.S. government efforts on this front have been wholly ineffective.

The primary method for killing suspected terrorists is with stand-off precision airstrikes. With regard to the self-declared Islamic State, U.S. officials have repeatedly stated that the pathway to “destroying” the terrorist organization is by killing every one of its current members. Last February, Marie Harf, DOS spokesperson, said, “We are killing them and will continue killing ISIS terrorists that pose a threat to us.” Then in June, Lt. Gen. John Hesterman, Combined Forces Air Component commander, stated, “We kill them wherever we find them,” and just this week, Col. Steve Warren, Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman, claimed, “If you’re part of ISIL, we will kill you. That’s our rule.”

The problem with this "kill-em’-all with airstrikes" rule, is that it is not working. Pentagon officials claim that at least 25,000 Islamic State fighters have been killed (an anonymous official said 23,000 in November, while on Wednesday, Warren added “about 2,500” more were killed in December.) Remarkably, they also claim that alongside the 25,000 fighters killed, only 6 civilians have “likely” been killed in the seventeen-month air campaign. At the same time, officials admit that the size of the group has remained wholly unchanged. In 2014, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) estimated the size of the Islamic State to be between 20,000 and 31,000 fighters, while on Wednesday, Warren again repeated the 30,000 estimate. To summarize the anti-Islamic State bombing calculus: 30,000 – 25,000 = 30,000.

Given there is no publicly articulated interest by Obama administration officials in revisiting this approach, let’s review U.S. counterterrorism bombing for 2015. Last year, the United States dropped an estimated total of 23,144 bombs in six countries. Of these, 22,110 were dropped in Iraq and Syria. This estimate is based on the fact that the United States has conducted 77 percent of all airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, while there were 28,714 U.S.-led coalition munitions dropped in 2015. This overall estimate is probably slightly low, because it also assumes one bomb dropped in each drone strike in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, which is not always the case.


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Start your Own Business (SYOB) Relief & Back to Work Enterprise Allowance (BTWEA) An incentive for individuals who have been long term unemployed (for at least 15 months) prior to starting their own business will provide a two year exemption from the charge to income tax subject to a maximum of €40,000 income per annum. [...]

Second Home Levy The annual NPPR charge of €200 per property applied for all years 2009-2013. The NPPR has been replaced in 2014 by the Local Property Tax (LPT). In order to maximise compliance and encourage payment of outstanding NPPR charge arrears, section 74 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides that for the [...]


DESQview Interrupt List Release 90.3 Last change 7/15/90
Please distribute all of the following files (unmodified) together in an
archive called DVINT390:
DVINTER.1ST this file
DVINTER.LST the DESQview API listing
---------------------------------------------
NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE
This compilation is (c) Copyright 1989, 1990 Ralf Brown
Permission is granted to use and redistribute the files comprising the
interrupt listing in any way, provided my name and addresses and the names of
all contributers are preserved, as well as the information on how to obtain
new releases.
Please send corrections/additions to me rather than distributing a modified
version of the list, so that all may benefit from your contribution.
This version of the list reverts to the public domain one year after the
date of its release, with the sincere hope that the credits and availability
information are retained.
---------------------------------------------
The newest release of the full interrupt list list is available in the
following places (please do not ask me to email it, it is just too large
for that):
On the ARPAnet, by standard anonymous FTP from CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.222.173].
Change directly to directory /afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/ralf/pub and get the
file interrup.zip which is a link to the current version. You MUST
change directory first because of the way CMU's anonymous FTP works.
Don't forget to set mode "binary" or "type L 8"! ZIP unarchivers for
MSDOS and BSD Unix are available in the "archivers" subdirectory.
On FIDOnet, from Doctor's Inn BBS 1:129/53 1-412-881-7757 1200/2400/9600 HST
as file INTERnyy.ZIP, where nyy stands for release 'n' of year 'yy',
in file area #4. First-time callers may download. File Requests.
2400 bps callers should try 1:129/81 1-412-881-1749 (same computer,
different modem) first.
The list is also posted to USEnet in comp.binaries.ibm.pc about three times per
year, concurrent with a new release of the list. Since comp.binaries.ibm.pc is
archived, you will be able to find a fairly recent release in the various UUCP
archives.
Secondary Distribution Points (the list will be available here within a day or
so of release):
ARPA: on WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL [26.2.0.74] as file INTERnyy.ZIP in directory
PD1:, where nyy stands for release n of year yy. Note
that you must use mode "tenex" or "type L 8" to successfully FTP the
file.
FIDO: SyncPoint BBS 1:261/1008 1-301-529-2584 File Requests.
Additional Distribution Points:
BITnet: you may retrieve the copy on WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL via the following
automated mail servers:
(in the US) LISTSERV@RPIECS (alias VM.ECS.RPI.EDU)
LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 (alias VM1.NODAK.EDU)
(in Europe) TRICKLE at TREARN (Turkey)
TRICKLE at IMIPOLI (Italy)
TRICKLE at DB0FUB11 (Germany)
TRICKLE at DKTC11 (Denmark)
TRICKLE at AWIWUW11 (Austria)
TRICKLE at EB0UB011 (Spain)
TRICKLE at BANUFS11 (Belgium)
(elsewhere) TRICKLE at TAUNIVM (Israel)
FIDO: boards belonging to the DVNET distribution system
CompuServe: in the IBM Programming Forum Library 6 as INTnyy.*
According to Mark Seiffert, the list is available
>on MostAnyNet via mail from my archive server as file
>"other/dos/interrup.zip". Send the following message to;
>
>uucp: rex!mgse!archive
>bitnet: archive%mgse@REX.CS.TULANE.EDU
>internet: archive%mgse@rex.cs.tulane.edu
>
>The message;
>------------------------------------------------
>SET UUENCODE
>SEND other/dos/interrup.zip
>------------------------------------------------
>
>The file will be uuencoded, chopped up and sent. Btoa may be used instead
>of uuencode, use SET BTOA instead of SET UUENCODE.
---------------------------------------------
DISCLAIMER: I verify the information contained in this list to the best of my
ability, but I cannot be held responsible for any problems caused by use or
misuse of the information, especially for those functions not officially
documented. If it is marked "internal", you should check it carefully to make
sure it works the same way in your version of the software (and please let me
know whether or not it works the same way). Information marked with "???" is
known to be incomplete or guesswork.
---------------------------------------------
This list is the result of the time and effort of a large number of people,
among them
1/85 Janet Jack (original list)
1/85 J. Weaver Jr.
2/85 John Cooper
2/85 Skip Gilbrech
Bob Jack
4/85 Jim Kyle
8/85 John Ruschmeyer ihnp4!vax135!petsd!moncol!john
8/85 Bill Frolik ihnp4!hplabs!hp-pcd!bill
8/85 Ross M. Greenberg uunet!utoday!greenber
10/87 Ralf Brown ralf@cs.cmu.edu become list maintainer
3/88 Ralf Brown ralf@cs.cmu.edu DESQview API
2/89 Ralf Brown ralf@cs.cmu.edu VCPI API
5/90 Mike Weaver 1:264/610 DESQview XDI
---------------------------------------------
Key to system abbreviations
(unless otherwise indicated, a function is available on all systems)
PC IBM PC
XT IBM PC XT
PORT IBM PC Portable (uses same BIOS as XT)
Jr IBM PCjr
AT IBM PC AT
XT2 IBM PC XT 2
XT286 IBM PC XT/286
CONV IBM Convertible
PS IBM PS/2, any model
PS30 IBM PS/2 Model 30 and below
PS50+ IBM PS/2 Models 50,60,70,80
CGA Color Graphics Adapter
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
VGA Video Graphics Array
MCGA Multi-Color Graphics Array
TopView TopView/DESQview/TaskView/OmniView/other compatibles
---------------------------------------------
To keep the lawyers happy:
Microsoft, MS, MS DOS, OS/2 are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
IBM, PC, PCjr, PC/XT, PC/AT, XT/286, PS/2, TopView are trademarks of IBM Corp.
Compaq is a registered trademark of Compaq Corp.
Turbo C and Turbo Pascal are registered trademarks of Borland International
Tandy 1000 is a registered trademark of Tandy Corp.
DESQview is a trademark of Quarterdeck Office Systems
TaskView and OmniView are trademarks of Sunny Hill Software
10-Net is a trademark of Fox Research, Inc.
Mouse Systems is a trademark of Mouse Systems Corp.
NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc.
TesSeRact is a trademark of the TesSeRact Development Team.
PC Tools is a trademark of Central Point Software, Inc.
HALO'88 is a trademark of Media Cybernetics.
Banyan is a registered trademark of Banyan Systems, Inc.
StreetTalk, VINES, and Banyan Network Server are trademarks of Banyan Sys, Inc.
386/DOS-Extender is a trademark of Phar Lap Software, Inc.
Various other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders
---------------------------------------------
What they're saying about the interrupt list:
"A cornucopia of descriptions of interrupt and function calls on the
IBM PC. A great thing to have on your hard disk if you don't have
a Ray Duncan or Peter Norton book handy."
_Turbo_Technix_, July/August 1988, p. 157.
[and that was about the 1/30/88 version, which is less than one-fifth the size
of the current version....]
---------------------------------------------
If you know of any information not in the list, or which is stated incorrectly,
please let me know! This list would be a pale shadow of its current self if it
weren't for everybody's input.
Software developers are encouraged to check the list before assigning
interrupts, and to provide me with a list of interrupt calls used (to help
prevent future interrupt conflicts).
Ralf Brown
Address e-mail to:
ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu
UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf
BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@cmuccvma
FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/3.1 (new address!)
or post a message to the DR_DEBUG echo
CompuServe: >INTERNET:ralf@cs.cmu.edu
Snail mail:
Ralf Brown
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(please enclose a SASE or e-mail address if you want a speedy reply)
(an air-mail letter costs two international return coupons)
I reply to all e-mail submissions and inquiries. If you do not receive a reply
within a reasonable time, send your message again, giving a better return path
(on UUCP, a bang path starting at harvard or ucbvax; elsewhere, a path starting
from the ARPA Internet).


README

Mongo Database README
DOCUMENTATION
http://www.10gen.com/wiki/db
ORGANIZATION
db/ : core database source code
grid/ : socket messaging stuff
util/ : util classes
BUILDING
cd db
make clean && make
RUNNING
Run ./db and command line options will display.
COMPILER VERSIONS
Mongo has been tested with GCC 4.1.2 and Visual Studio 2008. Older versions
of GCC may not be happy.
NOTES
Mongo uses the 10gen appserver and the Java Virtual Machine to execute
user program code in the database. This feature is optional -- if you would
like to run the database without these installed, run with the --nojni
option. With --nojni specified, the db.eval() and $where features are no
longer available.
Mongo uses memory mapped files. If built as a 32 bit executable, you will
not be able to work with large (multi-gigabyte) databases. However, 32 bit
builds should work fine with small development databases.


Modulation of mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors in rat brain by metal ions and histidine.
The effect of zinc (Zn2+) and several other trace elements was studied on the binding of the opioid receptor agonists [3H] DAGO [( ([Tyr-D-Ala-Gly-Methyl-Phe-Glyol]-enkephalin)a, [3H] DSTLE ([Tyr-D-Ser-Gly-Phe-Leu-Thr]-enkephalin) and [3H] EKC (ethylketocyclazocine), which are specific for the mu, delta and kappa opioid receptors, respectively, in the cerebral cortex of the rat. Physiological concentrations of zinc were inhibitory to mu receptor binding, whereas the delta and kappa receptors were relatively insensitive to this inhibition. Scatchard analysis, using these opioid agonists, revealed curvilinear plots; concentrations of zinc equal to or less than the IC50 (the concentration of cation which caused 50% inhibition of the binding of opioid ligand to its receptor), increased the KD (the dissociation constant) of all three subtypes of receptor, with no effect on the Bmax (the maximum number of binding sites) and abolished the high affinity sites of the delta and kappa receptors. Copper, cadmium and mercury also inhibited the binding of these ligands to their receptors. Histidine was most effective in preventing the inhibitory effects of zinc and copper, whereas it was less effective on cadmium and without any effect on the inhibition caused by mercury. Magnesium and manganese were stimulatory to opioid receptor binding, whereas cobalt and nickel had dual (stimulatory and inhibitory) effects. Non-inhibitory concentrations of zinc significantly decreased the stimulatory effects of magnesium and manganese on the mu and delta receptors, suggesting that part of the effect of zinc was through prevention of the actions of stimulatory cations.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


In a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system (herein indicates the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.16e communication system), a terminal sends a DREG-REQ message to a base station to enter an idle mode.
FIG. 1 depicts general idle mode entrance and entrance failure. A terminal 100 includes a modem 105 and a host 110. While a message is transmitted through the modem 105, it is illustrated that the terminal 100 transmits the message to ease the understanding.
When there is no uplink/downlink data traffic over a certain time (hereafter, referred to as a Tidletime) after a call connection, the terminal 100 enters an idle mode by signaling with a base station 120 so as to avoid power consumption.
To enter the idle mode, the terminal 100 sends an idle mode request message (hereafter, referred to as a DREG-REQ message) in step a), and starts a timer T45 in step b) to receive an idle mode approval message (hereafter, referred to as a DREG-CMD message) from the base station 120 in response to the DREG-REQ message in step b).
When receiving the DREG-CMD message from the base station 120 before the timer T45 expires in step c), the terminal 100 stops the timer T45 in step d) and enters the idle mode in steps e) and f).
When receiving no DREG-CMD message before the timer T45 expires in step g), the terminal 100 retransmits the DREG-REQ message in step h).
When the number of the retransmissions exceeds the number of allowed retransmissions of the idle mode request message (hereafter, referred to as a DREG request retry count) in step i), the terminal 100 commences the initial call connection in step j). Here, the default value of the DREG request retry count is 3.
When the terminal 100 travels in a shadow area, the deteriorated channel condition may cause an increase of the number of the retransmissions of the DREG-REQ message. As a result, the number of the retransmissions of the DREG-REQ message is liable to exceed the DREG request retry count.
In this situation, the terminal 100 can not enter the idle mode but merely repeats the initial call connection because of the failure to enter the idle mode. In addition, the power consumption is increased.


The Confederation works towards the unification of all European scientists interested in human and veterinary medical issues related to mycology, as the umbrella organisations of the European mycological entities.

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Here you can find my Scientfic Computing with Math::GSL Podcast from PDX.pm.( Stream, Download) In the talk I compare PDL and Math::GSL, talk about the Google Summer of Code 2008, and show off some of the subsystems that are currently working. I field some questions from the audience about whether Math::GSL does symbolic computing or parrallelized/vectorized computing (it doesn't, at least yet) and how exactly I turn Perl subroutine references into C function pointers. If you look at the presentation slides here while you listen, it is almost like being there!

I've just sent another dev release off to CPAN, 0.13_03 to test the recent Build changes that were necessary to get AMD64 boxen to correctly compile. It turns out that they really need the "-fPIC" flag at compilation and link time or else stuff blows up:

usr/bin/ld: BLAS_wrap.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC BLAS_wrap.o: could not read symbols: Bad valuecollect2: ld returned 1 exit statuserror building blib/arch/auto/Math/GSL/BLAS/BLAS.so file from 'BLAS_wrap.o' at inc/GSLBuilder.pm line 99.


President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE on Wednesday doubled down on his use of the term "animals" to describe some immigrants living illegally in the U.S.

Speaking at an event in New York about the MS-13 gang, Trump rebuked critics who said the term was inappropriate and reiterated that he used it to refer to gang members only.

"I called them animals the other day and I was met with rebuke," Trump said. "They said, 'These are people.' These are not people, these are animals and we have to be very, very tough."

Trump on MS-13 gang members: “They’re not people, these are animals. And we have to be very, very tough” #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/BubbWTDfq1 — TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) May 23, 2018

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The president sparked controversy last week when he use the word "animals" during a discussion about "sanctuary cities" and members of MS-13.

During the meeting at the White House, a California sheriff told Trump she was frustrated by how her state's laws have limited the ability of local law enforcement officials to enforce federal immigration laws, especially against MS-13 members.

“These aren’t people. These are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a rate that’s never happened before," Trump responded.

The president said afterward that he was only referring to violent gang members, but critics questioned whether he was talking about immigrants more broadly.

Trump has previously used the term “animals” to refer to members of MS-13. He has also labeled larger groups of immigrants who come to the U.S. illegally as criminals.

At the Thursday event, Trump addressed the issue of minors who are brought into the U.S. illegally, pointing out that some go on to join violent gangs.

"They look so innocent. They are not innocent," he said.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump was clearly referring to MS-13 and said the term is more than appropriate.

"If the media and liberals want to defend MS-13, they're more than welcome to," Sanders told reporters last week. "Frankly, I don't think the term the president used is strong enough."


BREAKING: That Kid In Your Politics Class Not Edgy, Just A Racist

CAS Sophomore Clive Thurston has been making an impression in his Political Theory class with his “edgy” commentary on American politics.

“I try to push the boundaries,” said Thurston. “Now if that occasionally means suggesting Rosa Parks should have given up her seat on the bus, well then that’s just the price we pay for an honest dialogue.”

Still, not all of Thurston’s classmates have responded positively to his bold statements. “The other day he went on this lengthy tangent about eugenics, and the potential link between race and intelligence,” said fellow classmate Barbara Novak. “This was in response to the professor asking if everyone was registered on the class website.”

At press time, Thurston was busy drafting an essay for class titled “The Troubling Work Ethic of the Inner City Youth.”


CSRP1

Cysteine and glycine-rich protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CSRP1 gene.

CSRP1 is a member of the CSRP family of genes encoding a group of LIM domain proteins, which may be involved in regulatory processes important for development and cellular differentiation. The LIM/double zinc-finger motif found in CRP1 is found in a group of proteins with critical functions in gene regulation, cell growth, and somatic differentiation Other genes in the family include CSRP2 and CSRP3.

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T-32 Turbine Oil: Choosing the Correct Filter Media

T-32 turbine oil is used in modern steam turbines that are typically used for the generation of electricity. To maintain the perfoamance characteristics and extend the service life of oil, it must be filtered regularly so that it remains as free as possible from contaminants. Below, we look at the various filter media for turbine oil filters including those used to filter T-32 oil.
First we will look at some of the more general requirements for oil filters. After analysis of using filters for purification of oil products, the following conditions are a must:

The filtered oil must not be destructive to the filter and the filter should have no negative influence on the oil;

The media must not acquire an electric charge while filtering turbine oil;

The cost of the media should be reasonable and it should be made of readily available materialsl;

and If at all possible, the filters should have the capacity for regeneration, i.e. for restoration of performance after a service cycle. If the filter is disposable, it should be designed with disposal in mind.

These are the general requirements for oil filters, but other specific conditions, due to the nature of the filtered product, use of the filter, filter element design may also be important.
In practice, turbine oil can be filtered using various materials with a wide range of filtration parameters and properties. They vary in chemical composition and are made in many different ways. Until recently, filter materials were classified by functional principle into surface and depth filters. The main difference was that the thickness of surface filters was only several times that of the size of the contaminants. The thickness of depth filters are several times more than the size of the filtered contaminants. It was considered that filters made of surface filter media retained particles on the surface while the depth filters trapped them in the pores of the filter medium. This classification was quite vague since most materials used to make turbine oil filters now cannot be unambiguously classified as either depth or surface media.
In terms of physical properties, filters can be compressible, uncompressible, flexible or stiff. The most important property of filtering medium is compressibility.
Flexibility or stiffness shows not only the filter’s physical properties, but also the principle of its operation.
The filtering ability of media depends a lot on the properties of the filter’s porous barrier. If filter pores are used as a reference for classification, some of the parameters for such classification are pore size, structure of the material, and the pore structure. In terms of size, there are macropores (larger than 0.2 micron), mesopores (0.2-0.03 micron) and micropores (less than 0.03 micron).
From the practical viewpoint, the most interesting classification of porous material is based on the geometry of the material. The structure of all filter media used for industrial oil can be either fibrous or globular.
Organic and non-organic fibers of natural and artificial origin are widely used for the production of filter media. Some of the natural fibers are flax, silk, wool, cotton, wood, and felt. Some of the artificial fibers include rayon, acetate fiber, and casein. These are similar to natural fibers. There are also fibers with properties which do not exist in natural form such as capron, lavsan, and polyethylene.
Other materials used for production of filter media include carious granulated organic and non-organic origin (quartz, diatomite, chromite, glass, steel, nickel, copper-titanium, chrome, bronze, monel).

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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Kentrell Brice was eating lunch earlier this week when he felt someone looming. He looked up, and that person -- quarterback Aaron Rodgers -- was also smiling.

"He was like, 'You've got to have stronger hands than that,'" the Green Bay Packers rookie safety said, shaking his head. "He was just joking around, playing around."

Rodgers wasn't the first to give Brice a hard time about letting a would-be interception slip through his fingers during Sunday's practice. Safeties coach Darren Perry and the rest of the guys in his meeting room beat the two-time NFL MVP to that.

"He gets one right in the basket and he drops it," Perry said, chuckling. "You've get a chance to pick off one of the best and you get one right in your hands and you drop it? You can't miss out on those opportunities. He'll learn from it."

The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Brice seems to be a quick learner, having made an impression through the first few weeks of training camp on a team known for keeping several undrafted rookies each year.

Asked if there's a quality those rookie free agents have had in common, general manager Ted Thompson replied Tuesday, "Being the kind of instinctive player that's where he's supposed to be when he's supposed to be there."

The drop notwithstanding, that's exactly what Brice has done. Not only was he in position on Rodgers' throw, but he's been in the right place throughout camp. In Friday's preseason victory over Cleveland, he played a whopping 47 snaps (36 on defense, 11 on special teams) and recorded three tackles (one for loss) on defense and three more on special teams.

"I don't worry about Kentrell's hands. He can catch the football. I'm sure he'll capitalize the next opportunity he gets," Perry said. "He's coming along, he's doing some good things. You see him do some things that you like and you see some areas of improvement. As with all those guys, first time out of the gate, they're not going to be perfect, but you're looking for them to go out and play with a certain attitude and a certain aggressiveness and display some of the abilities that you look for in order to play at this level."

Brice got the Packers' attention with a strong showing in his on-campus pro day -- 4.44-second 40-yard dash, 42-inch vertical leap, 11-foot, 1-inch broad jump -- and he seems to have chosen wisely after going undrafted out of Louisiana Tech.

Should the Packers decide to keep five safeties, there are only four -- starters Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Morgan Burnett, versatile No. 3 Micah Hyde and special-teams ace Chris Banjo -- whose roster spots appear safe. While surpluses at other positions could affect the final roster calls, Brice will be tough to cut if he continues on his current trajectory.

"I feel like it's gone pretty well so far but I need to continue to build on the things I've done so far and get better," Brice said. "[The near-interception] gives me a little extra confidence. For me to be in the position to even get near a ball from a two-time MVP, one of the greatest players of all time, it's just a confidence-builder and makes me feel like I can continue to elevate my game to a different level.

"I just have to make sure next time, I catch it."


Q:

Unexpected firing of change event in Javascript

I am using url parameters to tell the backend how to sort my multiple lists on a page. The parameters are being set based on select blocks for each list(sortBy, orderBy). On page load I am setting the selects to match the parameters.
function setSortOptions()
{
    var select = document.getElementsByTagName("select"),
        qParams = getParameters();

    for (var i=0, l = select.length; i < l; i++)
    {
        var self = select[i],
            name = self.name,
            value = qParams[name],
            opt = self.options[value];

        if(opt) opt.selected = true;

        select[i].addEventListener("change", SortMyLists(event), false);
    }
}

With my current function the event listener is firing SortMyLists immediately. Why is this when I am changing the selected option before assigning the event listener?

A:

Don't execute the function. Just pass a reference to it:
select[i].addEventListener("change", SortMyLists`, false);


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After eight years at the helm of "America's secret cyber army", NSA head Keith Alexander, has decided to spend more time with his family and less time with yours, and is stepping down. According to US officials, the director of the NSA and his deputy are expected to depart in coming months, in a move that almost certainly would not have happened without the involvement of America's most infamous whitsleblower currently self-exiled in Russia, Edward Snowden in a development which according to Reuters, "could give Obama a chance to reshape the eavesdropping agency."

It is unclear what he would "reshape" it into: at last check the Stasi headquarters in Berlin did not have quite the capacity to house the Cray supercomputers needed to make sure that anyone and everyone caught selling stocks gets a lifetime audit guarantee from the IRS.

We are confident, however, that with the surge in government-employed architects coming back to "work" from their 17 days paid vacation, someone will have an idea or two.

From Reuters:

Army General Keith Alexander's eight-year tenure was rocked this year by revelations contained in documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden about the agency's widespread scooping up of telephone, e-mail and social media data. Alexander has formalized plans to leave by next March or April, while his civilian deputy, John "Chris" Inglis, is due to retire by year's end, according to U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

It also wasn't clear who would replace the man who once upon a time made his office into a replica of the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, although there certainly are candidates.

One leading candidate to replace Alexander is Vice Admiral Michael Rogers, currently commander of the U.S. Navy's 10th Fleet and U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, officials told Reuters. The 10th Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command both have their headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, between Washington and Baltimore. The NSA is also headquartered at Fort Meade. There has been no final decision on selecting Rogers to succeed Alexander, and other candidates may be considered, the officials said.

More importantly, the question is whether with America's domestic epsionage and email address book collection efforts exposed for the entire world to see, courtesy of Edward Snowden, will Obama decide to engage in a strategic shift in policy, or merely double down and install RFID chips into every newborn American.

While both men are leaving voluntarily, the dual vacancies give Obama an opportunity both to install new leadership following Snowden's revelations and to decide whether the NSA and Cyber Command should have separate leaders.

Cyber Command, which has grown significantly in recent years, has the authority to engage in both defensive and offensive operations in cyberspace. Many NSA veterans argue that having the same person lead the spy agency and Cyber Command diminishes the emphasis on the NSA's work and its unique capabilities. Rogers has been the Navy's top cyber commander since September 2011. Prior to that, he was director of intelligence for the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and for the U.S. Pacific Command. Rogers is "a good leader, very insightful and well thought of within the community," said a U.S. defense official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Rogers has worked hard to ensure that the Navy has sufficient sailors trained to take on added cyber responsibilities for U.S. Cyber Command, the official said.

Sorry, we forgot to add "rhetorical" before question.


Image copyright Bobby Singh Image caption Estate agent Bobby Singh is asking landlords to offer properties to NHS staff for free

Thousands of landlords are offering homes to NHS workers for free following reports that some face eviction.

Swathes of UK hospital employees have been forced to rent properties to relocate or isolate from their families.

Some are facing eviction because landlords have deemed them an infection risk.

But in the past week, sites have sprung up to manage the number of property owners now offering free accommodation.

Merilee Karr, a co-founder of the Short Term Accommodation Association, set up NHS Homes a fortnight ago.

The site aims to put health staff in touch with landlords willing to offer properties for free or next to nothing.

Mrs Karr, who also runs the luxury letting service Under the Doormat, said the the short-term letting market was down by 90 per cent.

As a result, many in the industry had empty properties and were willing to help out.

About 400 rooms are now listed through NHS Homes, worth a combined total of £1.2m in rent a month.

She said: "Our sector is in lockdown and there's no way of knowing how long so we thought, let's put our spaces to good use.

"There's no better way to do that than helping the people who are going to be helping us through this crisis."

Image copyright Kay Morgan Image caption Kay Morgan is charging NHS staff just £5 a day.

Among the landlords, Kay Morgan, from Ayrshire, has offered to rent her flat in Prestwick town centre out to all frontline staff for £5 a day.

She had been making between £50 and £150 a night through various booking sites.

"As a family we have well and truly used up our NHS quota," the 46-year-old said. "As the virus started, ping went my phone and all the cancellations came in.

"I thought, rather than it sit empty, I can help somebody."

She said the opportunity would allow staff members to take on extra shifts, knowing they had a place to stay away from their families.

Image copyright Kendra Smith Image caption Simon Bell, whose partner John is a doctor, rents out his London home while in Sri Lanka

Elsewhere, Simon Bell, 51, is lending his home in Brixton, south London, to an NHS worker he has never met.

He and his partner run a social enterprise in Sri Lanka and for the past eight years, Mr Bell has spent half his time there and rented out their London home while they are away.

His partner John trained as a doctor in the US and has just flown out to help with medical needs in Seattle.

"We were lucky enough to be here when it all started going really crazy. Sri Lanka is in lockdown too and taking precautions, but so far it's not too bad," he said.

"It just felt like some way of being able to help when we're so far away and so many people are suffering so much worse. It was a no-brainer, a brilliant idea."

AirBnB, which has been criticised for not giving its hosts clear guidance on whether to allow new lettings or not, began appealing for landlords to help the NHS last week.

The site is aiming to house 100,000 health workers through short-term lets. More than 1,500 landlords hosts signed up in the first two days.

Director of public policy Patrick Robinson said: "The hosts who are offering accommodation through this initiative are real people, they can see what's happening to their friends, neighbours and their community and want to do everything they can to help."

Image copyright AirBnB Image caption Patrick Robinson, director of policy at AirBnB, says hosts are willing to help during the crisis.

Scores of private landlords and local estate agents across the UK are also joining the effort.

Bobby Singh, from Birmingham estate agents Love Your Postcode, contacted its clients to ask if they would offer empty properties for local NHS staff.

"In the last eight days we've had about 50 people moving into properties, quite a few of them co-shared by doctors and paramedics," the 39-year-old said.

Mr Singh said the main reason staff needed accommodation close to their work was "to prevent the virus from spreading to their loved ones".

Others have been redeployed at hospitals miles away from their home.

But, he added other front line staff had been asked to leave their existing accommodation because of fears they may carry the virus, similar to the case of Joseph Alsousou, a doctor from The Wirral.

Image copyright Joseph Alsousou Image caption Doctor Joseph Alsousou was evicted from his flat due to fears he also had the virus.

The 43-year-old surgeon had been renting a room at a house in Oxford on weekdays but was asked to leave in March because his landlord was worried about contracting Covid-19.

Dr Alsousou has now set up Rooms4NHS, which will put medics in touch with landlords offering cheap or free properties.

"The response nationally has been amazing," he said. "There are people offering rooms, whole flats, cottages and even their own residence.

"It has really touched me how people are behind the NHS."

In London, many NHS staff are renting places in the centre of the capital to avoid using public transport.

Anaesthetist John Thornton, 48, is staying in a flat offered to him through the NHS Homes scheme.

The apartment is six minutes from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he works - allowing him to avoid the exposure and exhaustion of a commute.

"It's a fantastic gesture on their part and very helpful," he said. "If one of your family gets sick, you can avoid them and not isolate for a week or two weeks."

Image caption Advice on how to slow the spread of the virus

Additional reporting: Rob England, BBC News

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