tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-5489 2009-11-21T15:29:50+00:00 ...art and politics and all points between TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c484153ef0120a6c04feb970b 2009-11-21T15:29:50+00:00 2009-11-21T15:30:42+00:00

[The US is] the only nation in the world with a health care system based on dodging sick people. Dr Marcia Angell, quoted in this post at Time Goes By.

Ian Bertram <a href="http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2009/11/gray-matters-health-insurance-companies.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TimeGoesBy+%28TIME+GOES+BY%29" target="_blank" title="TIME GOES BY"></a><blockquote><p><em>[The US is] the only nation in the world with a health care system based on dodging sick people. <br></em></p></blockquote><p>Dr <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia_Angell" target="_blank">Marcia Angell</a>, quoted in <a href="http://www.timegoesby.net/weblog/2009/11/gray-matters-health-insurance-companies.html" target="_blank">this post</a> at Time Goes By<em>.<br></em></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=Hm8VwL43F_4:nZ0ug-J6pWY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2009/11/dodging_sick_people.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c484153ef0120a6b782d6970b 2009-11-19T20:01:50+00:00 2009-11-19T20:02:12+00:00

I've had the DVDs of the two Star Wars trilogies for a while, but never had the free time to watch them in story sequence until recently, while recovering from illness. The remastered original trilogy looks great, Lucas at last...

Ian Bertram <p>I've had the DVDs of the <a href="http://www.typepad.com/site/blogs/6a00d8341c484153ef00d8341c484353ef/post/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F4%255F9%26field-keywords%3Dstar%2520wars%2520trilogy%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd%26sprefix%3Dstar%2520wars&amp;tag=panchromatica-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450%22%3Etwo%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=panchromatica-21&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=2%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank" title="Prequel trilogy">two</a> Star <a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001FVKUA8?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=panchromatica-21&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B001FVKUA8%22%3EStar%20Wars%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=panchromatica-21&amp;l=as2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B001FVKUA8%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank" title="Original trilogy">Wars </a>trilogies for a while, but never had the free time to watch them in story sequence until recently, while recovering from illness. The remastered original trilogy looks great, Lucas at last having the capacity to make it look as he originally conceived it. The dialogue is of course as clunky as ever, but the great sweep of the story still carries you along, first the tragedy of Anikin Skywalker, then the triumph of his son Luke in the face of the same moral dilemma and the eventual restoration of Anikin. Lucas is often said to have conceived the story as three trilogies. He <a href="http://www.killermovies.com/s/starwarsepisodeiii/articles/4415.html" target="_blank">now says</a> that this is not the case and that the 6 films we now have are all there will be. Looking at the story arcs, it does look difficult to think of anything that would be anything other than a warming over of themes in the first two trilogies. </p><p>One interesting option would be to take the story a long way forward and marry it into the world of Ian M Banks' <a href="%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fss%255F0%255F14%26field-keywords%3Dian%2520m%2520banks%2520culture%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dstripbooks%26sprefix%3DIan%2520M%2520Banks%2520cu&amp;tag=panchromatica-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450%22%3EIan%20M%20Banks%20Culture%20novels%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22https://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=panchromatica-21&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=2%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E">Culture novels</a>. There are seeds in the two trilogies that could be picked up and developed, like androids and the various mechanical creatures that inhabit the background of many scenes. R2D2 and C3P0 might even survive into that future. A conflict between the straight laced Jedi and and Bank's <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&amp;source=hp&amp;fkt=3972&amp;fsdt=12367&amp;q=special+circumstances+culture&amp;meta=&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=%22special+circumstances%22&amp;fp=7fe5513f2cee5d19" target="_blank">Special Circumstances</a> would have the potential for a great deal of moral ambiguity and allow the storyline to explore some of the less acceptable aspects of the Republic like its excessive centrality.</p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=ujRN7dJt2Nc:hb3R7s8NKds:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2009/11/star-wars-what-happens-after-episode-6.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c484153ef0120a6586fc1970b 2009-11-06T00:13:34+00:00 2009-11-06T00:13:34+00:00

Polybags (tags: carrierbags)

Ian Bertram <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul class="delicious"><li> <div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.polybags.co.uk/shop/shop_c1.htm">Polybags</a></div> <div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/ibanda/carrierbags">carrierbags</a>)</div> </li></ul></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=LB59DB5oBpI:9yryppji7k4:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2009/11/links-for-2009-11-05.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c484153ef0120a650eeae970b 2009-11-04T00:34:07+00:00 2009-11-04T00:34:07+00:00

packaging - Westbury, Wilts

Ian Bertram <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul class="delicious"><li> <div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.packagingpeople.co.uk/main.htm">packaging - Westbury, Wilts</a></div> </li></ul></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=iT8teOStSMA:hwkscFcU62M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2009/11/links-for-2009-11-03.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c484153ef0120a619975f970b 2009-10-24T01:33:53+01:00 2009-10-24T01:33:53+01:00

Colour management consultancy and training in Leicester (tags: color colour printing colourmanagement)

Ian Bertram <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><ul class="delicious"><li> <div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/leicester_colour_management.html">Colour management consultancy and training in Leicester</a></div> <div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/ibanda/color">color</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/ibanda/colour">colour</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/ibanda/printing">printing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/ibanda/colourmanagement">colourmanagement</a>)</div> </li></ul></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:dnMXMwOfBR0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?a=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Panchromatica?i=xzyDE4L4FLw:hE6VE7bnPTs:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div> http://ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2009/10/links-for-2009-10-23.html