The great artificer
    Made my mate.

  Honor, anger, valor, fire;
  A love that life could never tire;
    Death quench or evil stir,
  The mighty master
    Gave to her.

  Teacher, tender, comrade, wife,
  A fellow-farer true through life,
    Heart-whole and soul-free,
  The august father
    Gave to me."

It was at the Lows' Apartment in New York that I first met Mrs.
Stevenson. I called one afternoon to see Mrs. Low, who was convalescing
from an illness. She sent word that she would be able to see me in
half an hour, and I was shown into the living-room, where, meditating
by the fire, sat Mrs. Stevenson. She seemed exceedingly picturesque to
me, in a rich black satin gown, her hair tied back by a black ribbon in
girlish fashion and falling in three ringlets down her back.

She told me stories of her first arrival in New York that were as
amusing as some of Stevenson's prairie experiences. She engaged a
messenger-boy to pioneer her through the great stone jungle, not from<|endoftext|> wisdom that the economy can grow while using less energy. Though Amory Lovins claimed in 1984 that energy efficiency would allow US electricity to decrease, by 2007 electricity use had grown by 66%. (p. 138)

Gusher convincingly shows a strong interconnection between energy use, labor productivity and growth in the Gross Domestic Product. These connections cannot be offset by energy efficiency. As long ago as 1867, William Stanley Jevons showed that increases in the efficiency of coal use resulted in an increase (not a decrease) in the use of coal.

Nor does Bryce swallow the myth that solar or wind power can ever amount to more than a small fraction of the energy needs of an expanding market economy. Charging that "ethanol is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated," (p. 11) he notes that ethanol has costs that are higher, efficiency that is lower, and greenhouse gases that are worse than oil. Producing a gallon of oil requires about 2.8 gallons of fresh water, while a gallon of corn-based ethanol requires 885 gallons of fresh water (pp. 188-189), making it an ecological as well as an economic travesty.

...the entire concept of "energy independence" is pointless.

As the subtitle of Gusher indicates, the entire concept of "energy independence" is pointless. While the US imports 60% of its oil, it imports an even higher proportion of essential minerals and other raw materials. (p. 16) No modern economy can or should be "independent" of the rest of the world.

And the author sees a major problem with the US' extracting raw materials such as oil by force. Bryce despises the use of militarism and instead embraces globalism and trade. Noting that "the Second Iraq war is, largely, about controlling the flow of that country's oil" (p. 23), he derides the role of the US as international cop (p. 290), and describes the war on terrorism as more dangerous than terrorists. (p. 266)

Yet Bryce's solutions are as unworkable as the ideas he debunks. His alternative rests on two horrible premises: the US population must expand its limitless supply of junk, and this expansion requires more oil, gas and nuclear power. Very early on, Bryce decrees that "America needs energy, and lots of it." (p. 10) Later, he lets his readers know that object worship is eternal: "As people get richer, they want more stuff." (p. 133)

These "solutions" quickly become snared in a web of contradictions.

The concepts "biodiversity" and "habitat destruction" are not part of Gusher. Unprecedented species extinction is apparently a price well worth paying in order to amass trinkets. Bryce downplays the exhaustion of oil fields and claims that people "have no choice but to adapt to the changing global climate." (p. 268) Oblivious to environmental threats, he endorses offshore oil drilling.

With tunnel vision on expanding energy, Bryce touts nuclear power. He claims nukes produce less waste and are more economically viable.

These "solutions" quickly become snared in a web of contradictions. His work is devoted to attacking the pervasive belief in a need for oil independence. But he treats the desire for more stuff as a value which must be accepted, revealing his willingness to pick and choose which beliefs he is willing to confront. Bryce never gives any hint of understanding that if attitudes about the accumulation of things were to change, then production could decrease and problems of oil depletion would be resolved.

Even more disturbing is Bryce's belief that crass materialism can be amply supplied by coal, gas and nuclear power. Though he acknowledges that fossil fuels will one day be exhausted, he urges policy makers to rush to hasten the depletion.

His discussion of favored alternatives uses vastly different standards than for options he disdains. First, he correctly notes resource limitations of solar, wind and ethanol, but vastly understates limitations for gas, oil and nukes. Use of the phrase "at current rates of extraction" (pp. 211, 247) can easily lull readers into missing the fact that rates of extraction must increase with demand, hastening resource Judgment Day.

His second contradiction in standards is worker safety. When critiquing ethanol, Bryce admirably describes the horrendous effects sugarcane production has on workers. (pp. 169-170) But when trumpeting nukes, he is silent on the cancers, birth defects and immunological disorders that plague workers and residents throughout the nuclear life cycle of mining, milling, producing power and waste control of nuclear material.

Third are his double standards for environmental hazards. Bryce accurately enumerates many of the disasters with ethanol which are kept out of the corporate press. But he pretends that nukes are carbon neutral (p. 205), again by ignoring the nuclear life cycle.

Bryce bemoans the fact that wind power and ethanol could only exist with government subsidies
but then rehashes the absurd claim that nukes are cheap.

The fourth and most egregious error is financial. Bryce bemoans the fact that wind power and ethanol could only exist with government subsidies but then rehashes the absurd claim that nukes are cheap. This flight from reality omits many factors, but two are most salient.

In calculating the cost of electricity generated by nukes in Austin, Texas, Bryce conveniently leaves out the price of storing the waste for somewhere between 10,000 and 4.5 billion years (depending on whose figures you use), which, if included, would infinitely expand true cost figures. If infinity could be squared, Bryce would need to multiply that cost by insurance figures for nuclear plant and waste containment accidents.

He conveniently leaves out the fact that nukes can only exists by virtue of the Price-Anderson Act of 1957 and other legislation which limits liability for accidents. If he truly wanted full cost figures to be used for all types of energy, Bryce would demand that all offshore oil drilling and nuclear power plant companies purchase full insurance at market value for all stages of their operation without taxpayers footing any of the bill.

Bryce should know that this would mean that both would be immediately halted. Many environmentalists would rebuke Bryce's work. But they should ask if apologies for problems associated with ethanol and solar and wind power are any worse than what he overlooks in defense of nuclear power and offshore oil drilling.

The New Economics: A Bigger Picture, by David Boyle & Andrew Simms. London: Earthscan, 2009, 192 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-84407-675-8 (hbk.)

Boyle and Simms fill in a good part of what Bryce leaves out. Gusher is based on the liberal corporate assumption that the emptiness which people feel in their lives can be filled by accumulating physical objects. It assumes an economics of growth without asking why we must produce more and more things when there is already an obscene glut of commodities.

In sharp contrast, The New Economics points out that economic growth has not reduced poverty or improved the quality of people's lives and that the "system has to move faster and faster just to keep still, generating new desires and unsatisfiable wants, leading to depression, disaffection and environmental degradation." (p. 11)

The authors illustrate that "growth" is often nothing more than a society running in circles with increasing frenzy. In 1900, the average speed for traveling through London was 12 mph. A century of autos, highways and pollution could only drop that speed to 11.8 mph. (p. 65) In 1495, peasants needed to work 15 weeks per year; but now, all adults in a household can work over 50 weeks per year without being able to survive. (p. 79)

A good part of the problem is that 80% of products are discarded after a single use. (p. 100) Boyle and Simms point out that reliance on money contributes to the problem, since money can be a disincentive: more people give blood from a desire to help than do those who donate for pay. They trace the original sin of growth to private banks making loans which must be paid back with interest, thereby enriching bankers and compelling economic expansion.

The New Economics searches for different ways for humans to achieve well-being

 wisdom that the economy can grow while using less energy. Though Amory Lovins claimed in 1984 that energy efficiency would allow US electricity to decrease, by 2007 electricity use had grown by 66%. (p. 138)

Gusher convincingly shows a strong interconnection between energy use, labor productivity and growth in the Gross Domestic Product. These connections cannot be offset by energy efficiency. As long ago as 1867, William Stanley Jevons showed that increases in the efficiency of coal use resulted in an increase (not a decrease) in the use of coal.

Nor does Bryce swallow the myth that solar or wind power can ever amount to more than a small fraction of the energy needs of an expanding market economy. Charging that "ethanol is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated," (p. 11) he notes that ethanol has costs that are higher, efficiency that is lower, and greenhouse gases that are worse than oil. Producing a gallon of oil requires about 2.8 gallons of fresh water, while a gallon of corn-based ethanol requires 885 gallons of fresh water (pp. 188-189), making it an ecological as well as an economic travesty.

...the entire concept of "energy independence" is pointless.

As the subtitle of Gusher indicates, the entire concept of "energy independence" is pointless. While the US imports 60% of its oil, it imports an even higher proportion of essential minerals and other raw materials. (p. 16) No modern economy can or should be "independent" of the rest of the world.

And the author sees a major problem with the US' extracting raw materials such as oil by force. Bryce despises the use of militarism and instead embraces globalism and trade. Noting that "the Second Iraq war is, largely, about controlling the flow of that country's oil" (p. 23), he derides the role of the US as international cop (p. 290), and describes the war on terrorism as more dangerous than terrorists. (p. 266)

Yet Bryce's solutions are as unworkable as the ideas he debunks. His alternative rests on two horrible premises: the US population must expand its limitless supply of junk, and this expansion requires more oil, gas and nuclear power. Very early on, Bryce decrees that "America needs energy, and lots of it." (p. 10) Later, he lets his readers know that object worship is eternal: "As people get richer, they want more stuff." (p. 133)

These "solutions" quickly become snared in a web of contradictions.

The concepts "biodiversity" and "habitat destruction" are not part of Gusher. Unprecedented species extinction is apparently a price well worth paying in order to amass trinkets. Bryce downplays the exhaustion of oil fields and claims that people "have no choice but to adapt to the changing global climate." (p. 268) Oblivious to environmental threats, he endorses offshore oil drilling.

With tunnel vision on expanding energy, Bryce touts nuclear power. He claims nukes produce less waste and are more economically viable.

These "solutions" quickly become snared in a web of contradictions. His work is devoted to attacking the pervasive belief in a need for oil independence. But he treats the desire for more stuff as a value which must be accepted, revealing his willingness to pick and choose which beliefs he is willing to confront. Bryce never gives any hint of understanding that if attitudes about the accumulation of things were to change, then production could decrease and problems of oil depletion would be resolved.

Even more disturbing is Bryce's belief that crass materialism can be amply supplied by coal, gas and nuclear power. Though he acknowledges that fossil fuels will one day be exhausted, he urges policy makers to rush to hasten the depletion.

His discussion of favored alternatives uses vastly different standards than for options he disdains. First, he correctly notes resource limitations of solar, wind and ethanol, but vastly understates limitations for gas, oil and nukes. Use of the phrase "at current rates of extraction" (pp. 211, 247) can easily lull readers into missing the fact that rates of extraction must increase with demand, hastening resource Judgment Day.

His second contradiction in standards is worker safety. When critiquing ethanol, Bryce admirably describes the horrendous effects sugarcane production has on workers. (pp. 169-170) But when trumpeting nukes, he is silent on the cancers, birth defects and immunological disorders that plague workers and residents throughout the nuclear life cycle of mining, milling, producing power and waste control of nuclear material.

Third are his double standards for environmental hazards. Bryce accurately enumerates many of the disasters with ethanol which are kept out of the corporate press. But he pretends that nukes are carbon neutral (p. 205), again by ignoring the nuclear life cycle.

Bryce bemoans the fact that wind power and ethanol could only exist with government subsidies
but then rehashes the absurd claim that nukes are cheap.

The fourth and most egregious error is financial. Bryce bemoans the fact that wind power and ethanol could only exist with government subsidies but then rehashes the absurd claim that nukes are cheap. This flight from reality omits many factors, but two are most salient.

In calculating the cost of electricity generated by nukes in Austin, Texas, Bryce conveniently leaves out the price of storing the waste for somewhere between 10,000 and 4.5 billion years (depending on whose figures you use), which, if included, would infinitely expand true cost figures. If infinity could be squared, Bryce would need to multiply that cost by insurance figures for nuclear plant and waste containment accidents.

He conveniently leaves out the fact that nukes can only exists by virtue of the Price-Anderson Act of 1957 and other legislation which limits liability for accidents. If he truly wanted full cost figures to be used for all types of energy, Bryce would demand that all offshore oil drilling and nuclear power plant companies purchase full insurance at market value for all stages of their operation without taxpayers footing any of the bill.

Bryce should know that this would mean that both would be immediately halted. Many environmentalists would rebuke Bryce's work. But they should ask if apologies for problems associated with ethanol and solar and wind power are any worse than what he overlooks in defense of nuclear power and offshore oil drilling.

The New Economics: A Bigger Picture, by David Boyle & Andrew Simms. London: Earthscan, 2009, 192 pp. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-84407-675-8 (hbk.)

Boyle and Simms fill in a good part of what Bryce leaves out. Gusher is based on the liberal corporate assumption that the emptiness which people feel in their lives can be filled by accumulating physical objects. It assumes an economics of growth without asking why we must produce more and more things when there is already an obscene glut of commodities.

In sharp contrast, The New Economics points out that economic growth has not reduced poverty or improved the quality of people's lives and that the "system has to move faster and faster just to keep still, generating new desires and unsatisfiable wants, leading to depression, disaffection and environmental degradation." (p. 11)

The authors illustrate that "growth" is often nothing more than a society running in circles with increasing frenzy. In 1900, the average speed for traveling through London was 12 mph. A century of autos, highways and pollution could only drop that speed to 11.8 mph. (p. 65) In 1495, peasants needed to work 15 weeks per year; but now, all adults in a household can work over 50 weeks per year without being able to survive. (p. 79)

A good part of the problem is that 80% of products are discarded after a single use. (p. 100) Boyle and Simms point out that reliance on money contributes to the problem, since money can be a disincentive: more people give blood from a desire to help than do those who donate for pay. They trace the original sin of growth to private banks making loans which must be paid back with interest, thereby enriching bankers and compelling economic expansion.

The New Economics searches for different ways for humans to achieve well-being through satisfaction of basic needs, local self-reliance and a realization that "money and wealth are not the same." (pp. 15, 25) Instead of mindlessly increasing production, Boyle and Simms urge an "awareness of the social, ecological and ethical implications of economic activity." (p. 25)

One of the great virtues of Boyle and Simms is their understanding of the need for programmatic changes in economic and political systems. Their work has a refreshing absence of "Ten ways of personal environmental do-goody" that pervade shallow green thinking.

The authors propose an economic model based on (1) life satisfaction, (2) personal development and (3) social well-being. (p. 42) They point to Vanuatu, a western Pacific island nation at the top of the Happy Planet Index with a high life expectancy and satisfaction but with no military. (p. 31)

However, they waffle on issues critical for moving forward. For example, they note that some authors "suggest that banks be banned from creating new money in the form of loans." (p. 90) It would have been nice for Boyle and Simms to explore ramifications of this idea instead of stepping back from it as "controversial."

Similarly, when discussing climate


ends!"

Once or twice, however, the hemp-beater made a wry face, drew his
eyebrows together, and turned with a disappointed air toward the
observant matrons. The grave-digger was singing something so old that
his adversary had forgotten it, or perhaps had never known it; but the
good dames instantly sang the victorious refrain through their noses, in
tones as shrill as those of the sea-gull; and the grave-digger, summoned
to surrender, passed to something else.

It would have been too long to wait until one side or the other won the
victory. The bride's party announced that they would show mercy on
condition that the others should offer her a gift worthy of her.

Thereupon, the song of the _livrées_ began, to an air as solemn as a
church chant.

The men outside sang in unison:

     "Ouvrez la porte, ouvrez,
     Marie, ma mignonne,
    _J'ons_ de beaux cadeaux à vous présenter.
    Hélas! ma mie, laissez-nous entrer."[3]

To which the women replied from the interior, in falsetto, in<|endoftext|> people born in 2009, 1 in 58 will be diagnosed with melanoma.17—nearly 25 times the rate for people born in 1935.18

The mission of this website is to educate about skin cancer and provide skin protection information in a relevant and interesting manner to 15-29 year-olds.<|endoftext|>Fragile Foundations and Infant Institutions: The Case of Non-Reform in Haiti

By Katie Engelhart
Cornell International Affairs Review

Haiti has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the poorest nations, on a per capita basis, in the world. Even the country’s relatively recent transition from authoritarianism to democratic rule was not enough to spark liberal-market reform and the country’s integration into the global economy. The Haitian people have thus been confined to decades of deprivation, under a variety of regimes that span the political spectrum.

Despite the rapid series of regime changes that have occurred in Haiti over the past twenty five years, fundamental shifts in the nature of the state have not materialized. Haiti is essentially a case of economic non-reform; it has failed to undergo neoliberal reforms and become integrated in the global market. As the country moves away from dictatorship and through a series of democratically elected governments, it becomes increasingly evident that the nature of the country’s economic program is not dependent on ideology. Neither dictator nor elected president has been able to modernize Haiti’s devastatingly backwards economy. Instead, economic programs are designed in a context of pervasive political instability; their character is therefore dictated largely by pragmatism and a need to ‘crisis manage’.

Regime type in Haiti is inconsequential; what determines whether neoliberal reform is initiated is regime stability. This decisive element is, in turn, dependent on a host of factors, from institutional strength, to the nature and extent of international involvement.

Since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship, Haiti has witnessed a rapid succession of political leaders. After Francois Duvalier won the presidency in 1957, his rule quickly degenerated into a brutal dictatorship. Duvalier and his son would rule Haiti by authoritarian decree for a combined twenty-nine years, their command ending in February 1986. It was only in 1990 that Jean-Betrand Aristide became Haiti’s first democratically elected President, with Rene Preval as his Prime Minister. But even this elected government was only able to serve seven months in office, before being overthrown in a coup and replaced by a military-backed regime that ruled for four years before Aristide was reinstated.1 The constitution forbids consecutive terms, but allows for reelection.2 For this reason, power over the past decade has thus been passed between Aristide, Preval and a number of transitional governments.3 After Aristide failed to serve out his third term, Rene Preval was re-elected on February 7, 2006.

Two characteristics define the Haitian economy. One is its lack of real growth over the past half century; the other is the lack of correlation between the regime in power and the nature of the economic program. Haiti is one of the poorest countries, on a per capita basis, in the Western Hemisphere. While real growth in GDP averaged 5.2% in the years following Duvalier’s dictatorship, it fell to 2.9% in 1996, and has since dropped to less than 1%.4 The transition from military rule to democratic governance has not witnessed a simultaneous growth in the economy; Haiti is poorer in real terms today than it was in 1955, before Duvalier assumed control.5 It faces not just stagnation, but actual decline. According to Robert Fatton Jr., “Haiti still hovers on the verge of political catastrophe; it faces economic ruin.”6 Moreover, the system of rapidly changing regimes further works against neoliberal reform by preventing any type of coordinated strategy for reform from being implemented.

The (Non) Relationship Between Regime Type and Economic Strategy

Pervasive economic stagnation, and in some cases real decline, has occurred alongside great oscillations in political character. Manufacturing’s contribution to GDP is now less than half of what it was under the military-backed regime of 1991.7 However, this decline in the manufacturing sector did not occur instantaneously when Haiti transitioned to democracy; rather, economic decline in real terms has been a gradual process. Even within the context of democratic rule, GNI per capita has decreased drastically from $1464 in 2002 to $400 in 2006.8

The modest level of integration into the world economy has at best remained constant over time. Despite its membership in the United Nations, “Haiti has avoided close ties with its neighboring countries… [and has distanced] itself from moves toward Caribbean economic and political integration.”9 According to Alonso and Hicks, international trade contributed more to Haiti’s GDP under the military-backed regime of 1991 (18.3%) than it did under Preval in 2000 (14.0%).10

With respect to the nature of the economic program, there is no apparent correspondence between authoritarianism and state intervention, or alternatively, between democracy and the goal of free-market reform. Jean-Claude Duvalier, the second Duvalier dictator, embraced a “relatively ‘open’ technocratic project.” Unlike his father, he promised “economic revolution;” his limited efforts towards liberalization in the 1970s allowed for modest integration into the global economy and additionally contributed to a resurgence of civil society.11 In contrast, Aristide, the first president to be elected under free-and-fair elections, released “multiple condemnations [against] imperialist and capitalist exploitation” and denounced [the World Bank and the IMF] “as vile capitalist instruments sucking Haiti’s blood.”12 Thus, in Haiti, there is no defining relationship between regime type and economic strategy. Rather, the process is astonishingly capricious; leaders have the political autonomy to embrace or reject neoliberal reform according to their own whim.

Economic policy in Haiti is dictated by a need for pragmatism, rather than by ideology. For example, Fatton Jr. argues that despite his radical socialist rhetoric, Aristide committed himself to a fairly moderate economic program. He had few alternatives. Recognizing the need to maintain relations with the ‘nationalist bourgeoisie’, to court international investment, and to coexist with international organizations, “Aristide acquiesced to a program of structural adjustment designed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund … He espoused strict fiscal austerity, an anticorruption drive, and the modernization of public enterprise. These economic reforms achieved significant success and gained massive international support.”13 Thus, limited neoliberal reform was finally embraced in Haiti only because the international and domestic systems demanded it.

The Context: Political and Social Volatility

Stability on the streets has remained tenuous, and violence continues to threaten governability. “Near anarchy… reigned for two years after President Jean-Betrand Aristide was ousted in 2004” and the police force essentially collapsed. In 2006, it was expected to take up to three years for a new police force to reach the minimum required strength of 20, 000. President Preval has therefore requested that the UN Peacekeeping mission to Haiti be extended.14

In 2004, local militia groups took control of provincial capitals, forcing the Organization of American States to call upon the assistance of UN troops.15 In 2005 and 2006, urban violence in Port-au-Prince interfered with preparations for elections.16

Amidst this violence, governments are faced with a situation in which they must ‘crises manage,’ rather than rule. According to Alex Dupuy, the sole task of the provisional government, which took over prior to Preval’s reelection in 2006, was “to pacify the country… and this basically meant cracking down on Aristide supporters.” Rather than dedicating itself to reform, the administration was limited to pursuing a ‘scorched-earth strategy,’ which involved rounding up and arbitrarily arresting prominent Aristide party officials.17 Einsiedel and Malone further assert that this policy of ‘crises management’ has been reflected in the nature of UN involvement in Haiti; while the UN previously was involved in a broad range of activities, its efforts have subsequently been “reduced to a small international police force aimed at building a domestic police capacity.”18 The UN, subject to the same restrictions as the domestic government, must too limit its role to policing.

 people born in 2009, 1 in 58 will be diagnosed with melanoma.17—nearly 25 times the rate for people born in 1935.18

The mission of this website is to educate about skin cancer and provide skin protection information in a relevant and interesting manner to 15-29 year-olds.<|endoftext|>Fragile Foundations and Infant Institutions: The Case of Non-Reform in Haiti

By Katie Engelhart
Cornell International Affairs Review

Haiti has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the poorest nations, on a per capita basis, in the world. Even the country’s relatively recent transition from authoritarianism to democratic rule was not enough to spark liberal-market reform and the country’s integration into the global economy. The Haitian people have thus been confined to decades of deprivation, under a variety of regimes that span the political spectrum.

Despite the rapid series of regime changes that have occurred in Haiti over the past twenty five years, fundamental shifts in the nature of the state have not materialized. Haiti is essentially a case of economic non-reform; it has failed to undergo neoliberal reforms and become integrated in the global market. As the country moves away from dictatorship and through a series of democratically elected governments, it becomes increasingly evident that the nature of the country’s economic program is not dependent on ideology. Neither dictator nor elected president has been able to modernize Haiti’s devastatingly backwards economy. Instead, economic programs are designed in a context of pervasive political instability; their character is therefore dictated largely by pragmatism and a need to ‘crisis manage’.

Regime type in Haiti is inconsequential; what determines whether neoliberal reform is initiated is regime stability. This decisive element is, in turn, dependent on a host of factors, from institutional strength, to the nature and extent of international involvement.

Since the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship, Haiti has witnessed a rapid succession of political leaders. After Francois Duvalier won the presidency in 1957, his rule quickly degenerated into a brutal dictatorship. Duvalier and his son would rule Haiti by authoritarian decree for a combined twenty-nine years, their command ending in February 1986. It was only in 1990 that Jean-Betrand Aristide became Haiti’s first democratically elected President, with Rene Preval as his Prime Minister. But even this elected government was only able to serve seven months in office, before being overthrown in a coup and replaced by a military-backed regime that ruled for four years before Aristide was reinstated.1 The constitution forbids consecutive terms, but allows for reelection.2 For this reason, power over the past decade has thus been passed between Aristide, Preval and a number of transitional governments.3 After Aristide failed to serve out his third term, Rene Preval was re-elected on February 7, 2006.

Two characteristics define the Haitian economy. One is its lack of real growth over the past half century; the other is the lack of correlation between the regime in power and the nature of the economic program. Haiti is one of the poorest countries, on a per capita basis, in the Western Hemisphere. While real growth in GDP averaged 5.2% in the years following Duvalier’s dictatorship, it fell to 2.9% in 1996, and has since dropped to less than 1%.4 The transition from military rule to democratic governance has not witnessed a simultaneous growth in the economy; Haiti is poorer in real terms today than it was in 1955, before Duvalier assumed control.5 It faces not just stagnation, but actual decline. According to Robert Fatton Jr., “Haiti still hovers on the verge of political catastrophe; it faces economic ruin.”6 Moreover, the system of rapidly changing regimes further works against neoliberal reform by preventing any type of coordinated strategy for reform from being implemented.

The (Non) Relationship Between Regime Type and Economic Strategy

Pervasive economic stagnation, and in some cases real decline, has occurred alongside great oscillations in political character. Manufacturing’s contribution to GDP is now less than half of what it was under the military-backed regime of 1991.7 However, this decline in the manufacturing sector did not occur instantaneously when Haiti transitioned to democracy; rather, economic decline in real terms has been a gradual process. Even within the context of democratic rule, GNI per capita has decreased drastically from $1464 in 2002 to $400 in 2006.8

The modest level of integration into the world economy has at best remained constant over time. Despite its membership in the United Nations, “Haiti has avoided close ties with its neighboring countries… [and has distanced] itself from moves toward Caribbean economic and political integration.”9 According to Alonso and Hicks, international trade contributed more to Haiti’s GDP under the military-backed regime of 1991 (18.3%) than it did under Preval in 2000 (14.0%).10

With respect to the nature of the economic program, there is no apparent correspondence between authoritarianism and state intervention, or alternatively, between democracy and the goal of free-market reform. Jean-Claude Duvalier, the second Duvalier dictator, embraced a “relatively ‘open’ technocratic project.” Unlike his father, he promised “economic revolution;” his limited efforts towards liberalization in the 1970s allowed for modest integration into the global economy and additionally contributed to a resurgence of civil society.11 In contrast, Aristide, the first president to be elected under free-and-fair elections, released “multiple condemnations [against] imperialist and capitalist exploitation” and denounced [the World Bank and the IMF] “as vile capitalist instruments sucking Haiti’s blood.”12 Thus, in Haiti, there is no defining relationship between regime type and economic strategy. Rather, the process is astonishingly capricious; leaders have the political autonomy to embrace or reject neoliberal reform according to their own whim.

Economic policy in Haiti is dictated by a need for pragmatism, rather than by ideology. For example, Fatton Jr. argues that despite his radical socialist rhetoric, Aristide committed himself to a fairly moderate economic program. He had few alternatives. Recognizing the need to maintain relations with the ‘nationalist bourgeoisie’, to court international investment, and to coexist with international organizations, “Aristide acquiesced to a program of structural adjustment designed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund … He espoused strict fiscal austerity, an anticorruption drive, and the modernization of public enterprise. These economic reforms achieved significant success and gained massive international support.”13 Thus, limited neoliberal reform was finally embraced in Haiti only because the international and domestic systems demanded it.

The Context: Political and Social Volatility

Stability on the streets has remained tenuous, and violence continues to threaten governability. “Near anarchy… reigned for two years after President Jean-Betrand Aristide was ousted in 2004” and the police force essentially collapsed. In 2006, it was expected to take up to three years for a new police force to reach the minimum required strength of 20, 000. President Preval has therefore requested that the UN Peacekeeping mission to Haiti be extended.14

In 2004, local militia groups took control of provincial capitals, forcing the Organization of American States to call upon the assistance of UN troops.15 In 2005 and 2006, urban violence in Port-au-Prince interfered with preparations for elections.16

Amidst this violence, governments are faced with a situation in which they must ‘crises manage,’ rather than rule. According to Alex Dupuy, the sole task of the provisional government, which took over prior to Preval’s reelection in 2006, was “to pacify the country… and this basically meant cracking down on Aristide supporters.” Rather than dedicating itself to reform, the administration was limited to pursuing a ‘scorched-earth strategy,’ which involved rounding up and arbitrarily arresting prominent Aristide party officials.17 Einsiedel and Malone further assert that this policy of ‘crises management’ has been reflected in the nature of UN involvement in Haiti; while the UN previously was involved in a broad range of activities, its efforts have subsequently been “reduced to a small international police force aimed at building a domestic police capacity.”18 The UN, subject to the same restrictions as the domestic government, must too limit its role to policing.

New York Times/Tyler Hicks

New York Times/Tyler Hicks

What limits Haiti’s capacity to reform the economy is not the type of regime in power, but rather this overwhelming instability. Ruling classes have no vision beyond the day-to-day struggle of maintaining power. Lacking a coherent ideology and national strategy, their decision-making never includes longer-term considerations. Amidst this “institutionalization of uncertainty,” governments can do nothing more than act as policing bodies.19

According to Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin of the OAS, “the real challenge starts now in terms of maintaining an environment of peace, security, and stability; of encouragement and constructive engagement; and of creating a climate that is conducive to social and economic development and the strengthening and modernization of the state.”20

Fragile Foundations

The weakness of political institutions and the lack of an autonomous civil society prevent both governments and non-state organizations from effectively challenging state power. Unable to act as an authoritative counterbalance to state control, these groups are incapable of influencing the policy-making process and spurring the adoption of neoliberal reform.

Haiti’s Infant Institutions

Even if effective economic strategies were developed, Haiti’s weak institutional foundation would prevent its implementation. According to Robert Fatton Jr., Haiti


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Today Florida 2nd DCA reversed a trial court order dismissing the case for lack of standing at trial. The attorney was Matt Weidner. I think he made the wrong argument. The plaintiff has a blank endorsement attached to the complaint. McLean was distinguishable from this case.,%202013/2D12-2099.pdf

The appeal brief can be found at:

And the trial transcript at:
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The topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph. It is the single most important sentence through which the writer tells the reader what s/he is developing in the subsequent sentence excepting the last one in the paragraph.

The developers consist of the sentence placed between the topic sentence and the last sentence in a paragraph. They develop the topic sentence through elaboration, exemplification, classification and so forth. That is, they detail, expand and support the idea put forward in the topic. The terminator is the last sentence in a well-written paragraph. It logically concludes the ideas developed through the developers of the paragraph.

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Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997

Classics and Feminism: Gendering the Classics, by Barbara F. McManus (Twayne 1997)

Classics and Feminism is the first book-length study of the impact of modern feminism on the discipline and profession of classics in the United States and the only such investigation to document its assertions through statistical studies of scholarly and professional trends. Combining a wide-ranging overview of historical and current developments with in-depth analysis and examples, the book has relevance for anyone interested in the role of feminism in the academy. Because the history of classics has been so deeply implicated in androcentric structures of knowledge and patriarchal social patterns, it illustrates with exceptional clarity many issues endemic to academic feminism as a whole.

Barbara McManus provides an illuminating analysis of the complex gender performance demanded of academic women as "disembodied scholars." She defines and illustrates the distinctive aspects of a feminist approach to scholarship and argues that gender analysis is crucially important in traditionally masculine areas as well as in the study of women. She explains the theoretical and methodological principles developed by feminist classical scholars seeking to recover information about women from scanty and scattered evidence filtered through centuries of patriarchal interpretation.

McManus has compiled important historical and longitudinal information on changes in classical studies in the United States over the last three decades. She convincingly demonstrates the progressive nature of feminism's influence on the field with evidence that will counter images of classics as an outmoded discipline that has nothing to say to contemporary students. She provides a wealth of quantitative data--made intelligible through tables and charts--as well as substantive qualitative evidence, including a feminist rereading of Vergil's Aeneid. A particularly welcome feature of the book lies in McManus's lucid explanation of features that characterize various types of contemporary classical scholarship.

McManus envisions the relationship of feminism and classics as a complex chorus of many voices singing in counterpoint. She argues that feminism's impact on classics has been radical but not revolutionary, leading to a redirection of the discipline and a redefining of professional boundaries. The last chapter of the book presents the voices of many individual classicists from across the country who eloquently describe the way feminism has influenced their perceptions, teaching, and scholarship.

Written with equal commitment to modern feminism, the discipline of classics, and the teaching profession, Classics and Feminism will be hailed as a ground-breaking appraisal of the field.

Table of Contents

1. The Gendering of "The Classics"

2. The Gendering of the Classicist

3. Classical Scholarship: Singing in Answer

4. Transgendered Moments: Revisiting Vergil's Aeneid

5. Communicating Classics and Feminism

revised January 1999<|endoftext|>heart, moved even her
advocate to pity, prejudiced though he was against her, and hired for
the purpose of conniving at her destruction. He drew up his defence
with her, and threw into the work so much heart that when he left
his client it became a very different document to that which he had
contemplated at first.

On Uhldahl's return to Copenhagen the second session was held on April
2, and the advocate then submitted his defence.[52]

[52] The original draft of Uhldahl's defence of Queen Matilda is still
among the heirlooms of the Uhldahl family. A copy of this celebrated
document, in Danish, is preserved in the royal archives in Copenhagen.
The above is a translation of that copy.

"It is with unfeigned emotion that I rise to fulfil the duty which the
well-being of the Queen as well as the command of the King have imposed
upon me.

"The rank of these exalted personages, the importance and far-reaching
consequences of this trial, the intense desire I have to do my duty,
and the<|endoftext|>Wednesday, September 24, 2008

News Media Agrees: 5th Times a Charm, DWI-wise

So there's a news story out about a gentleman who was polite to his arresting officer. I know what you're thinking: That hardly qualifies as news, really. Well guess what, I'm bored and it's a slow day, interesting news-wise, so here we are. Just sit back. Relax. Take off your pants. Unwind a little. Have a drink. Feather your bangs. Think about your dad. What's your dad like? I want to meet that dad!

What? Oh. Hi, sorry.

Do you have some booze you'd like to share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?

Which might lead one to think: Maybe he learned this is the proper approach after being pulled over for DWI's FOUR FUCKING OTHER TIMES?! This is like a story where a kid who gets left back is then able to pass a test he had previously taken, except like he took a dump on it after he filled in all the right answers. Or something. I guess what I'm trying to say is like who fucking cares how polite he was when he was being arrested for a DWI for the 5th goddamn time?

A criminal complaint quoted 52-year-old David Hyland of Plymouth as saying, "Thank you very much for everything you've done for me" after he was stopped early last Friday.

Unfortunately, he wasn't talking to the cop. He was talking simultaneously to the beer in his hand and his penis.

The complaint says he added, "I shouldn't have been driving and deserve to get caught."

Like, congrats? Great? Oh look, he knows he fucked up, again. Let's pat him on the back about it! But in all seriousness for trusies, don't you think that maybe this guy has had a little practice on what to say and what not to say upon being arrested for DWI? I imagine it was a progressive learning experience.

First time:

Cop: Excuse me sir, have you been drinking tonight?

David Hyland: No Officer, you can even ask your mother, because I'm actually coming from her house, where I just finished having an efficient session of sexual intercourse with her. She even let me ejaculate on your high school yearbook photo!

Second time:

Cop: Excuse me sir, have you

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Today Florida 2nd DCA reversed a trial court order dismissing the case for lack of standing at trial. The attorney was Matt Weidner. I think he made the wrong argument. The plaintiff has a blank endorsement attached to the complaint. McLean was distinguishable from this case.,%202013/2D12-2099.pdf

The appeal brief can be found at:

And the trial transcript at:
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The topic sentence is usually the first sentence in a paragraph. It is the single most important sentence through which the writer tells the reader what s/he is developing in the subsequent sentence excepting the last one in the paragraph.

The developers consist of the sentence placed between the topic sentence and the last sentence in a paragraph. They develop the topic sentence through elaboration, exemplification, classification and so forth. That is, they detail, expand and support the idea put forward in the topic. The terminator is the last sentence in a well-written paragraph. It logically concludes the ideas developed through the developers of the paragraph.

All things considered, sentences used in a paragraph must be written in lapidary style. It must be terse, succinct and economical. Do not make any spidery writing and try to avoid flowery use of words. Wordiness and long-winded sentences must be avoided. A standard sentence must be within 10 to 12 words.

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Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997

Classics and Feminism: Gendering the Classics, by Barbara F. McManus (Twayne 1997)

Classics and Feminism is the first book-length study of the impact of modern feminism on the discipline and profession of classics in the United States and the only such investigation to document its assertions through statistical studies of scholarly and professional trends. Combining a wide-ranging overview of historical and current developments with in-depth analysis and examples, the book has relevance for anyone interested in the role of feminism in the academy. Because the history of classics has been so deeply implicated in androcentric structures of knowledge and patriarchal social patterns, it illustrates with exceptional clarity many issues endemic to academic feminism as a whole.

Barbara McManus provides an illuminating analysis of the complex gender performance demanded of academic women as "disembodied scholars." She defines and illustrates the distinctive aspects of a feminist approach to scholarship and argues that gender analysis is crucially important in traditionally masculine areas as well as in the study of women. She explains the theoretical and methodological principles developed by feminist classical scholars seeking to recover information about women from scanty and scattered evidence filtered through centuries of patriarchal interpretation.

McManus has compiled important historical and longitudinal information on changes in classical studies in the United States over the last three decades. She convincingly demonstrates the progressive nature of feminism's influence on the field with evidence that will counter images of classics as an outmoded discipline that has nothing to say to contemporary students. She provides a wealth of quantitative data--made intelligible through tables and charts--as well as substantive qualitative evidence, including a feminist rereading of Vergil's Aeneid. A particularly welcome feature of the book lies in McManus's lucid explanation of features that characterize various types of contemporary classical scholarship.

McManus envisions the relationship of feminism and classics as a complex chorus of many voices singing in counterpoint. She argues that feminism's impact on classics has been radical but not revolutionary, leading to a redirection of the discipline and a redefining of professional boundaries. The last chapter of the book presents the voices of many individual classicists from across the country who eloquently describe the way feminism has influenced their perceptions, teaching, and scholarship.

Written with equal commitment to modern feminism, the discipline of classics, and the teaching profession, Classics and Feminism will be hailed as a ground-breaking appraisal of the field.

Table of Contents

1. The Gendering of "The Classics"

2. The Gendering of the Classicist

3. Classical Scholarship: Singing in Answer

4. Transgendered Moments: Revisiting Vergil's Aeneid

5. Communicating Classics and Feminism

revised January 1999<|endoftext|>Wednesday, September 24, 2008

News Media Agrees: 5th Times a Charm, DWI-wise

So there's a news story out about a gentleman who was polite to his arresting officer. I know what you're thinking: That hardly qualifies as news, really. Well guess what, I'm bored and it's a slow day, interesting news-wise, so here we are. Just sit back. Relax. Take off your pants. Unwind a little. Have a drink. Feather your bangs. Think about your dad. What's your dad like? I want to meet that dad!

What? Oh. Hi, sorry.

Do you have some booze you'd like to share with the rest of us, Amazing Larry?

Which might lead one to think: Maybe he learned this is the proper approach after being pulled over for DWI's FOUR FUCKING OTHER TIMES?! This is like a story where a kid who gets left back is then able to pass a test he had previously taken, except like he took a dump on it after he filled in all the right answers. Or something. I guess what I'm trying to say is like who fucking cares how polite he was when he was being arrested for a DWI for the 5th goddamn time?

A criminal complaint quoted 52-year-old David Hyland of Plymouth as saying, "Thank you very much for everything you've done for me" after he was stopped early last Friday.

Unfortunately, he wasn't talking to the cop. He was talking simultaneously to the beer in his hand and his penis.

The complaint says he added, "I shouldn't have been driving and deserve to get caught."

Like, congrats? Great? Oh look, he knows he fucked up, again. Let's pat him on the back about it! But in all seriousness for trusies, don't you think that maybe this guy has had a little practice on what to say and what not to say upon being arrested for DWI? I imagine it was a progressive learning experience.

First time:

Cop: Excuse me sir, have you been drinking tonight?

David Hyland: No Officer, you can even ask your mother, because I'm actually coming from her house, where I just finished having an efficient session of sexual intercourse with her. She even let me ejaculate on your high school yearbook photo!

Second time:

Cop: Excuse me sir, have you been drinking tonight?

DH: Excuse me officer, have you been sucking cock tonight? Your breath smells like cock.

Third Time:

Cop: Excuse me sir, have you been drinking tonight?

DH: No, why? You trying to pick me up? You want to take


’s a 21ster, but one it had hand-picked, he should be trusting that decision and cooperating with her, and, by extension, with the US government. Instead, he arrogantly makes the situation between the Travelers and the 21sters worse, at a time when the Director is trying to build bridges.

Jeff’s Very Bad Day

This scene, with Jeff alone, drunk, in the holding room, and knowing he’s lost everything, was shot incredibly well, mirroring Jeff’s state of being. When Sarge comes in, we never see his face until he makes a point of getting right down in front of Jeff and looking him in the eye. Until then, Jeff avoids looking at him. Everything but the two faces is blurry, shadowed and distorted. Most of the time the camera is very close on Jeff’s face, since he can’t get out of his own head.

The distance shot above almost looks like a forced perspective shot with the lines slightly curving away from him. It’s as if that window to the outside is an infinite distance away, and the tunnel that is the room will keep extending away from Jeff into infinity to keep him from the light.

The Director’s Circular Logic

Jo is right at the very end of the episode, when she questions the Travelers’ actions. I’m glad someone called MacLaren on it. The Director is using circular logic and using more cheats to circumvent the restrictions on its programing. I don’t remember seeing any cheats in season 1.

The first one I’m sure of is in S2 Ep7, 17 Minutes, when the Director maneuvered the sky divers’ deaths until it could figure out how to manipulate Vincent’s goon into killing the truck driver. It realized the sky divers couldn’t make it to the lake in time to save Mac’s team, but the truck driver could. The truck driver didn’t die in our original timeline, but there were timelines where he did. The Director just needed to nudge the circumstances toward one of those timelines, so it did.

001 has made the Director desperate, or maybe time is running out on some aspect of course correction to avoid a natural disaster or war. Either way, if the Director is cheating, it means something’s wrong.

But on the other hand, Jo and the 21sters all forget, or don’t realize, that the beginning of the end of the world would have already started, with the antimatter explosion that the team averted in S1 Ep2, Protocol 6. The writers haven’t mentioned it in a long time, but that explosion let the world’s other superpowers know that the US had antimatter, and started an arms race that was a significant contributor to the end.

They must also be getting close to when the Helios 685 asteroid would have hit. It’s maybe 6 or 8 months away? So all of this complaining about the terrible things that the Travelers do and cause is pointless. Mainly, the Travelers seem to be proving that either the earth itself is doomed no matter what, or humanity is doomed to self-destruct, no matter what.

Indiewire interview with Eric McCormack: You Love ‘Will & Grace’ — Have You Been Watching Eric McCormack as a Badass Time Traveler?

He says there’s no season 4 renewal yet, but he wants to do at least another season or 2 of both Travelers and Will & Grace. 5 total seasons of Travelers sounds good to me.

Travelers Protocols:

Protocol 1: The mission comes first.

Protocol 4: Do not reproduce.

Protocol 6: Traveler teams should stay apart unless instructed otherwise.

Traveler numbers:

Vincent Ingram-001 5692

Katrina Perrow-001

Simon-004 5069

Images courtesy of Netflix.

2 thoughts on “Travelers Season 3 Episode 2: Yates Recap

  1. On rewatching this episode, I have another chilling thought. Look at the terrorist video. Could that be our traveler team? If so, they created the video so that the FBI would be tasked to guard him so they could be there for the TELL.

    Another thing. Somewhere during the episode, Mac mentions Carly’s video. Did he know about Rockwell having it? Did our team provide it to move things forward?

    This is one Machiavellian episode!

Comments are closed.<|endoftext|>wildly. He shrank from her touch, and sought to disengage
himself, gazing round on every side and searching the darkness; in dread
of being watched.

“Control yourself. If we should be seen!”

But she did not seem to hear, and his anger increased in proportion to
her terror.

“Do you want to compromise me?” he cried. “I begin to think you have no
discretion, no respect for yourself--I hate these scenes. They make me
wish that we had never met.”

“If I thought you wished that from your heart,” she sobbed, “I would
not live another day.”

“There, again. You are so unreasonable, so violent. When I attempt to
reason, you talk of suicide or some such mad thing. If you really loved
me, as you say, you would be willing to make some sacrifice for my sake.
But no; you have only one cry--marriage, marriage!---till I am sick of
the very word. Cease crying. Dry your eyes, and listen to me. Go home
tonight, and I will think it over. Yes, I will do what I can--anything,
rather than be so<|endoftext|><i>Little Mortiz demande Rosalie en marriage</i>. 1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bossetti

Program 5: Domestic Abuse

Musical accompaniment by Ben Model

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Le torchon brûle ou une querelle de ménage
1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bosetti. A Pathé production. With Sarah Duhamel. A couple’s fight over dinner leads to spiraling domestic abuse that spreads all over town. 5 min.

Le pendu
1906. France. Directed by Louis Gasner. A Pathé production. With Max Linder. Suffering from a case of unrequited love, Max hangs himself from a tree—and there he remains for hours while the townspeople decide whose responsibility it is to rescue him. 7 min.

Polycarpe veut faire un carton (aka Polycarpe is aan het schijfschieten)
1913. France. Directed by Ernest Servaes. An Éclair production. With Ernest Servaes. The homeless Polycarpe steals a rifle from some careless society sportsmen and goes on a mindless shooting spree. 4 min.

Bébé soigné son père (aka De vader van Bebe gevoelt zich vervelend ziek)
1912. France. Directed by Louis Feuillade. A Gaumont production. With Rene Dary. A mischievous child feeds his father a laxative, leading to disruptive bouts of intestinal disorder—and an unexpected reward. 9 min.

Gratitude obsédante
1912. France. Director unknown. A Lux production. The clown Flippie’s gratitude to a passing stranger goes too far, driving his benefactor to distraction—and dismemberment. 7 min.

Arthème promène son oncle
1913. France. Directed by Ernest Servaes. An Eclipse production. With Ernest Servaes. Artheme takes his elderly uncle for a walk in his wheelchair, but abandons the invalid in the woods overnight when he spots a pretty girl. 6 min.

Little Mortiz demande Rosalie en marriage
1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bossetti. A Pathé production. With Maurice Schwartz, Sarah Duhamel. Wimpy Little Moritz needs to toughen up to win Rosalie, but he ends up smashing everyone and everything in sight when boxing lessons turn him into a mindless fighting machine. 6 min.

Program approx. 42 min.

Ticketing policies for film screenings

Sign up for now to receive MoMA's biweekly Film E-News<|endoftext|>The defection of Laci Green

The story of Laci Green has been covered by me on the following blog entries:

I first heard of her when she was an atheist activist, but after a while she dropped that issue and focused on positive sex education instead, becoming very popular on YouTube. But now it appears Laci has abandoned the hard-core progressive views she once held and is attacking her former allies. Let me state that while I am disappointed in this development, I am not surprised; I suspect it was a delayed reaction to her being sent those insane death threats by the left-wing extremists on Tumblr. I hope those bastards are happy for having alienated her! Continue reading

The Articles of Confederation and the beating down of Libertarianism on YouTube

The whole premise behind Libertarianism is that human nature is good enough that with almost no oversight from a higher authority, people (and states) can cooperate as individuals in a free market to achieve good together. But the simple fact that the Articles of Confed

 help him and is acting in good faith. So far, we’ve seen her be honest, practical, caring, intelligent, determined and professional. This makes her the anti-Kat, so it explains why Mac feels threatened by her.

In addition to her personal qualities, she also carried out the mission the Director assigned to her, even though the Director killed her mother, and she probably had better things to do the day after her beloved mother died. She’s already proved herself to be a valuable ally, and it’s Mac who’s not trusting the Director’s judgement.

If the Director agreed to let the FBI assign him a partner who’s a 21ster, but one it had hand-picked, he should be trusting that decision and cooperating with her, and, by extension, with the US government. Instead, he arrogantly makes the situation between the Travelers and the 21sters worse, at a time when the Director is trying to build bridges.

Jeff’s Very Bad Day

This scene, with Jeff alone, drunk, in the holding room, and knowing he’s lost everything, was shot incredibly well, mirroring Jeff’s state of being. When Sarge comes in, we never see his face until he makes a point of getting right down in front of Jeff and looking him in the eye. Until then, Jeff avoids looking at him. Everything but the two faces is blurry, shadowed and distorted. Most of the time the camera is very close on Jeff’s face, since he can’t get out of his own head.

The distance shot above almost looks like a forced perspective shot with the lines slightly curving away from him. It’s as if that window to the outside is an infinite distance away, and the tunnel that is the room will keep extending away from Jeff into infinity to keep him from the light.

The Director’s Circular Logic

Jo is right at the very end of the episode, when she questions the Travelers’ actions. I’m glad someone called MacLaren on it. The Director is using circular logic and using more cheats to circumvent the restrictions on its programing. I don’t remember seeing any cheats in season 1.

The first one I’m sure of is in S2 Ep7, 17 Minutes, when the Director maneuvered the sky divers’ deaths until it could figure out how to manipulate Vincent’s goon into killing the truck driver. It realized the sky divers couldn’t make it to the lake in time to save Mac’s team, but the truck driver could. The truck driver didn’t die in our original timeline, but there were timelines where he did. The Director just needed to nudge the circumstances toward one of those timelines, so it did.

001 has made the Director desperate, or maybe time is running out on some aspect of course correction to avoid a natural disaster or war. Either way, if the Director is cheating, it means something’s wrong.

But on the other hand, Jo and the 21sters all forget, or don’t realize, that the beginning of the end of the world would have already started, with the antimatter explosion that the team averted in S1 Ep2, Protocol 6. The writers haven’t mentioned it in a long time, but that explosion let the world’s other superpowers know that the US had antimatter, and started an arms race that was a significant contributor to the end.

They must also be getting close to when the Helios 685 asteroid would have hit. It’s maybe 6 or 8 months away? So all of this complaining about the terrible things that the Travelers do and cause is pointless. Mainly, the Travelers seem to be proving that either the earth itself is doomed no matter what, or humanity is doomed to self-destruct, no matter what.

Indiewire interview with Eric McCormack: You Love ‘Will & Grace’ — Have You Been Watching Eric McCormack as a Badass Time Traveler?

He says there’s no season 4 renewal yet, but he wants to do at least another season or 2 of both Travelers and Will & Grace. 5 total seasons of Travelers sounds good to me.

Travelers Protocols:

Protocol 1: The mission comes first.

Protocol 4: Do not reproduce.

Protocol 6: Traveler teams should stay apart unless instructed otherwise.

Traveler numbers:

Vincent Ingram-001 5692

Katrina Perrow-001

Simon-004 5069

Images courtesy of Netflix.

2 thoughts on “Travelers Season 3 Episode 2: Yates Recap

  1. On rewatching this episode, I have another chilling thought. Look at the terrorist video. Could that be our traveler team? If so, they created the video so that the FBI would be tasked to guard him so they could be there for the TELL.

    Another thing. Somewhere during the episode, Mac mentions Carly’s video. Did he know about Rockwell having it? Did our team provide it to move things forward?

    This is one Machiavellian episode!

Comments are closed.<|endoftext|><i>Little Mortiz demande Rosalie en marriage</i>. 1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bossetti

Program 5: Domestic Abuse

Musical accompaniment by Ben Model

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 7:00 p.m.

Le torchon brûle ou une querelle de ménage
1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bosetti. A Pathé production. With Sarah Duhamel. A couple’s fight over dinner leads to spiraling domestic abuse that spreads all over town. 5 min.

Le pendu
1906. France. Directed by Louis Gasner. A Pathé production. With Max Linder. Suffering from a case of unrequited love, Max hangs himself from a tree—and there he remains for hours while the townspeople decide whose responsibility it is to rescue him. 7 min.

Polycarpe veut faire un carton (aka Polycarpe is aan het schijfschieten)
1913. France. Directed by Ernest Servaes. An Éclair production. With Ernest Servaes. The homeless Polycarpe steals a rifle from some careless society sportsmen and goes on a mindless shooting spree. 4 min.

Bébé soigné son père (aka De vader van Bebe gevoelt zich vervelend ziek)
1912. France. Directed by Louis Feuillade. A Gaumont production. With Rene Dary. A mischievous child feeds his father a laxative, leading to disruptive bouts of intestinal disorder—and an unexpected reward. 9 min.

Gratitude obsédante
1912. France. Director unknown. A Lux production. The clown Flippie’s gratitude to a passing stranger goes too far, driving his benefactor to distraction—and dismemberment. 7 min.

Arthème promène son oncle
1913. France. Directed by Ernest Servaes. An Eclipse production. With Ernest Servaes. Artheme takes his elderly uncle for a walk in his wheelchair, but abandons the invalid in the woods overnight when he spots a pretty girl. 6 min.

Little Mortiz demande Rosalie en marriage
1911. France. Directed by Romeo Bossetti. A Pathé production. With Maurice Schwartz, Sarah Duhamel. Wimpy Little Moritz needs to toughen up to win Rosalie, but he ends up smashing everyone and everything in sight when boxing lessons turn him into a mindless fighting machine. 6 min.

Program approx. 42 min.

Ticketing policies for film screenings

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The story of Laci Green has been covered by me on the following blog entries:

I first heard of her when she was an atheist activist, but after a while she dropped that issue and focused on positive sex education instead, becoming very popular on YouTube. But now it appears Laci has abandoned the hard-core progressive views she once held and is attacking her former allies. Let me state that while I am disappointed in this development, I am not surprised; I suspect it was a delayed reaction to her being sent those insane death threats by the left-wing extremists on Tumblr. I hope those bastards are happy for having alienated her! Continue reading

The Articles of Confederation and the beating down of Libertarianism on YouTube

The whole premise behind Libertarianism is that human nature is good enough that with almost no oversight from a higher authority, people (and states) can cooperate as individuals in a free market to achieve good together. But the simple fact that the Articles of Confederation could not even last ONE DECADE to keep the USA stable and strong should have totally discredited and buried that ideology forever, because human nature is CORRUPT and needs to be restrained by a state to limit its damage. So why didn’t that discrediting happen? Why instead did Libertarianism rise again in the 1970s in the form of a Libertarian Party that persists to this day? Perhaps because ALMOST NO ONE BOTHERS TO STUDY WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1781 AND 1787! Clearly, we need to change that. Once an ideology is disproven


only in
the country of the Grisons, there is great reason to suppose that it
still exists in several other remote and unfrequented parts. When
Fontanini informs us[BL] that the ancient Romance is now spoken in the
country of the Grisons, he adds, that it is also the common dialect of
the Friulese, and of some districts in Savoy bordering upon Dauphiné.
And Rivet[BM] seriously undertakes to prove, that the Patois of several
parts of the Limousin, Quercy, and Auvergne (which in fact agrees
singularly with the _Romansh_ of the Grisons) is the very Romance of
eight centuries ago. Neither do I doubt, but what some inquisitive
traveller might still meet with manifest traces of it in many parts of
the Pyrenaeans and other mountainous regions of Spain, where the Moors
and other invaders have never penetrated.

I have the honour to be, &c.

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# No. I. Oath of Lewis the Germanic. #

1. Latin from which the Romances are derived.
2. Gallic Romance in<|endoftext|> Doesn't Have One. He's Broke.

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  • Ard Ri Ard Ri 1 year ago

    You were “facialed ” and completely blown out of the water for pulling ,typically,the race card when it had nothing to do with the situation.Your lame response was accepted with disproportionate grace by the author,who could have easily made further mince meat of you.Personal responsibility,the author’s theme,remains a foreign concept in black popular culture,and continues to have a devastating effect on the black population in this country.

  • Ard Ri Ard Ri 1 year ago

    O.J. was “innocent”.

  • pat rennick pat rennick 1 year ago

    see antoine walker in si, iverson is next

  • JBel09 JBel09 1 year ago

    I look at this article and Iverson’s situation a little differently. We do not have all the information regarding his finances so at the end of the day it can only be speculation. I do agree that the fact that he has not paid the jewelry store indicates that there may be cash flow issues. However I also am inclined to believe that he does have some kind of Trust/Annuity set up which pays him $1 million a year. It is likely he had someone in his employ who set up some mechanism which would insure that he does not end up on the streets. If that is true he still probably cannot pay the judgement against him because that would eat up his living expenses. I’m sure that he had access to some good advisers. The questions are how much did he listen. The problem for him is that he developed an affinity/addiction for gambling. Spending lots of time in casino’s is one of the primary ways that you can blow the type of cash that he earned in his career.

    if Iverson is indeed broke that is not necessarily a bad thing. My background is somewhat similar to his and if I had received the cash windfall that he received I don’t know If I would have had the discipline required to keep the money unless someone forced me to. But If I found myself broke at 36 and I had fun with the money , Took care of friends and family and allowed them to experience things they never could have experienced. Is that a bad thing???
    Iverson is 36 years old and that is enough time to make another 100 million in life. As mentioned earlier up thread about doing personal appearances apparently he does command up to 50 k to do so. According to this
    I ask the author to keep articles like this coming because at the end of the day this is an exercise in financial planning for all of us. It gets us thinking about what we would do with that type of money and by extension what we are doing of should be doing with out money.
    However I disagree with the author and with Pete Vescsy that Iverson can still play. Not in the NBA he can?? Not anymore. Offensively he may be Ok but he cannot guard anyone. The last year he played i saw a game where the man he was guarding and anyone on the opposing team basically went and tried to score if he was guarding him. They treated him as an automatic mismatch and looked to score and did score when Iverson was guarding them. It was almost like 4 against 5 he couldn’t guard anyone on the floor.

  • James Marshall Crotty James Marshall Crotty, Contributor 1 year ago

    Excellent comment. Thank you. Just a few things, since you covered all the bases well: 1. We all need better financial planning. I am no exception; 2. It is doubly difficult to listen to professional advisors when you have no trust relationship with them. All suddenly wealthy people are haunted by the stories of the Beatles manager who ripped off the Fab 4, the sundry tales of shady agents, and the Bernard Madoffs of the world. It’s enough to make a young guy just go with those they know, who, of course, may not have any certification or ability at all. That’s why I recommend setting up one’s Fidelity or Schwab account and just going with a passive portfolio, until such time as one is educated enough to pick stocks for oneself. It’s sad to see guys lose money at gambling. Stock-picking is a kind of gambling, but, if done right, possesses a far better risk/reward profile.

    You enlightened me on Iverson’s current b-ball abilities. I am probably living in the past in that department, and not up-to-date on his current status. Age is merciless that way.

  • Terobe Cyley Terobe Cyley 5 months ago

    He grossed $200 million,he didn’t take home 200 million..only Dallas and Houston to my knowledge doesn’t have State income tax and Mr.Iverson hasn’t lived or played in those states.He made a lot of money for others .Someone more savvy on tax issues could enlighten us on how much he actually took home after taxes.

  • This is too unreal. Just another testament how mismanagement of funds can lead to lead to a near bankrupt lifestyle.

  • oops, my “lead to” was redundant.

  • Jerome Green Jerome Green 1 year ago

    Generally agree with your assessment of the pitfalls of poor financial management . What athletes have to learn is not only how to manage their money, but also who to hire, understanding that weath is not built by those who have jobs (Athletes are employees) , but by building an idea, a product and continual learning . Internships with companies of interest in the off season would be very beneficial .

    Magic Johnson , ‘michael Jordan and others understood that the real game was being played off the court and they proceeded to learn how to win in that arena.

    Now that we’ve identified the problem lets move towards solution . I also tell kids to stop buying so many pairs if Nike’s and start buying Nike Stock . Move from consumer to producer .

  • James Marshall Crotty James Marshall Crotty, Contributor 1 year ago

    Excellent response. My piece tries to move from a statement of the problem to concrete solutions. In fact, it’s the only piece out there right now that offers concrete solutions to this problem. Keep the ideas coming. The more granular, the better.

  • Jacob Vonnys Jacob Vonnys 1 year ago

    The problem I have with your piece is that as a reporter you are expected to present an opinion piece as such, yet you write as if everything you say is an incontrovertible FACT. The very headline of the article states that Iverson is ‘now broke’. I’m sorry, but I haven’t heard any ‘evidence’ as to status of Iverson’s financial situation. I’ve seen pundits and bloggers(term used loosely) pontificate on his rumored financial distress, but the crux of the argument is that Iverson hasn’t paid a judgement related to some jewelry, and now a judge has chosen to garnish his wages. Iverson could have simply not chosen to pay it, and this was a legal remedy of last resort. Do I believe Iverson is more than likely “broke”? Yep. Absolutely! Do I think that someone should write a story with such a sensationalist headline as if it is verified? Absolutely not. It seems sloppy from my perspective…

    I can somewhat see why people have accused you of writing this article with a racial bend to it. And I am not someone who normally even wants to interject race or accusations of prejudice into the dialogue as it puts persons on the defensive, and usually results in truly prejudice people using a knee-jerk response of one playing the race card irrespective of their own behavior or tone. It also allows people on the accusing end to play victim, and not be accountable, and look for excuses. That is why I think it’s a very touchy issue, and calling someone racist or intimating at it should be reserved for truly egregious offenses. With that said I’m not going to go as far as to say your piece was racist, but that I can understand why some might interpret certain elements as such…

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  • Ard Ri Ard Ri 1 year ago

    You were “facialed ” and completely blown out of the water for pulling ,typically,the race card when it had nothing to do with the situation.Your lame response was accepted with disproportionate grace by the author,who could have easily made further mince meat of you.Personal responsibility,the author’s theme,remains a foreign concept in black popular culture,and continues to have a devastating effect on the black population in this country.

  • Ard Ri Ard Ri 1 year ago

    O.J. was “innocent”.

  • pat rennick pat rennick 1 year ago

    see antoine walker in si, iverson is next

  • JBel09 JBel09 1 year ago

    I look at this article and Iverson’s situation a little differently. We do not have all the information regarding his finances so at the end of the day it can only be speculation. I do agree that the fact that he has not paid the jewelry store indicates that there may be cash flow issues. However I also am inclined to believe that he does have some kind of Trust/Annuity set up which pays him $1 million a year. It is likely he had someone in his employ who set up some mechanism which would insure that he does not end up on the streets. If that is true he still probably cannot pay the judgement against him because that would eat up his living expenses. I’m sure that he had access to some good advisers. The questions are how much did he listen. The problem for him is that he developed an affinity/addiction for gambling. Spending lots of time in casino’s is one of the primary ways that you can blow the type of cash that he earned in his career.

    if Iverson is indeed broke that is not necessarily a bad thing. My background is somewhat similar to his and if I had received the cash windfall that he received I don’t know If I would have had the discipline required to keep the money unless someone forced me to. But If I found myself broke at 36 and I had fun with the money , Took care of friends and family and allowed them to experience things they never could have experienced. Is that a bad thing???
    Iverson is 36 years old and that is enough time to make another 100 million in life. As mentioned earlier up thread about doing personal appearances apparently he does command up to 50 k to do so. According to this
    I ask the author to keep articles like this coming because at the end of the day this is an exercise in financial planning for all of us. It gets us thinking about what we would do with that type of money and by extension what we are doing of should be doing with out money.
    However I disagree with the author and with Pete Vescsy that Iverson can still play. Not in the NBA he can?? Not anymore. Offensively he may be Ok but he cannot guard anyone. The last year he played i saw a game where the man he was guarding and anyone on the opposing team basically went and tried to score if he was guarding him. They treated him as an automatic mismatch and looked to score and did score when Iverson was guarding them. It was almost like 4 against 5 he couldn’t guard anyone on the floor.

  • James Marshall Crotty James Marshall Crotty, Contributor 1 year ago

    Excellent comment. Thank you. Just a few things, since you covered all the bases well: 1. We all need better financial planning. I am no exception; 2. It is doubly difficult to listen to professional advisors when you have no trust relationship with them. All suddenly wealthy people are haunted by the stories of the Beatles manager who ripped off the Fab 4, the sundry tales of shady agents, and the Bernard Madoffs of the world. It’s enough to make a young guy just go with those they know, who, of course, may not have any certification or ability at all. That’s why I recommend setting up one’s Fidelity or Schwab account and just going with a passive portfolio, until such time as one is educated enough to pick stocks for oneself. It’s sad to see guys lose money at gambling. Stock-picking is a kind of gambling, but, if done right, possesses a far better risk/reward profile.

    You enlightened me on Iverson’s current b-ball abilities. I am probably living in the past in that department, and not up-to-date on his current status. Age is merciless that way.

  • Terobe Cyley Terobe Cyley 5 months ago

    He grossed $200 million,he didn’t take home 200 million..only Dallas and Houston to my knowledge doesn’t have State income tax and Mr.Iverson hasn’t lived or played in those states.He made a lot of money for others .Someone more savvy on tax issues could enlighten us on how much he actually took home after taxes.

  • This is too unreal. Just another testament how mismanagement of funds can lead to lead to a near bankrupt lifestyle.

  • oops, my “lead to” was redundant.

  • Jerome Green Jerome Green 1 year ago

    Generally agree with your assessment of the pitfalls of poor financial management . What athletes have to learn is not only how to manage their money, but also who to hire, understanding that weath is not built by those who have jobs (Athletes are employees) , but by building an idea, a product and continual learning . Internships with companies of interest in the off season would be very beneficial .

    Magic Johnson , ‘michael Jordan and others understood that the real game was being played off the court and they proceeded to learn how to win in that arena.

    Now that we’ve identified the problem lets move towards solution . I also tell kids to stop buying so many pairs if Nike’s and start buying Nike Stock . Move from consumer to producer .

  • James Marshall Crotty James Marshall Crotty, Contributor 1 year ago

    Excellent response. My piece tries to move from a statement of the problem to concrete solutions. In fact, it’s the only piece out there right now that offers concrete solutions to this problem. Keep the ideas coming. The more granular, the better.

  • Jacob Vonnys Jacob Vonnys 1 year ago

    The problem I have with your piece is that as a reporter you are expected to present an opinion piece as such, yet you write as if everything you say is an incontrovertible FACT. The very headline of the article states that Iverson is ‘now broke’. I’m sorry, but I haven’t heard any ‘evidence’ as to status of Iverson’s financial situation. I’ve seen pundits and bloggers(term used loosely) pontificate on his rumored financial distress, but the crux of the argument is that Iverson hasn’t paid a judgement related to some jewelry, and now a judge has chosen to garnish his wages. Iverson could have simply not chosen to pay it, and this was a legal remedy of last resort. Do I believe Iverson is more than likely “broke”? Yep. Absolutely! Do I think that someone should write a story with such a sensationalist headline as if it is verified? Absolutely not. It seems sloppy from my perspective…

    I can somewhat see why people have accused you of writing this article with a racial bend to it. And I am not someone who normally even wants to interject race or accusations of prejudice into the dialogue as it puts persons on the defensive, and usually results in truly prejudice people using a knee-jerk response of one playing the race card irrespective of their own behavior or tone. It also allows people on the accusing end to play victim, and not be accountable, and look for excuses. That is why I think it’s a very touchy issue, and calling someone racist or intimating at it should be reserved for truly egregious offenses. With that said I’m not going to go as far as to say your piece was racist, but that I can understand why some might interpret certain elements as such…

    Terms like the word “thug”, which regardless what anyone says are somewhat racially loaded (being that I ever(hardly) hear persons outside of the black community referred to in that regard, and your generalizing the entire culture of hip-hop being consistent with that descriptor is over the top in my opinion. If you want to classify ‘hip-hop’ as some of these clowns that people think represent the totality of the culture as the people you hear on the radio speaking about nonsense, and the videos that glorify said behavior then fine; but know that you painting with such a wide brush is insulting. Plenty of black people think the current state of mainstream hip-hop is absurd, but the artists whom speak about more engaging issues won’t get played on the radio. Tell the main consumers of this “thug” culture to stop buying it, and in turn sending false ideals to urban youth in the process whom really have to live in dire conditions, while ‘they’ — the majority consumer i’m speaking of — just seeks to live vicariously through the music as they drive around in the BMW that daddy paid for. ‘They’ would be 70% suburban white kids… :)

    Now that I’ve written a novel, it would only be fair to address the rest of your piece and tell you that I actually agree with a lot