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A renegade CIA agent (Guy Pearce), falsely accused of murder, must overcome a gang of ruthless prisoners held 50 miles above Earth and rescue the President's daughter (Maggie Grace) in order to regain his freedom.
Featured in a small role in the more high-profile Prometheus, Guy Pearce takes the lead for another 2012 sci-fi effort via Lockout. Set in 2079, we meet a former CIA agent named Snow (Pearce). He finds himself set up in an operation gone wrong and falsely accused of murdering fellow agent Frank Armstrong (Miodrag Stevanovic).
In the meantime, the president’s daughter Emilie (Maggie Grace) goes to tour MS One, a high-tech prison. Located in space miles above the Earth, it keeps prisoners – the worst of the worst - “asleep” in stasis. Emilie checks out the location as part of a humanitarian mission.
This doesn’t go well. The authorities awaken some prisoners so Emilie can interview them, and she encounters Scottish baddie Hydell (Joseph Gilgun). The inmate snags a gun from a Secret Service agent and takes Emilie captive. Hydell then frees the other convicts, a group that includes Alex (Vincent Regan), a more stable Scot who takes charge.
As the prisoners take charge of MS One, this sets off a crisis – and gets Snow involved. If he can rescue Emilie, he’ll get pardoned, so we follow his attempts to save the day – and himself.
On the surface, Lockout might remind you of 1981’s Escape from New York. Beneath the surface, Lockout might remind you of Escape. While not an out-and-out rip-off of the John Carpenter flick, the two sure do share an awful lot of similarities. The influences don’t end there, as you’ll see other action flicks evident in Lockout; for instance, Snow often gives off a serious John McClane vibe.
Despite the film’s serious lack of originality, Lockout still manages to deliver a decent cinematic experience. Obviously, it’s not a movie meant to be taken particularly seriously. It understands exactly what it is: a silly, absurd action effort. It knows it presents ridiculous situations and embraces the general genre sensibility. Lockout borders on parody at times, but it doesn’t quite go there; it has fun with its nature but doesn’t go overboard with self-mocking tendencies.
Expect a movie that requires you to check your brain at the door, though. Indeed, when I think about Lockout, its parts come across as weaknesses. The dialogue seems very “written”, as it gives us semi-self-aware “action-speak”; from Snow’s incessant laconic one-liners to Hydell’s crazy talk, we find dialogue that comes across as so typical for the genre that it teeters on the edge of mockery.
I also think the film comes with an awful lot of modern references for a story set in 2079. Granted, this isn’t an issue exclusive to Lockout, as many sci-fi efforts come with anachronisms like this, but for some reason, the ones on display here seem more off-putting; will anyone still refer to “partying like it’s 1999” nearly 100 years after the Prince song’s release?
Still, despite the film’s flaws, it still gives us enough brainless action and excitement to entertain. It does nothing especially well, but it nonetheless works as a moderately fun part of its genre. Go into it without high expectations and you’ll probably enjoy it.
Lockout appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.40:1 on this Blu-Ray Disc. The movie came with a strong transfer.
Sharpness looked good. Virtually no softness interfered; instead, the movie appeared nicely detailed and distinctive. No issues with jagged edges or shimmering occurred, and edge haloes remained absent. Source flaws were a non-factor, as this was a clean presentation.
Like most modern sci-fi/action flicks, Lockout went with a stylized palette. It mixed teal, orange, yellows and blues for the most part. The tones consistently seemed clear and concise within those parameters. Blacks were deep and firm, while low-light shots came across as appropriately dense but not overly dark. Overall, the picture appeared positive.
I also felt pleased with the DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack of Lockout, as all of the action shenanigans ensured that the mix offered plenty of involving material. The chaos filled out the spectrum in an active, involving manner that created a fair amount of exciting audio. Elements zoomed and zipped around the room to create an involving soundscape that added a lot of pow to the package.
Two featurettes show up here. Breaking Into Lockout goes for 11 minutes, seven seconds and offers notes from co-writer/co-director Stephen Saint Leger, and actors Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace. The show looks at story and characters, the movie’s tone and comedy, stunts and action, the work of the two directors, and effects. No one will confuse “Breaking” for a detailed behind the scenes program, but it offers a decent little overview of its topics.
A Vision of the Future runs 10 minutes, 13 seconds and includes comments from supervising art director Frank Walsh, art director Oliver Hodge, and visual effects supervisor Richard Bain. They discuss set design, costumes and effects across this short but informative piece.
The disc opens with ads for Looper, The Raid: Redemption, Robot & Frank, Starship Troopers: Invasion and Safety Not Guaranteed. These also appear under Previews. No trailer for Lockout pops up here.
Don’t expect Lockout to deliver an original sci-fi action experience, but if you can get past its derivative nature, you’ll probably have fun with it. Though it seems pretty brain-dead, it gives us enough excitement to make it enjoyable. The Blu-ray boasts excellent picture and audio along with a couple of decent featurettes. Genre fans will probably like this unoriginal but still likable adventure.


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Disneyland’s famed Club 33 is a special treat for anyone lucky enough to be invited. This members only enclave is a hidden gem in New Orleans Square. The entrance formerly resided at 33 Royal Street, next to the Blue Bayou Restaurant. It’s only indication was a plate reading “33” on the frame. Since it’s remodel in 2014, the club now boasts a grander entryway, with tiled floor, burning lanterns, and an ornate frame topped off with the “33” in etched glass. Beyond this door resides a vestibule where members and their guests check in before continuing into the Court of Angels, formerly a public area in the resort. There you will find ornate iron cast tables and chairs and a cart with refreshments, such as chilled lemonade or warm apple cider. Once you’ve taken in the beauty of the open-air courtyard, you ascend into the club via lift or the spiral staircase.
Dining guests then make their way into Le Grand Salon. We were there strictly for cocktails (surprise, surprise) and made our way directly to Le Salon Nouveau, the club’s jazz lounge. A hallway lined with wine cases led us into a room with intimate booths themed for different areas in New Orleans Square. Beyond that lies the main room of the lounge. Adorned in sweeping curves of mahogany, cherry wood and marble, trimmed by blue and green accents, the room seemed to transport us under the sea. The vibe is open and fresh with the essence of Disney magic and the sounds of NOLA throughout. The bar is hand-carved and laden with enough spirits to ensure even the 999 happy haunts floating across the way would have a good time. The staff knows how to deliver the upscale service expected in a private club and is on hand to make sure each experience is personalized and unique. The menu is extensive and ranges from classic prohibition era cocktails to some of the finer offerings of modern mixology. The drinks are masterfully made and nothing less than exquisite. It is also the only area within Disneyland Park that allows alcohol, though there are several opportunities to drink in the resort’s other theme park, California Adventure. La Salon Nouveau is a special venue and anyone invited should definitely say yes to the trip. We look forward to our next visit!

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Extremist militants based in the Chechen Republic have split from those operating in other regions of southern Russia. Experts believe that their days are numbered.
In a statement published online on Thursday, the warlords said they have renounced their oath of allegiance to Russia’s most-wanted terrorist Doku Umarov and have elected a new leader. Their new commander is Hussein Gakaev, a man with a US$330,000 bounty assigned for his capture, reports Kommersant daily.
The statement also says Chechen extremists would become united again with those operating in neighboring regions if they renounce Umarov as their leader.
This follows a public conflict among the extremists. It started on August 2 with a video statement by Umarov, in which he announced his retirement. On the following day, Umarov said the statement was leaked on the Internet without his consent. He also sacked his spokesman Movladi Udugov.
On August 15, Gakaev, who is a prominent figure among Chechen-based militants, said they will no longer tolerate Umarov as their commander. He also said Umarov demonstrated a lack of respect to militant envoys and followed foreign commands when he revoked his retirement.
The split gangs’ days are numbered, believes head of the research center “SK-Strategia” Abdullah Istamulov. “Militants, who are now disenchanted with [international] jihad, could stick to the idea of an independent Chechnya, but has little support in the Chechen society,” he explained in an interview to Kommersant.
Meanwhile Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov believes the split is nothing but a public stunt, which has little to do with reality.
“The bandits have long lost any central command, they have no political or religious goals and think only about saving their lives,” he said.
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Doku Umarov is suspected of masterminding several high-profile terrorist attacks in Russia. He claims to have organized the deadly Moscow Metro bombings in March of this year. In July, the US added him to its terrorist blacklist.

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There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer, with a curious vote tally of 14. 8 million. President Buhari and his supporters have continuously left no one in doubt that they intend to have a second shot at power and office. The number of party members across Nigeria who endorsed the Buhari candidacy has however raised eyebrows. 14. 8 million!
In the 2015 elections, that was a little less than the same number of total votes that the incumbent got in a nationwide general vote. What is the actual number of persons on the party’s membership register – 15.6 million? Concerned observers have argued that this is an indication of the determination of the ruling party to rig the 2019 Presidential elections, in favour of a 75-year old candidate to whom they insist, there is no alternative. The No-Alternative talk is of course the height of sycophancy and the extent of its idiocy has now been exposed.
Just as the APC held its convention over the weekend, other political parties participating in the 2019 general elections were also busy choosing their own candidates, and now we have on the field, the following Presidential candidates: Atiku Abubakar (People’s Democratic Party), Donald Duke (Social Democratic Party), Olusegun Mimiko (Zenith Labour Party), Omoyele Sowore (African Action Congress), Kingsley Moghalu (Young Progressives Party), Fela Durotoye(Alliance for New Nigeria), Tope Fasua (Abundance Nigeria Renewal Party), Eunice Atuejide (National Interest Party), Adesina Fagbenro-Byron (Kowa Party), Eniola Olajuni (Alliance for Democracy), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim (Alliance for People’s Trust), Obadaiah Mailafia (African Democratic Congress), Alistair Soyode (Yes Electorates Solidarity), Hamza A-Mustapha (People’s Party of Nigeria), Chike Ukaegbu (Advanced Allied Party), Ahmed Buhari (Sustainable National Party), Usman Ibrahim Alhaji (National Rescue Movement), John Ogbor(All Progressives Grand Alliance), Yabagi Sani (Action Democratic Party), Moses Shipi (All Blending Party), Peter Nwangwu (We the People of Nigeria), Edozie Madu (Independent Democrats) and Obiageli Ezekwesili (Allied Congress Party of Nigeria). Twenty-six Presidential candidates so far, except any one has been overlooked in our list.


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Many of us already know the story with the 5,000 item limit with lists/libraries and some strategies to work around this limitation.
A lot of administrators when faced with the familiar "the number of items in this list exceeds the list view threshold" will naturally navigate to Central Admin and modify the Resource Throttling for the web application.
Select the proper web application and then General Settings -> Resource Throttling.
Once in the Resource Throttling page, you can adjust the list view threshold for users and admins.
Be careful when doing this because when you select the web application, the settings affect all list and libraries in that web application.
SharePoint administrators with PowerShell privileges you can modify thresholds on a list by list basis avoiding web application wide thresholds. There are a few things to consider.
1. When an administrator accesses the list, they will still be bound to the list view threshold set in Central Administration. In our example it's 20,000 so they see the list items fine.
2. When you re-run the PowerShell command above, now the Boolean value returned is true, indicating the list is now being throttled.
4. Now when you run the $list.IsThrottled command, it will return false, indicating the list is no longer being throttled. Users will now be able to see all the items in the list without the error message.
If a regular user goes into the All Events view and there are more than 5,000 items, they will see the list item threshold error.
If the same user goes into a specific calendar month that has more than 5,000 items, it will display just fine.
3. If you click on the 5003 more items link it will expand and show all 5003 items (yes it does scroll forever!).
4. When you page through the monthly view it does make a SQL call to the database. I ran a SQL profile trace and it will use the beginning and ending day of that month to retrieve the results. You do see some latency when going from page to page.
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It appears those waiting for a reunion of the country music supergroup The Pistol Annies will not have to wait that much longer. First formed between Miranda Lambert, Ashley Monroe, and Angaleena Presley in 2011, the trio released two records between 2011 and 2013, going #1 and #2 in the charts respectively. Since then fans have waited for a reunification of the group first started when Miranda wanted to collaborate with fellow women in the country business, and all signs are pointing to it happening sooner rather than later.
The Pistol Annies have been appearing together live recently, starting in March when they took the stage as part of Miranda’s Livin’ Like Hippies tour at stops in Knoxville, Cleveland, and Lexington, performing multiple songs together from The Pistol Annies repertoire. Miranda Lambert promised as far back as an August 2017 story in Billboard that new Pistol Annies music would be on the way, and now signs are pointing towards an official announcement and new music being imminent.
The trio also reunited on Saturday, August 11th in Dallas as part of Miranda’s Bandwagon Tour, where it was also revealed during the performance that Angaleena Presley is pregnant.
The Pistol Annies were never big on the radio or a major arena draw, but they did give fans of women in country music a rallying point with their rambunctious personas “Lonestar Annie” (Miranda Lambert), “Hippie Annie” (Ashley Monroe), and “Holler Annie” (Angaleena Presley). The exposure from The Pistol Annies helped put Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley on the map for many, and their first record Hell On Heels has sold more than half a million copies.
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This is fantastic news! Loved the first two albums and pretty sure number three will be a good ‘un too.
Miranda paid tribute to Aretha two nights ago near Buffalo, singing “Do Right Woman”, it is pretty terrific and is on You Tube…I idolize Aretha, but I liked Miranda’s version better. It’s nice to see country artists branch out, in a non money grubbing way, when it’s appropriate, and respectful, and this was on point.
Can’t wait to hear the her album! ❤ those talented singer songwriters. Go back and listen to their first album- it’s one of my favorites.
Hope they tour to Milwaukee soon.
Cool – I’m way late to the game, so I figured this was just one I missed, kind of like the Damn Quails. Glad to have a second chance. Love Hell on Heels and their version of Tulsa Time.
Unfortunately, the country music commercialization complex does not support them.
Are you kidding? They were born and are a part of the country music commercialization complex. All groomed by Music Row Publishers like Ten Ten Music and WrenSong Music. Produced by frat boy Frank Lidell. Without the attention on Miranda, no one would care. The Pistol Annies are similar to Eric Church… playing outlaw.
Bless your heart Jessie! This was a very organic group of ladies that loved writing music & wanted to share that music. They formed the band & yes used Miranda’s team at the time b/c they made half a record on their own dime before getting a deal. Pistol Annies success helped bring in a new wave of female singer songwriters getting signed and released (even w/o radio, people bought it) their first record was basically only digital sales and they were country #1 album & them retailers like Target asked for physical copies b/c of the demand. PS “frat boy” Lidell has produced ML, Lee Ann Womack, Adam Hood, Jack Ingram, Eli Young Band, Chris Knight to name a few.
Holy crap, the new record is finished? 😀 Looking forward to a release date — I dug the first two albums, and I’ve been enjoying Ash and Ange’s solo output very much as well.
I can’t remember in which order this happened but at the show I was at but The Pistol Annie’s appearance and Miranda’s more deeper cutting emotional releases were done back to back essentially and it was the best part of the show. Besides Turnpike of course.
Now that’s good news. Hoping for some Texas dates.
This group is better than the sum of its parts… and that’s saying something.
Looking forward to their new music. They are all such talented singer songwriters.
To say i’m excited is an understatement. It’ll probably be the only album that rivals Golden Hour IMO.
They are garbage. They can’t hold a candle to The Forrester Sisters or Sweethearts of the Rodeo!
Looking forward to this. Now that all three are established as solo artists it will be interesting to see the quality of songs that they collectively bring to the table. Even if they hold their best stuff back for themselves it will probably be good. Here’s hoping its great.
So glad to hear about new music from them. They all have solo careers going on but hopefully this group still continues to get together.
I don’t root for an all-female group any more than an all-male group, but it’s hard not to be excited about this, with all-female groups still being so rare. (Those in any genre when they do form it has always seemed have never lasted).

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What does SDOP mean to you?
I’ve been involved with SDOP for 10 years through the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, and I have never run into a charitable organization that works the way SDOP does. Everything starts with the organizers talking to our church leaders and lay leaders to see what we want for our community.
What are your favorite SDOP memories or fights?
Years ago, nobody was paying attention to the county budget. But SDOP brought 300 people for an evening meeting. This was the first time the county had an evening meeting – and people were overflowing through the halls.
Last year, SDOP and other organizations involved in the Invest in San Diego Families coalition advocated to receive $60 million from the County to work on community issues. That’s huge.
Also, when Prop 47 was on the ballot, we got more than seven thousand infrequent voters to vote. We were able to say we can bring several thousand people to either support you or not depending on what you do.
How has SDOP changed you?
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Before SDOP, I didn’t know what other faith groups were doing. I thought our church was the only one doing active protests, active actions to change the community. There’s more power in a coalition that wants to make things different.
Through City of Hope International Church, I have been involved with SDOP for more than 20 years. SDOP is a community committed to helping people, fighting for social justice and human rights, preserving human dignity, and doing this for the good of our community and beyond our community.
My proudest moment with SDOP was when Prop 47 passed. I was at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church when I heard the news. It was awesome celebrating it with the group of people who worked together. We did it.
We have seen the difference SDOP makes to help our community.
We work with immigration issues, and for some families that have been detained, I see how SDOP helps families to not feel alone. They find legal support for people detained, and they help provide for the families that stay behind.
A couple of years ago, a local school district wanted shut down Jefferson Elementary School with the purpose of opening a charter school. For many parents, this meant their children would need to transfer to another school because they couldn’t afford the new charter school.
SDOP gave parents hope. They got organized and protested to make their voices heard. They told the district they didn’t want the school to close; they wanted the one they already had. Now, that school is still open today. When we get more people involved, we can actually make a difference.
I’m more knowledgeable now. I’m now able to find resources for people who ask for my help. Even when I don’t know, I ask SDOP to see what resources we have.
SDOP is like a lighting rod. It’s a way to reach out to people of other faiths or no faith that believe in the same values.
SDOP unites people despite their differences. Social justice is an area in which many religions or people of faith agree on the dignity of the human person.
In one of the parishes where I served, we had a large problem with the industry in our area; they polluted a lot. We got them to move away from the practices that polluted the area because we had the worst quality of breathable air in San Diego – my asthma was triggered because of the quality of the air. Through the organizing of SDOP, we were able to work with the City to change that.
How has SDOP broadened your perspective?
Once people are awakened, they see their voice is important. You see people come alive and be involved, and that’s a great thing. It begins as trying to make change in the community and as result, it can be powerful in the broader community. The positive involvement changes people’s perspectives, bringing about new relationships with people who think differently.
SDOP is a group of people dedicated to causes of social justice. It’s people who share the faith with me. We give a platform where they can speak up.
We don’t speak for them but do everything we can to help them to speak for themselves.
The President came down to San Diego to see the border wall prototypes, and SDOP gathered a group of faith leaders concerned about the way things are happening.
At the demonstration, I said something spontaneous about why our savior died for speaking up for undocumented people. I was quoted in the New York Times.
I think the biggest thing is that SDOP helped me understand that it’s our responsibility to listen to people. The emphasis is on helping people to speak for themselves.
It’s important for me to respect an individual’s journey, even if it’s different from mine. When we pull together, we work together to accomplish much more than we could as individuals.
SDOP means to me a path between all the communities that don’t know their rights. This is the connection for any kind of solution.
We showed up for the migrants coming in at the border, for the children facing separation. We fought very hard to get the children returned to their parents, to not live in prisons like animals.
It touched my heart, showing me how the community gives out a hand in unison.
What first got you involved?
It was personal. I was ready to apply for my citizenship and looking for help. I met organizations that wanted to profit from my situation.
SDOP arrived to my community church, and I knew they were the right ones. I started getting closer to the SDOP volunteers through the citizenship process. I saw that they really fought for the community regardless of where they come from, for the needs of the person.
For me, SDOP is a very well organized group that helps the needs of our parishes. I used to feel very frustrated when I didn’t know how to help people with their immigration status. SDOP has changed that for me.
I spoke at a recent District 49 candidate forum, sharing my personal story with the people who attended. I was very nervous; my English isn’t perfect, but I knew sharing my experience would be important to share.
SDOP has helped me help others. I can see how important path-to-citizenship education is, helping people with their immigration status and fighting for affordable housing. I like to take action, and SDOP helps make things happen.
For me, I see it like putting feet into the gospel. SDOP is really involved in doing things within the community – not just talking about it.
A great memory was when we started thinking about how we were going to be welcoming to immigrants, and we met with DACA students. It was very powerful. It was a big turning point, and we started going to marches together.
I get a lot of ideas through my learnings with SDOP and PICO California that I share with my community. I share about voting engagement, immigration and what it means to be welcoming. Material we get from SDOP helps me articulate what we’re supposed to be about as Christian people.

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Writing posts like these never get easier. I went for a long walk to get my thoughts in order but they are still a mess so forgive me if my sentences seem the same.
This morning I found out that a friend, Natalie Nguyen (@tipsytentacle) had passed away due to suicide.
Natalie and I did not know each other very well but the one thing I did know about her is that she loved to play a game called OpenTTD.
Therefore, in her name I have made a small donation to the OpenTTD project. I hope the game brings others joy like it did Natalie.
WordPress is installed and updated from SVN. I’m not letting it update itself.
Comments are disabled. If you really really need to give me your opinion on a post, please hit me up on Twitter.
No multiuser usage this time. Thanks to everyone who wrote for the old AT but for now I have decided to keep this blog strictly me.
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My reasoning for agreeing to unsticky the thread was similar to that expressed by woodgreen. If it had been a request from a contributor well down this thread I'd have said no, but it came from someone to whom we all owe a big debt of gratitude for being among the very first to go public with his experiences. It's worth recalling what this and the similar posts near the top of this thread eventually led to: the expansion of this forum, the pressure on the SES and St James and the Inquiry that resulted in St James being condemned for illegal acts against children.
"I'm new to this site and don't know where to start reading. What do you recommend?
The best place to start is where the forum began: 'Experiences at St Vedast (now St. James) and the S.E.S' "
That said, if there's still a strong view against unstickying the thread, I'm still open to reviewing this change. So far though, there haven't been many opinions expressed either way.
How do people feel about this as an alternative?
That sounds like a great alternative, Daffy. Thanks for taking everyone's views into account, and coming up with such a fair solution.
Yes, it needs to be easily available - it's IMO a serious and important one to read and to contribute to.
I agree with your proposal, Daffy.
For example..... where in the punishment book is the record of a whole class being canned at 92 Queensgate [after a music lesson with Noel Skinner - perhaps we shouldn't have turned the stereo up to 11 when he was writing on the board]...... where is the record of a student getting four strokes then standing up, believing the punishment was over, to receive two more on the forearms..... Where are the records of the early days when people like PH, RG etc received more than forty strokes in a term...... pretty good demonstration that corporal punishment does not work. And while we are on the topic, do not forget that Debenham did not always use a cane. Sometimes he preferred a short leather bound officer's stick that he kept in his cupboard next to the officer's hat.
Yeah, I was there from the start....... there was no 'duty of care' being exercised by the staff -their only duty was to the supposed ideals of a a sixty a day chain smoker and a bunch of acolytes getting off on having access to 'special knowledge' that made them better than everybody else. They are no better than anyone: they are all charlatans.
I'm curious that very few of the original students from St V seem to have made comment on this site..... like many of them I attended evening classes with the SES..... but left in my teenage years, fostering a healthy disrespect for authority.
For the healing process to continue, justice must be seen to be done. While events of the last few years have inconvenienced the SES and its day schools and led to superficial change, nothing much has changed at the heart of the beast.
The organisation that proclaims to be guided by a search for truth is in fact built on lies. This at least should be demonstrated incontrovertibly in the public domain.
So, my old friends, WHERE TO NEXT?
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Back in February there was a discussion about un-stickying this thread. A 'sticky' thread is one that stays at the top of the list of threads even when there hasn't been any recent posts. I unstickied it at the request of one of the 'founding' contributors to this forum.
I have found these arguments persuasive, particularly the last one, so I've decided to put it back at the top. I try to balance the interests of individuals with those of the forum generally. Most of the time this means just letting freedom of speech take its course.
Hi Daffy - where were you when the debate was raging a few weeks ago - me and Bluemon were wondering! Just shows, life on this Forum is not easy. I am not convinced that restoring this thread is good for the Forum. Not many new people to the School/SES worldwide,and all it's names, will recognise St. Vedast - that was a long time ago. You might want to re-name it and keep the history, but given what is unfolding i.e.that Boddy was and is a major player I think the Forum needs to focus on what the SES is about now- is it the Ashford School - then use that as the thread - or is it the bigger picture of the SES ( worldwide - many people have joined the Forum from across the world - hence it's effectiveness, and the title of the Forum). So my view is not to restore the St.Vedast thread. Let the Forum evolve as it is doing. kind regards, woodgreen.
I agree, Woodgreen, but I think it is still important for people who first come to the forum to read this thread and to see that it's here.
There are still many of us who survived the SES schools as children who may not yet have found this forum and all the support it offers.
I'm not disputing the fact that those users of this forum who joined SES as adults have had some dreadfully damaging experiences and many of you have struggled for years to come to terms with those experiences, and I think it is important that we consider what the SES is about now, and try to combat them where we can. However, as many people have said on this forum before me, you chose to join the SES, and entered into the whole thing of your own free will, no matter how that will was abused by the SES itself.
It's important to remember (which is why I have posted about this before) that those of us who suffered as children had no choice in being pushed into the clutches of the SES and sometimes have confused and patchy memories of the abuse we suffered, because we were so young. What this thread can offer to those of us who arrive on this forum for the first time is a chance to read first-hand accounts of experiences we ourselves had, allowing us to feel that our memories are in fact real and that we were (and are) not alone. It's also important to remember that the day schools still exist, and that we can expect to see ex-pupils appearing on here as long as that remains the case.
I personally feel that if one person clicks on this thread and realises that they are not alone, and that there are those of us on here who want to help and support them, then it's worth keeping it sticky.
I do agree, however, that maybe the title of the thread needs to be changed, perhaps to "Experiences at the day schools run by the SES in London" or something similar, so as not to exclude ex-pupils who have more recent memories of being at the schools.
I think it would be good if this thread is sticky personally, but I think it is up to those that contributed to it, especially Matthew who started it.
However, as many people have said on this forum before me, you chose to join the SES, and entered into the whole thing of your own free will, no matter how that will was abused by the SES itself.
Exactly, and we have to take responsibility as adults for joining the SES (SoP) and staying in the organisation of our own choice.
I unintentionally stumbled upon this forum, and the name St. James struck me because I remember passing the "signboard" of this school while on a train in London several years ago. Little did I know that this was a school filled with such a controversial past! I have only read the first few pages of this thread (because it is 40 pages in all!) but I am shocked and disturbed with what has been described. I came from a school (outside the UK and not affiliated with the SES) which still practises corporal punishment today, but it was/is nothing close to what has been described in this forum. In fact, corporal punishment in my former school can even be described as "civil" vis-a-vis what had occurred at St. Vedast/St. James. I'm deeply sorry to hear of the atrocities that some here were put through back then, and I hope those affected have been able to pick themselves up.
To those in modern day St. James, you have been brought up in an environment which has stronger child protection laws and greater reverence to the concept of childhood. I hope you pick the right values in life and enjoy every bit of it.
Hi and thanks for posting, observer.
Can you say what "school" you were part of? It might help on this forum, for comparison purposes.
And, don't be afraid to say what your "school" is or was.
As you said - it was not as bad as the SES - so in the spirit of free speech - please do tell. A religious group or similar?Their are lots of religious groups, some are good , some are not. And there is a test - the good stuff against the not so good stuff. ( SES is not good stuff)!
regards , hope your "school" is of the good stuff.
I won't name the school for three reasons: (1) it would deviate from the context of this thread (2) the main gist of my message was to send my well wishes to affected parties (3) the school is not located in the UK, so naming it won't do any good anyway. But thank you for your interest, nonetheless.
For comparison purposes, it is not a religious group (so this may not be a good comparison after all). It is just an ordinary school that sticks to "traditional" discipline methods, but unlike what took place in SES, discipline is/was measured and controlled. You can't just hit a child/student without proper reason, administrative procedures and authorisation (although other physical punishments are more liberally meted out). I am thankful I had no bad experiences there.
Only just read your post, but thank you so much for your kind words.
For some of us, life is a daily struggle still, even after all these years. What many people fail to understand about child abuse is that the "child" has to live the rest of their life forever changed. Some of us act out, some of us go to pieces, some of us find the strangest things difficult to cope with, none of us "get over it".
The SES assertion that our experiences are "all in the past" is insulting and misleading. For many of us, they are very much still in the present.
Please excuse me ranting here, but I'm witnessing one of my siblings struggling right now and feeling a lot of anger towards our abusers.
Thank you for your support - coming from a completely unrelated stranger, it means an awful lot.

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Mike is a lawyer who’s having a tough time making ends meet. He sees an opportunity when Leo, one of his clients who has dementia, needs a guardian. In his spare time Mike coaches wrestling, along with his friends Stephen and Terry. Then Leo’s grandson Kyle shows up — he’s trying to get away from Cindy, his drug-addicted mother. Mike and his wife Jackie decide to let Kyle stay with them, and it turns out that Kyle is great at wrestling.
Win Win was released in 2011.
In a normal movie there might be one interesting character, possibly two or three. In Win Win there’s a whole bunch. The characters are facing some difficult questions. Should you take an opportunity to make some money if it’s not strictly ethical but won’t really hurt anybody? How do you know who to walk away from and who to give another chance to?
Even if wrestling is far from your favourite sport, this movie will still grab you. You’ll care about what happens to the characters, and I think you’ll be surprised at least once. I recommend you put it at the top of your list.
Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version) plays Mike — he’s the master of getting us to like him even though he’s doing something questionable. The always funny Jeffrey Tambor (the TV show Arrested Development) plays Stephen, and Bobby Cannavale (The Station Agent) plays Terry. Burt Young (Rocky) plays Leo, and Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures) plays Cindy.
Other actors I didn’t know but deserve a mention: Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone) plays Jackie, and Alex Shaffer (in his first movie role) plays Kyle.
The movie was directed by Thomas McCarthy (The Station Agent).
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A confluence of factors — including B.C.’s new campaign finance reform and few incumbents seeking reelection — have created what some have called a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for independent candidates to change the face of a city council that hasn’t seen an independent councillor elected in three decades.
Earlier this year, Sarah Blyth, well-known for her life-saving work with the Overdose Prevention Society in the Downtown Eastside, struck out on her own as an independent council candidate, despite her past as a Vision Vancouver park board commissioner. And when the Non-Partisan Association unveiled their council slate in late July, many observers were surprised at the omission of Robert McDowell, a past NPA council candidate and former diplomat. Just days before the NPA’s announcement, their own caucus chair, Coun. George Affleck, wrote on Twitter that he was “really looking forward” to the party announcing McDowell as a council candidate.
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After being left off the party’s slate, McDowell announced he’d run independently. And speaking this week, McDowell said he thinks it’s for the best anyways, citing what he called the NPA’s “unfortunate mis-step” in running nine council candidates.
With the NPA choosing to run so many council candidates and risk spreading their support so thin, McDowell said, he believes he’d have a better chance running independently anyway.
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Erin Shum, a park board commissioner elected with the NPA in 2014 before quitting the party in 2016, announced this week she’d run for council independently.
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Crook and Grant will both receive support from Mike Wilson, who was, until recently, Hector Bremner’s campaign manager. Wilson had been working closely with Bremner since the candidate’s council byelection win last year, through to the launch of their new party in July, Yes Vancouver. But soon after they launched the party, Wilson left.
Soon after he left Bremner’s team, Wilson was talking with Grant and Crook, both of whom he described as friends. Wilson, a veteran political operative who previously worked with Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberals, ran some numbers to assess the candidates’ chances as independents. Speaking this week, he used the same expression as Crook, calling this year a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” for independents.
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One of the things that help to learn faster, is sketching. Lots of sketching. The house is covered in moleskins. Sort of. You get what I mean.
I even keep a box of brain dumps on my shelf. Every one of them gets a date. To see when I came up with the idea but even more important, to see how I’m progressing. I think there’re up to five years of ideas in there now. Or even more. I lost track.
Drawing mental models are a way to learn how to learn faster. If you’re not familiar with it, I can really recommend doing it. It will speed-up the way you connect several dots. Eventually, you’ll be ending up drawing the same models over and over again, based on the same frameworks over and over again until they become obsolete, for you. Not for others.
At that point, everything gets just crystal clear in your head. Its frickin’ insane. It might seem cocky to read, although once you get there, most of the things seem obvious. Its hard to explain.
if you’re keen on self-improvement that is.
In the past few years I’ve been investing in myself as much as I can. Something money can’t buy (nuance: too some extent it/you can). While I’m at it, why not give my own framework on investing in oneself, briefly?
Ok. From a pure financial perspective, this is somewhat a roadmap you can lean on. I have, in the past.
Ok. From an investment point of view, you can use some of that money to do, mainly, four things. You could even call them steps.
Actually, drilled down, its just two steps. The resources to learn as fast as you can & the time it takes to learning the learnings. That’s it. Simple right?
The difference between buying and renting is up to you. If you’ll need the resource often, I would definitely buy it. If you’re sure you’ll only need it once, or a few times, rent it.
So… in short, drawing models helps you to create a structure to remember things better and build-up the story towards a certain outcome, right?
Ok. Let’s get into the models. Two of them. Actually, one model than can be used in two ways to tell your story.
As the first model is based upon building up over time, the other representation has the same axes, although it focuses on narrowing down the essence of the outcome. You can use both, depending on the outcome of your story. The first interpretation is more glorious. The second interpretation is preferable used to focus on the end-goal (defined achievement within a defined amount of time), output (a defined deliverable, if needed within a preferred amount of time) or even outcome (defined state of mission, probably within a timeframe of five years, a decade or even a lifetime).
The axes are pretty straightforward. In life, there are only a few things that are constant. We all have approx. the same amount time on this planet and in its most simple form, we’ll probably earn almost the same amount of money over a forty-five years period of time (until pension, if we’ll ever have a pension that is).
As all things take time to learn, make, discover, … and the only thing that can free that kind of resource is money. In its purest form, it’s the essence of work. You trade your time to earn a living. Your boss gives you money in order to use that time to get something done.
That time can easily be translated into the horizontal axe The willingness to …, as seen in the first representation. The price (or money needed, depends on how you want to use this) is the vertical axe as seen in the first representation (strategic mental model – more long term orientated) as well as in the second representation (effectiveness model – more short term orientated). The money can be translated into the needed services, products or other resources of any kind.
The biggest factor of all this is the human side of things, were ability to drop ego’s, work better together and find happiness while doing, is the biggest challenge per individual.
I’ll leave out all the other nuances when it the one axe outweighs the other. The balance between both is the best theoretical option. It’s everything at the right time for the right price (and thus the right people).
You want to save money for instance in the next three years? Well… you can use both representations.
Give it a try. It works with almost anything.


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In Barbour St. Late Evening, I have amalgamated modern classical compositional techniques with echoes of jazz standards and spirituals. This is a further development of work I have been making over my compositional career which incorporates the harmonies and textures of ensemble jazz with the melodies of folk and modern classical composition.
The strings largely provide an atmospheric backdrop until they transform into a jazz refrain, whilst the winds and brass juxtapose with strains of various bluesy and spiritual tunes. The percussion hints subtly at New Orleans second line style marching bands and tie together the spiritual and the atmospheric.
The misty string harmonies are derived from a 5-part harmonisation (5 distinct pitch classes) created from a jazz chord progression and then expanded vertically. On each repeat they slowly contract to reach their original form.