Friday 23 September 2016.
Photo, left: Tanna: the ancient Vanuatu tribe who had never watched a film now star in one. See: Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 4, Blocks C & D.
"On Tanna, I can walk long distances," says Lingai Kowia, who plays one of the lover's fathers in the film, through a translator. "I can breathe really good winds. But in Italy, the same breath is shorter. The lifestyle is good for them but not for us. I was thinking if there was an earthquake, tall buildings would fall and people would die on the street."
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While the results are impressive – Tanna won the Critics Week prize in Venice and a special commendation at the London Film Festival – it was a challenging venture.
"I anticipated it being really difficult," says Dean. "You know what you're getting into when you're going into a community without electricity, have never made a film before and are working with people who had never seen a feature film let alone acted in one.
"There's probably going to be some hurdles but what we built into our plan was a lot of time. That made it quite a pleasurable experience.
"If you have in your mind that even the adverse experiences are all part of this enriching experience ... it doesn't feel like 'oh my God, the cast haven't turned up', or 'I haven't been able nailed this scene', or 'the gear's broken down'.
"You don't get frustrated by it. You just expect it as part of the journey."
Even with that relaxed attitude, there were setbacks.
Dean contracted viral conjunctivitis in both eyes, which meant he could not see for five days. His children had accidents, acid rain damaged cameras and volcanic dust affected the editing equipment.
But when Dean and Butler finished Tanna and showed it to the tribe in April – screening it on sheets strung up in a banyan tree in the village just after the devastation of cyclone Pam – they loved it.
"We'd promised them that they'd be the first people in the world to see it so that's what we did," says Dean. "The reaction from everyone there at the time was ecstatic.
"People gathered from all the tribes in the area to come to it. It was more like going to the football than going to your average cinema.
"There'd be the laughter of recognition; as the bad guy came on there were cheers; when the lovers were doing the wrong thing there were tut-tut-tuts from the older women, and snickers from the teenage boys up the back when the lovers were getting it on, while the girls up the front were going 'shh, shut up'.
"People sang along to the songs in the film. It was one of those magic filmmaker's experiences."
Dean says the best review came from the chief who said, "We consider this our film".
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Sebastian von Gorka, Institute of World Politics, in re: Lessons Learned in the Bomber Attack on New York & New Jersey. @SebGorka. The GorkaBriefing.com. / Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected of placing bombs in New York and New Jersey last weekend, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan closely associated with the Afghan Taliban, according to a government official.
The 28-year-old, who was born in Afghanistan but became a US citizen, spent time at the Kaan Kuwa Naqshbandi madrasa on his two visits to Pakistan, a security official working for the government of Balochistan province told the Guardian.
Rahami spent three weeks in 2011 receiving “lectures and Islamic education” at the school in Kuchlak, a dusty cluster of villages 20km north of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, he said.
Kuchlak is a well-known hub for the Taliban, the Islamist movement that has waged a 15-year insurgency against local and Nato forces in nearby Afghanistan. It is home to many madrasas, the seminaries intimately linked with the Taliban, originally a movement of religious students.
US officials have revealed basic details about Rahami’s two visits to Pakistan, the first in 2011 when he spent a couple of months in Quetta and got married and almost a year in 2013 when he also made a car journey to Afghanistan.
But very little information has emerged from inside Pakistan about what Rahami did during his visits. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/23/ahmad-khan-rahami-pakistan-taliban-new-york-bombing-terrorism
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Sebastian von Gorka, Institute of World Politics, in re: The mistaken notion of the “lone wolf.” The alienated, angry fellow from New Jersey who exploded a sort of IED in New York. Never seen an upstanding American citizen on Monday who built a bomb on Tuesday. When a man openly makes violent statements, is angry against the West, goes to Quetta – even Inspector Clouseau would connect the dots. In the two-plus years since the IS Caliphate was declared we've killed or caught 112 IS jihadists in the US. Half were caught by the FBI on the Internet; 15% were turned in by family or friends; 2% came from strangers who said “something strange is going on here.” This shows that ”If you see something say something” has utility, but to a limited degree.
The day after, in New York, the NYPD turned out in massive force; armored up, with long guns, ready for an invasion of Mars. I doff my hat to the NYPD. On Sept 11, 2001, NYPD had two counterterrorism experts; now they have [very many].
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Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) suggested earlier this week at a town hall event in West Chester, Ohio, that some veterans who sought care from the federal agency weren’t as worthy of treatment than others, reported the Journal-News.
“Just like workers comp out here’s got moochers, I wish that there were no vets that were the same sort of problem on our society,” Davidson said. “But part of the problem is there are some vets that are moochers and they’re clogging up the system, and we do as taxpayers want to make sure the VA filters out these folks that are pretenders. Just like we wish there were no people out there with stolen valor, but that’s a problem in the vet community, too.”
The Army veteran and first-term congressman from Troy, who won a special election to succeed former House Speaker John Boehner, drew strong criticism from the GOP chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
“I can only hope that Rep. Davidson misspoke, and I look forward to him clarifying his remarks,” said Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL).
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/boehners-gop-replacement-slurs-veterans...
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Francis Rose, Government Matters, WJLA; and Defense Week, in re: The job of the Chief Executive of the federal govt is to manage [the enormous bureaucracy]. We’ll look at the VA. The outgoing chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Jeff Miller, issued an alarming statement asking DOJ to look in to VA construction chief) Glenn Haggstrom, who ran the Denver $1.5 bil debacle. Thought that Haggstrom may have lied under oath. What’s significant is who’s on the letter; it was co-signed by the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Mark Takano (CA-41). If the committee becomes more partisan or collegial, bodes well for investigations and [a lot of housecleaning of corruption]. Both the House and Senate committees on Veterans’ Affairs have enough resources; their problem is the VVA not cooperating/complying with investigations.
Rep Warren Davidson of Ohio speaking candidly: One way to clean up the system is “to get the moochers out of it, as they clog up the system.” What?? In twenty years of covering these matters, I’ve never heard an elected representative speak this way. I’ll bet that by Monday we’ll see an apology. And he’s an Army veteran, himself.
I had the privilege of speaking with the chief spokesman for the VA Ms. LaVerne H. Council;, esp the software that generated the scandal: it's a DOS-based system with the black screen ad the green characters? Yike – thirty years old. Extremely difficult to use, to be trained on. Dreadful, antiquated old system.
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 1, Block D: Francis Rose, Government Matters, WJLA; and Defense Week, in re: Donald Trump’s capability in managing this sprawling federal bureaucracy? Can claim parallel experience. Also can claim that he understands to some extent the needs and interests of people who grew up expecting to have an adequate job despite no fancy extra education, and now cannot. Mrs Clinton’s strengths on the debate stage: she knows every dotted I and crossed T of the federal govt from seeing it up close. She was in the Senate for eight years and was highly respected by her colleagues for her hard work and knowledge. Se served on the Health Committee, a powerful group that flies under the radar. . . . SO far, she’s spoken favorably of he federal work force; was liked by employees at State. Will she stay with these positions, or transition away from them? No one thinks the Clinton healthcare [plans/] are substantive.
Hour Two
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 2, Block A: Capt. Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security; in re: a case has been made that the US is fundamentally a sea power, which comes from a century ago, a Briton and an American.
Makinder [pron: MAK-inder]: the world-island of Eurasia; whoever put that together would be the master –where Russia is the pivot - but sea power would always remain viable as an authority in global contests.
A century later the US has replaced Britain as a sea power.
The American, Mahan [pron: ma-HAHN], taught at Naval War College: projecting sea power was a way of protecting [empire]. Bill Gertz in the Asia Times: PLA Navy and Russian navy have a joint exercise of thirteen [?] ships.
Mahan said that sea power was more important. But Russia an China are still very land-based – in the XIII C they had to face the Swedes, the Mongol hordes and others. China feels as though it's 225 BC and they're still in the Warring States period, when the Emperor Chin build the first Great Wall, and see the First Island Chai as tough it was a wall. Heir ships are all about ability to protect that first barrier, only thereafter reach outward.
Russia and China have historically been enemies; an awkward coming-together. Learning to work together. China is focused on its communications, esp w the Middle East, whence energy that it depends on. Myanmar and other ports; pulling raw ores out of Africa. China will find India inconvenient, certainly in the Indian Ocean, which China thinks is its own.
US has the best subs. Geography is critical: the types of weapons we can put in the Philippines., or do repairs in Japan, or rotating Marines through Australia – the Pacific Ocean is huge; hard to grasp. I think Taiwan is about to re-enter the conversation. http://atimes.com/2016/09/counter-pivot-china-russia-hold-large-scale-s-china-sea-war-games/
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 2, Block B: Capt. Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security; in re: Walker-class subs (named for h Walker family of spies in the US Navy) are quiet but shorter-range. SOSA arrays underwater from Britain to Iceland or Greenland. Also, US sub fleet is down to forties or fifties; but he Russian navy is smaller. Still using WWII subs; recently came up with anew class, quiet boat, hit the water in 2014. When they get their Delta 4 missiles, US will be interested
Arctic: Russians are militarizing the Arctic, are weatherizing their eqpt. US is not doing nearly enough – we have two icebreakers, old and weak. Need them to be nuclear-powered. Our subs had adjustable fair weather ____; retiring those boats now. Ice on hulls is dangerous; US has thin-skinned boats that will not hold up in the Arctic.
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 2, Block C: Gene Marks Washington Post, in re: Small business. New Prêt-à-Manger in Penn Station.
Economy
Hallowe’en Spending Expected to Reach $8.4 Billion, the Most in NRF Survey History http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2016/09/22/halloween-spending-expected-to-reach-84-billion-most-in-nrf-survey-history.html
New FedEx Trade Index: 7 in 10 Small Businesses Say Trade Will Improve the U.S. Economy http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160922005265/en/FedEx-Trade-Index-7-10-Small-Businesses @BusinessWire
AIA: Architecture Billings Index declines in August http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/or4a9VVVDfk/aia-architecture-billings-index.html
Existing-Home Sales Fall for Second Straight Month http://www.wsj.com/articles/existing-home-sales-fall-for-second-straight-month-1474553092?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Most Small Businesses Are Barely Saving Any Money, New Study Shows http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-21/most-small-businesses-are-barely-saving-any-money-new-study-shows
More Small Businesses to Offer Retirement Plans Thanks to Obamacare, says Nationwide http://smallbiztrends.com/2016/09/small-business-retirement-benefits.html @smallbiztrends
UBS: There's a 31% chance of a recession in the next year http://www.businessinsider.com/ubs-credit-recession-model-2016-9?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral
Start & Tech
OurCrowd raises another $72M to build out its equity crowdfunding platform
https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/21/ourcrowd-raises-another-72m-to-build-out-its-equity-crowdfunding-platform/?ncid=rss
Online pre-owned car retailer Vroom raises $50M http://vator.tv/news/2016-09-20-online-pre-owned-car-retailer-vroom-raises-50m#eu9KWPhHr541h7TO.02
Popsicle vendor to receive $380,000 after GoFundMe campaign http://6abc.com/1520612/
The man who stoked India’s voracious appetite for pizzas http://qz.com/786236/ajay-kaul-of-dominos-india-the-man-behind-indias-voracious-appetite-for-pizzas/
Chipotle Launches Ad Blitz to Convince People Food Is Safe Now http://fortune.com/2016/09/21/chipotle-advertising-food-safety/
Why this supermodel's startup may actually succeed https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2016/09/21/gene-marks-will-this-start-up-founded-by-the-worlds-most-famous-model-succeed/
Facebook reveals new measurement tools and ad options for retailers http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/21/facebook-reveals-new-measurement-tools-and-ad-options-for-retailers.html
Malware downloaded every 81 seconds, says new Check Point security report http://www.techrepublic.com/article/malware-downloaded-every-81-seconds-says-new-check-point-security-report/ @ConnerForrest @techrepublic
These Jobs at Small Businesses Are the Least in Demand http://smallbiztrends.com/2016/09/low-demand-jobs-small-business.html Square adds tool to remember frequent customers
http://mashable.com/2016/09/22/square-card-on-file/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial
Small biz
A hotel wants its declaration of independence returned (will appear in WashPo sometime today too) https://consumerist.com/2016/09/19/historic-inn-offering-amnesty-for-guests-who-pilfered-items-in-the-past/
Retailers Must Wake Up to New Indoor Location Technologies or Will Miss Mobile Opportunities
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/retailers-must-wake-up-to-new-indoor-location-technologies-or-will-miss-mobile-opportunities-300332629.html
Paychex Small Business Snapshot: Many Business Owners Remain Unaware of the DOL’s Final Overtime Rule http://media.paychex.com/paychex-small-business-snapshot-business-owners-remain-unaware-dols-overtime-rule/
Evidence finds inflexible work hours play a huge role in the gender wage gap http://www.businessinsider.com/gender-wage-gap-lack-flexible-hours-2016-9 @chriswweller @clusterstock
This small-city Virginia government may have solved the pay gap http://wpo.st/y9Q-2
One local business thriving as Illinois lacks manufacturing jobs http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33152447/one-local-business-thriving-as-illinois-lacks-manufacturing-jobs @Brandon_Merano @WSILNews
Companies that help employees finish a college degree http://www.marketwatch.com/story/companies-that-help-employees-finish-a-college-degree-2016-09-21
@lisarab @MarketWatch
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 2, Block D: Gene Marks Washington Post, in re: OurCrowd has raised another $70 mil; rules have changed: you can have access to crowdfunded money. Geared to private companies. Pre-owned car: can do the entire thing online, buy or sell. Scan your car’s VIN submit photos, get an appraisal; they pick up your car at your front door, guarantees sale in seven days? Popsicle bender: raise money (Fidencio Sanchez at age 89; has been selling Popsicles for thirty years, suddenly out of resources;) a customer started a GoFundMe campaign, raised $300 K for him.
India’s answer for “the best pizza in New York”: added Indian stapes, incl chicken tikka; the marketer is retiring , now there are shops all over India. Chipotle got in trouble; always use locally-grown and-sourced food, had trouble controlling quality. Now rectified, stock price shot up.
Supermodels: Kate Moss (age 42) starting second life, her own business. The Kate Moss Modelling Agency: she’s doing something she knows well, hired experienced managers.
Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Mass (300 years old); missing silverware, plates, and now a copy of the Declaration of Independence (missing in the 1950s). Mr Pickford, owner, has offered an amnesty to all for returning everything that’s gone missing.
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How Microsoft wants to cure cancer using computers http://www.inc.com/kevin-j-ryan/microsoft-wants-to-cure-cancer-using-computers.html @wheresKR @Inc
Study reveals 4% of deaths worldwide may be caused by long periods of sitting time http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160921/Study-reveals-425-of-deaths-worldwide-may-be-caused-by-long-periods-of-sitting-time.aspx
Homegrown Cape business stimulates local economy in Florida http://www.nbc-2.com/story/33142710/homegrown-cape-business-stimulates-local-economy
@JessePagan_ @NBC2
Hour Three
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 3, Block A: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, by Terry L. Anderson and Ann M. Carlos (1 of 4)
"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think, and act for myself." – Chief Joseph, 1879
Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of law.
The chapters in this volume document the involvement of indigenous people in market economies long before European contact, provide evidence on how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held hostage to bureaucratic red tape, and explains how their wealth can be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 3, Block B: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, by Terry L. Anderson and Ann M. Carlos (2 of 4)
Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, by Terry L. Anderson and Ann M. Carlos / “Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies by creating institutions that reward productivity and entrepreneurship and that establish tribal governments that are capable of providing a stable rule of law. The chapters in this volume document the involvement of indigenous people in market economies long before European contact, provide evidence on how the wealth of Indian Nations has been held hostage to bureaucratic red tape, and explains how their wealth can be unlocked through self-determination and sovereignty.” https://www.amazon.com/Unlocking-Wealth-Indian-Nations-Anderson/dp/14985...
Reviews
"The comparative development of the American Indian Nations provides an unrivaled natural experiment with enormous relevance to social scientists. This volume isn't therefore just a practical agenda to help some of the most marginalized people in the US, it's also an important intellectual milestone." — James Robinson, University of Chicago
"In Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, Terry Anderson has assembled an excellent collection of essays confirming the failure of more than a century of top-down, federal paternalism and the promise of bottom-up institutional development by autonomous Indian nations and their citizenry. Through many examples drawn from a wide sampling of native populations, the authors provide convincing proof that, as in the past, property rights and trade are the keys to unlocking the future wealth of Indian nations." — James Huffman, Lewis & Clark Law School
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 3, Block C: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, by Terry L. Anderson and Ann M. Carlos (3 of 4)
From the Prologue
Although the title of this book suggests its focus is on American Indian Nations, the lack of property rights and a stable rule of law applies to indigenous peoples around the world, not just those in North America. The chapter on Māori tribal economies goes beyond North America and should serve as a call for scholars to consider how institutional adaptation allowed indigenous peoples to thrive in the past and how the lack of such adaption prevents them from utilizing their rightful human and physical resources. All of the other chapters provide a template for how indigenous resources can be unlocked to generate wealth for their owners. If this volume is successful for stimulating further scholarship and, more importantly, stimulating a spontaneous evolution of institutional change led by indigenous people themselves, it will have been a success.
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 3, Block D: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Terry Anderson, PERC Montana, in re: Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations, by Terry L. Anderson and Ann M. Carlos (4 of 4)
Part I. Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Growth
• Institutions and the Wealth of Indian Nations by Terry L. Anderson and Bryan Leonard
• Natural Resources on American Indian Reservations: Blessing or Curse? by Terry L. Anderson, Bryan Leonard, Dominic P. Parker, and Shawn Regan
Part II. Indigenous Peoples' Institutions in Historical Perspective
• Native Americans, Exchange, and the Role of Gift-Giving by Ann M. Carlos and Frank D. Lewis
• The Potlatch as Fractional Reserve Banking by D. Bruce Johnsen
• Māori Tribal Economy: Rethinking the Original Economic Institutions by John Reid and Matthew Rout
Part III. Contemporary Institutional Issues
• Unlocking the Energy Wealth of Indian Nations by Shawn Regan and Terry L. Anderson
• Divided Interests: The Increasing Detrimental Fractionation of Indian Land Ownership by Jacob W. Russ and Thomas Stratmann
• Forced Coexistence and Economic Development: Evidence from Native American Reservations by Christian Dippel
• The Legacy of United States v. Washington: Economic Effects of the Boldt and Rafeedie Decisions by Dominic P. Parker, Randal R. Rucker, and Peter H. Nickerson
• Paternalism versus Sovereignty: The Long Run Economic Effects of the Indian Reorganization Act by Dustin Frye and Dominic P. Parker
Part IV. From the Bottom Up
• Indian Entrepreneurship by Robert J. Miller
• Unlocking First Nation Wealth: Past Efforts and Future Opportunities by André Le Dressay
From the Epilogue
May the ideas in this volume help spark the institutional change necessary to unlock the wealth of Indian Nations and restore dignity for indigenous people around the world.
Hour Four
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 4, Block A: Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne, in re: Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker chronicles William Evanina, National Counterintelligence Executive and the man in charge of dealing with the damage caused by Snowden and preventing future leaks. Patrick's full feature on the Snowden fallout is available at: http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/09/man-charge-stopping-next-snowden/131593/ (1 of 2)
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 4, Block B: Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne (2 of 2)
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 4, Block C: Bentley Dean, film director, and JJ, a lead actor, in re: the film Tanna. (1 of 2)
Tanna is a 2015 Australian film set on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific, telling the true story of a couple who decided to marry for love rather than obey their parents' wishes. The film won the Audience Award Pietro Barzisa at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Australian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
The film was shot entirely on location. Dean lived with his family for seven months in Tanna. Most of the cast played their own roles in the film - "The chief played the chief, the medicine man played the medicine man, the warriors played the warriors," stated the film's cultural director, Jimmy Joseph Nako. Dain was cast because he was considered the village's most handsome man.[11] The film is shot in the Navhal and Nafe languages. The cast members did not regard the filming as being difficult because their roles were " performing what we were used to in our daily life." A copy of Ten Canoes was screened as an example for the actors.
This is Butler and Dean's third collaboration, after the documentaries Contact and First Footprints. Dean went to Vanuatu in 2003 to research and wanted to return there to create something larger. Dean wanted to tell a local story and give his children a chance to live in the village, and developed the storyline in collaboration with the Yakel people. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc3j_FHzzmc
Friday 23 September 2016 / Hour 4, Block D: Bentley Dean, film director, and JJ, a lead actor, in re: the film Tanna. (2 of 2)
Tanna is set in the South Pacific where Wawa, a young girl from one of the last traditional tribes, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, but are pursued by enemy warriors intent on killing them. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom. Tanna is based on a true story and performed by the people of Yakel in Vanuatu.
www.tannamovie.com has a wonderful piece called “The Story of Tanna” (6 minutes), as well as trailer, press it, schedule of theaters where it is and will be playing around the U.S., lists of awards, downloadable photos, poster and various other information.
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