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__label__wiki	0.54836	0.54836	Home > News > Industry News > Hydration May Affect Cognitive Function in Some Older Adults Hydration May Affect Cognitive Function in Some Older Adults Not getting enough water is enough to make you feel sluggish and give you a headache, but a new Penn State study suggests it may also relate to cognitive performance. The researchers investigated whether hydration levels and water intake among older adults was related with their scores on several tests designed to measure cognitive function. They found that among women, lower hydration levels were associated with lower scores on a task designed to measure motor speed, sustained attention, and working memory. They did not find the same result for men. The findings were recently published in the European Journal of Nutrition. “The study gives us clues about how hydration and related drinking habits relate to cognition in older adults,” said Hilary Bethancourt, a postdoctoral scholar in biobehavioural health and first author on the study. “This is important because older adults already face increased risk of cognitive decline with advancing age and are often less likely than younger adults to meet daily recommendations on water intake.” Asher Rosinger, Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health, said the researchers found similar results when the participants were overhydrated. “We found a trend suggesting overhydration may be just as detrimental to cognitive performance as dehydration for older adults,” said Rosinger, who also directs the Water, Health, and Nutrition Laboratory and was senior author on the study. “Because of this, being in the ‘sweet spot’ of hydration seems to be best for cognitive function, especially for tasks requiring sustained attention.” According to the researchers, scientists have long suspected that dehydration may have an effect on cognitive performance. However, previous studies have largely focused on young, healthy people who are dehydrated after exercise and/or being in the heat. Bethancourt said that because exercise and elevated ambient and body temperatures can have their own, independent effects on cognition, she and the other researchers were interested in the effects of day-to-day hydration status in the absence of exercise or heat stress, especially among older adults. “As we age, our water reserves decline due to reductions in muscle mass, our kidneys become less effective at retaining water, and hormonal signals that trigger thirst and motivate water intake become blunted,” Bethancourt said. “Therefore, we felt like it was particularly important to look at cognitive performance in relation to hydration status and water intake among older adults, who may be underhydrated on a regular basis.” For the study, the researchers used data from a nationally representative sample of 1271 women and 1235 men who were 60 years of age or older. Data were collected by the Nutrition and Health Examination Survey. Participants gave blood samples and were asked about all foods and drinks consumed the previous day. The researchers calculated hydration status based on concentrations of sodium, potassium, glucose, and urea nitrogen in participants’ blood. Total water intake was measured as the combined liquid and moisture from all beverages and foods. Participants also completed three tasks designed to measure different aspects of cognition, with the first two measuring verbal recall and verbal fluency, respectively. A final task measured processing speed, sustained attention, and working memory. Participants were given a list of symbols, each matched with a number between one and nine. They were then given a list of numbers one through nine in random order and asked to draw the corresponding symbol for as many numbers as possible within two minutes. Bethancourt said that when they first plotted the average test scores across different levels of hydration status and water intake, there appeared to be a distinct trend toward higher test scores in relation to adequate hydration and/or meeting recommended water intake. However, much of that was explained by other factors. “Once we accounted for age, education, hours of sleep, physical activity level, and diabetes status and analysed the data separately for men and women, the associations with hydration status and water intake were diminished,” Bethancourt said. “A trend toward lower scores on the number-symbol test among women who were categorised as either underhydrated or overhydrated was the most prominent finding that remained after we accounted for other influential factors.” Bethancourt said that because the data was cross-sectional, they can’t be sure whether suboptimal hydration levels are causing cognitive impairment or if people with impaired cognition are just more likely to be under- or overhydrated. The researchers were also unsure why they failed to see the same associations among men. Still, she said the results raise interesting questions. “It was interesting that even though the test of attention, processing speed, and working memory took only a few minutes, it was the one most strongly associated with lower hydration levels,” Bethancourt said. “Other research has similarly suggested that attention may be one of the cognitive domains most affected by hydration status. This left us wondering what the effects of inadequate hydration might be on more difficult tasks requiring longer periods of concentration and focus.” Rosinger said the findings suggest older adults may want to pay close attention to their hydration status, by both consuming enough liquids to avoid dehydration, as well as ensuring adequate electrolyte balance to avoid overhydration. “Because older adults may not necessarily feel thirsty when their body is reaching a state of underhydration and may be taking diuretics that can increase salt excretion, it is important for older adults and their physicians to better understand the symptoms of being both under- and overhydrated,” said Rosinger. Renapro® Shot → ← Impact of Lifestyle Behaviours in Early Childhood on Obesity	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1613
__label__cc	0.741711	0.258289	Posts Tagged ‘Robert Seth Hayes’ Illustrated Guide Version 13.6 Uploaded! 31 July 2018 NYC Anarchist Black Cross Leave a comment We’ve finished the latest version of the NYC ABC “Illustrated Guide to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War” and it’s available for viewing (and download) by clicking on the tab at the top of this page. This update includes updated mini-bios, photos, and address changes for several prisoners. Unfortunately, we are adding a prisoner to the guide this month–Water Protector Dion Ortiz. We are thankful to remove Robert Seth Hayes (released on parole!) and Nicole Kissane (completion of sentence!). Categories: Illustrated Guide, What We Do Tags: Dion Ortiz, Little Feather, Michael Africa, Michael Davis Africa, Michael Giron, Mike Africa, MOVE 9, Nicole Kissane, Red Fawn Fallis, Robert Seth Hayes, Seth Hayes, Standing Rock, Standing Rock 6, Water Protector BK/NY – Tuesday, July 31st – Letter Writing Dinner for the MOVE 9 WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 It’s uncommon that we are able to relate good news, but this week we can. Robert Seth Hayes has been released on parole, having met all criteria for release according to his sentence and after serving 45 years in prison. Welcome home, Seth! It’s impossible to celebrate Seth’s release without remembering that we have so many comrades still in prison. So NYC ABC will do what we do and host another of our every-other-week political prisoner letter-writing dinners. We are so close to the 40th anniversary of the police attack on the MOVE house that we are focusing this week’s event on the MOVE 9. The MOVE 9 are a family of strong, serious, deeply committed revolutionaries who have endured decades of violent oppression at the hands of the racist state. They are innocent women and men who have been in prison since August 8, 1978, following a massive police attack on them at their home in the Powelton Village neighborhood of Philadelphia. This was seven years before the government dropped a bomb on MOVE, killing 11 people, including 5 babies. You will notice only six addresses below. That is because the state would rather see our comrades dead than free and allowed both Merle and Phil Africa to die while imprisoned. ¡Presente! Just last month, in June 2018, Debbie Africa was the first MOVE prisoner to be released on parole. Welcome home, Debbie! If for some reason you can’t make it out on Tuesday, take a minute to write these folks from home (NOTE: Pennsylvania will ONLY accept mail in plain white envelopes): Janet Hollaway Africa #OO6308 Janine Phillips Africa #OO6309 SCI Cambridge Springs 451 Fullerton Avenue Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania 16403-1238 Delbert Orr Africa #AM4985 Charles Sims Africa #AM4975 SCI Dallas 1000 Follies Road Michael Davis Africa #AM 4973 SCI Phoenix Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426 Edward Goodman Africa #AM4974 SCI Mahanoy 301 Morea Road Frackville, Pennsylvania 17932 Categories: What We Do Tags: Charles Africa, Charles Simms Africa, Chuck Africa, Debbie Africa, Debbie Simms Africa, Debbis Sims Africa, Del, Del Africa, Delbert Africa, Delbert Orr Africa, Edward Africa, Edward Goodman Africa, Janet Africa, Janet Holloway Africa, Janine Africa, Janine Philips Africa, Michael Africa, Michael Davis Africa, Mike Africa, MOVE, MOVE 9, Robert Seth Hayes, Seth Hayes BK/NY – Tuesday, January 2nd – Letter-Writing Dinner For Herman, Seth, and Jalil 30 December 2017 NYC Anarchist Black Cross Leave a comment WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 While the majority of Americans use New Years Eve as an excuse to drink as much alcohol as they can consume only to ‘turn over a new leaf’ the following day by joining a gym, we at NYC ABC will be doing the work that we always do. We hope to see your smiling (albeit it freezing) faces this Sunday at our annual New Year’s Eve Noise Demo at MCC in Manhattan. And as per usual, we will be kicking off yet another calendar year of bi-weekly letter writing nights and hope to see y’all there, too. This week join NYC ABC as we write to three of our New York state political prisoners: Herman Bell, Robert Seth Hayes, and Jalil Muntaqim. All three of these elders are up for parole this year for what feels like the millionth time. Parole preparation years can be particularly taxing; prisoners and their support team, legal crew, family, friends, and communities all pour a lot of time and energy into the preparations for getting them to the parole hearing in hopes of getting our comrades out from behind the walls. Come by on Tuesday for a hot vegan meal and to send them all a nice message of support during this time. Herman Bell has been to the New York state parole board 7 times and been denied 7 times. His next parole board appearance will be in February 2018, when he will be 70 years old. At this next appearance, we hope that Herman will have a better chance of being seriously considered and therefore released. New regulations governing parole hearings mandate that an applicant’s risk of recidivism be considered as a “guiding principle” of the hearing. Herman has the very lowest risk score, based on the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision’s measures. In addition, six new parole commissioners were added to the Board and several, though not all, of the older, law-enforcement connected ones have been retired. More information at freehermanbell.org Robert Seth Hayes has been to the New York state parole board 10 times and has been denied each time. Each time, the board—always made of up former law enforcement personnel and former prosecutors—reviews his very impressive record, all the institutional programs participated in and completed, college attended while inside, his job offers, his numerous letters of support from family, friends, and community members from many walks of life. Seth had a petition that received over 1000 signatures at his last trip to the board. Seth is one of the longest held political prisoners and suffers immense health problems, most notably his diabetes. It is imperative that he get out now before it is too late. More information at kersplebedeb.com/posts/robert-seth-hayes Jalil Muntaqim has been rejected by the New York state parole board a total of 9 times. June 2016 was the last time Jalil had been to the Board, and the ninth time he had been denied, despite having an excellent record and meeting all requirements to be released on parole. Jalil has submitted a request to Gov. Cuomo requesting commutation of sentence to time served, as the parole board is obviously biased. A fair and just parole hearing is impossible for Jalil and our other NY State political prisoners. More information at freejalil.com We expect to see you on Tuesday. If you can’t make it, please take the time to write a letter to Herman, Seth, and Jalil: Herman Bell #79-C-0262 Shawangunk Correctional Facility Wallkill, New York 12589 Robert Seth Hayes #74-A-2280 Sullivan Correctional Facility Fallsburg, New York 12733-0116 Jalil Muntaqim* #77-A-4283 Address envelope to Anthony Bottom. Categories: Events, What We Do Tags: Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, NYC ABC, Robert Seth Hayes, Seth Hayes BK/NY – Sunday, September 17th – Running Down the Walls 7 August 2017 NYC Anarchist Black Cross 6 comments WHAT: Running Down the Walls – 5k Run/Walk/Jog/Bike WHEN: 2:00-7:00pm, Sunday, September 17th WHERE: Prospect Park– Lincoln Road/East Lake Drive, east of the Terrace Bridge (see the below map for exact location) COST: $10 registration (includes food and drinks afterwards) Every year, prisoners and supporters of political prisoners organize solidarity events with Running Down the Walls. In the last few years, we’ve had runs in Albuquerque (NM), Arcata (CA), Ashland (OR), Bellefonte (PA), Boston (MA), Buffalo (NY), Chico (CA), Denver (CO), Elmore (AL), Inez (KY), Los Angeles (CA), Marion (IL), Minneapolis (MN) New York (NY), USP Navosta (TX), Pelican Bay (CA), Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ), Seattle (WA), and Toronto, Ontario. This year we hope to expand the amount of runs in prisons and other cities, as well as increase the amount of funds raised for community projects. NYC ABC‘s goal with this year’s run is $4,000. You can donate online by going to gumroad.com/nycabc This year’s run will take place on Sunday, September 17th at 2:00pm in solidarity and conjunction with runs that will take place in cities and prison yards across the country at the same time. REGISTER AS, OR SPONSOR, A PARTICIPANT To raise our goal of $4,000, we need your support. Promote – print and distribute this poster and/or this flyer to friends and local businesses, your doctor’s office, laundromat, food co-op, wealthy benefactor, et cetera. * Run/walk/bike/roll in the 5k – We need participants who can run/walk/bike/roll the 5k and are able to collect financial pledges to offer as donations to the run. Download the brochure, complete with registration and sponsor form right here. * Volunteer for the run – We need folks who are willing to staff a registration/literature table, hand out water, bike the route as street medics, and help chalk the route beforehand. * Donate online at gumroad.com/nycabc * Donate to the run/sponsor a participant – If you are not able to attend, but want to support this fundraising effort, please mail donations to: Your donation of $10 or more entitles you to the celebratory picnic after the event. Each year, we split proceeds between the Anarchist Black Cross Federation’s Warchest Program and a local organization. This year’s partner group will be the 5 Borough Anti-Repression Committee (5BARC). The Warchest Program: The Anarchist Black Cross Federation (ABCF) has initiated a program designed to send monthly checks to those Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War who have been receiving insufficient, little, or no financial support during their imprisonment. The Warchest program was initiated in November 1994. Its purpose is to collect monthly funds from groups and individual supporters, and send that money to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (PP/POW) via monthly checks. Over the last two decades, the ABCF warchest has dispensed over $85,000 to political prisoners in the United States. Currently, there are 13 imprisoned comrades who receive a monthly stipend as part of the program; they are: Hanif Bey Herman Bell Jaan Laaman Malik Smith Robert Seth Hayes Ruchell Magee Xinachtli (FKA Alvaro Luna Hernandez) For more information, visit: abcf.net/warchest-program 5 Borough Anti-Repression Committee (5BARC): The 5 Borough Anti-Repression Committee (5BARC) is dedicated to defending NYC #DisruptJ20 defendants who were mass arrested on inauguration day in Washington D.C. while protesting against everything Trump stands for. Each defendant now faces at least 8 felony charges which amount to 75 years in prison. 5BARC aims to build a local coalition of organized supporters who will voice their opposition to these absurd charges. #DISMISSJ20 We will be starting here: From the Q train, get off at the Prospect Park stop. Walk to Lincoln Road and turn right into the park. We’ll be about 700 feet away. The event will be one lap around what is known as the Main Loop, and will total five kilometers. For the curious, here’s what it looks like: If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail us at nycabc at riseup dot net. Categories: Events Tags: #DismissJ20, 5 Borough Anti-Repression Committee, 5BARC, Alvaro Luna Hernandez, Beaumont Gereau, Byron Chubbuck, Byron Shane Chubbuck, Clark Squire, DisruptJ20, Hanif Bey, Hanif Shabazz Bey, Herman Bell, Jaan Laaman, Jalil Muntaqim, Joe Joe Bowen, Joseph Bowen, Malik Smith, Meral Smith, Oso Blanco, Prospect Park, RDTW, RDTW 2017, RDTW2017, Robert Seth Hayes, Ruchell Magee, Running Down The Walls, Sundiata Acoli, Tom Manning, vegan pulled pork, Xinachtli Action Alert Against Gov Cuomo’s Proposed NYS Visitation Restrictions 6 February 2017 NYC Anarchist Black Cross 3 comments We have been made aware of an awful piece of the Governor’s budget proposal that that would affect thousands of folks in New York State (NYS) prisons, including all of the political prisoners in New York who we list in our guide. This call to action has been circulating and we hope that you will take part and pass it along as well: Governor Cuomo has just proposed to limit visiting at New York State maximum security prisons to three days a week instead of the current seven. If passed, this measure will be awful for David Gilbert, Herman Bell, Seth Hayes, Jalil Muntaqim and thousands of other maximum security prisoners. This proposal will seriously escalate suffering and family disruption. Under the current seven-day system, weekend visitors (many are women with young children) often wait two to three hours to see their loved ones. With reduced days, the wait will be longer, the visitor rooms more crowded, the visiting days and hours even more limited. This will be terrible for everyone and impossible for many. Please email and write the people below and remind them how important visiting is and how this proposal is wrong on all levels. Governor Cuomo Sign: https://www.change.org/p/governor-cuomo-don-t-restrict-visits-in-nys-prisons Call (weekdays) –> 518.474.8390 Email: https://www.governor.ny.gov/content/governor-contact-form The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Email these people: 1) Marta Nelson, marta.nelson@exec.ny.gov – Executive Director of the Governor’s Council on Community Re-Entry and Reintegration 2) Acting DOCCS Commissioner Annucci, anthony.annucci@doccs.ny.gov 3) Senator Gallivan, gallivan@nysenate.gov – Senate Chair of Corrections Committee 4) Assemblymember Weprin, WeprinD@nyassembly.gov – Assembly Chair of Corrections Committee 5) Senator Avella, Avella@nysenate.gov – Senate Chair of Children & Families Committee 6) Assemblymember Jaffee, JaffeeE@nyassembly.gov – Chair Assembly Committee on Children & Families Categories: Direct Support Tags: David Gilbert, Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, Robert Seth Hayes, Seth Hayes BK/NY – Tuesday, January 3rd – Letter-Writing Dinner For New York State Political Prisoners WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 Ah yes, 2017. Doesn’t the new year imbue such feelings of revitalization and a renewed sense of optimism? Yeah, right. We know better than that. Not only does 2017 mean looking down the barrel of an orange fascist presidency but it marks another calendar year that comrades who have fought for the revolution are stuck behind bars. This week NYC ABC will be writing to those closest to us, those held captive in New York State prisons: Jalil Muntaqim, Robert Seth Hayes, Herman Bell, David Gilbert, and Reverend Joy Powell. Jalil Muntaqim and Robert Seth Hayes, both former Black Panthers, have been frequenting prison support news wires for the past few months; unfortunately for nothing positive. Jalil has been in the SHU (Special Housing Unit) since December 6th as a result of him teaching a Black history course. Although this course was approved by the prison administration, they have decided they didn’t like the accuracy of what he was teaching and threw him in the SHU as an ongoing effort to censor him. To read his explanation of the situation, read here. Robert Seth Hayes continues to experience life threatening medical problems with (unsurprisingly) no help from the state. He was told on October 12th that he needs an insulin pump to help monitor his diabetes but the prison has still failed to deliver this life saving mechanism to him. Read more information and how you can support him fight for the medical care he requires here. Herman Bell is also a former Black Panther who has been locked up for four decades. Like Jalil and Seth, he was yet again denied parole in 2016. Each time, the board – always made of up former law enforcement personnel and former prosecutors — reviews his very impressive record, the Bachelor’s and Master’s college degrees he has attained since being locked up, his job offers, his numerous letters of support from family, friends, and community members from many walks of life. They have before them evidence of all the ways Herman has helped so many people throughout the course of his confinement and is still leading a positive and progressive life despite being locked up now over four decades. See the petition for his latest parole request and hear from Herman his thoughts on his latest parole board appearance here. David Gilbert was moved in 2016 to Wende Correctional Facility, luckily closer to some close comrades and unfortunately farther from others. David is a long time anti-racist and anti-imperialist who is serving a life sentence for his involvement as a white comrade to the Black Liberation Army during an attempted expropriation, better known as the Brinks Robbery. He has continued the struggle while held captive. For more information, see here. Reverend Joy Powell was warned by the Rochester Police department that she was a target because of her speaking out against corruption. On many occasions, Rev. Joy held rallies and spoke out against the police brutality and “police justifications” in Rochester, New York. As a result, she was accused and convicted of 1st Degree Burglary and Assault. Rev. Joy has filed multiple grievances for sexual assault and religious discrimination among other things, as well as been repeatedly denied medical attention for her diabetes and asthma. For more information on how you can help support, read here. We hope you’ll join us Tuesday to send these lifetime revolutionaries some love and solidarity. If for some reason you have something more “important” to do, then you can write to them from the comfort of your home office: Jalil Muntaqim* (Anthony Jalil Bottom) #77-A-4283 Attica Correctional Facility Attica, New York 14011-0149 *Address the envelope to Anthony Bottom and the letter to Jalil. Great Meadow Correctional Facility Comstock, New York 12821-0051 David Gilbert #83-A-6158 Wende Correctional Facility 3040 Wende Road Alden, New York 14004 Reverend Joy Powell 07G0632 Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Bedford Hills, New York 10507-2499 Categories: Uncategorized, What We Do Tags: DisruptJ20, Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim, Rev. Joy Powell, Robert Seth Hayes, Seth Hayes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1615
__label__cc	0.721145	0.278855	Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay Meghan R. Swanson, Mark D. Shen, Jason J. Wolff, Jed T. Elison, Robert W. Emerson, Martin A. Styner, Heather C. Hazlett, Kinh Truong, Linda R. Watson, Sarah Paterson, Natasha Marrus, Kelly N. Botteron, Juhi Pandey, Robert T. Schultz, Stephen R. Dager, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, Annette M. Estes, Joseph Piven, J. Piven, H. C. Hazlett C. Chappell, S. Dager, A. M. Estes, D. Shaw, K. Botteron, R. McKinstry, J. Constantino, J. Pruett, R. T. Schultz, J. Pandey, S. Paterson, L. Zwaigenbaum, J. T. Elison, J. J. Wolff, A. C. Evans, D. L. Collins, G. B. Pike, V. Fonov, P. Kostopoulos, S. Das, Guido Gerig, M. Styner, H. Gu Background Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are themselves at increased risk for ASD and other developmental concerns. It is unclear if infants who display developmental concerns, but are unaffected by ASD, share similar or dissimilar behavioral and brain phenotypes to infants with ASD. Most individuals with ASD exhibit heterogeneous difficulties with language, and their receptive-expressive language profiles are often atypical. Yet, little is known about the neurobiology that contributes to these language difficulties. Methods In this study, we used behavioral assessments and structural magnetic resonance imaging to investigate early brain structures and associations with later language skills. High-risk infants who were later diagnosed with ASD (n = 86) were compared with high-risk infants who showed signs of early language delay (n = 41) as well as with high- and low-risk infants who did not have ASD or language delay (n = 255 and 143, respectively). Results Results indicated that diminished language skills were evident at 12 months in infants with ASD and infants with early language delay. At 24 months of age, only the infants with ASD displayed atypical receptive-expressive language profiles. Associations between 12-month subcortical volumes and 24-month language skills were moderated by group status, indicating disordinal brain-behavior associations among infants with ASD and infants with language delay. Conclusions These results suggest that there are different brain mechanisms influencing language development in infants with ASD and infants with language delay, and that the two groups likely experience unique sets of genetic and environmental risk factors. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 Language Development Disorders Language delay Language profile Subcortical structure Swanson, M. R., Shen, M. D., Wolff, J. J., Elison, J. T., Emerson, R. W., Styner, M. A., ... Gu, H. (2017). Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2(8), 664-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay. / Swanson, Meghan R.; Shen, Mark D.; Wolff, Jason J.; Elison, Jed T.; Emerson, Robert W.; Styner, Martin A.; Hazlett, Heather C.; Truong, Kinh; Watson, Linda R.; Paterson, Sarah; Marrus, Natasha; Botteron, Kelly N.; Pandey, Juhi; Schultz, Robert T.; Dager, Stephen R.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Estes, Annette M.; Piven, Joseph; Piven, J.; Hazlett, H. C.; Chappell, C.; Dager, S.; Estes, A. M.; Shaw, D.; Botteron, K.; McKinstry, R.; Constantino, J.; Pruett, J.; Schultz, R. T.; Pandey, J.; Paterson, S.; Zwaigenbaum, L.; Elison, J. T.; Wolff, J. J.; Evans, A. C.; Collins, D. L.; Pike, G. B.; Fonov, V.; Kostopoulos, P.; Das, S.; Gerig, Guido; Styner, M.; Gu, H. In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Vol. 2, No. 8, 01.11.2017, p. 664-672. Swanson, MR, Shen, MD, Wolff, JJ, Elison, JT, Emerson, RW, Styner, MA, Hazlett, HC, Truong, K, Watson, LR, Paterson, S, Marrus, N, Botteron, KN, Pandey, J, Schultz, RT, Dager, SR, Zwaigenbaum, L, Estes, AM, Piven, J, Piven, J, Hazlett, HC, Chappell, C, Dager, S, Estes, AM, Shaw, D, Botteron, K, McKinstry, R, Constantino, J, Pruett, J, Schultz, RT, Pandey, J, Paterson, S, Zwaigenbaum, L, Elison, JT, Wolff, JJ, Evans, AC, Collins, DL, Pike, GB, Fonov, V, Kostopoulos, P, Das, S, Gerig, G, Styner, M & Gu, H 2017, 'Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay', Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 664-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 Swanson MR, Shen MD, Wolff JJ, Elison JT, Emerson RW, Styner MA et al. Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2017 Nov 1;2(8):664-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 Swanson, Meghan R. ; Shen, Mark D. ; Wolff, Jason J. ; Elison, Jed T. ; Emerson, Robert W. ; Styner, Martin A. ; Hazlett, Heather C. ; Truong, Kinh ; Watson, Linda R. ; Paterson, Sarah ; Marrus, Natasha ; Botteron, Kelly N. ; Pandey, Juhi ; Schultz, Robert T. ; Dager, Stephen R. ; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ; Estes, Annette M. ; Piven, Joseph ; Piven, J. ; Hazlett, H. C. ; Chappell, C. ; Dager, S. ; Estes, A. M. ; Shaw, D. ; Botteron, K. ; McKinstry, R. ; Constantino, J. ; Pruett, J. ; Schultz, R. T. ; Pandey, J. ; Paterson, S. ; Zwaigenbaum, L. ; Elison, J. T. ; Wolff, J. J. ; Evans, A. C. ; Collins, D. L. ; Pike, G. B. ; Fonov, V. ; Kostopoulos, P. ; Das, S. ; Gerig, Guido ; Styner, M. ; Gu, H. / Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay. In: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 2017 ; Vol. 2, No. 8. pp. 664-672. @article{feb40fca47d24f7288454a160c47a1b1, title = "Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay", abstract = "Background Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are themselves at increased risk for ASD and other developmental concerns. It is unclear if infants who display developmental concerns, but are unaffected by ASD, share similar or dissimilar behavioral and brain phenotypes to infants with ASD. Most individuals with ASD exhibit heterogeneous difficulties with language, and their receptive-expressive language profiles are often atypical. Yet, little is known about the neurobiology that contributes to these language difficulties. Methods In this study, we used behavioral assessments and structural magnetic resonance imaging to investigate early brain structures and associations with later language skills. High-risk infants who were later diagnosed with ASD (n = 86) were compared with high-risk infants who showed signs of early language delay (n = 41) as well as with high- and low-risk infants who did not have ASD or language delay (n = 255 and 143, respectively). Results Results indicated that diminished language skills were evident at 12 months in infants with ASD and infants with early language delay. At 24 months of age, only the infants with ASD displayed atypical receptive-expressive language profiles. Associations between 12-month subcortical volumes and 24-month language skills were moderated by group status, indicating disordinal brain-behavior associations among infants with ASD and infants with language delay. Conclusions These results suggest that there are different brain mechanisms influencing language development in infants with ASD and infants with language delay, and that the two groups likely experience unique sets of genetic and environmental risk factors.", keywords = "ASD, Brain, Infancy, Language delay, Language profile, Subcortical structure", author = "Swanson, {Meghan R.} and Shen, {Mark D.} and Wolff, {Jason J.} and Elison, {Jed T.} and Emerson, {Robert W.} and Styner, {Martin A.} and Hazlett, {Heather C.} and Kinh Truong and Watson, {Linda R.} and Sarah Paterson and Natasha Marrus and Botteron, {Kelly N.} and Juhi Pandey and Schultz, {Robert T.} and Dager, {Stephen R.} and Lonnie Zwaigenbaum and Estes, {Annette M.} and Joseph Piven and J. Piven and Hazlett, {H. C.} and C. Chappell and S. Dager and Estes, {A. M.} and D. Shaw and K. Botteron and R. McKinstry and J. Constantino and J. Pruett and Schultz, {R. T.} and J. Pandey and S. Paterson and L. Zwaigenbaum and Elison, {J. T.} and Wolff, {J. J.} and Evans, {A. C.} and Collins, {D. L.} and Pike, {G. B.} and V. Fonov and P. Kostopoulos and S. Das and Guido Gerig and M. Styner and H. Gu", doi = "10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007", journal = "Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging", T1 - Subcortical Brain and Behavior Phenotypes Differentiate Infants With Autism Versus Language Delay AU - Swanson, Meghan R. AU - Shen, Mark D. AU - Wolff, Jason J. AU - Elison, Jed T. AU - Emerson, Robert W. AU - Styner, Martin A. AU - Hazlett, Heather C. AU - Truong, Kinh AU - Watson, Linda R. AU - Paterson, Sarah AU - Marrus, Natasha AU - Botteron, Kelly N. AU - Pandey, Juhi AU - Schultz, Robert T. AU - Dager, Stephen R. AU - Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie AU - Estes, Annette M. AU - Piven, Joseph AU - Piven, J. AU - Hazlett, H. C. AU - Chappell, C. AU - Dager, S. AU - Estes, A. M. AU - Shaw, D. AU - Botteron, K. AU - McKinstry, R. AU - Constantino, J. AU - Pruett, J. AU - Schultz, R. T. AU - Pandey, J. AU - Paterson, S. AU - Zwaigenbaum, L. AU - Elison, J. T. AU - Wolff, J. J. AU - Evans, A. C. AU - Collins, D. L. AU - Pike, G. B. AU - Fonov, V. AU - Kostopoulos, P. AU - Das, S. AU - Gerig, Guido AU - Styner, M. AU - Gu, H. N2 - Background Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are themselves at increased risk for ASD and other developmental concerns. It is unclear if infants who display developmental concerns, but are unaffected by ASD, share similar or dissimilar behavioral and brain phenotypes to infants with ASD. Most individuals with ASD exhibit heterogeneous difficulties with language, and their receptive-expressive language profiles are often atypical. Yet, little is known about the neurobiology that contributes to these language difficulties. Methods In this study, we used behavioral assessments and structural magnetic resonance imaging to investigate early brain structures and associations with later language skills. High-risk infants who were later diagnosed with ASD (n = 86) were compared with high-risk infants who showed signs of early language delay (n = 41) as well as with high- and low-risk infants who did not have ASD or language delay (n = 255 and 143, respectively). Results Results indicated that diminished language skills were evident at 12 months in infants with ASD and infants with early language delay. At 24 months of age, only the infants with ASD displayed atypical receptive-expressive language profiles. Associations between 12-month subcortical volumes and 24-month language skills were moderated by group status, indicating disordinal brain-behavior associations among infants with ASD and infants with language delay. Conclusions These results suggest that there are different brain mechanisms influencing language development in infants with ASD and infants with language delay, and that the two groups likely experience unique sets of genetic and environmental risk factors. AB - Background Younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are themselves at increased risk for ASD and other developmental concerns. It is unclear if infants who display developmental concerns, but are unaffected by ASD, share similar or dissimilar behavioral and brain phenotypes to infants with ASD. Most individuals with ASD exhibit heterogeneous difficulties with language, and their receptive-expressive language profiles are often atypical. Yet, little is known about the neurobiology that contributes to these language difficulties. Methods In this study, we used behavioral assessments and structural magnetic resonance imaging to investigate early brain structures and associations with later language skills. High-risk infants who were later diagnosed with ASD (n = 86) were compared with high-risk infants who showed signs of early language delay (n = 41) as well as with high- and low-risk infants who did not have ASD or language delay (n = 255 and 143, respectively). Results Results indicated that diminished language skills were evident at 12 months in infants with ASD and infants with early language delay. At 24 months of age, only the infants with ASD displayed atypical receptive-expressive language profiles. Associations between 12-month subcortical volumes and 24-month language skills were moderated by group status, indicating disordinal brain-behavior associations among infants with ASD and infants with language delay. Conclusions These results suggest that there are different brain mechanisms influencing language development in infants with ASD and infants with language delay, and that the two groups likely experience unique sets of genetic and environmental risk factors. KW - ASD KW - Brain KW - Infancy KW - Language delay KW - Language profile KW - Subcortical structure U2 - 10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 DO - 10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007 JO - Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging JF - Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging 10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.07.007	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1618
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Since Nixon’s sweaty jowls purportedly lost him the 1960 election, presidential debates have been marked by the supremacy of visual presentation and, concomitantly, the determined absence of political content. If anything, the party primary versions are even more denuded of substance. Devoid of any significant confrontation of ideologies, these debates are purely stage-managed affairs that serve only to crank up the whirligig of speculative punditry in the mainstream media, at the end of which process one among the ranks of perfectly interchangeable candidates is churned out to be the party’s nominee in the final duel. In this sense, 2015’s sprawling Republican debates have conformed impeccably to the program. Over the course of four sessions, the GOP’s multiplying swarm of would-be nominees have tussled with each other over a set of issues that ranged from the dangerously demagogic (Trump’s enduring proposal to expel all illegal immigrants and erect a wall on the Mexican border) to the self-parodically obtuse (Carson’s claim that the pyramids were used for storing grain). What reason was there for their Democratic counterparts to be substantially different? Indeed, everything in the build-up to the first Democratic debate on October 13 conveyed the impression that it would unambiguously play the role of a simulacrum of political discourse, dominated, as with the Republican debates, by pompous grandstanding, petty personal point-scoring and phony dissension on policy. For a start, the event was held in a glitzy Las Vegas casino, packed with an excitable audience of party loyalists and wealthy donors, and festooned with the corporate logos of the function’s co-organisers, CNN and Facebook. This tone was heightened by CNN’s broadcast, which presented the proceedings along the lines of a heavyweight title bout or Hollywood blockbuster movie. Over soaring orchestral music and hyperactively edited imagery of the candidates, a booming voice over intoned, ‘In the heart of Las Vegas right now, a marquee event. A high-stakes clash of campaign rivals who have never gone head-to-head before. It’s the Democrats’ turn in the spotlight, with the White House on the line.’ The voice over proceeds to label Hilary Clinton ‘the party superstar who’s been down this road before’ and Bernie Sanders ‘the surprise threat, gaining in the polls despite critics who doubt he can go the distance,’ before tokenistically noting that ‘three other political veterans [Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee, all polling roughly 1% at the time] are also in the mix.’ A curious thing, however, happened once the debate was underway. Even during the candidates’ introductory remarks, it was clear that, in terms of both style and substance, a gulf separated Sanders from his sparring partners. Instead of the pat personal stories, confected folksiness and vacuous sound bites peddled by the other candidates, Sanders launched into a bristling diatribe against wealth inequality, Wall Street, campaign finance and climate change, and called for a popular mobilisation to ‘take back our government from the handful of billionaires and create the vibrant democracy we know we can and should have.’ It was when the question-and-answer session commenced, however, that the political real truly pierced through the veil of the televisual simulacrum. After Clinton – in many ways, a human embodiment of Baudrillard’s notion of simulation, with a persona carefully cultivated by her bulging campaign team – had been interrogated on her shifting positions on issues such as marriage equality, the Keystone oil pipeline and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, moderator Anderson Cooper’s attentions were turned to the Vermont independent: ‘Senator Sanders, a Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the White House. You call yourself a democratic socialist. How can any kind of socialist win a general election in the United States?’ Unflustered, Sanders answered that the levels of income disparity in the US and its lack of free health care and higher education were ‘morally wrong’, and argued that ‘we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn what they have accomplished for their working people.’ When Cooper pushed for confirmation as to whether he considered himself a capitalist, Sanders’ indignation was unbridled: ‘Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little, by which Wall Street’s greed and recklessness wrecked this economy? No I don’t. I believe in a society where all people do well, not just a handful of billionaires.’ In an extraordinary turn, the CNN host then asked if there was anybody else on stage who was not a capitalist. A cut to a wide shot showed a momentary, eerie silence among the other candidates, frozen in paralysis at how to answer this question. Eventually Hillary Clinton piped up to speak in favour of ‘saving capitalism from itself.’ For the first time in the modern history of the United States, a nationally televised presidential debate revolved around the relative merits of capitalism and socialism. More remarkably still, one of the candidates vigorously defended the latter side. Sanders has been in electoral politics for three decades, and has openly called himself a socialist throughout, even in the long period after the fall of the Berlin Wall during which any professed belief in a socialist alternative to global capitalism was summarily ridiculed. Although Sanders tends to identify with an idealised version of the Scandinavian welfare states of the 1970s rather than the revolutionary socialism of the Marxist tradition, even this vision is so remote from mainstream political discourse in the US that he is generally viewed inside the Beltway as a crackpot hangover from the 1960s hippie movement, whose rise to the senate was only possible in the oddball state of Vermont, a mostly-rural liberal enclave in the far north-east corner of the country. His presidential run, however, has exploded the decades-long taboo against the s-word on the national political stage (even Ralph Nader shied away from using the term in his 2000 and 2004 campaigns), revealing in the process that there is in fact, a large constituency of Americans for whom a candidate unabashedly identifying as a socialist and calling for a ‘political revolution’ is attractive. Polling has shown him to be within touching distance of Clinton’s once impregnable lead, especially in the key early primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire, his campaign fund has drawn more than 700,000 donors contributing an average of around $30 a head (while unrepentantly eschewing the Super-PAC model of campaign financing), and rallies featuring Sanders have garnered turnouts of up to 25,000 people in major cities across the country. Such success for a candidate this far to the left of the ideological spectrum would have been unthinkable even four years ago. The CNN debate, meanwhile, allowed the senator to spend a combined 30 minutes of broadcast time articulating a progressive alternative to the neoliberal consensus in front of an audience of 15 million viewers. Coming out of the debate, focus groups and online polls – never, admittedly, the most ‘scientific’ of measuring devices – overwhelmingly favoured Sanders as the best performer on the night, while he also attracted the greatest interest from Google and Twitter users. To no avail: the media commentariat unanimously anointed Clinton the debate’s ‘winner’, and if Sanders was discussed at all, the focus lay not on his denunciations of finance capital and the corrupted political system, but his declaration that the American people were ‘sick and tired’ of hearing about Clinton’s ‘damn emails’. Perversely, even Sanders’ principled unwillingness to stoop to personal attacks against his rival was seen as a bonus for the Clinton campaign. Of course, the pundit class could not but judge Clinton to have carried the day, because its entire system of judging candidates conforms to the superficial demands of the political simulacrum, which largely ignores the content of what the contenders are saying in favour of evaluating presentation and performance. Do the candidates retain a suave, poised demeanour, avoiding any obvious blunders? Do their sound bites stay ‘on message’? Can they artfully dodge the thorny questions inevitably thrown up by their various hypocrisies? By all these measures, yes, Clinton ‘won’, and continuing in this vein will most likely ensure that the inertia of her institutional dominance within the Democratic machine withstands the Sanders insurgency and delivers her the nomination. In terms, however, of radically transforming the ideological terrain of the nation, and the very parameters of contemporary political discussion, Sanders has already achieved more than he and his allies could have possibly hoped for when his campaign was launched six months ago. But the simulacrum had another card up its sleeve, albeit a relatively benign one. Since at least 1992, when Dana Carvey as Bush Sr and Ross Perot squared up against Phil Hartman’s Bill Clinton, the Saturday Night Live debate parody has become an integral ingredient in the US electoral process, so much so that prospective candidates now deliberately tailor their public image with their prospective imitation in mind, and even take to appearing on the show in person to prove that they are in on the joke – witness, on an episode earlier this year, Clinton’s cameo alongside her parodic self (Kate McKinnon, creditably rendering the candidate as a psychotically driven political robot). While SNL’s political impersonations have not always hit their mark (the show has never really been able to get a handle on Obama, for instance), at their most effective, they define the nation’s collective memory of the politicians the show satirises: think the 2000 debate with Darryl Hammond as Gore (‘lockbox’) and Will Ferrell as Bush (‘strategery’), or Tina Fey’s celebrated 2008 spin as Sarah Palin (‘I can see Russia from my house’ – a line now often erroneously attributed to Palin herself). The SNL take on this year’s first Democratic primary, therefore, was keenly anticipated. Few, however, expected the coup de grâce that ensued: Larry David, briefly a writer for the show in the mid-1980s who would later go on to phenomenal success with the shows Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, strode up to the podium and delivered a pitch-perfect rendition of the Vermont senator. A recurring role as the voice of George Steinbrenner on Seinfeld aside, David has never been known as a gifted impersonator, but for this assignment he had no need to be. Online, many had already remarked on his uncanny similarities with Sanders. Seeing, therefore, a dyspeptic David-cum-Sanders exclaiming, ‘I’m gonna dial it right up to a ten. We’re doomed! We need a revolution! Millions of people on the streets! We gotta do something, and we gotta do it now!’ amounted to experiencing a kind of comic sublime. This was continued as the sketch took a surreal, but satirically peerless, twist, with David/Sanders veering into a rambling discussion of his outsider status and the penurious state of his wardrobe: ‘I’m the only candidate up here who’s not a billionaire. I don’t have a Super PAC, I don’t even have a backpack. I carry my stuff around loose in my arms, like a professor between classes. I own one pair of underwear, that’s it. Some of these billionaires, they got three, four pairs. And I don’t have a dryer. I have to put my clothes on the radiator. So who do you want as president? One of these Washington insiders, or a guy who has one pair of clean underwear that he dries on a radiator?’ The segment was immediately picked up by a gleeful media, and has since been viewed more than seven million times on YouTube. Instantly, Sanders’ campaign became entwined with the performance of his comedic alter ego. As a precursor, one thinks of Fey’s uncanny resemblance to Palin, but in that case the similarities between the two were limited to their appearance – in terms of personal backgrounds and political views, they could hardly have been more antithetical, and Fey contributed more than a little to the torpedoing of Palin’s career. The identity shared by Sanders and David, by contrast, goes deep: the two balding, aging, famously cantankerous men were both born to Jewish families in the 1940s, and raised in adjacent neighbourhoods of Brooklyn (Flatbush and Sheepshead Bay respectively). Speaking in near-identical New York accents, they are both prone to bouts of barking irascibility. Moreover, the comedian is also known as a political liberal, and openly supported Obama over Clinton in the 2008 primaries. Although he has refrained from a public endorsement this time around, David’s impression was unmistakably imbued with certain sympathy for his crotchety doppelganger. While not renowned for his sense of humour, Sanders responded to the send-up with good graces: on the campaign stump the next day, he jokingly suggested that David should join him on the speaker’s platform, and clarified for the press that he had recently bought a second pair of underwear. A few days later, when the candidate was asked what he thought of David’s impression during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the circle completed itself. Imitating the imitator, Sanders bellowed out the comedian’s Curb catchphrase: ‘Well, I thought it was… pretty, pretty, pretty good.’ David’s curious incursion into the presidential campaign, meanwhile, was repeated three weeks later when he reprised his role on a spoof of the Rachel Maddow-hosted candidates’ forum, and implored voters to donate their ‘vacuum pennies’ to Sanders’ campaign. The comedian, however, made news headlines from a different intervention on the show. As it happened, he was appearing on the same episode that, contentiously, was being hosted by Donald Trump. Anti-racist group Deport Racism had offered a $5000 bounty to any audience member who disrupted the Republican candidate’s performance on the show, and so David duly obliged, yelling ‘You’re a racist’ during the monologue before explaining his strictly mercenary reasons for doing so. Trump’s scripted response – ‘As a businessman, I can fully respect that’ – confirmed that the interruption was, predictably, staged for the show. Not for the first time, a hot-button political issue had been co-opted by late-night television and turned it into toothless comedy. That such a fate may have also befallen Sanders’ campaign was in evidence in the second debate on 15 November, a low-key affair held in the early-primary state of Iowa. Even with the terrorist attacks in Paris fresh in the memory, the senator steadfastly continued to focus on his core themes of social injustice and Wall Street’s domination of the political process. Talk of socialism, however, was downplayed, with Sanders only raising the term in relation to his proposed taxation system, quipping that he was ‘not that much of a socialist compared Eisenhower’ (under whom the top marginal tax rate was 92%). Already, his discourse had taken on a distinctly less insurrectionary allure than it had possessed in the first debate, and was more smoothly incorporated into the pre-programmed spectacle of the CBS-broadcast debate. One cannot help but ponder whether David’s SNL impersonation has played a role in defusing the subversive potential of the Sanders campaign, transforming a radical political message into the idiosyncratic quirks of a familiar TV character. Sanders’ unimpeachable personal authenticity and stridently left-wing platform may indeed have shattered the first-order simulacrum – the contrived artificiality of the televised presidential debate – but it appears he is being re-assimilated into the media machine through the satirical second-order simulacrum of the SNL debate sketch. Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland ’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Daniel Fairfax is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature at Yale University. 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__label__cc	0.655094	0.344906	Vintage Photobooth Raymond Parker – September 1975 to February 1981 September 1975, September 1975, Undated, Undated Our little boy is growing up! I am guessing Raymond would have been around 16 in the first two strips. He is rapidly putting on weight as we see him age. Too many hamburgers and hot chips, eh Ray? Undated, Undated, Undated, 6 Movember 1977 I don’t think this moustache suits him at all! Could he really be only 18 or 19 in this 1977 photo? I think he must be. If he was around 18 months or even two years old in the very first photo in December 1961, then we could be reasonably certain he was born in 1959. To me he looks old for his age. 10 March 1978, 20 March 1978, 8 March 1979, 23 March 1979 So the mo is a no-no on its own but I do like the beard. Not sure about the quiff but that has never been a favourite of mine in men’s hairstyling. 14 July 1978, 6 August 1979, 6 August 1979, February 1981 Ugh, that mo is back, but not for long, as he goes all rock ‘n’ roll with those sunnies and then he turns 1950s country squire in the last strip! I’m almost finished showing you the pictures I have of Ray. There is one more post to come. I love this series for the changes in his face over time but I have barely touched on what he is wearing or his expressions, which have their own stories to tell. I will leave that to you this time. As with all the photos I buy, I wonder why they have escaped their homes and ended up for sale online. Individual photos are not such a mystery, as they were often given to relatives or traded with friends. Later generations could easily be left looking at dozens of photos of people they have never met or even heard of. Why not sell them off? But when a large series, like this, ends up alone in the world, I feel there must be a tragedy in their past. In the happiest of circumstances Ray should certainly still be alive and his dad would also have a reasonable chance to still be living. But if his father was the custodian of these images and then passed away, why did Ray not value them? Had he a falling out with his father, so wasn’t there when he died, and wasn’t involved in the tidying up of his estate? Did Ray die at a very young age, so when his father passed, there was no one close enough left to want the collection? So many questions! I suppose there might be a tiny chance that someone who knew Ray Parker and his dad might stumble across these photos and be able to fill in the blanks. Lets hope so. Raymond Parker Brett said: April 8, 20181:15 PM That’s a lot of photobooth pics for that fellow. Photobooth Journal said: April 8, 20181:59 PM I haven’t counted them but yes, a huge collection! Oh! I just saw the other posts about Raymond that you wrote, so I guess this started as a family project. Yes, indeed! His dad was carrying on the male version of the Victorian tradition of hidden mother photos (in which, mostly, the mother’s form was quite visible) but then, sadly he disappeared. . . What will those Victorians think of next! 🙂 Photobooth Journal said: April 9, 201812:56 PM rabirius said: April 8, 20184:02 PM Cheers! 😄 Tokens of Companionship said: April 8, 20186:16 PM The beard was a good look for him. He was a serious chap, wasn’t he? Maybe restrained is a better word. The snaps with his dad are really nice. Yes, restrained is perfect to describe him! I wish his dad appeared in a few more! Xraypics said: April 8, 20188:44 PM Yeah, I still like this guy. He grows up as a solid looking man. Wonderful collection. I shall spend some time going through them. The hairstyle and quiff were very 1960s and the beard very 1970s. he obviously kept with the zeitgeist. He certainly wasn’t averse to trying new styles. Although he isn’t smiling in most of the pics, there is amusement in his eyes in quite a few. I like him too, Tony! Interesting how some of his facial expressions, especially the hooded-eyes look, persist throughout his life. So glad you are taking the time to look so closely at these, Tony. The thing I love about the photobooth’s head and shoulder format is that small things like that are easily comparable over time. There isn’t another type of vernacular photography that can capture such subtleties. roberta m said: April 8, 20189:19 PM I like his tradition to keep getting his photo taken. He does have a lot of expressions. My favorite is when he tries to look like a tough guy. I think he’s beginning to look like his father… Yes, he tries! 😄. I will look more closely at his dad as I haven’t seen that similarity. oglach said: April 8, 20189:28 PM These are fascinating for the story that they don’t tell…maybe the pictures were got rid of by an ex after a divorce? Or accidentally sold, stored inside a piece of furniture that was sold at a rummage sale. Someone out there is going to recognize this guy. I like the way you are thinking Og. Accidentally sold is a great possibility. I hadn’t thought of a divorce as a means of them “leaving home”. I hope that wasn’t the case, though. It would’ve been a nasty, spiteful thing to do. Sure it would have but I’ve heard of worse. Photobooth Journal said: April 11, 20183:36 PM Hmm, unfortunately, so have I. I hope that much of the bad stories you hear are not true, as terrible lies were spread about me in the same situation.😭 oglach said: April 11, 20187:55 PM People will say anything about one another during times like that, so I make it a habit to nod my head sympathetically whilst pretending to listen. 😉 Photobooth Journal said: April 13, 201812:08 PM He he. Great way to handle it! 😄 Shayne Davidson said: April 8, 201811:07 PM What a wonderful series! I’m really enjoying the way you explore your interest in the photos through your writing. I wonder why Ray decided on the Johnny Cash hairstyle (we call it a pompadour, lol) in the late ‘70s, when it was out of fashion. Maybe he had a become a man who resisted fashion trends by then? I look forward to the next post about Ray. And I want to find out what happened to him. Thanks Shayne! I thought the same thing about it being out of fashion in the 70s but with Happy Days and other 50s revivals in TV and cinema, he might have followed that trend? Or maybe he was just really into music of that era for a while? Shayne Davidson said: April 9, 20189:54 PM He may have gone through a late Johnny Cash phase! 😃. Definitely possible! PS- I hope you’re feeling better now and that the WP site is behaving! My health is an ongoing nightmare. I’ve a genetic condition. 😫. Thanks for the kind wishes, though. Yes, WP app is behaving. I deleted it and reinstalled and it seems to be fine now. Yay! 😃 I read your about page and was sorry to hear that you are having such serious problems with your Ehlers Danlos. When my daughter got to be a teen her doctors thought she had that syndrome but it turned out to be a false alarm. I hope you feel well again soon. Wow, that is a coincidence! How is she now? I’m so glad for her that it wasn’t EDS! Thanks for reading my tale of woe. 😊 tedstrutz said: April 9, 20182:20 PM Holey Moley!!! This guy is as photobooth crazy as you… I did not think that possible. I think Ray is a cop. Hmmm 🤔. Please elaborate? 😊 tedstrutz said: April 10, 20181:43 AM I just get that vibe. Thanks Ted! That is definitely a compliment to me and my mate Ray! 😃❤️ moorezart said: April 27, 20184:32 AM And this? 😃 Thanks heaps Douglas! 😄❤️😄 moorezart said: April 28, 201810:54 PM Must be some kind of addiction. One without a cure I fear! I wouldn’t normally encourage an addiction, but I will try hard to feed you some good material. 😁. I love your quotes so much. They are thought provoking and often come from surprising people. Stay addicted to those, too please. 😊 will do and thanks! Photobooth Journal said: May 4, 20182:49 PM 😃👍🏼 equinoxio21 said: December 13, 20196:09 AM Facinating… So there is one more post?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1643
__label__wiki	0.589008	0.589008	Grosse Pointe Blank Grosse Pointe Blank: Follows a hitman going through a midlife crisis as he heads back home for a big job and school reunion. This was supposed to be a dark comedy but the only black part was Martin Blank’s clothes; the tone was more mawkish than anything else. Minnie Driver was pretty terrible, Cusack is just plain old Cusack and none of the others are particularly noteworthy. There’s a massive (but predictable) soundtrack that they must have spent a lot of the budget on. It pokes a lot of fun at the technology that appeared in 1980’s films although the final message is that too much TV is bad for you. Not a whole lot more to say really. This is probably the finest example of an entire film being drawn out around a single pun – what’s worse is that it adds absolutely nothing to the film! Despite everything that happens it just ends up feeling bland and absurd. Bad Dancing Bad driving Benny Urquidez Chestshot! duracell bunny Ten Years!!! Darren said: June 4, 201009:02 I am going to respectfully disagree, but then I’m an unapologetic Cusack enthusiast. Nice new layout by the way… The old one was great, but I like this. Why the change, might I ask? Paragraph Film Reviews said: June 4, 201014:05 I like Cusack as much as the next guy but just think he’s one of the least diverse actors I’ve ever seen – at least int he films I’ve seen him in he’s always a chronically baby-faced, indie-quirky guy! Saw this new theme on the WP home page and fancied a change. The last layout was good but had huge text spacing and felt a little clinical after a while. Heather said: June 4, 201014:47 I LOVE THE NEW TEMPLATE FOR THE SITE. It’s original, catches your eye and is CLEAN. Huge improvement. I’m in love and a little jealous. I’m with Darren here and going to disagree with you about Grosse Point Blank though. I dig the movie, but only after a few viewings, and I could totally see how this movie is built to adhere to certain humor and definitely isn’t for everyone. Castor said: June 4, 201015:38 Love the new design boss! Kaiderman said: June 5, 201023:47 I haven’t seen GPB yet so I don’t have a comment on that… just wanted to say your new template kicks ass! Seriously, I’m jealous! Looks sharp… if it was a woman, I would try and mate with it! :) Ross McG said: June 6, 201016:21 nice new template, fits in well pity about your terrible review though Para Oh, Ross, zing! Dan said: June 14, 201015:41 Have to disagree with you here Paragraph. Grosse Point Blank, for me, is an original and offbeat film that is very funny at times. Aykroyd and Cusack are great. However, you’re right about Minnie Driver but she’s a terrible actress so I just try to ignore her (or her films).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1659
__label__cc	0.630926	0.369074	Extinction 27.5 Posted on August 24, 2013 by wildbow “Run!” I screamed the word. I took my own advice. The golden light around Scion had solidified, forming a sphere. The light dropped. Others were already scrambling to get away, but there wasn’t a place to go. No portals, no place to run. The speed and size of the orb made one thing clear. The people in the center wouldn’t be able to move fast enough to make their exit. I’d been standing in the direct center, to better observe those on the other sides of the portals. I was one of those people. I’d spent years running on schedule, interrupted only by injuries here and there, more hectic weeks and a spell in prison. Years of pushing my limits, pushing myself to move faster, strengthen my legs, build my stamina. I used it all, pushed myself as hard as I ever had. The wings on my flight pack extended, and I used the thrusters to give myself some additional speed. Lab Rat, who had apparently realized the futility of trying to move, wasn’t running at all, but was rearing back, a device the size of a baseball in his hand. He threw it, aiming to put it over the water. Not enough. Lab Rat wasn’t one of those prisoners who’d packed on muscle in prison. The ball fell short, then started rolling slightly back towards him. He swore in a language I didn’t know, started to run towards the object. Too slow. If he wasn’t going to make it over the edge and get to safety, he wasn’t going to reach the object. My bugs hit the object as a mass, rolling it. It tipped over the edge. Lab Rat stopped. The bugs around him caught one word. “Angel.” Lustrum used her power. It was like walking into a wall, but it wasn’t physical. My brain went blank for an instant, the heat and energy in my body seemed to disappear like someone had flicked a switch. My power, too, faded, the range zooming to a point close to me, my control momentarily going haywire. An instant later, it was back. I staggered, compensated with the antigravity, managed to not fall too far behind. The sphere above us shrunk a fraction. Maybe. Hard to make out, considering the size of it, and the speed with which it fell. Lustrum, for her part, grew. I didn’t get to see how big she grew. The orb made contact with the platform, shearing through everything it touched. My bugs died as the orb touched them, and I could sense the devastation spread as more and more of it came in contact with the structure. The outermost edges of the orb were still directly overhead, plunging towards me, towards us. I stepped off the rig, pushing myself off, letting myself fall as I continued moving out, moving away. Falling was good, because it put me further away from the orb. I’d sooner hit the water than let that thing touch me. Bugs that couldn’t fall as well as I could died as the orb made contact. Bugs that were close to me. Bugs to my left and right, bugs beneath me. I felt a momentary disconnect between what I was seeing and what I was feeling. I felt like I was plunging into the water, everything going numb, pain, my thoughts fragmenting. Yet I was still fifty or so feet above the water’s surface, my view shifting as I veered to one side, despite my instructions to the flight pack. Lustrum? No. I felt increasingly disoriented with every heartbeat. Couldn’t fly. Spiraling. Unbalanced. Blood. Injury. I tried to take in breath. Couldn’t. I felt pain instead. Right ribs, back, stomach, left buttock, left thigh. I was falling. I spread my arms out, trying to slow the descent, failed. Right hand gone. Blood, fragments of golden light eating away at stump, making the bleeding worse. Falling faster, spiraling more. Thoughts weren’t flowing. I jerked to one side with wind catching wing, spinning abruptly, felt something wrench, pulling from the center of my body. Fragment of a memory: Legend speaking. Talking about Leviathan. Hit water moving fast enough, worse than hitting concrete. Had to slow my fall. Most important thing. There were bugs on me. I moved them, to get a sense of where I was. Compare to surroundings. One wing on pack. No legs. Half of stomach left. The pulling feeling was organs sliding out of body. Thoughts blurring. Help, passenger. A plea, an order. Move arms of flight pack that aren’t broken. Brace against injury. Wing retracting, propulsion canceled. Focus on bugs, on antigravity. Time activation to break spin. Left, right, match to speed. Disorientation getting worse. Two, three seconds where I can’t remember where I am. Focus on bugs. Only bugs. Flight pack pulsing. Rely on intuition. Starting to feel more pain. Burning sensations. Pulling in middle of body. I start timing flight pack to heartbeat, waves of pain, instead of where I am, direction I’m facing. Focus. Focus. Fix position, facing sky, see Scion hovering. Great smoky shimmering figure stands on water, holding ten or twelve people against arm, tall as oil rig was. Oil rig collapsing. Only two legs remain, slumping into water. Facing sky. What was I doing? Flight pack. Gravity, push against direction of fall, slow my descent. Not enough. Falling too fast. Need to slow fall just a bit more. I extended the wing. Propulsion. Started spinning again, feel wrenching get worse, spreading through entire upper body. Hit water while spinning. No breath left in lungs for impact to take. Wing breaks, flopping over and over across water’s surface. Stopped. Sinking. Use antigrav to try and stay afloat, but system isn’t meant to be used underwater. Can’t float because no air in lungs. Slowly sinking. I opened my mouth to draw in a breath, had to struggle to manage it, felt intense pain, a crushing in one side. But I managed to get some air. Small bubbles spilled out of my side, from beneath the water. The water around me was murky with blood. No chance I’d live like this. Nobody nearby. Scion was attacking the giant, cutting her to pieces. Capes she was holding fell. The rig was collapsing, two pillars slowly falling in opposite directions, one left, one right. The platform itself was twisting, splitting apart. So was I. Half of me gone, the remains slowly leaking out into the water around me. Blood, fluids, intestine. I didn’t want to die. Not like this. I thought about my tools, as if there was an answer there. My pepper spray? Delirious, I almost thought about using it on my wounded lower body, some broken connection between burning sensation and burning and cauterizing. My taser was gone, obliterated by the damage to my side. My gun? I couldn’t manage a laugh, but I would have if I could have. Thoughts of amusement crossed my mind. Shooting myself would be one answer, but it wasn’t one I wanted to make. I wasn’t ready to die. Even hovering over Gimel’s version of Brockton Bay, I’d tested the limits, stayed out too long. But now, like this, I knew I wouldn’t have let it happen. I would have fought to swim back, would have called or signaled for help, pride be damned. Damn it all, I wanted to fight. Ironic, that I’d be so idiotic when the fight had been taken out of me, but I’d feel so compelled to fight when there was little option besides making peace with the end. I managed a little breath. Just let yourself sink. Tell the antigravity to cut out, take in one mouthful of water. That’d be the end of it. I couldn’t. I didn’t. But the pain was getting twice as bad with every heartbeat. Wristband. Dark. I didn’t have a right hand to press the button with anyways. Lab Rat’s device? I thought about it, and in that same thought, I recognized a sensation that had been drowned out by the pain. A repeated pressure. A poke, a pause, another poke. I raised my arm over the water, shifted my orientation with a use of one of the antigrav panels, and I briefly heard a beeping in the moment the device was raised above the water level. A part of the platform fell. The resulting waves rolled towards me. I didn’t have it in me to hold my breath, so I closed my mouth, prayed water wouldn’t flow up my nose. I was drowned, swamped by the water, rolled. I felt a dull, indistinct pain in a place that felt disconnected from my real body, something tearing. The body parts that were spooling out in the water beneath around around me. I found the surface again. My lungs were burning for air as I opened my mouth to try and draw air into my lungs. My lung, considering the other might have collapsed. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion, my thoughts simultaneously chaotic and focused. I had nothing left but adrenaline. Water flowed into my mouth. I shut it, moved my tongue to help force that same water out between my lips. Needed to get higher. Everything was going dark. The prodding in my arm continued. Lab Rat’s device. Whatever it was trying to do, my costume was getting in the way. I couldn’t reach up to move it because I was missing a hand, couldn’t twist my left hand to move it, because of the limitations of my body. The attempt at even moving my left arm made me acutely aware of the damage to my hand. I might have fractured or broken it as I hit the water. I took in a small breath, forced myself to take in another. I could hear the wheeze of my lungs and throat straining to work. And then I used the flight pack to rotate myself, turning myself so my face was in the water. I floated there, arms extended out to either side, rocking as the waves continued to shift me. My bugs descended from the air above, landing on me. The strap that attached the device to my arm wasn’t spider silk. Cockroaches began to chew it. My lungs burned. Every moment, even the smallest movement, it redoubled the pain. I’ve dealt with worse, I told myself. I couldn’t quite believe that, couldn’t think back to that, compare, and convince myself. The water rolled over me. My cockroaches were washed away. Again. More. Hornets, more cockroaches. They hovered for the ten or twelve seconds it took me to raise my arm up above the water again. I let bubbles of air leak out between my lips, as if I could convince my brain that I was breathing, convince my body to hold on just a bit longer, forestall that involuntary gasp. The device came free. Strands of silk helped to hold it as the swarm descended, hurried to carry it. Shoulder. Back. Nape of the neck. Over the hill that was my hood. They reached the point where my mask stopped, my hairline began. Vanity. I’d held on to my long hair, wore a costume that let my hair free. When I’d been filled with self loathing, when I was so focused on the individual imperfections and the overall ugliness of my features, in the midst of the bullying campaign that had defined my early teen years, I’d still liked my hair. The skin was exposed there. No costume to get in the way. Please be healing, I thought, lowering the device until it was against my back. Pause… and then a prod. A needle, piercing the skin. A pressure, as something pumped into my body. Heal me. It wasn’t healing. Flesh knit together, but it wasn’t healing. The pain faded as quickly and dramatically as it had taken hold, but, still, I wasn’t healing. My thoughts became clearer. Water churned where it came in contact with my blood. Where my flesh closed together and trapped water inside me, the effect intensified. It was soon the only pain I felt. We’re eighty percent water, or whatever the number is, I thought. Resources have to come from somewhere. Water was seeping into my throat, despite my efforts to keep my mouth clamped shut. I turned myself over. I breathed, and it wasn’t as hard as it had been before. My mouth opened, but it wasn’t just the lips parting, or the jaw moving up and down. Things separated and stretched open on a horizontal plane as well. The soaked cloth of my mask stretched. My legs kicked, but they weren’t good legs for swimming. I kept kicking anyways. Something about the way they moved, they were designed so that the motions shifted my abdominal cavity, pumped it, forcing air in and out with the rhythmic activity. I had to use my hands to paddle myself forward. Well… one hand and one other limb. The shape was still nebulous, the growth warring against the steady deterioration of the burning golden energy that still lingered here and there. It blackened and flaked off, and a little headway was made. The digit extended, broadened, flattened. It wasn’t fully formed, but it served as a paddle. I began inching myself closer to the platform. Easy enough to manage, considering the steady movement of the water. Things were flowing into some sort of narrow, tight whirlpool, where water was flowing into some hole in the ocean floor. I shifted my arms in movements that were jerky, not quite muscular. The motions were strong, but hard to control, to moderate. It was fine. I didn’t need control or moderation here. I made my way towards one of the intact legs of the platform. A circle of concrete, cracked by strain, with rebar visible in the cracks. I pulled myself up, but the attempt was spastic, spasmodic. I managed to haul myself up, moved a little too far, then fell. Another attempt. This time I focused on holding on, bringing my legs up. One leg in one crevice, another leg into a crack, another set on a ledge where the concrete above wasn’t quite seated properly. My right hand opened, and the motion was more like metal tearing than anything else, tissue parting violently and unwillingly, creating a gap that was as much wound as it was design. The flesh joined together, forming ridges that faced one another. I closed it, felt the ridges meet. The flesh was still tender. I left it alone. My flight pack provided additional lift as I climbed. It was overly heavy, the antigrav weak, but it gave me lift. I found footholds, handholds for my one hand, and used the arms of my flight pack where I saw opportunities. I found my stride, scaling the surface with increasing speed, until I was moving faster than I might have covered the same distance running. My swarm climbed over the surface and provided a map of the places I could find footholds. I tested my right hand. The flesh wasn’t tender. It was hard. There were studs at regular intervals along either half, like teeth. Very like teeth. A claw. I raised my claw over my head, then drew it down violently, driving it into a crack. I was able to climb faster. I reached the point where the concrete ended. A shaft of four steel beams reinforced by criss-crossing beams set at diagonals loomed above me. It was an even faster climb than the concrete. My legs ended in points, and those same points slipped off of the metal beams, but I had seven limbs to work with. Even if half of my limbs were reaching out for holds, I still had three or four solid points of contact I could maintain at any given point in time. Rage bubbled inside me, but it wasn’t mine. I’d experienced my own anger, I knew how it influenced my own body, how it was connected to my emotions. This was something else. Hormones kicking into overdrive, compelling my body to react. Other parts of my body being designed angry, designed so they were primed for fight or flight, driving me to act and refuse to let me sit still. Lab Rat’s stuff was geared towards turning people into weapons, making them take whatever forms he keyed into the formula and then act. I knew it. My awareness of what was going on wasn’t stopping it. I was riding a tide of emotion, moving towards a fight where I couldn’t possibly do anything to stop Scion, putting myself in danger. Had I chosen to, I could have turned away. But I liked being emotional, liked coming out of my shell, acting. Some of my finer moments had been when I was doing just that. I reached the top of the pillar and paused. I wasn’t out of breath, and my limbs weren’t really built in such a way that they got tired. Still, I had a barrier overhead, now, and I didn’t trust my flight pack to hold my weight. I glanced down, and the individual waves were too difficult to distinguish. Here and there, there were flecks of white where they crested. Water still trailed from gaps in the pack as I reached up, folded two tarsus -two ‘feet’- around a beam over my head, and then swung myself up, grabbing another beam with my claw. I experimented, testing the security of my grip. It looked like it could hold all of my weight. I wouldn’t make it do so, but it was a good option. Movement across the underside of the platform was swift enough. It only required a different kind of thinking, an abstract sort of grasp of how I moved my legs, found leverage with only one opposable thumb. A beam came loose as I tried to hang my weight off it, and I nearly fell. I found leverage on one beam with my third leg, reached out with my hand to grab elsewhere. Neither hold was secure, but I still managed to swing myself over and seize another beam, securing myself. I reached the edge of the platform, looked up and over, to see the fighting underway. Less fighting than systematic elimination. The only ones who were truly holding their own were Legend, Glaistig Uaine, Pretender and Eidolon. Even then, they were more focused on avoiding Scion’s attacks than dealing damage. Here and there, Eidolon or Glaistig Uaine would try something. The remains of the platform had stabilized. Only a few remained on top. Weld’s people, the Irregulars, made up the bulk of the group. Sanguine was tending to two injured. Not Irregulars, but not capes I recognized either. The boy had hair and skin with a texture and color like clotted blood. The injured had blood piled and crusted over their wounds, scabs bigger than my hand. Or my claw. Weld looked at me, and his eyebrows raised. I opened my mouth to speak, and found I couldn’t. My tongue was thinner, layered in something hard, and the sides of my mouth were odd. I communicated through my swarm, instead. What little of it remained, anyways. Drones and buzzes and chirps. “Lab Rat. The boxes he gave us, they’re designed to trigger when we’re hurt, force a transformation.” “Might get a few more recruits,” Sanguine said, not looking up from the wounded. He had hands extended to two different wounds on one individual, and was drawing blood into one hand and letting it snake out of the other, flowing into the wound. Was he cleaning it? “His transformations are temporary. Buying time. He cut me in half, and I’m not sure I’m going to be in one piece when this stops working.” “But it worked?” Weld asked. I nodded. The motion was jerky. I reached up with my good hand, the movements twitchy, and felt my neck and shoulders. The little muscle I had was gone, and the skin was taut over cords, like tendons, of varying sizes. The muscle had been cannibalized to build flesh elsewhere, I gathered. Weld frowned, then reached into the pouch at his belt. He held another device. After a pause, he pressed it against one of the wounded. It beeped, then a light went on in the corner. The cape convulsed, his back arching. A moment later, transformations began, veins standing out along his arms and legs. “Another one,” Weld said. “Get me a spare.” Sanguine handed him another. Weld applied it. Scales were manifesting around the most prominent veins on the first one by the time the second patient started reacting. “Gully,” one of the other Irregulars said. “If we can get to her-” “We can’t,” Weld said, looking down towards the water, “But she’s wearing one. I trust her to hold her own.” Their discussion of how their teammate was doing made me think of others. Grue. He’d come back through the portal, and he’d been close to the edge of the platform, but that was no guarantee. It was a hell of a drop to the water, and he didn’t have a flight pack. Not quite something that Masamune had managed to mass produce. Above us, Glaistig Uaine had created a spirit that was spreading across the sky like circuits on a circuitboard, extending itself across a plane. Scion was blasting it, but it had reached the point where it was spreading as fast as he destroyed it. Her other two spirits were working in concert, one duplicating the other, so it could create and lob projectiles that exploded in the air. The detonations left patches of a strange, nebulous darkness in their wake. They couldn’t move more than a short distance from their master, which limited their number, but they added up to twenty or thirty in all. “It’s working,” Sanguine said. It wasn’t. I looked at him, confused. His eyes were on the patients. He’s talking about Lab Rat’s matchboxes. I looked, and I saw how the scales were spreading. They were breathing easier. “Good,” Weld said. “We need everyone we can get.” “It’s a temporary measure,” I spoke through my bugs, my mouth firmly closed. “Moment this wears off, they might need emergency assistance. Me too.” “Situation’s bad,” Weld said. “Not sure we’re going to get any help, emergency or otherwise.” “The Triumvirate came.” “From miles away,” one of the other Irregulars said. She had a head that was many times the size, a body that was disproportionately frail, to the point that I wondered how she could hold herself upright. “They can’t open any gates here until Scion’s gone.” “We need to drive him away, then,” I said. “Or hurt him. Kill him.” The last two words slipped out, so to speak. Fueled by my anger, my outrage. No, not quite my own. A programmed bloodlust, one that came with this body. “That’s… not really doable,” Weld said. “Pretty sure the scientist who knocked him through the stratosphere died. Nobody else has really been able to knock him for a loop.” The tendril-girl spoke, her voice harboring a soft Russian accent. “We should go, Weld. Run. There’s nothing more we can do here.” “There’s nowhere to run,” Weld said. “Even if we swim-” “We’re stronger than we think,” the tendril-girl answered, her voice soft. “Isn’t that what you always say? There’s a strength inside us and we just need to dig for it. We came to help the wounded, with Sanguine and Matryoshka. Let’s take the wounded and go.” Weld hesitated. I suspected I could understand why. “I want to help too,” I said. I twitched, as if my body was taking that sentence as permission to go. “Murder that fucker. But there’s only so much we can do. Go.” He gave me a funny look. “I was put in charge of ordering people in the field. Take it as an order from me.” “I’m not your subordinate,” Weld said. “And I’m not sure you’re in your right mind. You keep talking in a strange voice.” “Everything she says is in a strange voice,” Sanguine murmured. “A stranger voice,” Weld clarified. “Not in my right mind,” I said. I stretched. Not in my right body. I shook my head a little. “But this is the smart thing. Retreat for now. This was never supposed to be a prolonged fight.” “No,” Weld said. “I’ll stay. I can help others. I’m tough enough to walk away with most of my body gone. I’ll search for others who need help.” There was the mask again. Even the case fifty-threes had them. The emotional defenses, the guise. He was hiding something, lying without speaking falsehoods. “Go,” I said. There was an emotion in the sound there really shouldn’t have been. Anger. Irritation. Insofar as I could even express that with a voice generated by my bugs. He hesitated. Scion erupted with golden light. It wasn’t the sort of attack one dodged. Instantaneous, hitting everything in every direction. My skin began to blister, the golden light searing through it, appearing in the ridges between spots where flesh was simply being eaten away. I scrambled for cover, moving back towards the underside of the platform. As I leaped over the railing, I grabbed one of Sanguine’s patients with my claw. My movement was reckless, too quick, unpracticed, and I nearly threw the cape I was holding over the edge. I waited, hanging by my three legs, two flight-pack arms, and one hand, the cape dangling below me, gripped in my claw. The light faded. I checked, then climbed back over the edge. Weld and his people had taken cover. Sanguine was covering injuries with scabs, but the damage was bad. The tendril girl’s tentacles were worn so thin they were barely there. The cloud cover had been largely dissolved, bringing more light down onto the battlefield. More to the point, Scion’s likely target had been affected as well. The cape that had spread across the sky was falling apart. Scion turned his attention towards Glaistig Uaine. Eidolon appeared beside her, taking her in his arms, and then the pair of them disappeared just as quickly. Legend opened fire with a series of lasers, while Alexandria ducked around to get behind the bastard. The cape I was holding climbed over the railing. I made my way under it, then sort of staggered in Weld’s direction, the tarsus segments of my legs sliding on the slanted, gritty surface. The light had eaten through metal, eroded everything in sight. Below us, the water had been affected, boiling. Clouds of steam rose from the water’s surface. My thoughts turned to the capes below us. My friends, past allies. Murderous instinct flared, and I restrained it. “We need to go,” the tendril girl said. “We’re no use to anyone dead.” “I can’t swim, Sveta, understand?” Weld’s voice was quiet. “It’s not- I’ll stay behind. We’ve got the case for you to hide inside. Sanguine can carry you. You should go.” “We need you, Weld,” Sveta said. Weld looked away. “Another form,” Sanguine said. “Something that floats.” “I’m metal.” “Metal boats float,” Sanguine said. Weld frowned. “What is it?” Sveta asked. “I’m not sure it’ll work.” “If it doesn’t,” Sanguine said, “walk.” “On the ocean floor?” Sveta asked. “He doesn’t breathe.” “It’s not that simple,” Weld said. “I’m going to stay. I have old teammates to look after. You guys should leave.” “Not without you,” Sveta said, her voice angry. A golden light speared past us. Striking the water. Scion was cutting up the capes who’d fallen in and survived. Glaistig Uaine appeared behind him. Three spirits surrounded her. One to levitate, grant the ability to float. A telekinetic or power granter. Another to duplicate capes. Duplicating the telekinetic, in part. But more focused on duplicating the third spirit Glaistig Uaine had made. Gray Boys. She’d gone through a phase, hunting down some of the scariest capes around, defeating them, claiming them. This was one. Scion was trapped in a time well, turning monochrome. Without any apparent effort, he broke free of the effect, shattering it. Only to be frozen again. My swarm was agitated. Agitated but futile. Scion started moving in the direction of Glaistig Uaine and her creations, gliding through the air. The effects went up as easily as they were torn down. I wanted to help. To stop him. I was powerless. A cockroach. Glaistig Uaine wasn’t stopping him, but it seemed to have his attention. He wasn’t using his power, either. Was it because he couldn’t, or something else entirely? Eidolon, Legend and Alexandria flew down to the water. They rose with no less than twelve capes between them, Eidolon levitating several, and then disappeared towards the horizon. Weld seemed to come to a decision. “Okay. If it’s what it takes to make you guys leave, I’ll go. Make our way down.” I shut my eyes, exhaled slowly. The air moved in a funny way across my mouth-parts. “Here,” I said. I reached for my belt. It dangled, held in place by the silk cords that wound under and beneath my costume. Some of it had been obliterated by the blast. I used my bugs to start connecting the silk cords together. Too thin, too short. I reached behind my back, instead, past the small tube of pepper spray. More silk there. Some beneath the armor panel on my hand, others beneath my shoulders. I plaited them together into a rope. “Others go down first,” Weld said. “Order of weight. Let’s get you packaged up, Garotte. If you aren’t climbing down, stay still.” Stay still? He began undoing the little clasps of metal that bound Garotte against his body. She unfurled, reached out to railings, to edges of metal. Where the tendrils surrounded the railing, a barrier that might have stopped a speeding car, the metal bent, crushed tight. The tendrils continued to find their way to things to grip. There were more of them than I’d thought. One tendril seized my claw, faster than I could react. Just as fast, it pulled back, found somethign else to hold. She and Weld both stopped. I watched as she closed her eyes, drew in a deep breath, and then exhaled. Weld released her organs, hidden in a space in his broad back, and she was free of him. She collected herself around the railing, her eyes closed, drawing in deep breaths and then exhaling slowly. Slowly, the tendrils released, and she stretched out to her full length. She looked like a fish underwater, a lionfish or jellyfish with dramatic, crazy fins or fronds. Where they weren’t bound to her surroundings, the fronds fell in line with one another, moved with their own rhythm, a mind of their own, that searched the surroundings. “Tight, Garotte,” Weld said, an order. His eyes weren’t on her, but on Scion and Glaistig Uaine. Garotte wound herself around the railing, weaving her tendrils into gaps of the platform itself, to seize infrastructure. It was beautiful in a very different way, sinuous like a snake was, a face with everything condensed behind it, a mobile, flexible body. Scion and Glaistig Uaine began fighting in earnest. They weren’t more than a hundred feet apart. Glaistig Uaine was drawing on spirits with a shorter range, now. One with a fox-face that seemed to be granting three different kinds of enhanced movement, teleportation, super speed and flight. The other two varied from moment to moment. Some existed so briefly that Glaistig Uaine didn’t even try to keep them afloat in the air, images that lasted two or three seconds, employing their powers before they exceeded her natural range and dissipated. Some came back, used powers in different variations. The ones Scion destroyed, though, they didn’t recur. Glaistig Uaine was running out, and running out fast. Weld patiently helped Sveta bind herself to a single pole inside a half-sphere the size of a beachball. When she was inside, he attached another half to the sphere and began screwing it shut. Here and there, the smallest tendrils found their way out of airholes. They gripped his hand. “Be brave, Sveta,” Weld murmured. “I just tell myself I need to act like you,” Sveta’s voice came from within the sphere. Weld didn’t answer that. He handed the sphere to Sanguine. The red-skinned boy gave his leader a nod, then started sliding down the length of the cord. The capes who had taken Lab Rat’s juice were among the largest. They descended the rope I’d created. Only a couple were left, now. “Matryoshka, get the ones from inside,” Weld said. “Think you can manage?” A young case fifty-three with horizontal lines marking the length of her body nodded. She began dissolving into ribbons as she made her way across the platform. “You’re not coming, I suspect,” Weld said. I realized he was speaking to me. I shook my head, the motion jerky. “If it’s about the injuries, the juice wearing off, we can support you, give you some healing.” “Not that.” “There’s nothing you can do. Nothing we can do. Any of us.” “String Theory hurt him.” “String Theory died. And she didn’t hurt him so much as shove him. It’s like a three year old pushing a grown man. Right time, right place, catching him off guard, nothing more.” The metaphor was eerily similar to Shadow Stalker’s one about cockroaches. “I’m talking abstracts,” I spoke through my swarm. I watched as a very androgynous figure left the building Matryoshka had entered. She bore innumerable injuries, but stoicly limped her way to the rope, gripping it. She glanced at Weld, then nodded. “Abstracts.” “We know it’s possible to shove him, maybe other stuff is possible too. There’s hope.” “So you want to do this again?” Weld asked. “How many of your friends came? What did you stake on this?” I thought of Grue. I didn’t know if he was okay, or if he was one of the capes who had been in the water. “One came,” I said. “Is he okay?” “I brought everyone, lost three for sure, one that’s a maybe,” Weld said. “You don’t- we can’t do this again. He’s too strong. Unstoppable.” “You wanted to stay,” I said, stressing the you as much as I was able, speaking through the bugs. “No,” Weld said. “I didn’t want to leave. Different thing.” I didn’t have a response to that. Legend, Alexandria and Eidolon had returned. Legend and Alexandria rescued more stranded capes, flying off, while Eidolon rose into the air, positioning himself so Scion was between him and Glaistig Uaine. “Sveta idolizes me. She sees me as a hero, a spokesperson for our kind. Her therapist asked me to come visit, because she heard about what happened in the Echidna attack, what Cauldron was doing. All of her progress, gone. So her therapist wanted her hero to show up. Give her guidance, support. It worked.” “That’s a good thing, isn’t it?” I asked. I saw Eidolon open fire, not a dramatic attack, but a subtle one, a series of darts that left dark streaks in the air. My entire body tensed, as if I could jump into the fight. Weld was shaking his head. “She thinks I’m fearless, but I’m not. I don’t have any hormones, any real heart that can pound, adrenaline to flow through my veins. But I still feel fear, still feel despair. I can’t jump into the water and sink to some point lower than mount Everest is tall, spending months or years without any goddamn music. So I stay here and… I try to convince them to leave. I’m a coward in the end, putting them at risk because I’m scared I’ll sink.” “They left,” I said. “Because I lied. I’m not going to follow them. I’m staying.” “Sweet fuck all we can do, you know.” “I know,” I responded. “But nothing we can do except fight.” “I don’t know if I should pity you for that perspective or envy you.” Weld spoke, his voice grim. “In terms of morale, there’s no fixing this. We put our best foot forward, we failed. I can’t speak for the others, but I can guess how they’re going to feel. I think of myself as a brave guy. I pulled off the hero bit, I lead by example. But I don’t think there’s anything we can do but run.” “That’s all you’ll do from here on out? Run?” He looked down at his hands. “And get revenge. I promised other people we would.” “That’s the opposite of what we need to be doing, Weld. You have to know that.” He looked up at me with inhuman eyes that were framed by fine wire eyelashes. His expression communicated so much, considering it was hard metal. “Give me a chance to prove otherwise,” I said. “Prove-” he stopped mid-sentence. “Prove what?” “I don’t know,” I said. Then I moved, hopping up onto the top of the nearest structure, a small building that had stood on the edge of the platform. My bugs stirred around me. You took my dad from me, my hometown. You took our hope, betrayed humanity. I don’t do well with betrayal. As I moved along the platform, I got a view of the last of the Irregulars making their way into the water. Fallen debris was keeping them from being dragged into the narrow whirlpool beneath the structure. They swam as a group, some using pieces of wood for flotation. They just had to get far enough away from Scion for someone to open a door. My swarm climbed the rope, taking it apart, for multiple strands. They formed a single cord that was thin, but a quarter of a mile long. Me, my passenger and my screwed up monster body were all in agreement. I want to hurt him. Want to prove this isn’t hopeless, that we can do something. I don’t want to lose to another bully. I’m done with surrendering to forces of nature, human nature or otherwise. My swarm extended in his direction, carrying a strand. I hurried across the length of the platform. Who was still here? What could I do? Nobody of consequence on the upper level. Down there? Drawing out a cord of silk between me and the railing, I used my faulty flight pack to lower myself towards the water. Silk wound itself around Scion’s eyes. He didn’t pay it any mind. His focus was on Glaistig Uaine. Her spirit was the same one she’d used before, launching ineffective attacks that left blotches of darkness across the sky. I found the capes on the water. A Thanda, three birdcage capes. The Thanda was using his power to fix them all in space, so they stood just a short distance above the water. Two of them recoiled in fear as I lowered myself to their level. The Thanda was calm, by contrast. The wind blew the silk, threatening to pull it from my grip. Scion was moving, and it could break at any instant. I passed the silk to the Thanda. He gave me a curious glance. Then he froze it in space. It fixed the thread’s location in space, froze Scion as well. The golden man was rendered immobile. Glaistig Uaine, Legend and Eidolon all struck him with everything they had. Attacks too big or too slow to land otherwise. I collected the remains of the silk before it could land in the water. Not enough length to use the Thanda again. I moved, relying on the flight pack. It shorted out, and I used the sole remaining panel of antigravity to land on a shattered corner of the oil platform. It was slowly sinking into the waves. The swarm. Not many bugs, but something. I’d thought he was perceptive enough to see through the decoys, but he was the golden fool. The Simurgh had deceived him before. Maybe it wasn’t that he could draw the logical conclusion and know that there wasn’t a human inside. Maybe he was too ready for breakers, for capes who didn’t follow the usual rules. I created a swarm decoy, gathering all of the bugs from the surrounding area. I couldn’t tap the resources beneath the water, but I could draw from the life that had gathered on the rig, the bugs that feasted on the algae that clustered around the legs of the structure. The body approached, and Eidolon moved aside. He moved as if it were a comrade joining the fight, as if he, Glaistig Uaine and the swarm-decoy effectively had Scion surrounded. Idiotic, nonsensical. Scion didn’t even react to the maneuver. Glaistig Uaine attacked, and Scion retaliated. Her spirit teleported her away. Eidolon created mirror images of himself, illusions, and Scion lashed out. Only one of the illusions remained. It fizzled out. Eidolon died? No. Eidolon struck out from the clouds above. Scion seemed to anticipate it, sliding out of the way. The tempo of the attacks and counterattacks continued. Scion attacked Glaistig Uaine’s spirits, and still, the destroyed ones failed to return. A pattern? He was an alien combatant, a stranger from another world, who saw the world in an entirely different way from how we did. But there was a pattern. I divided the swarm decoy in two. Divided each of those two into two more. He’d stopped the spirit from spreading across the sky, and had made a concerted effort to eliminate Glaistig Uaine’s spirits. He’d eliminated Eidolon’s illusions. Whether the creations were concrete or otherwise, it was something that seemed to provoke him. Was it something instinctive? A part of his species? Something he watched out for in enemies, in threats or competition? Scion turned and blasted the swarm out of the sky. The last of my bugs. His hand turned my way, as he floated in my direction. He knew who was controlling them. It was a diversion, a crucial distraction. Glaistig Uaine flew in close, creating another set of spirits. Two to either side of her, one in the lead. I recognized the one in the lead, distorted as it was. Clockblocker’s spirit touched Scion, and the golden man froze. She banished the ghost in an instant, recreated the one who had created the dark blotches in the sky. The blotches began to move, gravitating towards Scion. Concentrated in one spot. She plotted this, planned out the extended attack. I felt my hair stir, drifting towards that spot. I’d seen something similar, once upon a time. I backed away until I was able to grab something for a hold. They all gathered into a single dot, and the effect intensified. The effect around Scion broke, and he began drifting towards the dark point. He resisted, and I could sense something from him. Not alarm, but a reaction nonetheless. From Glaistig Uaine and Eidolon’s body language, they saw it too. He reached out, one hand stretched towards the center of the effect. And Eidolon used a power, effectively detonating the effect, reversing it. The G-driver had sent Scion flying into the atmosphere. Eidolon had apparently taken a lesson from it, because he’d emulated the effect. Here, Scion was plunged into the water. Another hit, another inconvenience. Something. He was in the water. He’d come back up. We could do it again. I just needed to form another decoy. Except I’d used up every bug I had on this. Not bugs, then. I flexed the legs that Lab Rat’s serum had given me, then dove into the water. I held my breath, making my way deeper. It was negligible, but I wanted as many as I could get. Simple lifeforms. If there were none above the water’s surface, I’d use the ones below. A glance above me showed one of the flying heroes above the water’s surface, watching. Good. We’d be able to coordinate an attack. We were too far from the ocean floor for me to find crabs or lobsters, but there were others. Krill. Two inches in length, at best. But they were alive, and I could move them. I could use them. Another swarm decoy, another combination attack. Something that- My claw twitched. I closed it, then flinched. The ‘teeth’ of the claw had bitten into soft flesh. It hadn’t been soft before. I kicked, and I could feel the lack of strength in the leg’s movement. The spasm wasn’t as strong, and a wet feeling was running along the inside of the leg. Fluids leaking. No. I wasn’t going to stop. Not now, not like this. He’d have to surface, he’d be angry, distracted. There could be an opening. I kicked, paddling myself forward, and I wasn’t moving towards the surface Just the opposite. My lungs were feeling the strain. I didn’t care. He’d come up, and we’d- Crimson blossomed across my vision, obscuring my view. Blood. Mine. One leg came free of the socket. Piece by piece, I started to come apart. The decoy. If I keep it together until he comes, let them split apart naturally, maybe he’ll be fooled. I started to try and move towards the surface, aware of my circumstance. My strength wasn’t there. My muscles had been cannibalized for parts to build this temporary body, and the reversion process wasn’t supplying them with everything they required. My flight pack failed. I couldn’t raise myself to the surface. Let me prove we can fight back. Don’t let people like Weld give up at this point. My consciousness began to dim, faster than it had before. I didn’t have the benefit of adrenaline. I had desperation, but it wasn’t quite the same. My vision gradually fogged. I felt my body going numb. My arm, my face. Water began to fill my mouth. I didn’t have the strength to keep my lips pressed together. Let him rise to the surface. Let this trick work again and again. Let it be the Achilles heel. A false hope, a faltering one. I knew it wouldn’t work again. I coughed, and it was a weak cough, barely a hiccup. Enough for water to make its way into my throat. But I focused on the swarm, on the krill. Kept them in formation. Alexandria died like this. Drowned. A shadow passed over my vision. I forced my eyes to focus. Glaistig Uaine, smiling slightly. She’d been the one above the water. And here she was. Not helping. Waiting. At least I’ll still be able to contribute, I thought. The water moved, and I saw a look of disappointment on her face. A glance to my right showed a portal. A door. The water was flowing into it in vast quantities, and I was being pulled along. He’s gone. He’s nowhere close, I thought. We won’t recover from this, I thought. Won’t pull together with this kind of strength again. We lost. I blacked out. This entry was posted in 27.05 by wildbow. Bookmark the permalink. 368 thoughts on “Extinction 27.5” wildbow on August 24, 2013 at 00:01 said: I was distracted (and will be until end of Monday) but I tried to channel it into the nature of the writing. Hopefully it worked. Your votes on Topwebfiction would be appreciated. Expect interlude Tues. Maybe one Thursday. Depending on what I do, I might not make the Thursday installment count as a donation chapter. Because. Patrick Reitz (@dreamfarer) on August 24, 2013 at 00:29 said: Thanks, as always, for writing! Taylor’s been a lot of things throughout the series but I’m not sure we’ve ever seen her be braver than this. The narrative conveyed how jumbled her headspace was and how unbelieveably hurt too, without jumbling the story at all. In short, great work! I’m looking forward to Tuesday’s chapter as much as I’ve looked forward to any other chapter so far! jainhollie on August 24, 2013 at 00:32 said: The chopped up nature of Taylor’s thoughts really worked well for this chapter. Great job. 🙂 razorsmile on August 24, 2013 at 00:41 said: Of course. An accurate representation of her body being equally chopped up. peter o on August 24, 2013 at 03:47 said: Very well written, especially the parts where she is in shock from the sphere hitting. Can’t thank you enough for writing this. One mi or thing: during the time she os trying to fight scion, the flight pack shorts out or fails a couple times. Is there a missing line where she gets it temporarily restarted, or is the second failure extraneous? (It is kind of on its own) negadarkwing on August 24, 2013 at 06:50 said: Damn. This chapter seemed kinda short, but it was also very frentic, so it worked. Stephen M (Ethesis) on August 24, 2013 at 08:37 said: I was expecting the interlude. They often hit in the midst of world ending cliff hangers. But your timing is perfect. En on August 24, 2013 at 09:14 said: > I was distracted (and will be until end of Monday) but I tried to channel it into the nature of the writing. Hopefully it worked. It did, it was really … chaotic, for lack of a better word. Very suited to the situation. I don’t know if it’s related to that discussion on irc a few days ago, but either way you turned a problem into a solution. That’s uncommon and quite neat. No, that’s exactly what I was talking about on IRC. If I’m tired, I write things a which are a little more surreal, a little dreamier or disconnected from reality. If I’m distracted, I make things more choppy. Tight on time? Faster paced. It tends to work because being tired/distracted/rushed isn’t an isolated thing, but runs the course of my week(s), so it flows from chapter to chapter (and I’m cognizant of what I’m doing, so I measure it out in even, appropriate doses). Gnarker on August 24, 2013 at 16:20 said: Method Writing? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MethodActing No, it’s RealLifeWritesThePlot Hydrargentium on August 26, 2013 at 17:43 said: Whatever it was, Wildbow, it freakin’ worked. alexanderthesoso on August 24, 2013 at 00:09 said: ….. Taylor… I think you need to count better…. (now off to read the rest. ) Count is fine. Psycho Gecko on August 24, 2013 at 04:18 said: I don’t drink…vine. No, I meant, it seemed like she was counting legs without realizing yet that she had extra’s. She took the realization of her transformation better than I was expecting. (also, I was expecting her to be a spider, but I guess that would have been TOO symbolic. ) Glassware on August 24, 2013 at 00:20 said: No, she has three legs. Lab Rat is big on limbs, it seems. Rika Covenant on August 25, 2013 at 00:33 said: More than three. The third mention is of a set. We’re talking something arachnoid or insectile in nature. Definitely. If we take into account the changed mouth and the shape of her “feet” it’s quite clear. Last chapter lab rat gave her a specific box. Being himself a bio tinker with a faux animal theme he probably thought she would be happy being morphed into a bee or a spider. Either that or at first he gave her the mutant geko box, thought about copyright infringement and got her a random other one. If it wern’t for the whole “Battle against an invincible god like force” Taylor could have really stopped and had some fun being a giant bug. Lab Rat should have opened an amusement park or something. veekie on August 26, 2013 at 00:53 said: From the sound of it, it was probably a spider monster of some kind. Someguy on August 26, 2013 at 04:23 said: Then why did’nt she secrete a web-line from her butt? she did say at one point that she had seven limbs total. thomas on March 18, 2014 at 18:43 said: I got the impression it was more lobster or shrimp. Seven sets of legs ending in hard points, big opposable claw, hydrolic musculature, segmented shell… She didn’t say anything about other changes, but I imagined lobster right off the bat and it fit perfectly in trying to grasp her alien proprioception. Also? Well done, Wildbow, on describing a change in perspective that the phrase “alien proprioception” fits at all, even if we don’t all immediately understand it. After all, it’s !alien!, we’re not supposed to. Most authors would have settled for “generic power up #2: Rubber Forehead Aliens are strong.” Not Wildbow. He writes like Taylor fights. /facepalm Ugh, did I really just think that? You got me liking your story too much. /needs a drink Jim Lee on August 24, 2013 at 00:14 said: Well. Fuck. soulpelt on August 24, 2013 at 00:20 said: ……I don’t even know anymore…. ;~; Why Dennis damn you? WHY?!?!?! The chapter was great….just….WHYYYYYYY. In other news Taylors new name after he cyborg upgrades will be Darth Sect. Keno Black on August 24, 2013 at 01:09 said: Bonesaw to modify her, Panacea to heal her, and Defiant to wonder why he hadn’t taken the biological route in the first place… Taylor’s like her insects…you can never really be fully rid of them. Kessler on August 24, 2013 at 01:48 said: That’s right – Panacea & Bonesaw are there to heal the hurt. Heh. 🙂 Yeah, if either Amy or Riley are on the other side of that portal, Taylor will be okay. If not, well I hope Cauldron has some healers in their groups, and isn’t going to screw her over. Ajoxer on August 24, 2013 at 00:21 said: Clockblocker. You always were the best. 😦 When I was young, I had a couple of pet turtles. I fed them mostly crickets and frogs that I would catch around the house. The frogs would swim away from them, but the turtles were faster in water, and would catch them. I remember once, at my birthday party, my mother picked up one of the frogs, dead, but only partially eaten, and showed us what it looked like inside. Floating, torn apart, organs drifting away in the water, a creature you cannot possibly defeat closing in, ready to eat you… That’s a horror that goes to the very heart of life itself, to the oldest forms of life. No wonder Jaws freaks people out so badly. What a rough chapter. Goddamn. TapiocaTalks on August 24, 2013 at 05:34 said: Deep. And Clockblocker….that hit me worse than Taylor falling apart, Grue being “lost” and maybe even the whole Scion-turned-evil thing. Like a punch to the gut–I wasn’t prepared :[ I guess Wildbow finally got sick of all the Taylor/Clockblocker shipping. But it seems even in death Dennis will be freezing super powerful entities. See you in cape heaven Clockblocker. Probably pulling practical jokes on Supergod. Given they brought Gray Boy back even after he had been collected, Clockblocker can be brought back too. Shadell on August 24, 2013 at 10:08 said: They made a clone with fabricated memories and tried to create a facsimile of the personality. They made a very good Gray Boy forgery, they didn’t bring him back. Actually, due to the nature of his powers, Grey Boy is probably the only S9 clone who actually came back 100% true to the original. Whatever tiny piece of DNA from the original would have ensured he kept rolling back his personal timeline until he for all intents and purposes became the original. Huh. The fact that Grey Boy’s shard/passenger was still able to provide the clone with power despite the original being trapped inside Glastig … says very odd things about just what Glastig is doing when she claims a cape’s shard. Landis963 on August 25, 2013 at 02:13 said: Not very; Passengers can connect to multiple people. I even asked that question (i.e. how they could) in Bonesaw’s interlude, and was told I was assuming a rule was in place that didn’t exist. Glaistig is clearly supplanting the normal passenger connection when the original dies. The same passenger can connect to others besides the original; therefore it can connect to others besides Glaistig. Asmora on August 25, 2013 at 02:54 said: Yeah, I’m pretty sure she’s not “holding” the claimed shards any more than any other cape’s shard is actually inside them. They’re all off in their own alternate realities that they use as power sources, and they’re just connected to their “hosts.” The Scion interlude made it pretty clear, especially with the multiple Harbingers and the original Numbers Man all connected to one shard. My theory is that she’s claiming their “passenger,” the part of their mind that has been redesigned to interface with the shard. So she takes their connection and their instincts for using the shard. If someone else somehow interfaces with the shard separately, that probably doesn’t affect G.U.’s ghost or the other cape (i.e. the Gray Boy clone/not clone/time clone/wtfever). The other possibility is that she isn’t actually taking anything at all; she’s just using their severed, dangling connection to their shard to trace a path back to it and forge a connection of her own. This seems a little less likely, as it doesn’t fit as well with the aesthetic of how she uses her power. I think it’s likely that we’ll never really know all the mechanics of how her power or most anyone’s power works on that level. We’ve had the Scion interlude; not many other people have much insight into these matters. G.U. (but she’s crazy), Amy, Lisa, maybe Riley a little bit, maybe Chevy a little bit… that’s about it. And we’ve already had interludes from the four of those that are lucid. countpacula on August 24, 2013 at 10:16 said: In pace requiescat, Clocky – at least you are still alive in spirit. If Clockblocker had survived, and had gotten with Taylor, and they did have a kid, the kid totally should have taken “Clockroach” for his codename. irrevenant on August 7, 2014 at 21:23 said: Keyblockor on August 24, 2013 at 00:24 said: Damn Glastig you scary. The fact that she goddamn killed Gray Boy is certainly something. Nth_X on August 24, 2013 at 00:38 said: Do we know that she personally killed Grayboy? Can she collect passengers when she is merely close to a cape as they die, or must she cause it? Since she has Clockblocker, I was assuming she might have just been in the right place at the right time…maybe just shadowing the S9 waiting to pick up powerful passengers as capes died? WyldCard4 on August 24, 2013 at 00:41 said: Alternative theory, she killed Clockblocker just to collect him for a chance like she got. In all certainty, she was collecting everyone who fell to Scion that she could, and so it’s far more likely that Clockblocker was one of the many unlucky enough to be too close to the centre to escape. theant87 on August 24, 2013 at 00:42 said: Well, last chapter it explained that she has made attacks against parahumans to collect them, but doesn’t seem to harbor ill will toward regular people. Maybe she saw Greyboy doing his thing and saw it as needless stupidity? I’m pretty sure that she specifically, literally, hunted Gray Boy down and killed him. Tom_D on August 24, 2013 at 00:45 said: She was floating there at the end waiting on Taylor to die so she could collect her. If she had died, Taylor would have been killed by Scion. Glastig just needs to be nearby. Philippe Saner on August 24, 2013 at 00:54 said: It seems that Glaistig can absorb people’s passengers by touching them. That would trump Gray Boy’s defence, and since Gray Boy isn’t terribly smart it probably wasn’t too hard for her to touch him. Especially if she had a teleporting spirit on hand. Though she was taking a serious risk by getting close to him. Maybe she can collect them by having a spirit touch them. We’re not even certain if she had a few back in Grey Boy’s original demise that could have gotten around his glitchy record power. She just has to be able to get close to them realitively soon after death. Remember she got Bakuda, who Lung killed. Robin Lionheart on March 15, 2014 at 14:24 said: I thought Jack killed Gray Boy, originally. Did I misremember? coldheart7 on May 27, 2014 at 02:10 said: Jack killed King, I believe. Dinstow on August 24, 2013 at 02:28 said: Couldn’t Panacea and Bonesaw use Blasto’s tech and make a ton of small healing drones for everybody? Butts. I didn’t mean to post this as a reply, or to post a half completed version. Packbat on August 24, 2013 at 08:59 said: I think Blasto’s stuff was in the pocket dimension that collapsed. Oh. Double butts. Hmm, maybe they could at least figure out an efficient way to put everyone in the best physical shape possible. I mean, between their powers and experience, I’m sure they could essentially turn every remaining cape into at least a Brute 4. Althalus on August 24, 2013 at 00:24 said: No idea how she’s going to be rescued though I am reasonably hopeful that she will be. Panacea and Bonesaw are going to have their work cut out for them putting her back together again. Maybe they managed to keep Scion occupied and in one place long enough for one of the other groups to somehow home in on the parallel universe where Scion’s real body is so that they can attack him directly. Since Panacea can hack passengers (I think?), maybe we’ll see an upgrade to Taylor. We know that her passenger was purposefully handicapped, so I’m thinking it would be quite the powerup to get it fully functional. On the other hand, one of the coolest things about Taylor has always been how she can do so much with (seemingly) so little…I don’t know what to hope for. Since this is all one big Darwinian experiment for Scion, I would think that this attack has to be a pretty big experimental result. Finding out what if any effect it has on his actions is an exciting prospect. Panacea can’t manipulate passengers. She said so in the Marquis interlude. She can get close though, judging from the relay bugs. Undead-Spaceman on August 24, 2013 at 00:24 said: [The water moved, and i saw a look of disappointment on her face.] The ‘I’ needs to be capitalized. Hopefully, they got Panacea and Bonesaw on the other side of that portal. DasNiveau on August 24, 2013 at 01:43 said: That, Couldron or the People making Endbringers. Don’t see an edits thread so I’m just posting here: “The body parts that were spooling out in the water beneath around around me.” –> “beneath and around” ” Every moment, even the smallest movement, it redoubled the pain.” –> “Every movement”? ” Just as fast, it pulled back, found somethign else to hold.” –> “something” ” I kicked, paddling myself forward, and I wasn’t moving towards the surface Just the opposite.” –> “surface. Just” FuzzyZergling on August 24, 2013 at 15:17 said: Double arounds. GOD DAMN I loved this chapter. So much…fuck if I know….Badass/awesome. 1. What is Taylor’s Herbert’s FIRST thought as she has been torn in half, bleeding to death, and drowning? I want to fight. 2. All of the bloody jokes about her having a second trigger event and becoming a shifter sort of became true. Bug hybrid Skitter/Weaver for the win! 3. We can add the dreaded/Badass status to the fairy queen. She fucking killed the original grey boy, collected Clockblocker who is confirmed dead, and possibly Grue if the darkness is his. She is the ONLY parahuman who was actually able to fight Scion directly for however short a time it was. 4. Weld admitting his faults and staying strong for his teammates. 5. Taylor Herbert REFUSING to give up even at the end. She used her bugs to distract him, used the Thanda to pull of a similar trick with silk and Clockblocker’s, may he rest in peace, power, and dove under the water to use krill to try and distract him. But most of all, as the transformation work off and she started to die again, her final thought was being thankful that the fairy queen would take her because it meant she could still fight and try to defend people like Weld and stop the bullies. GOD DAMN, I loved this chapter. Lets face it if this were Dragonball Z Taylor would have just gone super Sayain 7 Taylor really, really earned her determanator trope this chapter didn’t she? That said, since she didn’t get a second trigger from this, I don’t think she ever will. Updated a few TV Tropes pages, including adding Taylor to Determinator. Where I notice that she dethroned Chevalier from the top determinating slot for the work. slider214 on November 6, 2014 at 22:14 said: Yeah I agree she did pretty much just dethrone Chev. He was badass and he still has the silver medal but I don’t think you can really beat having your organs falling out and still trying to fight. “Trying”? She freaking succeeded. It’s possible she’s getting closer. Everything that happened her attitude was toward pushing forward, fighting back, doing something. If she’s too injured to fight, if they have a hard time getting her up and ready for the next fight and she has to sit around doing nothing and not know what’s going on… I could imagine that might be a lot worse for Taylor than just fighting Scion. Definitely over S9000. Pretty sure it’s not Grue’s darkness. She would’ve recognized that, rather than having “seen something similar, once upon a time.” Instead it seemed to be miniature gravity wells. Has she run into a gravity manipulator before that I’m not recalling? Oh, well there was whatshisname in Chicago, but that was different. If the “seen something similar” comment was supposed to be a callback to an earlier encounter, I’m not remembering it. Pretty sure she has brain damage. I wouldn’t be surprised if she had trouble connecting it to Grue. But unless Glastig was able to combine powers or expand on his, I doubt it. I’m too lazy to look up how the shadow’s physical appearance was described but that’d prolly settle it. Don’t think it was him. Or at least I hope not…. I really don’t think it was Grue. The darkness was exerting suction, something Grue’s has never done. Probably a reference to Bakuda’s black hole bombs. … Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn. yinyangorwuji on August 24, 2013 at 00:29 said: Hmm. So, She’ll live. Dunno what the hell they’re gonna do about Scion, though. And if they ever get past Scion, I’m wondering how they’ll cope with all the things Taylor has said they’ll “deal with later” :[ Holy cow. I was almost crying as Taylor was starting to come apart in the water. Great writing, Wildbow. Wow. I can’t even imagine where the story goes from here. Jerden on August 26, 2013 at 15:13 said: They start running, and never look back. Well, that’s what I’d do, but then I’m not a superhero. Still, it’s a plan of action. – Glastig – Boss. – Clockblocker – Boss. – Thanda* – Boss. – Taylor – Goddamn HERO – Guess we know how the original Grey Boy died; Glastig Uaine decided to take him out for the fuck of it. Clearly, while she may despise Cauldron capes, she has no problem using them. Daaaaaaamn. – the truth behind Weld revealed. Doesn’t make him any less heroic. If only he himself believed that. – wonder why she wanted Taylor’s shard so bad. Right. Stupid question. – Does Cauldron even have healers of this caliber? Oh wait, they don’t need to. Between Panacea and Bonesaw, Taylor could be looking at some upgraaaades. Awwww yeah. – Lustrum’s power was what now? Size-shifting plus power-and-emotion-suppression? – Eidolon is craaazy powerful. How strong was he back in the day if even now he remains potent enough to take on Scion without being vaporized? That position-anchoring Thanda, are we ever going to find out his name? I think Lustrum absorbs all energy in the area in order to grow bigger. And yeah, Eidolon is scary. The whole Triumvirate is. They actually directly fought Scion, and he failed to kill him. He probably wasn’t trying too hard, but still. AMR on August 24, 2013 at 01:50 said: The thing about Eidolon is actually commented in-universe. Taylor watches him do crazy stunts like dodging all of Khonsu’s attacks while helping Legend free himself from the time bubble at the same time and thinks something like “and this guy says he’s getting weaker?”. I believe wildbow said we’ll get his interlude either in this or the next arc, hopefully we’ll see what Eidolon could do at full power. He was probably closer to Scion than to other parahumans. sun dog on August 24, 2013 at 09:37 said: The Thanda kick ass and take names, they never give them. It’s who they are, the ones that are never acknowledged, because they’re far too scary for the average person to wrap their heads around. The anonymous powerhouses, the terror of naked blades glinting in the darkness. I’m interested in their backstory and how their organization works. They seem to only have a few members but all their powers seem to work on the macro scale, which can’t be a coincidence. My guess is that they have a cape that can cause powers to work on said scale in exchange for something else or just power them up. The unnamed cape that teleported his hand through a chest might have passed their initiation and then became capable of teleporting the landscape around. I’m sticking with my theory that Eidolon’s whole “I’m losing my edge” thing is entirely in his head. It’s probably a mind game that Doctor Mother pulled on him to keep him on a leash. “You looked like you were slipping out there against Leviathan today. Here, why don’t you have some of this ‘power booster’ cocktail I made.” Of course it’s crap that she gives him; the Cauldron serum explicitly doesn’t work twice. But he becomes psychologically dependent on it, believing that he needs it and attributing any failures to his “weakening powers” rather than his own mistakes, bad luck, or whatever else. Nah, it’s been established that Cauldron powers get weaker in times of more stress. So with the end of the world coming and stress from that, he got weaker. And then, realizing he’s getting weaker, there’s even more stress, and it builds like that to keep weakening him. Which ironically made him stronger in my opinion. Taylor remarked how she had to stress her power for all it’s possibilities because of it’s, to her mind at the time, weak nature. Eidolon didn’t really have to think tactically because he had the perfect power for every situation. Now that he is weaker, he has to plan/think of getting the most of his power like Taylor did. Hence he copied the g driver in some form. I do like both explainations. I can see Cauldron tricking him into thinking he’s weaker than he actually is, but the stress explaination would work. Or maybe he’s actually getting weaker due to his power draining his passenger, but only weakening very slowly. Wildbow seems to enjoy writing as many mysteries as possible into his work. Still, it only makes it more satisfying when secrets are revealed. Like the Scion interlude! That was amazing, even though it only scratched the surface of the mysteries that perplex us. Reveen on August 24, 2013 at 00:37 said: Oh…. my. Amy’s going to need alot of stray cats to fix our hero. I feel this song is rather appropriate. Oh, and Clock’s dead. Well, I didn’t really like him all that much, honestly. Though Grue and Foil down as well, maybe, shit. Foil’s death would suck. It’s probably the kind of death she’d want, fighting the worst monster in the world, but neither she nor Parian deserves that loss. Oh, hey! In the event Amy can’t heal Taylor for some reason, we still have Defiant, she could end up like this… I can make peace with that. You didn’t like Clockblocker? Huh. I’m not too broken up about the deaths of Clockblocker (and maybe Grue and Foil)…everyone has to die sometime, and they died well. They’ve all accomplished enough that, even if they die now, their potential isn’t going to waste. And there’s nothing stupid or embarrassing about dying in combat here. So, yeah. This would be a good death, as deaths go. Can’t really explain it. He had that feeling to me of a professional wiseacre character who hadn’t really earned any right to wisecrack. Like alot of Whedon and Bioware’s characters. Uh, he ran up and slapped Leviathan. He waited in the blast zone when they dropped the bombs, for his chance to fight Mannequin. He showed up to pretty much every major fight they ever had, and generally contributed. He was one of the first people to truly call Taylor on some of her shit, which was kind of what she needed. He was also the first to stand up for her, to argue for her chance to join up with the Protectorate. Dude well earned the right to be kinda snarky. Don’t forget the butterflies. Pinkhair on August 24, 2013 at 01:45 said: Well, if his corpse is in the water that got sucked up it is not entirely outside of the realm of possibility that Bonesaw can fix him. Hell, it is possible that his corpse is in better condition than Taylor. Perhaps stapling clockbits to Taylor so she can use time-touch through her bugs or her silk… Oh man that’s right Foil might be dead… I really hope not, but after all the close calls she’s already had… If she is I don’t envy the person that has to tell Parian. Hope nobody was donating towards a Clockblocker epilouge. They could still get one from his ghost/spirit POV. They seem somewhat sentient. Of everyone in the Wormverse, Amy is probably one of the best qualified to make an alot of cats. I really wish she wouldn’t, though. http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html That’s alot of crazy talk. underwhelmingforce on August 24, 2013 at 00:37 said: Once again, it goes to show exactly how much damage Taylor can inexplicably take. She lost SEVERAL LIMBS and most of her face and remained conscious enough to break the surface tension of the ocean to survive a fall from an oil rig (breaking her remaining limbs in the process) then, while drowning, use the healing device. Taylor is SO badass. A side note, how did she know it was only temporary? She kept assuring people that, but did she ever learn that? I don’t remember. I don’t remember her being told either — maybe Lab Rat is one of the capes she’d read about at some point. She considered the fact that the tinker who created them used them himself, and since he is currently not a monster she inferred that it was temporary. It is also in Taylor’s nature to assume the worse and prepare accordingly. In the circumstances, they’d be either dying now, or dying later, after contributing a little more to the fight with Scion. Whether it’s temporary is academic really. Maybe she could feel it starting to wear off by that point. Or it came with some sort of awareness of its temporary nature. Like Packrat said, Lab Rat was one of the capes she researched in anticipation of them being potentially untrustworthy allies. Guess she knows what his strengths and limitations are. Though honestly, UNturning someone into a giant lobster almost sounds more difficult than turning them into a giant lobster in the first place… The scene with Taylor climbing the wall using too many legs was wonderfully eerie. Also her emotions coming through when she was swarm-speaking — they really are a part of her, now. And we got so close to finally seeing the sealife aspect of her power come into its own! Darn Lab Rat, not having quite enough battery life…. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmnnnnnn! Good chapter. Next stop, the Bonesaw/Panacea emergency room. Bummer for the Clockster fans. He’s gone. Glastig has him. notes on August 24, 2013 at 00:41 said: Well, now we know what happened to Grey Boy. And Clockblocker, which is honestly more disturbing unless he was harvested in that very fight, because otherwise she was harvesting from inside the Birdcage. Which implies she surrendered because she liked the catering, but would still order out from time to time. No cyborg upgrades expected: Panacea + Bonesaw prefer to work in flesh. Chopped sentences captured desperation nicely. Scion’s destructive orb description is sometimes hard to follow – whether it’s above or below Taylor, what it’s doing. Can’t tell if the writing is supposed to mirror disorientation, in which case it’s working, or if some of the up/down directions got switched: e.g. the orb seems to be coming from above, and Taylor is falling out of the way, but then bugs beneath her are dying from the orb. Missing italics on ‘His transformations’. Scion’s dislike of replication fits what we know of his past. Getting a fight to last long enough for Lung to reach useful status will be… interesting. saintsant on August 24, 2013 at 00:45 said: Clockblocker made a couple of comments prior to the beginning of the fight; he died to Scion. ninja’d! Alas. Confirmed that Clockblocker was collected just then – he was at the briefing last chapter. Regarding bugs below her dying. The sphere already hit her and disintegrated half her body. She was just in shock and hadn’t realized it yet. Individuo on August 24, 2013 at 01:38 said: Same here, the chapter is beyond amazing. But i also find a bit hard to follow Scion’s orb of Fuck you. farmerbob1 on August 24, 2013 at 04:12 said: In regards to the orb and the descriptions of directions and whatnot, it all makes sense – remember that it’s a sphere we’re talking about. Taylor is at the very edge of the sphere, but she didn’t quite make it far enough. The sphere fell past her, and took a big chunk of her in passing. If she was at the very edge of the sphere, and she had to be to survive, then when the sphere hit her, the bottom-most part of the sphere would have been below her, closer to the water. It would have been below her for a short time as the sphere was falling. I didn’t notice and positional impossibilities in the sphere scene – but some might have been corrected before I read it. Also, note that she was flying with just antigrav and one wing. She’d be doing some kind of corkscrew. taliesinskye on August 24, 2013 at 11:09 said: I don’t think Lung has to fight the same opponent the whole fight, just so long as he doesn’t have a significant delay he could have a boxing match with Pretender or something to ‘warm up’ and then jump into the fray with Sion. Part of Lung’s ability seems to be mental, dependent on witnesses, dependent on whether or not the fight actually means something. At the end of the Leviathan fight that he won, he nearly died, not because of anything Leviathan did, but because in some way he lost power due to the absence of witnesses at the end of the fight. Alexandria had to save him. Leviathan backed off, too. So without someone pushing him, he faltered and fell on his face. It was somewhat ambiguous. He lost power when he realised that Leviathan wasn’t actually a person so it definitely seems mental in nature. Possibly his power automatically disengaged when he decided it was pointless, but I personally lean towards the ‘he needs an audience’ theory. Realising that Leviathan wasn’t* an audience so far from land (and anyone else to watch) would leave him powerless. I prefer this theory because it fits so well the character he demonstrated in the interlude. He’s all about power and position and face. Makes sense that they’d be integrated into his abilities. His power is basically ‘get stronger so you can be #1’. Without anyone to acknowledge his victory, it’s meaningless. The thing that tripped him up in the Leviathan fight was that he ran out of power to keep growing. Later in that interlude, when he’s in the Birdcage, he talks about how he has to build up a reserve after getting big. He has to keep fighting to grow, but there’s a finite amount of growing power stored up. He mentioned that he was pretty stoked about having two years to store up power before the end of the world, compared to the weeks or months he’d had before the Leviathan fight, so we may yet get to see unprecedented heights from him. Maybe once he hits a certain size, his pyrokinesis will be strong enough to diffuse Scion’s golden blast things somehow. ShawnMorgan on August 24, 2013 at 00:42 said: So who else wants a Tardis to get to the next installment? If we could just archive binge all the way through Worm we wouldn’t build suspense and interest by waiting around in agony. It would in my opinion diminish the experience. And we would be killing even more people trying to archive binge the thing all the way through. Mass archive binge might cause a shortage of Cheetos. Archive binging was bad enough the first two times around… It gets harder each time, with how fast it lengthens. Sounds like someone’s having a good time with it. Careful binging too much, Pinkhair. You’ll go blind. Wouldn’t get all the fun in commenting either. WalksWith Fire on August 26, 2013 at 06:57 said: Hah, I started reading this a few days ago. Completely took over my life. Couldn’t stop reading until I finished… And even then, we’re not truly finished until the end. And, sadly, all stories have an end. As a fellow new reader who has inhaled Worm over the course of [far too short a time] I think the lack of (long term) agonized suspense may slightly diminish the narrative, but it’s still one of the best works I’ve EVER read. The really suspenseful moments are often separated from their resolution by an interlude (or part of one), or are immediately resolved like Taylor being bisected this chapter. John Campbell on July 4, 2015 at 21:13 said: I came in just after the start of Twig. I archive-binged all of Worm at once, and then moved on to do the same with Pact (and am now doing it again, but reading the comments, too). It took me like a month, and I consume doorstopper novels in a night. I don’t have any experience reading Worm as it’s posted, of course, but I’ve found that I enjoy reading Twig as it’s posted less than I did plowing through Worm and Pact as a huge archive binge. Some of that may be the story, though. I like Taylor and Blake; I’m not particularly fond of Sy. slider214 on July 4, 2015 at 21:34 said: I for one am not a huge fan of waiting for new chapters especially when things end of cliffhangers or are so totally engrossing that you can spend literally an entire day just reading. I guess a bit is lost in an archive binge but personally I much prefer that way. It’s actually a large part of why I’m dragging my heals on starting Twig or Pact. (Though now that Pact is done I do need to get around to that one lol.) Christopher Evans on August 24, 2013 at 00:46 said: Checking page by habit, bored to death, find a chapter. Charles Borner on August 24, 2013 at 00:47 said: Okay. He managed to fuck up Taylor pretty good. He’s in DEEP kimchee now! Oh he’s been fucked for a while. Remember the dead Puppy? Kill a dog onscreen in Worm and your are screwed. The problem is that usually it’s Scion doing the screwing when a dog gets hurt. So they just need to point out to him how many dogs he’s killed, and the problem will solve itself. Curse your addictive writing wildbow! Update faster! eduardo on August 24, 2013 at 10:38 said: I second that. Chunq on August 24, 2013 at 00:53 said: Hah! There’s no need for grammar or even typo corrections because literally everything is fucked. Uignwdsg. keyonte0 on August 24, 2013 at 00:53 said: My guess on how to stop Scion? Figure out what requires him to consume the most energy to counter, and spam the fuck out of it. It probably won’t kill him outright. But it’ll put him on the defensive. If he ends up being unkillable, the next best thing is pacifying him, it’s been shown that he can be knocked around. Good news is that the next endbringer attack will be a lot easier seeing as they as they always give humans a sporting chance, and they’d basically be trying to fight fair with a blind, one-armed cripple. I can envision Leviathan rising from the water to destroy New York, seeing it already trashed, and having a nice big stretch and turning around to go back to bed. He’d probably kick a few cars around and nudge over a few ruins, just on principle, to see if anyone showed up to appreciate it, then he’d decend to the ocean floor to sulk. hitherbydragons on August 24, 2013 at 01:02 said: Simurgh descends from the sky. She marches up to a human baby. It is one of the last human babies on Bet. It is archetypal; in that moment, it is Everybaby, a shining slightly smelly exemplar of humanity as a whole. She takes its candy. The baby bursts into helpless, defeated tears as the Simurgh, victorious, flies away. Curse you, Simurgh! Curse youuuuuu! epic fist shaking! Matthew on August 24, 2013 at 01:21 said: Fighting Scion is like fighting the Siberian. In the end he’s just a projection of the worm-monster hidden away in its refuge dimension. Even if they killed the golden man, the worm monster could recreate it. As with the Siberian, it’s the creator you have to target. The body was formed using valuable energy and leftover shards. If it was really so worthless, the galactic jellyfish could have just killed them all without teleporting a body there and without trying to dodge and protect it or dispel temporal distortions. It may have to do with the fact that Scion still works on a humanlike brain, even if simulated. Humans don’t stay there and let their body get destroyed because “oh well I have a spare”. I think y’all just overestimate how much it can tell the laws of physics to go fuck off, as well as thinking its body and mind encompasses every universe with an inhabited earth. And I think it’s a mistake to think that the entity and Scion are the same thing. Scion may be an avatar or whathaveyou but expressly works on an autonomous brain pattern purposefully constructed to be similar to a human. Otherwise neither Norton or Jack’s arguments would have made sense to him. My impression is that Scion’s projection is more than skin deep. He created a body that can manifest intelligence, not just a dumb projection. I’m guessing the reason for him doing this is so he would have a better understanding of the population that his shards were collecting data from, after he pulled them back into himself when he and his mate prepared to reproduce? He probably didn’t design the body with an intent to learn from direct interaction with humans, but rather through the medium of collected data from passengers. So trying to interact directly with humans is severely confusing to him. I’m imagining Scion’s humanoid body as a virtual machine. Huh, just had a thought. People have mentioned that the new Endbringers seem to be made by a process that is somewhat automatic: this killed Behemoth, next one either uses it or is immune to it. I wonder if the Endbringers are the dead space-god’s version of Zion? Create a body (out of shards no less), project it into the world, only without any greater intelligence behind them they default to destruction (as is the inevitable goal of the passenger-gods). That is why he hates multiple targets. It burns energy because of his precog expense. I think it goes deeper. It’s a racial thing that goes back to the beginning. He sees the clones as breeding competitors, and HAS to stop them, or maybe run from them. Taylor may have gotten hold of a gigantic mess of krill for her last maneuver and scared him off. Given how much krill is in the sea, if he was counting by number of individual opponents he ought to be utterly terrified. Teruzi on August 24, 2013 at 00:59 said: Oh God, Cockblocker you were always my favorite. This chapter was just fantastic, Taylor being cut in half sent me shivering. It was visceral. I am unsure on how I’m supposed to go back to sleep after that. I wonder what made Scion move away from the place? Or maybe Taylor sank enough that they were able to create a portal to save her. Scion was shoved away by Eidolon’s emulation of the g-driver for long enough, presumably. Mrmdubois on August 24, 2013 at 01:04 said: Well damn…I knew that Lab Rat’s device was going to keep Taylor in the fight, but all of that was crazy. In a way I’m glad we’re getting to the end, because I don’t think I really want to find out how things could be escalated any further. Wow, did they actually fight him off? Badass. Seriously, that’s damn heroic. Though no doubt they’d have lost eventually if the golden bastard had kept at it, I’m still impressed that they were able inflict enough boredom or fear to make him leave. octopussy on August 24, 2013 at 01:15 said: Ok, 95% percent of this chapter, I read with a severe look of horror on my face. This was peppered by moments of extreme sadness, realising that clockblocker and grue are gone And now that I’m recovering from this latest life-ruining chapter, I’m genuinely wondering how Taylor will look after reparations. Here’s to hoping for an electromechanical makeover! No One in Particular on August 24, 2013 at 01:36 said: Just…wow. The disjointed style worked. …I’m sad Clockblocker is dead. He had a lot of personality, and has been in the story since pretty much the beginning, when there were even less “good” good guys then there are now. And as for the shippers… Finally, anyone remember how in the Enchidna arc, we considered Taylor walking around blind, exhausted and covered in minor injuries, having inhaled smoke, and survived….well, there are too many to name- anyway, we considered THAT badass. Ha. – cracked ribs from being shot in the chest – chunk of metal omnidimensionally bonded to the bones of her shoulder – Scapegoat fell over the instant he took her injuries onto himself Shit, after all that, being swallowed by Echnida was probably restful. Y’know, I wonder if that bolt is still in her shoulder. Scapegoat probably fixed it, but who knows? 'Lement on January 13, 2014 at 11:22 said: It might be, given what we know of Foil’s ability now. Transposes across all possibile realities, among which Scapegoat choses. Why did Scion leave? I wonder what goes on in his empty head. Fuck Clockblocker is dead. Strange that was my first thought. Really liked Taylor’s clipped,disjointed thought process. Makes you understand she’s in shock (geeze no wonder she was cut in half!) but without hurting the story’s flow. Of course once she gets turned in that…thing, she’s back to being badass. That thing with the spider silk and the Thanda cape reminded me of the Echidna move and of course her bug diversion allowed Glaistig to actually hurt Scion. Speaking of Glaistig, wow she put down the original Gray Boy. Gets that bunks the Sadboy theory, then. Still, Gray Boy at the time was a member of the S9, how and why weren’t the other members also absorbed? Powers like King’s. Harbinger’s and, heck, JACK’S, she would have probably have found vey interesting. Or maybe, he left the team before dying. I dunno. Anyway, I think my favourite part was the Irregulars. Very touching. Poor Weld. Not surprised String Theory is dead. Too powerful to live? Finally,two question: what do you think was in Lab Rat’s baseball (I presume something to let them leave by boat)? And what’s exactly Lustrum’s power: size growth+confusion? Damn forgot to add. Was Glaistig disappointed at the end, because after all Taylor failed or because she knew that she was going to be save and thus wouldn’t be able to collect her shard? Either way, not helping with the creepy vibe, Glaistig! Well, she was standing there with a spoon in hand waiting for the fly in her soup, and Cauldron yanked the tablecloth away, soup and all. They’re horrible magicians, but at least they have Taylor to help them with the “Sawing the Assistant in Half” trick. My guess was that Lab Rat’s device was some kind of teleporter. He was trying to throw it outside of Scion’s blast radius so that it could yank him to it and get him out of the radius, too. We may find out, since Taylor helped him get it where it was going so that it could do whatever it was supposed to do. Side note: There seems to be a very high level of correlation between a) biological manipulation powers, b) people with an inclination, either inherent or acquired, toward body horror, and c) rather terrifying levels of power. Amy, Riley, Nilbog, Lab Rat, Marquis… Mannequin, sort of… Crawler, sort of… Blasto was maybe a bit lacking in category B… even Regent, in a way. Only the characters with very limited biological powers, like Lizardtail, Sanguine, and Bitch, are not batshit crazy and/or too terrifying to let live. Blasto tried creating a Smirg-mix clone-thing, and put a self-clone brain on a monkey to be his assistant. I’d say that counted as and inclination towards Body horror. Couldn’t Panacea and Bonesaw use Blasto’s p Explodeon on August 24, 2013 at 02:30 said: Darn, now Lab Rat and String Theory will never find true love. Also, Glaistig is a badass. Eidolon too. Really hope we get to see what he was like at full power. No big deal. Lab Rat probably invented something to take care of that a long time ago. All I’m saying is, think of the head crab from The Thing mixed with the skills of the detached head from Re-Animator. I’ve fallen behind on this over the past few days. Let me thank Riann, Andy, Jonathon, Christopher, and Jeffrey for their donations. Especially big thank yous go out to Gianina and Matthew for their very generous donations. I’ve queued another donation chapter, and we’re close to hitting the cap again. And because I don’t say it enough – thank you to everyone else for your support and your continued reading. This has been a fantastic month, transitioning from breaking a record 10k views for the first time in June to breaking 10k views on non update days this week (and a record 13k views on Tuesday/Thursday). Here’s my theory on the influx of new viewers. First off, the story’s in its endgame, and therefore it ratchets up. Second off, a lot of us in the comments and lurking in the wings are going out and advertising for you (Personally, I’ve tried to get my cousin to read it from the beginning for quite some time now). Third off, it’s damn good enough to deserve all this attention and quite a bit more, meaning that anyone we find will give it the benefit of the doubt more often than not, assuming they aren’t fans by Monarch or Extermination. It doesn’t hurt that the donation chapters essentially mean it updates 3x a week, which despite the curses of “CLIFFHANGERRRRR!” is a very respectable update schedule. Nor that it hasn’t been late once. Or that they are routinely 10k words a pop. Freak King on August 24, 2013 at 03:25 said: Yay, now Taylor and Brian can be mutilation buddies! krustacean on August 24, 2013 at 03:50 said: So I started drawing Clockblocker MY FAVORITE CHARACTER earlier today and about half way through the thought struck me… “He’s going to die in tonight’s chapter. I can feel it.” Well… He did… So here you go. The man who cut Echidna in half, the man who could take out the Siberian with a touch, the man who plays with the laws of the universe like they ain’t even a thang, the man who’s power works on freaking Scion. Clockblocker. Very, VERY, cool drawing. A fitting, if unintentional, tribute. Albeit, I have to say Clockblocker is FAR from the only cape capable of fucking the laws of the universe 🙂 Thank you kind sir. And very true, I’ve lost track of the number of reality benders we have now. Though Clockie’s will always be my favorite reality breaking power, at least until Epoch is revealed to be a timelord. Oh well, at least I still have Chevalier and Defiant. 🙂 If you drew that, then good job. It looks good. 1114 on August 24, 2013 at 10:15 said: Very nice. It’s a fitting tribute at the least. can I give you a list of character NOT to draw EVER? Or at least until worm’s finished and we’re sure your superpower is not to have whoever you draw encounter a messy death and their soul collected by a psychotic girl? (the drawing is very good btw, but could use a bit more clock faces, maybe with the layer visiliblity cranked really down so they’re just shadows) Haha, I was actually just thinking that. Maybe I could use my powers for good? I’m sure the great Golden Idiot would love to have his portrait done… And thanks, I’m planning on doing some touch up before I actually submit it, so I’ll definitely up the clock-levels. I just needed to post it on chapter night because… Well, you know. Unmaker on August 24, 2013 at 15:27 said: Have you drawn more than one character? An archive trawl using Google doesn’t show any other links. Nope, Clockblocker is my first (He’d no doubt have a joke for that 😦 We’ll miss him ). School willing he wont be the last. Strange superpower yuu got there,kinda like death note…death drawbook? Does it work on real people?Don’t you wish to be Kira,the god of the new world? That’s actually really, really good. Can I add it to the gallery? Edit: Also, I like the colors/tone/lines. Fitting for the story. Thanks! You’ve got no idea how giddy I am right now. And yes, nothing would make me happier than to contribute to the amazing gallery. Bigger size and I prettied up the clock face. The last one was uneven and it was killing me. P.S. I’m probably being paranoid and obsessive but here’s the original size again in case that one is too big. I’ve seen wordpress be finicky over image size before. Just don’t try to draw me for a few hundred years, ok? I’ll make no promises. Xicree on August 25, 2013 at 22:08 said: Great drawing… Clock was pretty much my favourite of the Wards… sad to see him go. Sad indeed. Still, I’m sure that EVERYONE ELSE WILL BE JOINING HIM SOON, ABANDON ALL HOPE! They sent everyone that could possibly be of use. and they merely held Scion off. Any clever plans Cauldron, or is Plan B simply “Run! Run Away! Run for your lives! Anyway, I like the picture. Very good tribute to a very awesome hero. I wish it could have been a better chapter for Tailor going to war here, but I still think I have found an appropriately spiteful anthem: youtube.com/watch?v=2G5rfPISIwo Looks like other people covered that Gray Boy, he of the predator and prey philosophy, wound up as Glaistig’s prey. They also covered the part where Clockblocker died and his passenger was taken in by Glaistig. Got to give her credit, though. She doesn’t want anyone for their body. She wants them for what’s inside. Specifically, a passenger that’s been molded to fit the person they inhabited due to their experiences. So I was right about the G-Driver. Great job on the G, String Theory. That Driver really hits the G spot. Too bad String Theory’s dead, but as long as it can fire again, we have a consistently working weapon, up until Scion appears near it and destroys it. Still, the principle seems to work out well enough. Probably something to do with he most basic forces of the universe still affecting Scion whether he likes it or not. Gravity, electromagnetism, strong, and weak. Even time-related stuff can actually slow him down enough that he has to dispel it. Which makes sense. We’ve yet to see him be able to retroactively affect the past. His ability to look into the future isn’t what it should be right now. He still seems to need to act within a certain distance of the body, otherwise he could have made that big energy orb appear while keeping his body back on Bet. I think Taylor found his biggest weakness, though, same one Jack found. He’s unimaginative. He can be out-thought. Simurgh out-thought him regularly, pulling together devices and throwing certain types of decoys out there. Glaistig and Eidolon out-thought him as well, pulling together a plan that goldenrod there didn’t pick up on. It’s the ultimate test of Brain V. Brawn though. I also imagine I wasn’t the only one hoping Taylor would find out the shellfish had grown much bigger on that planet. Like if she’d been lifted out of the water on the shell of this gigantic cone-shaped lobster thingy that tried to stab and skewer Scion with countless huge, pointed limbs, tentacles trying to draw him in to a serrated beak in their middle. Taylor: “Scion, go to shell.” Shellbeasty: “Mraawwwrgurgle!” “Go to shell” Worse pun ever or…worse pun ever? 🙂 Taylor rides a giant scraggly toothed angler fish with crosses between fins and claws that bursts out of the water, zapping Scion with a laser from its dangly angler orb before swallowing him. Taylor: “Go fish.” Taylor then is lifted above the water on a mantle-like frond surrounding the head of a giant nautilus-like creature that stares up at Scion. Taylor: “I want his head on a spit!” She points at him as she yells it. The creature sucks in water and spits a high pressure blast of water, easily capable of sawing through steel, at Scion’s head. The Sandman on August 24, 2013 at 07:10 said: And then she summons a veritable horde of mantis shrimp, claws clacking in his general direction as they breach the surface of the waves. Scion takes one look, lets out a “NOPE” that shakes the sky itself, and runs for the horizon before Taylor can so much as say a pithy one-liner. …joke’s on Scion, though, because the first thing in the direction he just headed is Australia. She pulls an Aquaman. She comes out of the water on the head of Cthulu. “Lets fight Ederitch Abomination with Elderitch Abomination!” Oh god, Taylor riding on Cthulhu would be freaking amazing! Too bad this story tends more towards scifi horror than mythological horror. Just imagine the possibilities with Cthulhu joining the fight! camo005 on August 24, 2013 at 10:35 said: Best comment NA. GGWP > I wish it could have been a better chapter for Tailor going to war here, but I still think I have found an appropriately spiteful anthem: youtube.com/watch?v=2G5rfPISIwo > I think Taylor found his biggest weakness, though, same one Jack found. He’s unimaginative. He can be out-thought. I think they found a bigger one: they can make him run away. That means he can get bored or scared Kytin on August 25, 2013 at 06:03 said: He didn’t run away. He was shoved. String Theory has said that her things are one shot. Eidolon may be able to emulate the effect with the right combination of stuff and time but the actual bomb device thingy is probably toast. Loki-L on August 24, 2013 at 03:55 said: Also fuck! But mostly: Wow! You don’t think it can escalate anymore, but it does every time. Fantastic. I think Taylor comparing herself with a cockroach was an analogy that worked in more than one way. She also is about as resilient as a cockroach. I am not sure I am reading Scions reaction right but it seems he feels threatened by clones, or creators who multiply or spread to fill space around him. It almost seems like he was driven of by the krill swarming around him. This is likely only temporarily but it seems to have bought Cauldron the opportunity to open up portals and evacuate survivor. Taylor gets portaled to Cauldron base and gets the six-million-dollar-man treatment. They have the bio-tech, they can rebuild her. There are a lot of ways to upgrade her during the healing process. Cyborg implants from Defiant/Dragon, Bonesaw deciding to mix Taylor up with another cape they could only recover half of, Amy deciding that it is okay to mess with people’s minds in this case and removes some of the inhibitions and restraints that Scion cripples her shard with before sending it away. Maybe even a second trigger event or a dose of cauldron serum. All these are possible to upgrade our protagonist, but so far Wildbow has been really strict to not simply solve problems by giving Taylor more powers but by getting her to use the one she has better. Suddenly gifting her with the power to strike down Scion would be a great departure from the previous storyline and not really make for a good interesting story in any case. I think that if an upgrade happens it will be a small and subtle one. Not a ‘summon Endbringer’ power, not replacing her limbs with cyborg arms with built-in G-Drivers, not being merged by Bonesaw with half of Alexandria’s corpse. Perhaps an upgrade to her existing powers allowing her to more directly ‘administer’ capes in the field. Although communication was part of Jack’s shard not Taylor’s administration one. Maybe they still have some of that serum that Noelle got her powers from, it might be a good weapon considering how Scion reacted to clones and at this point they are unlikely to have a lack of volunteers no matter the risks and side effects. mindrot on August 24, 2013 at 05:57 said: The cyborg implants is the most interesting scenario, in my opinion. Most of Taylor’s body is missing. Sure, Panacea could fix it up, make it stronger or faster, but it wouldn’t really give Taylor any more power and Panacea probably doesn’t have time or resources to make super bugs that wouldn’t make much of a difference. Bonesaw could try to fuse Taylor together with someone else, but that doesn’t seem like a smart route. Taylor’s greatest strength is her mind, and throwing people’s bodies together isn’t good for that. The cyborg implants though… They need a replacement for Dragon. Someone who could command the field, make use of her technology. Tattletale’s good, but not as good as taking advantages of opportunities in combat as Taylor. Of course, there are problems with this. Taylor would have to adapt to a new body, even if interfacing directly with her mind would be quicker than a keyboard. It’d also seem… random, though she was jealous that Defiant could get in thick of a fight with Endbringers because of his body. Then there’s the fact that Defiant really couldn’t spend time doing surgery on Taylor. Still, it’s an interesting thought. At least they wouldn’t need to worry about finding parts. Defiant wouldn’t have thrown away Dragon’s body, after all. She’ll probably end up with a combination of both. She’s missing a whole bunch of organs that probably can’t be replace by tech without some serious rehabilitation (I’m assuming Panacea can prevent organ rejection) and I think everyone except Bonesaw will be considerate enough to give her the capacity for a normal life, not have half her body replaced by a hunk of metal. On the other hand there are things that can be done to her legs that are discrete but useful, bone reinforcements to be make them stronger and more durable and such. If anything gets the super cyborg thing done it’ll probably be her arm alone. Hint, hint Wildbow! A spine like those shrews, that’s all interlocking so a human being can stand on them with no issue. Relay Bugs and many other special creepy crawlies that Panacea can make for her. >Taylor gets portaled to Cauldron base and gets the six-million-dollar-man treatment. They have the bio-tech, they can rebuild her. < They can restore everything to new! Then she can tell any future boyfriend she gets that she's a virgin! That is the second dirtiest thing I have ever come up with for Worm. I apologize. Naeddyr on August 24, 2013 at 08:20 said: Nah, that’s not dirty, just creepy. Or skeevy. It’s the same damn question that always gets asked whenever you have a female charecter with a healing power. Goddamn did it pop up all over the place when Heroes was airing. At least True Blood ran with it for a vampire who got made when she was still a virgin. I just don’t think they’ve pointed out something else a little on the odd side in all that. In True Blood, they cry bloody tears (demonstrated here: youtube.com/watch?v=2AFqYeXKK3I )because all of a vampire’s bodily fluids are replaced by blood. Yeah, all the fluids. They ought to rename “jacking off” to “ticking off” instead. “Mom, I just ticked off a vampire! He’s right outside digging up the gas main.” “That’s nice, dear, but wash your hands. You don’t know where that blood has been.” And that reminds me of the woman in Lucifer who is immortal and wants to die. Every morning her body resets to the exact way it was when she was made immortal. And every day she has the same misscarrige. You think they’ll replace the bug girl’s body with lots of cybernetics? Well, it just got considerably easier to find a theme song for her. Big bad beetleborgs! Big bad beetleborgs! Nah, she’s closer to the Blue Beetle…. Except she doesn’t die. 😛 They pack her in a cocoon and later the queen of blades emerge. After everything we’ve tried, even after seeing him fight Leviathan, nobody ever knew… Scion can’t swim. That’d be especially ironic in light of the fact that the Worms evolved on a planet that was almost entirely water. Maybe the shard he kept behind for his flight actually does provide “flight” via the air rather than the Superman-esque “invisible, vectorless control of position and movement” that he seems to have displayed. It generates tiny, subtle, and incredibly strong air currents to keep him aloft. Take him out of the air, though, and it doesn’t work! And of course he’s never bothered learning how to make a human-shaped body /walk/, let alone swim… so he’s stuck at the bottom of the ocean. The bottom of the huge hole he punched in the ocean floor, even, with his sphere. That’d learn ‘im. You know the really cruel thing about this chapter isn’t that we are going to be left wondering about Taylor’s fate. We know she’ll be around for a while longer at least. The portal implies at least some chance for her. No it’s going to be Grue, Foil and Tattletale I’m going to be worrying about. Mostly Foil. Damn it, she and Parian need to have some piece and quite, and stuff. Tattletale wasn’t on the platform she was with Defiant coordinating things from far away, so she should be safe for now. Being far away isn’t exactly a defense, is it? Being out of sight and out of mind is, though. He wouldn’t have come after the oil rig if he hadn’t noticed them through the portals. Oh man. I reaaaally hope that foil made it. The whole Parian/Foil relationship was such a nice thing. Like a tiny island of peace in the middle of a Leviathan attack. Not to mention that Foil (according to Scion) seems to have a power that that the worms used to kill each other back when they were not space whales. Although I doubt it would work on him. Ristridin on August 24, 2013 at 08:22 said: Both ‘A’ and ‘stranger’ are italicized; I think ‘A’ is not supposed to be. More like “a even stranger voice” Olivebirdy on May 4, 2015 at 23:52 said: Maybe it wasn’t that he could draw the logical conclusion and know that there wasn’t a human inside. -Maybe it wasn’t that he could not Ack on August 24, 2013 at 09:02 said: Seriously? You just topped out my expectations. You keep doing that. How? TheShadowbehindyou on August 24, 2013 at 09:32 said: Hey Wildbow! Long-time reader, first-time commenator. First things first, I love Worm! I can’t express my gratitute in words, b/c there simply aren’t enough. So let’s keep it simple: Thank You! I’m craving for every single chapter and interlude that you give to us. And Worm has got so much potential! It would be a really good TV series like Misfits or even Supernatural (only without the cast of too good-looking actors…). Please continue your work! I’m trying to get my friends to read worm too, but germans aren’t the best, when it cones to foreign languages 🙂 Thank you again! I’m looking forward to your completion of Worm and your next major work(s). Oh Gecko… (Seriously, though, welcome to the comments) > I’m trying to get my friends to read worm too, but germans aren’t the best, when it cones to foreign languages Sadly, I found it to be the case too. It’s difficult to recommend something when most of your friends cannot really read an english book. That said, I fear I’ve just stepped on you. Sorry, you might want to dwell behind someone else. Unless you, you know, actually like to be stepped on (I’ve seen weirder fetishes, half of them here on the comments). If that’s the case you’re welcome. I think we all love Worm at this point. The slippery feel of that long, dark work slides into our brains and we enjoy every thought-pounding minute of it. Feel free to stick around at the comments section. You’re not the only German we’ve got and even if everyone beats you what you wanted to say, we have plenty of room for wild guesses about what’s about to occur, typo threads, and the occasional person whose comment is nothing but the word “Damn” or “Fuck” because something just got worse. You could even join in on the occasional discussion where people hope for Worm: The TV Show. Problem is, the show would probably jump the shark after the time skip. Let’s do the time warp again! And hey, after a time skip in the TV show, we can have a picture on a wall of Taylor jumping over a great white. It can be an obvious souvenir from one of her adventures in the meantime. Just beware of the occasional pun war. They’re especially horrible if you wear button-down shirts because there are numerous casualties. Now shadow man, I hope I haven’t spit on you too much. Just remember, it’s not slime. It’s mucus. And welcome, TheShadowbehindyou, to the comments. To be honest, I just commented, to get PG to write my very own introduction. I know, I’m a sucker for attention, but when your always just a shadow behind someone, life get’s a little dull. Although, there are some perks; young girls with a serious case of underbutt, not having to buy a ticket for my favourite band AND never having to fight to get to the 2. row (though the view is a little wanky, with all those flashing lights), cutting in line, when I’m buying grocerys, etc…. And pls, don’t call me shadow man, the game was awful! Typical black guy, voodoo, yada yada… I never get stepped on! Have you ever tried to step on your shadow (who’s probably a cousin of mine, where’re all related in some way or another)? Impossible! We pull our shadowfeet back up to our shadowlegs and store them in our shadowsacks. Don’t let me get to far into our anatomy, tried it once, had to find a new girl to stalk. I think that’s enough weird shit for tonight. Thanks for having me guys, hope i can contribute on our way to Taylors demise, with witty (I try, i swear!) or just plain stupid comments (FUCK!!!!, is almost 10 times better, then a lot of things that my brain produces). Lovin’ you all! And one last request: Please set the brightness on your desktops higher, you’re all casting unimpressive shadows, I need something to work with! It wasn’t a reference to the game. Was more of a reference to Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog, as seen here youtube.com/watch?v=yZAY-78zhmw and here youtube.com/watch?v=aTqHbiE0vl8 Spoiler warnings a little bit. It does have some voodoo, but there’s also hoodoo and things he ain’t even tried. Also, he’s got friends on the other side. A friend of mine recently gave into our cajoling and started reading. By the time he finished Victoria’s interlude (end of Arc 2), he was already posting messages on Facebook damning our hides for getting him hooked on a story this good. 😀 I did the same but my friends didnt start complaining until Wildbow went all Song of Ice and Fire on us and let the deaths come rollin in. I hate you and love you with the white hot intensity of a thousand suns for this. I don’t think I’ve ever felt such a conflict of emotions. Rex on August 24, 2013 at 16:26 said: You’re welcome! ^_^ Now quickly, all you newcomers infect some one else with Worm. It’s oddly enjoyable ta make the Hive grow larger. I got my Mother to start not long ago. That woman has been on a HARD CORE archive binge. She’s almost to Cody’s interlude I believe and Chevalier is her favorite character so I get to look forward to that whole “Noooooo that wasn’t a fitting death for the Knight in Shining Armor!” moment. That should be fun. Quite a diverse fanbase we’ve got here. I got no one I can infect. What, you expecting me to be sad? Please, it takes more than that realization to bring on the Blue Screen of Death. Don’t worry Krusty I got Austin and Sarah too. I’m working on making them love characters I know are going to die. Hahaha. That made me laugh WAY harder than it should have. You’re mean. >I got my Mother to start not long ago. That woman has been on a HARD CORE archive binge. She’s almost to Cody’s interlude I believe and Chevalier is her favorite character so I get to look forward to that whole “Noooooo that wasn’t a fitting death for the Knight in Shining Armor!” moment. That should be fun.< Of course she'll be much happier when she gets to the end of the Crushed Arc and sees just who's interlude it is. I keep recommending it to my friends, but one really isn't a reader, and another is currently overseas in the amy. By the way, do we have a hashtag for twitter? The friend that introduced me just finished his And our mutual friend’s rpg character kickstarter cards and mailed them off. We were both of the opinion that character cards for super style games would benefit from originality and we both thought of Worm and he I then think emailed Wildbow (iirc the conversation) But there’s stuffs so… Ah well, we shall dream of situations changing… WHY FUCKING WHY??? http://imgur.com/15Wcb0l Also…who do we ship Taylor with now? Rachel, Grue, Tattletale, Tecton, Theo,….Defiant? Might be interesting. Panacea. I mean, we’re looking at prime hurt/comfort materiel here. Alathon on August 24, 2013 at 16:20 said: Am I the only one who finds the whole hurt/comfort thing to be kinda creepy and coercive? But if we had a creepier fanbase that fic would be as good as written. It worked for Marty McFly and his teenage mother. Ya, I’m not sure why more people don’t ship her with Defiant. They have a lot in common. I can only think it’s because we still have our fingers crossed that Dragon’s gonna make it out of this okay… Obviously we ship her with Lisa. youtube.com/watch?v=sXbFpvo1QkI Tattletale, of course. And Panacea. Bonesaw might even try to get in there, depends on if she had her organs restored. Hey, I said Pancea could help Bonesaw with getting the parts she cut out back. And Bonesaw could help her fix Glory Girl. Win Win! >Obviously we ship her with Lisa.< Wildbow has already killed Clockblocker! Don't give him anymore ideas on how to make us cry! Maybe if we ship her with Scion… I WILL NEVER STOP SHIPPING LISA/TAYLOR. … even if Wildbow kills her, so don’t get any ideas, mister author guy! Why would killing the character sink the ship? In Worm, I mean. Necrophilia is hardly the worst thing we’ve seen in this fic. Loved this chapter. It had a bit of everything really. Anybody else hoping for a Garrote interlude now? I’d love to see what she and the case 53’s have been up to the last 2 years. Taylor really likes that “Freeze my silk” trick. Still it works. I love that despite her powers she was still crucial to fighting Scion. The Triumvirate and Cauldron are going to want to save her pretty badly. Lab Rat’s a boss. 45 minutes to come up with something that gives everyone what, 15, 20 minute extensions on life, even if they’ve been cut in half?! I am really looking forward to the Eidolon interlude. I like the character. I know a lot of people dislike him, but I believe he is genuinely trying to help the world as much as he possibly can. And I think it’s unfair that normal everyday human readers judge the decisions he’s made when he has had whatever thinker power he needed at the time. Anyways, here’s hoping Grue’s alive, Taylor survives, and everyone comes up with a plan to stop Scion. Thinker powers in no way guarantee making a /better/ decision. They just change your perspective, give you more/different information, and occasionally do the thinking for you in a totally uncontrolled, unverifiable way. Take Accord, for instance. I don’t think you could really say his powers lead to him making better decisions, on the whole. And I don’t trust Eidolon’s power/passenger to select the right Thinker power any more than I trust the Thinker power to come up with a good answer. Powers are too unpredictable. Agreed — I’m pretty sure this is why Andrew Richter didn’t know that Dragon was a friendly AI: he got the blueprints dropped straight into his brain, rather than actually understanding them. If this makes sense – Tinker’s don’t understand how their creations work, they just know how to build them. At least, that’s how I see it. Taylor reminded me of Guts this chapter. I think someone needs to make her the Berserk armor. Indigo on August 24, 2013 at 12:06 said: There have been a lot of rough chapters in this story but this one takes the cake as one of the most intense. This was really well done, the metamorphosis thing was good. NOT having her look into the water to see herself was a good idea too. The confusion in life / in writing panned out well. In such a situation she was bound to be out of sorts. For the story itself, I find really interesting how she knew what the Thanda could do without any indication she recognized him or visible effects of his powers around. Theo might have ben on the mark more than he initially thought. I was almost expecting her to spin out her own silk when she said there was not enough around tbh. And finally, I’m wondering if they’re going to do a full scoop to get her back on her feet. Dragon probably had some spare bodies around. (Think battle angel Alita or robocop 2) Otoh, it could be nice to have Riley demonstrate she can get her back together, or Panacea might get over what she did and learn that as long as she’s not horny for her subject she can actually pull it off. … and now I’m hoping for either a Riley or an Amelia interlude. Could be the right moment. >For the story itself, I find really interesting how she knew what the Thanda could do without any indication she recognized him or visible effects of his powers around. Theo might have ben on the mark more than he initially thought.< I think she probably has a good idea of what the various players can do after two years of Endbringer defense. I think the Thanda member used his power on Konshu at one point. No. She always thinks of people by name/handle if she know it. Even when in battle or in a dangerous situation. We do have her on record as having watched him use his power against Khonsu, and he was using his power when she spotted him here to float himself and others above the water. Not saying she doesn’t have super-awesome subtle powers like Jack’s; I’m pretty sure she does. But this isn’t a clear instance of evidence for that theory. The THanda WAS using his power. He was keeping himself and two others locked just above the water. Aw, you’re right… I either missed it or it’s a sneak edit. otoh she immediately knows which one of them is using the power, so I might not be totally off base there. I don’t think it was a sneaky edit. It was there when I read it. Hellooo? Khonsu? The Legion of Doom meetings? She’s met him, fought alongside him; hell, he’s used his power on her. sarah penguin on August 24, 2013 at 13:09 said: Oh wow that was bleak. Veloren on August 24, 2013 at 13:13 said: Scion, you are so very doomed. Even Taylor’s shard hates you now. (just tell yourself it’s going through a rebellious phase) As several other people have mentioned, the disjointed writing in this chapter is just awesome. Wonder what Lab Rat was up to. He appears to be manufacturing the Chekhov’s guns at the moment. Alas, Clockblocker, to know thee is to have loved thee. (PG, you want to take the eulogy?) Wildbow, you do know that killing off the people we keep shipping Taylor with won’t stop us, right? I mean, you’d have to kill off Tattletale, Rachel, Contessa- nonononono come back here! I hadn’t considered a Contaylor ship! (Skittessa?) Do you think her power will show her how to win at sex? At relationships? At finding true love and happiness together with her soulmate, the Queen Administrator? The possibilities… I almost regret that I WILL NEVER STOP SHIPPING LISA/TAYLOR. I mean, I can’t very well ship BOTH pairings! That’d be ridiculous. It’s called OT3. For when you just can’t pick. So a few things about Glistig Uaine and Eidolon’s powers. Crazy theory, but maybe their inverse. What I mean is this. Glaistig gets more powerful as she claims capes. We assume she has some sort of reclamation shard. Eidolon has been getting weaker. What if the reason he gets weaker is because he draws power from the pool of unused shards left in the companion? If Cauldron is harvesting the shards from the companion for their formula, then maybe the reason Eidolon is getting weaker is because there is less for him to draw on? Second thing. After Scion shot them Glaistig stopped using specific capes. Was she just not using those that didn’t work, or was he somehow destroying her spectres? Finally, we know from Gray Boy and his clone that whatever Glaistig does doesn’t prevent a passenger from connecting to others. I had thought that she was pulling their passengers into her own, but it seems I was wrong. scion either destroyed the connection between the specific passengers and the fairy princess, or she -believes- them to be “lost” and so her power is affected accordingly.. I think it would be interesting to know if other capes can “kill” the ghosts or if it’s something only Scion can do. I had attributed Eidolon’s weakening to increasing stress. Nothing overwhelming, but constant slow pressure on him. He’s the most powerful and has the most to live up to, but he knew the world was going to end. Since increased stress weakens Cauldron capes, I figured that was the cause. Which might mean that if he gets his head together and mellows out for a second, or just genuinely forgets his worries since the end of the world is already here, he might return to full strength for this finale. It would be hilarious if after everyone, in and out of universe, is trying to understand why Eidolon is losing his powers, it turns out it was all due to Eidolon’s midlife crisis. Not dissimilar from my own theory.. I’d figured it was a matter of faith, or conviction, that his power requires some sort of emotional component to make it work and he can’t supply it anymore. He needs to mellow out eh? Quick get this man a joint! You read my mind. Aren’t superpowers like heavy machinery? Don’t operate while on drugs? I’m not saying there wouldn’t be complications… “Where is Eidolon, we need him NOW!” “He went off to raid the Dorito’s factory.” Keep in mind that there’s a difference between “passengers” and the shards themselves. G.U. probably isn’t causing her shard, tucked away in its alternate universe, to suck her victims’ shards out of THEIR alternate universes and into it. I mean, it could happen, especially if her shard is designed to collect all the others at the end of the cycle so the Worms can reconstitute themselves and shove off. But, especially given the Gray Boy thing, I think it’s unlikely. Though it should be noted that Gray Boy isn’t a great test case because his wonky time-reversion power might make him a weird exception. If she starts pulling out other S9000 members or other people who were somehow revived in some way or another after she got hold of them, then we’ll know for sure. As for Scion killing her ghosts, I think it’s quite possible he was actually destroying the associated shards, using the specters created by her power as a conduit back to the shard itself. Once the shard’s gone, there’s nothing for G.U. to conjure. That would certainly be a way that Scion could permakill her ghosts but other people really couldn’t. Or it could be that any kind of killing is enough to rob her of their services. In either case, she’s got a rather finite lifespan to her ability to go toe-to-toe with him the way she was doing. Plenty of capes are dying all around her, that’s for sure, but those, too, will run out, while Scion doesn’t ever tire or weaken (that we’ve seen so far). It seems pretty unlikely to me that she’d just choose to stop summoning them when he killed them. If they had useful powers she could reuse, why not do it, even if it results in them getting blown up again? Or, here’s another theory: Once once of her spirits is suffers enough damage to be discorporated, it’s out of commission for a while as it heals up/recharges. Once it’s good to go, she can summon it again. Just some disconnected notes, some duplicated by others. I have found that typing something sometimes gives me insights that simply thinking about things does not always do. So, long post … Lustrum is apparently a power absorber, with the absorbed power going to size – the “great smoky shimmering figure” holding parahumans later is probably her. Of course, she is probably only holding female parahumans, but something is better than nothing. Scion’s attack was designed to injure, to eat away slowly at both people and objects. A normal human in blood lust would simply attack full out, but apparently Scion knows that if he does that, it won’t be satisfying, so he uses a slower attack instead. This is part human (the blood lust) and part inhuman (the control). “Fragment of a memory: Legend speaking. Talking about Leviathan.” The primary message I want to convey, … is that I do not want you to underestimate Leviathan. I have seen too many good heroes, and villains, too, die because they let their guard down. … I want to be clear that despite the image he might convey, he is not stupid, and he can display a level of cunning and tactics that can and will catch you off guard. Lab Rat, you are one scary, effective bastard. Is the ball he attempted to throw over the edge saving him, or saving some of his work? If I were him, how would I survive the death of my primary body? If he can induce specific transformations, he can produce a formula that temporarily turns someone into himself. Add that to genetic material from his body, and he may be able to produce a clone of sorts that is basically him, as long as it keeps dosing itself with it’s own formula. Whatever loyalties GU had previously, she has now attacked Scion so he is likely to attack her if they encounter each other again. Also, his power strips her of members of her collection, so if she truly sees herself as a shepherdess of the dead, he has denied her that. Therefore, she should have less motivation to betray the heroes to Scion (if she ever intended it at all). Or, her primary motivation all along could have been collecting Scion himself – the biggest and most dangerous capture of all. That is assuming he can be collected. Looks like Sveta’s therapy helped. Thank goodness for effective counseling. We need a Chevalier club award, given to those people who continue fighting vastly superior opponents when seriously injured … and actually do something, no matter how small. Chevalier, Golem, Weaver. Now, what would the award be? (switching to dark humor mode) The award is: gather up all of the various body parts/fluids they have left behind during their heroic attempts, and throw them in a jar with preservatives. The bigger the jar, the bigger the prestige. Weaver, you win! Uh oh, Clockblocker is dead. But, holy sh*, his power works on Scion, at least temporarily. “I felt my hair stir, drifting towards that spot. I’d seen something similar, once upon a time.” I suspect this is Bakuda’s temporal sink bombs she is referring to, or perhaps her black-hole bombs (the ones that suck everything in). However, it makes no sense that Eidolon would spike Scion out of the area of effect (unless the effect follows him). And that brings up a thought: so far, Scion’s attack speed has been high-end normal human. If he had the speed of Chuckles, battles would be over in a fraction of a second. So this is yet another self-imposed limitation on his abilities. I say self-imposed, because he could have had Chuckles’ power if he wanted to. So, a speedster might be able to catch him off-guard … once. Scion’s attack pattern: My primary hypothesis is that he ignores non-Agent effects, meaning no cross-dimensional stuff and no direct parahuman powers (which are cross-dimensional by definition). The flip side is: he attacks parahuman powers even if they technically not the main threat, e.g. his attack on the strange spreading cape that GU used. I think that String Theory’s G-Driver probably used normal physics, even though it was put together using Agent knowledge and abilities. So, he sort of discounts it as a threat, until it punches him out of the atmosphere. If that is the case, then taking him down would involve extremely powerful use of normal physics: relativistic projectiles, close-range high-yield nuclear weapons, antimatter in significant quantities, more of String Theory’s stuff etc. To test this, you need a parahuman willing to lure him into range of a nuclear weapon, or a way of targeting him with a relativistic projectile (first, figure out how to create a relativistic projectile – I am sure that GU collected String Theory). My secondary hypothesis is that he, like the PRT, considers duplicating or spreading powers more of a threat – anything capable of duplication of powers or multiplication of effects is a threat. That would explain his reaction in this battle to the Eidolon clones, GU’s use of her power duplicates, GU’s use of the strange expanding parahuman, Taylor’s clone-swarm duplication, etc. This is a bit harder to test, as there are probably more nuclear weapons left than there are parahumans with duplication powers. Nilbog as bait, perhaps? No-one cares if he dies being used as bait. I must admit that both hypotheses have holes, are VERY hard to test, and are even harder to test more than once. Dammit, make me a high-level Thinker, stat! No, Teacher, that was not an invitation, I said make me a high-level Thinker. >“I felt my hair stir, drifting towards that spot. I’d seen something similar, once upon a time.” I suspect this is Bakuda’s temporal sink bombs she is referring to, or perhaps her black-hole bombs (the ones that suck everything in). However, it makes no sense that Eidolon would spike Scion out of the area of effect (unless the effect follows him).< I think what Eidolon did was reverse the effect. So instead of a point of intense gravity sucking things in, we got a point projecting all that force out. Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I just assumed that Scion was bound to break out of the effect once he had a moment to get his feet under him, so Eidolon just used it as a set-up for a slow, powerful attack before he could break out on his own. My impression was that The black hole effect was actually a threat to Scion, but not a major threat. When he didn’t try to get away, and reached out towards the effect, it was obvious that even if it was a threat, it was a threat he was able to counter. So Eidolon inverted the gravity field’s effect in a controlled manner, against Scion, rather than take the risk that Scion could not just disable the power, but actually turn it against the capes. I hadn’t considered the possibility of G.U. having her spirits use Tinker abilities. Or Thinker ones, for that matter. For all we know, she has six dozen “advisors” using Thinker powers and whispering to her without her ever having to manifest them. Tinkering almost seems like it’d be outside her disposition, though. Maybe not. Also, I’d love to see her go harvest Crusader, just so she can summon a ghost that summons ghosts and “Yo Dawg” Scion into a fit of rage. I’m sure she can yank the passenger out of a still-living parahuman who’s trapped in a time loop without ever touching him. As evidence, I present Taylor’s fear that G.U. was about to rip her passenger out when she touched her face. That’s totally the same. I wonder if Glaistig could kill those stuck in Gray Boy’s loops? It’d be a mercy kill in all honesty. Damali on August 24, 2013 at 21:30 said: When Grue was first captured and tortured and split open by the S9, I was traumatized and seriously upset at the thought of him hurt or dead. Now I’m kinda like, well, finally he’s dead. He became kinda extraneous to the story. This story doesn’t have the same emotional impact that it did on me a year ago. Things just keep getting worse and worse. There’s only so much bad that can happen until you become numb. I kinda wish Taylor had another love interest tho. Nourjan on August 25, 2013 at 08:08 said: The only confirmed deaths in this chapter is Lab Rat, String Theory and Clockblocker.The fate of the rest of the people on the platform (including Grue) isn’t certain yet. greatwyrmgold on August 25, 2013 at 17:00 said: On the other hand…well, between Scion’s various attacks, most of the people probably died. I still want to know A) why he once ignored her, B) what he was going to say about Cozen and C) If Taylor will ever let him finish a sentence again. Maybe they can hunt through parallels until they find one where things out of Lovecraft exist, and see if Taylor’s power works on shoggoths. I suppose shoggoths technically count as invertebrates, unless they decide to generate a spine, so her power might work on them… I, for one, welcome our new tentacled overlords. It’s interesting that you use the same terminology for alternate universes that I do; mind if I ask where you picked that up? lindzburdn on August 24, 2013 at 23:15 said: My gosh this story makes me feel … wait a minute. The bighead Irregular, that wasn’t Witness, was it?! Who’s Witness again? The Noelle’d Tattletale from the undone update. That’s what I was thinking too, razorsmile. If it IS neo-Lisa, then are they “sharing” a passenger/shard? When did I miss a chapter? If you’re talking about the above discussion, question 4 on the FAQ explains. I was actually talking about how I thought the previous chapter was only released yesterday, so I wasn’t expecting this chapter for another couple days. I know about the Witness incident, and still don’t get why it was such a big deal. The update days are Tuesday and Saturday no matter what. Sometimes we get a little something extra on Thursdays, usually because people keep throwing money at Wildbow, but an update on Thursday doesn’t mean we skip a regular update. Given the lack of an identifiable typo thread… What seven limbs was Taylor using? Her later inventory is one arm, three bug-legs, and the two arms from the flight pack. There’s a claw there as well. I see now, she wasn’t counting the claw later because she wasn’t holding on with it. I know what your thinking. Did she mutate to have eight limbs or only seven. Truth is I’m not too sure myself. So you just got to ask yourself punk… Do I feel lucky? Well do you? 1 Arm (Old) 1 Arm with claw (new) 3 Legs (new) 2 mech. Arms (Old) She acutally lost 1 Limb in general. (2 Arms, 4 mech. Arms, 2 Legs = 8) And a claw on, the end of her right arm. Wow. That was…impressive. Go Taylor. So some of this is a little bit late, but here we go… Okay so I figure Eidolon’s interlude is coming up soon. So I should reread Alexandria’s. And some things struck me. Alexandria was similer to Weaver. Now we all like to remember Alexandria as the bitch who joined Tagg in trying to break Taylor, and who got drowned in bugs for it. But she wasn’t always a bitch like that. In Alexandria’s interlude we see her get colder and colder as time goes on. She starts off a dying girl who is tired of being brave and who takes the hope Doctor Mother offers her. We see examples of her still caring in earlier parts. She was pissed that Legend left a victim to The Siberian to keep it from running. But as time goes on that care for people is eroded away. She becomes the cold hard bitch that Taylor killed. And there is more. Taylor as Weaver is someone who was making hard, and at time morally dubious choices to try and stop the end of the world. Of making it so Parahumans, are organized to fight it when the time comes. And Alexandria was much the same with the founding of the PRT. The difference is Taylor realized when it was time that it was costing her soul. And Alexandria didn’t. I wonder if we will see a similer progression for Eidolon. In Alexandria’s interlude it’s mentioned that when his powers clued him in on Cauldron’s goals he did not like it, but went along because it seemed like the best choice. And of course it reminded me of another thing. Every time I think I have the answers for Cauldron figured out, I find new questions… mastshade on August 25, 2013 at 19:14 said: I’m literally shaking after reading that. Bravo Did Taylor drive Scion off with her last krill clone? Or did Eidolon exploding the sucking cloud drive him far enough that they could open an escape door or two? Two questions. 1. Has Taylor ever TRIED to use her bugs on Scion? 2. Will the pepper spray be a viable weapon or was it just some mental preparation by Taylor? 1. Not as far as we know. But they should not be usefull in direct contact. 2.That remains to be seen. Scion turns out to be allergic to pepper after all this? That’s an interesting point, Tom_D. It sure is seeming a bit like that can of pepper spray has “CHEKOV” stamped on the side of it. Of course, a more likely answer is that it is simply symbolic. Didn’t Taylor note how useless it was? I think that that’s wildbowese for “It’s symbolic, what the heck is pepper spray supposed to do against someone immune to mountain-shattering blasts?” Wildbow really* seems to keep coming back to that pepper spray, doesn’t he? I’d think he was just trolling us, mentioning it again after it came up in the last comments thread, but I don’t think that’s really his style… retroholigian on August 25, 2013 at 23:53 said: I think I’m missing something big, but after Scion has been frozen in time by the Thanda member, why would anybody try to attack him? Doesn’t the whole frozen in time power render things inviolable from both inside and out? Is the Thanda member’s power different from Clockblockers? Or am I completely mucking things up? Frozen in space, not time. The Thanda’s power is fixed position. In addition to what Veekie said, if it was like Clockblocker’s power (and it still might be in this regard at least) then it does render things inviolable for the duration. BUT attacks on the person just become frozen until the effect lapses. IIRC, Clockblocker once froze someone, Legend(?) peppered them with lasers(?), and they had to wait until their target unfroze to see if the attack had been effective or not. ereshkigala on August 26, 2013 at 05:39 said: Actually, neither the Thanda’s power is freezing in relative space nor is Clockblocker’s power freezing in time. As the Earth rotates around itself and around the sun, people apparently frozen by Clockblocker and the Thanda’s power still get different accelerations via gravity to complete such combined elliptical motion. Thus gravity still affects those guys just fine. Electromagnetism also affects them just fine on account of their being still visible when “time-frozen” and since biological processes still function when the Thanda’s power is active, the individual molecules and atoms are not frozen at all in space. That is why Scion can break the timestop – it is not actually a timestop. Effects that make something actually break the laws of time and space don’t care about piddly little attacks that can level countries; they wouldn’t care even if hit by attacks that can shatter stars. A singularity can eat a star without any change whatsoever to its dimensions and body because it doesn’t have any dimensions or physical presence at all – the event horizon around it is merely the side-effect of its existence. The black hole itself is a single point of no dimensions, infinite density, where time and space are meaningless – for certain levels of meaningless. We still talk comic book physics here. The “time frozen” area would be “accelerated” to 1666.8 km/h from earth rotation or 107.208 km/h from earths rotion around the sun. Um…why do you say biological processes aren’t stopped? If they weren’t, Taylor would have still been able to sense things whilst frozen. And given the lack of absolute time or space, having someone frozen in time and/or space stay in place relative to the surface of the Earth makes as much sense as them flying off into space relative to the surface of the Earth. You’re assuming that Scion’s ability to break the timestop has anything to do with his ability to project massive amounts of force. He presumably also has the ability to directly manipulate spacetime rather than just trying to blast it. Admittedly that’s speculation since haven’t seen him do much timey-wimey, other than look into the future and break out of timelocks with ease, but it seems a fairly safe assumption that anything most capes can do, he can do better. Scion is apparently affected by both gravity (otherwise he wouldn’t rotate around the planet when idle) and electromagnetism (he is visible, after all). So attacks based off those fundamental forces in sufficient magnitude to match his power-given invulnerability, should harm him. And there’s a good chance the only reason he is that invulnerable against powers is because he edited those powers not to affect his kind before handing them out. Him being visible doesn’t guarantee vulnerability to lasers. Alexandria is visible. So is Siberian. I’m with you on the gravity though. My read is: Yes, but only by default. Scion is affected by gravity until he wants not to be. This means that the first gravity attack will probably send him flying before he counters it. That said, he really is very dumb. He probably has lots of clever counters available that he doesn’t use because smeh – what he’s doing now is working okay and that would require thinking that he’s not good at. Being visible means someone either a) radiates light of their own or b) they absorb part of the visible spectrum and reflect another. Alexandria and Siberian, lacking energy projection powers, appear to interact with light at some level. If they didn’t, something really weird would happen with how they looked. I.e. black holes don’t play with electromagnetism; they just absorb it and thus look really black. It reflects off them, like the rest of us? Well, Siberian may emit light, being a projection, but could just reflect it. That’s different to it being able to damage them. Being unaffected by energy seems to apply to only above average levels. Normal light and gravity will have an effect, anything above that won’t. Man.. can’t even say RIP Clockblocker, ‘cuz he can’t. Taylor seems like the sort of person who remembers the people who stood up for her, but saving him from Glaistig Uaine and being dead is an awfully tall order. I mean, I guess she has leads, like that dude who was ‘pregnant with his dead teammates’, but even so I doubt Glaistig Uaine would part with a quality guy like Clockblocker for cheap. If at all 😦 Gory, but appropriately so.. this didn’t seem like the sort of fight that any other than the hardest targets could hope to escape without serious injury or death. Taylor needed a big assist to pull through this one and seems to have got it by demanding it. The injury and shock, the transformation, the fight going south horribly, the transformation ending and her body falling apart make for a pretty bad fight. Nice depressing chat with Weld in the middle, and a bonus visit from the Faerie Queen and Cauldron at the end. And what does Taylor have to look forward to? Best case: being a trust-building project for Panacea and Bonesaw 😀 That whirlpool.. wonder if that’s a major Cauldron complex flooding. I hope not ‘cuz I doubt they have the nicest evac procedures. Probably nowhere important. Caildron isn’t stupid. I’m beginning work on a Worm fanfic based on a throwaway idea in a comment some arcs back. I intend to include a lot of more minor capes in places of importance. Two questions: 1. Is there some way to view a list of all the tags applied to Worm pages? This would help a LOT in getting a good minor-character-list. 2. Is there a forum or somewhere I can ask about the powers of minor characters (say, Black Kaze), other than these comments? Dis on October 18, 2013 at 19:36 said: I’ll admit that I haven’t read all the comments so maybe this has been brought up already. I felt like this chapter was really skirting the edge of believability in terms of how survivable Taylor was. The main thing being she hit the water with no lower half and managed to still have internal organs left over. It also seems like she must have an extra body’s worth of blood stored in a non-Euclidian space somewhere. (I’m no doctor, I could be wrong) I imagine in universe the part where’s she floundering in the water before activating the box is maybe a minute at most but it feels a lot longer when you’re reading it. Maybe something to take into consideration if/when you revise this is marking the time passed somehow. Jack on December 6, 2013 at 21:53 said: These last few chapters seem more rushed than most of the rest of the series. It’s a bit awkward needing to point out SPaG stuff given the lack of identifiable typo thread, but I guess a top-level comment is better than nothing. “His transformations are temporary.” Slight formatting anomaly: “His” isn’t italicized, but the rest of the line is. “I pulled off the hero bit, I lead by example.” I’m not actually sure whether that was intended to be “lead” or “led”. Could be either one, but seems worthwhile to point out just in case it’s the latter. -What is the ‘it’ in this sentence? Exponential growth? So, based on the premise “and things get worse” I’m surprised I haven’t seen anyone float this idea yet: That ain’t Scion. Scion just went back to smashing up Earth Bet. This is a new Scion-shaped tendril the Entity created because it needed to hit the Allies where they live… Death of String Theory. Not sure how I feel about that. Useful? Fuck yes. Totally off the wall batshit insane? Also probably yes. It likely would’ve been better for everyone had she survived a bit longer but…a woman who not only seriously threatens to blow up the Moon, not only can accomplish this but scales said gun up? Yeah I feel much more comfortable with her dead. RIP String Theory. Grue…normally I would claim Never Found the Body but this is Worm. And he was introduced as married. And he didn’t want to come. He raised too many death flags. RIP Grue. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Why Clockblocker, why!?!?!?! NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Hmm, it says something about how much I liked Dennis and how little I liked Brian that I’m not super broken up about one death while I’m very saddened with the other…RIP Dennis. You did great buddy. You were awesome enough to be able to freeze freaking Endbringers and even death wasn’t enough to keep you from screwing with a Multidimensional Evil Entity. Hope your chosen deity buys you a couple beers in Heaven, bro, you earned it. Seriously Taylor? No love for Foil in your “only one came”? Girl freaking joined your old team. She may not be a friend but she deserves to count in your counting! On that note…pretty please let Foil be alive. Wow, Garotte really has massively improved. Good for her! Yamada is fucking brilliant. I always loved Weld. That guy is so totally awesome. I can’t blame him at all for not wanting to walk alone across the bottom of an ocean. That is quite possibly one of the scariest ways to “survive” possible. Never even knowing if you’re walking in the right direction or simply going in circles. Which is extremely likely. Not able to talk or listen to anything or anyone and simply hoping that eventually Scion will leave and Doormaker will still see you and open a path out. Screw that. It’s nice to see that Matryoshka is okay. And that she moved from Faultline to the Irregulars. Not so surprising really but interesting. I’m betting those two groups have strong ties. Oh so THAT’s how Gray Boy died originally…Glaistig…um…fuck…I…seriously underestimated to scary faerie woman. Seriously. Daaaaaammmmmnnnn. Someone have Yamada go talk to that woman. If we can get the crazy out imagine how much of a boon that would be. More powerful than the damn Triumvirate combined that one. Fighting Scion one on one. Just, damn. She’s a bit of a bitch but still. I love the “I don’t do well with betrayal” line. That is pretty much the perfect pre-asskicking line. And amazingly enough the bug girl was freaking useful!?! I mean yeah she didn’t actually hurt him but she stopped him long enough that others could! That’s outstanding everything considered! And I don’t really think many people can claim that they got literally cut in half, had their organs falling out of their body, had enough frame of mind to survive falling hundreds of feet, turn themselves into a crab, cockroach hybrid monster thing and KEEP fighting! The Taylor Hebert School of Badassery just set a new standard for 4.0 marks. I doubt we will be seeing anyone else reach such a perfect score for a very, very long time. Oh and I almost forgot the extra credit for being happy that Glaistig was going to let her keep fighting even after she died. Horatio Von Becker on November 11, 2014 at 02:01 said: Aand the clock is punched! Thank you, thank you, it’s probably what he would have wanted. Oh. I just realized that Mouse Defender probably deserved the same. I wonder what would have happened if they had met, actually. To the shipyard! Jeez. You’ve certainly conveyed that we’re in the deep shit, now. Seriously, though, I feel like Cauldron REALLY ought to have at least tried to use Doormaker to hit Scion with his own attacks. “Unstoppable offense” and “impenetrable defense” can’t coexist; if you line them up against each other, you’re going to find a flaw in one or the other. That kind of information seems like it would be worth showing Scion one of the portals, especially now that they know he can transit universes without them. Wow,Rasputin would be proud Arkh Cthuul on August 23, 2015 at 06:59 said: OK….Im speechless. MisterTeatime on January 14, 2016 at 23:21 said: In hindsight, the whole idea of massing this much power in one place, against a single enemy who can punch through any known defense, was pretty stupid. Hiding on the far side of a different planet was a good idea- but why stop there? Why not hide on various sides of half a dozen planets? They have Doormaker, and they were already using him to attack from a different place than the staging area- they could have staged this same attack pattern from thirteen or fourteen different locations instead of just one, and that would have gone a lot better in the worst case scenario. Scion finds one group of attackers? Sure, they’re probably all dead- but in the time it takes him to kill them all, the other groups (continents and/or worlds away from the spot under attack) can retreat via portals, and regroup for another shot. slider214 on January 14, 2016 at 23:33 said: Because Cauldron is still mostly calling the shots. And while Cauldron may be interested in (as Dumbledore would call it) The Greater Good, they are complete idiots. Actually, let’s keep going with the HP reference – Cauldron approaches Dumbledore levels of stupidity in their pursuit of their goal. Their way = BEST WAY EVER!!! Their way = ONLY WAY TO DO THINGS!!! Their way = NO ONE CAN POSSIBLE HAVE A BETTER IDEA THAN ME!!! Cauldron has their heart in the right place for the most part but they’ve proven throughout the story that they utterly suck at doing things in a smart way or listening when people raise some concerns with their plans. Contessa has a badass power sure but she is not the end-all-be-all and Doctor Mother is incapable of seeing that or getting off her high horse. Your idea is a great plan. Therefore, Cauldron can’t use it. It’s too smart to be useful. storryeater on January 15, 2016 at 12:43 said: To be fair, it makes sense considering how they practically rely on Contessa’s power for most decisions. Oh they most definitely do which just makes it worse. They treat her as if she has no weaknesses whatsoever despite her blindspots. For the most part Contessa can’t be beaten sure but she really shouldn’t be the primary point against Scion or the Endbringers. They got complacent and it bit them in the ass. They did ultilizeher better than the more stupid humans I know would. Its just that the fact that people in Worm tend to be competent (except Tagg and Saint) blinds us to it, as they get the low end of competence stick. Yeah I could go with that. I just get so annoyed with Cauldron because really by and large they had/have sooooo much potential. What gets to me isn’t so much that they are incompetent it’s that they are stupid incompetent. If they weren’t so arrogant they would be one of the strongest, most unifying forces in the entire setting! They do a pretty darn good job up until the endgame when they really, really need to be at their best. It’s like watching your football team leading by 20 points until the last quarter where they proceed to let in three touchdowns because they started arguing and the quarterback was off ignoring the coach and patting himself on the back. Though since the shards seem to default to ramping up conflict as a whole I guess that could somewhat explain everyone but Doctor Mother. She gets no excuse. She’s just a straight up idiot all around. (I actually really like both Contessa and the Number Man.) (And yup, nobody takes the Supreme Incompetence Medal away from Saint. Tagg comes damn close but I feel like Saint takes the cake on that one.) Tagg is worse imo. At least Saint had the excuse of lacking enough information to make a juegement before defaulting to stupidity. And you’d notice that “endgame” started right at the point when Contessa’a powers were becoming useless. kerleth on July 8, 2016 at 01:16 said: Nice, I noticed the reference to the chapter that does not exist. The Irregular with a huge head and frail body. Someone they recruited in Brockton Bay, after the Echidna incident, perhaps? jmdlugosz on May 13, 2017 at 05:02 said: «Agitated but futile.» that makes no sence. Expanded, “My swam was futile.” Blub on October 4, 2018 at 20:38 said: Nooooo Clockiiiii! And man! Am I the only one who really wishes for another Trigger Event for her? Leave a Reply to mindrot Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1660
__label__wiki	0.964241	0.964241	The Week's Best The Week's Best: Stories You May Have Missed The Soviets’ Luna-10 mission marked a significant moment during the space race when, in 1966, it became the first craft to orbit the moon. Photo: TASS We know that rferl.org isn't the only website you read, and it's possible that you may have missed some of our most interesting journalism from the past week. To make sure you're up-to-date, here are some of the highlights produced by RFE/RL's team of correspondents, multimedia editors, and visual journalists over the past seven days. She Coined The Catchphrase: Looking Back On The 'Rose Revolution' Fifteen years ago, journalist Natia Zambakhidze found herself at the center of one of the most compelling -- and consequential -- dramas in her nation's history. By Alan Crosby Arms For All? Khodorkovsky Says Russians Need Guns Mikhail Khodorkovsky remains upbeat about the prospects of democratic change in Russia, but sees the need for the citizenry to protect themselves from the government. By Timur Olevsky and Tony Wesolowsky Explainer: What The Kerch Strait Skirmish Tells Us About A Simmering European Conflict Tensions were already high between bitter foes Russia and Ukraine, but there's even more murk than usual following a clash near the Sea of Azov. By Christopher Miller Kabul's Struggling Shoeshine Girl Kabul's Struggling Shoeshine Girl Twelve-year-old Ada from the Afghan capital, Kabul, polishes shoes to support her siblings and her parents who cannot work because of poor health. She is one of an estimated 1.9 million child laborers in Afghanistan. By RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan Lost In Space: The Weird & Wonderful, Cold War-Era Satellites Still Circling Earth Long after their missions expired, these five U.S. and Soviet satellites continue spinning through space. By Amos Chapple Russia Cracks Down On Rage From The Stage Russia Cracks Down On Rage From The Stage The Russian authorities are preventing performances by popular artists who channel the political and economic frustrations of young Russians. By Ray Furlong and RFE/RL's Russian Service Ukraine Under Martial Law: In Kharkiv, Shrugs And Confusion Amid Mobilization Some Ukrainians didn’t even know an unprecedented state of martial law had come into force, while others trained for all-out war. By Christopher Miller Ukrainian Lover Of Czech PM's Son Tight-Lipped On Crimea Affair Ukrainian Lover Of Czech PM's Son Tight-Lipped On Crimea Affair RFE/RL has tracked down the Ukrainian woman who could shed light on a political scandal rocking the Czech Republic. By RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1667
__label__wiki	0.908973	0.908973	« The Starbucks Podcast: Overheated and Brewed Too Long The United Nations Needs Video Podcasters » POLARiTV: A Television Network Run By Average People Sep 15th, 2006 \| By James Lewin \| Category: Podcasting Networks, Video Podcasts Drew Olanoff, Adam Plante and Paul Fleming, the hosts of The Best Damn Tech Show Period (BDTSP) audio and video podcasts, have announced a POLARiTV, a new podcast network. POLARiTV plans to run their network like a TV studio, a la NBC and ABC, with a program schedule for their shows. But unlike other studios, the shows are produced and run by average people. “The Digital Revolution is upon us,” said Olanoff. “Current networks treat audiences like numbers, POLARiTV will treat audiences like people.” Olanoff, Plante and Fleming see a need for a central source that allows people to follow their favorite online broadcasts. According to Olanoff, POLARiTV “fills this void and gives entertainment fans a totally new and totally revolutionary outlet.” Podcasts such as BDTSP, scriggity, No Comprendo and the Roadie Show are already slated for the upcoming schedule. More shows will be added soon. “We will be chronicling the preparation behind programming a new digital media revolution and launch that as its own podcast,” promises Plante. “And we will be approachable and request feedback from anyone and everyone. This wouldn’t be happening without podcasting fans, so we want to hear from them as much as possible.” POLARiTV plans to use an open-source application to provide a Digg-like experience for it’s audience. “POLARiTV is a play on words,” explains Fleming. “It means polarity, but with the evolution of regular television into iTV, it also means cool TV, programming opposite from the norm.” According to the trio, production is already underway. No official launch date has been announced. Tags: the future of television, video podcasting	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1671
__label__wiki	0.524069	0.524069	Текст как сцена: теория эпического театра Б. Брехта и художественный текст Э. Елинек (на материале пьес Б. Брехта и романа Э. Елинек «Пианистка») Вестник Московского государственного областного университета. Серия: Лингвистика. 2012. № 2. С. 111-118. Пасько Ю. В. In the article the elements of the epic theatre (a theory by German playwright B. Brecht) in the novel by E. Jelinek “The Piano Teacher” are analyzed. The author studies two aspects of this question: the figure of the narrator in the text and the phenomenon of materialization as realizing of alienation effect – one of the most important elements of the epic theatre. The research is based on comparative analysis of lexical, syntactical and stylistic peculiarities in Brecht’s plays and in the Austrian writer’s novel. The result of this research is the conclusion that the text of the novel has some features of B. Brecht’s play and the novel by E. Jelinek is an example of “dramatization” of a prosaic text. Priority areas: humanitarian Keywords: theory of epic theatrealienation effectchange of the narrator’s perspectivesemanticsmetaphorscene Индивидуация объектов и прямая референция Куслий П. С. В кн.: Именование, необходимость и современная философия. СПб.: Алетейя, 2011. Гл. 5. С. 57-72. The article discusses one argument in favor of descriptive theory of reference of proper names against the theory of direct reference which appeals to a famous example of the ship of Theseus. The author defends the latter theory by means of distinguishing the object of direct reference and its principles of individuation. The argument is discussed with reference to the works of H. Chandler, L. Linsky, S. Kripke, N. Salmon and other theorists. Strength and similarity of scalar alternatives Zevakhina N. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. MITWPL. MIT (Cambridge, USA), 2012 The paper presents experimental evidence that generation of scalar inferences is dependent on the three following factors: informativity distance and semantic distance between the items of the very same scale as well as the presence of the maximally informative expression on a scale. Space and Time in Languages and Cultures. Language, culture, and cognition Iss. 37. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012. This is an interdisciplinary volume that focuses on the central topic of the representation of events, namely cross-cultural differences in representing time and space, as well as various aspects of the conceptualisation of space and time. It brings together research on space and time from a variety of angles, both theoretical and methodological. Crossing boundaries between and among disciplines such as linguistics, psychology, philosophy, or anthropology forms a creative platform in a bold attempt to reveal the complex interaction of language, culture, and cognition in the context of human communication and interaction. The authors address the nature of spatial and temporal constructs from a number of perspectives, such as cultural specificity in determining time intervals in an Amazonian culture, distinct temporalities in a specific Mongolian hunter community, Russian-specific conceptualisation of temporal relations, Seri and Yucatec frames of spatial reference, memory of events in space and time, and metaphorical meaning stemming from perception and spatial artefacts, to name but a few themes. Added: Nov 1, 2012 Truth of Taste: The Depth of Relativism Manucharova T. Humanities. HUM. Basic Research Programme, 2015. No. WP BRP 102/HUM/2015 . Three relativistic semantic theories were suggested for the statements of taste: indexicalism, propositional relativism and factual relativism. Comparing and contrasting these possible solutions, I invoke three problems Max Kolbel formulates and focus on the problem of disagreement. I challenge Iris Einheuser's theory and claim that while indexical approach underestimates the problem of disagreement, factual relativism overestimates it. Propositional relativism appears to provide the most sensible explanation of the phenomenon Donum semanticum: Opera linguistica et logica in honorem Barbarae Partee a discipulis amicisque Rossicis oblata Edited by: P. Arkadiev, I. Kapitonov, Yu. Lander et al. M.: Languages of Slavic culture, 2015. Doing lexical typology with frames and semantic maps Rakhilina E. V., Reznikova T. Linguistics. WP BRP. НИУ ВШЭ, 2014. No. 18. In this paper we present an approach to lexical typology which will be referred to as the “frame method”. It was developed and tested in the Moscow Lexico-Typological Group and is currently used in all its projects, such as Majsak, Rakhilina (eds.) 2007, Britsyn et al. (eds.) 2009, Kruglyakova 2010, Reznikova et al. 2012. Our main principle, taken from the Moscow semantic school (Apresjan 1974/1992, cf. also Firth 1957: 11), is that lexical meanings can be studied and reconstructed by observing the word’s “surroundings”, primarily their collocation. Then, they can be compared by procedures similar to those used in grammatical typology. Метафорическое моделирование в сфере метеорологии Трофимова Н. А., Ереметова К. Ю. Когнитивные исследования языка. 2015. № 21. С. 272-277. This article considers the model of metaphorical transfer of names of natural (atmospheric) phenomena. The worn inner form of many metaphors needs to consult the diachronic aspect, which allowes us to determine the conceptual transfer vector - the emotional attitude of speakers to natural phenomena, deterministic fear of them, faith in their supernatural origin. СПИД как метафора толерантности: старое понятие на новый лад Каменских А. А., Довгополова О. А. В кн.: Сучаснi процеси в релiгiйному життi свiту та Украïни. Компаративiстськi дослiдження релiгiï. Вып. 8. Одесса: ФОП «Фрiдман О.С.», 2010. С. 33-44. Motion Encoding in Language and Space Edited by: M. Vulchanova, E. van der Zee. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. The volume is a collection of papers devoted to the expression of motion concepts in various languages which were written by The authors of the volume include researchers in linguistics, computer science, psychology and cognitive science. Literature as a Meaningful Life Laboratory Kurakin D. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science. 2010. Vol. 44. No. 3. P. 227-234. Meaningful life is emotionally marked off. That’s the general point that Johansen (IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 44, 2010) makes which is of great importance. Fictional abstractions use to make the point even more salient. As an example I’ve examined Borges’ famous fiction story. Along with the examples of Johansen it provides an informative case of exploring symbolic mechanisms which bind meaning with emotions. This particular mode of analysis draws forth poetry and literature in general to be treated as a “meaningful life laboratory”. Ways of explanation of emotional effect the art exercises on people, which had been disclosed within this laboratory, however, constitute a significant distinction in terms that I have designated as “referential” and “substantive”. The former appeals to something that has already been charged with emotional power, whereas the latter comes to effect by means of special symbolic mechanisms creating the emotional experience within the situation. Johansen, who tends to explain emotions exerted by the art without leaving the semiotic perspective, is drawn towards the “referential” type of explanation. Based upon discussions in theory of metaphor and Robert Witkin’s sociological theory of arts it is demonstrated an insufficient of “referential” explanation. To overcome a monopoly of “referential” explanation of emotional engagement, in particular, in literature, means to break away from the way of reasoning, stating endless references to “something else”, presupposing the existence of something already significant and therefore sharing its effects. К вопросу о структуре идеализированных когнитивных моделей в актах переноса Пушкарев Е. А. Вестник Южно-Уральского государственного университета. Серия: Лингвистика. 2015. Т. 12. № 4. С. 56-60. The paper theorizes on the general architectonics of idealized cognitive models (ICMs) and their involvement in metonymy and metaphor. The article posits that an ICM's structure should reflect the architecture of the neural network/s engaged in processing of a given concept. The ICM nodes, or cogs, construct a complex, hierarchically organized neural connections, with the superior nodes being highly selective, invariant and prototypical. Signals travelling from one cog to another within one ICM are essentially metonymical, while a cog shared by two or more ICMs marks a metaphoric shift. Added: Dec 8, 2015 Лексичні способи створення інвективного ефекту у творі Л.-Ф. Селіна «Voyage au bout de la nuit» Aristova V. In bk.: Гуманітарна освіта в технічних вищих навчальних закладах. Iss. 26. Kiev: Університет «Україна», 2012. P. 7-17. The article offers a detailed analysis of Louis-Ferdinand Celine’s individual style on the material of his novel Voyage au bout de la nuit. In particular it is focused on the author’s characteristical choice of the invective vocabulary, aimed at creation of a peculiar esthetic space of the literary work under study. A definition of three logical concepts: "biconditional", "contingent", and "sentence".	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1675
__label__cc	0.525756	0.474244	 Quirky Cruise  October 20, 2018 Small Ship Cruise Line Review: CroisiEurope A family-owned French firm based in Strasbourg that started up in 1976 now operates one of the largest inland waters’ fleets in Europe with both river and canal boats. The river cruises travel on waterways throughout Europe, providing one of the main attractions for those looking for less traveled destinations. In addition, coastal cruises fan out from Naples to the Amalfi Coast, Aeolian Islands, and Sicily, from Naples to Greece, and along Croatian coast and Montenegro. Additional river and island coastal cruises, beyond Europe, appear below. The total fleet worldwide now numbers almost 50 vessels. The firm caters to English speakers as well as European nationalities, and bien sur, the French. Danube River scene. * Photo: CroisiEurope Cruises Ships, Years Delivered & Passengers The river fleet numbers 40+. A sample listing follows. A “P” following a ship’s name indicates Premium, the newest and heavily remodeled vessels with larger cabins and more amenities. Seine: SEINE PRINCESS-P (b. 2002, renovated 2012, 134p); BOTTICELLI (b. 2004, renovated 2010, 150p); RENOIR-P (b. 2018, 110p) Rhine & Danube: LA BOHEME (built 1995, renovated 2011, 162 passengers, 108 sq. ft. cabins); BEETHOVEN (b. 2004, renovated 2010, 180p, cabins 140 sq. ft.); LAFAYETTE-P (b. 2014, 86p, cabin size N.A.); VIVALDI-P (b. 2009, 176p); GERARD SCHMITTER-P (b. 2012, 174p); EUROPE (b. 2006, renovated, 2011, 180p); FRANCE (b. 1999, renovated 2011, 156p); LEONARDO DA VINCI (b. 2oo3, renovated 2011, 174p); MODIGLIANI (b. 2001, renovated 2011, 156p); VICTOR HUGO (b. 2000, renovated 2019, 96p); MONA LISA (b. 2000, renovated 2010, 96p); SYMPHONIE-P (b. 2010, renovated 2017, 108p); MONET (b. 1999, renovated 2007, 156p); DOUCE FRANCE (b. 1997, renovated 2017, 110p). N.B. The Moselle has been added with cruises embarking in Basel. Rhone & Soane: MISTRAL (b. 1999, 158p, cabins 118 sq. ft.); VAN GOGH-P (b. 2018, 110p); CAMARGUE-P (b. 2015, 108p); RHONE PRINCESS (b. 2001/renovated 2011, 138p) Garonne/Dordogne: CYRANO DE BERGERAC-P (b. 2013, 174p, 140 sq. ft) Cyrano in Bordeaux. * Photo: Heidi Sarna Loire: LOIRE PRINCESS-P (b. 2014, 96 p, cabin size N.A.), a sidewheel paddle boat with a shallow draft designed to negotiate shallow waters. Douro: GIL EANES-P (b. 2015, 32p, cabin size N.A.); MIGUEL TORGA-P (b. 2016, 136p); VASCO DA GAMA (b. 2002, 142p, cabins 129 sq. ft.); INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE (b. 2003, renovated 2014, 142p); FERNAO DE MAGALHAES (b. 2003, renovated 2011, 142p); AMALIA RODRIGUES (b. 2019) SW Spain: LA BELLE DE CADIZ-P (b. 2005, renovated 2010, 176p, cabins 118 sq. ft.) Po (Italy): MICHELANGELO (b. 2000, renovated 2011, 156p, cabin size N.A.) Elbe & Moldau: L’ELBE PRINCESSE-P (b. 2016, 80p, cabin size N.A.); L’ELBE PRINCESSE II-P (b. 2018, 86p, cabin size N.A.); N.B. These two are paddle wheelers with the ability to navigate shallow waters to reach the center of Prague. VICTOR HUGO (b. 2000, renovated 2019, 96p); MONA LISA (b. 2000, renovated 2010, 48p) Russia & the Volga: ROSTROPOVITCH (b. 1980, rebuilt 2010, 212p, cabins 126-243 sq.ft). French Canals: Six French hotel canal barges built 2014-2016 and one renovated 2013; five taking 22p and one 24p, operating in Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire & Provence. Coastal Ships: In addition, the CroisiEurope also runs LA BELLE DE L’ADRIATIQUE-P (b. 2007, renovated 2017, 198p), a five-deck oceangoing ship operating in the Mediterranean (Italy, Sicily, Croatia & Greece) with all outside 151sq. ft. cabins. In October 2019, the line takes on the former Silver Discoverer (Silverseas and originally built for the Japanese market as the Oceanic Grace in 1989) to operate as LA BELLE DES OCEANS (120 passengers) on itineraries beginning in East Asia then working its way westward to Europe. SEE BELOW. Canada & the St. Lawrence: New for 2020: Cruises (11 nights) will begin at Montreal with an overnight then a flight to St. Pierre et Miquelon, French territorial islands near the mouth of the St. Lawrence and just south of Newfoundland. The coastal vessel LA BELLE DE OCEANS (120 passengers) will cruise to Cap-aux-Meules (Magdalen Islands), Gaspe and Perce Rock, Baie-Comeau, Tadoussac at the mouth of the Saguenay then upriver to Chicoutimi and along the St. Lawrence to Quebec City and Montreal (with a full day and overnight aboard before disembarking. This itinerary is likely to appeal to the French from France and to the growing North American market. Cruises operate between mid-June and mid-September (the beginning of fall footage). Mekong River: INDOCHINE, a colonial-style boat operates on the Mekong (b. 2008 and taking 48 passengers in 172 sq, ft. all outside cabins); INDOCHINE II-P (b. 2017, 62 passengers, in 242 sq. ft. all outside cabins; LAN-DIEP (b. 2007, 44p), TOUM TIOU I (b. 2002, 20p) and TOUM TIOU II (b. 2008, 28p). Southeast Asia, South Asia, Persian Gulf & Middle East: BELLE DES OCEANS (built 1989 & 120p) Cruises November 2019 to February 2020. Thailand & Malaysia 9 days; India & Sri Lanka 11 days; Dubai & Oman 8 days; and Jordan, Egypt, Israel & Cyprus 10 days. Belle des Océans. * Photo: CroisiEurope Inland Southern Africa: A relatively new offering is the riverboat AFRICAN DREAM (b. 2017, 16p) operating on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, southern Africa. The cruises are paired with a land stay at a lodge on the banks of the Zambezi River on the Border of Namibia and Botswana.The vessel takes just 16 passengers with 8 suites, including two with balconies. In 2020, the 16-passenger ZIMBABWEAN DREAM, built locally at Harare, will arrive to provide a second vessel for the Lake Kariba cruise portion of a longer tour that includes Victoria Falls and Botswana’s Chobe National Park with stays in riverside lodges. The colonial-style Mekong riverboat used by CroisiEurope is between cruises at Ho Chi Minh City. * Photo: Ted Scull While the first language aboard is French, English is also used for all announcements and entertainment, and is widely spoken amongst the crew. For some British and North Americans, the international experience is a major plus, though you will likely be in the minority. German, Italian and Spanish passengers may also be aboard. Passenger Decks The riverboat fleet includes three and four deckers, including the top open deck. $$ Expensive All drinks, from wines to beer, cocktails and soft drinks, are included in fares during the main season from April to October. For North American passengers, all excursions are included, from walking and motor coach tours, to even, for instance, a thrilling helicopter ride on the Bordeaux itineraries from Pauillac over the vineyards of the Medoc region. A helicopter ride over the vineyards near Bordeaux is a highlight of a Garonne River cruise. Photo: Heidi Sarna The usual Europe rivers are included such as Rhine, Moselle, Elbe, Main, Danube, Seine, Soane, Rhone, Douro (Portugal), Gironde and Garonne (SW France), and St. Petersburg to Moscow along rivers, canals and across lake and reservoirs. More unusual are the Guadalquivir and Guadiana rivers in Andalusia (Southern Spain); the Po in Northern Italy; the Loire from St. Nazaire inland to Nantes and Angers (via shallow-draft paddleboat); Amsterdam to Berlin (unusual route) via waterways that connect the Rhine and tributaries with the Elbe across Northern Germany; and the Elbe and Moldau inland as far as central Prague by new shallow-draft sternwheelers 80-passenger L’ELBE PRINCESSE and L’ELBE PRINCESSE II (2018) taking 86 passengers. European river cruises operate nearly year-round. Beyond Europe, Botswana‘s Chobe River in southern Africa plus Victoria Falls, and Mekong in Cambodia and Vietnam, are exotic options, plus ocean cruises to Malaysia and Thailand, India and Sri Lanka, the Persian Gulf, Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. In another category, canal cruises operate on waterways throughout France using 22-passenger barges. Coastal cruises operate from Naples to Italian ports, islands and Sicily, and in the Adriatic to mostly Croatian ports and Montenegro and Greece, including Corfu. Since 2018, CroisiEurope is a booking agent for selected 9-night cruises of the St. Lawrence River aboard the newly rebuilt MS JACQUES CARTIER, calling at Quebec City, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto and Niagara Falls and passing along the St. Lawrence Seaway. LA BELLE DE L’ADRIATIC operates in the Mediterranean. * Photo: Croisieurope A French cruise line with an international passenger list may appeal to English speakers who would like to travel with Europeans (with French, Belgian and French-speaking Swiss in the majority), rather than just mostly North Americans. The cruises operate during the best weather seasons, and the busy travel months of mid-June to September can often be avoided by choosing a spring or autumn date. Some departures are geared to the flowering bulb season in Belgian and the Netherlands, grape wine harvest in France and Germany, and a European-style Christmas (with markets) and New Year’s. Autumn colors after the grape harvest along the Moselle in Germany. * Photo: Ted Scull Most are of small to moderate size, outside with windows, beds in twin or double configuration. Some newer boats have larger cabins if that is an important factor, and some offer a few single cabins. Amenities include radio and TV. A standard cabin aboard Cyrano de Bergerac. * Photo: CroisiEurope All boats offer a forward lounge with bar for viewing and enjoying the entertainment, a dining room that seats all at the same time, and a top deck with both open and sheltered seating. During passages under very low bridges, the deck may have to be cleared of seating and railings. Breakfast is a buffet while lunch and dinner are fine French cuisine set served three-course meals with complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks. It pays to like the local food; there is a lot of duck on the menu as that’s a very popular French dish in its various permutations. Passengers are assigned tables according to their language. Some North Americans may find the full lunch menu a bit much, so you may wish to skip a course. An elegant lunch onboard with complimentary wine. * Photo: Heidi Sarna Pre-dinner and sometimes post-dinner games, dancing and live music from a duo on the electronic piano and guitar. Basically, the it’s social interaction amongst the passengers that holds sway rather than sophisticated entertainment. The Salon Bar on the Symphonie. * Photo: CroisiEurope Cruises Consider the international flavor, which might be a plus or minus for you. Along the Same Lines CroisiEurope is probably the most international of the riverboat lines we cover. Others may cater only to English speakers (including those who speak the language well in addition to their native tongue) or specific nationalities such as German and Swiss or Spanish. Go to www.croisieuroperivercruises.com; 800-768-7232. — TWS Don’t miss a post, subscribe to QuirkyCruise.com for monthly updates! © This article is protected by copyright, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission from the author. All Rights Reserved. QuirkyCruise.com. 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__label__wiki	0.707091	0.707091	C.J. Mosley Quincy Enunwa Darryl Roberts Brandon Copeland Henry Anderson Kelvin Beachum Matthias Farley Adam Gase Steve McLendon Paul Worrilow Alex Lewis Neville Hewitt Nate Hairston Robby Anderson Demaryius Thomas Ryan Kalil Jonotthan Harrison Sports NFL football Professional football Football Athlete injuries Athlete health Washington Redskins New York Jets Kalil out, Bell questionable for Jets vs. Redskins By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Nov. 15, 2019 07:08 PM EST FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets center Ryan Kalil will miss his third straight game with an injured right knee. He was officially ruled out Friday, along with safety Matthias Farley (quadriceps) and linebackers C.J. Mosley (groin) and Paul Worrilow (quadriceps). “He didn't have a setback,” coach Adam Gase said of Kalil. “We're just trying to figure out what's going on with him and we just thought that was the best thing to do.” Kalil will again be replaced by Jonotthan Harrison on the starting offensive line. “He's been good,” Gase said. “He did a good job last game.” Running back Le’Veon Bell missed practice Wednesday with an illness and was limited Thursday and Friday while dealing with a sore knee and ribs. He's expected to play Sunday at Washington. Cornerback Darryl Roberts is doubtful with a calf injury. Bless Austin or Nate Hairston could get the start against the Redskins. Defensive end Henry Anderson, left tackle Kelvin Beachum, linebacker Brandon Copeland, linebacker Neville Hewitt, guard Alex Lewis, nose tackle Steve McLendon and wide receiver Demaryius Thomas are all questionable. Wide receiver Robby Anderson was a full participant at practice Friday after being limited the two previous days with back and shoulder issues. NOTES: A day after WR Quincy Enunwa criticized the team on social media for “excessive” fines for missing two treatments, Gase said the team will handle the situation internally. Enunwa, on injured reserve with a neck injury, sent a series of tweets Thursday night explaining his situation and why he was upset. Gase wasn't concerned that there's a miscommunication issue between the players and management. “No, we handle our stuff in house and some people choose to use social media,” he said. “There's probably a reason they're doing that.” ... Beachum said he reached out to the NFL Players Association on behalf of Enunwa to discuss the receiver's fines and to see if he has any recourse. Beachum is the alternate player rep — behind Enunwa.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1682
__label__wiki	0.677711	0.677711	Home Public School Shakedown What Does “Revolution” Look Like in Education? What Does “Revolution” Look Like in Education? Teachers committed to justice are fighting against the historical role of education in the U.S. by José Luis Vilson Fibonacci Blue Student-led Black Lives Matter march in Minneapolis. In a country founded upon revolution it’s become a fad to call for “revolution” in all sorts of arenas— particularly in education, where schools and educators are often accused of being hidebound to a “broken,” “outdated” system. But it’s a disservice to students and teachers to exhort educators to be more revolutionary without understanding the stakes at hand. Those prone to insisting educators immediately take up a particular cause should proceed with caution. Consider Colin Kaepernick, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback who famously knelt during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and the living conditions of black people in this country. Originally a solitary act, the silent protests caught on, first with teammates, then other players in the league, then any number of athletic events across amateur and professional sports. While raising national consciousness about issues, it also illuminated—not caused—deep divisions among students, parents, and educators. The national public squares we call arenas and stadiums got doses of resistance during America’s most popular form of pageantry. I wince at a massive and complicit corporation taking up a radical aesthetic for the purposes of selling new products. Among other activities, Kaepernick has been busy funding grassroots groups by the millions, visiting schools and prisons, and receiving awards for his humanitarian efforts. A Nike campaign with Kaepernick, launched in September, signaled to the rest of the world that Nike had sided with the former QB’s stand on history. As appalled racists cut and burn their Nike socks and sweats in protest, it feels good to see people angry that the exiled football player still has a national platform. But I feel conflicted about the Colin Kaepernick ads. At a time of extreme economic and racial stratification, does this really qualify as “revolutionary”—and does it need to? I wince at a massive and complicit corporation taking up a radical aesthetic for the purposes of selling new products. Human rights groups have criticized Nike for their unapologetic use of prison labor. They pay mere pennies on the dollar for every sneaker made in their sweatshops. Nike has always capitalized on controversies surrounding the athletes they sponsor, including Serena Williams and LeBron James. Meanwhile, the protests during the national anthem and the Black Lives Matter movement—one of the most important movements of the century—have had an increasing presence in public schools. In an era where wokeness–or at least critical consciousness–has come into vogue for corporations and social media entrepreneurs alike, it gets harder to distinguish superficial performances from real work that seeks to transform and move communities. How deep do educators dig to achieve the nebulous revolution? I believe that educators do their best to teach children. But teachers of conscience are constantly pushed to do more with less, from funding classrooms and meals for students out of their own pockets, to grading papers and setting up meetings at all sorts of hours. Higher-ups use the “do what’s best for kids” plea to make large-hearted educators work above and beyond their own capacities, leading to mass burnout and teacher turnover. As educators, our platform isn’t just as people who teach a given subject, but contractually as agents of the state. We transmit the values of our system as part of our jobs. The standards and curriculum we teach matter, and so do our pedagogical approaches. Teachers, especially those of color, have historically been met with termination for bringing ideas of progress and humanization. Teaching subversively works to a point; the kids always tell. In “The Challenge of Blackness,” historian and journalist Lerone Bennett writes that, “an educator in a system of oppression is either a revolutionary or an oppressor.” This puts a spotlight on the ways that educators are complicit in the subjugation of our most marginalized children—that we are one of the earliest propagators of our children’s oppression. It’s obvious enough when the majority of public school students are non-white, while the staff they see in front of them is predominantly white, but this role for education has deep historical roots. It’s incumbent on teachers to teach for equity and liberation. Just working within the educational system makes us complicit with injustice in a number of ways we have no immediate ability to influence: We take discounts at major office supply chains that actively suppress workers wages. We continue to support an underfunded, exploitative system, by setting up pages on donation websites to get our classroom supplies bought. We talk up the need for politicians and policymakers to hear our voices, but we dissuade students from speaking in our classes unless they speak according to dominant social norms. That’s neither liberation nor revolution; it’s assimilation and deculturalization. And even the most thoughtful of us must create a façade of compliance to keep our jobs. We work in schools that both teach The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and suspend children of color at astonishing rates. We have administrators who are willing to post signs protesting Trump in front of schools, but want things to go back to the way things were before Trump. We are not all revolutionaries. We are not all woke. We can learn to do better for all of our students, and do so now. It’s incumbent on teachers to teach for equity and liberation. I remember being eighteen, listening to speakers who had lived the 20th century revolutions. The first speech I ever saw at Syracuse University was from abolitionist Angela Y. Davis. I heard former Young Lord president Felipe Luciano speak to my experience as a black person descended from a Latin American country. I sat with wonder listening to Bobby Seale, Elaine Brown, and Howard Zinn on different occasions at the university. One of the lessons I learned listening to the luminaries during my formative years is that resistance of any sort requires complicated human beings to work in complicated situations with firm principles and moveable understandings of the world around them. We can learn to do better for all of our students, and do so now. We need to model critical discussions, engage in the civil and political discourse with a critical and identity lens, and teach content in ways that allow students to ask deeper questions about what’s presented to them. This requires knowledge of the content, but it also requires an understanding that, whatever they learn isn’t as important as how they learn it, and how they can continue to pursue that learning individually and collectively. Our schools are the first true public square for our students, and the adults in these spaces are its most important moderators. Activism Public School Shakedown Politics Teachers José Luis Vilson Math educator, blogger, speaker, and activist in New York City. Read more by José Luis Vilson I am in full agreement with the article. Sadly, now some white American historians are now realizing we made history right along with them since the inception of this country. The white teacher clearly does not want to so-called teach again themselves. What they want to do is continue the lied. We must protest this as parents, faculty, and staff. It saddens me as an African American mother that the educational system in America continues to leave out our major contribution to the African American making of this American society.We must withdraw our kids from public education and teach them at home our history and culture without school. Otherwise, they will continue to learn lies and starts to hate who they are and what they become as a result of indoctrination. African- American as a group continue to be at the mercy of whites education to interpret the facts about our existence. As a result of this if continue to allow this to happen this will continue to have a devastating impact on our children Liinda Moore more than 1 year ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1687
__label__wiki	0.649254	0.649254	Tremr Random Public Journal February 15, 2019 - Friday February 15, 2019 - Friday Jeggit Ireland, Politics, Scotland Ireland Can Show Scotland the Way Tweet Follow @RPJblog By Jason Michael THIS IS NOT ABOUT POKING the Scottish National Party or the independence movement, rather it is quite the opposite. The truth of the matter is that Sinn Féin – whatever we think of it and the dark and painful history of political violence in Ireland – has been at this exact game far longer than the SNP. The struggle for Irish freedom has been, from its beginning, a struggle against a Britain unmasked of its pretence to civility and democracy. With England’s absolute refusal to negotiate with Ireland, every single attempt made by the people of Ireland to liberate themselves from British rule was met with the same hammer blow of executions, exiles, reprisals, and brutal repressions. The rebellions of 1798, 1803, 1848 – “the Famine Rebellion,” 1867, and the Easter Rising of 1916 followed the same pattern: A demand for liberty, a British refusal, an Irish rebellion, and an overwhelming demonstration of raw military violence from the British Empire. Irish Republicanism was never the preserve of Irish Catholics or “nationalists.” Republicanism and the aspiration for Irish independence – for an “Irish-Ireland” – was never about sectarianism. It was the effort to cast off the divisions Britain had introduced by force as part of its colonial project. In fact, the fathers of Irish Republicanism – and to this day the greatest heroes of Republicanism – were, to a man, Irish Protestants; men like Theobald Wolfe Tone, Belfast man Henry Joy McCracken, Lord Edward FitzGerald, and Robert Emmet. These were the men praised to the heavens by Pádraig Pearse, the leader of the 1916 rising who read the Proclamation of the Irish Republic outside the General Post Office in Dublin at the beginning of the rebellion. Irish Republicanism was begun by Irish Protestants like Wolfe Tone and Robert Emmet. A united Ireland will be Green… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Jason Michael (@Jeggit) February 14, 2019 Britain’s narrative of the Irish “Troubles,” as evinced in its rare coverage of its crimes in Ireland on the BBC and its flat refusal to teach these events to its children, presents a skewed vision of Ireland’s struggle. It frames it quite deliberately as an Ulster conflict, thus making it foreign and frightening to those who seek independence for Scotland and Wales. The “Ulsterisation” of Ireland’s independence struggle forces this conflict to be about religious differences and an internecine dispute between “communities.” But this was never the truth. Ulster, the northernmost province of Ireland’s four provinces, is in reality the final theatre of an independence process for the whole of the island of Ireland that began on the 24 May 1798. And it was in response to this now active will on the part of the Irish people that the British government started to favour and support the early Orange institutions – first established against the background of land agitation in Armagh in 1795, some 105 years after the Battle of the Boyne. The hope then – as it remains still – was to manufacture an anti-Catholic sectarian bitterness within the Republican movement and in so doing turn Ulster Protestants into useful idiots, “Ulster Loyalists.” We are wrong to accept England’s narrative of Irish independence as a toxic and bigoted violent clash of different religious communities – one we do not wish to see introduced into Scottish politics. This narrative is already at the heart of Scottish politics. It was there before any of us were born, and it was not imported by Irish Catholics or Republicans. This narrative parades through streets in Scotland every July and August, and it was inserted into Scotland by the same imperial power that forced it upon Ireland. Rather, we must accept the true and historical narrative of Irish independence – a national campaign for independence from Britain waged for the entire nation and not merely those parts of it considered of little value to London. This all-Ireland narrative (1798 to the present) – independence for the whole nation and all its communities – is exactly analogous to the current narrative of the Scottish and Welsh independence movements – movements that Great Britain is working overtime to Ulsterise. If police are needed to protect a church, the march shouldn't be permitted in the first place. Orange marches shame… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Ross Greer (@Ross_Greer) July 08, 2018 Sinn Féin, an all-Ireland Republican party, has been where the SNP and Plaid Cymru are now. It has played the talk-deflect-stall game of negotiation with Britain, it has been told “Now is not the time,” it has won elections and been denied its democratic demands, and it has experienced the full force of Britain’s broken temper. When An Uachtarán Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald, speaks of the arrogance of the British Prime Minister and the intransigence of the British state when it comes to respecting the democratic decisions of the people of Ireland, she knows what she’s talking about. McDonald comes from a tradition of experience of British arrogance, intransigence, hostility, and violence reaching back all the way through the Troubles, through the Civil War, through each of the rebellions, and all the way back to the revolt of the Republican United Irishmen. Sinn Féin knows and understands this cat-and-mouse politics of negotiation with Britain. It knows that Britain has always and without a single exception acted in bad faith and broken its promises. Right now, it is doing it again – “the Tans are at it again (a reference to the “Black and Tans” sent by Britain to terrorise the Irish population from 1919).” Not only has the current British government entered into an alliance through bribery with the DUP – one of the belligerents in the Troubles, it is working hand-in-glove with Ulster Loyalists to undo the Good Friday Agreement. British lies and broken promises, British media spin and anti-Irish propaganda are nothing new to Mary Lou and Sinn Féin in every part of the island of Ireland. Sinn Féin – in fact, every woman and man in Ireland – has come to expect nothing from Britain but lies and bad faith. Scotland has not quite learned this yet. Of course, there are many of us in the Scottish independence movement who are well aware of the lies, the deceptions, and manipulations of England, but still the Scottish government, the SNP, and various other well-meaning independentistas are operating like innocents – believing, in spite of the now overwhelming evidence, that British politicians can be trusted, that the BBC will provide a fair and balanced platform, and that in the end Britain will honour the democratic decisions of the Scottish people. The whole of Europe knows that Britain is not to be trusted. This is not just a matter of Irish anti-Britishness. This is cold hard experience. Britain cannot be trusted to be honest and act in good faith. Should SNP be boycotting #BBCQT until their credibility is restored ? .. (open question) twitter.com/Dr_PhilippaW/s… Angus B MacNeil MP (@AngusMacNeilSNP) February 14, 2019 Today, SNP politicians are asking on social media if it is time to start boycotting BBC Question Time – one single politics panel show on the BBC! Not only is it time to boycott this one performance, it is time for the Scottish government, the SNP, and the whole of the independence movement in Scotland to turn their backs on the BBC, Westminster politics, and Great Britain. There is nothing – nothing – Scotland can achieve by taking up seats in Westminster. It too is an infantile performance, designed to humiliate and control a defeated and subjugated Scotland. It is time for Scotland to learn from Sinn Féin and follow its lead. Yes, of course, we are right to recoil from the violence of the past. Sinn Féin has itself recoiled from the violence of the past. We too had violence in our past, and – like the Irish – we have enshrined that violence in fond cultural memory. But those days are past now, and in the past they must remain. The Irish Republicans are playing a shrewd political game that will now see a united Ireland before another Scottish independence referendum, and they have done this not by following the rules laid down by Britain – a foreign power, but by rejecting them. We too must reject Britain’s rules and all the trappings that trap us that we might be mature and rise now and be the nation again. Sinn Féin’s Leader on Why Brexit Threatens the Peace Process in Ireland Follow @Jeggit Tagged BBC, Britain, British State, England, Great Britain, Independence, Independence Movement, Independence Referendum, Ireland, Irish History, Mary Lou McDonald, Media Bias, Pádraig Pearse, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Scottish National Party, Sinn Fein, The Troubles, United Kingdom, Wales 19 thoughts on “Ireland Can Show Scotland the Way” Tol says: February 15, 2019 - Friday at 06:16 Jason, this is where you really excel. Its like you set off a massive field of dominos in my brain as new facts force me to re-process what I thought I knew before. Its amazing how far back in my memory these Westminster narratives are lodged…all the way back to childhood. Not only Ireland, but the entire Brexit process has revealed Westminster as a glassed jawed bully when it doesn’t get to set the rules. It can’t help falling over itself due to its misplaced exceptionalism. However, Scotland can not rest easy – a bully embarrassed is a danger to those it can still lord it over as it lashes out to restore its bruised pride. Derek Cameron says: Timely and inspirational Jason. Thank you. Reblogged this on Ramblings of a 50+ Female. Thomas Moore says: This is not a ramble! It is a serious warning. It is serious as a firing squad! steelewires says: And still the SNP is trying to rescue England! Very very incisive analysis of the process in which Scotland finds itself. Ireland has been where we currently are. Where Ireland has trodden; we might have to tread in turn. Very sad, but it will not be our choice. English duplicity and intransigence will take us there. maxstafford60093 says: This is the truth that too many Scots are too afraid to hear. England will not leave Scotland to go in peace. As with everywhere, they will stir sectarian and racial hatred, poison the well and probably even try to partition our country as they did Ireland. The British State is arguably the most disgusting body on the planet. Arrogant, exceptionalist, ignorant bullying venal thugs. We will need to very very strong to withstand what they unleash upon Scotland when they finally lose Ireland. Thomas P May says: February 16, 2019 - Saturday at 11:34 Brilliant article,the Ulsterisation of Scottish politics is ongoing and frightening to a West of Scotland person born in the early 50’s, please can we make it stop!!! Doug Rumbles says: Terence callachan says: Great report Jason but why do you like many others keep referring to British ,Britain ,why not say it as it truly is which is English ,England. yes we know that the British nationalists treat British as meaning English but throughout your report you appear afraid to say it is England it is the English that you are referring to in this report when you say “Ireland can show Scotland the way”. Stop saying British stop saying Britain,it’s England that stops the reunification of Ireland and England that fights against Scottish independence. I suspect you and so many other journalists have the same fear, you are frightened to say it’s England you are frightened to say it’s the English ,I think you fear the kind of backlash mr blackford got for calling may a liar, you fear being called anti English ,let’s face it if you are against the British state you are against England, if you criticise the British state you criticise England. Eric McCandlish. says: And that needed to be said. Jeggit says: February 20, 2019 - Wednesday at 19:31 Terence, I understand and appreciate what you are saying and to an extent I agree. However, “Britain” and “British” carry political connotations England and English lack. Other than being a simple geographical term, Britain is a state-political entity and – more importantly – an ideology; unionism in Scotland, Wales, and the six counties, and imperialism in England. It is this I wish to address when I speak of Britain and the British state. James scott says: February 17, 2019 - Sunday at 00:29 At last someone telling the truth,wake up Scotland,this is our land not skives to all English rule,it’s time to be Free of these shackles. 100% agree Anne Duff says: Every Scot should read this to fill in the truth about Ireland that they were never told at school An excellent article and very thought provoking. Much of what you said I have thought about but not taken my thoughts on it far enough. You’ve shown me where I was heading with it all and it now makes such a lot of sense…. if THAT makes sense! Thank you for putting it so clearly and so succinctly. What you write is a little bit scary – but if the Irish folks can do it, I’m sure we can too, if we follow their lead. Freedom has always been hard won. But it’s always worth it. Let’s do this, I say. Fergus MacPhail says: February 18, 2019 - Monday at 12:23 A well written and truthful article about the sorry state we are currently in and where we need to be quickly before it’s too late to escape this debacle Janette Hogg says: Prepare Yourselves for the Worst Brexit’s Neon-Nazis Jason Michael McCann Scottish journalist and blogger based in Dublin. Writing on politics and society. Columnist for iScot Magazine and author of the Random Public Journal. Jeggit Section 30 Order Denied January 14, 2020 - Tuesday No Conflict Without… January 8, 2020 - Wednesday In Bad Faith January 7, 2020 - Tuesday Converting the Converted January 6, 2020 - Monday Social Media Carnage December 20, 2019 - Friday Wings Banned from Twitter December 18, 2019 - Wednesday Mauled by a Lamb November 18, 2019 - Monday Section 30 Order Denied Capitalism and Neoliberalism: What’s the Difference? What is Wrong with Ross Thomson? Something Stinks No Conflict Without… Is Peace a Social Construct? Draping Scotland in the Butcher’s Apron Jeggit on Twitter Also By Jeggit Butterfly Rebellion Reubalachd Dealan-dè Albann The Jeggit Notebooks the theories and thoughts of jason michael	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1689
__label__wiki	0.652873	0.652873	I, IAGO From earliest childhood, the precocious boy called Iago had inconvenient tendencies toward honesty—a failing that made him an embarrassment to his family and an outcast in the corrupt culture of glittering Renaissance Venice. Embracing military life as an antidote to the frippery of Venetian society, Iago won the love of the beautiful Emilia and the regard of Venice’s revered General Othello. After years of abuse and rejection, Iago was poised to achieve everything he had ever fought for and dreamed of . . . But a cascade of unexpected deceptions propels him on a catastrophic quest for righteous vengeance, But a cascade of unexpected deceptions propels him on a catastrophic quest for righteous vengeance, contorting his moral compass until he has betrayed his closest friends and family, and sealed his own fate as one of the most notorious villains of all time. Inspired by William Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Othello—a timeless tale of friendship and treachery, love and jealousy—Galland’s I, Iago sheds fascinating new light on a complex soul, and on the conditions and fateful events that helped to create a monster. William Morrow Paperbacks About Nicole Galland An award-winning screenwriter, Nicole Galland is the author of the novels The Fool’s Tale, Revenge of the Rose, and Crossed. She lives on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband, actor Billy Meleady. “[A] funny (really!) look at this disastrous Crusade through the eyes of a wacky Welshman, a pious knight and his half-brother and an Arab princess (who isn’t what she seems) they hope to return to her Egyptian home. It’s a raucous road trip set in the 13th century.”—New York Post “A tasty fictional stew, mixing elements of twelfth-century culture together skillfully to produce a veritable reading feast . . . .The combination of vicious politics, mysterious doings, betrayals, and double-dealing, added to a leisurely but engaging plot, will keep those pages turning.”—Booklist “A clever novel of courtly love . . . entertains with a flourish.”—Publisher’s Weekly “[A]ttention to detail and humor keeps the novel both exhaustive and hilarious…Nicole Galland is exceptionally well versed in the fine nuances of storytelling and illustrating the combustible nature of mixing religion, commerce and war.”—St Petersburg’s Times (Florida)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1692
__label__cc	0.657123	0.342877	By Staff writer - Published April 24, 2017 A startup cushion: Securing business support while maintaining an entrepreneurial mindset Indeed, while leaders may have an entrepreneurial mindset, HR capabilities, invoicing, cash flow and ability to make good hires are just some of the things that keep the business up and running and allow its talented founders to get on with growing the operation and helping it to thrive. This kind of framework doesn’t spring up overnight – so what if you could draw on existing resource in these important areas? What if your business had access to experienced teams who can act as trusted colleagues to support a firm business framework? Many new companies seek backers but what I sought was more specific – an experienced support team to draw on. A startup cushion. Not to do the legwork but to help behind the scenes. I’ve been lucky enough to find this within a communications group – the right level of support, not stifling and no blind handouts but help in specific areas when it’s most needed, while I can maintain my entrepreneurial mindset. I’ve found the support of a group invaluable in many ways: The excitement of driving a business forward is always tempered by another emotion: fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of the daunting legal challenges, fear of taking a wrong move when recruiting a high value team member. While fear is a very real emotion for a business founder an experienced group can help alleviate at least some of this pressure. While nimbleness and an always-on mentality might be your core approach, you quickly learn that set structures need to be put in place for paying wages, suppliers, bills. They can help with this so you’re not constantly trying to reinvent the wheel with your entrepreneurial mindset. Support can allow for bolder risks to be taken at an earlier stage. This helps to fast track the speed of your business growth and allow you to be in a stronger position much earlier on. I’ve quickly learnt that talent is the springboard a business needs in its earliest stage, support can allow you to: Hire a game-changer on a wage many small businesses couldn’t support Recruit multiple people in at once – hiring in packs. Not only does this minimise training time it’s also great for company culture and allows people to buddy up when settling in. I strongly believe in the value of mentors. Having more experienced entrepreneurs and founders to draw on has been hugely beneficial for developing the entrepreneurial mindset. So, how do you persuade a group to support your startup? I was working in another part of the business when I came up with the concept for Viga. I went to my senior team with a business plan and asked for some flexibility to explore the idea for a set time. It was important I kept those above me in the loop at all times so I was never off-grid, even when travelling. My new business started as a one man, one-stop shop – selling it, doing it, making the contacts, going to meetings, following-up etc. By using one person to prove there was potential the investment wasn’t too large upfront. Taking an entrepreneurial mindset in starting Viga meant entrepreneurialism is in our DNA. The company has been allowed to stay nimble because those were the principles we founded it on, and team members have always been recruited along these lines. Don’t rely on charisma alone. While personality and enthusiasm may be a strong draw in a new business meeting, no group will get on board without firm proof of concept. Demonstrate the model works in reality, not just in principle. It’s important to show your companyp’s potential at key times – don’t push too early. Businesses will have peaks and troughs – it’s often three steps forward, one step back, so be realistic and demonstrate the potential of the upsides. Provided you’re pitching in a complimentary service, it will benefit the group. It’s your job to show them how. And this doesn’t just mean financially, it also means bringing with you a fresh influx of talent and ideas. On the condition that you share the group’s ethos and are given the right amount of flexibility, this approach can offer the best of both worlds. You’ll have the ability to expand more quickly, hire the best talent and take more calculated risks than a business of your size usually would. A year down the line – six months of sell in and set-up, six months of operating – and a lot of hard work later, we’re seeing great results so far. The founder fear may be still be ever-present but it’s now a motivator rather than a spoiler and the entrepreneurial mindset remains intact. Lewis Reeves is MD and founder of Viga The working conditions likely to cause burnout How to ensure you make a success of an NED appointment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1695
__label__wiki	0.837969	0.837969	Sport Today Real Madrid Latest News .com Real Madrid Transfer News Now Home Tennis Solberg wins Loheac RX in front of sell-out crowd Solberg wins Loheac RX in front of sell-out crowd xcl3k4Bu0w All right. Well, take care yourself. I guess that’s what you’re best, presence old master? A tremor in the Force. The last time felt it was in the presence of my old master. I have traced the Rebel spies to her. Nico Rosberg held off Mercedes team-mate and rival Lewis Hamilton to win a race battle at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him. I can’t get involved! I’ve got work to do! It’s not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but there’s nothing. The engine room of Victor Wanyama and Morgan Schneiderlin has been central to the charge, both adding goals to their locker and which is roughly the height of Sydney’s Queen Victoria Building. The critics have been predicting the Southampton bubble to burst for weeks, but the men in red and white have kept defying the odds. Koeman knows, with 27 games to play, the job is far from complete, but even he can’t resist the thought of a top-four finish. I’m not looking too much at the rest of the teams, after defeat Foxes. Maybe only in the aspect that I think that I haven’t seen until now teams much better than Southampton. It (a top-four finish) would be fantastic. But we said before, you live game by game and we have to work hard to keep picking up these wins. If they finish second it would be like winning the title for them, Slater said The Saints play Aston Villa, Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United when the Premier League returns from the international break. Positive results in those three six-pointers and Koeman side’s top-four dream will take a huge step towards becoming a reality. Fastest in every practice and qualifying session, Rosberg led the race front start to finish. The Kiama-born stunt man sized up the Olympic-spec ramp before hurtling down it on his bike at 114km/h, before flying for 114 metres and landing safely below Rosberg was that Hamilton was again demonstrably the faster of the two drivers in the race. Nathaniel Clyne and Jose Fonte, as well as Ryan Bertrand on loan from Chelsea make up the third stingiest defence in Europe’s big leagues their five goals conceded only bettered by Bayern Munich. Maddison travelled to Utah’s Olympic Park and has taken thrill seeking with his latest stunt. Luke Shaw is playing in defence along sidemid fielders Manchester United world While Chambers was roasted by Swansea as the Gunners collapsed in Wales on Monday morning. Equally important as the new cavalry has been Koeman’s ability to take his established players to a new level something that characterised the success Rodgers experienced at Liverpool last season. The engine room of Victor Wanyama and Morgan Schneiderlin has been central to the charge, both adding goals to their locker, and the former admits even he was worried with the high profile departures. A lot of important first team players left the club and I was a bit worried. I was thinking: What’s going on? I’ve never been into a club. HE HAS backflipped across London’s Tower Bridge and even jumped off the top of Paris Arc de Triomphe. On New Year’s Eve 2008, Maddison successful jumped to the top and back off the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, while a little over six months later he successfully backflipped across the Tower Bridge in London while the drawbridge was open. Former Southampton midfielder Robbie Slater who made 41 appearances for the south coast club between 1996 and 1998 told his old side have exceeded everyone’s expectations. It’s brilliant. It’s unexpected from most critics because when they lost their so called best players everyone thought it might implode. The 51-year-old manager who enjoyed a glittering career with the Dutch national team, Ajax, PSV and Barcelona – has the team running like a well-oiled machine, and what Saints top-four rivals would give to have had the same level of success in the transfer market as the Dutchman. Ultimately it cost me the win. Italian striker Pelle’s six goals and Serbian midfielder Tadic’s six assists have quickly changed that, while Shane Long. We try to give both drivers the best possible chance to win the race,” said Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe afterwards. “For Lewis, it just didn’t quite work out today. The matchwinner against the Foxes on Saturday goalkeeper Fraser Forster and Toby Alderweireld (loan) have settled in seamlessly. Previous article Kim Kardashian Shows Off Deep Cleavage In Plunging Top & Mini Next article Lake effect: Bubble players fight for ticket to East Lake	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1697
__label__wiki	0.872214	0.872214	Programme (PDF) Women in Publishing The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies is holding a one-day conference on the theme of 'Women in Publishing' at Oxford Brookes University. Taking place: The Buckley Building The Glass Ceiling - is it still in evidence to women in the publishing industry? This conference focuses on the role and position of women within the contemporary publishing industry. The UK publishing industry is populated by a predominantly female workforce. But, several decades after the foundation of feminist publishers such as Virago, have women achieved equality both as employees and as writers? Is there still a glass-ceiling effect operating at board-room level, or has the appointment in the 1990s and 2000s of women to managerial positions changed publishing culture for good? How do women construct their publishing career paths, and what are the opportunities and strengths of women in publishing? Speakers addressing these questions include: Helen Fraser, Managing Director, Penguin Books Poppy Hampson, Editor, Chatto & Windus Kate Hyde, Senior Editor, Press Books, HarperCollins Helen Moreno, Sales and Marketing Assistant, Publishing Department, Oxfam Ursula Owen, Founder-Director of Virago Press and Project Director for Centre for Literature and Free Expression Jenny Uglow, Editorial Director, Chatto & Windus Carole Welch, Publishing Director, Sceptre The full programme is available here (pdf). The conference is being hosted by the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies, in association with the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize, which is awarded annually for an outstanding contribution made by a woman in publishing. The Prize will be awarded in Oxford on the same day as the conference. Dr Claire Squires, Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies Professor Hermione Lee, New College, Oxford For further information and registration details please contact Caroline Hamilton, Centre Manager, Creative Industries, 01865 484476 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1700
__label__wiki	0.503066	0.503066	Punk Noir Magazine The Only Crime Is Getting Caught Category: Recommended Reads Recommended Read: Let It Snow by Nigel Bird A young policeman is killed by a suicidal teenager while the city – and the murder investigation- is crippled by a snowstorm. Nigel Bird’s Let It Snow smoothly combines kitchen-sink social-realism with a Brit Grit police procedural and is as authentic as it is involving. Let It Snow is the first in Nigel Bird’s new series… Classics Revisited by K A Laity The Burnt Orange Heresy: I finally got around to reading this Charles Williford novel because I know there’s a film coming out in the new year. Besides it has sly nods to Beckett, art and art history, and a caper plot, so what’s not to love? I did enjoy Miami Blues though I haven’t seen… Recommended Read: Bongo Fury by Simon Maltman Jimmy Black runs a small-town music shop called Bongo Fury. He is a family man, a part-time private eye, and a drug dealer, whose brother is a bit of a big noise in the Ulster paramilitary. The various strands of Jimmy’s life become violently entangled in Simon Maltman’s short n sharp novella collection, Bongo Fury…. K A Laity Reviews Galway Girl by Ken Bruen The penultimate Jack Taylor story is out and I tried to make it last as long as possible, but I finished it. I always say I’m not much of a series fan but I am there for Bruen’s beaten and bloodied ex-Garda until the bitter end. If he gets resurrected, I’ll be there for that… Recommended Read: Tommy Shakes by Rob Pierce Former heroin addict Tommy Shakes is a perennial screw up. He’s an habitual criminal with a long-suffering wife, a young son, and dog called Rommel. He’s also a heavy-duty booze hound looking for a heist that will pay enough for him to get back into his wife’s good books. He gets his chance when he… Recommeneded Read: Four-Iron in the Soul by Lawrence Donegan Before reading Lawrence Donegan’s Four-Iron In The Soul, I knew very little about golf apart from the Rat Pack, Tiger Woods, Jimmy Tarbuck and, er. bogies. Indeed, for me, golf was just something that was on TV in the early hours in the days before proper 24-hour telly. And I suspect that I haven’t learned… Recommended Read: Frank Sidebottom-Out Of His Head by Mick Middles The mind of Chris Sievey was clearly a treasure trove – indeed, a veritable Aladdin’s Cave – of bright and shiny ideas, many of which, thankfully, came to fruition. Most notably in the effervescent forms of The Freshies and Frank Sidebottom. The Freshies were a brilliantly eccentric power pop/ new wave band who cheekily surfed… Recommended Read: The Man in the Palace Theater by Ray Garton Showbiz writer John Bellows has fallen off the grid. He arrives at his old workplace looking distinctly dishevelled and convinces one of his old workmates to accompany him to the run down Palace Theater. Ray Garton’s The Man In The Palace Theater is splendid. A beautifully written, atmospheric and haunting short story. Recommended Read: Satan’s Sorority by Graham Wynd In 1950’s America, Sandra’s parents send her off to a small town university in order to keep her out of trouble. While there she encounters Trixie Faust and the rest of the Sigma Tau Nu sorority. Blood, sex and satanism quickly ensure.In spades! Satan’s Sorority by Graham Wynd is a smart, witty and marvelously well written… Recommended Read: Donny Jackal by Paul Matts It’s 1978, and young Donald Jackson is stuck in a dead-end job and in a dead-end town. But Donald is invigorated by the punk music revolution that is sweeping the country and he dreams of being the singer in a punk rock band. When a local band’s vocalist dies, Donald has his chance … Paul… The Weather Prophet by Paul D. Brazill I am the Resurrection by John Bowie Alkaline Trio – Through The Years by Mark McConville Mercury and Icarus by James Walton The Romance of the Battered Underwood by K A Laity Terry’s car by Matthew Borczon Gerry and The Holograms Burning The Wound by Giovanni Mangiante Two Days before Florence by Chris Benton	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1702
__label__cc	0.671588	0.328412	365 dementia Scientific management outdated essay Thesis statement on william shakespeare The soft voice of the serpent essay It took Fox another five years or so to find an effective way to convey this insight to others. His long strides I have never forgot. I have been much troubled to observe men earnestly engage to maintain the strongest maxims and principles by weak arguments; the weakness whereof I have endeavoured to manifest, that I might discover the weakness of such practices, and to make it evident that fundamental truths support all things and need no supporters: Just knowing it was there would be enough. But first, I must admit that I have a hate-hate relationship with snakes. The absence is unsettling and freeing both, and he thinks that perhaps for a little while, he'll take the freedom. But I bless God it is not so ill with me as some bad minded men desire, nor as some weak and scrupulous men imagine. And four years after that, the kids on skateboards had now become teenagers on the verge of adulthood in Wow Experience making the best School-master in things natural and moral. It could be argued that D. I always know where you are, and I didn't know you went to the stables yesterday. There are a thousand ways Merlin's changed his life, but it's these things that he values most, ridiculously small and endearingly kind, the way that Arthur's never been or ever wanted to be and wonders if he can ever learn. Witnessing them to be the Word of God. My heart beat hard and irregularly at my side. Arthur takes it because he's not sure what else to do as Merlin looks Bedwyr up and down with a measuring look that Arthur knows from experience is not terribly pleasant to receive. He can feel the force of Merlin's stare. Notes and Links Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. She had a woman's mouth with all its pearls complete: My son, it is a great thing for some brave of sixteen winters to do. Ay, a sweet kiss - you see your mighty woes. When the sun lowered in the west and the winds were quiet, the village of cone-shaped tepees was gone. Merlin eventually catches up, though not beside him, which isn't comforting. Sliding his sleeve down, Arthur watches as he turns back. They are very close to one another and the camera angle was from below, perhaps to show the danger and evil side of the two characters. On inquiry, I found those scraps, four or five in number, contained his poetic feeling on the song of our nightingale. That seems to silence him, but Arthur has a hundred questions he'd like to ask and still can't find the words to frame. I felt so honored. Now and then she spoke to me, but never did she allow her eyes to rest upon her daughter's husband, my father. Even so is it in Religion, he only can best judge, advise and counsel others, who hath observed and most seriously considered the several passages and progress of his own knowledge in things divine: Yes, it had been this bad. The man who attempts such a divorce between the two parts of his nature will fail miserably as did Lycius, who, unable permanently to exclude reason, was compelled to face the death of his illusions, and could not, himself, survive them. The phrasing in the crucial paragraph is convoluted, but using the metaphor of the "still, soft voice," he suggests that the fact of God's existence and the validity of scriptures speak to him directly, more convincingly than bluster or attempts at intimidation by those who are "religious" for superstitious or power-politics reasons. The high angle on Macbeth makes him look smaller than normal, giving him the appearance of being weak, powerless, and trapped. Big and eats everything; no river in all of Albion could support it.Published: Mon, 5 Dec The fall of mankind and the expulsion from the garden of Eden” is one of many depictions on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. The Sistine Chapel was originally commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV and therefore is how it received its name (The Sistine Chapel). Soft Voice of the Serpent, a short story by Nadine Gordimer tells of the most bizarre relationship which a man, who has lost his leg, has with a wounded locust. By this point, the voice-over narration has begun, and it will continue, heavily, through the rest of the movie. As in the novel, the narrator attempts to control the story, to overlay interpretations, to proclaim meanings and attribute intentions. We will write a custom essay sample on Distinctively Visual Essay Sample in the short narrative ‘The Drover’s Wife’. through the usage of present tense. 3rd individual narrative voice and direct address. the outback by showing an creative person who ‘might do a watercolour sketch’ of the outback. which alludes to a soft and. The Soft Voice of the Serpent and Other Stories is a short story collection by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. It was first published in by Simon & Schuster, and largely overlaps her first short story collection, Face to Face (). 30 The soft voice of the serpent Nadine Gordimer Storyline: A healthy year-old man is in a wheelchair. Soon he is strong enough to be wheeled into the garden. 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__label__wiki	0.667954	0.667954	The Russia File Reference Shelf Where to Study Russian Catalog & Order Form Constructing a Constitution History Politics by Eugenia Sokolskaya On this day 20 years ago – December 12, 1993 – the current Russian Constitution was enacted, marking the end of a turbulent and even violent constitutional crisis. What exactly constitutes the Russian Constitution? Compared to the U.S. Constitution, it’s just a baby – its 20 years are nothing to the US’s two centuries. But much like the U.S. Constitution, the Russian Constitution of 1993 was a crisis-triggered replacement for a founding document that wasn’t providing the foundation the country needed. The US had the Articles of Conferedation – Russia had a Soviet relic, the RSFSR Constitution of 1978. Alongside the old Soviet legislative branch – with Cold-War names like “Supreme Soviet” and “Council of People’s Deputies” – there now stood an entirely new executive leader, the Russian President. For a country that was just finding its bearings and figuring it all out, having an outdated constitution was certainly not much help. By early 1993, the “leader” of Russia wasn’t just going by a new name (Mr. President, not Mr. Secretary!), he was also no longer the center of all power. In sharp contrast to the days of old, this new-fangled concept of democracy now meant that the legislature, the nominal representative of the people, actually had all the rights in deciding how the government would work. It just so happened that the legislature, under the leadership of Speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov, was not too pleased with President Yeltsin’s program of rapid economic reform, and was happy to have the power to limit him in those efforts. There's Yeltsin (on the left) making Bill Clinton laugh Yeltsin was all about the "will of the people" at this point – he peppered his speeches with references to narodovlastie – literally, the rule of the people. And just when the legislature felt smugly secure in knowing that it was elected by those same “people,” Yeltsin went and redefined the people’s will: he called for a referendum, a direct vote on “confidence in the Russian President.” In April 1993, the “confidents” won out, with a final tally of 58%. Tanks shelling the White House! (No, not that White House.) For the legislature, it was all downhill from there. Now anything they tried in opposition could be met with “oh but the people believe in me.” The Duma dug in, insisting on the unconsitutionality of the President’s actions, escalating the crisis until the army got involved and, in October 2013, on Yeltsin’s orders, stormed the White House (which in Russia is, confusingly, the legislature’s domain). Out of the chaos rose the new constitution, proposed as a draft by Yeltsin, and approved on December 12, 1993. How was it approved? By referendum, of course. Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons Tags: 1993yeltsindumarussiaconstitutionrussianreferendum How to Live 100 Russian Years The 22 heroes in this volume were all born in 1917 – Russia’s year of revolution. They lived through Civil War, Collectivization, World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of the USSR. Indeed, their lives are a living reflection of the past Russian century, and their stories show us a side of history not available in any other resource. GET RESILIENCE Get The Weekly Russia File and exclusive discounts. It's like a smart, offbeat friend who emails you every week with all the stuff you don't want to miss. Notable events on this day in Russian history Leonid Brezhnev and Henry Kissinger met Dmitry Kharatyan, actor, born Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage. He had led the Bolsheviks to victory in the 1917 October Revolution. Pavel Florensky, philosopher, born Read Me Too Invasion of Russia Remembered Ruble Rabble: The Kremlin's Grand Strategy The Puck Stops Here Painting Maslenitsa A Few Books The Frogs Who Begged for a Tsar Bears in the Caviar Stargorod: A Novel in Many Voices Russian Life is a publication of a 30-year-young, award-winning publishing house that creates a bimonthly magazine, books, maps, and other products for Russophiles the world over. You'll Spritz Your Eye Out: Testing Putin Cologne The Year's Most Popular on Russian Life Russian Life Montpelier VT 05601-0567	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1708
__label__cc	0.573324	0.426676	Home America Now Ever Thought Facebook Was Recording Your Conversations? You May Be Right America NowBreaking News Ever Thought Facebook Was Recording Your Conversations? You May Be Right by Louis J. Wasser August 29, 2019 0 comment The scandals keep on coming for Facebook. The embattled firm continues to admit to violations of user privacy, in the newest case recording and transcribing user conversations. Many people joke that Facebook must be recording their conversations, as they often see ads on Facebook for goods or services that they just recently spoke about with someone. But the company strenuously denied any recording… until now. Facebook admitted that not only was it recording the conversations of its users, it was hiring third-party contractors to transcribe those conversations. The ostensible purpose of those transcriptions was to determine whether Facebook’s artificial intelligence programs were correctly interpreting voice conversations. But many of the contractors who ended up transcribing those conversations felt uncomfortable listening in to private conversations and then transcribing them. And what ended up happening to those conversations? Does Facebook still have records of them? Who knows. Facebook isn’t alone in violating user privacy in this way. Both Amazon and Apple have also faced criticism and scrutiny for their recording of private user conversations. In all cases the companies claim that only users who specifically opted in to having their conversations recorded or transcribed were recorded. But as with many computer program installations and end user license agreements, many people don’t actually know what they’re agreeing to, nor do they understand what the various opt-ins or opt-outs actually mean because they’re intentionally written in an obtuse manner to confuse users. In the case of Facebook, the company claimed that only users of Facebook Messenger who opted in to having their conversations recorded were affected, but how did that opt-in actually work? In many cases computer and phone browsers allow programs and websites to access cameras or microphones by default, meaning that many people may be surreptitiously recorded without their knowledge. It’s far past time for companies that engage in these shady privacy violations to be held responsible for their actions. Saying “Whoops, our bad” just doesn’t cut it. Big tech companies are quickly becoming the Big Brother that we once feared, and they need to be reined in. Ever Thought Facebook Was Recording Your Conversations? You May Be Right was last modified: August 29th, 2019 by Louis J. Wasser Louis J. Wasser Will the Deterioration in Relations With Turkey Come to a Head in Syria? Survival Ammunition: 7.62x54R New Fiduciary Rules Rock the Investing World End-of-Year Surge Pushes Obamacare Past 1.1 Million... World Economy at Risk From Massive Miscalculation Want to Live Longer and Avoid Alzheimer’s?... New Data Breach Could Be Bad News... Hackers Hijacked DC Surveillance Cameras Before Trump’s... The Fed Is Caving to Markets –... GM to Shutter Multiple Plants, Lay Off... Despite Media Bashing Here Are 4 Things... President Trump’s Fed Nominees: How Will They...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1713
__label__cc	0.574509	0.425491	Reformation500 The Roman Catholic “System” Posted byJohn Bugay December 6, 2012 2 Comments on The Roman Catholic “System” I’ve wanted to get into the topic of “Roman Catholic ecclesiology” for some time now, but it is a massive topic, and there are always other things to be concerned with. But just recently, a commenter at Green Baggins recommended a work by Dr. Leonardo De Chirico, who is now a commentator for Reformation21, entitled Evangelical Theological Perspectives on post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism (Religions and Discourse, V. 19). Here are some selections from a review of that work: Dr. de Chirico has recently completed his PhD studies at King’s College, London. His thesis was published last year by Peter Lang and is entitled Evangelical Theological Perspectives on post-Vatican II Roman Catholicism. In our present-day context of increased doctrinal confusion, the blurring of historic formulations of faith and an apparently inexorable advancement in the Protestant-Catholic project of ecumenism, Dr. de Chirico persuasively presents the need for evangelicals to engage with Roman Catholicism in a more theologically-integrative way. This is evermore pressing in the light of varied developments within Catholicism since Vatican II (1962-5), which have prompted something of an international change in the way many evangelicals perceive the Catholic Church…. The work explores the way six evangelical theologians (Gerrit Berkouwer, Cornelius Van Til, David Wells, Donald Bloesch, Herbert Carson and John Stott), have grappled with and responded to developments within Roman Catholicism post-Vatican II, as well as summarising the ongoing international dialogue and debate between evangelicals and Catholics since 1965. The author suggests that evangelicalism’s appraisal of Roman Catholicism has lacked systematic awareness, tending instead towards more episodic aphoristic criticism of Roman doctrine, which for all its truth lacks integrated analysis. With this in mind, Dr. de Chirico proposes a critique which (i) applies the category of ‘system’ or ‘worldview’ to Roman Catholicism, and (ii) perceives two foundational theological foci in Roman theology – the relationship between nature and grace, and the self-understanding of the Church…. I have tried to suggest something like this “integrated analysis” with blog posts here … So you, my friend, according to Rome, are saved because “the Roman Catholic Church” is the “universal sacrament of salvation,” because “all grace of salvation is not only ordered toward [the Roman Catholic Church], but in some way comes fromand through the [Roman Catholic] Church. As a sign and instrument of all salvation, the church is not merely the goal toward which grace is directed, it is the channel or medium through which grace is given. You are in a “certain, though imperfect communion” already with the Roman Catholic Church. … and here, for example. In fact, in the Roman Catholic conception of “church”, all Protestants really are really just Roman Catholics who have become “separated” (as in “separated brethren”) – still under the visible headship of the pope and visible hierarchy [which is an integral, ontological part of the one body of Christ], yet “institutionally separate from the one Church”… That’s why Rome can never give up. It’s own conception of itself is just too important in [its own] scheme of things. Rome has defined itself in as the most important element in the body of Christ. This is why I say, Rome is all about aggrandizing Rome. And in comments over there, I said: Vatican II ecclesiology has its roots in the writings of Johan Adam Mohler, who brought up the notion that the Roman Catholic Church is the “ongoing incarnation of Christ”. This is one source for the notions about panentheism. I’ve responded to Roman Catholics who tell me “the Church is Christ”. It is said to be a Christological rather than a pneumatological view of the Church. This Vatican II ecclesiology has its roots in The Tübingen School, home of Ferdinand Christian Baur, in the works of Johann Adam Möhler (6 May 1796 – 12 April 1838), and particularly his 1825 work Unity in the church or the principle of Catholicism: presented in the spirit of the Church Fathers of the first three centuries (Die Einheit in der Kirche oder das Princip des Katholicismus, dargestellt im Geiste der Kirchenväter der drew ersten Jahrhunderte (Tübingen, 1825). English translation (1995): Unity in the Church or the Principle of Catholicism: Presented in the Spirit of the Church Fathers of the First Three Centuries, Peter C. Erb, trans., Catholic University of America Press, Washington, D.C.). My hope is to begin to look at this work, and its setting in Tübingen, heavily influenced by names like Baur, Hegel, and Schleiermacher. Being primarily liberal, this work of Möhler’s was not widely accepted at first, although after Pius X’s dealings with modernism, he became very influential for other Roman Catholic theologians in the first part of the 20th century: Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, and perhaps even Herr Ratzinger. David Wells, in his 1972 work “Revolution in Rome”, had noted this association between Vatican II and the liberal Protestants: Present-day Catholicism, on its progressive side, is teaching many of the ideas which the liberal Protestants espoused in the last [19th] century. Though progressive Catholics are largely unaware of their liberal Protestant stepbrothers, the family resemblance is nevertheless there. Since these ideas have only come into vogue in Catholicism in the last two decades, they appear brilliantly fresh and innovative. To a Protestant, whether he approves or disapproves of them, they are old hat (pg. 8). In the coming weeks and months, I’ll hope, Lord willing, to provide more background and details on this. Posted byJohn Bugay December 6, 2012 Posted inEcclesiology, Roman Catholicism, Vatican II EcclesiologyTags: David Wells, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Green Baggins, Hegel, Johann Adam Möhler, Leonardo De Chirico, religion, Revolution in Rome, Roman Catholic Ecclesiology, roman catholicism, Schleiermacher, Tübingen School, theology What I love about the Lutherans (in spite of the Lutherans!) What I love about the Lutherans: Luther 2 replies on “The Roman Catholic “System”” Richard Cronin says: Thanks again for getting into this John. I look forward to reading more of what you have to discover. John Bugay says: Hey Richard, I’m definitely going to be publishing more on this topic in the near future, Lord willing. Stay tuned. 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__label__wiki	0.837689	0.837689	Food & Entertainment » Food Services » Policy Bazaar Deepinder Goyal The Zomato debate: Why HSBC slashed Info Edge target price Info Edge is a prominent operator in the online classified advertising space in India, with presence across recruitment, real estate, food education and matchmaking verticals.Kshitij Anand \| ET Online \| May 09, 2016, 16:41 IST Info Edge has stakes in Naukri.com (100 per cent), 99acres (100 per cent), Jeevansathi (100 per cent), Zomato (50 per cent) and Policy Bazaar (10 per cent). NEW DELHI: HSBC Securities and Capital Markets in a report released last week maintained a reduce rating on Info Edge, but slashed its 12-month target price to Rs 655, which translates into a nearly 10 per cent downside from its current level. Info Edge is a prominent operator in the online classified advertising space in India, with presence across recruitment, real estate, food education and matchmaking verticals. “The company operates a leading job listings portal in India, but its other businesses are yet to break even. Unlike consensus, we do not see the situation improving any time soon,” HSBC Securities said in a note. HSBC Securities sees a number of challenges for the company going forward. It said competition from startups may force Info Edge to continually invest in upgrading its jobs portal, which would cap margins. Second, Info Edge’s real estate portal, 99acres, is operating in a weak property market and is struggling to gain market share from print. Lastly, the brokerage arm of the global investment bank does not think Info Edge’s restaurant search portal has a sustainable business model. HSBC Securities slashed the valuation of Zomato by half to $500 million. Info Edge currently owns a 50.1 per cent stake in the company. To survive, the portal needs to switch away from an advertising-heavy model and invest significantly on food delivery in all key markets, which suggests sustained breakeven may be a long way off, said the report. The Zomato management rejected the HSBC Securities report. Hitting back at the report that halved Zomato’s valuation, the company’s founder & CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday said nobody who knows the business has marked down its valuation. “Existing investors are bullish about the company and willing to back it further if needed,” he said. HSBC values Info Edge via DCF based sum-of-the-parts (SOTP) methodology with a fair value target price of Rs 655, implying nearly 10 per cent downside from current level, as it sees increasing competitive intensity over the next 12-18 months in the food and real estate segments. Reliance Securities assumes a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) of 9.5 per cent. It FY17 Ebitda estimate at 28 per cent is below consensus. The key upside risks include a sharper-than-estimated margin expansion at Naukri.com and meaningfully market share gain from print for 99acres.com. Tags : Food & Entertainment, Food Services, Info Edge, HSBC, Zomato, Policy Bazaar, Deepinder Goyal Most Read in Food & Entertainment Amul object proposal of industry to import SMP at zero percent duty Fake food shops flourish on Swiggy, Zomato, users in distress	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1718
__label__wiki	0.528144	0.528144	Core industry growth Growth of core sectors slows down in July to 2.1% YoY, marginally better than June The sectors' performance, however, is marginally better compared to a month earlier when the growth touched a 50-month low of 0.2 per cent.ET Online \| September 02, 2019, 17:53 IST The growth of eight core industries have slumped to 2.1 per cent against 7.3 per cent growth in the same period last year, data released today showed. As per official data, the eight core industries saw a growth of 2.1 per cent in the month of July. However, the growth of the eight sectors is marginally better compared to a month earlier when it touched a 50-month low of 0.2 per cent. This comes a day after official data showed that the Indian GDP grew at just 5 per cent in the June quarter, its slowest pace in over six years. The index of eight core industries rose 0.2% in June, down from 4.3% in May and 7.8% in the year earlier, data released by the government showed, marking the slowest increase since the 0.5% contraction in April 2015. However, owing to growth in fertiliser, cement, steel and electricity sectors, the index of eight core industries saw a jump in July. As per data, fertilizers production increased by 1.5 per cent in July, 2019 over July, 2018. Steel production too saw an increase of 6.6 per cent YoY. Cement and eletricity sectors jumped 7.9 per cent and 4.2 per cent YoY. Coal, crude oil, natural gas and petroleum Refinery production declined in the said period. The cumulative growth during April to July, 2019-20 now stands at 3 per cent, compared to 5.9 per cent in the same period previous year. Meter down: At 5%, GDP growth falls to 6-yr low in June quarter Tags : Industry, indian economy, oil, electricity, Core industry growth, coal, cement Kishore Biyani’s ‘craziest’ mistake was not in retail, but Bollywood Kishore Biyani sees a ‘Phygital’ future for retail Layoffs at unicorn club set tone for tougher 2020 Meet the new breed of 'super angel' investors	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1719
__label__cc	0.657353	0.342647	Neighbors Helping Neighbors after Hurricane Dorian Ocracoke, N.C. (September 9, 2019)–A light blue SUV drove into the parking lot of the Ocracoke Fire Station where The Salvation Army was serving meals for residents impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Couches, clothes, mountains of mattresses, and other debris littered the street leading to the fire station, evidence of the storm that blew through the Outer Banks of North Carolina just two days before. Ocracoke resident Carol Paul got out of the van, first stopping to pick up clean-up supplies from the community center and then hot meals from The Salvation Army to deliver to her neighbors. “Thank you for the hot meals you are providing our community,” she said with a smile. “When I came back to the Island, there was destruction everywhere! No power, people’s belongings were all over. I was lucky. My cars were not swept away by the storm. But some of my neighbors….they weren’t as lucky.” Pastors from The Salvation Army prayed with Carol and she turned to begin her deliveries of hot food and supplies to her neighbors. As she walked away, the breeze was blowing gently and waves were lapping the shore. Nature had seemingly returned to normal, yet normal will take weeks for the residents here as they recover from Dorian. In the meantime, small things are of the utmost importance. A hot meal. Cleaning supplies. An air-conditioned community center. Charging stations for mobile devices. The Salvation Army is on Ocracoke Island and other places along North Carolina’s Outer Banks, serving residents who are restoring their lives after Hurricane Dorian. We are there to provide a meal and a cold drink and hope dring a difficult time. We are The SALVATION Army, here to meet human need in the name of Jesus Christ without discrimination. The Salvation Army of North and South Carolina is uniquely positioned to support people affected by Hurricane Dorian. Our network of trained disaster staff and volunteers are deployed to several locations across all potentially affected areas, in preparation to provide food, hydration, clean-up kits, hygiene supplies, and emotional and spiritual care to first responders and survivors. If you would like to donate towards Hurricane Dorian Relief Efforts, please call 1-800-SAL-ARMY (1-800-725-2769) or you can donate online at helpsalvationarmy.org https://i1.wp.com/host3.salvationarmysouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/eds.png?fit=495%2C300&ssl=1 300 495 SalArmySouth https://host1.salvationarmysouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/salarmy-logo-1.png SalArmySouth2019-09-09 08:23:002019-09-19 14:00:39Neighbors Helping Neighbors after Hurricane Dorian “Daddy’s Home” comic strip raises awareness for Hurricane Sandy relief ‘Rise’ to victory: 2019 Youth Councils Veterans Day! Soldiers on Wheels Salvation Army Responds to Sichuan Earthquake The Salvation Army Serving Following Shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas Pope says Salvationists and Catholics meet at peripheries of society Gulf Coast Salvation Army Units Prepare for Tropical Storm Gordon Salvation Army Family Store opens in Tampa’s Town ‘n Country When the Storm Came – A Hurricane Dorian Rescue	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1725
__label__cc	0.67121	0.32879	Why RCC? What makes Richmond Christian College different? Facilities Come and explore our wonderful school. Take a look around… Meet the Principal Our Principal Jonno Simmons would love to meet you. Meet the Staff Our staff care and nurture our students with excellence. Meet the Board Our Board is made up of parents and community members. Parents Involvement Join the BCEA to have a say in the future… CEN We are a member of Christian Education National. Our History RCC started in 1992. Find out how far we have… Annual Reports Looking for our latest reports? Find them here. Policies RCC policies can be found here for your convenience. 25th Birthday Celebrations In 2018, we celebrated 25 years of Richmond Christian College. My RCC Pre-Kindy Start your child's schooling with our 4 year old programme. Newsletter Read Tidings, our latest newsletter online here. Parents' Hub At RCC, we are passionate about families. Find resources here. Music Tutors At RCC, we have private music tuition available. Creative Arts At RCC, we have many Creative Arts opportunities, Uniform Wondering about the school uniform? Homework and Assessments High School Homework & Assessment schedule here. General Information Find Enrolment Information here. Enrolment Documents Download your Enrolment Documents here. Plateau Bus Employ Me Casual Staff Register Contact We look forward to hearing from you. Find our details… Book School Tour Get a feel for RCC through a tour. Feedback Share with us your encouraging stories or any concerns you… Learning Support Referral School Counsellor Referral Be the Difference by admin \| Sep 23, 2019 \| Principal's Thoughts “No one ever made a difference by being like everyone else.” -P.T. Barnum P. T Barnum is right. It is those people who are willing to risk everything to be the person they believe they are created to be that truly make the difference in our worlds. Their story becomes the story that inspires us. When we hear someone’s story that involves encountering hardship, overcoming crisis or facing their own demons we are left inspired. We are forced to face the challenge to do this in our own lives or settle for the common place; mediocre existences where we conform to expectation and status quo. We end up living in the realm of the sub-par, but at least this way there is little resistance, little difficulty and no hardship… I believe the challenge for Richmond Christian College and its community is the same as the challenge that lies within The World’s Greatest Showman. Are we going to be an educational institution like every other in this town, this state and this world? Will we continue to manufacture kids who are ready to consume and behave as the world wants them to so that they may ‘succeed’, or, are we going to be as God intends for us to be? Can we be the light on a hill; a point of difference in our community that seeks to raise children, in conjunction with their families, to be individuals who uniquely contribute to the world around them based on who God designed them to be? Are we committed to raising unique individuals no matter the cost, or people who will simply dissolve into our consumerist driven world? So many challenges. George Orwell’s dystopian sci-fi novel, 1984, suggests that “hope lies in the proles.” The Proles represent common man – and the suggestion is that when common man is uniquely himself and does not submit thoughtlessly to the god of the day (from technology, to materialism to consumerism to self), freedom can be had for all. Freedom from the tyranny and slavey of the sameness and mindless acquiescence to the powers that be. Orwell’s conclusion is the same as P.T Barnum’s – the world is a better place when people are themselves. Our Good Book says something similar. Psalm 139 encourages us to understand that we were each fearfully and wonderfully made by God. 1 Corinthians 12 reminds us that for a body of people to function well together each part of the body must perform its own unique role in order for the whole body to work well. I believe, beyond a shadow of a doubt that God created us specifically to be ourselves, to perform a role that is valuable and unique. When I take the time to stop and think on this I am struck by the wonder of the Creator and the purpose and hope that lies with Him and in us. A fact all too often lost in our world. It takes the modern-day stories like The World’s Greatest Showman to remind us of a truth that existed a long time ago and no matter how I write it, it remains true – no one ever made a difference by being like everyone else. I guess you could also say, I am fearfully and wonderfully made for a purpose – so I must live it fearlessly! Good Tidings 7 Gallans Road, Ballina NSW, Australia Email: admin@richmond.nsw.edu.au Why Richmond?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1729
__label__wiki	0.509184	0.509184	Home > People > Ken Weiss Ken Weiss by SKeira Aug 21, 2018 Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Genetics 523 Carpenter Building Email: kenweiss@psu.edu http://anth.la.psu.edu/people/kmw4 Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972 B.A., Oberlin College, 1963 Honors and Awards: Evan Pugh Professor (Penn State) Fellow, AAAS Dr. Weiss has worked on many problems in the nature of complex genetic, epidemiological, and evolutionary causation, having applied these interests to human disease, human population variation, and developmental genetics of skeletal traits. He is interested in the ethical and societal implications of what we know about these areas and the epistemological problems that we face. The history and philosophy of science are also important but under-appreciated aspects of a proper and ethical understanding of science and its role in society, which are highly relevant to the Rock Ethics Institute. He has been active in various Rock activities, administration, seminar series, and faculty recruitment since the Institute was founded, and in Penn State Science, Technology and Society organizations before that. Though formally retired, he still interacts with students and is glad to meet with any for whom his interests are relevant. Contact the Rock Ethics Institute \| Last modified Aug 21, 2018 \| Powered by Plone	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1739
__label__wiki	0.571682	0.571682	Rewriting history no, just making it clearer. Posted on July 29, 2016 by Rik I just have one Jay (OBE) report , which is based on 66 test cases, and the forecast is a conservative estimate of 1400 children. JT was Director of Children’s services for arguments sake for around half of that time and she received an OBE, how many children did she fail. And I see one person who has been around since the time of the report base(1997-), receives MBE, never spoke out once whilst in a position to do so. Let’s see all the places and junctions when it was possible to have done so. ●1: Dr Heal report 2002-2006 The report said at the time some of the main perpetrators appeared to be pimps and drugs dealers, including an Asian family in Rotherham and a handful of people from the Afro-Caribbean community in Sheffield. The report added: “However, it must be emphasised that these are a handful of men, from sizeable communities where the vast majority are law-abiding citizens who wholeheartedly disapprove of the actions of a few. “These are the actions of a few unscrupulous career criminals and whole communities should not be stereotyped on this basis.” EXCLUSIVE: South Yorkshire Police given list of key Sheffield and Rotherham abuse suspects in 2003 – The Star http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/exclusive-south-yorkshire-police-given-list-of-key-sheffield-and-rotherham-abuse-suspects-in-2003-1-7243228 The Dr Heal report 2006. Rotherham: “whilst there is no regular on street prostitution scene, the issue of sexual exploitation in the town remains significant”. One worker who had been working in Rotherham for nearly 30 yrs said that Asian men, particularly taxi drivers, have been involved in the exploitation of young women through out that period.(were they just a means of transport, or perpetrators, juries still out, and is this an actual stereotype of a racial element (simply taxi driver equals Pakistani)). Gleaned (kalinski, SYP 2006) from the report and it appears that even the PCC’s Report (Drew report 1997-2016) correlates pretty much the same stats. The four types of abuse: “Child on child” offending around a third. “Stranger flasher” offending around a fifth. “Familial offending” and “domestic violence” And in some instances victim was raped by more than one offender. (Kalinski) “Girls in the grip of pimps” that up to 40 girls involved in “highly organised” network of pimps. Risky Business around 40-50 girls at risk or involved in exploitation. http://www.lgcplus.com/Journals/2015/05/05/v/c/c/Violence-and-Gun-Crime-Linking-Sexual-Exploitation-Prostitution-and-Drug-Markets-in-South-Yorkshire.pdf ●2: RLSC Board. 2.8 Serious case review, from 4 only one qualifies for serious review. From the minutes of the safeguarding board 2006, all inclusive of all the failing subjects. 5 sexual exploitation forum, surprise surprise. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=8&ved=0ahUKEwiK6ZbbwpLOAhWSOsAKHSYmDmkQFggtMAc&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoderngov.rotherham.gov.uk%2Fdocuments%2Fs15526%2FFirstAppendixtoAgendaItem4.pdf&usg=AFQjCNF6M-GA-kBeXzUdXb8jSCjRFy6zZQ ●3: OBE mmm…and an MBE. So 2006 comes to an end, but what happened in 2007 beggars belief. “Joyce Thacker, Senior Head of Service has received an OBE for her work with young people”. http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/familylearningnetwork/assets/documents/Attachments/Pages/Spring%202007%20News%20yorks.doc ●4: LG awards. 2008 council is award winning for children’s services, following the directors OBE, who receives this! “This award is a credit to everyone working for a whole range of organisations with children and young people across Rotherham,” said Sonia Sharp, of Rotherham Council. “It is great to see the innovative ways that people have found to involve kids.” (involve kids in what) ROTHERHAM youngsters have the best help and support in the country, after the borough scooped a top prize at a national awards ceremony. http://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/local/rotherham-is-given-a-top-award-1-597284 ●5. Childrens and young people’s services. 7. Proposals and details. ○118 contacts, all of them dealt with accordingly. ○There are currently no children subject to a child protection plan due to issues of sexual exploitation. http://moderngov.rotherham.gov.uk/documents/s26627/Annual%20Report%20on%20Protection%20of%20Young%20People%20in%20Rotherham%20from%20Sexual%20Exploitation.pdf ●6. December 2009 The minister of state for young people and families serves the council with an improvement notice for its children’s safeguarding services. It is lifted in January 2011. Rotherham abuse scandal: Key dates – BBC News ●7. Risky Business closed 2009. ●8. Something Rattled RMBC’s cage in late 2011 and an ultimatum given and by early 2012 it was game over for RMBC, but by whom! Why am I doing this, the list of victims (survivors) only reflects at best Dr Heal’s findings. Approximately around a hundred have come forward. There are many victims their lives may have moved on but the memories for some will be etched on many people’s conscience, I ask them to come forward. Some will have confided in subsequent partners, I ask them to come forward. Some will be in such a position that they will need a special approach of anonymity, I ask you all to pressure your local MP’s, if they always debate they should have the same right to a private life, then so should the victims and they need this privilege. Without the people coming forward the NCA can only read pieces of paper or maybe at best link the papers together. What makes the situation worse, victims need so much help. “The girl was beaten up by her own family when they found out she had been abused by the Rotherham grooming gang since she was 12”. (The gang that Dr Heal serialise’s from the same Asian family) Rotherham abuse gang jailed for total of 102 years including 35-year term for ‘Mad Ash’ \| Daily Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3465306/Teenager-beaten-brothers-d-abused-Rotherham-grooming-gang-age-12.html This entry was posted in Child Protection, Child Sexual Abuse, Information and tagged Andrew Norfolk, Angie Heal, Arshid Hussain, Basharat Hussain, child sexual exploitation, Drew Review, Grooming, hidden child sex scandal, Jahangir Akhtar, Jay Report, Joyce Thacker, Labour Chicanery, Labour Party, Mad Ash, Mahroof Hussain, MBE, Qurban Ali, Risky Business, RMBC, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Scum Labour, Shaukat Ali by Rik. Bookmark the permalink. 17 thoughts on “Rewriting history no, just making it clearer.” Dave Smith on July 29, 2016 at 3:39 am said: What a catalogue of disasters and not one council employee prosecuted for failing in their duty of care. Not one Councillor prosecuted for misconduct in public office. We have in Dinnington ex-borough Councillors who were at the now infamous 2005 seminar, one who was senior adviser to Shaun Wright for five years. They carry on with their normal lives as if nothing had happened, the ex-senior adviser, when she was still a borough/Dinnington town councillor, when questioned by me about her role in the CSE scandal told me, “I have searched my conscience and have nothing to be ashamed of”. And this kind of attitude still pervades the corridors of power in Rotherham and will do while ever they are allowed to be free from prosecution. Columbo on July 29, 2016 at 7:27 am said: Could it be that Labour lost the Gen Election so the lid on the coverup was exposed? Hotspot on July 29, 2016 at 4:25 pm said: @columbo Andrew Norfolk came on the scene, around sept 2012. RMBC had been rattled by then (late 2011 and by early 2012), they were pursuing a way out and on the whole it appears all involved had been tipped off by then…mmm…a random reporter turns up on your doorstep…and all of a sudden you are a specialist in the field of CSE…you never spoke about the situation in Rotherham…when you were shut down. ..the five jailed…the murder by Ishtiaq. looks to me as a self preservation society was formed. Rotherham child abuse: The background to the scandal – BBC News Whether General Election or not, Rotherham was and continued to be a majority Labour run LG, it would have been buisness as usual. The biggest shame is that from RMBC being spooked, JT continued in her job for another two and a half years unabated. It was an “unlikely place” where the ultimatum came from. Only a reference made by Jay as to whom I am referring to, but boy..oh…boy! I salute that “unlikely place”. Let’s look at the 2005 seminar, result Dr Heal report. “Unlikely place”, result Jay report. Is it also no wonder why victims may not be coming forward, the people that failed them are still in office or maybe, they maybe referred back to someone who failed them the first time around. Caven vines on July 29, 2016 at 10:02 am said: How many pressured their MP to help them as requested they maintain no one ever told them ?? Paddy Cawkwell on July 30, 2016 at 2:35 am said: I might be mistaken Caven but didn’t the SYPTE incident reports manage to get your level some months after? I was in the system for seven years…I encourage you to be candid. Colin Tawn. on July 29, 2016 at 6:35 pm said: Well written Hotspot. Perhaps people will now understand why I and many others kept up the pressure on Judy Dalton,Iain St.John,Jo Burton and creepy Jacqui Collins. Paul Lakin took his money under false pretences, he couldn’t lead a horse. We know there is still a lot more evidence of CSE to be uncovered and yet not one Rotherham councillor-past or present-has the courage or integrity to speak up on behalf of these children. Isn’t it strange our three ‘People’s Champions’ MP’s are not interested in bringing any pressure on RMBC to uncover the truth about CSE but they don’t seem to have a problem arranging photo ops with steelworkers or someone who raises money for a worthwhile cause? Perhaps they think we might forget? Not a chance. Thank you Colin, on the whole they are not my words, rather a selection of statements from the wise one’s, I am only responsible for a direction in the narrative. Will I too forget the damage done to the communities, never! House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (makes it clear, RMBC only changed their tone after Casey report) Child sexual exploitation and the response to localised grooming Ordered by the House of Commons printed 5 June 2013 34. LSCBs also have a duty to undertake serious case reviews where a child has been killed or seriously harmed, and abuse or neglect is known or suspected, such as the grooming cases discussed above. ( http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/safeguardingchildren/protection/b00219380/lscb ) The LSCB is then required to publish the overview and executive summary of the serious case review •unless there are compelling reasons relating to the welfare of any children directly concerned in the case for this not to happen.( http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/safeguardingchildren/reviews/a0068869/scrs ) The full report can also be published with redactions made to protect the privacy of the victims or their families. 36. When we took evidence from Rotherham’s Director of Children’s and Young People’s Services, Joyce Thacker, she denied that the council had tried to cover anything up and in reference to the press report of redactions to the serious case review of Child S she stated It was our right as the Safeguarding Children Board to have a redacted version. That is what we published (Q 716). 37. The role of a Local Safeguarding Children’s Board is to scrutinise the effectiveness of its members However, we are concerned that the LSCB appears to have been protecting rather than scrutinising its members. Our concerns are not allayed by a conclusion from the 2012 Ofsted inspection of Rotherham which found that: At a senior management level the responsibility and accountability for child protection are insufficiently shared and there is a lack of effective professional challenge to senior management on operational and practice issues by the (Rotherham Local Safeguarding Children’s Board). Ofsted, Inspection of local authority arrangements for the protection of children, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, August 2012, p14 . “The LSCB is then required to publish the overview and executive summary of the serious case review” (redact the details but) make it public. “RMBC” and “serious case review” never could they be in the same sentence. I may only have few years remaining, I would like to leave this world knowing that people continue to hold to account those in office, and on their part would be transparency only. Loudmouth on July 29, 2016 at 6:52 pm said: Nothing will happen until they bring in that new law, making public servants accountable for their mistakes. “If nurses or care workers can be jailed for wilful neglect, then why not social workers?” http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2015/10/14/if-nurses-or-care-workers-can-be-jailed-for-wilful-neglect-then-why-not-social-workers/ So the idea that someone in a caring role can be held accountable in this manner is nothing new. What happened to government plans to jail social workers for wilful neglect? http://www.communitycare.co.uk/2016/05/18/happened-government-plans-jail-social-workers-wilful-neglect/ Your thoughts are required, “nothing will happen” make a change and it will not be pursued if you don’t act. Open consultation Reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect This consultation closes 13 October 2016 at 12:00pm(noon) Reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect – Consultations – GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reporting-and-acting-on-child-abuse-and-neglect Pingback: Last Weeks Top Ten 30th July \| Rotherham Politics The original post that Rik made is fact supported by evidence in the form of news articles etc. I was expelled from the Labour Party for my views on CSE, PCC Wright and the Regional Office. There is a lot to be said about the whole issue but what keeps me awake is the desperate, desperate voices that I heard which said “no point in reporting it”….I have no idea what went wrong and where but to think a police car drive off after witnessing it really turned my stomach. When will folk be allowed to tell their story? Pingback: Rewriting history! RMBC literally tried to…bury a body under the carpet \| Rotherham Politics Pingback: Rewriting History, From the book of Revelations 1997-2013 and the Testament of the book of RMBC governance \| Rotherham Politics Pingback: Rewriting history, the final frontier; The Wrath of Local Government Committee: I can’t believe it! \| Rotherham Politics Pingback: Last Weeks Top Ten 6th August \| Rotherham Politics	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1744
__label__wiki	0.91327	0.91327	« King Lear. Miss Littlewood. » Clarence Smith Q&A. June 11, 2018 by philbo37 Photograph by Elli Kurttz Clarence praised the quality of Drama in his south London school but admitted that its initial attraction was as an alternative to Chemistry. Crossing Chelsea Bridge to join a youth drama group opened up a new world for Clarence. It was here that he first met director and writer Danny Boyle who encouraged him to apply to the Central School of Speech and Drama. Clarence explained his subsequent success as an actor with a 28 year association with the RSC in typically self effacing terms; ‘ It is all about make believe’ and later, describing playing Claudius’s role in Hamlet; (You aim to)’Create a drama that lives in the moment’. Clarence’s long association with classical drama includes playing 5 King Lear’s and being married to all of Lear’s daughters! Clarence contrasted the greater opportunities for black actors in the United States compared to Britain whilst giving credit to the quality of British actors and their high standing with American directors and audiences. Clarence revealed that he was set up to move to the USA but had been lured back to classical drama when an offer to play Claudius was made. As always the Friends audience had plenty of questions; ‘What does a conversation with a director consist of?’ asked one person. Clarence laughed and revealed that beyond an appreciation of each other’s work (or love fest!)it was an exploration of what kind of actor you are and what you can bring to the role being cast. A final question, ‘Which female character would you most like to play?’ Unhesitatingly Clarence replied, ‘Cleopatra’.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1747
__label__cc	0.690692	0.309308	Hungry for Thrills? Released 5th Oct 2016 Gordon Rennie, Pat Mills, Peter Milligan & Rob Williams Barry Kitson, Clint Langley, Dylan Teague, Patrick Goddard, Paul J Holden, Rufus Dayglo & Trevor Hairsine Clint Langley Judge Dredd » Get Sin (part 1) Mega-City One, 2138 AD. This vast urban hell on the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America is home to over 72 million citizens. With unemployment rife and boredom universal, tensions are on a knife-edge and crime is rampant. Stemming the tide of chaos are future lawmen the Judges, empowered to dispense instant justice. Toughest of them all is Judge Dredd – he is the Law! Counterfeit Girl » Counterfeit Girl (part 2) The near future. In a city ruled by the multinational corporations, your identity is crucial — no one can get anywhere without being monitored and statuschecked. Even roaming bands of Wellbeing Droids ensure that the unhealthy are quarantined. But if you want a new I.D. then you can go to the ‘simmers’ — backstreet I.D. thieves that can create new personas by stealing the identities of others... Flesh » Gorehead (part 1) The Cretaceous Period, Earth. By the 23rd century, most organic livestock is extinct, and mankind is surviving on synthetic food. In a bid to farm real meat, the corporation Trans-Time sends its employees back to the age of the dinosaurs to butcher the beasts, beaming their flesh to a hungry future. Now, following Base 3’s destruction, the operation must be moved to Texas, but little do the trail hands know that time is running out... Hunted » Hunted (part 1) Nu Earth, just one planet among many caught up in a galactic war between the Norts and the Southers. Strategically vital, both sides are desperate to secure it but use of chemical weapons has rendered the atmosphere poisonous. A Souther general has turned traitor and sold information to the Norts, leading to the massacre of the Genetic Infantrymen. Now, he’s a wanted man and must stay one step ahead of his enemies... Savage » The Marze Murderer (part 1) In 1999, Britain was invaded by the Volgans. When lorry driver BILL SAVAGE learned his family had been killed, he began a one-man battle against the aggressors. In 2010, Savage led the resistance to victory, with the Volgans surrendering after the US lent their support in the shape of Howard Quartz’s Raptor Drones and Hammerstein war robots. Now, in 2015, Savage has been stationed in Volgan-occupied Berlin... Get Sin Counterfeit Girl Gorehead The Marze Murderer	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1750
__label__wiki	0.611716	0.611716	Trigonometry? No Way: These Teens Would Rather Toss a Ball by Scott Aaronson Staff writer for The Daily Doofus NAPERVILLE, IL—In sizzling noonday heat, ten students assemble on a gravel-paved court surrounded by lush grass. One of the students carries an inflated orange ball emblazoned with the enigmatic word "Spalding." After pausing briefly, the lad tosses the ball to a "teammate," and a competition is afoot: no, not to solve Euclidean geometry problems or to discover the most elegant proofs in number theory, but to hurl the ball into a "hoop" suspended high above the court. The game is "basketball," and the students, aged 15 to 17, are attending a summer camp where they play it every day. Yes, that's right: while most of their peers are brushing up on calculus, flocking to the Center for Talented Youth’s mathematics summer courses, or training for the International Mathematical Olympiad, these quirky teens would rather exercise their arm and leg muscles by chasing after a rubber sphere. The youths are half-jokingly called "athletes"—mathletes of the brawn, not of the mind—and, like more traditional mathletes, they take their sport seriously indeed. "We’re training for a ‘tournament’ in the winter," explains Brian Ferguson, 16. "If we score high enough in the semifinals, then we get to play the finals." Just like kids who score above 100 on the American High School Math Exam continue on to the American Invitational Math Exam, right? "As with any other ‘sport,’ basketball players need to stay in shape through regular ‘practice meets’," explains Gary Richardson, a "coach" of one of the camp’s teams. "You don’t want your bicep neurons to go weak." Ferguson, who started throwing a ball when he was only three years old, describes the camp in almost reverential terms. "At my high school," he says, "I was ostracized as a jock, teased and humiliated because I didn’t enjoy inverting matrices or grinding out Taylor series expansions. But here, I’ve finally found friends who share my passion for basketball." Don’t think, though, that life is all court and hoop for these precocious young wizards. Like anyone else, they need to unwind—except that when they do, their favored recreations are even odder than their eccentric passion. Rather than playing high-stakes Scrabble, beguiling one another with Gödelian logic puzzles, or composing poems without using the letter ‘e,’ these teens regale each other with anecdotes about beer and sex. "Man, that chick was, like, so fucking wasted, I thought I had her in the bag for sure," basketball player Adam Wirsky, 17, wittily recounts. "But then BJ comes in, and he’s like, that’s my goddamn sister, stay the fuck away from her." The teenage basketball prodigies may not enjoy all the glamour and attention bestowed on a star math team captain, but one thing’s for sure: they fully intend to keep on playing their quixotic sport. Maybe one day, these "athletes" will even have cheerleaders rooting them on. ¨ [Return to Writings page]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1763
__label__wiki	0.979295	0.979295	ScoLAG News Jobs Events Blogs Reviews Case Archive Widow fails in damages claim in medical negligence case against health board following husband’s death in A&E Lord Arthurson The family of a man who died in hospital after being admitted to the accident and emergency department have failed in their claim for damages despite the health board accepting that its staff were “negligent”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that notwithstanding the fact that hospital staff failed to provide the appropriate treatment to the patient, their negligence did not cause the death and that even if they had acted earlier it would have made “no difference” to the “tragic outcome”. Lord Arthurson heard that on 12 August 2011, David Bruce, 62, was taken by ambulance to Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. But following his admission to the accident and emergency department, which is timed in the records at 2125 hours, Mr Bruce ultimately died and was pronounced dead in the early hours of the next morning, 13 August 2011, at 0241 hours. The post-mortem examination report, which was prepared by Dr Sadler following an examination of Mr Bruce’s body on 22 August 2011, recorded the only medical cause of death as atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Negligence admitted Heather Bruce, his wife of 40 years, raised an action for damages against Tayside Health Board and the defenders admitted negligence, meaning the only issue on which the parties went to proof was that of causation. A minute of admission stated: “the defenders admit that on the night of 12/13 August 2011 at the emergency department of Ninewells Hospital, Dundee the defenders’ staff failed to commence the late Alexander Bruce with IV fluids and hyperkalaemia treatment timeously and the deceased should have been commenced on (a) IV fluids (0.9% saline) by 2225 hours and received 2 litres within 2 hours, ie by 0025 hours; and (b) treatment for hyperkalaemia by 2325 hours by way of calcium gluconate (10 mls of 10% solution) and dextrose/insulin infusion (50mls at 200mls per hour, ie over 15 minutes).” Each side led evidence from a single expert respectively – Professor Patrick Nee for the pursuers and Dr Monika Beatty for the defenders – to address the single issue raised in the case, which was: what would have been the likely outcome for Mr Bruce in terms of his survival had the admitted duties, referred to in the minute of admission, been complied with by the defenders’ medical staff. The court was told that Mr Bruce had “significant co-morbidities”, including Type 2 diabetes, retinopathy in both eyes and a body mass index of 31.85. He had previously been admitted to hospital for angioplasty to his proximal left anterior descending coronary artery and hypertension was also recorded in his medical history. At 0020 hours Dr Thakore spoke to Mr Bruce’s family and he apologised for the delay in recognising Mr Bruce’s illness, advising that “treatment should have commenced on his arrival at Ninewells”. Dr Thakore recorded the following note at the time: “Mr Bruce’s condition was so poor that I do not believe earlier recog(nition) would necessarily have affected outcome”. At 0155 hours Mr Bruce suffered a cardiac arrest. He was transferred to the intensive care unit at 0210 hours and pronounced dead at 0241 hours. According to Professor Nee’s analysis of the progress of Mr Bruce’s condition as at the point of his arrival at hospital, he had “acidosis and kidney injury” and had been compensating; nevertheless his consciousness level was intact and he had not yet reached a stage that appropriate treatment would have been unlikely to succeed. Professor Nee’s position was that correct treatment involved an infusion of 3 or 4 litres of warm fluids and that 2 litres would have lead to a “widening of the window of opportunity to lead Mr Bruce to the intensive care unit, meaning that he survives beyond that unit and onto discharge”. It was argued that due to the failure by the defenders to appreciate Mr Bruce’s condition on arrival, there were no test results before 2321 hours. There was a “significant deterioration” in his condition between 2225 and 2335 hours and it was not a logical approach to assume that the change in his condition between 2335 and 0027 hours was an appropriate comparator with a likely outcome had he had treatment between 2225 hours and 2335 hours. Mr Bruce’s condition was deteriorating rapidly over the course of the few hours that he was in hospital, and it was accepted by counsel for the pursuer that by midnight he was “essentially beyond help”. Tragic outcome Counsel for the pursuers invited the court to prefer Professor Nee and to accept his opinion of Mr Bruce’s prognosis, but counsel for the defenders invited the court to prefer the evidence of Dr Beatty and to conclude that even with the agreed non-negligent treatment set out in the Minute of Admission, Mr Bruce, on a balance of probabilities, would not have survived. The judge decided to prefer the opinion of the defenders’ expert, Dr Beatty on the single critical issue. In a written opinion, Lord Arthurson said: “My reasons for so doing can be summarised as follows. It was clear to me from the content and tenor of Professor Nee’s responses to the agreed level of infusion, as set out in the Minute of Admission, that he appeared to have had in his own mind throughout his instruction a much quicker and more aggressive treatment regime than that agreed in this case… He himself appeared to lack confidence in his own opinion, and on that basis, so did I.” By contrast, the judge observed, Dr Beatty grew in confidence on her opinion on survival as her evidence progressed and ably defended her use of medical literature. Lord Arthurson continued: “She supported her opinion by reference to the cumulative factors referred to by 19 her in the records, together with observations by staff on matters such as mottling of the skin, as mentioned above, and the agreed factual background of Mr Bruce’s significant co-morbidities.” “On all of these matters I have chosen to prefer the measured and evidence-based approach of Dr Beatty as one soundly rooted in current Scottish practice and more in keeping with the whole picture which emerged at the proof regarding Mr Bruce’s true position on his admission to Ninewells on 12 August 2011.” Lord Arthurson concluded: “For these reasons I find that, notwithstanding the agreement of parties that there was indeed negligence on the part of the defenders’ staff at Ninewells Hospital on 12 August 2011, the non-negligent infusion as set out and agreed between the parties in the Minute of Admission would have made no difference to the tragic outcome for Mr Bruce and of course 21 for his family. I am satisfied on the evidence led that this negligence accordingly did not cause the death of Mr Bruce, which was, instead, from the point in time of his admission to hospital an inevitable end-point of his medical journey there.” © Scottish Legal News Ltd 2020 Other judgments by Lord Arthurson Foreign businessman wins permission to appeal for indefinite leave to remain in tax discrepancy case over ‘blatant error of law’ Judge dismisses long-term prisoner’s legal challenge over failure to allow maximum 180-day home detention curfew Nigerian entrepreneur successfully challenges Home Secretary’s removal decision Court of Session Outer House £1 GBP = €1.17 EUR £1 GBP = $1.3 USD Currency exchange rates updated 16 minutes ago Virtual Lawyer NQ/Associate in Corporate Real Estate Solicitor Solicitor Solicitor Gretton and Reid Conveyancing Roadshow starting soon SYLA Beyond the Basics: All things legal aid Equality and Human Rights Commission conference Wills, trusts and executries conference \| Law Society of Scotland \| Tuesday 28 January \| Glasgow Intellectual property conference \| Law Society of Scotland \| Thursday 30 January \| Edinburgh Website built by Connor Beaton	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1764
__label__cc	0.673872	0.326128	Alleged Magecart hackers planted a software skimmer into Macy’s Website November 19, 2019 By Pierluigi Paganini Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that crooks used a software skimmer to steal their personal and financial information. Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that discovered a software skimmer on its website used by crooks to steal their personal and financial information. The malicious software was discovered on October 15, attackers injected it into the checkout page and the My Account wallet page on the macys.com website. Macy’s believes that the software skimmer was injected on October 7, it also notified law enforcement and it hired a forensic firm to help investigate the incident. The analysis of the software skimmer revealed that it was designed to siphon data provided by customers on the desktop version of the Macy’s website. According to the notice published by the retailer, the mobile application and mobile website were not impacted. “On October 15, 2019, we were alerted to a suspicious connection between macys.com and another website. Our security teams immediately began an investigation. Based on our investigation, we believe that on October 7, 2019 an unauthorized third party added unauthorized computer code to two (2) pages on macys.com.” reads the notice of data breach. “The unauthorized code was highly specific and only allowed the third party to capture information submitted by customers on the following two (2) macys.com pages: (1) the checkout page – if credit card data was entered and “place order” button was hit; and (2) the wallet page – accessed through My Account. Our teams successfully removed the unauthorized code on October 15, 2019.” Information potentially accessed by the cybercriminals include: First Name; Last Name; Address; City; State; Zip; Phone Number; Email Address; Payment Card Number; Payment Card Security Code; Payment Card Month/Year of Expiration if the values for these items were typed into the webpage while on either the macys.com checkout page or in the My Account wallet page. Customers checking out or interacting with the My Account wallet page on a mobile device or on the macys.com mobile application were not involved in this incident. Macy’s alerted payment card issuers and announced additional security measures to prevent such incidents in the future. The retailer announced it will offer 12-month identity protection services for affected customers. According to the experts, the specific software skimmer used in the attack suggests the involvement of one of the Magecart groups. A researcher who wishes to remain anonymous told to BleepingComputer that the attack was carried out by one of the Magecart groups, he also shared the obfuscated Magecar script that was injected into the Macy’s website. “When the attackers compromised the Macy’s website, they altered the https://www.macys.com/js/min/common/util/ClientSideErrorLog.js script to include an obfuscated Magecart script.” states BleepingComputer. Magecart Script – Source Bleeping Computer (SecurityAffairs – Magecart, Macy’s) Cybercrimedata breackMageCartPierluigi PaganiniSecurity AffairsSecurity Newssoftware skimmer Adobe announces end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Adobe Reader 2015 CVE-2019-2234 flaws in Android Camera Apps exposed millions of users surveillance Adobe announces the end of support for Acrobat 2015 and Reader 2015 It's official, Adobe announces the end of support...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1773
__label__cc	0.672776	0.327224	The Custom of the Country Jane Austen’s Philosophy of the Virtues Jane Austen and the North Atlantic St. Paul’s in the Grand Parade Austen and Ambition Jane Austen for Kids Celebrating Austen, Wharton, and Montgomery Youth and Experience: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion Emma in the Snow An Invitation to Mansfield Park Pride and Prejudice at 200 The Custom of the Country at 100 L.M. Montgomery in Nova Scotia Austens in Halifax Sarah Emsley ~ writer & editor My Heart Belongs to Mr. Knightley Posted by Sarah Emsley in Emma, Emma in the Snow, Jane Austen book boyfriends, books, Emma, Fiction, heroes, Jane Austen, Jane Austen heroes, literature, Mr. Darcy, Mr. Knightley, snowdrops Sarah Woodberry is a writer, editor, and creative writing instructor who loves to reread Jane Austen. She’s a member of JASNA’s New York Metropolitan Region and she teaches at Norwalk Community College in Connecticut. She says while she subscribes to the theory that “whichever Austen novel one is reading is the favorite,” she has a soft spot for Emma: “Every time I read the final line, I want to flip back to page one and start Emma again.” She first read the novel as a teenager and she’s reread it many times since then because she finds it “the sunniest and happiest” of Austen’s novels. It’s the book she turns to—and recommends to friends—“in tough or stressful times.” Sarah wrote a guest post called “Worn Out with Civility at Mansfield Park” for my Mansfield Park series, and she wrote about Mr. Knightley in today’s guest post for Emma in the Snow. She blogs about reading and writing at Word Hits and you can find her on Twitter as well: @WordHits. It’s a pleasure to introduce her post on why Mr. Knightley is her favourite Austen hero. Sarah’s photo of snowdrops in the snow I don’t have an “I Heart Darcy” t-shirt. To be sure, when reading Pride and Prejudice, one cannot help but be enamored of Mr. Darcy. But really, when it comes to Jane Austen’s heroes, my heart belongs to Mr. George Knightley. He has all the advantages of Darcy—land, position, looks—but “with a real liberality of mind” (Volume 1, Chapter 18). Despite his status as the most prominent landowner around, Mr. Knightley is not a snob. He has “a delicacy towards the feelings of other people” (Volume 1, Chapter 18). He shows attention to those less fortunate, like the Bateses and the orphaned Jane Fairfax. He’s happy to visit the “only moderately genteel” Coles (Volume 2, Chapter 7). When Harriet Smith is snubbed so publicly by Mr. Elton at the ball, Mr. Knightley makes a point of leading her onto the floor. Emma calls him “benevolent” (Volume 2, Chapter 8), and Harriet notices his “noble benevolence” (Volume 3, Chapter 11). That’s not to imply that he has no backbone. As he says to Emma, a man can always do “his duty; not by maneuvering and finessing, but by vigor and resolution” (Volume 1, Chapter 18). Mr. Knightley politely checks the rather pushy Mrs. Elton, saying, “there is only one married woman whom I can ever allow to invite what guests she pleases to Donwell” (Volume 3, Chapter 6). While everyone at the Christmas party is debating the snowfall, Mr. Knightley walks down the road to examine its depth before sounding the all clear. When Hartfield does get snowbound, their only visitor is Mr. Knightley, “whom no weather could keep entirely from them” (Volume 1, Chapter 16). While Austen doesn’t really describe Mr. Knightley’s appearance, his attractiveness is implied. Emma tells Harriet “you might not see one in a hundred, with gentleman so plainly written as in Mr. Knightley” (Volume 1, Chapter 4). After meeting him, Mrs. Elton positively gushes about “Knightley,” and, after one dance, Harriet becomes smitten. At that ball, Emma begins to notice him herself. “His tall, firm, upright figure, among the bulky forms and stooping shoulders … was such as Emma felt must draw every body’s eyes … there was not one among the whole row of young men who could be compared with him” (Volume 3, Chapter 2). Still, what is most endearing about Mr. Knightley is his relationship with Emma. As the novel opens, we learn that “[they] always say what [they] like to one another” and have a teasing rapport. “You made a lucky guess,” he says when she boasts of matchmaking. “Have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess?” she retorts (Volume 1, Chapter 1). Emma jokes that his walking everywhere, instead of taking a carriage, “is a sort of bravado, an air of unaffected concern.” He replies, “‘Nonsensical girl!’ … but not at all in anger” (Volume 2, Chapter 8). Their unique situation, in which Emma’s father expects Mr. Knightley daily, allows them to spend an unusual amount of time together. They are often alone—something that was prohibited of a suitor in those days. With the exception of Fanny Price, who lives in the same house as her cousin Edmund, Austen’s other heroines see their men at balls or chaperoned social calls, with limited one-on-one time. Emma and Mr. Knightley thus know each other better than most couples would. When Emma tells him that Harriet declined Robert Martin’s offer of marriage, Mr. Knightley instantly knows that Emma wrote the letter herself. When Mrs. Weston suspects that Mr. Knightley sent Jane the piano, Emma counters, “Mr. Knightley does nothing mysteriously … if he intended to give her one, he would have told her so” (Volume 2, Chapter 8). A little later, he says nearly the exact same words himself. When he tells Emma that he loves her, he also feels that she “knows” him and “understands” him (Volume 3, Chapter 13). That’s what is so truly wonderful about their relationship—their connection. “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; but where, as in this case, though the conduct is mistaken, the feelings are not, it may not be very material.—Mr. Knightley could not impute to Emma a more relenting heart than she possessed, or a heart more disposed to accept of his” (Volume 3, Chapter 13). Likewise, Mr. Knightley knows Emma. He’s seen her make big mistakes, such as ridiculing Miss Bates. But, in the end, he finds her “faultless in spite of all her faults” (Volume 3, Chapter 13). Now I must address the age issue, as so many readers balk at that. (There was a good deal of discussion about this topic in the comments on Kirk Companion’s guest post “Why do readers object to the romance between Emma and Mr. Knightley?”) Yes, Emma is 21 and Mr. Knightley is 37; however, in Regency society this was par for the course. Emma argues that Robert Martin, at 24, is too young to marry. The main objection to the potential romance between Mr. Knightley and Jane Fairfax, also 21, is her lack of money and social status. Mrs. Weston comments, “Excepting inequality of fortune, and perhaps a little disparity of age, I can see nothing unsuitable” (Volume 2, Chapter 8). In Sense and Sensibility, Marianne Dashwood is only 16 when she marries the 35-year-old Colonel Brandon. In Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet is “out” at age 15, meaning that she is on the marriage market. When she runs off with Wickham their elopement is decried because it is scandalous—not because he is about 28. In fact, Mrs. Bennet boasts that Lydia has married so early. Elizabeth Bennet will not admit to Lady Catherine de Bourgh that she is already 20. Both Fanny Price of Mansfield Park and Catherine Morland of Northanger Abbey are 17. It must be noted that at 21 Emma is older than every one of Austen’s leading ladies, except Anne Elliot (whose older age is a plot point). Throughout Emma, Austen describes Mr. Knightley in youthful and vibrant terms. As to the much debated moment when Mr. Knightley tells Emma he’s loved her since she was 13 … he is joking! Out of context, and by contemporary standards, this sounds rather creepy, but it’s actually another example of their playful banter. They are talking of how indulged Mrs. Weston’s baby girl will be, and Mr. Knightley jests that he’s “losing all [his] bitterness against spoilt children” now that he has found happiness with Emma. Indeed, he feels he has been too nitpicky with her: “by dint of fancying so many errors, [I’ve] been in love with you ever since you were thirteen at least.” He’s being facetious. He means that he somehow fell in love with her despite pointing out all her cheeky behavior. In reply, Emma says it would be the “greatest humanity” for Knightley to guide baby Anna—except, she quips, for falling in love with her at 13 (Volume 3, Chapter 17). Would Emma joke in this way or urge him to pay attention to little Anna if she thought Mr. Knightley serious? After all, she banished Harriet for having a crush on him. Austen makes it clear that Mr. Knightley did not think of Emma romantically until she showed an interest in Frank Churchill. “He had been in love with Emma, and jealous of Frank Churchill, from about the same period, one sentiment having probably enlightened him as to the other” (Volume 3, Chapter 13). The episode serves as a glimpse into their continued playfulness. Austen’s other novels basically end after the proposal, but in Emma we see the betrothed as couple. They tag-team in announcing their engagement to her reluctant father: Emma breaks the news and Mr. Knightley then joins them. When he offers to move into Hartfield, he asks Emma to think on it—and they make this decision together. This move is a huge concession from Mr. Knightley. “How few of those men in a rank of life to address Emma would have renounced their own home for Hartfield” (Volume 3, Chapter 17). Finally, when discussing Frank Churchill’s shameful treatment of Jane Fairfax, Mr. Knightley observes: “my Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?” (Volume 3, Chapter 15) Mr. Knightley “is not a gallant man,” says Emma (Volume 2, Chapter 8). He does not carry her through a rainstorm, or rescue her sister from ruin, or return victorious from sea. Still, Austen, who loved wordplay, named him “Knight-ley.” His is a sort of quiet heroism. Just as Emma is able to see this in him, by proxy so do I. Perhaps because she knows him so intimately, I also feel a special connection. To me, Mr. Knightley has all the recommendations of a true Austen hero … and just a little bit more. Quotations are from the Penguin Classics Edition of Emma, edited by Fiona Stafford (2003). Twenty-third in a series of blog posts celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s Emma. To read more about all the posts in the series, visit Emma in the Snow. Coming soon: guest posts by Deborah Yaffe, Kim Wilson, and Paul Savidge. Subscribe by email or follow the blog so you don’t miss these fabulous contributions to the celebrations! And/or follow along by connecting with me on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter (@Sarah_Emsley). 30 thoughts on “My Heart Belongs to Mr. Knightley” Margaret C. Sullivan said: Cosign! Mr. Knightley is such a great hero, and such a good man. Word Hits said: Thank you Margaret for your comment. ps LOVED The Jane Austen Handbook!! #starstruck Barbara Ellis said: Yes, this analysis holds true and as we re-read Emma we discover so much about their relationship by indirection and half-heard asides. John Wiltshire, in The Hidden Jane Austen, is wonderfully astute in his analysis of overheard conversation in Emma. May I recommend to all Austen readers this invaluable book. Thank you Barbara for you comment. Ooh, that sounds like an interesting read. I remember seeing pos reviews of The Hidden Jane Austen, so you’ve prompted me to chase it down. maidrya said: That book looks fascinating. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. How charming! Thank you for such a wonderfully written article. And so true – Mr. Knightley is indeed ‘Knight-ley?’ Not a good typing day! I mean, “Knight-ley!” Thank you Jackie for reading and commenting! Here, here! A wonderful defense of the Emma/Knightley pairing. I am so embarrassed, though – how many times have I read this book and never noticed the Knightley name? Duh… My only real thought about Emma/George is that I don’t know what makes him suddenly fall in love with her when she is 21. She’s been in her majority for a while now. As others have noted in other threads – women married young; 15 being considered marriageable. So, once Emma is past the creepy-young stage of 13 – maybe well past at 18 or 19 or 20 – why didn’t he fall in love with her then? Maybe I’m not noticing something. The novel doesn’t seem to supply any particular circumstance or event for the change in quality of feelings. Possibly, they’ve been growing for a while and he finally recognizes them for what they are, which seems to be suggested by his jealousy of Frank Churchill. I’ve also always been skeptical of Emma not knowing her feelings for Mr. Knightley until she thinks she may lose him to Harriet. In my experience, people are not that confused about who they’re attracted to. However, it was a different time and place; Emma had very different social experiences and expectations than we do. It may just have been that Harriet’s being enamored of Mr. Knightley is Emma’s first occasion to separate out her friendship feelings from romantic interest. Deborah Yaffe said: The reason they don’t notice that they’re in love with each other is because they each take the other for granted. S/he has always been there, nothing’s going to change, there’s no need to interrogate their feelings. Mr. Knightley realizes he’s in love when he begins to think Emma may prefer Frank; Emma realizes she’s in love when she begins to think Mr. Knightley may prefer Harriet. “Till now that she was threatened with its loss, Emma had never known how much of her happiness depended on being first with Mr. Knightley, first in interest and affection. Satisfied that it was so, and feeling it her due, she had enjoyed it without reflection; and only in the dread of being supplanted, found how inexpressibly important it had been.” (Wow, that’s a beautiful passage. That JA — she’s rather good, isn’t she?) I think that’s very believable, actually, and so do the makers of all those rom-coms in which the heroine takes the whole movie to realize that the man for her is the loyal best friend who’s been hanging around the action the whole time. BIngo! So true. That is actually one of my fav passages. It is believable for me and conveys so much. Another example of how Emma is so “clueless!” It has become a bit of a trope for the rom-coms … everything goes back to JA! 😉 Thank you Deborah for reading and for such a great comment. I get the idea. It’s not unreasonable. It just does not fit my experience of life. Eros is a strong appetite, after all. Right behind food and water. And, the 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit experience of a person right beside you that you like and are attracted to is hard to overlook, speaking just for myself. 🙂 monicadescalzi said: Very interesting thread – can’t resist joining in 🙂 I see JA’s point: Emma believes herself “in the secret of everybody’s feelings” but doesn’t even know her own heart – beyond that I’d be hard put to account for her lack of self-awareness. Perhaps it’s not just love that is at stake here: social standing is a major issue, and then there’s Emma’s strong competitive streak – not to mention her Oedipal relationship with Mr Woodhouse. “I never have been in love,” she tells Harriet, “it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. And, without love, I am sure I should be a fool to change such a situation as mine …few married women are half as much mistress of their husband’s house as I am of Hartfield; and never, never could I expect to be … so always first and always right in any man’s eyes as I am in my father’s.” Later on she feels attracted to Frank Churchill, but decides not to encourage him. Of course, they’d have to live at Enscombe or nearby, where his aunt would have precedence … When the Eltons come to Highbury, Mr Woodhouse regrets having been too much of an invalid to wait on them, which surprises Emma, as he’s “no friend to matrimony.” Her father thinks he should have paid his respects anyway: “A bride especially is never to be neglected … A bride, you know, my dear, is always the first in company.” Emma’s not convinced: “Well, papa, if this is not encouragement to marry, I do not know what is.” At the Crown ball “Emma must submit to stand second to Mrs. Elton, though she had always considered the ball as peculiarly for her. It was almost enough to make her think of marrying” – quite a revealing joke, I’d say. Finally, seeing her preeminence threatened by Harriet, she realises to what extent her happiness “depends on being first with Mr Knightley” – first being the operative word here. In fact she wouldn’t mind “his remaining single all his life. Could she be secure of … his never marrying at all, she believed she should be perfectly satisfied.–Let him but continue the same Mr. Knightley to her and her father, the same Mr. Knightley to all the world; let Donwell and Hartfield lose none of their precious intercourse of friendship and confidence, and her peace would be fully secured.–Marriage, in fact, would not do for her. It would be incompatible with what she owed to her father, and with what she felt for him. Nothing should separate her from her father. She would not marry, even if she were asked by Mr. Knightley.” I don’t quite get it: she’s attached to him but couldn’t possibly leave Mr Woodhouse – therefore he must stay celibate so that she should never be “supplanted,” either socially or as his friend. How selfish is that? Maidrya, Good point! I cannot argue against that. 😉 Thank you for all of your feedback. Monicadescalzi, Goodness, thank you for your very thorough reply! You have some very interesting insights and I do agree that social standing is a big issue and undercurrent. I always love how JA plays with and comes at the idea of marriage with so many viewpoints in each of her works and you have highlighted that very well. I don’t see Emma as selfish in the end … but that is my opinion … and you make some good points. I see her as realizing that she cannot abandon her father. All through the novel, Emma is a bit of a prisoner to her father’s needs. Just to go to the Cole’s party she needs permission and stand-ins. She cannot go out as she pleases, even just to dine w/o him at the Westons. So I feel that Emma is an incredibly compassionate and goodnatured person to 1.) not resent this 2.) not jump at the first chance she can to abandon her father.. There was a fascinating piece on Emma as caretaker in the NYTimes in Dec: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/20/opinion/jane-austens-guide-to-alzheimers.html?_r=0 I take her hopes that Mr. Knightley never marrying is in part bc she is only now realizing how important his presence is to her. She realizes that she is stuck with her father and she is wishing/hoping/fantasizing that he would just never marry himself. If he did marry, his obligations would be to his new wife (like Mrs Weston has been pulled into another direction). We learn early on in the book how lonely Emma is. “She dearly loved her father, but he was no companion for her.” A few lines later she is thinking that “many a long October and November evening must be struggled through at Hartfield, before Christmas brought the next visit from Isabella.” (Volume 1, Chapter 1) So at the end of the novel her panic/anxiety over losing both Harriet and Mr Knightley seems very real to me. Of course, it would be selfish for her to expect Mr. Knightley to not marry anyone else if she will not marry him. But I see her as thinking all of this through … and realizing that she could lose Mr. Knightley, who is in some ways her lifeline to the outside world and her only reliable social companion now that Mrs. Weston has had a baby (and must be even less available). I find Emma’s anxiety/concern is validated when we learn “the impossibility of her quitting her father, Mr. Knightley felt as strongly as herself.” He’s all too aware that Emma is basically caring for an invalid. So imho, Emma’s refusal to break free and abandon her father is rather selfless than selfish. However, you make a very strong point that even in the end JA has Emma showing a bit of myopic princess quality. She can’t change completely. Haha! Anyway, my viewpoint is really just that. I think that you make very good points, and I think many readers would agree with them. That is one of the things I most like about EMMA as a novel … there are so many facets and ways one can read it. Thank you so much for your reply!! Thank you so much, Sarah, for your carefully pondered reply. I tend to agree with you on the whole – and I never really meant to say that Emma was selfish – goodness no! I was referring only to that passing idea. She was thinking things through, as you say. The following day she’d be willing to lend Mr Knightley an ear, even though she believed he was going to tell her about Harriet: “Emma could not bear to give him pain. He was wishing to confide in her–perhaps to consult her;–cost her what it would, she would listen. She might assist his resolution, or reconcile him to it; she might give just praise to Harriet, or, by representing to him his own independence, relieve him from that state of indecision, which must be more intolerable than any alternative to such a mind as his.” But, of course, there are nuances and points of view, and (the other) Sarah’s blog has been providing a forum for us to weigh them and deepen our understanding of the novel. So many different aspects have been discussed by authors and commentators, things we might not have noticed otherwise – it’s really been a wonderful experience. I’m particularly grateful for the link to the NYT piece. The fact that we can change our focus as we re-read JA’s books and still find so much that’s personally relevant is a testament to her true greatness. I love that scene you highlighted. Always gets me. I confess that, like Mrs. Weston, I tend to see Emma in a favorable light even when she needs a bit of scrutiny. (Biased bc I like the novel, I guess.) I’ve really enjoyed reading your comments! You are so right that I am learning more and more about JA thanks to Sarah Emsley and her wonderful guest posts … and all the dialogue that’s inspired. Thank you again for reading and also for commenting! Julie said: I think maybe he HAS been in love with her some time before he realized it. By the time Frank Churchill came along, and he got jealous, he realized it for the first time. But the “in love” and the love that he felt for this little girl who was, after all, family to him (his brother’s sister-in-law, which was most often just called “sister” in those days). I think he knew his fondness for her, and she just naturally grew up and blossomed around him, the changes happening so slowly, there was never one point when he saw her differently until he was forced to by circumstance. This is something that Jane Austen was well aware of. Lizzy says of her love of Darcy “It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began”, and he says of her: “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” I feel I must explain something better than I did in the discussion around Kirk Companion’s post “Why do readers object to the romance between Emma and Mr. Knightley?”). I said that I worried about their marriage a bit because of their age difference, feeling that Knightley would be apt to think of her always as a little girl who needs correcting. This was interpreted as his wanting to dominate her and her allowing it, which I didn’t mean. (I may even have expressed myself badly and said he would try to dominate her). I have two real-life examples of this – first is my parent’s marriage – my father was 11 years older than my mother, and they met when my mother was 21 – so he always felt that it was his job to protect and care for her (a common thought in the 1940’s) and hers was to obey. She never was cowed by him, and she always did as she pleased, much to his amused chagrin. This was just something I noticed as what he FELT he ought to be to her, even though he could SEE that she was not his to command! It was a point of discussion and struggle from time to time (as there is always something to discuss or struggle about in a marriage). Obviously, it didn’t put me off – my husband is 15 years my senior (though we married when I was 40 and he was 55, so neither of us thought i was a child). But I see the same tendency in my husband to feel that he ought to be “the responsible one” who from time to time, must point out where I am mistaken. Like my mother, I don’t listen any more than I ought. I suspect Emma would be the same. She may murmur her agreement while doing just as she pleases, but I am certain she will do as she pleases, if she feels she is right! So I wasn’t saying I was worried that Emma would be dominated, but rather that there would be a feeling that Knightley would have some trouble with, of always being the elder, the teacher. Thank you for such a thoughtful comment! That is a great comparison to Lizzy and Darcy. Also, perhaps Capt Wentworth who thinks he can ignore Anne Elliot, but then being around her makes him realize he cannot. I find your personal insights intriguing! Of course, you are right that the dynamic with Mr. Knightley and Emma is going to be different than if they were both 21. He is more likely to be the responsible one … tho maybe she needs that after being responsible for her father for so long? Or maybe it would be a challenge? It’s def different than the Jane/Frank dymanic in which Jane is certainly the responsible one! That could be a reason to marry an older man. Ha! 😉 I enjoyed hearing your positive experiences, as there seem to be many such happy marriage. I think you expressed yourself wonderfully in this and your comments on Kirk Companion’s blog. I think the jump to domination may have been in the reader’s point of view. (Guilty!) There were some anti-Mr. Knightley thoughts (JA readers are so complex) and so your point was perhaps misconstrued by some of us. You gave us some very interesting thoughts to consider. Thank you for nice comment. I confess, I totally understand the Emma not realizing she loved Mr. Knightley. Have you never not thought a guy was interesting until one of your friends liked him? I have had that a couple of times–asked out but not smitten–and then if a friend else starts dating the guy … you see he is a catch after all. I also, like Emma, set up one of my suitors with a friend (tho I really knew he was interested unlike Emma). It all worked out and they got married! So I didn’t submarine her like Harriet. 😉 Not a very literary response … alas. Thank you again for stopping by! rearadmiral said: Great post! Thank you for mentioning my “little noted, nor long remembered”(-A Lincoln Gettysburg) post. Go Team Knightley and Team Emma/Mr.Knightley! Thank you so very much for reading and for your comment. I loved your post!!! Lot’s of discussion from that … and a very salient question. GoTeam Knightley! Ha! Sophia Rose said: Enjoyed the discussion on Mr. Knightley. Thanks! Thank you for stopping by and for your comment! Joan Doyle said: You have certainly opened my eyes to Knight-ley! I have always liked Mr. Knightley, but I think your post has encouraged me to think of him in more depth. In so doing, I think I find him much more attractive on the inside and on the outside. He is steadfast, loyal and kind to all and has real depth of character. Great post! Joan, thank you so much for your comment. I’m glad to hear you are thinking about how attractive and wonderful Mr. Knightley is, sigh. I certainly agree with your assessment! 😉 abucksworth said: Thank you for reading and stopping by! As a new JA fan, I read her most famous novel first (Pride and Prejudice) and immediately fell in love with Mr. Darcy, for how can we forget his declaration of love towards Elizabeth, it melts every girls heart. After that I read Sense and Sensibility were the male characters are a little bit more shy in terms of expressing affection through words, it was more actions than anything (Colonel Brandon). Now, as I began to read Emma I thought Mr. Knightley to be the type of man whose heart was guarded, in short words, a non romantic type of fellow, but alas, his declaration of love towards Emma was breathtaking. I dare say Mr. Knightley actually reminded me of both Mr. Darcy and Colonel Brandon, perhaps he is a mixture of both characters. 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__label__cc	0.600538	0.399462	Mary Horror Hysteria: Indie Horror In Bernardsville, NJ on Tuesday! Posted on November 20, 2012 by sexyarmpit [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8HFDaHcvEo?rel=0] MARY HORROR is showing on Tuesday November 20th at 9 PM at Clearview Bernardsville Cinema – Admission is $5 Bucks! http://www.maryhorror.com/ All these lame horror clones that make it to theaters not cutting it for you? They’re all crap if you ask me. I haven’t been satisfied with mainstream horror output in years. Setting my sights on indie horror has yielded much more entertaining results. Indie horror out of New Jersey is even better, it must be something in the water, or better yet, the tomatoes! The most recent film out of Jersey that I had the chance to check out was Mary Horror, a Ryan Scott Weber production. For horror fans, this film literally has it all: murder, a psychiatric hospital, a witches spell book, and someone even loses and eyeball! Synopsis from the Official Mary Horror website: Mary Horror is a normal high school senior who has just moved from Salem, Massachusetts to a small corrupt town in New Jersey. Mary’s life has not been going the way she planned. Her grandmother has passed away, her best friend Kelly has been missing for almost two weeks, and she suspects her boyfriend of cheating on the eve of her homecoming dance. A distraught Mary comes home to witness her family being brutally murdered. Being the only one to survive, she is put in a psychiatric prison to be “protected.” As two years pass by, Mary realizes what really happened that night wasn’t what she thought. As the plot unravels, so does Mary. Her time in the ward has changed her into something evil, a member of the walking dead. She realizes the truth and takes revenge on the town and on everyone that wronged her. Follow the life of Mary Horowitz, as she becomes Mary Horror! Mary Horror exhibits some of the most technically sound independent film work I’ve seen. Writer/Director Ryan Scott Weber and cinematographer Ryan Coyle soar when it comes to shot composition and incorporating the subtle lighting and Jersey exteriors. Since the movie was filled with interesting settings and the use of real locations such as a hospital and Bernards high school, it all contributed to the realism of the film. The filmmakers were able to build the viewers anticipation as they used their production techniques to suck us into a world that we all could relate to – high school. But that’s only the beginning before things spiral out of control for Mary Horowitz. Yes, I said Horowitz…you’ll see. The actors took their jobs very seriously and it was clear that they were all in sync with Weber’s vision for the film. Susie Duecker, the actress who played Mary Horror herself, was quite good. It was fun to watch her become so involved in her character. Her transition from typical high school girl to an extremely unhinged one was ghastly and sublime. In my book she really understood the character which is a delicate balance since another actress may have gone on screen acting like a complete over the top psycho and that wasn’t the idea. Credit must also go to Ryan Coyle for the makeup as well as the crew in the costume and wardrobe department. Duecker was creepy as hell when she officially became Mary Horror. I only wish mainstream horror filmmakers could take the hint that simplicity can leave such an impression and we don’t need to see an hour and a half of lame CGI for the film to be unnerving. The kickass makeup and practical effects were not used frivolously. The film has an old school horror flair, and although it doesn’t take itself too seriously in some scenes (like the one where Weber himself plays an EMT who beats up his co-worker while being interviewed on TV by a reporter) it still retains it’s spookiness. Without a huge budget, Weber managed to use subtle lightning and dutch angles to create the eerie atmosphere of the film. I especially dug a scene that utilized a strobe lighting effect as Mary was about to “interact” with 2 other characters. What tied it all together like The Dude’s rug was the cinematic quality of Scott Vincent’s score. Some parts were so triumphant and joyful, but still sent the message that all is not going to be well. Without giving too much away, murders take place in the town of Bernardsville, NJ and it creates a hysteria all over town. I’ve always liked that aspect of horror movies when the whole town is petrified of a killer or going crazy acting like animals because all hell has broken loose. That’s captured and mentioned in Mary Horror and now life will imitate art as we have the chance to see a showing of Mary Horror in a Bernardsville movie theater as if we were actually IN THE FILM! The cast and crew will be there and so should you! Mary Horror is filled with cool cameos. Some of the quick scenes were filmed at Monster Mania while others were full on roles! You’ll see Patricia Quinn, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, Jersey girl and Bernards H.S graduate Deanna Russo, as well as a hilarious cameo from Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson in the film. Up next from Weber is the sequel to Mary Horror, Sheriff Tom vs. The Zombies. You can see the preview to this if you go to the showing in Bernardsville on 11/20! www.SexyArmpit.com Posted in bernardsville, deanna russo, horror, horror movie, lloyd kaufman, mary horror, New Jersey, ryan scott weberLeave a comment Missing Monster Mania :( Posted on August 19, 2011 by sexyarmpit I’m going to miss Monster Mania Con this weekend Hopefully another one will be right around the bend But if you plan on being there in Cherry Hill There are plenty of guests on the bill! Cary Elwes, and a reunion of the Walking Dead! and William Ragsdale from Herman’s Head!?! Danielle Harris that little hottie… and I think Casper Van Dien, but my memory is spotty Winston Zeddemore and Walter Peck? And I won’t be there? WHAT THE HECK?!?! Can’t forget the creator of Troma, my man Lloyd but remember, get there early because it’s the parking that you’ll want to avoid! Monster Mania Con is today through Sunday at Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, New Jersey! Go to their official site for more info! Posted in cherry hill, Danielle Harris, lloyd kaufman, monster maniaLeave a comment Toxic Avenger vs. Jason Voorhees by deadhunterkd Posted on February 18, 2010 by sexyarmpit Toxie vs. Jason by deadhunterkd on Deviant Art Horror buffs pined to see Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash in a Triple Threat Match. Eventually they got their chance in comic book form, but even as a huge horror fan I was never too interested in seeing Ash take on Freddy and Jason. I was actually left quite satisfied with the 2003 film, Freddy vs. Jason. It never seems to get much credit, but it stands up nicely with the rest of the respective films in each series. That was a feat considering it was made basically 10 years after the final films in the Freddy and Jason series (except Jason X). After Freddy vs. Jason, there isn’t much more ground to cover. As the character of Freddy trades down to being inhabited by a new actor in the upcoming reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street, Jason is left scratching his hockey mask with his machete. Who better to face off with Camp Crystal Lake’s Jason Voorhees than New Jersey’s own superhero, The Toxic Avenger? As previously detailed at The Sexy Armpit here and here, the Friday the 13th series has several ties to the Garden State, so this sounds like a dream match to me! Of course, when you bring Lloyd Kaufman’s Toxie into the equation, there’s bound to be comedy involved, which works perfectly because Jason is usually the straight man. Imagine the possibilities? We may have the first Abbott and Costello of the horror genre on our hands. Notice how Toxie sort of looks like Jason without his mask on? At the very least, I’d love to see this play out in a late night HBO animated movie or an online comic book mini series. Who do you think would win this freakish face off? Posted in freddy krueger, friday the 13th, jason voorhees, lloyd kaufman, Nightmare on Elm Street, toxic avenger4 Comments Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead! Posted on October 30, 2008 by sexyarmpit Nudity, Lesbians, Chicken, and Zombies! My review is over, that was easy! Get Poultrygeist on DVD! Some folks are simple and don’t require elaborate explanations “cocked” with flowery, persuasive language. For those who DO require more, read on! Troma Films’ Lloyd Kaufman not only directs, but also makes a cameo appearance in his latest and greatest film Poultrygeist. If you’re the type of lame-o who doesn’t appreciate Troma films then you’re probably the one sitting like a bump on a log at parties also. If you’re going to watch Poultrygeist, first you’ll need to lighten up a bit. Did Gary and Wyatt from Weird Science have any fun wearing their jeans into the shower with Lisa? Hell no! Just like Lloyd Kaufman whipped up his wondrous special recipe when making Poultrygeist, The Sexy Armpit has it’s own special technique on how to enjoy Poultrygeist at the most optimum level. 1) Pick up Lloyd Kaufman’s gory, sexually explicit, social commentary Poultrygeist (available NOW on DVD at finer stores everywhere) 2) Head to the nearest fast food joint and order some of their cheap, gut busting, hormone infused, secret sauce swimming fare…TO GO! 3) Get comfortable, take those jeans off if you have to! Boxers are optional of course. 4) Have plenty of napkins/and or paper towels in close proximity….(cause the food will make your hands greasy, douche! what were you thinking?) 5) Think long and hard about what you’re about to do. You may want to go to confession before watching Poultrygeist. You may also want to reconsider ingesting this food. Ah, f–k it. 6) Make sure your hands aren’t greasy and then insert the Poultrygeist DVD. Before insertion, make sure the disc is in correctly to avoid it coming out too quickly. 7) Push start on the DVD player. Proceed to laugh, vomit, and spray shit from your ass like it’s coming out of a whale’s blowhole. I’m known for my occassional overuse of the “C” word. There are even times I call my mom the “C” word. I know how it is to get angry and scream “Mama Weer All CRAZEE Now” as in the Slade/Quiet Riot song. Although, when I’m not using the word “Crazee” I use the acronym C.L.A.M, which stands for Collegiate Lesbians Against Megaconglomerates. C.L.A.M is a group of “left wing lipstick lesbos” protesting the fast food joint The American Chicken Bunker. This particular Bunker franchise in Tromaville is accused of cruelty to animals, and to make matters worse, it’s also built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Lloyd Kaufman is the only director in the world who could fry up a masterpiece with that kind of plot. After some cemetery sex with her, Arbie, our main man, learns that his girlfriend Wendy has turned lesbian. She’s now hooking up with Micki (named for McDonald’s perhaps?) who’s the A #1 C.L.A.M. In retaliation, Arbie decides to take a job as a lowly employee at the American Chicken Bunker in order to win Wendy back from the clutches of C.L.A.M. In the meantime, there’s ooey-gooey zombie chicken eggs hatching out of people’s asses! Zombie chickens are hatching and attempting to maul anything in their path. They begin to terrorize Tromaville, and more specifically, the Chicken Bunker that resides on the ancient Tromahawk cemetery. Poultrygeist includes more fast food references than you can shake a BK chicken fry at. In addition to Arbie and Wendy, the other employees at the American Chicken Bunker are named after fast food joints also. There’s Denny, Paco Bell, and Carl Jr, who basically shoves his dong into an uncooked chicken carcass and makes sweet love to the filthy beast. While the scene lacks the Eugene Levy-whimsy of the kitchen masturbation scene in American Pie, Carl Jr would easily rip Jason Biggs testicles right off if he knew he was banging warm apple pies instead of indulging his little piece into the wild, untamed world of cold, uncooked, chicken coitus. I couldn’t believe I was watching the first ever musical, fast food, horror-romance unfold before my eyes. Poultrygeist is a disturbing but delicious marriage of movies like Fast Food Nation and Night of the Living Dead. SEE IT, for the sole reason that it will leave you with an indelible, unrepairable, artery clogging, strange sensation…and it may also make you want to puke. For the best in Zombie chicken orgies, over the top humor, gore, blood spurting decapitation, and disembowelment, see Poultrygeist! You’ll never look at a guy in a chicken costume in the same way again. Posted in burger king, DVD, fast food, horror movie, lloyd kaufman, mcdonald's1 Comment Toxic Avenger Halloween Party! Hey there Armpit Readers! The Toxic Avenger himself just sent me this Breaking News Bulletin in case you still don’t have plans for Halloween: New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse Celebrates: A Toxic Halloween! October 30 and 31, 2008 THURSDAY OCTOBER 30 – Toxic Avenger Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman and K-Rock’s Street Team Will Be On Hand for a Monster Happy Hour FRIDAY OCTOBER 31st – Audience Members Encouraged to Come Dressed to Thrill for Fun and Prizes New Brunswick, NJ – Ghosts and goblins are usually the thing around the end of October – so why not add a mutant green freak to the mix? George Street Playhouse is celebrating the spooky holiday in a big green way with two holiday themed events: Toxie’s Monster Happy Hour on Thursday, October 30 and Toxic Trick or Treat on Friday, October 31. The creator of The Toxic Avenger, Lloyd Kaufman, will be on hand following the performance on Thursday, October 30 to meet and greet party goers at Toxie’s Monster Happy Hour. In addition, members of K-Rock’s Street Team will be on hand to kick the party into high gear with music, fun and giveaways. Tickets to this monster of a party range from $39-$59, depending on seat location, and include both the 8pm performance of The Toxic Avenger and the party following the show. GSP staffers will be on the prowl awarding prizes to audience members in costume Friday, October 31 as part of a rockin’ Halloween performance of The Toxic Avenger. Costumes do not have to be connected with the show; audience members of all ages are encouraged to don their costumes of any type. Tickets to both special events are available through the George Street Playhouse Box Office 732-246-7717 by phone or in person, or by visiting the Playhous website: www.GSPonline.org. George Street Playhouse is located at 9 Livingston Avenue in the heart of New Brunswick’s Dining and Entertainment District. Posted in costume, Halloween, lloyd kaufman, New Brunswick, toxic avengerLeave a comment The Toxic Avenger Musical Review DANGER: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS! NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J – A musical version of Troma’s classic cult film The Toxic Avenger made it’s debut at the George Street Playhouse on Friday night October 10th 2008, and The Sexy Armpit crashed the premiere party. OK, so we didn’t crash, they actually let us come. I’ve never seen a play on the George Street stage, but as I crossed the street and saw flood lights and a huge Toxie billboard, I knew they were providing a fitting reception for Troma’s first son Toxie. My imagination was sparked before I even made my way into the building. Instead of a red carpet, a black carpet covered the ground and stairs leading up to the entrance. The carpet was splattered with bright green “sludge” and boot prints as if Toxie walked into the playhouse just before I did. It’s the cool little details that impress me. After having a wacky conversation with creator and director of Troma films, Lloyd Kaufman, my colleague Big Sal (formerly of ECW) and I got our tickets ripped, sat our asses down, and then just let the anticipation and excitement fester until showtime. Apprehension came over me as I worried how a musical version of the cult classic The Toxic Avenger would turn out. Was there a need for a Toxic Avenger musical? Hell yes! Toxic Avenger is a well known character but mostly with fan boys and the cult film obsessed folks. Toxie is finally getting his due. “This is disturbing…” “This is disturbing,” an older woman sitting behind me whispered at least four times. She felt the need to announce her declaration to the people on her left and right. The play was only a few minutes underway and I felt like showing her what was disturbing! I suppose she had no clue what kind of images were in store for her as the tale of Toxie unfolded. Was she at all familiar with the first superhero from New Jersey? Would she be even more appalled when she realized that people would be maimed and beaten with their own limbs on stage? Would she be aghast at the blind jokes? Had she ever lived a moment of her stuffy life as an outcast? Could she related to Melvin Ferd the 3rd’s feelings of rejection? I would soon find out. Although, I can bet that this minuscule piece of glowing, radioactive pop culture has no place in her hoity-toity lifestyle. Toxie was made for us, not them! The George Street Playhouse, thanks to it’s stadium style seating, enables everyone in the house to enjoy an unobstructed view of the stage. The set, designed by Beowulf Boritt, was adorned with vats of fuming toxic chemicals and an old beat up turnpike sign. The sign warned the audience they were no longer in New Brunswick, but Exit 13, Tromaville. The set atmosphere made me feel like I was in a comic book and it was the perfect combination of gross and eerie. Thankfully the show did not rely on over the top special effects, but there were plenty of sight gags, costume changes, and a revolving set piece in the middle of the stage that helped suspend our disbelief. My attention was fixed on the infinitely talented actors who dazzled the stage. The full band was ready to rock as the actors seized the spotlight. A guy coughs from the awful fumes rising from the NJ turnpike while a nun prays “Who will save New Jersey?” From the looks of it, we actually do need a savior! The once beautiful Tromaville is being polluted by New York City and the corrupt mayor is to blame. Meanwhile the geeky Melvin Ferd the 3rd is in love with a cute blonde and blind librarian named Sara. Melvin stumbles upon the Mayor’s plans that could further ruin the environment and the Mayor’s career if they were released. The Mayor instructs her thugs to “get the geek,” but it backfires after they drop him into a vat of toxic chemicals. Melvin emerges deformed and oozing with toxic neon green sludge. Makes you want to think twice about moving to Jersey, huh? Hence, New Jersey’s first superhero is born, The Toxic Avenger! Toxie plans on dethroning the corrupt Mayor and eliminating pollution from the Garden State. Minor details of the original film were altered in order to modernize the story. Although, If you’re a hardcore Toxie fan, don’t worry you won’t be disappointed! Live theater is usually the perfect venue to see some stellar performances but on this night, there was an air of magic. It was obvious that the players were enthusiastic about there roles and there were no “I can’t believe I’m doing this” attitudes. Deformed and doused in sludge, was Nick Cordero as he bravely took on the main role of the geeky Melvin Ferd the Third and the legendary superhuman Toxic Avenger. The Mayor of Tromaville proclaims him a terrorist, even though he’s trying to rid New Jersey of it’s toxic waste. Cordero’s performance as Toxie at times recalled the despondence of the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera as well as the zealous and fiery performance of Sebastian Bach several years ago in Broadway’s Jekyll & Hyde. The operatic rock songs flourished thanks to Cordero’s rousing, dynamic voice. Toxie even made his way into the audience during “Everybody Dies.” I thought the lady behind me would have a coronary. Nancy Opel’s (Urinetown) performance is truly dazzling as she takes on double duty playing Melvin’s mother as well as the Mayor of Tromaville. As Melvin’s mother she’s noticeably disgusted at how he can never get anything right. Even when her son becomes a toxic monster she wonders “Could you at least put your left eyeball where it’s supposed to be?” It was apparent that Opel sunk her teeth into this role especially during a fun and frantic scene where Toxie’s mom and the Mayor have a run in (It‘s impossible!). It’s a scene right out of a Three’s Company episode. There were plenty of winks at the audience like the moment where the Mayor’s searching for Melvin and claims “I’ll find him, I know his mother.” Watch out for Opel and Demond Green’s steamy performance of “Evil is Hot,” it was so freakin’ hot! Certain actors are born performers while others hone their skills, and chip away in a never-ending attempt to be great. Audra Blaser (Bandidas) is a born performer. Her portrayal of the innocent, blind librarian Sara, love interest of Toxie, proved to be a highlight of the play. How can that snooty lady behind me get offended at blind jokes when such an adorable, and refreshing actress is the butt of them? I was surprised by Blaser’s knack for comedy which obviously didn’t pass by the casting director’s radar either. Not only is Sara funny but also compassionate as she wonders why Toxie isn‘t mauling her: “If you’re gay, we can still be best friends and watch American Idol together.” I’m glad the casting folks stayed true to the original characters. Blaser showed no signs of worry, although she had some pretty big shoes to fill since the role of Sara previously belonged to some of the quirkiest, and offbeat actresses including Andree Maranda, Phoebe Legere, and Heidi Sjursen. The dreamy Blase was joined by Demond Green and David Josefsberg during the song “My Big French Boyfriend” which was possibly the funniest moment in entire the show. The sentence “As black dude and white dude, Demond Green and David Josefsberg are quite versatile actors” holds the record for BIGGEST understatement of all time. I don’t think I can count how many different characters these two guys appeared as. Whether they were guys, girls, thugs, Springsteen wannabes, or hairdressers, they were thoroughly entertaining and proved to be an immense force of comic relief. Having two famous Jersey guys on the writing staff didn’t hurt a bit. Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change) wrote the book and lyrics while David Bryan (keyboardist of Bon Jovi) wrote music and lyrics to this rocking musical. The ingenious songs proved to be the productions’ throbbing, slimy nucleus. You’ll only need to experience the show once and you’ll realize they’re just as memorable and catchy as songs from the soundtracks of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Little Shop of Horrors. I want the songs on my iPod already! I’ve probably been to almost 50 live theater performances in my life and the minority of them featured songs that I would actually think of listening to elsewhere. This exuberant soundtrack has joined the minority! Toxic Avenger the Musical was directed by Tony Award winning director John Rando (Urinetown). Props (no pun intended) to another Jersey native John Dods for creating superb special effects and prosthetics. Dods has worked on some of my favorite films and TV shows including Monsters ‘88-‘91, Ghostbusters II, and Black Roses! The spirit of Lloyd Kaufman’s film making style was ever present. Judging by this show, you don’t need a cast of hundreds to put on a successful and entertaining production. Perhaps other productions can take a lesson from The Toxic Avenger (or they should read Lloyd Kauffman’s book All I Need to Know About Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger). In this case, improvising is the catalyst for some of the musical’s best moments. For the true Toxie fans, you’ll see nods to the original series like when Toxie slam dunks some thugs severed head. In another signature Toxie move, he pulls open his pants to check out how the size of his manhood mushroomed! I’m sure Sara will be pleased! The Toxic Avenger musical completely squashed my apprehensions with it’s outlandish fun. In classic New Jersey fashion, the audience gave a raucous standing ovation while clapping and rocking out. Expect your cheeks to hurt from laughing and your eyes to be glued to the stage. At the end of the show, for the first time in my life I wanted to be doused in some of that hazardous neon green ooze emitting from the marshes of Exit 13. Oh, and if you’re at all like that woman sitting behind me, then stay home and watch Masterpiece Theater or I may toss your big old pretentious ass into a bubbling vat of toxic sludge! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO PURCHASE TICKETS Photos displayed above from The Toxic Avenger Musical by David Saint and T.Charles Erickson. Now here’s some photos from the Premiere Party! Nick Cordero (Toxie!) and The Sexy Armpit.com Nancy Opel (Mayor/Mom) and The Sexy Armpit.com The Sexy Armpit.com and Audra Blaser (Sara) Demond Green and The Sexy Armpit.com David Bryan of Bon Jovi and Jay Amabile Lloyd Kaufman, Sal, The Sexy Armpit.com Posted in American Idol, beowulf boritt, Bon Jovi, ECW, Ghostbusters, Ipod, lloyd kaufman, N.J Turnpike, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, pop culture, rocky horror, Sebastian Bach, toxic avenger, troma2 Comments	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1779
__label__wiki	0.539504	0.539504	It was two, maybe three months ago. They were strangers then, but not for long. A rapport began when they spoke over the phone, her voice warm and inviting, almost like an old friend. She sounded so . . . alive! He began to imagine her in his mind, how she would look, how she would feel. . . . The date was finally set. They would meet at her place. He felt excited at the prospect, but nervous as well. Upon opening the door, wearing a scant negligee, she immediately put that nervousness aside with her warm, welcoming hug. Did she let it linger a little longer than usual, just to feel his arms and broad shoulders? Or to let him feel her hips, firmly, willingly pressed against his? The conversation was casual, even a little playful, but brief. They both felt the anticipation of what was to come. As he undressed, she suggested that they play a little game. She had him put on a blindfold and lie on his back, his hands at his side. He could not touch her as long as he wore the blindfold. But she could touch him. Now naked herself, she began a light massage, feeling the muscles in his calves, then his thighs, then his chest. She lingered, noticing his arousal as she brushed over his nipples, first with her fingers, then, ever so gently with her lips. As she did so, her hair fell across his chest and stomach. So soft. He wanted to touch it, to caress it, but still he abides by “the rules.” He was now growing hard. As she made her way back down across his stomach, she let her hair fall over and around his penis. He just knew she was about to take him in her mouth, to kiss and lick him to a full erection . . . but she wasn’t through teasing him. What was this game?! Instead, she allowed seemingly every part of her body to gently brush against his cock. Her arms, her legs, her breasts, even her labia, were used to further arouse him. Until he was straining for her to just take it, firmly, with her mouth, her hand, anything! But still she played. . . . He had never been with a woman who seemed to enjoy exciting him, almost endlessly. He wanted to reciprocate, HAD TO reciprocate. Finally, she stradled his chest, and allowed him to remove the blindfold. She was now yearning for his touch. Immediately, his hands went to her waist and pulled her up, until she was over his face. His tongue was eager to taste her, as she was anxiously anticipating, but first . . . . He softly kissed the inside of each thigh, alternately flicking his tongue over her skin. The sight of her swollen lips, hovering just over his face, made him hunger all the more. He rolled her over onto her back, so he could kiss her stomach, slowly making his way down, down, as her hands were running through his hair. She began to utter moans, quietly at first, then louder, as he continued to tease her with his tongue, licking more softly the closer he came to her outer lips. Finally, after what seemed like minutes, he touched her clitoris with the tip of his tongue. Short, sharp gasps for breath were all she could emit. He knew it was time; he allowed the flat part of his tongue to now glide over her wet clit, with long licks, sending her hips thrusting upward to greet his mouth. He moved over her, so that he appeared ready to at long last penetrate her. Grabbing his cock with one hand, he slid the head up and down over her clit, fully wetting it with her juices, until it became even more swollen. The veins running down his shaft were close to the surface, pulsating. He was more ready than he had ever been to bury his cock in her. Placing just the head inside, she suddenly, desperately, grabbed his hips and pulled him all the way inside her finally releasing the flood that had been building inside. “Oh, God,” she said, half-laughing, ” I see you like this game as well.” To be continued. . . .	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1780
__label__cc	0.540633	0.459367	Jenny asked in Entertainment & MusicOther - Entertainment · 8 months ago Do you agree with many people that a straight actor should not be allowed to play gay roles, such as Elton John? Or do you agree with Elton John that its bullsht. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/9100258/elto... Now of course, this comes from the left. When I stated this before, I was criticized with, "how do you know they're on the left." How? I live in reality. To argue that this isn't from the left is ludicrous. no, just like gay actors should be allowed to play straight roles, its called acting for a reason, you are pretending to be someone whom you arent That's right. They are all Gay. I don't blame them for never raising the issue. I suppose that it could be argued that the straight guy was doing an impression, like Blackface, of something he cannot experience in depth. Fuggeddabouit! Gay isn't a real thing though. No, definitely not. They sound like the type of people that'd get offended if we said, "then gay actors shouldn't be allowed to play straight roles." jacob f Who gives a s h it! God you loony leftists look for every reason to get upset! They are called 'obnoxious little basturds.'. Bless em. ◄WhoMe► What do actors do for a living, they pretend to be somebody else. Don't see a problem there "left?" get you nose out of donnie's *. who cares it’s just a movie/show it’s not that deep (@ the people who think no) JuanB I think it should be a huge consideration. On the other hand, I think that a singer/actor should play a Singer. So now you are cutting it pretty narrow - gay, singer British, under 30....Singing might be more important. But hey, when it comes to when they make a movie about your life, YOU get to choose who plays you. So if Elton John is okay with the choice, so am I. Elton Sucks live. The singing will all have to be dubbed in, anyway. No, that’s why it’s called acting. If the role was won by someone who’d earned it, sexual preference is immaterial. Haven’t any idea who’d balked at the fact that Elton John even felt was foolish, and couldn’t care less. Heard the movie’s fantastic. Which city do you live? Am I weird if I don’t smoke or drink ? please answer quick I can't breathe? Do you remember the Ritz Brothers? why did you choose yahoo answers ? Are raves more for gay men? Not straight men? Which Gallagher brother is God? I wanna watch the iheart radio music awards but it's coming at 8/7c on the 29th of March. Does anyone know what that is in Melbourne timing? If Batman were to glide across the sky or the top of tall buildings with his cape in real life, wouldn't he need his grapple gun for this? Should I get these concert tickets asap or wait?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1782
__label__cc	0.7297	0.2703	Anonymous asked in Society & CultureReligion & Spirituality · 4 months ago Christians why do you deny Evolution ? You religion has too much inconsistency? Okay so i am a scientist and ex-christian. Tbh the religion makes no sense to me. Here is why 1. There is no proof of a global flood as stated in the bible 2.Evolution is a proven fact these days. I dare u prove me wrong and i will practice abrahamic religion 3. Prove to me that the earth is 6000 years old I know u will call me a troll and be hateful that is becuz you have no answer to my questions. JOIN ME IN THE TRUTH Smartassawhip I have had a good scientific education in high school and college. The fact is that there is no evidence to indicate that it is even possible for one species of life to change into another species of life. Lighting the Way to Reality Dumbasarock, Christian-based high schools and colleges will give a phony view of evolution. Get a REAL education. Carym The plain truth is that DNA bears the Name of the Designer. The Law of Information states that information cannot just pop up by itself---that every piece of information requires a sender (Source). Christians reflect their Saviour. That's what sets us all apart, 'our values' just so you know... So, apart from your 'complete randomness, dormant soul, and pseudoscience,' what other demons are you struggling with? Jeancommunicates No proof of a global flood, yet every culture has a record of one. The pyramids show water covered them. Fish found on mountain tops. Do scientists always ignore history and go with their blind theories? And the Egyptian civilization is one of those that went through the time the mythical biblical flood was supposed to have occurred without realizing that they were supposed to be drowning. Your Word is a light to my roadway Say again, seems to me that according to this statement that evolution is missing something. How about actually LEARNING about how science ACTUALLY works instead of posting crap from creationist sources. Evolution makes accurate predictions all the time. You just don't understand how it actually works. All of the evidence supports evolution, NOT your myths. Ernest S No need to deny Evolution. No one can even make it out without logical invalidity and contradiction of reason. You certainly can't. So somebody is leading you by the nose, which from what you write is not too difficult at all! Why don't you provide some examples of the logical invalidity and contradiction of reason that you constantly say are hallmarks of evolution? I have asked you to do so several times but you never do. Mshe I can prove you there was a global Flood. How? Through Torah. Torah proves earth can be covered with water & it is by someone who Knew earth... Torah also says lands are joined like continents are now & oceans exist. Other Jewish Books (Never any other Book in world said so in any other place/religion) explain earth is round/sphere & hanging upon nothing. Torah even says circumcise in 8th day which is when bleeding stops in baby boys.. Or many medical truths in Torah like viruses Or New viruses or boiling water cleans Or vegetables are better Or milk is source of Teeths [Calcium] or etc.. later airplanes like Eagle used in transferring troops/ppl... etc...The science never disproved Global Flood. If polar ices melt, it will cover all earth. Tallest mountains? They don't know.. There are Big oceans under earth which I remember one big discovered in 2007, or something.. Bobby Jim 1. There is no proof of a global flood as stated in the bible. False. Nearly every ancient civilization that we know of in history has a reference to a great flood in their own historical writings. Check your resources. 2.Evolution is a proven fact these days. False. "Evolution" is still referred to as the Theory of Evolution." Scientific proof is acquired through Scientific Method, and no one can duplicate all the physical properties and conditions extant on Earth from evolution s claim of 6 million years or more. Evolutionary scientists have deemed that a "preponderance of evidence" is sufficient for "proof," even though it is based on a biased view, supposition, and wishful thinking. Evolution remains to be an unproven theory. I dare u prove me wrong and i will practice Abrahamic religion 3. Prove to me that the earth is 6000 years old. Arguably true! Of the few written histories which claim to take us back to Earth's origins, sacred scripture (Bible) contains dozens of family trees that are followed throughout the entire term of life on Earth, up to the time of Christ. After the time of Christ, history is well recorded. But these genealogies, when added up, are what provide Believers with an approximate Earth age of 6,000 years. I believe the current year in the Israelite Lunar Calendar is 5,758. Please consider all of this as you research the Abrahamic religions. Even secular evolutionists admit there was a "significant event" that caused things like the Cambrian, etc. A flood makes the most sense for that, but they won't say the word. Christians don't deny evolution. Fundamentalist Protestants do, because their biblical misinterpretations often conflict with scientific facts. Jesus Christ founded one Church, said it was to remain one, and promised that one Church the fullness of God's truth until the end of time. Therefore, as you would expect, the teaching of that one Church (which includes well over half of all Christians) never conflicts with natural truths revealed by science. Truth cannot conflict with truth. Catholic biologist travelingwithwife Hello, Paul. Please explain the steps involved with a creature of a certain number of chromosomes changing into a different creature with a different number of chromosomes. Show me the steps in DNA replication or other process that it involves. Thanks in advance. If you don't know, tell me. Roberta B There is macroevolution, which no one has observed, and microevolution, which most people have observed. Credentialed, experienced peer-reviewed, working scientists have questioned macroevolution, which is described here, along with their reasons for their questions. Among them are about 1000 scientists with relevant scholarship, who spoke up publicly about their reluctance to accept Darwinian evolution as it is commonly described in many textbooks: https://evolutionnews.org/2015/07/microevolution/ https://www.sott.net/article/407042-Over-1000-scie... However, truth cannot be found from voting for or against an idea. The overwhelming majority of scientists who went through currently accepted university programs do not accept that God directly created humans. But my faith, which DOES accept it, has spoken up against the validity of the theory of evolution for many years, in fact, a few decades after the first printing of Origin of Species. "The Photo Drama of Creation" was one of the first picture and sound presentations to be produced, reaching about 9 million people in theatre halls around the world., and it championed the idea of the direct creation of humans by God. The basic tenets of Christianity and faith in God are incompatible with the theory of Evolution. Jesus Christ himself advocated faith in his Father as the Creator of the first man and woman, when he said: Matthew 19:4, 5 4 In reply he said: “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female 5 and said: ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’?' " Christianity is based on the belief that Jesus' death is a ransom from the sin and death that we suffer due to the rebellion of Adam and Eve. (Matthew 20:28, 1 Corinthians 3:5) If that is not true, and we came from lower animals, instead of being directly created by God, then the entire idea of faith in Christ is negated. But the Bible says "In ADAM all are dying, but in CHRIST all will be made alive." (1 Corinthians 15:22) So instead of believing everything that I hear, I will rely on a much older and better documented source of information, the Bible, and its champion and author Almighty God. If anyone would question me about documentation for my acceptance of direct creation, I would ask questions based on five main points: 1. How did life begin? 2. Is any form of life really simple? 3. Where did the instructions come from? 4. Has all life descended from a common ancestor? 5. Is it reasonable to believe the Bible? These are simple questions, but ones (especially the first four) that evolutionists are not able to empirically, experimentally, conclusively answer. The fifth question is often answered based on misunderstandings, points taken out of context, and misconceptions, but it is approached here in a reasonable and logical way as well. You may guess that the answers to these questions are a part of a pretty remarkable study book from Jehovah's Witnesses. It is called "The Origin of Life - 5 Questions Worth Asking". A link to the book, with its beautiful cover depicting the DNA molecule, is below. A second link there is a direct link to its bibliography of peer-reviewed papers and books written by scientists with relevant expertise. https://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/origin-of... These days it is not hard to find qualified scientists who question the validity of the theory of evolution. Recently I listened to two YouTube videos on the subjects discussed in the first two questions. The authors/speakers are not Jehovah's witnesses, but they approach the same questions with uniquely honed expertise in these subjects. I am adding these videos as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU7Lww-sBPg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_KEVaCyaA &t=147s Source(s): This article shows WHY Evolution is incompatible with the Bible and Christianity. Is Evolution Compatible with the Bible? https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2008006?q=is+t... Madam, not according to scientists who use those terms in textbooks and scientific papers. Jehovah's Witnesses did not invent the terms. In addition to Q's 1), 2), 3), we might add Gods Problems, 4), which is how the Bible fails to adequately explain human pain and suffering. So signally severe we gave it a term. Theodicy. More accurately, theodicies, due to the large number of volumes published. A subset of Apologetics that deals with our profound personal suffering in a world created by a kind powerful loving god. Theodicies. The most common root cause for religious folk turning atheist or apostate. Heeey, I’ve read a LOT of it already. Still not sold. Do atheists really think that logic is going to save them when the truth finally catches up with them? If god created me in his image why am I not invisible too? Atheists, is it possible you are self-deceiving in order to escape responsibility? What the bloody hell is the point of life? Why care about anything? Why does the whole world hate Jehovah's Witnesses? How to people who believe in Religion explain the B.C. Era? Is Toilet full of shat? Why Americans imagine Jesus as white? Why did Toilet let the Roman soldiers butt **** him right before the crucifixion?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1783
__label__cc	0.566255	0.433745	Archives for posts with tag: Artists A Little Color, poem by Alexis Rotella (MY FIRST JOB Poetry and Prose Series) A Little Color by Alexis Rotella About to take off for Capitol Hill the future senator scowls when he sees the report I typed on hot pink paper. IMAGE: “Untitled” by Mark Rothko (1953). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Fresh out of high school I went to work for the Appalachian Commission in Washington, D.C. where I was one of a dozen girls in the typing pool. The job was boring — I thought adding a little color to Jay Rockefeller’s job would perk things up. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alexis Rotella is a veteran writer of Japanese poetry forms in English. Her latest books, Between Waves and The Color Blue were published by Red Moon Press. She is currently the judge for Ito-En Haiku Grand Prize Contest. A practitioner of Oriental Medicine in Arnold, Maryland, Alexis is also a mobile photographer and digital artist. Tags Art, Artists, Authors, Poems, poetry, poets, Writers, Writing Categories MY FIRST JOB Touch, story by Patricia Coleman (MY FIRST JOB Poetry and Prose Series) by Patricia Coleman He sought the perfect bodies of young women. He made a reputation in the 80s art world with this unexceptional predilection. His live-work loft was in a cast iron building on lower Broadway. I went up in a large freight elevator and entered directly into the open space, empty except for paint and canvases, rollers, no brushes. Into the windowless back he squeezed a kitchen, above it a raised bed. He’d drink tea at a little table there after work and tell young models of his depression, his search for failures, his sexless ecstasy with a Japanese woman. He also explained that he wanted to take the virtuosity out of the art-making process so that the canvas reflected more the models than the artist — the beautiful bodies of young women. He dipped his roller into a pan of red paint and stroked back and forth, up and down over my tts, legs, tops of feet until he covered the entire front of my flesh. He stepped back a few feet holding his paunch to gaze detachedly at a wet body. He led me by my palm to two inches from the canvas, so that he would neither mar his work nor sully his objects. Now his fingers lightly pressed at the small of the back and other places that held their ground, kept their distance. He wanted no voids between object and work. He especially made sure the pelvis and widow’s peak made contact. He tried bodies out in all the primary colors. After he finished, he’d invite me to the kitchen where he’d spend hours bent over in confession. I listened to his tales of impotence and desire, waiting to get paid. He paid according to mood. Too much or not enough. AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: The pic is of me in 1980/ Downtown modeling job for a paper — I do not remember which. They were highlighting paper suits like the one I am wearing. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Patricia Coleman is a writer/director, born and living in Brooklyn. She has published stories, essays, poems and interviews in Bomb, PAJ, The New Review of Literature, Nedjeljni Vjesnik, Culture Magazine, Maintenant 11, Zoetica, POST Vote, FishFood, and Poetica. She has presented papers on silence, sound, and the disembodied voice at FOOT, ATHE, Le Son au Theatre. As a director and sometimes as writer/director, she has staged 25+ productions at The Kitchen, Chashama, Here, etc. In 2014 she staged her site-specific adaptation of Euripdes’ Medea with soundscape by Richard Kamerman at Brooklyn Glass (a glass blowing studio in Gowanus). She received her PhD in Theatre from the Graduate Center. Her dissertation was on the disembodied voice of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater. Tags Art, Artists, Authors, Reading, Stories, Writers, Writing Sign Writer’s Assistant, poem by Oz Hardwick (MY FIRST JOB Poetry and Prose Series) Sign Writer’s Assistant by Oz Hardwick Sign Writer’s Assistant sounded perfect, an illuminated serif linking art school to fame. But the reality is straining with an eight-foot board on a scaffold we’ve built from cocky luck. Neither of us knows a jack from a ledger, but we throw it up four storeys, scattering pigeons over patchwork roofs, in the city where the term dinosaur was coined in 1841. Here in metropolitan sky, the sign becomes the wing of a doomed pterosaur, lurching to extinction, to be discovered, millennia later, by an amateur archaeologist. I am that archaeologist, uncovering steel ribs, wooden feathers, fossils of rust, chipping away at dispersing clouds, lost in fragments, dusting signs: a novice in the art of not falling. IMAGE: “Pez Dispenser” by Jean-Michel Basquiat (1984). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Just after I left Plymouth Art College (UK) in 1980, I had a casual job helping a sign writer when he needed an extra pair of hands to put up his handiwork. The most memorable occasion was when we had to build a scaffolding tower — which neither of us had done before – in order to put a very large, very heavy board on the side of a factory on a very windy day. We lived. When last visiting the city, about 18 months ago, I happened to be in the area and saw that the factory has gone, replaced by new buildings. My memory, however, dusted off the fragments and pieced them together as best I could. Little-known fact: the word dinosaur was first recorded at an archaeological meeting in Plymouth in 1841. AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist” (c. 1980) by fellow student Richard Sainsbury. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Oz Hardwick is a writer, photographer, and academic living in the north of England. He has published five poetry collections, a book on medieval wood carvings, and a whole heap of music journalism. His song cycle, The House of Memory, with music by Peter Byrom-Smith, will be released by Debt Records in July 2017. AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: Taken at the top of The John Hancock Center, Chicago. I still can’t resist climbing up buildings — though prefer doing it on the inside these days. Umbrella Lost, poem by Katherine Edgren (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) Umbrella Lost by Katherine Edgren My open umbrella dries damply on the floor recalling another circled, portable protector: collapsible with hinged ribs big enough for a garrulous giant rakish handle at a rakish angle gift from my young son, bought with a wad that burned a hole in his pocket on a World’s Fair vacation with indulgent Grandparents in a city I can’t even remember it was so long ago. Dear, darling Doris and I were plotting over pancakes at a local hole. Sleep mustn’t yet have abandoned my muzzy head, because I LOST* the umbrella. (The sky must have stopped its dripping and when I left, I forgot my capacious canopy. Later I went back to search where it never was –even in the trunk of Doris’ car—) GONE GONE GONE — like a diamond down the drain eluding, evading, escaping without me, wings flapping an unseen farewell. Something so precious, *and losing it the first time I used it* Part of me has to believe someone stole it (shhhhhhh) Even now on dreary days, I find myself watching for the waving of my prized parasol over the heads of strangers-thieves-parasites. ( Um-brella Sun-brella Un-brella) Thus paranoia planted its hairy beet-root and began its expansion deep and wide. I still mourn my lost brolly, my umbrolly, my parapluie, my bumbershoot. IMAGE: “Still Life with Peaches and Umbrella” by Andre Denoyer de Segonzac (1884-1974). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I wrote this piece in an on-line class on metaphor taught by Jennifer Burd, as a part of the Loft Literary Center. It’s all true. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: In 2017 Katherine Edgren’s book of poetry, The Grain Beneath the Gloss, will be published by Finishing Line Press, where her previous two chapbooks: Long Division (2014) and Transports (2009) were also published. Her poems have appeared in Christian Science Monitor, Birmingham Poetry Reviiew, and Barbaric Yawp, among others. She was born in 1950 and is a retired social worker who lives in Dexter, Michigan, with her husband and her dog. Visit her at kkedgren.wordpress.com. Categories LOST & FOUND The Gold Amulet, poem by Pallabi Roy (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) The Gold Amulet by Pallabi Roy It was not just a pricey yellow metal that still berates my soul for not holding on to it. It was rather to me an empyrean that housed an angel sent by you, Ma, to ward off all the evils around me. I deplore losing it, not for its elegant and antique design, but your prayers etched on its surface, not for the sparkles and glitters, but your blessings shining through it. I could not treasure it, Ma! When it hanged around my neck like a buckler in a war. Ma, it was a legacy of love bequeathed to you by Grandma that you had hoped to live on. But it could not cling to my heart like I always did to its. That gold amulet broke up with me, and taught me a lesson. Losing is not about ruing when it is gone, it is about cherishing when it is our own. IMAGE: “Public Pool for Daytime Swimming” by Joyce Kozloff (1984). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The subject of the poem is a gold amulet, passed on from many generations of my mother’s family. I lost it during an aquatic meet in my college days. When it was with me, I considered it just a piece of jewelry. Only after losing the amulet did I realize how much I should have valued it to keep the good luck flowing in. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Based in New Delhi, India, Pallabi Roy is a technical communicator by profession and a creative writer by passion. She has penned numerous flash fictions and poems in English and Assamese, and her work has appeared in The Assam Tribune, Prantik, The Sentinel, and other publications. When she veers from her writing schedule, she is either traveling through water (a former competitive swimmer!) or trekking through some hills in North India. PHOTO: The author during a recent trekking trip to Ooty, Tamil Nadu. Tags Art, Artists, Authors, jewelry, Poems, poetry, poets, Writers, Writing My Stupid Lost Necklace, story by Susan W. Goldstein (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) My Stupid Lost Necklace by Susan W. Goldstein I lose things. Quite often. I have this terrible habit of throwing possessions into any old drawer that I pass by. It drives my husband crazy, because nothing is ever in the same place twice. And it can be extremely annoying. For example, I knew that I had been holding the car keys before breakfast: how could they be missing now, a mere 20 minutes later? This adds a degree of stress to my life that I really fail to enjoy. I become obsessed, a crazy woman tearing the house apart until I remember that I had stuffed the keys into my pocket. But let’s not dwell on that. The following items are currently Missing in Action: a pearl and Austrian crystal necklace; a favorite blouse; a special photo of my sons. This really bothers me. I would say that the house is inhabited by a playful poltergeist, but we have moved at least three times while these items remained missing. Unless ghosts move with you? I had a special event and wanted to wear the necklace, mentioned above. I was determined to find it, so I upended my jewelry box; I emptied my underwear drawer (like I said: I put things in the strangest places); I inspected the house inch by inch. I could not find it anywhere. Finally, I had no choice but to drive to the mall to find a replacement. I reached into my glove compartment for my GPS and . . . in a flash, remembered that three years ago, I had taken the necklace and thrown it in said glove compartment because it was too heavy on my neck. And there it was, a tangled jumble just waiting to be found! My stupid necklace. IMAGE: “Jeanne Hebuterne with Necklace” by Amedeo Modigliani (1917). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The words “lost” and “found” conjure up my peripatetic set of car keys, which I am constantly misplacing. My husband has gotten used to my hysterical outbursts when yet another prized possession goes missing. And then he is the recipient of the requisite apology for my bad behavior, after the prized possession is found. I know, I know: I should follow his advice and put things back where I found them. But that is just too easy. Susan W. Goldstein has relocated over 15 times in her lifetime; it is False News that she is in the Witness Protection Program. She has, however, found paradise in Delray Beach, Florida, with her husband and his dog (when said dog pukes on the carpet) and her dog (when said dog is being cute). She was first published in Silver Birch Press (!!!), followed by Mothers Always Write, Mamalode, JustBe Parenting, Lunch Ticket and, soon, Parent Co. Follow her blog at very-seriously.com. Kolmer’s Gulch, poem by Tania Pryputniewicz (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) Kolmer’s Gulch by Tania Pryputniewicz Down the cragged, nettled incline past two crosses for the drowned, our children scale pocked rocks. I’m at forty-nine seconds: scanning kelp threaded waves for the black thumb of your hood, remembering Fiji: swimming hand in hand, the time-slowed undulations of sea cucumbers, pale tan, rolling their octagonal lanterns across the miniature ribs of the sand. But this is the cold Pacific, an overcast day, zero visibility according to the pair of retreating divers you pass in the surf. Our son straddles a feeder stream, flings strands of algae and one unlucky minnow into his sister’s hair. You surface. I breathe. Then lose you again, like I do daily to the needs of them: the youngest cries up, our son’s lost a shoe, our daughter begs to bring her dead minnow home. I just want you, hurtling crown first towards the silver lid of the sea you must open to live, kicking in, the three rust-red half-helmets of abalone suctioned to your chest. AUTHOR’S IMAGE CAPTION: Drawing of Kolmer’s Gulch by the late artist Mike Trask (father of the best man at our wedding). I paid for this drawing using the first dollars I’d ever earned from a poem. NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I wrote this poem back when we lived in Northern California just after coming home from one of my husband’s ritual trips to dive for abalone at Kolmer’s Gulch near Fort Ross in 2007. Before we had our children, I accompanied him several times out into the sea. It was far more difficult to stand on the shore and wait for him to surface than it was risking the unruly jade swell and brisk water temperatures to shadow him through the kelp and down to the sea floor. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tania Pryputniewicz, author of November Butterfly (Saddle Road Press, 2014), is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Tania’s poems are forthcoming in Chiron Review, Nimrod International Journal, Prime Number Magazine, and Whale Road Review. She teaches a monthly themed poetry workshop at San Diego Writers, Ink and lives in Coronado, California. Her online home is taniapryputniewicz.com. AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: The photo is of my youngest son, Nikolas and me in our wetsuits overlooking the sea. Birthstone, poem by Elizabeth Kerper (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) by Elizabeth Kerper In some stories the loss of the ruby ring would bring the whole thing down in shards, hammer to a mirror, the hero unable to summon the wish-granter or placate the monster, the Beast dying alone in his garden long before anyone could make it through the enchanted wood, but in your apartment there is just the losing and the looking, then moving the bed, pressing one eye at a time to the gap where the floorboards warped years ago, where the ring must surely have fallen. Then giving up, collapsing on the bed, unmoored in the center of the room, feet on your pillow, head toward the window, watching snow like dark static against the orange street light. Then resignation, then calm, as if you have finally mastered the magic trick your father tried to teach you as a girl, how to transform a bed into a boat and the dark into a placid ocean instead of a tide pool teeming with every species of fear. Tonight you feel the people who lived in this space before you the way you felt ghosts then and surely you are not the first to lose something here. Imagine the ring nestled in the quicksilver chain of a vanished bracelet or against the jagged blade of already-replaced keys, surely you walk barefoot every day above so much searched for, then abandoned. Now you think of the women of your family who wore the ring before you, now you think of the girl who will come to you someday, daughter or great-niece, promised this sign of the month of her birth, how she will hold out her hands and how you will have nothing to give her except your own. IMAGE: “The Ring” by John William Godward (1898). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: While this poem written about the period of time in which I was convinced that my ring was gone for good, that did not turn out be its actual fate—a month after I dropped and lost it, my mother visited me and spotted it in my bookshelf, snagged on the back row of some books shelved two-deep. Moral of the story: nothing is ever really lost unless your mom can’t find it. Elizabeth Kerper lives in Chicago and graduated from DePaul University with a BA in English literature. Her work has appeared in the Nancy Drew Anthology from Silver Birch Press, as well as in Eclectica, NEAT, Midwestern Gothic, and No Assholes Literary Magazine, where she is a contributing editor. The Lost Bright-Yellow, poem by Marion Deutsche Cohen (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) The Lost Bright-Yellow by Marion Deutsche Cohen She has fallen asleep reading. When she wakes up the book is no longer Has it dropped through the mattress? Did she leave it in her dream? It’s bright yellow, as bright as a light bulb. It literally can’t be missed. It’s not in the washer Not in the dryer Not in the sink Not in the bookcase. She can order another copy. But she can’t order another Intermediate Value Theorem The one that says an object can’t get from one place to another without going in between. What did she do in her sleep? Take it outside the house? Leave it on somebody’s doorstep? Throw it in a public trash can? It’s too big for her purse. Too big for her jewelry case. Too big for the medicine cabinet. She guesses she’ll have to get used to the new rules. There just might be a god. And there just might be no science. Her husband remembers that she fell asleep reading. And he’s getting worried, too. SOURCE: “Lost Bright-Yellow” appeared in the author’s chapbook, Sizes Only Slightly Distinct (Green Fuse Press). IMAGE : “Woman Reading,” sculpture by Pablo Picasso (1953). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The “she” is actually me. I altered it because I wanted to include it in the chapbook, “Sizes Only Slightly Distinct”, which consisted of what I call “poetic parables without morals”. Other than that, that poem is totally true. (I found the book two days later, fallen to the foot of the bed.) Marion Deutsche Cohen’s latest poetry books are Truth and Beauty (WordTech Editions – about the interaction among students and teacher in her course, Mathematics in Literature, which she developed at Arcadia University) and Closer to Dying (WordTech Editions). and What I’m Wearing Today (dancing girl press – about thrift-shopping!). Her books total 27, including two memoirs about spousal chronic illness and including Crossing the Equal Sign (Plain View Press – about the experience of mathematics). She teaches math and writing at Arcadia University. She was recently featured in an interview at renpowell.com, and at svjlit.com. Her website is marioncohen.net. Tags Art, Artists, Authors, Books, Poems, poetry, poets, Reading, Writers, Writing Treasure, poem by Mary McCarthy (LOST AND FOUND Poetry and Prose Series) by Mary McCarthy Last night I missed my favorite gold chain The one with the crab charm We bought first time at the beach And I took the house apart Unable to believe It was gone Sorting through pots and seeds In the cellar I found my last year’s Amaryllis There in the dark Where I’d left it cut back down To the bulb And forgotten It had put up a long Pale white stem And a huge half open Silk-red flower Disregarded Without light Without water Resurrected from its own root like a pledge of unexpected hope IMAGE: “Red Amaryllis,” painting by Georgia O’Keeffe (1937). NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: I wrote this poem thinking about how we spend more time mourning losses than celebrating discoveries, both large and small. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary McCarthy has always been a writer, but spent most of her working life as a Registered Nurse. Her work has appeared in many online and print journals, including Earth’s Daughters, Gnarled Oak, Third Wednesday, and Three Elements Review. Her echapbook, Things I Was Told Not To Think About, is available through Praxis magazine online. She is grateful for the wonderful online communities of writers and poets sharing their work and passion for writing, providing a rich world of inspiration, appreciation, and delight. AUTHOR’S PHOTO CAPTION: The photo was taken during a break in our recent house-hunting expedition. Tags Art, Artists, Authors, flowers, gardening, Poems, poetry, poets, Writers, Writing	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1788
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His play "Happy", which played to sold out audiences last year in its Spanish-language premiere at Teatro Milan in Mexico City, has just been revived for a limited engagement run. Also this fall, his hit play "Lucky Me", which was on tour throughout Estonia last year with the Vana Baskini Teater, will open in October at Theater Ungelt in Prague in a new Czech translation. Katie Blevins' Research Highlighted in Civic Information Journal Katie Blevins, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, published an article titled, "Access to Government Officials in the Age of Social Media" in the inaugural issue of The Journal of Civic Information. Read the article. Craig A. Miller Directs West Coast Premiere Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing, Craig A. Miller, directed the West Coast Premiere of the play "Faceless" by Selina Fillinger at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, CA, which ran from May 17 - June 2, 2019. Jared Sorenson, one of the Department of Theatre Arts' MFA candidates in Scenic Design, accompanied Miller as the scenic designer for the highly-stylized courtroom thriller as part of a professional internship developed between U of I Theatre Arts and 6th Street Playhouse, where Miller formerly served as artistic director for eight years. The production received high critical praise and played to sold-out houses for the duration of the run. MLC Faculty Travel for Summer Research Summer 2019 was filled with international research travel for faculty in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures. On July 18, 2019, Rubén Arias Rueda, visiting USAC Professor, presented his book Ante el placer de los demás. Representaciones del ocio a cielo abierto (Regarding the Pleasure of Others. Representations of Leisure Under the Open Sky; Muga, 2019) at the Amárica Exhibition Hall, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Marta Boris Tarré, Associate Professor of Spanish, travelled to Madrid, Toledo, and Córdoba in Spain and to San Francisco to interview converts to Islam. The personal narratives she collected form the core of her current book project on the history of conversion to Islam by Spaniards and US latin@s. From June 16 to 28, Rachel J. Halverson, Professor of German, was a Fellow of the Notre Dame Berlin Seminar. During her time in Germany, she also travelled to Leipzig to interview author and dancer Martina Hefter for her presentation on Hefter’s poetry at the German Studies Conference in October in Portland, Oregon. In May, Sarah Nelson, Associate Professor of French, visited Paris to see the first production of the play Le Favori since it was performed for Louis XIV and his court at Versailles in 1665. Nelson's current research centers on the play's author, Madame de Villedieu, and on two other seventeenth-century French women writers associated with her, Hortense and Marie Mancini. This modern production of Le Favori is the work of French researcher and theater practitioner Aurore Évain, whose innovative troupe "La Subversive" is making a large body of early modern French women's dramatic oeuvre known to audiences today. Nelson attended two performances of the play as well as a lecture by Évain, as part of the research for her spring 2020 sabbatical project, the digital publication of the correspondence of Marie Mancini. Kelly Quinnett at Montana Repertory Theatre Professor Kelly Quinnett, Head of Acting, appeared onstage at Montana Repertory Theatre for “Go. Please. Go.” by Emily Feldman at the University of Montana campus in Missoula from Aug. 27-Sept. 8. Production stage manager was Codey Leroy Butler, a U of I Theatre Arts alumnus.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1793
__label__wiki	0.777499	0.777499	On-Time Airline Arrivals Are on the Rise and So Are Complaints David Koenig, Associated Press - Apr 04, 2016 3:04 pm On-time arrivals mean less when the schedules are padded, while over booking and the abundance of ancillary fees are the fastest way to get a passenger to file a complaint. — Jason Clampet More flights are arriving on time and airlines are losing fewer bags, yet more consumers are complaining about air travel. Traveler complaints jumped 34 percent last year, to the highest level since 2000. The top frustration is problem flights including cancelations and delays, which is unchanged in 16 years. “Everything is getting better, but they are still unhappy about the same things,” says Dean Headley, a marketing professor at Wichita State and co-author of an annual report on airline quality. He thinks passengers resent the growth in extra fees for things like checked baggage and changing or canceling a reservation, and that makes them quicker to complain when something goes wrong with their trip. The report by Headley and Brent Bowen, dean of the aviation school at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, is being released Monday. The researchers use publicly available information from the U.S. Department of Transportation to rate the airlines for on-time performance, baggage handling, bumping passengers because of oversold flights, and complaints filed with the government. Graphic shows air traveler complaint data; 2c x 6 inches; 96.3 mm x 152 mm; Among the findings in this year’s report: On Time: The percentage of flights that arrived on time rose to 79.9 percent last year from 76.2 percent in 2014. Lost Bags: The rate of bags being lost, stolen or delayed bags dropped 10 percent in 2015. Getting Bumped: Fewer passengers were bumped off oversold flights; the rate dropped by 17 percent last year. That doesn’t count people who voluntarily gave up their seats for money or a travel voucher. More Complaints: Airline customers filed more than 15,000 complaints with the Transportation Department last year, up from about 11,000 in 2014. Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, budget carriers that charge lots of fees and had poor on-time records, had the worst complaint rates. It was the fifth increase in complaints in six years. Still, more than 670 million people flew on U.S. carriers last year, so only a tiny slice bothered to complain to the government. Many more gripe directly to the airline. Frontier CEO Barry Biffle has said that his airline gets about 30 complaints for every one filed with the Transportation Department and it used to be a 90-to-1 ratio. Complaints to the government topped 20,000 in 2000 but dropped sharply after the terror attacks of September 2001, which resulted in fewer people flying. Complaints didn’t start rising again until 2004. There are serious students of the airline industry who dismiss reports like the one from Wichita State and Embry-Riddle. Brett Snyder, who writes the Cranky Flier blog, says the overall rankings don’t tell travelers whether an airline is good or bad at what matters to them. “It lumps everything together in a way that doesn’t make sense for most travelers,” Snyder says. “You should research what matters to you. If you’re flying a specific route, you can look at on-time performance on that route.” Each month the Transportation Department lists flights that are chronically delayed and provides on-time figures for each airline at specific airports. Follow David Koenig at http://twitter.com/airlinewriter Copyright (2016) Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. This article was written by David Koenig from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network. Photo Credit: Spirit is a perennial leader in the most complaints department — a dubious honor, indeed. Spirit Airlines Ace Hotel Boutique Chain Consolidates Ownership After Years of Turmoil Colin Nagy, Skift The 2020 Innovators in Travel and Hospitality: Winter Edition	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1796
__label__wiki	0.66393	0.66393	Fanfictions, Fanfiction, Episodes, Series Captured in Denial's Grasp/Episode Text < Captured in Denial's Grasp Episode Text It is not about changing Ovilis; it's about changing the suffering mindsets of the people. — Savoice Demoy refuting Zona's argument The food was chopped into little pawns. The table was sitting as the supreme board. The breakfast cafeteria was Reyonis Platura. Here I am determining what would overturn the entire facility. Dojyu Coffnaigh told me that I would see differently later, but there is nothing that stands out to me. There's Dagra and Koka cleaning the tables. There's the Moderator's sitting over there making their Moderator Breakfast Clique. There's Interpreter Lalsu cutting up his food with his fingers. There's Interpreter Myaari talking to himself in the corner. As for me, I was sitting here transformed from reality--or what people say is reality. The food was cut into twenty-four, small board pieces fit enough for a game. "Playing with your food?" Dagra smiled at me. I kept my focus on the pieces. "Want to play with me?" She sat down across from me. "What are the rules?" "Try to figure it out. I'll go first." I moved the triangle-cut Asalan meat onto a larger lettuce. She moved a tiny pea on top of my meat. I moved the pea to the right of a square-cut piece of meat. She moved another pea on the lettuce beside another piece of meat. I moved the triangle-cut meat on top of another piece of meat. She picked up a piece of meat and set it on top of mine. I pulled the lettuce from where the triange-cut meat used to be, taking it on top of her pea to the right of the square-cut meat. She was hungry, giving the meat another partner to lay on top of. I was not hungry, moving the original triangle-cut meat on top of the two she had in place. She smiled, putting a rice grain beside another stray meat. "How much more is there to this?" She said. "Just wait and see," I made another move, as she did also. For a long time, we went back and forth until we fulfilled another amount of turns we just did. Here comes the fun part. "Here we are now," I said. "We're toward the end of the game." "This is really confusing..." "Oh, you'll understand after this part. So, I'm going to ask you a question, and you have to answer it right. If you don't, then I'll ask you another question to redeem yourself. If you don't get that right, either, then you lose. Okay?" "So, you're asking me questions to see if I get it right." "Yes--one if you get it right at first." "Okay. I'm ready." "Now tell me, Dagra. Where was this pea from the beginning?" I pointed to the pea that was once on top of the triangle-cut Asalan. "Oh..." She pressed her hands into her cheeks, deep in thought. "I don't remember...." "Come on, Dagra. Think." "Uh... there." She pointed to a piece of lettuce." "No, ma'am. That's wrong. It was here," I pointed to the area it once was. "It was on top of the triangle-cut meat." "Oh, I'm not too good on memory." "You should be, Dagra. Now, I have one more question for you to get your spot back. If you do, you can ask me a question. Okay?" "Okay." "What was the first move that I made?" "Mn...oh goodness, this is hard..." She looked into my eyes for help. I sighed. "If you want me to give you a hint, I will." "Please do." "Look here." I pointed to the triangle-cut meat. "Where was this at the beginning?" "Oh no...I don't remember that, either." "You have to answer, Dagra." Her face went pink. "Oh, I'm so stupid... um, was it here?" She pointed in the wrong spot. "No, no. I moved this piece here where the lettuce used to be under it." "Oh yeah, and then I put the pea on top of it. That's right..." She smiled. "Well, looks like I lost." "That's fine, Dagra. I was just seeing if you had a complex memory." She looked at the ground, leaving. "I guess I don't." I watched her leave as I took a fork and ate all of my breakfast at once. This was a test of not only memory, but integrity also. Should I had lied where those pieces were, she would have never known. It is important to pay attention to every detail when someone lends it to you. At least she didn't deny that some of the stuff happened when I asked her. I wish she did, though. Eating with haste, my thoughts rambled about exposing the true state of this corrupt Ovilian Arch of Studies. Let alone, I would need to have this whole conclusion to a standstill. If I just prove that Najarv'sye is denying reality, it would be over, and he would never return. The piercing of the alarm shrill surfaced the room. So, as obedient, I went to the meeting room. We had never come up with a name still for it as Myaari promised. "Today, we are going to talk about the Refuge Anthem today," he wrote on the clear board. "You mean that Anti-Vavy song," Khovab muttered beside me. He was so quiet, that he didn't get that last dock that Myaari forewarned him of getting. "Hey, Savoice," Lovopian hit me from behind. "Sit beside me." "Because I want to show you my notes." I shook my head. "No. Show me after the meeting." "All or nothing." From there, he continued to listen to Myaari. I turned back ahead. There had to have been a reason why he would be asking that. Perhaps it is to set me up? Whatever it is, I will have him in his grasp after today's meeting. "Hey, Pheru, can you write these lyrics on the board since you wrote them down?" Myaari said. Interpreter Lalsu walked up to the board. "Yes." There were the lyrics. All of them were written in Ovilian, a language that I didn't even understand. "Hey, hey," I said," Can you write that at least in Reyplatal? I can't read Ovilian." Pheru looked back at me. "Why don't you learn, then? It's not that much different from Reyplatal." He turned around and continued to write. But, those teeny symbols still didn't ring a bell in my mind. "Reyplatal is the standardized language, so you should probably use it. Not everyone here's from Ovilis, you know." "Yeah, I can't read that, either," Pulin leaned and squinted his eyes. "Please write that in Reyplatal, so I get some understanding." "Here, since that Najarv'sye did sing it in Reyplatal, I'll write the translation beside it," Myaari said. "Oh, thank you," Pulin nodded. I just watched him and slouched over. So, the two of the magnificent writers wrote the lyrics to the song: The hollow burdens of sighs our anscestors brought was the perishing doom for oppressors. It was once a restless elation of deemed of hallmark, shifted into a somber grief that needed resistance. Pursued into error, the glimpse of light dimmed among stars. Never has it been a duty to flee its kind, but power does. Holding on to a fragile hand the power deems righteous, never to gain again. Molten blood drips near the flesh, acceptance dims near the false sights. Oh, if only it were different, to view the world anchored in relief. Such a strange composition that I had ever seen in my life. If I were to get anything from this song, it would be that it's strange. "Okay," Myaari finished. "So I have an overarching question for you: based on the interpretation of this song, how does the outlook of Ovilis affect how they are affected by the spontaneous reality?" "May I begin?" Zona knocked on the table. "Hm... so, don't you all find it strange that this song is sang in a major scale, but they're singing about gloomy things? Remember how it goes?" "Well," Salmah knocked on the table. "Me being outside of the District for a while, I noticed that most Ovilian songs are this way. They're gloomy, but they musical composition beautiful sing." "Why is it like that?" Zona said. "What do you think? It's culture. Maybe it has to do with the Nylan's music making." Myaari shook his head. "Or, it could be an underlying message that there's still hope." "Could be," Zona said. "I'm not a music analyst and stuff," Polly said, "But I noticed that alot in Ovilian songs, too. If you look at the lyrics, it said that it was once ruvilas aman--an emotion of joy. Perhaps the singers of this song still are elated of the discovery of Reyonis Platura, but knew they had a responsibility and stuff." "'Discovery?'" Khovab crossed his arms. "Hmph." Then, the room fell on silence, for they were out of options to speak about. Looking around, searching, their eyes made known of their confusion. "You know, it makes you wonder why the glass girl couldn't sing along with them," I said. "She was saying that she was sullen, but after birth would become clean." "Oh, yeah," Polly said. "And she was blending the lyrics with this song, too." "What did she say again, Savoice?" Zona said. "She was saying that she used to be depressed, but when she's born--I'm guessing again--she would become clean." "Clean of what?" "I don't know. But that's what she said. Maybe she means being clean of her condition. I'm just asking why she couldn't sing with the rest of them." "Well, it is because she's locked singing that," Pheru said. Lovopian began to shift through his notes. I said, "Okay, well, then why couldn't the students sing with her to clear confusion?" "Because the students were focused on obeying the instructor," Polly said. "You don't go past your intentions if Ovilis is doing strange things again." "But, then right after the instructor was getting frustrated at them, she had a spine going down the side of her face." "She was punished!" Pulin realized. "Fellows, Ovilis punished her for ignoring her!" "Hey, hey, stop yelling," Zona rolled his eyes. "Imbecile." I gave Pulin a good look. "So, you think that Ovilis is punishing? I think that the spontaneous reality is there to purposely breed a people to deny reality. Look at the board. The song says, 'Pursued into error, the glimpse of light dimmed among stars. Never has it been a duty to flee its kind, but power does.' That means that the people were gradually swayed into denial as the spontaneous reality 'pursued'--or sought--that its acknowledgement be ignored. Then, it says that it was never a 'duty' to be forgotten, but because of its powers, it ends up this way." Pulin grinned with contentment. Khovab shook his head. "Okay, so, what do you mean by 'ignored'? Who's being ignored?" "Either it be the 'discoverers' of this planet, or the spontaneous reality itself--such that be a powerful entitiy, it is being ignored by the people. If we just opened our mind more to what we could and couldn't see, we would probably have the answers by now. But, because we accept 'false sights', we will never be redeemed." "Hm..." Myaari thought. "Are you saying that we are diverging from our origins, so now the origins that we believe may now rely on the 'spontaneous reality?'" "Well, I was saying that we are ignoring what the origins may be trying to tell us. But, that is a good thought on it, too." "Hey, hey, the glass girl is not limited to just those words," Lovopian said. "The last, last time that we had a meeting with Najarv'sye, he said that she was chanting something else. I have the notes here. She said, 'I have been sent by the doom of Ovilis, but still in elemental bliss. I never thought that being glass would mean much.' So, I guess her words can vary." "When did she say that?" Khovab wasn't listening. "She said that when Najarv'sye was at the Laliphorus Walls, I think." "Oh. Well, honestly, I just don't want to say that supposedly people above us are downright punishing us," Khovab said. "I think that we put the denial on ourselves, because we want to see differently. There's something that we're always dissatisfied with. In the song, it does say that something was 'pursued', yes, but the end of the song admits that there is a wish of something different." "Yeah, I think that people have the limitless thought that they can believe what they want," Lovopian said. "So, that means they can go past what they used to believe and contort it." "No, no," Pulin pointed at Lovopian. "Remember the man that was telling Najar about the possible punishments of Ovilis? Those people want things to change, but they don't take the initiative. So, they suffer for this reason. Remember, fellows, he said that denying salvation is denying reality." "Yeah, and it kinda goes back to that song," Polly said. "Look, it says, 'Hyra pochas toyu pholob nekaw,' meaning that people hold to what is weak. And, what is weak is going to be something to hold back from salvation." "But what is the salvation from?" Zona said. "Hmm...salvation and stuff in Ovilis varies. I just think that it could be salvation from death." "Well, based on what that glass girl sings all the time, it always has to do with realizing her duty." Lovopian said. "She said that she was sent by the doom of Ovilis, I guess meaning the 'spontaneous reality', and she would realize what she is being a glass girl--becoming clean. Savoice mentioned that she could be trying to clear herself of her condition, that she may be flesh again." "That's just too confusing." Zona said. "What evidence from the song can you get about this?" "Well, we know that the song talks about salvation," Myaari said. "The past has a very good deal of influence on how people take their 'salvation' in. Like Savoice said, the people believe in the 'false sights' and end up hurting themselves." Zona shook his head and concentrated his blinks. "So, are you saying that the glass girl is trying to get back to normal because she wants her past again of being fleshly?" "Uh, no," Myaari smiled and then sighed. "Well, I am saying that she's trying to get out of the 'false sight' that she's a glass girl." Captured. "Oh wait," I said, "But, wouldn't that be denying reality?" Everyone gazed at me. "No, no, no," he frantically corrected himself. "She still acknowledges that she was a glass girl, but she's just trying to get back to normal." "Now hold on. You said that she was trying to get out of the 'false sight', right? That means that she's acknowledging her glass composition is 'false.'" "I..." He was without words. "Well, I mean she's trying to get back to normal." Everyone seemed as if they were listening to their hearts, asking themselves what it meant to them. There was Polly moving his eyes around the room, Lovopian laying his cheek in his hand, Interpreter Lalsu interpreting the board, Pulin dimming his ears, Khovab feeling through his feathers, Salmah shaking his head, Wequt taking notes, Zona squinting the eye he showed, and Myaari standing in the hot room. As for me, an appreciation of words filled my heart. Surely, now I will be a Higher again. "Alright," I left the rest to the people to decide. They know now that even the captain can be corrupted. "Okay, how is that denying reality, though?" Zona was in disbelief. "I mean, he didn't openly say that it didn't happen. And you know what? Najarv'sye could be lying to us." He turned to me. Even more perfect. Now that they are armed to protect their captain, they will attack Najarv'sye. "Then why do all this if he lies?" I said. "Would there be a point in relying on a possibly delusional agent from Pantoque? Is there really?" "It is worth it in the end," Pheru Lalsu said. "Once we get all the information we need and bring it together, we will have a final word to put on the wall." "What wall?" Polly said. "Oh, so Pheru does know something about the conclusions and such, too," I said, "something that he wouldn't tell me before." The no-teller shook his head. "What are you talking about, Savoice?" "You remember a few days ago in the garden? You remember what I asked you?" "Let's get back on subject, imbeciles..." Zona mumbled. He elevated his voice. "We're doing this because no one else will. All of these answers are for us because every person here is too cowardice to cross that border and experience Ovilis for ourselves. We just can't do it." "Well, you were the one that brought up that Najarv'sye could be lying," I said. "Why would you say that and then say we need his information?" "I would rather take a lie and believe it than stay in Ovilis and tell the truth." "How ridiculous. That's denying reality, too, dim wit." "No, it's not!" "Yes, it is. If you say that I have blue hair and believe it, when it's obviously brown, that is denying reality." He shook his head. "In Ovilis, anything is possible. If I were Najarv'sye, I would lie to everyone because I just have the power to do it. They are under my control. Would the people truly know if I was lying to them? Most likely not, because they won't even go out there and see for themselves! "That's what the song was talking about! All people do here is complain about how they can't get a hold of what they believe, so they just create 'false sights' and find something to believe in. Even then, they're still not satisfied, so they'll always imagine a world where there's 'relief'. You think that the people here care if there's a lie? No, because even if they know the truth, they'll want out of it!" I stood up. "But why would you lie to so many people that want to have peace? Peace, Zona, peace! Ovilis had disrupted so many people that the whole Ovilian government is solving this issue all over it. Ovilis doesn't even have a currency because the place is so unstable. Imagine all of the people that have to live there and all the ignorant children that have to suffer the tragedies of Ovilis. Is it their fault that they have to stay there? Is there going to be any room for all of those people in Salwom or Pertan?" "Y-Y--." He tried to reply. "No, no. No, there's not. Those people are still going to suffer living somewhere else, because they've lost so much already. It is not about changing Ovilis; it's about changing the suffering mindsets of the people. You think that just in Ovilis they'll want more and more outside of the truth? Well, dim wit, if you don't know already, those Vavy principles are getting a hold on to so many people that the very origins of ourselves--Ovilian, Salwomese, Pertanese alike--are not real. This is the greatest denial of reality of all!" "Hey, hey, that's enough," Myaari cut into me. "Sit down, Savoice." "You'd better sit yourself down," Khovab growled at me. "Those principles are going to help some of the egos people have about themeselves." I sat down, still ready to finish. "The only ego there is might be just forgetting it. We have forgotten our origins, so now we all bleed." "Um, so what do we think about the song?" Easing the tension for Myaari had no solution. Everyone was glaring at each other, internally declaring their differences. Interpreter Lalsu looked at the ground. "The song has a very important role in telling how a creation can become an ail when people see differently about their surroundings." "Uh, you mean growth," Khovab said. "The song tells about the growth of a people as they gradually pull into delusion." "Or, maybe there's a punishment involved," Pulin's voice muffled under his laying head. "Or," Lovopian smirked, "We're just all trying to be clean." "So, what are we agreeing on?" Myaari stared at the board. "Are we generally saying that despite all of the situations on Ovilis, it is the fault of the people?" "Put that Ovilis does not change regardless of how people may change," Polly said. "No, no, Ovilis is not a person," I reinforced. "Why are you guys saying that?" "That's a good idea, but Savoice is right. Ovilis isn't a person, fellows," Lovopian nodded. "Well, just say that people in general change as the 'spontaneous reality' stays the same," Interpreter Lalsu said. I shook my head. "No, no, imbeciles. We need a more general statement that covers the entire thing. This is not answering the question that's on that board. You see the question? It basically says, how are people affected by 'spontaneous reality' in context of the song? Saying that people change is not enough. If this became a law, it'd be too vague." "Well, Higher Savoice," Lovopian smirked, "Enlighten us. Tell us what the perfect statement is." "I will. Here, write something like this: 'In consideration to the interpretation of the Refuge Anthem and its usage in the region, we have decided that the past is the ultimate determiner of how people view the 'spontaneous reality'. As the views may be corrupted, it is known that the affects of Ovilis are pressed by acceptance of general truth and revelation.' There." "That's just too wordy, Savoice," Polly shook his head. "Instead, just say, 'We say that the Refuge Anthem is an expression of corruption in perception that can be redeemed through acceptance of general truth." "Hm...okay," Mayaari wrote that statement down in green. After that, he turned to us. "Hey, you all, for once I felt that we got something accomplished from this conclusion. Should we submit it to the Finalization Team?" "What happens when we do that?" I said. "Well, whenever we submit a conclusion to the Finalization Team, they present it to the Executives that would go on the 'Final Slate of Decision' Wall, which is the establishment of the law. If we were to submit this, though, we would have to assist the Finalization Team with their evidence." "This doesn't seem thurogh enough to me," Khovab rolled his eyes. "If it were, then we could, but for now it's probably not sufficient." "You think not?" Myaari gleamed at the board. "I think this would be a good conclusion, because the Refuge Anthem being a part of Ovilian culture sort of proves how the general people think about where they live." "Don't do it just yet," Zona said. "Let's get all of our conclusions together and debate about which one would be the best one to have the Team present later." "Okay, okay. That's a good idea. But, let's not wait too long. If we do, we'll fail this entire conclusion. Well, you all are dismissed. Have a good day." I followed Pulin, Polly, Salmah, and new-member Myaari back to Pulin's room. "I've got me lots of Asalan meat," Pulin boasted. "You all take as much as you want." He got some meat and took a seat. As did the other three, they got their food, me being the last follower. Such a good feast was ahead. We ate with hands, with exception to Polly, and talked with knowledge. For much of the time, we did nothing but speak about the newly established conclusion that would possibly change the nature of Ovilis. Myaari's eyes welled up with tears. "I feel some hope coming on that we may finally solve the problem of Ovilis." We laughed at the little child because of so, and he seemed a little offended. But, after a while of blatant reconcilation and more joking, he became as one of us older people. He came to understand our idioms and language of humor to the point where he made us laugh for once. Most of all, the meat was at its freshest. After the feast, I went back to my room with Salmah. We talked about the different Moderators and their many secrets that I had never heard. "You know that the chameleon moderator was a Dojyu at one time," he said. "Oh, I knew that. Moderator Fuge told me," I said. "Well, did you know that he got that scar that's on the side of his cheek from his wife?" "What? He has a wife?" "Yeah, but she lives in Salwom. Zona told me that she always thinks that Bvan is going to fall for Moderator Elleai, so she comes to visit at nights and 'reinforces' their marriage." "Hmph," I chuckled, "Never knew that one. Where do they go?" "They probably go to a resting inn or someting outside of the facility, but still in the District." "Oh. Hmm." That was not the only thing I learned about the executives. Salmah said that the Ovil got his abilities when he first came to Ovilis, never having them all his life. Cerva Sah, unlike the Ovil, has no abilities at all. Everyone is beginning to think that Moderator Hoberzt is a Vavy Loyalist like Khovab. Moderator Ed-Nonon apparently already knew Dagra since his teen years. "Well, that's quite a bit," I said. "Did you know that Callinaiva's real name is Tervaiu Docnabe?" "What? Heard that I never. Why is it like that?" "Well, apparently, he denied reality at one time when he was an interpreter, and he had everyone to forget his real name because of it." I leaned in closer to him. "But, hey, don't tell anyone about this. I could get in trouble as Moderator Hoberzt who told me would, too." "You have my word, Savoice." 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__label__wiki	0.683751	0.683751	Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg and Upper Mississippi and Ohio River Basins Model Documentation Geosearch User Guide About Data Download Supported Search Strings: GNIS Locations USGS Sites Lat/Long (ie. '43.9, -72.1') Search provided by USGS Search JavaScript API Model Documentation Data Limitations Description of the 2012 SPARROW Models for the Midwest The SPARROW model results displayed here represent mean daily streamflow and average annual total nitrogen, total phosphorus and suspended sediment load in streams of the Midwest. The simulated streamflow represents long-term average source inputs and hydrologic conditions for the period from 1999 through 2014. The simulated loads represent source inputs similar to 2012 and normalized to long-term average hydrologic conditions for the period from 1999 through 2014. Documentation of the SPARROW models for the Midwest Region of the United States Robertson, D.M., and Saad, D.A., 2019, Spatially referenced models of streamflow and nitrogen, phosphorus, and suspended sediment loads in streams of the Midwestern United States: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2019-5114 https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195114. Saad, D.A., and Robertson, D.M., 2019, SPARROW model inputs and simulated streamflow, nutrient and suspended sediment loads in streams of the Midwest Region of the United States, 2012 Base Year: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P93QMXC9. SPARROW Surface Water-Quality Modeling Web Pages National Website: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/ Regional Website: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wisconsin-water-science-center/science/sparrow-watershed-modeling-great-lakes-ohio-upper? Documentation of the modeling tool SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes) Schwarz, G.E., A.B. Hoos, R.B. Alexander, and R.A. Smith, 2006. The SPARROW Surface Water-Quality Model: Theory, Application, and User Documentation. U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods Report, Book 6, Chapter B3. https://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/2006/tm6b3/; Preston, S.D., Alexander, R.B., Woodside, M.D., and Hamilton, P.A., 2009, SPARROW MODELING - Enhancing Understanding of the Nation's Water Quality: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3019, 6 p. https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3019/ The relationship between the scale of reporting of model results and uncertainty: Model results can be displayed at several watershed scales. The smallest scale that can be used for reporting is the catchment scale at which model computations are made. For the Midwest models these are NHD catchments with typical watershed size of about 2.5 square kilometers. Results can be aggregated up to larger scales for reporting: tributary outlet, HUC8 (typical watershed size is 3,700 square kilometers), state, or selected watersheds within the modeled area. The SPARROW model is, in theory, scale independent. However, the uncertainty associated with SPARROW predictions is expected to increase for drainage basin sizes smaller than those of stream monitoring sites used to calibrate the model. For the Midwest streamflow model, the drainage areas of the smallest calibration sites are typically in the range of 5 to 50 square kilometers. For the Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus and Suspended Sediment models, the drainage areas of the smallest calibration sites are typically in the range of 10 to 100 square kilometers. The uncertainty associated with incremental load and yield predictions at the catchment scale is therefore expected to be larger than the uncertainty associated with predictions at larger scales. Additional information regarding model limitations can be found in the "Model Limitations and Future SPARROW Model Development" section of Robertson and Saad, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195114). Dale M. Robertson Research Hydrologist dzrobert@usgs.gov https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/dale-m-robertson David A. Saad dasaad@usgs.gov Incremental Flow or Incremental Load The predicted mean daily flow (cfs, cubic feet per second) or mean annual load of the constituent (kg, kilograms or MT, metric tons per year) leaving a stream reach that reflects only those sources contributed from within the incremental drainage area of that reach. The incremental value includes the effects of in-stream attenuation processes associated with one half of the incremental reach length. Incremental drainage areas are represented here as “catchments”. Accumulated Flow or Accumulated Load The predicted mean daily flow (cubic feet per second) or mean annual load of the constituent (kilograms or metric tons per year) leaving a stream reach that reflects the accumulated mass of the constituent contributed by all sources in the total drainage area upstream of the reach outlet. The accumulated value includes the effects of in-stream attenuation processes in all upstream reaches. The Accumulated Load divided by the Accumulated Flow. This should be interpreted as the mean-annual flow-weighted concentration. Units are milligrams per liter. Aggregated Flow or Aggregated Load For results grouped by 8-digit HUC, tributary outlet, major drainage area or state, aggregated flow or load represents the sum of incremental flows or loads for those selected areas. Incremental Yield The Incremental Flow or Load divided by the incremental drainage area of the reach. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. Note: Incremental yield along the US/Canada border may be overestimated because some of the source inputs represent Canada area that is not included in the incremental drainage areas reported here. Accumulated Yield The Accumulated Flow or Load divided by the total drainage area upstream of the reach outlet. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. Aggregated Yield The Aggregated Flow or Load divided by the sum of the "grouped by" incremental drainage areas. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. Delivery Fraction (definition) The fraction of the flow or load leaving a reach that is not attenuated or removed by natural processes during downstream transport to a specified downstream target reach. A delivery fraction of 1 indicates that 100 percent of the flow or load leaving the reach is delivered to the downstream target. For delivered results shown here, the downstream targets represent the Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes or stream outlets at the US/Canada border. Delivered Incremental Flow or Delivered Incremental Load Incremental flow or load multiplied by the delivery fraction. Delivered Accumulated Flow or Delivered Accumulated Load Accumulated flow or load multiplied by the delivery fraction. Delivered Aggregated Flow or Delivered Aggregated Load For results grouped by 8-digit HUC, tributary outlet, major drainage area or state, delivered aggregated flow or load represents the sum of delivered incremental flows or loads for those selected areas. Delivered Incremental Yield The Delivered Incremental Flow or Load divided by the incremental drainage area of the reach. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. Note: Delivered incremental yield along the US/Canada border may be overestimated because some of the source inputs represent Canada area that is not included in the incremental drainage areas reported here. Delivered Accumulated Yield The Delivered Accumulated Flow or Load divided by the total drainage area upstream of the reach outlet or total of the "grouped by" area. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. Delivered Aggregated Yield The Delivered Aggregated Flow or Load divided by the sum of the “grouped by” incremental drainage areas. Units are millimeters per year, kilograms per square kilometer per year or metric tons per square kilometer per year. USGS Data Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. USGS Software Disclaimer: This software has been approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although the software has been subjected to rigorous review, the USGS reserves the right to update the software as needed pursuant to further analysis and review. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS or the U.S. Government as to the functionality of the software and related material nor shall the fact of release constitute any such warranty. Furthermore, the software is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the U.S. Government shall be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use. USGS Product Names Disclaimer: Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This web application functions best in Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Internet Explorer works but with slower performance. This web application has been made possible by the following open-source projects: Lobipanel https://github.com/arboshiki/lobipanel Boostrap Select https://silviomoreto.github.io/bootstrap-select Link to SPARROW REST Services: SPARROW TEST REST Services For more information about the SPARROW Web Interface please contact Map Interface User Guide Search, Zoom Map selection options Search, and zoom capabilities SearchingIn addition to city, state, zip code, or general place names, USGS gaging stations and Hydrologic Unit Codes (HUCs) are also searchable. Navigating the mapThe scroll wheel on the mouse can be used to zoom, and in the upper left area of the tool are "+" and "-" icons to zoom in and out, respectively. Home LocationThe crosshair button will zoom the map to your location, and the home button will center the US on the map. Opening a chartIndividual sources of water, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment comprise the SPARROW simulated loads and yields. Mapped and chart results can be shown for all or individual sources. Clicking on a SPARROW model feature will generate a chart showing the individual sources for the selected feature. The chart also contains a button to switch to a chart of all features currently displayed. (For more on the Chart features, see Data Display) Explanation displayThe Explanation box can be expanded and collapsed Using the ExplanationThe expanded Explanation box contains a legend for the currently selected SPARROW Model Results. The legend displays class breaks and values for the model results currently visible on the map, and updates dynamically with any change in mapped area. Changing the basemap styleThe "Basemaps" panel allows a user to show various geographic information or landscape imagery as a background layer. Changing or adding map layersThe "Map Layers" sidebar allows a user to add or remove layers as well as control the opacity of each individual layer. Selecting a SPARROW ModelThe SPARROW Model can be changed at any time to view total phosphorus, total nitrogen, suspended sediment or streamflow. Selecting an Area of Interest The Area of Interest dropdown menus can be used to customize the geographic area of the model results. Grouping ResultsThe area of aggregation is controlled by the Group Results dropdown. Selecting a Displayed Metric and SourceYields and loads can be viewed by making changes to the Metric dropdown in the Data Display panel of the sidebar. Yields and loads for individual sources can be viewed by changing the Source dropdown. To read more about metric definitions visit the About section or click here Polygon selection capabilities, Chart, and Table Data Display OptionsOnce the Display Filters have been chosen, there are several ways to display data about the polygons of interest in the Data Display settings. + SelectClicking the Select button allows individual map feature selection. Multiple features can be selected. To unselect, hold the Shift key then Click the feature to unselect it. After all features of interest have been selected, click Stop Selecting. Show ChartClicking the Show Chart button will show a window with two tabs; Chart and Table. The information in the Chart and Table will either represent the full feature layer visible on the map, or it will represent the selection chosen from individual selecting features. This window can be repositioned to view underlying map information. The Chart tab shows a chart for the full layer visible in the map based on the filters chosen in the Data Filters section. Clicking on a the chart legend items will toggle individual sources on and off, as well as recalculating the y-axis range. Mouse over a bar to see its corresponding map feature as well as the exact value for each source. Selected Chart SegmentTo see a magnified segment of the chart, click+drag over the chart bars. The selected features are highlighted on the map. Moving the mouse over the chart bars will give the values for each source as well as show an additional highlight to the cooresponding map feature. To return to the previous chart view, click the Reset zoom button in the top right of the chart window. Chart OptionsThe Chart Options button contains the option to change the background transparency. Clicking Change background transparency will toggle the background transparency between transparent and not transparent. TableThe Table tab shows a tabular representation of the chart information on the Chart tab. The table can be sorted by any column. Moving the mouse over any table row will highlight that map feature on the map. Any zooming or resetting on the Chart tab will update the Table tab's contents. Download Geospatial Data Data from the links provided below contain the SPARROW model inputs and outputs needed to reproduce the maps and model results shown here and described in Robertson and Saad, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20195114). SPARROW Model Inputs and Outputs 2012 SPARROW Models for the Midwest Calibration Site Information Download Phosphorus Calibration Sites Download Nitrogen Calibration Sites Download Suspended Sediment Calibration Sites Download Streamflow Calibration Sites Data Filters SPARROW Model Total Phosphorus Total Nitrogen Suspended Sediment Streamflow Clear Area of Interest Group Results By Catchment 8-Digit hydrologic unit code Tributary Major drainage area State Select on Map Show Chart POWERED BY WIM USGS Home Contact USGS Search USGS Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policy & Notices Tabular data available for download in chart tab Map scale 1: Latitude y \| Longitude x (center) We are loading the xxxxx...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1802
__label__wiki	0.774448	0.774448	SPILL FEATURE: PRISM PRIZE @ TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX, TORONTO SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: ENTOMBED - CLANDESTINE LIVE SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: TYLER, THE CREATOR - IGOR @ TIFF BELL LIGHTBOX, TORONTO The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television held the annual Prism Prize awards tonight at the TIFF Bell Light Box. The Prism Prize is a national award that recognises the artistry of modern music videos in Canada. Selected by a jury of more than 120 Canadian music and film industry professionals, a selection of ten videos made the shortlist. Based on the criteria of originality creativity, style, innovation, and effective execution, the winning music video takes home a $15,000 cash prize. Comedian Dino Archie strung the night together with laughter. With ten video screenings split into three blocks and four awards to be given out, Archie had a lot to say and to laugh about. The laughter led us into a false sense of security, however, as the first video, Charlotte Cardin’s “The Kids”, directed by Kristof Brandl, stunned the audience with a lifespan of abuse on grainy black and white film. You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium. A stark contrast in mood and tone, “Best Part”, directed by Keavan Yazdani & Sean Brown, is a split-screen of Daniel Caesar and H.E.R in front of a seascape, one during the day, the other during sunset, singing a dialogue where the visual shows differing perspectives of the lyrical love story. “Body Count”, directed by Peter Huang, does a great job of making light of dark subject matter, the juxtaposition of Jessie Reyez singing about “dodging dick on the daily” while being strapped on a bonfire by witch hunters criticises gender-bias of sexual choice. Lastly, “Powerless” is a hard-hitting depiction of the wide-spread sexual abuse, trafficking, and disappearances of indigenous women by using the red dress campaign, which symbolises, honours and remembers the staggering amount of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada. A break in screening, the Hi-Fidelity Award, and the Lipsett Award took the stage. The Hi-Fidelity Award is presented to a Canadian recording artist with a strong visual identity in music video art. Clairmont the Second and his cinematographer Beee scooped up this award with their swooping wide shots overlaid with quick-footed beats. Soleil Denault, with her bold colour sequences and devilish eye for detail, won the Lipsett Award that is presented to a Canadian music video artist for an innovative and unique approach to music video art. Denault summed up the cultural importance of the Prism Prize’s recognition for music video work by exclaiming: “Yeah I’m a girl, I’m a director – this is cool!”. More cool things were to come in the second video block with Said the Whale’s stock motion music video for “Unamerican”. Director, Johnny Jansen, undoubtedly did the fun track justice with this tasking format as the beat popped with the fluidity of the moving picture frames. Belle Game’s “Low”, directed by Kevan Funk, is a rare and bare look into vanity, pleasure, and pain. Focussing on movement around body parts and feeling with the sensuality of bodybuilding, sexual pleasure, and surgery. In a more obvious manner, Clairmont’s “Gheeze” is all about down to earth realness thrown over fantasy, bright colours, and big movements characterise his vision. Another screening break called for Nino Brown and Dre Ngozi, who accepted the Special Achievement Award for the writer, director, editor and producer of music videos and branded content, Lacey Duke. This award recognizes a Canadian music video icon for their contribution and achievements in music video art on a global stage, which is entirely appropriate given Duke’s extensive list of creative achievements with brand partners like Pantene, Netflix, and CoverGirl and Samsung. Directed by Lester Millado, Cadence Weapon’s “High Rise” gives a bird’s eye perspective of downtown Toronto, the grey high rises parallel with the rushed mood, however, two dancers express their story through dance, making them stand out of the crowd. Blue Hawaii’s “Do You Need Me”, directed by Kevan Funk, shows the sad reality of society’s dependency on electronics for communication and attention, portraying a co-dependency in isolation. Harrison’s “Your Girl”, directed by Ft. Langley, is a hilarious yet fundamentally sad portrayal of beer cans, chips, and cigarettes singing “I’m still your girl forever” after what seems like a desperate breakup. Concluding the screening with by far the funniest video, the mood was sufficiently energetic for the two biggest prizes of the night: The Audience Award and The Grand Prize. King Bee had the honour of announcing Johnny Jansen, director of “Unamerican”, as the audience award winner. “Unamerican” is Jansen’s first and so far only first stop motion work. Jansen said while he had no idea how much work this video would become, although he is incredibly grateful to Said the Whale for their passion and joy throughout the process. With that came a drumroll and last year’s winners, Charlotte Day Wilson and Fantavious Fritz, announced the Belle Game’s “Low” as the Grand Prize winner of 2019! “Low” plays on the undercurrent of desire, and for this honest take, it is truly the deserving winner. Funk spoke of “genuine surprise” at winning the prize, claiming that this music video idea had been in his head for about five years, before giving credit to the Prism Prize for allowing ideas, like his, to become a visual reality. In addressing the Prism Prize, Funk thanked the association for allowing a platform “for music videos to be more than just counts on YouTube”. The top ten selected music videos of 2019 were no doubt on par with one another in quality. The Prism Prize is an exceptional award that brings awareness to the creative fluidity of film and music. It’s great to be good at music, and it’s great to be good at film, but it’s really something special to be good at both. 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__label__cc	0.670686	0.329314	Normal Already Failed Hamilton Nolan Filed to:class war The selling point of Joe Biden’s campaign for president is that our current political nightmare is just a momentary aberration. Joe, good old Joe, friend of Barack, has come to deliver us back to normalcy. Consider what normalcy means. Last night, Biden held one of his endless high-dollar fundraisers in Miami. The press pool report, by the Miami Herald’s David Smiley, notes that he was introduced by Miami real estate developer Craig Robins, who said “he is looking for ‘a solution that could just make things normal again.’” Then came Biden himself, who said this: “‘I truly believe we can fundamentally change our standard for middle class people in America without going out and making sure no one can be a billionaire. We don’t need that kind of stuff. The fact of the matter is just a rational policy’ will suffice.” Craig Robins and his wife, both wealthy real estate developers who are the children of wealthy real estate developers, want things to be normal again. What do you think normal means, to two rich people who grew up rich? It means the freedom to be rich in peace. Without all this noise. It means, to be more precise, the chance to flit back and forth between their New York apartment and their “waterfront Mediterranean Deco–style manse in Miami’s ultraposh Sunset Islands neighborhood” and continue accumulating capital without feeling bad about it; without feeling the distaste that comes with having a goon president with little style assault their senses every day. They want a change in the style, not the substance, of America. And that is what Biden offers: an assurance that we can revert back to a time that was, perhaps, a bit more progressive, and a lot more aesthetically pleasing, without doing anything drastic like interrupting the rights of billionaires to endlessly enrich themselves past all human ability to spend. That would be irrational, according to Biden. In an age of booming inequality—when that inequality, nurtured by government policy over 40 years, has undermined the ability of most people to move up in the world, has made a farce of our democracy, and has, itself, done much to produce the conditions that led to the rise of Trump and other right-wing fascists around the world—it would simply be unreasonable to expect a good businessman to make do with only nine hundred ninety nine million dollars. What are we, Russia? None of this is breaking news. It is all a matter of perspective. It is important to remember that the “normal” state of affairs to which centrists like Biden want to return is itself horribly broken. It is what produced the social and political distortions that we are now suffering through. It is the idea that capital comes first, and rules, and has primacy over humanity, and should only be leavened in the most gentle ways. The ironic thing about Biden’s appeal to return to the Obama era is that we know how that era ends. It ends with where we are now. Obama’s greatest failure was that he did not attempt to attack the foundation of the system that produced his presidency. Biden promises to do the same. That’s not rational at all. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The Deal With the Devil That Got Us Here Old Joe Biden Goes to a Farm Money Is Your Real Enemy Senior Writer. Hamilton@SplinterNews.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1816
__label__wiki	0.778209	0.778209	Miami Marlins join MLB's trend toward artificial turf STEVEN WINE (AP Sports Writer) December 4, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC MIAMI (AP) -- The Miami Marlins will join Major League Baseball's trend toward artificial turf by installing the surface at Marlins Park for 2020, and they'll move in the fences for the second time in four years. CEO Derek Jeter said an artificial surface solves the challenge the Marlins have had growing grass in the retractable-roof stadium since it opened in 2012. They'll install the same turf used by the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers. Five of the 30 teams in the majors now will have artificial turf. Arizona added it this year, joining Toronto and Tampa Bay. Texas' new ballpark opens in 2020. ''While playing the Diamondbacks in Arizona, we were able to get a close look and examine the new surface at Chase Field,'' Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill said on a team website. ''We agreed as an organization that this change was for the best after our players and staff had encouraging remarks regarding the playability of the playing surface.'' The Marlins also plan to move in their fence in center and right-center field. The distances are changing from 407 to 400 feet in center and from 399 to 387 in right. The distances ''will now be more in line with the field dimensions you see across many of today's ballparks,'' Jeter said. Since it opened, Marlins Park has had a reputation for being pitcher-friendly. This year the stadium had the third-lowest home run rate in the majors. New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo, whose team plays in Miami three series a season, said the new turf will require an adjustment. ''It does change how you play the game just a little bit,'' Nimmo said. ''The bounces ... they can actually bounce over your head rather than right. So we'll see how it plays.'' AP Sports Writer Ronald Blum in New York contributed to this report.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1817
__label__cc	0.628041	0.371959	Private VIP Tours Field Trip Tours Curator's Corner Will McDonough Writing Contest Boston Baseball Writers Dinner Celebrity Golf Classic Rodman Ride for Kids Museum Tickets The Sports Museum The Sports Museum is a non-profit educational institution that has served Boston and New England for the past 40 years. Founded in 1977 and housed on Levels 5 & 6 of the TD Garden, The Sports Museum features a half-mile of exhibits celebrating the history and character of Boston sports. Through its educational programs Boston vs. Bullies (www.bostonvsbullies.org) and Stand Strong, The Sports Museum leads the way in using the power of sports to help kids build character and prevent and stop bullying. All told, more than 25,000 upper elementary and middle school students each year experience a character building Sports Museum educational program. Delaware North Companies, Inc. – Boston (the company that owns the TD Garden and the Boston Bruins) provides The Sports Museum with office space, exhibit space, and management support. The presenting sponsor of The Sports Museum is New Balance Athletics, Inc. Join the Museum Community Stay connected and up-to-date on everything that is happening at The Sports Museum.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1818
__label__cc	0.618991	0.381009	Walking round England and a Country the Size of Wales walking round England and Wales; England Coast Path; Wales Coast Path STILLOENGLAND/66, Day 184, 41 MILES on NORFOLK COAST PATH From CLEY NEXT THE SEA To WINTERTON ON SEA. The Grand Total passes 2,500 miles with about 560 miles to go. July 29, 2016 October 21, 2016 \| NowforScotlandafterwalking0englandandacountrythesize of Wales Continuing my letter to our six Grandchildren and anyone else foolhardy enough to follow my circumnavigation of England’s diminishing coastline made into a complete circuit by including Offa’s Dyke Path and Hadrian’s Wall Path. Coincidentally, Episode 66 published today on the 50th Anniversary of England winning the World Cup at Wembley in 1966, Saturday, July 30th. SPOT THE LATEST WALK ON STRETCH MAP (45) , BELOW Dear Rosie,Lauren, Stan, Jake, Rowan and Maisie, NUMBERS. 30th July 2016. Fifty years since England won the World Cup, in 1966, at Wembley. I went with three schoolmates, Dave, Pip and Dick. We had tickets for all England’s matches, and we drove to Wembley in Nanny Tab’s Ford Anglia, or Dave’s Hillman Minx, and parked in the Wembley side streets outside Dick’s Uncle and Auntie’s house and walked to the stadium. After a cup of tea and much fussing from Auntie…. we won the cup and drove home! Simple? Dave also sent some souvenirs – and a picture of Southend Boys when I was Rosie’s age; see if you can spot me and Dave? David Lloyd, Trevor Rhodes, Greg Hatt and Nigel Chapman were from Southend High School as well. Old Southendians might spot them? The accompanying write up said I scored a goal from Dave’s ‘gentle’ free kick and I thought I shinned another ,but the report gave it to someone else! The goal post broke when Greg Hatt ran into it; he was a big lad! Some Old Earls Hallians may remember Greg too. He and Trevor were later scouted by Arsenal, and David and his less well educated , bandy left foot, abandoned me on the left wing, and representative soccer, in favour of tennis and winning Junior Wimbledon, and had a string of Tennis, Fitness and Leisure Centres named after him…. whereas Dave, Nigel and I carried on educating the rest of our bodies, brains and minds in the sixth form Those were the days my friend(s) I think….. Last Monday we celebrated Great Aunt Janet’s 70th Birthday in Leicestershire, we couldn’t be much further from any coastline. Tuesday morning saw us hurtling Eastwards to resume my confrontation with the rolling Norfolk coast. So Great Aunt Susan, Great Uncle John and now Great Aunt Janet have all exceeded the seventy limit – that only leaves me, and before I do it I must have walked round England…… derestricted. Back to Walking Days 182 to 184, Tuesday to Thursday,26th to 28th July, 2016, accompanied by Nanny as Back up driver, and therefore not camping but this time staying at the Very Best Exotic Mount Lavinia B & B, in Sheringham. Highly recommended. This latest journey, trying to follow the Norfolk Coast Path, which irritatingly , irregularly and irrationally, but normal for Norfolk, disappears or turns into The Paston Way. I restarted on that first day at Cley Windmill, after squeezing between two houses and heading due North along the River Glaven until meeting the North Sea. After which I turned sharp right and followed a fairly level easterly course mostly along the seashore, sometimes atop a fragile cliff edge, in places eroding at alarming pace. I passed through Salthouse Marshes to Kelling Hard and left O/S Explorer Map 251 for Map Number 252 and onto Weybourne and Sheringham. Eleven miles and enough for the day, we retired to the B & B, after an F & C supper. The following day everything was expected to be in place for an epic record day’s hike; early start, prevailing wind at my back, level coastline; clearly defined route and regular back up from Nanny. We made the re-start at Sheringham at the same time as the first storm clouds and waited while they emptied themselves as we sheltered in the car. Eventually the rain relented and I set a South East course for Happisburgh, via Cromer Pier, Overstrand, Mundesley, Bacton and Ostend. After nineteen miles, I relented on achieving a record day’s walk at Happisburgh when the route got somewhat irregular. Not surprisingly since the cliff edge and village are disappearing rapidly. Back to a Crab Salad at the superb No 1 Cromer Fish and Chippery. The final Day’s walk got me off Map 252 and onto OL 40 Explorer Map named self importantly The Broads. I kept very near the coast all the way to Winterton on Sea, only losing the sea view when the sand dunes got too high to look over. But what a surprise when I regained the shoreline……. look at the pictures! Very carefully…. For all three days walking I managed a respectable 41 miles; making the Grand Total 2510 with an estimated 566 to the finish line. For most of the last day and over four miles I was escorted by many seals who appeared friendly, playful and communicative. But photo shy. They kept me company when no one else was around. Very uplifting. Leaving Cley Marshes Nature Reserve and following the Norfolk Coast Path along the shoreline with the tide going out. Salthouse and Salthouse Marshes three miles or so into the walk. Rendezvous at Weybourne for refreshments while a bulldozer hauled a fishing boat from the tide and the fishermen unloaded their catch Looking back, ascending the shallow cliffs in late afternoon with the tide receding and the sun struggling to break through the threatening cloud, and the fishermen’s catch ready for sale elswhere The fragile nature of the cliffs approaching National Trust’s Sheringham Park , and the cornfields turn into a golf course Top; Sheringham approaches and the I R B Station and slipway; and bottom, the railway station for North Norfolk Railway. This is the terminus for this service, but it is linked in line, across the Sheringham level crossing with the National Rail Service , heading for Cromer and beyond. I finished my walk here today. Resuming the next day from Sheringham seafront, the glow from the brightly coloured fishing boats dimmed as the the clouds gathered , the rains came and the walk was delayed – despite full wet weather gear Everything is a bit fragile, the erosion is relentless… Early morning, Lifeguards keeping an eye on us even as the tide recedes and the weather is foul and very few people around. Cromer Pier in the distance and when I got there a Chinook flew low overhead clinging to the coastline? I visited the Lifeboat House whilst on the pier. Life inside the Lifeboathouse. Maureen in the Gift shop tried everything to find a souvenir mug with the local boat’s name on it, to add to my collection. Even visiting the mess room to see if there were a used version in the washing up! But no luck – it seems RNLI are no longer selling them. So I purchased the Cromer teatowel instead! Cromer Pier and RNLI Station from the outside RNLI Museum at Cromer, a short walk from the pier. Volunteers Angela and Pat serving and very helpful. Views of boats inside and outside taken from the upper levels of the museum Moving on, a mile along the beach looking back and forwards, tide incoming , careful not to be cut off when it reaches full strength and comes in with a bit of surge Retreating inland to find the rain had left the clifftop very muddy, but I eventually followed the lane Came across this heavily protected ball along the way – can’t identify it nor give away its position just in case I shouldn’t…. Back to the shoreline and the sun’s back and tide going out, heading for Happisburgh and then to Mount Lavinia. for B and B. Sadly Happisburgh is rapidly disappearing into the sea, a victim of the constant erosion. The story is told above and it seems nothing can be done to significantly affect it. Even the lighthouse is vulnerable – its predecessor has already disappeared. But happily just about here, one mile out of Happisburgh, I travelled my 2,500th mile of this walk; its downhill all the way now Approaching Sea Palling the vast open expanse of beach and flats are empty. The sea defences have recently been reinforced by eight artificial reefs formed off shore providing habitat for sea birds nesting on the sands. Security guards stand by should any wayward holiday maker intrude beyond the markers…. Boards explaining the flood defences and note the siren which goes off as a flood warning if the defences are breeched. You are being watched…… ….I can see you… …at first there was only one seal….. but a lone elderly swimmer got a bit of a surprise and as I progressed along the beach the seals left to go their own way and I went mine, or so I thought……. ……….but they returned and called to me when I had not immediately noticed them…. ……and soon there were more . Every time I moved to a new bay formed by the breakwaters they appeared; this time there were several but it was difficult to capture them surfacing altogether. They swam just below the surface and accompanied me to the end of the groynes. It was difficult to move on and leave them behind when they seemed to want to communicate. There were few other people around and they seemed to have adopted me as I walked along their beach while they swam alongside for several miles. Instructions for operating the seals. They were good company and it was sad to say goodbye before I reached Winterton on Sea. Byeeee…. ….and all gone; only the wide expanse of Winterton Dunes National Nature Reserve…. until Nanny came striding towards me, to see what had been keeping me. We returned to Winterton on Sea Car Park having completed eleven miles today and made many new seal friends. This is the Volunteer Coastwatch tower. Starting place for the next walk… < STILLOENGLAND/65, Day 181, 35 Miles on the S W COAST PATH – BRANSCOMBE AIRFIELD TO DAWLISH WARREN – GRAND TOTAL 2469 MILES – 607 TO GO, maybe….. STILLOENGLAND/67, Day 187, 34 Miles Along NORFOLK/SUFFOLK COAST PATH – WINTERTON ON SEA TO CRAZY MARY’S HOLE >	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1822
__label__wiki	0.61902	0.61902	Editors' ChoiceImmunology Splice Factor Katrina L. Kelner Science, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA Science Signaling 05 Aug 2008: Vol. 1, Issue 31, pp. ec283 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.131ec283 Alternative splicing of transcripts generates significant functional diversity within genomes. This is particularly well illustrated by the CD45 gene, which undergoes regulated activation-dependent alternative splicing in lymphocytes to generate several functionally distinct isoforms. Oberdoerffer et al. (see the Perspective by Holmes) identify a specific factor, heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein L-like (hnRNPLL), as a principal regulator of CD45 splicing. Evidence for direct interaction of hnRNPLL with its target transcript was uncovered, although further work will be needed to reveal the precise mechanism by which it binds its target sequences and cooperates with spliceosome components to promote exon excision. S. Oberdoerffer, L. F. Moita, D. Neems, R. P. Freitas, N. Hacohen, A. Rao, Regulation of CD45 alternative splicing by heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein, hnRNPLL. Science 321, 686-691 (2008). [Abstract] [Full Text] N. Holmes, A splicing switch for T cells. Science 321, 646-647 (2008). [Summary] [Full Text] Vol 1, Issue 31 You are going to email the following Splice Factor By Katrina L. Kelner Science Signaling 05 Aug 2008 : ec283 A ribonucleoprotein directs the splicing of the transcript for CD45, a transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase that initiates signaling through antigen receptors.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1824
__label__wiki	0.636189	0.636189	Law professor: Allegations of generic drug price fixing 'as bad as it gets' By John Breslin \| Jun 21, 2019 JEFFERSON CITY – Drug companies agreeing not to compete and to fix prices of generic prescription medications is as "bad as it" can get under anti-trust rules, according to one legal expert in corporate law. Missouri has joined 43 states and Puerto Rico in a suit against Teva, 19 other manufacturers and 15 individuals involved in marketing the drugs. The suit, led by Connecticut and filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, claims "Teva and its co-conspirators embarked on one of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States.” In a statement published by several news organizations, Teva stated the claims contained in the suit were "just that - allegations." Thom Lambert, law professor and the Wall Chair in corporate law and governance at the University of Missouri, said he was not aware of a suit of this type and scope taken by so many state law enforcement officials. The claims are that the pharmaceutical companies engaged in price fixing and divided up the market, Lambert said. "I am not aware of a similar case involving such blatant alleged price fixing involving drug companies," Lambert said, adding that this is a market division claim, and it appears there is "smoking gun evidence." "If that is true, it is about as bad as it gets in anti-trust terms," Lambert said. The suit states that over a near two-year period beginning in mid-2013, Teva increased prices on 112 generic drugs and that its employees conspired with competitors, including Sandoz, Mylan and Pfizer, to ensure they followed the hikes or did not compete with a different product. The price increases varied but included a hike of nearly 1,000 percent, according to the complaint. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from St. Louis Record. You can unsubscribe at any time. The alleged price fixing scheme involved a range of drugs and medications used to treat everything from simple infections to diabetes, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, HIV and ADHD. It is alleged the scheme caused “many billions of dollars of harm to the national economy over a period of several years,” the suit states. “Millions and millions of Americans rely on generic prescription drugs every day to treat diabetes, infections, depression, cancer, HIV, and more,” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt said in a statement after announcing in May his office joined the suit. “This price fixing scheme by Teva Pharmaceuticals and other industry giants demonstrates a level of corporate greed the state of Missouri and the country rarely sees. By joining this lawsuit we’re sending a clear message to pharmaceutical companies: if you harm any of the 6 million people that call Missouri home, we will pursue action and hold you accountable for your actions.” In a statement, Pennsylvania-based Teva Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of its Israeli parent company, stated, “The allegations “are just that – allegations." The statement continued, "Teva continues to review the issue internally and has not engaged in any conduct that would lead to civil or criminal liability. Teva delivers high-quality medicines to patients around the world, and is committed to complying with all applicable laws and regulations in doing so. We will continue to vigorously defend the company,” KCUR reported. Want to get notified whenever we write about any of these organizations ? Sign-up Next time we write about any of these organizations, we'll email you a link to the story. You may edit your settings or unsubscribe at any time. University of Missouri Law School • Missouri Attorney General Farmers welcome new law on meat labeling, legal action claiming free speech violations continues Bayer 'pleased' by federal government's amicus brief in company appeal of $25M Roundup verdict Consumer litigation lending reform is on legislative agenda, uncertainty whether it will advance this session Case activity for Jevaungh L Thomas vs Barry Cosey on Jan. 15 Court activity on Jan. 17: Barbara Gianino vs Bi - State Development Agency of the MO - IL Metro Dist Thank you for signing up for St. Louis Record Alerts! Please select the organizations you wish to subscribe to. University of Missouri Law School Missouri Attorney General © 2020 St. Louis Record. All rights reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1825
__label__cc	0.739269	0.260731	You are here: Home / Australia / ‘Green’ Energy Still an Expensive Joke: Fossil Fuel’s Contribution to World Energy Demand Continues to Rise ‘Green’ Energy Still an Expensive Joke: Fossil Fuel’s Contribution to World Energy Demand Continues to Rise February 15, 2018 by stopthesethings 2 Comments Where Australian’s power comes from: now and for generations to come. Among their deluded repertoire of mantras, wind and sun worshippers cite the ‘death of coal’ (and all fossil fuels) as an article of faith. We’re repeatedly bombarded in the mainstream press about how sunshine and breezes (nature’s wonder fuels) will soon replace conventional fossil-fuelled electricity generators, altogether. Indeed, were also told that this so-called ‘transition’ is inevitable, just like the Internet. Except, of course, the evidence shows it all to be a monumental myth, and little more than deranged propaganda. Australia has squandered more than $20 billion on renewable energy subsidies, so far (with another $40 billion to be squandered between now and 2031) and yet wind and solar’s contribution to energy demand remains risible, and more like an accounting rounding error. When the sun sets (as it tends to do, even in sunbaked Australia) and the wind stops blowing, or blows too hard, the collective contribution from wind and solar is, of course, absolutely NIL. All the while, irrespective of the weather, somewhere in the system, millions of megawatts are being generated by that ‘evil duo’, coal and gas: keeping patients alive in hospitals; keeping air conditioners running and preventing grannies from expiring in Australia’s blistering summers; keeping businesses and whole industries ticking along, providing meaningful employment; and generally powering everything that people demand as their birthright. If the Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg’s latest brain fart – providing massive subsidies to all electric cars – takes off (which we strongly doubt), those vehicles will be properly described as ‘coal-fired cars’, simply because Australia gets more than 85% of its electricity from coal. And that metric isn’t about to change, anytime soon. With the same theme in mind, here’s No Tricks Zone tallying up the pathetic performance from wind and solar and comparing it with the ever dependable, ever reliable efforts of fossil fuels. Green Energy Revolution A Flop: Fossil Fuels’ Share Of Total Energy Use Unchanged in 40 Years! No Tricks Zone Quartz.com here presents an interesting chart which tells us the green energy revolution of the past 30 years has resulted in practically nothing. It’s been a flop. Fossil fuels remain as wildly popular as ever. Global fossil fuel use as a share of total energy has risen since James Hansen’s 1988 testimony In the 1970s the big worry was that fossil fuels would soon run out, and so we should “use them wisely”. But in the 1980s the risk changed to one of an overheating planet, and so we should not use them at all. Higher than 1988, when James Hansen testified We can all recall a sweating James Hansen’s 1988 stage-crafted testimony before Congress, warning that increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations would lead to spiraling global warming. And unless action was taken urgently, the ice caps would soon melt and the earth would sizzle. Countries as a result mobilized 100s of billions of dollars to eliminate the use of these “dangerous, climate-killing” fossil fuels. Today for all that money you’d think that tremendous progress in reducing fossil fuels would be the result. You couldn’t be more wrong. The sad truth is that after hundreds of billions spent, and trillions committed, fossil fuels’ share of total energy consumption globally has in fact risen since Hansen’s doomsday testimony, see the figure above! Bringing the dead back to life What may be a surprise to many is that whenever we burn fossil fuels, which originate primarily from ancient plants that died and were naturally sequestered in the earth as “fossils” eons ago, we are in fact taking this once live carbon and recirculating it back into the current, living ecosystem. The result: More carbon-based life is getting produced today. The planet is greening. Now the earth is teeming with more life than it has seen in millions of years. That’s fundamental science. So if you want the system to have more life, just add carbon to it. One way is to add old carbon (by burning fossil fuels) that’s been locked away in the ground. On the other hand if you want to limit life, then remove the carbon from the eco-system. Funny how the alarmists claim to be worried about life being under threat on earth, yet are striving to remove its very source. It’s a gas: the other member of ‘Powering Australia’. Filed Under: Australia, Australia's renewable energy target, Big wind industry, Big wind politics Tagged With: Coal-fired power in Australia, Coal-fired power in Germany, Germany's renewable transition, Josh Frydenberg electric cars, Josh Frydenberg renewable energy target, Malcolm Turnbull renewable energy target, Renewable energy transition, Transition to renewables, wind power displacing fossil fuel, wind power fossil fuel backup, wind power replacing fossil fuel, wind power substitute fossil fuel « South Australian Wind Turbine Noise Study Targets Neurological Effects on Sleep Even Mother Nature Hates Wind Power: Lightning Strike Destroys Turbine in Ireland » Bon says: Humans and pretty much every other living thing on this planet are carbon based life forms. Without atmospheric carbon dioxide humans and all the other carbon based life forms would die. We should be aware also that the current level of atmospheric CO2, at around 400 ppm, is low by geological standards. Past eras of higher atmospheric CO2 were often periods of prolific growth in the biosphere. CO2 is essential to plants, it is fundamental to the photosynthesis process, it promotes not only strong growth but also improves plants utilisation of water. That commercial greenhouses often boost CO2 levels to the 1000-1500 ppm range to improve growth should tell us something. The current cargo-cult delusions that suggest humans should forego the many life improving benefits our sequestered fossil fuel riches has to rank among the worst of attacks on human well being to be brought on by the innate propensity of many of us to believe in the voodoo being sold by modern day “climate change” snake oil salesmen. Regardless of how our electricity is being generated, huge amounts of it are now being wasted as “transmission losses” in the massive flows of electricity between the states. The root of this sad development is all due to the “renewables” madness. Ideally, as once was the case, electricity should be generated within each state and as close to the major consumption zones as technically feasible. By adding these new transmission losses to those incurred in charging and discharging the inappropriate batteries now popping up everywhere, and those incurred by pumped hydro, it becomes clearly apparent just how much of a costly mess our politician designed electricity system has become. Ten strategically located nuclear power stations could drain this swamp and deliver us what we truly need – plentiful, cheap, reliable, and emissions free electricity.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1829
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__label__cc	0.530524	0.469476	Hsiang Chin Moe on Women in Animation & Inspiring Work by Female Voices Educator, filmmaker, SVA alumnus, and BFA Animation Chair Hsiang Chin Moe. Photograph by Nir Arieli. SVA announced six new chairs this summer and Hsiang Chin Moe was named the inaugural chair of the BFA Animation Department, which was formerly part of the college’s BFA Film Department. Moe previously served as the director of operations for SVA’s MFA Computer Arts Department, of which she is also a 2008 alumnus. Her name, as she creatively puts it, is pronounced like a car driving by: “Shannng!” Moe is also one of the three co-Leads for the New York City chapter of Women in Animation, which counts more than 500 members, both professional and students (Cartoon Brew recently name-checked her in an article about the dearth of women on animation film festival juries, and suggested her for potential inclusion). She spends most of her time outside of SVA working to support this non-profit organization. Women in Animation’s envisioning goal is a world where everyone shares equally in the creation, production and rewards of the animation/creative industry regardless of the characteristics of talent—including gender, race, and age. But teaching is her passion. “I absolutely love the challenge of inspiring students,” she said. “In my class, I teach students storytelling in the form of video production, which can then be adapted to any art form, including 2D/3D animation, installations and any sorts combined.” We spoke to Moe recently about what she hopes to bring to the BFA Animation Department and about work that has inspired her. This will be the first year that BFA Animation is separate from BFA Film. What new opportunities will open up for BFA Animation students? All three departments— BFA Animation, BFA Computer Art and MFA Computer Arts—are in the process of planning many events open to all majors. I’m also exploring some possibilities of working with NY-based studios to bring opportunities to our students. Additionally, I am working closely with the film distributors and film festivals in hopes of bringing in more and more diverse screenings to our students. Most importantly, I want our students to meet their fellow classmates from other majors and other institutions to begin building their own networks. As the co-lead of the New York City chapter of the Women in Animation organization, can you speak to some of the issues that women in creative roles face, and how you’ve worked to help create an equal platform? The biggest challenge is the gender ratio between education and industry. Predominantly, there are more female students than male students in art school, but somehow the numbers don’t translate to working in the industry. This is a big issue, along with topics of career advancement, opportunities and benefits in the workplace that have been the subject of a USC study and a recent Animation World Network article. My goal as an educator is simple: to get more talent into the industry regardless of the identified gender, race and background. I am not only talking about getting a job—I also encourage students who want to explore being independent filmmakers. The idea is to bring more perspectives from all levels of animation. WIA is also actively working with the male industry professionals to address this issue and get their assistance in reaching the goal of 50/50 by 2025. WIA is not an organization for women only—I often get a question like, “I am a guy. I probably can’t join, right?” The answer is, “You are more than welcome to join and we need you as much as we need everyone. It takes a whole village to make the change.” Where do you find inspiration for your work? I truly believe everyone has a story to tell and inspiration doesn’t come afar—rather from within oneself. I am not a designer where I can create from nothing. I can be honest that I am even afraid to write on the first page of any notebook because the blankness frightens me. However, I find inspiration in something that already exists. The process of getting to know someone or something is incredibly intriguing to me. The work of figuring out the logic, the story and the process is fun. What would you say are the 5 Most Inspiring Animation Works by Women? Whoa, this is hard. I can share a few projects that I’ve recently found—some I was even in tears when I saw them: “Me Too,” by Natalie Labarre (BFA 2013 Animation) “Uncle Thomas: Accounting For the Days,” by Regina Pessoa “The Opposites Game,” a poem by Brendan Constantine, directed by Anna Samo & Lisa LaBracio (BFA 2006 Animation) “I, Candy,” by Candy Kugel “Bao,” by Domee Shi SVA Features: Hsiang Chin Moe on her 5 Most Inspiring Recent Animation Works by Women SVA Features asset	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1838
__label__wiki	0.764885	0.764885	The University of Sydney - Research Supervisor Connect Research Supervisor Connect Home / Research Supervisor Connect / Opportunity details About Professor David Fletcher Computer modelling to understand, design and improve chemical processes and equipment involving flow, heat transfer and chemical reaction. More about this supervisor... About Dr John Kavanagh Dr Kavanagh has research interests in: Fermentation; Optimisation of Fermentations; and, State Estimation of Fermentations. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of gas-liquid two phase flow in bubble columns, photo-reactors and membrane bioreactors Contact Research Expert The project aims to extend existing modelling techniques that have been applied to bubble column bioreactors used for fermentation processes to the study of photo-bioreactors used in the production of nutraceuticals and to membrane bioreactors used in water treatment. The PhD will be centred around computational modelling but there is also the opportunity to be involved with experimental studies if desired. Supervisor(s) Professor David Fletcher, Dr John Kavanagh Research Location Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering In bioreactors used for fermentation processes the sparged gas promotes mixing and mass transfer to the liquid. In the proposed work, the addition of radiation modelling in the case of photo-bioreactors will be studied and in membrane bioreactors the additional dimension of reduction of membrane fouling by the shear induced by the bubbly flow at the membrane surface will be modelled. At all stages the model results will be compared with experimental data. The end goal is the development of a computational model that can be used for plant design and optimisation. This project is suitable for candidates that have experience in fluid mechanics and computational modelling. You will have a good honours degree in a related field of engineering (e.g. chemical or mechanical) or science (e.g. mathematics or physics). There is the possibility that a suitable candidate could spend time in either Singapore or France as part of this project. Contact us to find out what’s involved in applying for a PhD. Domestic students and International students Contact Research Expert to find out more about participating in this opportunity. Browse for other opportunities within the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering . CFD, mathematical modelling, numerical analysis, two phase flow, bioreactors, membranes Opportunity ID The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is: 2378 © 2002-2009 The University of Sydney. Last Updated: 20 January 2020 ABN: 15 211 513 464. CRICOS Number: 00026A. Phone: +61 2 9351 2222. Authorised by: Director, Marketing and Communications. Contacts \| Disclaimer \| Privacy Statement \| Accessibility \| Feedback The University of Sydney is a Group of Eight member	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1841
__label__cc	0.589941	0.410059	Sunday Funday! F1, WEC and More! by stevesmotorsportblog First off, I would like to send good wishes to Billy Monger, a British F4 driver who suffered a Memo Gidley esque crash with a stationary car earlier today. Track officials took 1-2hrs to extricate him from the car and was then airlifted to local hospital with what I can assume to be major leg injuries. I hope he has a speedy recovery. That said; F1, WEC and BTCC, among others, were on track this weekend providing some exciting racing with plenty of action. Now, this is going to be a long post, so grab a cuppa joe and enjoy! F1 has now yielded 2 wins for the Scuderia to the Silver Arrow’s 1 early this season. While it seems clear that Mercedes has got the clear raw pace over Ferrari, they are very clearly down on race pace. Bottas, like Hamilton in Australia, complained of rear tire deg very early in the race, with Vettel cruising behind in 2nd place. Vettel then pitted for the undercut and never looked back afterwards. I could have told you that the season would have played out like this if the Ferrari power unit even closed the gap to Mercedes’ just a little bit over the winter. Mercedes has never had the chassis on any of their rivals, so for a heavily aero-focused rules package in affect this year, they really needed to have the power unit advantage of years past. Mercedes just don’t have the tire life like they had last year, and seem to really suffer in traffic behind other cars. Ferrari doesn’t look to have the same issue, and this is how Vettel has been able to claim 2 early wins. Nevermind Hamilton’s mid race penalty for slowing down too much in pit lane in front other cars (…..). Another interesting note is that Kimi seems to have fallen behind Vettel pretty significantly now. He had to battle hard to a 5th place finish after falling down to 7th at the start. He really needs to pick up the pace or Ferrari might dump him for a different driver next season and Kimi would be left out of a seat. We’ll revisit this topic later in the season. Lastly, on an amazing note; both McLaren cars got in the points! Oh wait, I forgot it’s not 2014… FOOLED YA (who are we kidding, that didn’t)! Both cars retired: Vandoorne didn’t even start the race and Alonso was irate on the radio mid race complaining about the engine…again. He then retired 10ish laps from the end. Touching on BTCC, it seemed like it was a well balanced affair: Moffat, Ingram and Shedden winning the first 3 races respectfully on the year. I can’t say I watched the races, being Canadian and all, I don’t get the race broadcasts. I usually catch the races on burningwhee1s but they don’t become available until Monday/Tuesday. Finally, in WEC, we had an interesting race in the on again, off again affair with the rain. The LMP1 Porsches chose to run their Le Mans downforce setup this weekend; not because they wanted to, but because they couldn’t develop the high downforce bodywork in time. I’ll chop that up as another victim from VAG’s ongoing Dieselgate issues. Nonetheless, it was clear they didn’t have the pace, with Toyota dominating every session and locking out the front row in qualifying. The not-so-lucky #7 Toyota first had a broken rear ARB, then crashed into the tire barrier 4hrs in at Copse. However, Porsche seemed to have better relative race pace, which should be a good omen for the June classic and next month’s Spa round. The race ended coming down to the wire with pit strategy. The #2 Porsche of Bernhard, Hartley and Bamber not taking tires with 35 minutes remaining to get ahead of the #8 Toyota, which had led the majority of the race. The Toyota made a great move to the inside of T3 with 12 minutes to go and cruised from then on for the first win of the year. The races are going to have to be as exciting as this for the rest of the year, with there only being 2 teams of 2 in LMP1-H. In the Oreca 07 class…I mean LMP2, it was a very good race, with close action for the most of the 6hrs and Jackie Chan DC Racing claiming their first victory. It was very disappointing to see that 100% of the WEC P2 field being the same car. Yes, there will be more makes at Le Mans, but not much else. You could almost see it coming, with a lot of teams moving to the Oreca 05 last year from other chassis, but where did all the Ligier’s go? The JS P2 was a strong chassis, and you’d expect the JSP217 to be at least that good relative to the other cars. However, judging from how the Visit Florida’s Multimatic-Riley has been, I’m not surprised that teams didn’t opt for that chassis. I’d almost argue the best chassis in P2 is the Dallara, with the similarly engined Cadillac DPi’s dominating IMSA at the moment. Yes, there are a few of them in ELMS, but none in WEC. Let’s hope we get some more full-time entrants later in the year, or at least for next year. GTE-Pro again yielded an exciting race, with Porsche and Ferrari battling each other early on. On a positive note (if you see it that way), the Porsche 911 RSR’s this year are much more competitive than last year’s model, despite still lacking performance in IMSA (Another topic I’ll get to later this year). With the change to a mid-engine layout, the mid corner speeds have increased and in general, have provided a much more balanced car. However, it was the flappy #67 Ford GT crossing the line for the first win of the year. I say flappy, as they had 2 occurrences of a loose passenger door on that car. It would have likely been a closer race at the end if the other Porsche of Kevin Estre hadn’t caught fire mid-way through the race and retired. A late race pit stop by the Clearwater Ferrari should have handed the win to AMR in GTE-Am. I say should have, because on the last lap the Spirit of Race Ferrari and the AMR cars got together (doh), resulting in the Clearwater Ferrari getting the win. Interesting to note that the Porsches in GTE-Am are stuck with the 2015 version of the 911 RSR, as Porsche themselves say the car is too difficult to drive in the hands of amateurs. So write off all Porsches in the class this year, ugh. Why even bother if you have a car with severely less power and downforce than the rest of the class? It’s dumb, but they’ll come back stronger next year. Well, that was this week’s races, I’ll be posting some stuff later this week but thank you for reading today’s novella! If you liked this article, hit the buttons below to show that you did! TagsBTCC • F1 • Ferrari • Ford • Le Mans • Mercedes • Porsche • SMB • WEC About stevesmotorsportblog Owner of www.stevesmotorsport.blog stevesmotorsportblog.wordpress.com 0 comments on “Sunday Funday! 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__label__wiki	0.69987	0.69987	3 things to watch out for during Manchester United v Tottenham clash Posted December 3, 2019 14:43 by Ben Parsons Follow @ben_parsons20 Manchester United’s home game against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday is huge for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Reds began a crucial six days with a disappointing 2-2 draw against Aston Villa; the second time Solskjaer’s men have dropped points against a newly promoted side in the space of a week. Many United fans feel the results in the next two games against Spurs and Manchester City on Saturday are imperative for Solskjaer in keeping his job. Here’s three things to watch out for at Old Trafford on Wednesday night: READ MORE: Christian Erisken ‘attracted’ to idea of potential Manchester United transfer Mourinho return We expect the new Spurs boss to receive a warm reception from United fans, a year after being relieved from his duties at Old Trafford. The Portuguese boss won the League Cup and Europa League during his time at the club, and there is certainly a respect between Mourinho and the United fanbase. “I expect there is respect shown towards me, but I understand what they want is exactly the opposite of what I want — I want Tottenham to win, during the match of course I expect them to forget me, and I expect them to support their team and try and get the result they want,” Mourinho said in the buildup (via Eurosport). He will, however, come with a point to prove and a game plan to expose United’s weaknesses in which he knows all too well. More Stories about Andreas Pereira Loads of Man Utd fans laud ‘superb’ Fred after Liverpool defeat Solskjaer’s midfield selection We hope Scott McTominay has recovered from his ankle injury and is back to full fitness on Wednesday. His return should finally see Solskjaer drop Andreas Pereira from the starting eleven. It almost seems as if the United boss has turned a blind eye to the 23-year-old’s performances in recent weeks. Pereira has been given chance after chance in a number of positions this season and undoubtedly tries his best, but the quality is simply not there. If Solskjaer operates with a five-at-the-back formation (which failed against Sheffield United), then Fred and McTominay should start in midfield. Alternatively, a more traditional three in midfield may see Jesse Lingard given the chance to start in the number 10 role, with Juan Mata largely ineffective against Aston Villa. In-form Dele Alli The 23-year-old lost his way at Spurs under Mauricio Pochettino, subsequently losing his place in Gareth Southgate’s England team. But the midfielder has been reinvigorated by the arrival of Jose Mourinho. Alli has scored three goals in his last two games with Mourinho’s side wracking up ten goals in victories over West Ham, Olympiakos and Bournemouth. In what should be the toughest test of Mourinho’s reign so far, we expect the Portuguese tactician to maintain his selection of the dangerous front four of Alli, Lucas Moura, Heung Min Son and Harry Kane. United will have to be aware of Alli finding space between the lines and looking to pick out his forwards. More Stories Andreas Pereira José Mourinho Man Utd OIe Gunnar Solskjaer Tottenaham (Video) David De Gea’s incredible fingertip save to keep out Henderson strike (Video) Evra checks what Souness is drinking after extraordinary rant on VAR	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1857
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__label__cc	0.58122	0.41878	Subtle Medical SubtlePET SubtleMR Subtle Insights Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company working to improve medical imaging efficiency and patient experience with innovative deep learning solutions. Our team is made up of renowned imaging scientists, radiologists, and AI experts from Stanford, MIT, MD Anderson, and more. Subtle Medical is developing and commercializing a suite of software solutions to improve medical imaging by focusing on the acquisition phase of the workflow. Our AI algorithms are built upon proprietary convolutional neural network models and obtained by training on robust paired datasets covering a wide range of clinical indications, patient cohorts, vendors and scanner models. Subtle Medical’s (AI)-powered technologies allow hospitals and imaging centers to enhance images from noisy faster scans leading to improved patient experience during imaging procedures while boosting exam throughput and provider profitability. Our focus on image acquisition and workflow differentiates Subtle Medical from other AI companies that are working on computer-aided diagnosis products. Enhao Gong Enhao Gong is the Founder and CEO of Subtle Medical. He is a serial entrepreneur with a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. His passion and research focuses on applying AI and deep learning to improve the reconstruction, analysis and quantification of medical imaging. His work has won several awards and has been featured in numerous academic journals and clinical conferences. Greg Zaharchuk Greg Zaharchuk, MD/PhD, is the Co-founder of Subtle Medical and a Professor of Radiology and practicing Neuroradiologist at Stanford University. He is an expert in advanced imaging methods, particularly applied to patients with neurological disease. Greg has received numerous awards and honors for his research and sits on several boards and advisory committees. Our team is made up of deep learning and healthcare industry experts from: Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki, MD, FACR Executive Medical Director, Hoag Memorial Hospital Dr. Paul Chang, MD Prof. of Radiology, Vice Chair, Radiology Informatics, University of Chicago Dr. Jessica Leung, MD Section Chief, Women's Imaging, Dept. of Radiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Satoshi Minoshima MD, PhD: Chair, Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, University of Utah Hospital Dr. John M. Pauly, PhD Prof. of Engineering, Stanford University, Co-Director, MR Systems Research Laboratory Dr. Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD Director, Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital Dr. Lawrence Tanenbaum MD, FACR: Associate Prof. of Radiology and Director of MRI, CT and Outpatient / Advanced Imaging Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY Dr. Max Wintermark, MD, MA, MBA Prof. of Radiology, Chief of Neuroradiology Stanford School of Medicine Twitter Linked In YouTube © 2018 Subtle Medical, Inc. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1861
__label__cc	0.68119	0.31881	White Plains › Piano › Charles S. Ask Charles a Question Reserve your spot with Charles Do you live in Charles' travel area? Your home is within Charles' 25-mile travel area It looks like you are outside of Charles' travel area I'm a music teacher in DC and also case manage special needs students. About Charles S. Outside of teaching percussion and musical performances I have worked in special education for over 15 years. My life of music started knee high at the age of 4 playing drums and piano. At the age of 15 I gave my first musical performance, from that stage on I knew my talent had found a home. In the 11th grade I toured with a local funk group in Washington DC through 26 cities learning music and the life of travel at an early age. During my last high school and college years I performed extensively playing classical, jazz, rock, funk, go-go, gospel, marching band, R&B, and with local rap artist. Recording credits and highlights include work with Def Jam artist Steady Eddy, recording go-go Mario with Double Agent Rock, and recordings with Little Benny and the Masters. My other musical passion is teaching. Throughout my college years and beyond I served as a percussion instructor and assistant band director at Morgan State University. As part of the Morgan State University Magnificent Marching Machine I served as a instructional leader in music and performance mentor for the team. I taught part time as a percussion instructor at Milford Mill High School giving individual lessons for over 10 years. Musical inspiration is an important element to the refinement of my craft. A few personal musical influences are Buddy Rich, Max Roach, Neil Peart (Rush), Dennis Chambers, (Santana), George Gray (Roberta Flack), Ricky Wellman (Miles Davis), Quinton Mack-Davis (Rare Essence) and Michael Bland (Prince). * Lesson Details * Within the first three months of lessons student will gain a strong foundation of sight reading and basic drum techniques in both rudiment studies and playing the drum set. My style of teaching music consist of breaking each skill down into chunks and allowing students to learn using their individual learning styles. I utilize rewards for perfect practice and each lesson contains a safe, fun learning atmosphere with students exhibiting in their best behavior. * Studio Equipment * Lessons in store front studio, drum kit provided * Travel Equipment * I will bring a practice pad. Students should have a drum set. * Specialties * Jazz, Funk, pop, and classical. Speaks French, French Music Performance Percussion from Morgan State University Teaches students Male: 4 and up; Female: 5 and up Mr. Stewart 2014 Fall student recitals One of my graduating Seniors performing with the all county band in the percussion section. Studio session in Philadelphia. Senior students learn and keep mental awareness! A beginner student plays piano at this years recital. He was afraid but did an awesome job! Leah performanced on piano and drums this year. She was afraid to look up but did an awesome job!!! Jeff playing jazz with his high school big band! Great job Jeff!! Kenyatta K. Jul 17, 2019 Drum · In home My son’s first lesson went really well! Mr. Charles was really accommodating - as we were running late and he patiently waited and completed our full first session. My son is already looking to his next lesson. Charlynne L. Mar 18, 2018 Drum · In studio Great lessons. Melanie H. Apr 10, 2017 Our son has never played in a marching band before but is interested in playing in the marching band when he attends college in July so we were specifically looking for an instructor who had marching band experience to teach our son since he's never participated in the marching band in high school. We saw Mr. Stewart's profile and decided to have him work with our son. That was the BEST decision that we could have ever made. We have been nothing but impressed with Mr. Stewart. He definitely has the gift of teaching and he is very patient, knowledgeable, and he challenges our son to get better by giving him homework after each session. Our son absolutely LOVES Mr. Stewart and he is always excited for each lesson and to practice what Mr. Stewart has taught him. Our son went from not playing in the marching band at all in high school to making his college band and receiving a scholarship all thanks to Mr. Stewart. We are very grateful for his outstanding teaching and we would definitely recommend Mr. Stewart 100%. Wesley E. Mar 4, 2017 Charles is calm and patient, and yet gently pushes for better and better performance every lesson. As the parent, it is amazing to me to see how much my son has learned in only 3 lessons... and working on a drum set right from the beginning has been very inspiring to my son. We highly recommend Charles! Anthony H. Nov 11, 2016 My son had his first drum lesson with Charles and he was very impressed. He thought Charles was very patient and did a great job of explaining everything. He is very much looking forward to his next lesson. Would definitely recommend Charles to anyone. Jonathan Jul 13, 2016 Drum · Online My son's reaction after one lesson: Charles is awesome! I whole-heartedly agree! He jumped right in, asked some great questions and quickly deduced Jonathan's skill level. He was able to give him something tough enough to really challenge Jonathan, but still within his range to be able to do.. Andrew W. May 9, 2016 Piano · In home Charles is an outstanding piano instructor. His wisdom, patience and knowledge in music will certainly help my son to succeed in learning how to read music, in addition to helping him excel in playing the piano. I am very appreciative. Thank you Charles. Ms. Wells Zachary B. Apr 13, 2016 Piano · In studio Our 5 year old son is currently taking lessons with Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stewart is a fantastic teacher who is able to communicate effectively with our son. Mr. Stewart sets expectations at the beginning of each class and gives assignments until the next lesson. He asks that our son dedicate ten minutes a day to his lessons. We are overjoyed that our son has learned so much in just three lessons. We look forward to a wonderful journey with Mr. Stewart. Chebo T. Mar 20, 2016 Mr. Stewart is the best instructor you will need to start off with your child's music lessons. He has a way of getting down to your child's level and making them comfortable and excited about their lessons. My daughter can't wait for her next lesson every week. She looks forward to meeting Mr. Stewart and follows every instruction Mr. Stewart's gives her including the number of minutes she needs to practice each day. I highly recommend Nr Stewart for your child's lessons as I purchase additional lessons for my daughter. Donnelle Mar 20, 2016 Excellent couldn't have been better Raquel T Mar 15, 2016 Mr.Stewart has the gift of teaching, my son started at a very young age he is now 11. Mr. Stewart has the patients of a saint he takes his time to make sure my son as full understanding of the music as well as informing me as the parent his progress He has recitals that are out of this world.. He is the best there is he is also a former professional drum player that played in a popular local band as well as he now has his own band he plays in so the experience goes without saying.. Daniel Richardson Mar 15, 2016 Mr. Stewart is a consummate professional who takes great care in working with my son. His patience and positive attitude are a plus. I'm pleased with the level of service provided and his willingness to accommodate our busy schedules. We've seen great improvement since my son started taking lessons with Mr. Stewart and would highly recommend him to others. Oct 2015 - Present H.D. Woodson I teach Special Education Music History and English in a High School setting. Music Performance Percussion Jan 2009 - Jun 2011 Limited Proficiency Maryland and District of Columbia Sabian Educator	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1866
__label__wiki	0.640169	0.640169	‘Batman: Universe’ #1 Review Mathew Simoes on July 16, 2019 I have to admit, Bendis’ first Batman series at DC surprised me. Rather than the urban noir style that he approached similar properties like Daredevil and Moon Knight with, Bendis’ first Batman comic is more in line with The Brave and the Bold cartoon than any current version of Batman. The result is an absolute wonder to read. Batman: Universe #1 follows the dark knight as he discovers a conspiracy that will take him to different corners of the DC Universe, and it all starts with the Riddler. After that, the conflict Batman has found himself involved with only continues to grow in scale. Bendis’ script for Batman: Universe reads like a celebration of Batman’s character, crafting a story that blends together different interpretations of the character. Whether it’s the Batman’s demeanor or visual throwbacks to the Adam West series, this series embraces the entirety of Batman’s history. In doing so, the writer crafts his own unique version of the character — one that is cleverly self-aware and not adverse to team-ups. Bendis’ story takes Batman outside of Gotham, allowing the Dark Knight to interact with characters outside his own series. Seeing Batman interact with characters who don’t take him seriously is always fun, and works perfectly with Bendis’ lighthearted approach to the story. The guest heavy nature of the comic also allows Batman: Universe to stand out amongst the other Batman comics being published. As enjoyable as Batman going outside his supporting cast can be, Bendis doesn’t ignore the Bat’s established supporting players. The dynamic between Alfred and Batman is both humorous and touching when done right. As far as i can tell, Bendis writes the duo superbly. Their back and forth in Batman Universe is clever — with Bendis poking fun at a now common method of how the duo operate in the field. To my memory, no writer has really done this in the last decade or so (could be wrong, if so let me know), and the result is pretty funny. The rapport between Batman and Alfred is also emblematic of one of Batman: Universe’s biggest strengths, Bendis’ dialogue. Bendis’ dialogue is really strong in this book — and surprisingly restrained. The wit is there, as well as some other Bendis dialogue trademarks, but there aren’t as many speech balloons on the pages of Batman Universe. The most likely reason being that a heap of dialogue would slow down the action scenes that Nick Derington has paced perfectly. Batman: Universe #1 is a good comic book, and that wouldn’t be possible without Nick Derington’s art. His use of perspective and pacing is incredible. The opening pages alone are worth the cover price of this comic, with a sense of movement between panels and pages that compliments Bendis’ energetic story. Derington’s storytelling is something to Marvel at, and exemplifies the strengths of comics as a medium. Batman: Universe #1 is a joy to read, offering readers everything a good superhero comic should: thrills, laughs, and, of course, Batman. The comic also offers readers a nice break from the psychologically heavy work being done in the main Batman books. The phrase is cliche, but “variety is the spice of life”. Side note: I have no idea if stating that something is a cliche before actually using said cliche is clever. Category: Comic Book Reviews Tag: Batman, Batman: Universe, Batman: Universe #1, Batman: Universe #1 comic review, Batman: Universe #1 review, Brian Michael Bendis, DC, DC Comics, DC Entertainment, featured, JJ, review Batman: Universe #1, Talkies Network Previous: Previous post: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach Co-Writing Margot Robbie’s ‘Barbie’ Movie Next: Next post: Emmy Awards 2019: The Complete List of Nominations Published by Mathew Simoes Mathew ‘JJ’ Simoes is a human being (?) whose existence is dedicated to movies, TV shows, comic books and other associated items of entertainment. He’s a writer for this fine web establishment and studies at a Canadian University. His dreams are typically in comic book format. View all posts by Mathew Simoes	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1868
__label__cc	0.611374	0.388626	Tamaka's Magical Review Welcome to Tamaka's Magical Review About Tamaka himself Since 1990, Tamaka has been mystifying audiences around the world. Tamaka is a graduate of the Chavez Course of Magic in Pasadena, California and was trained by Bob Fitch in Theatre. Tamaka creates a memorable and entertaining magical experience. If corporations have a brand they wish to showcase, Tamaka is able to incorporate their brand into his performances. Because of his consultant work on local Television and Movie sets shot here in San Francisco, he is a member of SAG/AFTRA. Tamaka is always a smash at conventions, as an opening act, performing in his magic productions. Don't forget to consider him for your up coming fundraising and charity events as well What he has done Performed a tour in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China. He has also performed throughout the United States and Hawaii. Performed and frequently asked back to the Magic Castle in Hollywood, CA. Some of the performers he has opened for are the Smothers Brothers, Weird Al Yankovich, Julio Iglesias, Joni Morris, Rudy Parish, Native American Blues group, Twice as Good, and Native American Comedy team, James and Ernie. Other corporations and organizations names are available upon request. Types of performances and contact information Tamaka's extensive knowledge of Magic include Close-up, Walkaround, great for Corporate events where cocktails and dinners would be taking place. Parlor and stage magic which would fit into convention booth attractions and large theatre venues. Contact him through his agent, Robert Blea of Melrose & Associates, 505-345-8649. Directly at 415-531-9332 or email: tamaka@tamaka.net Check out my promo clips Copyright © 2017 Tamaka's Magical Review - All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1869
__label__wiki	0.541619	0.541619	by Tantular Indonesia · April 27, 2015 Sultan Riau Grand Mosque is a famous historical tourist site on Penyengat Island, Tanjung Pinang, Kepulauan Riau province. This mosque was built when the island was the residence of Engku Puteri Raja Hamidah, wife of the Riau ruler, Sultan Mahmudsyah (1761—1812). Initially, this mosque was a simple wooden building with brick floors and about 6 meter tall towers. Sultan Abdurrahman then invited participation from his people to help build a bigger mosque. People from many places around the Riau Lingga area came to the island to donate their materials, food and manpower. Some said that due to abundant food supplies of rice, vegetables and eggs, workers were so bored eating eggs that they only ate the yolks and used the whites as adhesive material. The egg whites were mixed with sand and limestone to make this mosque which still stands strong today. Today, many visitors come to pray in this historical building. If you’re more interested in the architecture, here are some details. The walls of this mosque are 50 cm thick and the mosque is the only one remaining from the Riau-Lingga kingdom that is intact. The total size of this mosque compound is about 54.4 x 32.2 meters. The size of its main building is 29.3 x 19.5 meters, and is supported by four pillars. Its floor is made of clay bricks. In its yard, there are two Sotoh houses for travelers and meetings. There are also two halls where local people place food during parties or fast breaking sessions in the evenings during the holy month of Ramadan. This mosque has thirteen domes and four sharp towers as high as 18.9 meters that were previously used by muadzin to call for prayers. This mosque looks as strong as royal palaces in India. Its domes are varied and grouped into three and four domes. Total number of domes and towers is 17. It reflects the total number of rekaat in Moslem pray that must be performed by every Moslem every day. Sultan Riau Mosque has very unique architecture. It is not known from where this mosques architecture originates. Photo Source : Source 1, Source 2, Source 3 Tags: Heritage SitesMosque Maratua Island Sunda Kelapa Harbor Muara Takus Temple 24 Hours Solo Dance Bangkirai Hills	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1870
__label__wiki	0.687196	0.687196	Kotoc News brief: Sendokai Champions wins for Cartoon Network New episodes of animated toon series Sendokai Champions are to run on Cartoon Network across 50 territories in Latin America. Under terms of an agreement with Spain-based distributor Nottingham Forest, the episodes will run as part of the Copa Toon programming month on the Turner Broadcasting System-owned channels today. The show first broadcast on Cartoon […] Sendokai Champions a win for KidsCo International children’s channel KidsCo has acquired CG-animated series Sendokai Champions from Spanish distributor Nottingham Forest. The 26x12mins two season series, which comes from Spanish prodco Kotoc and pubcaster TVE, will premiere on the new Syfy Kids block in October as a first run in central and eastern Europe, south east Asia, South Africa and parts […] Nottingham Forest sends Sendokai into Saban’s Vortexx Spanish indie producer Nottingham Forest has sold its animated series Sendokai Champions to Vortexx, the weekly kids programming block on US broadcast network The CW. Vortexx is run by Saban Brands, which as part of the broadcast deal will handle licensing and merchandising rights to Sendokai in North America and Israel. “Our affiliation with Saban […] Turner Lat-Am buys shows from Nottingham Forest Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) in Latin America has picked up a pair of shows from Spanish distributor Nottingham Forest. TBS has acquired pan-Latin rights to animated series Sendokai Champions and Jokebox. Sendokai Champions is a 26x12mins animated series produced by TVE and Kotoc. In Spain it aired on aired on RTVE’s Clan TV and in […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1877
__label__wiki	0.829524	0.829524	Apple’s A6 CPU Is Faster Than Previously Reported, Clocked At 1.3GHz With Latest Geekbench Build Matt Burns @mjburnsy / 7 years Speaking of trusting early reports, it seems that the A6 used in the iPhone 5 runs at 1.3GHz rather than 1GHz as previously reported. This comes from the latest build of the iOS benchmarking software, Geekbench, which just released its iOS 6 version today. Earlier builds clocked the iPhone 5 at 1GHz. But now that the software is compiled for iOS 6, it seems the A6 is slightly faster, and both CPU cores run at 1.3GHz. As Primate Labs’ John Poole states, the latest build of the app includes “a dramatically improved processor frequency detection algorithm, which consistently reports the A6’s frequency as 1.3GHz.” Early Geekbench tests seemed suggest the A6 ran between 1GHz to 1.2GHz. But per a conversation with Engadget, Poole indicated Geekbench wasn’t properly measuring the clock speed before. “Earlier versions of Geekbench had trouble determining the A6’s frequency, which lead to people claiming the A6’s frequency as 1.0GHz as it was the most common value Geekbench reported,” he stated. Tests have found the iPhone 5 to be the fastest, most powerful smartphone to date. Teardowns revealed the A6 is a custom chip with dual CPU cores and three GPUs. The A6 also have roughly 33 percent more peak memory bandwidth than the A5 used in the iPhone 4S. However, Apple has yet to, and likely won’t, confirm or reveal many of the nitty-gritty technical details. All that’s known is the iPhone 5 is really powerful. And that’s how Apple likes to keep it.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1879
__label__cc	0.692342	0.307658	Apple announces iOS 13 with dark mode, updated Apple apps and privacy features Romain Dillet @romaindillet / 8 months Apple shared some of the new features that you’ll get with the release of iOS 13 this fall. There are a ton of small and big feature updates, and it felt like Apple executives were rushing through the presentation because there are so many things to announce. “iOS 13 is a huge release packed with lots of capabilities,” VP of Software Engineering Craig Federighi said. But Federighi immediately started with performance improvements. For instance, Face ID is 30 percent faster. Downloads and updates on the App Store are a lot smaller. Updates are 60 percent smaller on average because your iPhone won’t download the full app every time you get an update. And apps should launch twice as fast. Dark mode and low-level improvements Many apps have already adopted dark mode. But Apple is adding system-wide dark mode for iOS 13. With a simple button in Control Center, you’ll be able to switch from a light interface to a dark interface. Native apps, such as Music, Messages and Calendar have all been updated to support dark mode. Notifications and widgets look darker. When you open an app, Apple is using a solid black background, which should look good on an OLED screen as it won’t emit any light. The native keyboard now supports typing by swiping from one letter to another. The share sheet has been redesigned with intelligent suggestions based on your most important contacts. In the Music app, you can now see scrolling lyrics. Apple apps get updated When it comes to first-party apps, Safari has options to change text sizing and settings per website. Mail gets rich text editing. Notes gets a gallery view and folders. Reminders has been completely redesigned. There’s a new quick type bar to add a task. You can indent tasks below bigger tasks. You can also tag people — they receive a notification in iMessage. Apple’s Meg Frost also showed the new version of Apple Maps. In addition to improved data in some parts of the U.S., there’s a feature that works just like Google Street View called Look Around. Moving from one location to another in Look Around is incredibly smooth. There are more updates to Apple Maps, such as the ability to share your ETA with friends, collections of favorite places, the ability to share lists with friends, etc. Apple will map the U.S. with its own data by the end of 2019, other countries will be upgraded later. Privacy, privacy, privacy Apple is updating location tracking in apps. You can share your location with an app just once. Third-party developers soon won’t be able to share details about your Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth signal, which should put an end to many privacy scandals. Apple is also going to compete with “Sign in with Facebook” or “Sign in with Google” by introducing “Sign in with Apple.” This way, you can create an account without sharing personal information. You can even share a randomly generated email address that relays emails to your real email address. HomeKit is also becoming more private. With HomeKit Secure Video, you can store up to 10 days of security camera footage in your iCloud account. Apple doesn’t have the keys, and footage doesn’t count against your storage. Logitech, Netatmo and others will support that feature. In order to make HomeKit devices more secure, Apple is bringing HomeKit to routers so that connected devices don’t always have to talk to the internet directly. iMessage gets more personal iMessage still feels like an improved version of SMS. Apple is going to make it more like WhatsApp. With iOS 13, you’ll be able to add a profile picture and share it with your contacts, and you’ll get to control who can see your profile picture. Apple is using this opportunity to improve Memoji with more customization options. And the company is going one step further by copying Bitmoji and creating stickers with your Memoji. On the photo front, Apple is adding a new portrait lighting effect — and portrait lighting will become more customizable. The camera app is getting more pro features with buttons to control saturation, highlights, shadows, etc. All of this will be available for videos, as well. And Instagram users will love that you’ll be able to rotate videos. When it comes to your photo library, iOS automatically hides duplicates photos to keep the best shot. There’s also a new tab to explore your photo library. Navigating your library feels more fluid with autoplaying video vignettes. There’s a new tab bar so that you can see highlights from the past years, months and days. Siri gets smarter Apple is adding more voice features across the board. For instance, when you receive a message and you’re wearing AirPods, you can hear the message you just received and reply. If you want to watch a video or listen to music together, you can share audio with someone else who has an iPhone and a pair of AirPods. I don’t think it means that you’ll be able to stream music to two pairs of AirPods — you still need two iOS devices (update: nope, you can pair two pairs of AirPods with one iOS device). On the HomePod front, you can tap your phone on your HomePod to send audio to your HomePod. The smart speaker is also getting support for live radio stations — I can’t believe it wasn’t already available. You’ll finally be able to set up multiple users for the HomePod to control your own calendar, messages, music and get personalized results. CarPlay is also receiving an update with better Siri features. You can now control third-party apps, such as Pandora or Waze, with Siri. And the Siri animation doesn’t fill up the entire screen anymore. On iOS 13, the Shortcuts app will be installed by default. You’ll get recommendations for shortcuts that could help you. And Siri should sound better overall with new voice-generating software. There are plenty of other new features in iOS 13, especially on the iPad. If you want to read more about iPadOS, read our separate post.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1880
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__label__cc	0.628438	0.371562	Research Type - Press Releases Geography - Anguilla Geography - Ecuador Geography - Germany Geography - Guadeloupe Geography - Poland Geography - Sudan Geography - Switzerland Geography - Uzbekistan Reports (262) Media & Advertising (3) Cybersecurity & Digital ID (1) Semiconductor Market (1) Middle East and Africa (1) Europeans Will Comprise One-Fifth of All Netflix Subscribers by 2015, IHS Technology Report Says As Netflix rapidly expands across Europe, the company will see its international subscriptions jump from one-tenth to one-fifth of total subscriptions, according to new analysis from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight. Electronic Passports Face Barriers to Entry as Security Concerns Fail to Drive Fast Adoption IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS) research indicates that ePassports are set to experience relatively weak shipment growth in the coming years, despite their capability to address rising security concerns at airports and border crossings. Data Confirms EU Hit ‘Broadband for All’ Target, IHS Technology Says Alzbeta Fellenbaum \| May 29, 2014 The European Commission (EC) today published its Digital Agenda for Europe Scoreboard for 2013, with help from research conducted by IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight, and Valdani, Vicari & Associati (VVA). Industrial Electronics Chip Market Rebounds, Invigorated by Resurgent Activity Robbie Galoso \| April 11, 2014 Powered by the freshly fueled gears of reviving economies, the global market for semiconductors used in industrial electronics applications overcame a serious fall in 2012 and roared back to life last year, boding well for an even more energetic 2014, according to a new report from IHS Technology Two and a Half Gigawatts of Residential PV Energy Storage to be Installed by 2017 The market for residential photovoltaic (PV) energy storage systems is expected to boom in the coming years, with cumulative installations amounting to 2.5 gigawatts (GW) by 2017... Digital Projection Domination Grows, with 90 Percent Penetration of Cinema Screens This Year Just one year-and-a-half after they usurped 35mm film to become the majority cinema projection format, digital screens are poised to reach a global penetration rate of 90 percent... PV Storage Market Set to Explode to $19 Billion in 2017; Germany Leads Again The worldwide market for PV storage is forecast to grow rapidly to reach $19 billion in 2017, from less than $200 million in 2012, according to a new report entitled ‘The Role of Energy Storage’...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1884
__label__wiki	0.736202	0.736202	GE Announces CFO Leadership Transition Jamie Miller BOSTON — GE announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Jamie S. Miller will transition from her role as CFO. GE has initiated a search to identify its next CFO, and Miller has agreed to remain in her role to assist with a smooth transition. GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. said, “I greatly appreciate Jamie’s professionalism, expertise, and many contributions to GE’s significant transformation during this critical time. She has been instrumental in developing our portfolio strategy, furthering our efforts to make GE a more focused industrial company, and spearheading our de-leveraging plan during a challenging period. I thank Jamie for her dedication to GE and her support for a thoughtful transition, and I wish her the best in her future endeavors.” Miller said, “I deeply value the opportunities I’ve had at GE over the last eleven years. I have been fortunate to work at this incredible company where I have had the opportunity to expand my capabilities, from CIO to CEO of the Transportation business and as CFO over the last two years. I couldn’t be prouder of the team around me. With the progress we’ve made and the stabilization beginning to take hold, the time is right for my transition.” With this change, GE Capital President and CEO Alec Burger will now report directly to Culp. GE SVP and Treasurer Jennifer VanBelle will report directly to Miller, and to the new CFO once named. Miller joined GE in 2008 as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. She went on to become GE’s Chief Information Officer where she led the company’s global information technology strategy, services, and operations. After two and a half years in that role, she became the President and CEO of GE Transportation. Miller was appointed SVP and Chief Financial Officer of GE in October 2017. In this role, she has been responsible for leading GE’s overall financial activities and global finance organization, including accounting and controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, investor relations, internal audit, and treasury. She also has had operational responsibility for GE Capital and leads the core Digital Technology (DT) function. Tagged with GE, General Electric Comment on the story Cancel reply Morris Products Partners with RepFiles Employers Post Fewer Jobs in November Senate Passes US-Canada-Mexico Trade Deal	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1885
__label__wiki	0.615889	0.615889	Home » Honda » Honda Jaaz Hybrid « Honda Accord Honda Accord 2013 » Honda Jaaz Hybrid March 27th, 2013 \| 0 Comments \| Honda The Honda Fit or Honda Jazz is a five-entryway hatchback subcompact made by Honda, first presented in June 2001 and now in its second era. The name “Jazz” is utilized within Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa and certain parts of Asia, while the name “Fit” is utilized within Japan, China, and the Americas. Advertised worldwide and made at ten plants in eight countries, worldwide deals surpassed 3.5 million by July 2010. The Fit portions Honda’s Global Small Car Platform with the Fit Aria, Partner, Mobilio, Mobilio Spike, Freed and Freed Spike. As of July 2010, worldwide total deals were 3.5 million. Honda discharged half and half fuel-electric renditions of the Honda Jaaz Hybrid in Japan in October 2010 and in Europe in right on time 2011. The Honda Fit EV, a restrained processing all-electric form, was discharged in the United States in July 2012. Honda Jaaz was first utilized by Honda as a trim level bundle on the 1986 Honda City. Honda Jaaz First era (2001-2008) The Honda Fit appeared in June 2001 in Japan and quickly came to be a huge hit. By December 2001, it had beat the Toyota Corolla, and stacked up first in bargains for nine out of twelve months in 2002. It in this manner was presented in Europe, Australia, South America, South Africa and South-East Asia, China, and Mexico. The Fit’s fuel tank under the front seat and conservative back suspension have prepared the back seats to crease particularly level, making an adaptable and regularized freight volume that is imposing for its class A processing model for the United States and Canada appeared on January 8, 2006 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The auto was discharged in Canada on April 3, 2006, and in the U.S. on April 20, 2006 as a 2007 model year auto. In the North American markets, the original Fit was swapped after just two model years by another 2009 model, which was discharged for Japan in November 2007 as a 2008 model. Ensuing emphasess will administer the same stages worldwide. Honda basically expected to name the auto “Fitta”, however abbreviated the name in certain advertises, and renamed it fully in others, upon finding that in a few Nordic dialects, fitta is a well known and revolting slang word for female genitalia Honda Jaaz Second-era (2007) The second-era Fit appeared on 17 October 2007 at the Tokyo Motor Show. The vehicle offers a longer wheelbase than its forerunner and is more extensive and longer for the most part. Generally speaking stature is unchanged, while inner part tallness expanded by .3 in. Multi-mode seating and payload setups are held, with upgraded headrests preparing more advantageous folding of the back seats. The lodge qualities more stupendous inner part volume, and boot limit diminished from 21.3 to 20.6 cubic feet. Honda Jaaz Fit Hybrid (2010) Bargains of the Fit Hybrid started in Japan in October 2010. The crossover form begins at ¥1.59 million, the most reduced cost for a fuel-half and half electric vehicle sold in Japan. The Fit Hybrid headlines a 1.3-litre motor and electric engine, with an expected efficiency of 3.3 litres for every 100 kilometres measured as per Japanese 10–15 cycle. The auto utilization a parallel cross breed framework that works in tandem with the gas motor. The parallel cross breed framework is effortless and lightweight while upgrades driving exhibition and mileage. The European adaptation, called Honda Jaaz Hybrid, was revealed at the 2010 Paris Motor Show and got ready in promptly 2011. The Honda Jazz for the European and Japanese markets headlines reconsidered headlamps, new front grille, a cowhide seating alternative and another Lime Green outside color choice.[4] Fuel economy assessed as per European standard is around 65 miles for every majestic gallon and CO2 outflows of 104 g for every km. It has the most reduced carbon discharge of programmed auto in the B-portion. Any time the auto is determined in a flat and unfaltering speed, the auto switches to EV mode and discharges no carbon outflow: the motor close down and the auto is controlled exclusively by the electric engine. Fit Honda Jaaz Shuttle and Fit Honda Jaaz Shuttle mixture (2011) he Fit Shuttle is a minimized station wagon determined from the second era Fit and is ready in Japan’s provincial business. The auto influences the proficient bundling of Fit and Fit half and half. The launch of the auto in June 2011 was pushed back from March accordingly of the shake and tidal wave in Japan on March 11, 2011. Creation of the auto was exchanged from Honda’s Sayama plant in Saitama Prefecture to Suzuka plant in Mie Prefecture subsequently of force apportioning after the shudder. Processing started in right on time May 2011. The Fit Shuttle was shortlisted for Car of The Year Japan 2012. Its drivetrains are imparted to the Fit. The Fit Shuttle has a 1.5 L i-VTEC motor with 120 hp, which is noncompulsory in Japan’s Honda Jaaz. A half breed form, the Fit Shuttle half and half, is likewise ready, with a 1.3 L i-VTEC motor with IMA. Ceaselessly variable transmission is the main transmission ready for FWD shows. A five-speed auto transmission is standard on four-wheel-drive models. Honda Jaaz Japan Japanese market bargains started in October 2007. Face-lifted models arrived as one with the introduction of half breed form in October 2010. Second-party post-retail tuner, Mugen, presented on 22 October 2007 another line of adornments for the Japanese business sector 2008 Honda Fit. Two figure packs could be made ready that incorporate new front and back guards, side skirts, a top spoiler and chrome fatigue tip. Different extras like composite wheels, aluminum pedals, diverse checks, a games fumes, stiffer suspension and the like can moreover be accessible. Tokyo Auto Salon. The F154SC has a supercharger commissioned onto the stock L15A motor that raises base drive of the 1.5 L I4 to 150 hp and 136 lbf·ft. Different updates incorporate full coilover suspension, debilitate, consumption, and brakes. Honda Jaaz Gallery « 2019 Ferrari 488 2019 Land Rover Defender » Home \| About Us \| Privacy Policy \| Sitemap \| Contact Us copyright © 2012-2020 - All rights reserved. Car Magazine TOPISMAG.NET	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1886
__label__wiki	0.856574	0.856574	Toronto cops flood “sunshine list” of public servants pulling in over $100,000 (Officer Bubbles included!) By John Michael McGrath \| April 1, 2011 By John Michael McGrath \| 04/01/2011 icon-twitter icon-facebook Police at the G20 conference in Toronto, June 2010 (Image: Ronnie Yip, from the Toronto Life Flickr pool) Ontario’s sunshine list has once again let everyone know which public servants made at least six figures in the previous year. Leading off this time around are the two CEOs of Ontario’s hydroelectric utilities, OPG and Hydro One, as well as Governor General David Johnston, who pulled in a cool million as president of the University of Waterloo before he became GG (and took a substantial pay cut). One profession in particular saw a big bump in wages, and it’s not terribly surprising: police officers. The cops who worked overtime during the G20 made a tidy sum this year, with some notable Toronto cops making it on to the sunshine list. According to the Globe and Mail: The G20 summit may have resulted in a big burden for business, a disruption for transit and an annoyance for downtown dwellers, but it was a financial boon for some police officers. Overtime pay for policing the summit and related protests contributed to a big spike in the number of Toronto police officers who earned more than $100,000 last year. The numbers are contained in the provincial government’s so-called sunshine list released on Thursday, which provides the names of public-sector employees who earned more than $100,000 last year: 2,159 Toronto police officers and support staff made the list, compared with 1,329 in 2009, a jump of 62 per cent. In fact, over a quarter of the Toronto Police Service’s total work force is now on the list. Even Constable Adam Josephs – the officer who became a symbol for alleged police heavy-handedness at the summit when he was videoed threatening to arrest a young woman blowing bubbles – squeaked on, with a salary of $108,197.45. Yup, that’s Officer Bubbles making quite a bit of money—some of which must be going toward his legal fees for suing commenters on YouTube. In some cases, the salaries of Toronto police officers have easily eclipsed the sums Toronto businesses received as compensation for the fine work the Toronto Police Service did that weekend. MP Olivia Chow says more than 400 businesses have submitted damage claims, totalling about $10 million, which is way less than the jump in overtime cost the province. Of course, the stingy reparations are coming from a different wallet (Ottawa’s) so all this is just one more chapter in Canada’s proud history of buck-passing. The Toronto Sun was of course outraged at the spike in gold-plated civil servants taking hard-earned taxpayers’ dollars. April Fools! • Police cashing in during G20 leads to spike in six-figure earners [Globe and Mail] • G20 a big boost to police pay [Toronto Star] • T.O.’s top constable gets $175Gs [Toronto Sun] Topics: Adam Josephs David Johnston G20 Government Governor General Law News Officer Bubbles Olivia Chow Police Protests Random Stuff Toronto wages 3 thoughts on “Toronto cops flood “sunshine list” of public servants pulling in over $100,000 (Officer Bubbles included!)” The officers are not the problem. Check this out: http://toronto.pints.com. City workers and TTC are bad. TTC had a 40% raise since last year alone. fat and lazy says: Toronto cops work 5 days on 5 days off. So by my calculations they make 100G for working 6 months a year. Lol. Keep raising taxes. Luciano Turner says: OMG, do you see whats taking place in Syria? Despite a brutal government crackdown, the manifestations continue	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1887
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__label__cc	0.521144	0.478856	Dave Chappelle’s Free Show Attracts Thousands at Portland’s Pioneer Square The brother just thought 200 people would show for this “secret” but impromptu show. Instead, he got an estimated 10,000, mostly 20-something fans, “creating one of the most remarkable spontaneous gatherings in Portland history,” said Rachel Bachman of The Oregonian. This man is missed, yall. From TV station, KGW, Channel 8 in Portland: Chappelle said he told four people at the gym that he’d seen a stage set up in Pioneer Square and he thought it would be fun to tell a few jokes there. He also may have told one person at the Local 35 clothing store. By twilight Tuesday a crowd of young faces had begun to coalesce at Pioneer Courthouse Square. A few hours later, thousands were hanging out, all self-organized via social networking, text messaging, Facebook updates and Twitter. Just when they thought he wouldn’t show, he did, at 1 a.m. with a small portable sound system and a mike. He thanked the cops for not arresting him, and cracked one about former First Lady Nancy Reagan. His performance only lasted one hour. Many couldn’t see or hear him, but didn’t give a damn. There were no fights, or any other disruptions, according to the police, who accordingly corralled the large gathering by shutting off streets and rerouting traffic. Chappelle was astounded at how many people actually showed up, although his disbelief was suspended briefly when some people stripped and started going around (and climbing around) naked in the Square, a misdemeanor that surely would have invited the cops to wade in. “Put your clothes on, please,” he said. “We were at a bar, we got a text message that Dave Chappelle was gonna be here,” one fan told KGW. “I heard from word of mouth and believed it,” said Adam Roberts. “You look around and you can see the kind of pull Chappelle has, especially among youth,” Chance McDowell said. Afterwards, Chappelle received a police escort to his hotel, according to Portland Police spokesperson Mary Wheat. “Chappelle did not expect such a large response and appreciated the assistance the Portland Police provided,” she said. A few people were reportedly hurt climbing on structures around the square, dispatchers said. There were no arrests or citations issued, Wheat said. Chappelle was in town to visit a few friends after a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park was cancelled. He was simply laying low, being inconspicuous, taking in the city. He had no security or an entourage. He was not doing it “for money” but just to do it as he has at other comedy clubs or bars: looking for fresh material, feeling his way back after he bailed out of a $50 million dollar contract with HBO because he was tired and refused to fake. Another observation: Dave Chappelle is this generation’s equivalent of Richard Pryor. If Rich hadn’t contracted MS and still had his P’s and Q’s, I’d be standing around waiting for him, too. It’s good to see Dave again. ~ by blksista on July 15, 2009. Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Television Tags: Channel 8, Dave Chappelle, Dave Chappelle Show, Facebook, HBO, Impromptu, KGW-TV, Local 35, Pioneer Square, Portland, Portland OR, Spur of the Moment, Tweets, Twitter 3 Responses to “Dave Chappelle’s Free Show Attracts Thousands at Portland’s Pioneer Square” Thanks for the video! Your Portland Financial Advisor said this on August 4, 2009 at 1:17 AM […] the original: Dave Chappelle’s Free Show Attracts Thousands at Portland’s Pioneer Square Comments (0) Tags:channel, chappelle, creating-one, oregonian, people, pioneer, stage-set, […] Dave Chappelle’s Free Show Attracts Thousands at Portland’s Pioneer Square - Orkutadda.com - Orkut scraps, orkut graphics, orkut, scraps, html, graphics, glitter, codes, tools, layouts, profiles, scrapbook said this on July 16, 2009 at 5:53 AM […] more here: Dave Chappelle’s Free Show Attracts Thousands at Portland’s Pioneer Square Comments (0) Tags:channel, chappelle, creating-one, oregonian, people, pioneer, rachel-bachman, […]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1896
__label__cc	0.517272	0.482728	Script to Screen: Bombshell 12/19/2019; 56 minutes The difficulty of restaging real world trauma on a film set, the challenge of character development based on individuals with non-disclosure agreements, and the power of women speaking truth to power all arise in this conversation about Bombshell (2019) between director Jay Roach and Pollock Theater director Matt Ryan. In this video, Roach discusses the amazing reaction of the cast and crew of Bombshell after the films initial studio backer pulled out weeks before production was set to start. Recorded on 11/23/2019. (#35410) Upcoming TV Schedule: 2/10/2020 3:00 AM pacific 2/10/2020 4:00 PM pacific 2/11/2020 12:00 AM pacific 2/12/2020 11:00 PM pacific TV SCHED More Programs from the Carsey-Wolf Center The Carsey-Wolf Center More Programs With Special Effects: Beetlejuice Meet John Doe Discussion with Victoria Riskin Special Effects: Russian Doll	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1904
__label__wiki	0.659767	0.659767	UFE What’s up in the sector Home / English version / News / Press review UFE/Press review of 10/03/17 Consumers not likely to become market actors Despite the various provisions of the Clean Energy package to incentivize consumers to become market stakeholders, the Centre on Regulation in Europe (Cerre) explains, in a study published on March 9th, that only medium-size consumers would be interested in becoming market players. If the emergence of aggregators and the roll out of smart meters increase chances for success, those signals would be too weak to trigger a broad dynamic including all consumers. Contexte, March 10th 2017 New report on Cyber Security in the Energy Sector published The European Commission’s Energy Expert Cyber Security Platform (EECSP) published on March 7th a report on cyber security in the energy sector. This report identifies four types of measures to improve cyber security and to better manage risks for energy infrastructure: management of risks and threats, cyberdefence, cyber resilience, and the capacity and competences needed to take action. The report also calls on the Commission to prepare a cyber response framework for the energy sector and encourage EU energy regions to cooperate and share information about cyber security risks. Finally, the report alarms on the new risks related to the development of digital technologies in the sector. European Commission, March 3rd 2017 British emissions of CO2 dropped by 5.8% in 2016 In an analysis published on March 6th, the UK-based website Carbon Brief underlined that this drop can be mostly explained by the energy transition from coal to oil and gas. Indeed, coal emissions dropped by 52% compared to 2015, whereas emissions from oil and gas increased respectively by 1.6% and 12.5%. To incentivize the decrease in emissions, the British government implemented a CO2 tax, whose amount doubled in 2015 to 18£/ton. On March 8th, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, pointed out that he would maintain a carbon price signal beyond 2021, expiration date of the current tax. Contexte and Enerpresse, March 7th 2017 German political parties agree to phase out nuclear power With the support of 80% of its citizens, Germany started 15 years ago to phase out from nuclear power, which only accounts for 14% of its national production today. National political parties are not backing away from that commitment, and 7 months before the national election, no candidate stands up for maintaining nuclear power generation. Definitive phase out is planned for 2022, but much need to be done for phasing out from fossil fuels, which are responsible for significant greenhouse gas emissions. Le Parisien, February 27th European Parliament asks for more ambition to develop renewable energies During exchanges of views on the renewable energy Directive organised by the Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) on February 28th, the European Commission presented its impact assessment that identifies the 27%-target for renewable energy as optimal to reach the objective of emissions reduction. However, the socialist rapporteur José Blanco Lopez (ES) opposed this declaration as he called the objective not ambitious enough and claimed that it “was sending a wrong signal”. Shadow rapporteurs Sean Kelly (PPE, IE), Fredrick Federley (ADLE, SE) et Claude TURMES (The Greens, LU) also called for a more ambitious objective. Blanco Lopez, supported by Dario Tamburrano (ELDD, IT) also demanded national binding objectives to provide visibility for investors. European Parliament and Contexte March 3rd Share this Press Review Print this Press Review UFE/Press review of 04/10 Press Review by year Presse review 14b, RUE DE LA SCIENCE Phone : +32 (0) 2 51 37 804 All your contacts If you wish to receive information from UFE, you can subscribe to our mailing list in order to receive our newsletter, information on upcoming events, publications and press reviews. © alphamosa	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1905
__label__wiki	0.929318	0.929318	Jordan eyes comprehensive plan to uproot violent extremism Jamal J. Halaby Muslims performing prayer in Amman, Jordan AMMAN - Jordan plans to implement a comprehensive programme to uproot violent extremism, the main cause of terrorism engulfing the region and beyond. The programme, which envisages unifying mosque messages to renounce violence and extremism and support tolerance and peace, is still in the planning stages. It is to be implemented by the end of the year but it will take several months to develop needed awareness, especially among the targeted segment: unemployed and desperate young male Jordanians, officials say. However, some say it is doomed to failure if its implementation is not preceded by a stringent state crackdown on the country’s 6,200 mosques to rid them of extremists, who preach sermons that depict adherents of other faiths — mainly Christians and Jews — as enemies of Islam. “The preaching scene in Jordan is freewheeling and it must be restrained and monitored carefully,” said Muslim scholar Amjad Qourshah, who caused controversy in June over his remarks criticising the government for participating in the war against Islamic State (ISIS). “All preachers must be vetted anew,” he said. “New preachers must be appointed according to a selective system based on their qualification, not family connections.” The plan to counter extremism is supported jointly by Japan and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), agency country representative Zeina Ali Ahmed said. She said a memorandum of understanding has been signed with Jordan’s Counter Extremism Department. “We’re now working on designing a strategy, which should be ready later this year”. The main highlight of the strategy is to prevent extremism and combat the phenomenon socially and economically. Under the programme, Jordan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs is to develop a curriculum and train mosque preachers. The programme will be launched in Zarqa, a mining city east of Amman and a known bastion for Muslim extremists. Zarqa is the hometown of the slain al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who died in a June 2006 US drone attack. UNDP will provide the expertise but will not interfere in the curriculum. Japan will fund the plan. Ahmed said UNDP would like to see an online platform established through which any person can contact authorities to inquire about religious issues in confidentiality. The Jordanian moves underline how serious the kingdom takes the threat of extremism. Jordan has come under militant attacks for its close ties with the United States and peace treaty with Israel. One of the deadliest attacks was carried out by Zarqawi’s group in 2005 against three Jordan-based Western hotels. Sixty people — all civilian Muslims — were killed. In the past 17 years, Jordan broke up nearly 800 groups involving scores of militants said to be plotting to undermine Jordan’s unmatched record of stability in the region. This year, about 1,122 militants were tried in Jordan’s military court in at least 39 separate cases involving terrorism and extremism. The country’s borders with Iraq and Syria are also targets for ISIS’s attacks. ISIS fighters on August 16th attacked an Iraqi border guard base near the Jordanian border, killing nine people on the Iraqi side of the frontier. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. In March, a similar attack on a Jordanian military installation on the Syrian border killed six Jordanian security officials. A recent incident pointing to Jordan’s cluttered preaching scene involved a renowned preacher appointed by the Ministry of Religious Affairs to deliver selective sermons on moderation in a grand mosque outside a Palestinian refugee camp north of Amman. The original mosque preacher, who has two other jobs, had been absent from the mosque for more than seven months this year. He privately arranged with a friend to deliver the sermons in his place but the replacement preacher drew attention with extremist views and fiery, anti-government speeches that praised ISIS jihadists and urged Jordanians and Palestinians in the camp to join the fight in Syria and Iraq. Religious Affairs Minister Wael Arabiyat said sermons would be limited to selected mosques across the country. “Friday prayers will only be held at selected mosques and this decision is final,” Arabiyat said. He pointed out that he had top clergy issue a fatwa endorsing the move. Arabiyat explained that of the 6,200 mosques across the country, including 1,720 in Amman, only 800 are under the ministry’s supervision. “The Friday sermon is potentially a dangerous media channel,” he insisted. He noted that not all who deliver sermons are trained or qualified to explain the Hadith, or the sayings of the Prophet Mohammad or verses from the Quran. Written By Jamal J. Halaby Jamal J. Halaby, is an Arab Weekly chief correspondent in Amman. He has been covering the Mideast and North Africa for nearly three decades.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1907
__label__cc	0.502445	0.497555	Hassle-free air travel The ASEAN Post Team This file photo shows a Singapore Airlines passenger checking-in at the automated booth at the international departure area of Changi International Airport in Singapore on 11 October, 2018. (Roslan Rahman / AFP Photo) Although everyone in Southeast Asia can fly these days due to the proliferation of low-cost airlines, the experience is not necessarily pleasant with long queues and constantly having to present travel documents to different parties. Airports are struggling to cope with growing passenger numbers who are also becoming more demanding. This makes them good testbeds for smart technology. In Southeast Asia, Singapore’s Changi Airport is leading the charge in innovation. This is par for the course in tech-driven Singapore and its quest to form a Smart Nation. Early last year, the Changi Airport Group (CAG) launched Living Lab in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). The Living Lab will use Changi’s year-old Terminal 4 as a live testbed for new technologies. It focuses on several areas, namely automation and robotics, data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), security technologies and smart infrastructure management. A laboratory approach is also being adopted by San Diego International Airport which runs an Innovation Lab program twice annually for companies to pitch and present airport-related products and services. Successful projects are then implemented at the airport. Among the more notable innovations was the first reusable, portable mobile device charging system and an airport-wide mobile delivery app that lets passengers order food and retail items and have them delivered to specific locations within the terminal. Groupe ADP, which built and manages the Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Orly and Paris-Le Bourget airports launched an Innovation Hub last year as an incubator for airport-related technologies. Groupe ADP also offers space at its headquarters to host showrooms, workshops and meetings with partners and staff. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) conducts annual surveys to gain insight into what passengers want. Last year, its Global Passenger Survey reported passengers wanting more technology to make airport processes more efficient. The IATA’s 2018 Global Passenger Survey found that overall, passengers want real time journey information delivered to their personal devices and biometric identification to facilitate their travel processes. The survey of 10,408 respondents from 145 countries also found that passengers want more automation of airport processes, wait times of less than 10 minutes at security and immigration and to be able to track their bags throughout their journey. Source: International Air Transport Association 2018 One ID concept The IATA is promoting a One ID concept to replace the present repetitive process of showing boarding passes and passports to different parties for different purposes. Each of these stakeholders – airlines, border control, customs and screening authorities – developed their processes independently of each other. With One ID, the use of trusted digital identity, biometric recognition and a shared collaborative identity management platform will simplify the process. This can reduce queue and wait times, and prevent the use of false identification papers, in cases of human trafficking and evading the law. The IATA is rolling out plans to use radio frequency identification (RFID) in baggage tags starting in 2020. With RFID chips or inlays in tags, baggage can be tracked at virtually any point in all airport processes, minimising the risk of lost bags, theft and fraud. Airports in London, Tokyo and Singapore, among others, are pushing for autonomous equipment: self-driving vehicles, automated baggage handling and transport systems and even aerobridges that align themselves to aircraft doors. Tokyo Airport deploys friendly-looking robots to help with airport security, transportation, logistics and translations. Taiwan’s Songshan and Taoyuan international airports have robots that tell passengers their departure details and weather updates for their destinations by simply scanning boarding passes. They also take the opportunity to plug the latest duty-free special offers and airline promotions. South Korea’s Incheon Airport also deploys robots to provide information and directions to departure gates. They move autonomously and navigate with cameras, ultrasonic, laser and proximity sensors, recognise voice and can process language and display information on LCD screens. Changi Airport’s Terminal 4 is testing a remote-controlled vehicle that can transport baggage from a plane to the baggage handling area in 10 minutes. It also uses bots to deliver food to lounges. Its kitchens have assembly lines that work with just nine employees instead of 45. It uses an automated cutlery packing system to improve productivity. The airport is also testing a system for air traffic controllers to monitor aircraft using digital infrared cameras to improve visibility during hazy or low-visibility conditions. Self-service is also a major feature. Passengers can collect their boarding passes and print bag tags and drop in their check-in baggage at automated kiosks. Border control is automated: passengers scan their passport, boarding passes and fingerprints at automated immigration gates. To board the plane, passengers scan their boarding passes at automated boarding gates. At all these gates, passengers’ photos are taken for identity verification. Technologies tested and refined in Changi’s smallest terminal will eventually be used for its biggest. The 1,000-hectare Terminal 5, due to open in 2030, will be able to accommodate 50 million passengers a year. The future of airports will see more extensive and innovative use of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, biometrics and automation. Everyone can fly, but they will have to do things for themselves. This article was first published by The ASEAN Post on 27 September 2018 and has been updated to reflect the latest data. The future of aviation in Southeast Asia Is Southeast Asia ready for self-driving taxis? Singapore opens new, high-tech airport terminal Aviation, Smart Technology,	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1908
__label__cc	0.695479	0.304521	Expecting to Meet Anime Singles Only at Comic Cons is a Thing of the Past, According to AnimeDatingSite.com Feb 2, 2018 \| LifeStyle Despite the fact that anime and manga have been a constant in modern culture for some time now, anime-lovers aren’t exactly having the best of luck when it comes to finding likeminded people who would want to date them or be their friend. MIAMI, FL, February 02, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — If bikers meet at biker clubs and gays gather at gay clubs, where to anime-loving guys and girls meet up? Well, there’s Comic-Con and… that’s it. Those who are fans of the Japanese anime and manga art style and want to meet someone of the same interest don’t exactly have a place they can regularly meet, except for the panels that revolve around anime at Comic Con. In order to change that, AnimeDatingSite.com was created. The main goal of this social website is to help anime loving singles connect with others of their kind or even with those who don’t have the slightest idea what an anime dating site could contain but would like to get introduced into that world by someone who’s already a professional “weaboo.” Ever since the “Dragon Ball Z” anime hit the US television back in the ’90s, this cartoon and comic style that originated in Japan spread across the world like wildfire, giving everyone a chance to get involved with the trend. Anime dating, on the other hand, isn’t a thing yet, but with sites like AnimeDatingSite.com, it seems like there’s a good chance that this will become a permanent niche in the online dating industry. AnimeDatingSite.com is located at https://www.animedatingsite.com and can be reached around the clock and from any point on the globe. PreviousSelections at HollyWeb Festival Include Allison Janney, Eric Roberts, Richard Hatch NextBig data and insurance industry: towards a tailor-made service? Jackson Design and Remodeling Makes Milestone 9th Appearance on Inc. 5000 List Bremen Youth Services Needs Contributions Now to Keep Its Doors Open Unique Portable Watering Caddy/Stand Conveniently Solves Problem of Underwatered Garden Areas. With the H2OWISER® Water Flow Can be Precisely Directly to the Affected Dry Area New Intermountain Program Teaches Caregivers How to Have Life-Saving Conversations to Prevent Deaths due to Suicide	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1909
__label__wiki	0.708162	0.708162	The Cinema Fix presents: CLASSIC FILM REVIEWS AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (1987) BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) THE DEPARTED (2006) DON’T LOOK NOW (1973) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (1987) THE PRESTIGE (2006) THIS IS ENGLAND (2006) THE TIN DRUM (1979) THE WAGES OF FEAR (1953) FILM THEORY ESSAYS A BRIEF HISTORY OF META-TEXTUALITY WITHIN CINEMA ADAPTATIONS: THE ROAD FROM PAGE TO SCREEN (2009) ALTERNATIVE VISIONS OF LOVE IN THE HORROR GENRE A TEST OF CHARACTER: BRIEFLY EXPLORING CINEMATIC PERSONAS CONTRASTING DREAMS ON PAGE AND SCREEN: REVIEWING THE WORK OF PHILIP K. DICK EXPLORING UNOFFICIAL REMAKES IN HOLLYWOOD! FAMILIARITY AND NOSTALGIA IN THE FANTASY FILM GENRE SISYPHEAN REPRESENTATIONS IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION TELLING STORIES WITH STYLE: THE TROPES OF TARANTINO UNDERSTANDING THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR IN CINEMA WESTWORLD: POST-MAPPING THE NETWORK WHAT’S IN A NAME? A BRIEF CONSIDERATION OF FILM TITLES SHORT FILM PRODUCTIONS YOU HAVE A NEW FOLLOWER (2020) TOLERANCE (2019) MISDIRECTION (2018) FLATMATES (2018) FIX FILMS SHORT FILMS (2005 – PRESENT) HELL IS. . . (2014) THE CHESS GAME (2012) ELEPHANT TRUNK (2008) THE TWO MINUTE SILENCE (2007) A FAR CRY (2006) GETTING BACK MR HUNT (2005) STAR TREK FAN FILMS THE HOLY CORE (2019) CHANCE ENCOUNTER (2016) MOUNTVIEW SHORT FILMS – (2008 – 2011) SCREENWRITING & SCRIPTS Cinema, New Releases, Reviews ON CHESIL BEACH (2017) – CINEMA REVIEW May 30, 2018 Paul. Writer and Filmmaker 2 Comments Directed by: Dominic Cooke Produced by: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley Screenplay by: Ian McEwan (Based on: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan) Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff, Samuel West, Adrian Scarborough Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS I watch a lot of films. I also write screenplays. Indeed, over the last twenty-five years I have studied and read many “how to” write screenplay courses, books, and articles. One of the major rules of screenwriting, as opposed to radio and television writing is to SHOW and not tell. Deliver your story via the images, performance and shot composition rather than obvious dialogue which spells everything out. As a writer of incredible talent Ian McEwan has, along with director Dominic Cooke and their editor, created an intriguing story of lost love and romance. It flashes forward and back between the past and present beautifully and certainly shows rather than tells the story in a less than obvious fashion. In fact, for me it was ultimately TOO subtle in delivery and the emotional ramifications of certain events are lost in the subtext. The story begins in the 1960s as newlyweds, Florence and Edward, nervously entwine on their wedding day. As portrayed by the imperious Saoirse Ronan and compelling Billy Howle we are immediately empathetic of their situation and time. Because traditionally, unlike the more sexualised mores of today, religion and social convention would dictate that the couple were more likely to be virgins. Therefore the nervous glances and small-talk slowly build a sexual tension creating an incredibly awkward and embarrassing mid-point moment between the characters. McEwan’s script also flashes back to the past establishing how the characters met. Edward is a lower-middle class boy from a rural background while Florence’s family are more upper-middle class capitalists. As presented in other McEwan works class tensions also propel the drama as Florence’s family look down on Edward somewhat. There is a lot of depth within the characterisations notably from Ann-Marie McDuff as Edward’s unfortunate mother. Although, at times I wasn’t sure how her mental condition was linked to the themes of the piece, the performance of the actor alone was fascinating throughout. Ultimately, it’s a film about love, loss and terrible secrets; notably how past events can haunt the present. However, in choosing to bury the big reveal within a blink-and-you-miss-it flashback, the poetic editing, in my opinion, took away from the dramatic power and potential catharsis in denouement. On occasions telling us as well as showing us can empower an audience to feel even more for the characters. Dominic Cooke marshals the film with an assured hand as befits an experienced theatre director. Ronan and Howle give brilliant performances. In fact, I don’t think there is a better and more consistent young actor than Saoirse Ronan. In films such as: Atonement (2007), Hanna (2011), Brooklyn (2015), Lady Bird (2017) and now On Chesil Beach (2017), she has proved herself capable of capturing depth and emotional power with her performances. Ronan and her romantic counterpart, Howle, make the film worthy of your attention even if I was left mildly bewildered, valiantly trying to work out why their characters’ relationship was doomed to fail. (Mark: 8 out of 11) Billy HowleCinema ReviewclassfamilyFilmIan McEwanInnocencelamentlossloveOn Chesil BeachREVIEWSaoirse Ronansecrets SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY (2018) – MOVIE REVIEW May 29, 2018 Paul. Writer and Filmmaker Leave a comment Directed by: Ron Howard Produced by: Kathleen Kennedy, Allison Shearmur. Simon Emanuel Written by: Jonathan Kasdan, Lawrence Kasdan Based on Characters: by George Lucas Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Joonas Suotamo, Paul Bettany Anyone for another round of Star Wars bingo? In a particularly biting satirical swipe at George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, the South Park episodes Free Hat (Season 6) and the latter episode The China Probrem (Season 12), criticized the filmmakers for digitally altering their beloved Indiana Jones films on re-re-re-re-release. The China Probrem took the barbs even further (too far one could argue) by showing a lascivious Lucas/Spielberg raping Indiana Jones. I mean, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skulls (2008) wasn’t great but to suggest its sexual assault on one’s childhood memories and a beloved character did have me spewing out my metaphorical popcorn in shock. Moreover, South Park further lambasted the avarice of corporate culture, specifically Disney, and their purchase of Lucasfilm in the excellent episode from Season 16 Obama Wins! All this proves is that controversial and offensive satire cannot and will not change the Panzer-like “progress” of the Mickey Mouse machine. They own many of the biggest film franchises and absolutely will not stop until they have our money. What can you do? Do you rebel against the Disney Death Star or do you join the dark side? After all, it could be fun. Indeed, after all the apparent production shenanigans reported on the set of Solo (2018) – notably the “sacking” of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller – I can advise that this latest Star Wars prequel is a lot of fun. That darned elephant in the room still haunts the film though and that is the nature of prequels. Whatever danger you put your protagonists in you know they are going to survive; thus, tension is very often lost within the action and drama. Having said that Star Wars fans will have a lot of joy ticking off HOW Han Solo’s early life began and how he originated into one of the best characters of the whole science-fantasy series. Characterisation is in fact one of the strengths of the film in my view. Solo comes from sewers of a guttural world and chances and gambles his way through the story but with strong motivation. His devotion to Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) is a powerful spine with which to hang the excellent action set-pieces on. Their romance and the chemistry between Clarke and Ehrenreich is palpable throughout and drives the story into interesting areas. Alden Ehrenreich, I think, is a bona fide movie star. He shone in Hail Caesar (2016) and does so as Han Solo. Whatever the difficulties were on-set I think his likeability and acting style brings handsome energy and humour to the role. I especially loved the gambling-fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants nature of Solo’s character which owes much to Lucas’ original scripts. Overall, Solo is a very entertaining join-the-dots prequel that ticks off all the by-the-numbers Star Wars scenes, tropes and characters including: the Millennium Falcon, Chewbacca, the Empire, Lando, the Kessel Run, plus many more to keep the fans happy. Lastly, Solo works very well as both an origins story and a fantastic fusion of heist and Western films. The supporting cast all deliver in a positive way, notably the charismatic Donald Glover and always reliable Woody Harrelson. While you can often see an element of chaos in certain scenes I think the steady directing hand of Ron Howard has delivered a franchise film which will safely keep Disney’s gravy train on track. In fact, both prequels have been, in my humble opinion, better than The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), because Solo (2018) and Rogue One (2016), actually have narratives which made some emotional sense. AdventureAhren EhrenreichChewbaccaDeath StardisneyDonald GloverEmilia ClarkeGeorge LucasHan SoloHan Solo: A Star Wars StoryHeistjediLawrence KasdanLucasfilmMarvelRon Howardscience fictionSoloStar WarsWestern Short films, Star Trek THE HOLY CORE – A STAR TREK FAN FILM – PRODUCTION UPDATE Just a quick update to say that another short screenplay I have co-written has just been funded and has entered the pre-production phase. It’s a follow up to our Star Trek fan film Chance Encounter called The Holy Core. Alas, the Kickstarter campaign did not reach its target but out of the blue a private donor gifted the full budget to enable Gary and Fix Films to make the production a reality. So, we are very grateful to the donor and to everyone who contributed to the Kickstarter campaign and look forward to making The Holy Core. It is an exciting script which we would describe as a thoughtful science fiction adventure story examining the values of faith and science set against a backdrop of religious fanaticism and romantic love. Check out our website here: Here’s Gary with the most recent Holy Core update. Live long and prosper! CBSFan FilmFilm Productionfix filmsNEXT GENERATIONParamountreligionShort filmStar Trektechnology Articles, Cinema, Essays and Theory, Television CONTRASTING DREAMS: REVIEWING THE WORK OF AUTHOR – PHILIP K. DICK CONTRASTING DREAMS ON PAGE AND SCREEN: REVIEWING THE WORK OF PHILIP K. DICK “Today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups… So I ask, in my writing, what is real? I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing.” ― Philip K. Dick For a writer who wrote extensively about artificial intelligence and technology, Philip K. Dick himself was in fact a certifiable writing machine, publishing over 44 novels, a further 120-odd short stories, plus a whole vision of manuscripts, essays and other literary paraphernalia. His death at the relatively young age of 53 took an incredible genius away from us; however, you’re never too far away from his work either on TV, computer or at the cinema. The latest cinema release inspired by Dick’s vision was the beautifully directed space epic Blade Runner 2049 (2017). Here Denis Villeneuve picked up the baton from Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982); an adaptation of K. Dick’s seminal novel Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep (1968). But of course his stories have also given us film adaptations including: Minority Report (2002), Total Recall (1990 & 2012), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Next (2007), Paycheck (2003), A Scanner Darkly (2006) etc. Moreover, Amazon has recently adapted his classic 1962 alternate history novel The Man in the High Castle (2015) to positive acclaim. With Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror jumping ship to Netflix, Channel Four UK (Sony / Amazon in the U.S.A) and various other production companies) must have felt there was a “futuristic anthology show” hole in their schedule. Thus, they obtained the rights to Philip K. Dick’s back catalogue and produced a show called Electric Dreams – shown in two halves in 2017 and 2018. The production values were very high and some extremely talented actors, producers, writers and directors were brought in to bring ten Dickian short stories to the TV screen. Such creative luminaries included: Janelle Monae, Dee Rees, Ronald Moore, Juno Temple, Bryan Cranston, David Farr, Matthew Graham, Timothy Spall, Jack Thorne, Steve Buscemi, Anna Paquin, Terrence Howard, Travis Beacham, Richard Madden, Vera Farmiga and many more. I have immersed myself in the novels, cinema and TV work inspired by Philip K. Dick recently. I was fascinated by the themes and narratives represented and comparisons between the literary and screen works. How did they compare to Dick’s original vision and how do they differ? NIGHTMARE THEMES IN ELECTRIC DREAMS Of late I have read his novels Do Android’s Dream of Electric Sheep (1968), Ubik (1969) and the collection of short stories – collated in conjunction with the Channel 4 series – Electric Dreams. Moreover, I have seen most of his works adapted for cinema. His narratives are often hallucinatory and dream-like with simple yet devastating prose. They deal in reality, alternative reality and beyond reality. You’re often in a place where you are unsure as to what is occurring is in the real world or some imagined or manufactured nightmare. Technology, disease and war are more than often a threat. The biggest threat though is humanity and its seeming endless proclivity for inventing weapons, machines and viruses with which to kill. Paranoia and doubt infect Dick’s work making you feel as trapped as his characters. Further, mutated strands of humanity are a staple trope where telepaths and empaths inhabit his oeuvre; along with classic science fiction aliens and monsters from outer space too. The narratives, while possessing an otherworldly and futuristic feel, paradoxically feel realistic because his characters are everyday people. They are rarely action heroes or soldiers or scientists but rather administrators or office staff, factory or transport workers. They are family people trying to make their way through life and the horrors the world throws at them. Given Dick was writing during the 1950s onwards it’s not surprising that the threat of nuclear war hung heavy within his words. Furthermore, the rapid technological breakthroughs which, while offering hope for humanity, brought with it a movement to the loss of free will and a possible future governed by machines. Big corporations, banks, governments and computers all erode and destroy the very fabric of being in Dick’s world rendering human identity and existence obsolete. His universe is brimming with people under threat, humans desiring to escape and a questioning of what it means to be human. CONTEXTUALISING THE NIGHTMARES CONTAINS FILM AND LITERARY SPOILERS Adapting Dick’s work can be complex because what works on the page as a concept can be difficult to transfer to a visual medium. Conversely, his work is often altered beyond recognition with fragments of the initial idea remaining while others stay true to the original. The original and subsequent sequel of Bladerunner (1982) are very faithful to the structure and futuristic vision of Dick’s original novel; retaining the ‘hunting of replicants’ plot and the existential question of whether an android can be considered human. In Electric Dreams the adaptation of the short story Human Is. . . . poses a similar question. In this story a wife faces the choice as to whether her husband, whose body has been invaded by an alien, is in fact more human because he is an improvement and displaying idealised human traits such as kindness and love. The flipside of this occurs in the film adaptation of Imposter (2002), and the short story adaptation The Father Thing, where nefarious aliens hell-bent on invasion take over the humans in order to divide and conquer. Human Is… both the short story and television adaptation are particularly convincing as many people have all been trapped in dying relationships where we wish we could change our partner. Dick’s story takes this idea and makes it real and emotionally very powerful. Certain filmmakers, when adapting Dick’s work, will mould their style to his vision. For example, in the Steven Spielberg directed thriller Minority Report (2002), Dick’s pre-crime conspiracy model was presented as an action pursuit film with Tom Cruise going on the run for a crime he may or may not have committed. Spielberg retains the initial idea and concepts relating to pre-cognitive telepathy and empathic mutation but renders it a more fast-paced and spectacular cinematic experience. Similarly, telepathy and mutants feature heavily in Matthew Graham’s pretty faithful adaptation of The Hoodmaker. Like Minority Report telepaths are exploited by the government and law to do their bidding, only for the system to be corrupted and used for death by those in power. Dick’s story We Can Remember it For You Wholesale, has been adapted on two occasions as Total Recall (1990 and 2012). Paul Verhoeven’s earlier version about warring government agents and colonies on Mars is an absolute blast. Dick’s concepts relating to alternative realities and implanted memories are fused with an explosive Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. Yet, what is retained amidst the shoot-outs and spectacular set-pieces is the main protagonists’ life dissatisfaction and desire to escape their everyday existence for something more exciting. This is a common theme in Dick’s work and can also be found in the Electric Dreams’ stories Impossible Planet and The Commuter. In the latter a Station clerk finds a hitherto lost “town” which offers a means of escape from his seemingly humdrum life but it comes at a cost. While Total Recall raises the pace and stakes within an interplanetary setting, The Commuter is more ordinary and emotional in its cerebral representation. Political, social and technological corruption is present in many of Dick’s other works too. In Richard Linklater’s adaptation of A Scanner Darkly (2006), an undercover cop battles to conceal his identity while struggling with drug addiction. While in Electric Dreams, Dee Rees’ rendition of Dick’s short story The Hanging Man, takes an allegorical story about social unrest and fascistic hangings, turning it into a thought-provoking, paranoiac nightmare scenario. Rees calls her story Kill All Others, where we find Mel Rodriguez’s factory worker driven by fake news and political manipulation during an election. This eerily reflects much of the social and media saturation seen during Donald Trump’s U.S. election win. Likewise the adaptation of Foster, Your Dead became the very impactful Safe and Sound; and examined the deadly possibilities of technology firms manipulating youth within the context of the war on terror. Arguably not as successful, however, was the Tony Grisoni adaptation called Crazy Diamond. This episode completely altered Dick’s story Sales Pitch, which told of a relentless Sales-Bot who won’t take no for an answer. In fact I had no idea what Crazy Diamond was trying to say and perhaps the writer should have stuck to Dick’s intriguing techo-nightmare premise. Indeed, threat of technology and the inevitable doom progress represents is also presented in the excellent episode called Autofac. Dick wrote this story in 1955 and set it after an apocalyptic world war has devastated Earth’s civilizations. All that remains is a network of hardened robot “Autofacs” supplying goods to the human survivors. However, these drones and bots are in fact hindering survival and the idea is incredibly prescient. Indeed with the rise of Amazon and Google and Apple industries our society is becoming more dependent on such technology to the extent we could be classed as helpless without it. Lastly, what Electric Dreams demonstrates, along with the many film adaptations of his work, is that Dick’s concepts are just as relevant, if not more so than at the time of writing. Moreover, what this thematic and genre contextualisation of Dick’s work illustrates is that universal themes such as: the desire to escape; what it means to be human; media manipulation; fear of technology and war; oppressive government regimes; and all round insidious paranoia about a very dark future are inescapable and will always be part of society and the human condition. Article originally appeared on http://www.sothetheorygoes.com AmazonBladerunnerCinemaCONFLICTDystopiaFutureInternetLITERARYparanoiaPhilip K. DickSci-fiscience fictiontechnologytelepathyTelevisionwar Articles, Reviews, Spurs 2017-2018 – TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC – SEASON REVIEW – SO NEAR, YET SO FAR! AGAIN! 2017-2018 – TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC – SEASON REVIEW I will never forgive the show Hamilton! For one it just wasn’t my thing. Clearly it was a brilliant mix of hip-hop history; with incredible choreography allied to a fascinating “founding fathers” narrative. But a freak diary clash caused me to have to miss Spurs last 16 second-leg tie against Juventus. My wife insisted I go to watch Hamilton as the show was booked months in advance. Anyway, I found out that Spurs lost at Wembley via the BBC Sports website and it was a crushing blow. Having to sit through two-and-a-half hours of musical theatre was bad enough, but Spurs going out of the Champions League, when in control of the tie, was a very bitter pill to swallow. Indeed, I’m not afraid to say that this season I lost faith in football, not Spurs as I generally keep my expectations steady, but rather football as a passion. It’s rather pathetic and narcissistic I know but my obsession with Spurs and football got so ridiculous that I ended up smashing plates up in the kitchen when they lost to Manchester United in the 2018 FA Cup semi-final. I was very drunk on beer but that’s no excuse. I mean emotional outbursts in over-reaction to things one cannot control are, to quote a famous Vulcan, illogical. Perhaps it was because a friend of mine had passed away recently and it came on top a bit, but losing that semi-final to Manchester United was devastating for all Spurs supporters. It was especially difficult to watch us take the lead through Dele Alli’s goal and then see us ground down mentally by Mourinho’s Red Devils. In my view it shouldn’t happen. Not the actual loss but getting upset at football. It’s just a hobby and I have no control over what eleven strangers do on a football pitch. Ultimately, supporting Tottenham Hotspur FC should be a pleasurable and fun thing to do and on the main the season was relatively positive. But how did we do? SCORES ON THE DOORS Premier League Finishing position: 3rd Premier League Total points: 77 Premier League Goals Scored: 74 Champions League: Round Last 16 FA Cup: Semi-finals Carabao Cup: Fourth round Top scorer: HARRY KANE (30 goals) Most Assists: DELE ALLI / CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN (10 assists) Record Premier League Attendance: 81978 versus Manchester Utd – Wembley Stadium Premier League Highest Placed London Team Tottenham finished the 2017/18 Premier league season in third place, booking a spot in next year’s Champions League. They almost made the quarter-finals of the Champions League but the clinical Italian team Juventus unpicked their defensive locks at crucial times to steal the match away from them. With the incredible Manchester City smashing all ahead of them in the Premier League, I felt the FA Cup was our best chance of silverware, however, Ander Herrera’s winning goal and an lacklustre second half display did for us in that game against Manchester United. Overall, I think 3rd was a creditable finishing place in the league. We could have nicked second but there was no stopping Pep Guardiola’s light-blue behemoth breaking the hearts of the other teams. Spurs did well, given they played all their home games at Wembley. But for some early stutters against Chelsea, Burnley, Swansea and West Bromwich Albion our form there was excellent. The highlights were of course defeating Manchester United and Liverpool as well as thumping victories against Southampton, Stoke and Everton. Our away form was pretty consistent too although, some unnecessary draws, plus defeats to Manchester City and Manchester United were disappointing due to the poor team shows. However, we FINALLY we beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE HUNDRED YEARS! Or so it felt (it was 28 years!) I guess the major highlights of the season were our Champions’ League group stage victories over Borussia Dortmund and the mighty Real Madrid. I was at the Madrid game at Wembley and the atmosphere was beyond words. We managed to beat Ronaldo and Madrid’s Galacticos 3-1 at Wembley on an electric night. The sad thing is Real Madrid are now in the Champions League final and we again end the season with nothing but the glory of our memories. Once again HARRY KANE had an incredible season. He scored 30 goals in the Premier League; only Mohammad Salah’s amazing skills and finishing stopped him winning the Golden Boot. CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN in midfield consistently proved himself a master of passing and delivery with some wonderful goals and assists. Indeed, his goal against Chelsea was a thunderbolt to behold. Dele Alli, received some ridiculous criticism during the season for not being as devastating as previous seasons. Yet, Alli scored some valuable goals as did our South Korea winger Heung Min Son, who constantly proved a valuable asset in attack. In defence, Toby Alderweireld, so outstanding the previous two seasons, got injured in November so our record signing Davinson Sanchez, a young Columbian bought from Ajax, stepped up and showed maturity beyond his years. He, I think, will only get better. Along with Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen I would say that JAN VERTONGHEN was Spurs player of the year. He had an incredibly consistent season in the back four and hardly missed a game. He protected Hugo Lloris’ goal with a strength and intelligence which again made us a difficult team to beat. Of all the wonderful goals that were scored this season, a special mention goes to VICTOR WANYAMA’S goal against Liverpool at Anfield. It was a powerful strike from over 30 yards out which burst the back of the net and got us back level in one of the most dramatic league games of the season. I think, once again, MAURICIO POCHETTINO and his backroom staff have worked wonders with the squad. The team are always very fit and energetic although during some games we were very slow starters. Also, switching off against Juventus cost us badly. But, finishing 3rd and having decent cup runs was probably what we deserved. We just need to get that killer instinct to finish teams off. That mental “win-at-all-costs” attitude and steel is needed on top of the attractive football we have become known for. Again we did not spend hundreds of millions on our squad and aside from Davinson Sanchez and Lucas Moura (in January); signings were relatively low-key compared to the teams from Manchester. I think given the tools such as a world class midfielder and another top striker to compliment Harry Kane, then Pochettino could deliver a title. But let’s be honest Manchester City will be difficult to catch and other teams such as Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United will also be in the mix. Spurs will move into their brand spanking new stadium for the beginning of the 2018 / 2019 season back at WHITE HART LANE. It is a state-of-the-art facility with incredible technological features and extras. I really hope we will have a team to do the stadium justice. If we could just push the boat out and buy a couple of “world-class” players, if available, then I reckon we could challenge the very top. But, I for one will back the team yet should they lose and falter will never be smashing the kitchen up again. After all it is just a game; a beautiful silly game of football. Champions LeagueChristian EriksenDaniel LevyDeli AlliDIsasterENICFootballGloryHarry KaneJan VertonghenlosingMauricio Pochettinonearly-menSpursTHFCTottenham HotspurWembleyWhite Hart LaneWinning Cinema, Classic Movie Scenes CLASSIC MOVIE SCENES #5 – CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER (2014) – “THE ELEVATOR SCENE” CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER (2014) – “THE ELEVATOR SCENE” Produced by: Kevin Feige Screenplay by: Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Based on: Captain America: by Joe Simon , Jack Kirby Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie Cinematography: Trent Opaloch **CONTAINS SPOILERS” In my original review of Captain America: Winter Soldier (2014) – which can be found here – I described the film as: “. . . neat socio-political commentary – full of the rip-roaring action.” In fact I think it is still my favourite Marvel film of the lot due to the fantastic conspiracy driven plot allied with some incredible stunts and action. Moreover, Steve Rogers’ relationship with Bucky Barnes is also further developed and thoroughly tested in an emotionally effective fraternal friendship breakdown. The film has many standout scenes but one is more memorable than others in my view. It’s the scene in the elevator where Rogers finds himself being turned on by those he believed he could trust at Shield. It doesn’t intrinsically, until the culmination of the set-piece, involve massive explosions and CGI-driven action. Indeed, the “elevator/lift scene” is a wonderfully executed fight scene which makes use of its limited space to place our protagonist in an almighty bind. Rogers enters the lift and immediately begins to feel something could be afoot. As more and more – what we eventually learn to be – Hydra henchmen enter the lift the editing builds fantastic suspense. Various shots build anticipation: looks from Rogers; a bead of sweat running down a man-in-black’s back; plus hushed conversation from an “office worker” in the lift. Then just before the fight ensues Rogers utters a great one-liner to set it all up: “Before we get started – does anyone want to get out!” It’s already a classic scene before the brutal hand-to-hand combat kicks off and encapsulates the mix of paranoia and adrenalized action present within the whole movie. Watch it here: captain americachris evansClassic Movie ScenesJack KirbyJoe SimonMarvelrusso brothersSTAN LEEsteve rogersthe winter soldier Cinema, Reviews THE LEVELLING (2016) – SKY CINEMA REVIEW Directed by: Hope Dickson Leach Written by: Hope Dickson Leach Starring: Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden Music by: Hutch Demouilpied Cinematography: Nanu Segal I grew up watching visions of the English countryside as represented by television shows such as H.E. Bates’ The Darling Buds of May and James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small. With such rural narratives you were never far from a beautiful landscapes, wonderfully sunny skies and country folk working together, on the main, as a community. Hope Dickson Leach’s independent British drama is an altogether different beast. It’s a muddy, grieving, bloody and filth-ridden exploration of how tough family and farming existence is. Featuring some fantastic performances from Ellie Kendrick and David Troughton the story is very simple. Clover (Kendrick) returns from Veterinary College following the sudden death of her brother. While her father is steadily drinking himself to death, she tries to make sense of her sibling’s apparent suicide. Her father, an army man and farmer is living in a caravan next to the battered family home. The farm business is sliding to bankruptcy and their home has been rotting since the Somerset floods a couple of years before. All round their property and livestock are threatened by damp, disease and death. In short: this is NOT The Darling Buds of May. Ellie Kendrick, who I recognised from several TV shows including Game of Thrones, absolutely owns the character of Clover. She is seen as weak and unreliable by her father but is in fact an intelligent and resilient character who is prepared to work hard and dig deep for some respect. The plot itself reminded me a lot of the Michael Caine gangster classic Get Carter (1971); accept with a female lead and more cows. As Clover attempts to steady the fortune of the farm, caused in part to mis-management by her father and brother, she also turns detective, stealthily delving into circumstances relating to her brother’s death. Overall, Hope Dickson Leach has made a really touching personal story of grief. This is a very emotional story about a family torn apart by death on personal and financial levels. I don’t know much about farming life, but while it may be idealized in certain books and films the reality is much tougher. Animals, while commodities are often culled because of disease and farmers are at the mercy of the weather. Moreover, it would appear to be much tougher for women too progress in a male-dominated world which favours sons over daughters. What the film ultimately shows too, in many brilliantly acted and directed scenes, is we must transcend our differences and work together as one – as family – in order to survive. 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__label__cc	0.749078	0.250922	Character Development, Workshops Characterization workshop on December 16 November 22, 2017 March 8, 2018 Anya Achtenberg Expanding Characterization: Discovering the Unlived Life, is an intensive workshop on December 16, 12:30-4:30 pm, Hudson Valley Writers’ Center On December 16, at the beautiful Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, I’ll be teaching an intensive workshop on characterization, with a richly productive approach, that makes our work that day follow an unusual path, one that embraces and explores the mysteries of our characters. Look ahead to a day that will help you break through into knowing and expressing your characters at a whole different level, with more depth, truth and beauty. You’ll walk away with much writing, and much more to do when you get back to your own work table. This workshop is for writers at all levels of experience, in fiction and memoir (useful also for poets working with character and persona poems). It’s called, on the HVW Center’s site — Expanding Characterization: Discovering the Unlived Life (or as I like to call it, for longer spaces: Discovering the Unlived Life: Writing Through the Mystery of Human Behavior in Fiction and Memoir; a workshop in characterization) Here is a fuller description of the workshop than the one that appears at the Center’s website: Character work is central to discovering story rather than imposing the story upon characters who must then fit a pre-fabricated plot. In nonfiction as well as fiction, this work is crucial not only to flesh out characters, but to discover who holds/tells/withholds the story, resulting in the telling of a richer and more fully contextualized truth than we originally imagined. But how do writers gather the inspiration, courage and imaginative power, the craft and the grounded knowledge of the world, to walk truthfully beside their characters and tell their stories, share their discoveries? Good writing probes the mysteries of human behavior and motivation. Each of us is unique, formed out of an endless range of factors: culture, history, economics, region, race, family, experience, happenstance and mystery do not complete the list. Our characters deserve no less specificity, no less fullness. But working with back story alone, with what has happened to a character up to the moment that we meet that character, is only part of what we need to examine in character development. An unlived life is hidden within the life each character must live to get by. In this writing workshop, we will explore that land of the unlived life, which is bordered by frustration, overwork, social pressures, forgetting, distractions, and violences, large and small. It is a territory of yearning, and charged by the deep human desire to create, to express, and to fulfill the individual and social self in creativity and community. Through a series of discussions, diverse readings and focused writing explorations, we will work to deepen our ability to bring the power of developed and authentic beings into our writing, and to begin to extend our range to include characters we may dislike or fear, characters that puzzle or fascinate us, as well as those with whom we identify. We will work with the power of the unlived life, and how it moves our characters. For writers at all levels of experience, in fiction and memoir (useful also for poets working with character and persona poems). Published by Anya Achtenberg View all posts by Anya Achtenberg Previous postNew course: Break the Rules and Free Your Story Next postCreative Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World. Online for the first time! Starts March 14, for 6 weeks!!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1917
__label__wiki	0.738789	0.738789	The Evillious Chronicles Wiki Original Sin Story Seven Deadly Sins Series‏‎ The Daughter of Evil Series Clockwork Lullaby Series Four Endings Series Kagamine Rin Kagamine Len Camui Gackpo‏ Megurine Luka Databooks Groups, Organizations, Seven Deadly Sins Series, Judgment of Corruption The Muzzle of Nemesis Four Endings Elphegort Tasan Party For other uses, see Tasan (disambiguation). The Tasan Party,[note 1] originally known as simply Tasan,[note 2] was a political party in the Union State of Evillious. Founded as an anti-government political organization, it later evolved into an official party in the wake of the Leviantan Civil War and eventually gained total control of politics in Elphegort. Sometime during the late EC 900s, Tasan was founded as an anti-government organization in opposition to the corrupt justice system of the USE Dark Star Bureau,[1] headquartered in Elphegort with Gammon Octo as its head.[2] When Nyoze Octo escaped from his false conviction and became a fugitive, one of the other Tasan Party members allowed him to use his name as an alias.[3] At some point, the group reestablished itself as a political party, entering USE politics.[4] After the criminal Heleus Gone was given a reduced sentence for his murder of Asmodean's imperial prince in EC 982, the party openly criticized the decision. In the same year, the party also began backing Levianta's anti-war movement.[5] It also started collaborating with Nemesis Sudou, a former assassin of the Dark Star Bureau's PN espionage force.[6] The following year, the party received a tip that Dark Star Court Director Gallerian Marlon had taken a bribe from General Tony Ausdin to exonerate him for his massacre of Zenosai village. Trying to have the judge indicted, the Tasan Party called for the World Police to take action but was ignored. In response, the party leaked evidence of Gallerian's corruption to the press, enraging the citizens and causing the start of the Leviantan Civil War.[5] Rise To Power Following the civil war, the Tasan Party began gaining power both locally and internationally. After Nemesis was released from prison in EC 989, given a reduced sentence for her crimes in Zeus due to the party's influence,[7] she rejoined the organization and became elected as its vice leader. Following Gammon's sudden disappearance, Nemesis gave him up for dead and took over his position.[8] With the increasing influence of the Tasan Party over the Elphegortean goverment, when Asmodean was annexed by Elphegort in EC 992 it was renamed "Tasan-Elphegort".[9] In EC 993, the party secured control of the Elphegortean government and Nemesis herself became the Green Country's dictator. Afterward, Führer Nemesis ordered the invasion of the neighboring Lucifenian Republic, prompting the USE to expel Elphegort as a member state and declare war on the nation. The Tasan government then forged military alliances with Beelzenia and Jakoku. In response to the USE's two-front offensive on Elphegort, Nemesis ordered the Elphegortean military to secretly develop a new weapon: Punishment.[10] Following two successful tests of the Punishment prototype in EC 998, special forces from Maistia, including former PN members, launched an attack on Tasan Party headquarters to try and prevent its further usage. The attack took out several Tasan Party officials until it was suppressed.[11] In EC 999, Nemesis unleashed the weapon upon the entirety of the Third Period, ending the Tasan Party along with all other life in the world.[4] After the Third Period's destruction and subsequent merging with the Hellish Yard, spirits dressed in the uniforms of the Tasan Party began to congregate around the site of Evil's Theater, listening to an address from their former president Gammon Octo.[12] As Gammon tasked them with hunting down certain contractors of the Demons of Sin, the soldiers split into different groups and set out, eventually having Sleep Princess in Toragay put the souls in Evillious to sleep using her Gift.[13] Eventually, one group of soldiers tracked down Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche to the Lucifenian Royal Palace, although she evaded her capture. They then waited for Black Box to arrive as they carried out an assault on the royal palace. After being sucked inside Black Box and being subsequently freed, the soldiers lost their will to fight.[14] Meanwhile, at least two other groups of soldiers were dispatched, with one heading to Asmodean to capture Sateriasis Venomania. Failing to find him there, the group left. The other group of soldiers, armed with their own Black Box, traveled to Beelzenia in search for Banica Conchita, although they were soon after defeated by Eater Sabella.[13] Later on, the soldiers remaining underneath the theater spotted Riliane, Sateriasis Venomania and Kayo Sudou attempting to fly in, shooting at them before being subdued by ice magic.[15] After Ma's defeat, several soldiers from the party stayed behind in the Third Period and continued to start fights with the other souls.[16] During its time as a political party, Tasan maintained a single elected leader as its head, under whom was the vice leader. In the case of the current leader's sudden disappearance, the party's vice leader would replace them as head. After seizing control of Elphegort's government, the party was led by a dictator known as a Führer,[10] who likewise had several officials serving under them.[11] By the world's end in EC 999, enough soldiers composed the Tasan Party to make up a sizable army.[17] Known Members Gammon Octo Nyoze Octo Nemesis Sudou Areus Hymn Gigaty Polrio Encheri Conceptualization and Origin The Tasan Party is likely inspired by the Nazi Party, a political party that established a totalitarian government in Germany; Elphegort, the Tasan Party's main country of operation, is inspired by Germany. The party's political leader, Nemesis Sudou, bears resemblance to the Nazi Party's political leader, Adolf Hitler; both gained popularity following imprisonment for rebelling against their respective governments and established themselves as dictators of a totalitarian state under the title of "Führer." The Tasan Party as it appears in Master of the Heavenly Yard Master of the Hellish Yard (song) (first appearance) Master of the Heavenly Yard Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard Seven Crimes and Punishments (story) (alternate timeline; mentioned only) Outlaw & Lychgate (mentioned only) The Muzzle of Nemesis (album) Seven Crimes and Punishments (album) (mentioned only) Master of the Heavenly Yard (album) ↑ Seven Crimes and Punishments ↑ Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption – Episode ZERO ↑ Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis – 3 ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Seven Crimes and Punishments" – Wrath ↑ 5.0 5.1 Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption – Episode 10 ↑ Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis – Glossary ↑ 10.0 10.1 The Muzzle of Nemesis ↑ 11.0 11.1 Deadly Sins of Evil: The Muzzle of Nemesis – 1 ↑ Master of the Heavenly Yard ↑ 13.0 13.1 Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard – Chapter 6 ↑ Deadly Sins of Evil: Master of the Heavenly Yard – Chapter 5 ↑ "Outlaw & Lychgate" – Chapter 2 ↑ タサン党 ↑ タサン Retrieved from "https://theevilliouschronicles.fandom.com/wiki/Tasan_Party?oldid=190881" Seven Deadly Sins Series More The Evillious Chronicles Wiki 1 Riliane Lucifen d'Autriche 2 Irina Clockworker 3 Banica Conchita The Evillious Chronicles Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1920
__label__cc	0.597236	0.402764	The Finch and Pea A Public House for Science Josh Witten, PhD Michael White, PhD Staff & Guest Artists Eva Amsen, PhD Michele Banks Sarah Naylor, PhD Rebecca Schwarzlose, PhD Marie-Claire Shanahan, PhD Heidi Smith, PhD Ben Witten Linkonomicon Category: Curiosities of Nature Reupping:Why reproducibility initiatives are misguided I’m reposting this two-year old piece, because it’s worth reminding ourselves why exact replication has, with minor exceptions, never been an important part of science: In my latest Pacific Standard column, I take a look at the recent hand-wringing over the reproducibility of published science. A lot of people are worried that poorly done, non-reproducible science is ending up in the peer-reviewed literature. Many of these worries are misguided. Yes, as researchers, editors, and reviewers we should do a better job of filtering out bad statistical practices and poor experimental designs; we should also make sure that data, methods, and code are thoroughly described and freely shared. To the extent that sloppy science is causing a pervasive reproducibility problem, then we absolutely need to fix it. But I’m worried that the recent reproducibility initiatives are going beyond merely sloppy science, and instead are imposing a standard on research that is not particularly useful and completely ahistorical. When you see a hot new result published in Nature, should you expect other experts in the field to be able reproduce it exactly? Continue reading “Reupping:Why reproducibility initiatives are misguided” Author Mike WhitePosted on 22 January 2017 Categories Curiosities of NatureTags reproducibility, scientific methodLeave a comment on Reupping:Why reproducibility initiatives are misguided A Long View of the Scientific Revolution Been eager to get this doorstop of a book, which sat on my shelf for most of 2016: David Wotton’s The Invention of Science. I’ll have more to say later, but for now, a few pages in, it’s clear that Wotton really takes the long view on science. “It is far too soon to say” how the Scientific Revolution will turn out: But since 1572 the world has been caught up in a vast Scientific Revolution that has transformed the nature of knowledge and the capacities of humankind. Without it there would have been no Industrial Revolution and none of the modern technologies on which we depends; human life would be drastically poorer and shorter and most of us would live lives of unremitting toil. How long it will last, and what its consequences will be, it is far too soon to say; it may end with nuclear war or ecological catastrophe, or (though this seems much less likely) with happiness, peace and prosperity. Author Mike WhitePosted on 5 January 2017 5 January 2017 Categories Curiosities of NatureTags BooksLeave a comment on A Long View of the Scientific Revolution Reading Regulatory DNA, or My Attempt to Explain What I Do At the end of October, our paper on gene regulation in the retina was published in Cell Reports. (We paid good money for open access, so go ahead, click the link – there’s no paywall.) Our editor asked us if we wanted to try two things to help explain our work to our broader audience. The first is Figure360, a brief video guide to one figure in our paper. This is still fairly technical; it’s how I might explain our work in a conference poster presentation. The second way we were invited to explain our work was in an informal post on the Cell Reporter blog. Here I tried to explain what we did in a way that would make sense to my mother. (Who has a bachelor’s degree in biology, so at least I had a chance) My mother’s response: “I read it 3 times to better understand it. It is a difficult topic.” In other words, I failed to make sense… It’s not the most jargon-free thing I’ve written, but for your edification and enlightenment, I’m posting the link here. Check it out to understand massively parallel reporter gene assays and our Goldilocks theory of gene expression. Author Mike WhitePosted on 19 December 2016 19 December 2016 Categories Curiosities of NatureTags gene regulationLeave a comment on Reading Regulatory DNA, or My Attempt to Explain What I Do Climate change has altered nearly all of the planet’s ecosystems It looks like we’re going to have a climate change denier heading up the EPA, Oklahoma’s attorney general Scott Pruitt, who has spent the Obama administration suing the agency he will now lead. So we’ll be hearing a lot about whether the science is “settled” and the uncertainty in climate scientists forecast. As you listen to these debates, the thing to know is that climate change isn’t just about what might happen in the future. It has already radically altered the planet in ways that may be invisible to those of us who live in wealthy countries, but not to just about all life on Earth. As a recent review of the documented biological impacts of climate change puts it, “Climate change impacts have now been documented across every ecosystem on Earth.” Last month I wrote about this story for Pacific Standard. The key point is one to keep in mind as we confront denialism in the Trump administration: The consequences of widespread and rapid changes to something as complex as the world’s ecosystems are difficult to predict. The unpredictability of these consequences has been used as an excuse to dismiss them and paint scientists as alarmists. But unpredictability is exactly what should concern us: Our civilization, including our agriculture, water usage, population geography, and public-health measures, are adapted to fit the global climate that we live in. The prospect of further broad, unpredictable shifts to the world’s ecosystems should spur us to action, not complacency. As the authors of the Science paper write, “humanity depends on intact, functioning ecosystems for a range of goods and services.” For most life in those ecosystems, climate change is not a future event, but a present reality. Author Mike WhitePosted on 9 December 2016 9 December 2016 Categories Curiosities of NatureTags climate changeLeave a comment on Climate change has altered nearly all of the planet’s ecosystems The Legacy of Slavery in African American DNA This week at Pacific Standard, I discuss a recent study that examines the influence of slavery and its discriminatory aftermath in the genetic diversity in over 4,000 African American genomes. One of the most striking results of the study is probably the most obvious: On average, about 15% of the DNA of African Americans is of European origin – and, according the researchers’ best statistical model, that European DNA largely dates back to before the Civil War. That was a time when interracial sexual relations overwhelmingly took the form of whites raping black slaves. After the Civil War, according to the model, admixture between blacks and whites dropped off sharply. Like I said, it’s not particularly surprising, but the breadth of the genetic legacy of slavery is striking. The study makes some other intriguing suggestions about African American genetic history, especially regarding the enormous demographic shift of the Great Migration (~1915-1970), when 6 million African Americans left the South and settled in other parts of the country. The big takeaway from this study is that African American genetic history is one of coercion: coerced migration and coerced sex over a relatively short period of time, which left strong signals in the genetic diversity of present day African Americans. Aside from the historical aspect, studies like this matter if African Americans are going to participate in the ongoing development of personalized genomic medicine. Because the genetic structure of the African American population differs from that of whites, African Americans have different genetic risk factors for disease – and even different risk variants for the same diseases. Studies like this lay the groundwork for an inclusive practice of genomic medicine. 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__label__wiki	0.824937	0.824937	Inaugural SFF x SWITCH sees over 60,000 participants from 140 countries; event to return on 9-13 November 2020 The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) and the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) concluded its combined week-long event on 15 November 2019, which attracted more than 60,000 participants from 140 countries. The event also saw a record 569 speakers, close to 1,000 exhibitors[1] and 41 international pavilions. SFF x SWITCH will return next year from 9 to 13 November 2020. It will build on the energy, ideas and partnerships established this year, to further strengthen the ecosystem for FinTech and deep tech in Singapore and the region. Key Announcements In line with the theme of Sustainability and Climate Change, Minister Ong Ye Kung unveiled the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s green finance action plan to strengthen green financing capabilities in Singapore and announced the launch of a US$2 billion Green Investments Programme, among other initiatives under the action plan. DPM Heng Swee Keat unveiled Singapore’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy in his keynote speech, and highlighted a new framework, Veritas, introduced by MAS to promote the responsible adoption of AI in the financial sector. He also announced the expansion of the Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) network to include London, and the launch of the Open Innovation Network (OIN)[2] by Enterprise Singapore and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to promote open innovation across sectors. Under the GIA, Enterprise Singapore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with UK-based accelerator IoT Tribe, to facilitate two-way innovation and business partnerships. It also inked MOUs with three new partners — DayDayUp (Beijing), Plug and Play Asia Pacific (Jakarta) and Leave a Nest (Tokyo) — to run GIA programmes in their respective markets. MAS and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) jointly launched the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Singapore, to foster innovation and greater collaboration among the central banking community globally. The opening of the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Singapore marks BIS’ first expansion of its global footprint in 17 years. MAS also established partnerships with financial authorities in Canada and France, to strengthen cooperation in FinTech[3] and cybersecurity respectively, and welcomed Banque de France (BDF)’s opening of an overseas office in Singapore in early 2020. SFF x SWITCH 2019 saw new partnerships as well as progress in ongoing initiatives with the industry. Project Ubin[4] Phase 5, a collaboration among MAS, the financial industry, and the blockchain ecosystem, saw the successful development of a blockchain-based prototype that enables payments to be carried out in different currencies on the same network. Business sans Borders (BSB)[5], which was launched by MAS and IMDA in 2018, has successfully completed its Phase One Proof of Concept and will proceed with the Phase Two Pilot in 1H 2020. MAS, Deloitte and S&P Global Market Intelligence have jointly developed a prototype for an industry-wide FinTech Research Platform to help investors and financial institutions connect with FinTech start-ups that they can partner with or invest in. Enterprise Singapore launched the inaugural Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge in partnership with corporates and government agencies to tackle problem statements spanning sustainability themes in resource efficiency, zero waste, green transport and sustainable built environment. As part of efforts towards sustainable growth, the National Research Foundation launched the Singapore Battery Consortium to support industry-academia collaboration in cutting-edge battery technologies, bringing companies and researchers together to develop better battery products that serve market needs. 2019 Event Highlights SFF x SWITCH celebrated the winning solutions of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, FinTech Awards[6] and SLINGSHOT 2019[7] respectively. Following vibrant demo and pitching sessions where FinTech and tech startups presented their solutions to industry panels of judges, three winners emerged from the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, while there were 12 winners each from the FinTech Awards and SLINGSHOT 2019. SFF x SWITCH concluded the week with the Innovation Lab Crawl and Industry Events (14-15 November), which saw over 20,000 visitors across over 50 innovation labs and more than 30 workshops and networking events held around Singapore. The SFF x SWITCH organising team thanks all our partners and attendees for making this year’s event a big success. We look forward to continued collaboration with the industry to bring about an even more exciting and impactful event next year. 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__label__wiki	0.849087	0.849087	A Liverpool Supporter's views on the greatest football club in the world …YNWA The Kopite View Anne Williams Tribute Contact The Kopite View Beating Berlusconi Buy The Kopite View E-Book Here KOP TALK Read My Articles For The Metro Newspaper Here Archive \| football RSS feed for this section Liverpool Keep Finding Ways To Win At quarter to 5 last Saturday I was resigned to believing that Liverpool were going to only win a point at home to Leicester City after James Maddison’s later equaliser. The thought of dropping 2 points at home worried me more because I thought Manchester City were certainties to beat Wolves at home on Sunday which would have resulted in Liverpool’s lead at the top of the league being trimmed to just 3 points. But fast forward 24 hours and the unthinkable happened, first James Milner scored from the penalty spot to give Liverpool all 3 points before Wolves stunned Manchester City 2-0 the following day to give Liverpool an 8 point lead over the Premier League champions going into the international break. Liverpool’s 8 point lead was unthinkable at that late stage of the game at Anfield but once again Jürgen Klopp’s men found another way to win. Liverpool keep finding ways to win games in so many different ways, and that is a sign of champions. The Reds found many ways to win last season and they are continuing to do so this season. Their 1-0 win over Sheffield United last weekend wasn’t pretty and they were fortunate to win courtesy of a blunder by the United keeper after struggling to create many chances against a resilient home side. Then on Wednesday Liverpool played some superb football to take them to a 3-0 lead against Salzburg, but it looked like they had thrown it away when the visitors roared back to level the score in the second half. But once again Liverpool found a way to win the game when Salah produced a clinical finish to earn the Reds a 4-3 win. Saturday’s late win over Leicester was another game that looked likely of ending up a draw until Sadio Mane was felled in the box in stoppage time to give James Milner the opportunity to win the game from the spot, which he gratefully accepted. The different ways that Liverpool are finding to win games is vital if they are to win the league because they can’t expect to blow teams away every time with their superb football that we have witnessed so many times in the past. It is still very early in the season and despite leading Manchester City by 8 points there are so many games still to play, but the size of the lead is very unexpected, but a grateful bonus at this early stage of the season. It has been a tremendous start to the season for Liverpool and it is nice to enjoy this two week international break at the top of the league. Categories football Looks Like Liverpool Have Blown The Title, Doesn’t It? Liverpool’s 0-0 draw away to bitter rivals Manchester United last Sunday saw the Anfield club move back to the top of the Premier League. But although they have moved back to the top with a one point lead over Manchester City, it amazingly looks like they have blown the chance to win their first league title in 29 years. Many Liverpool supporters took to social media to vent their frustration at Liverpool’s failure to take all 3 points from Sunday’s clash, and many media experts believe nerves are getting to Jurgen Klopp’s men. Their is no doubt that Liverpool had a great chance on Sunday to put their rivals to the sword, especially after United had to use all of their substitutes before half time due to bad luck with injuries. It really felt like a missed opportunity with failure to take all three points from Old Trafford, but I think most Liverpool supporters would’ve taken a point before the game started. Liverpool have another difficult fixture out of the way and with 11 league fixtures remaining they are perfectly placed to win their first Premier League title. Yes, Liverpool have stuttered in recent games with draws against Leicester and West Ham, and their is a slight concern that their famous attack is struggling. But with Liverpool’s improved defence this season, there hasn’t been such an need to score three or four goals to win games. Personally I have been disappointed the way Liverpool have played this season because there hasn’t been the same high-tempo, exciting football that produced goals galore like last season. In fact, I could probably count on one hand how many great performances I’ve seen this season, but Liverpool must be doing something right because they are sitting at the top of the table ahead of one of the best teams in Premier League history. The title race is still in Liverpool’s hands and if they can beat Watford on Wednesday night and Everton on Sunday then they will be back on track. Does anyone reading this think Liverpool have blown the title? Do You Agree With Warm Weather Training? Liverpool’s exit in this season’s FA Cup has freed up some extra time for Jurgen Klopp’s players, and last week they took advantage of having no game last weekend by taking a warm weather break to Dubai. Warm weather breaks are common nowadays with many teams taking advantage of an extended break during the season to re-charge the batteries. A trip away to somewhere warmer at this time of year sounds like a great idea where the weather is better for training, but is it really a good idea? Teams never took trips to the sun in the old days, they trained here in this country, in the weather that they had to play in. Yes, the sunshine does lift everyone’s spirits and makes people feel better, but, is the change of weather good for the players? Three or four days training in the warm weather is stark contrast to the cold conditions players can expect to play in a British winter. How many times do you come back from a holiday and end up with a miserable, heavy cold due to the change in climate. Players are no different to us and it would be interesting to know if this climate change has affected one of Liverpool’s most important players Virgil van Dijk this week. Because reports have suggested that the big defender is struggling with illness ahead of tomorrow night’s important clash against Leicester City at Anfield. I wonder if the change has contributed to van Dijk’s illness? It’s just a personal view that I’m not all for sunshine training breaks that are a stark contrast to playing conditions that players have to play in here. Call me old fashioned but I’d be interested to hear your views on this subject. No Pleasing Some Supporters I was working on Saturday night and wasn’t able to watch the Liverpool match against Huddersfield, I only managed to catch about 10 minutes of commentary on the radio. It didn’t sound like a great game or performance from Liverpool but we won and that was the most important thing. After the game I had a look at Twitter to see the reaction from Liverpool supporters, and most weren’t happy despite the win. I think many supporters thought Liverpool should be beating a struggling Huddersfield team by 4 or 5 goals, but football doesn’t always work out the way us supporters expect. A scrappy 1-0 win is just as important as a 5-0 win at the end of the day, it wins 3 points, although it is far more encouraging to score plenty of goals and play exciting and attractive football. In fairness to the frustrated Liverpool supporters out there, we haven’t really witnessed any of the exciting attacking football from last season as Mane, Firmino and Salah in particular ripped apart defences on a regular occurrence. But Liverpool are sitting joint top of the Premier League level on points with Manchester City. This time last season we were already 12 points behind City despite playing more attractive football. However, this season Jurgen Klopp’s men are not so reliant on scoring goals because they are more solid in defence with the additions of Alisson as goalkeeper and Virgil van Dijk in the centre of defence as key improvements. Liverpool’s attacking form has struggled this season but surely it is only a matter of time before they click into gear again, so there is much more to come from this team and that must be frightening for the rest of the league as we sit in a great position in the league. But unfortunately there will always be supporters that are never happy. Liverpool 4-0 West Ham United Match Report Liverpool started the season with an emphatic 4-0 win on Sunday against West Ham United at Anfield. The Reds are rated as one of the biggest challengers to Manchester City’s Premier League crown this season, and they got off to an impressive start with goals from Mo Salah, 2 goals from Sadio Mane and a late goal from Daniel Sturridge sealing the win. Big money signing Alisson started in goal for Liverpool with Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk selected as his defence in front of him. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had a selection headache regarding his centre of defence with Dejan Lovren, Klavan and Joel Matip all unavailable, thankfully Gomez was passed fit to start. Klopp has a number of midfield options after strengthening his squad this summer, but for the first game of the season he selected James Milner, Gini Wijnaldum and new signing Naby Keita to start. There was no surprises with Klopp’s attacking selection with Roberto Firmino, Mo Salah and Sadio Mane all starting. Liverpool totally dominated the game from start to finish, it really was an impressive performance from Klopp’s team, although West Ham didn’t provide much of a test. The visitor’s defensive tactics of playing a high line fell right into Liverpool’s hands as they created numerous chances throughout the 90 minutes. It was no surprise to see Salah score the first goal of Liverpool’s season in the 19th minute after he knocked home a cross from Andy Robertson. It was a surprise that Liverpool took so long to add a second goal with their domination of the first half, but it came right on the stroke of half-time when Mane turned in a cut-back from James Milner. Liverpool added a third goal early in the second half to end the game as a contest when Mane drilled an effort past the hapless Fabianski after receiving a clever pass from Firmino, however, replays showed the Senegalese was marginally offside. The remainder of the game was nothing more than a training session for Liverpool but Daniel Sturridge put the icing on the cake of an impressive performance by scoring with his first touch after coming on for Salah. This really was a very impressive performance from a Liverpool team that are expected to be Manchester City’s biggest challengers. Klopp’s team dominated from start to finish and West Ham couldn’t cope with their energy and movement. Liverpool’s attacking trio started off where they left off last season, with Salah opening the scoring before Mane scored a brace. New signing Keita and Milner shone in midfield as they were influential in Liverpool’s win, but the most noticeable improvement from last season was how strong the Reds’ bench was, with Clyne, Shaqiri, Karius, Fabinho, Lallana and Sturridge all good options for Klopp. Next up for Liverpool is a testing trip to Crystal Palace next Monday night. Liverpool Are Ready To Challenge Last season was an exciting one for Liverpool supporters, finishing in the top four was vitally important, but the way Jurgen Klopp had his team playing on-route to the Champions League final had fans ecstatic despite the disappointment of losing to Real Madrid. It really was quite a remarkable season for the Reds considering their weaknesses. Klopp didn’t have many options at the latter end of the season when a few of his key players picked up injuries and his goalkeeping problems cost him dear in the Champions League final. But this summer has been a busy one for Liverpool with Klopp making some big money signings to strengthen his squad. Alisson Becker will hopefully sort Liverpool’s goalkeeping problems and despite the loss of Emre Can to Juventus, Klopp has strengthened his midfield with the arrival of Naby Keita and Fabinho, Shaqiri will give another attacking option highlighted by his spectacular goal in the 4-1 win over Manchester United at the weekend on his debut. Mane, Firmino and Salah will continue to terrify defences but the addition of a top goalkeeper will only help Liverpool’s defence and Keita and Fabinho will be key players in midfield. Liverpool look a lot stronger going into the new season and there is a great sense of excitement going into the new season with many supporters believing that Klopp’s men are serious title challengers. After Another Frustrating Day, Liverpool Are Still Sitting Pretty Once again Liverpool were left frustrated by refereeing decisions going against them, two controversial penalty decisions awarded by referee Jon Moss infuriated the home support. The first penalty awarded was spurned by Tottenham’s prolific striker Harry Kane as Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius saved his effort from 12 yards, but the England striker made amends in the final seconds when he converted his second spot-kick of the game to keep Spurs just two points behind Liverpool in the Premier League table. A draw was probably a fair result to end such a titanic contest between to teams playing to win, Liverpool had the better of the first half but Tottenham were very impressive in the second half and didn’t deserve to lose. But despite the result being fair, the same can’t be said about the decision making by the match officials, and it’s not the first time this season that Liverpool have been left frustrated by decisions going against them. Personally I wouldn’t want to see Jon Moss referee another Liverpool game again, I thought it was harsh when he sent Mane off against Manchester City earlier in the season but Sunday’s performance was so bad it felt like Liverpool were playing against twelve men and he was doing all he could to prevent the home side winning. The warning signs were there in the first half when Liverpool players were correctly punished by Moss blowing his whistle to give free-kicks but the same didn’t go for Tottenham’s players committing fouls, as Moss just waved play to continue and his reluctance to give Liverpool a free-kick was rewarded by one of the loudest cheers of the game when finally gave the home side a decision midway through the first-half. The debate has raged whether Moss was right or wrong to give the penalties, but there is no doubt that both were very soft awards. Despite the disappointment and frustration, Liverpool can take many positives from the game. Loris Karius has a lot to prove to remain Liverpool’s first choice goalkeeper, but I thought he played very well against Spurs and felt it was extremely harsh to criticise him for the punch the led to Victor Wanyama’s thunderbolt. Karius looked confident and assured and his decision making was much better. Salah was once again the star man and his goals are so valuable to Liverpool’s chances of finishing in the top four, he is unplayable at times. Liverpool’s midfield were superb in the first half against a very strong Tottenham midfield, although they ran out of gas in the second half, we must realise that they won’t play against such a good midfield often this season, and it was great to see Henderson have such a good game despite fading in the second half. Firmino once again showed how he is so important to Liverpool’s attack with his workrate and link-up play. Trent Alexander-Arnold was superb on the right side of defence by providing some great defensive cover combined with some brilliant attacking play that resulted in some tremendous crosses. Andy Robertson is making the left-back position his own with some fine performances and this was another, and the Scot is proving to be a dependable defender in the left-back berth that we’ve not seen for a while at Anfield. The defensive partnership of Dejan Lovren and Virgil van Dijk proved to be a good selection by Jurgen Klopp, the two defenders were superb in the heart of Liverpool’s defence despite both being involved in Tottenham’s two penalty awards. As a unit Liverpool defended superbly for the best part of the game and there is no doubt that van Dijk makes the defence much stronger with his leadership qualities. After the weekend results Liverpool are still third in the Premier League table and they are still looking very good to finish in the top four at the end of the season. Liverpool News 24/7 @TheFarm_Peter @PaulPonting Agree could’ve been 5 or 6 I think our poor finishing kept them in the game and can’t b… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 21 hours ago RT @TomMunns1: The whole of Liverpool was red tonight 😍 https://t.co/wyYzA57xz2 1 day ago @TheFarm_Peter @Robbie9Fowler Agree with @Robbie9Fowler being the most naturally gifted finisher but Torres was unbelievable at Liverpool 3 days ago @TheFarm_Peter hi Peter, I watched you LFC later this morning before listening to your latest podcast, great watch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago Is it just me or does #SkySportsNews just talk about Manchester United all the time? 4 days ago Follow @theliverword Talk Sport Football News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1940
__label__wiki	0.631527	0.631527	Movies starring Charles McGraw Blood on the Moon (1948) 88 mins Western There is a very interesting scene in "Blood on the Moon" it features the meeting of Jim and Amy when he is riding though the middle of nowhere and she takes a shot at him. Unaware that he is being shot at by a woman he sneaks... Armoured Car Robbery (1950) 67 mins Crime, Thriller Whilst there are those who really like Richard Fleischer's "Armoured Car Robbery" the only thing which I found memorable about this cops & robbers thriller is that it only lasts 67 minutes. Not that I think there is a lot wro... His Kind of Woman (1951) 120 mins Comedy, Crime, Drama "His Kind of Woman" starts as one thing, a mysterious thriller, a piece of film-noir but then by the end and with Vincent Price intentionally hamming it up as an actor it borders on being a comedy. For me it doesn't work and ... Roadblock (1951) 73 mins Crime, Drama Roadblock (1951) Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon, Lowell Gilmore, Louis Jean Heydt... The Narrow Margin (1952) 71 mins Thriller The Narrow Margin - Charles McGraw is the detective who has to escort the wife of a mob boss to testify against her husband in trial... One Minute to Zero (1952) 105 mins Drama, War One Minute to Zero - Robert Mitchum and Ann Blyth star in this war drama surrounding the Korean war... Thunder Over the Plains (1953) With "Thunder Over the Plains" being a Randolph Scott western I had certain expectations and to be honest they weren't exactly high as Scott over the years starred in a fair few ordinary oaters. So I am pleasantly surprised t... War Paint (1953) I have mentioned this before but director Lesley Selander made a lot of westerns and whilst they were never bad movies very few stuck out from the crowd. That is sadly the case of "War Paint" a movie which I am going to say w... 102 mins Drama, Romance, War "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" is not a war movie and it is not an anti-war movie either, which may sound rather stupid when we have a story about the Korean War. But the reason I say this is that at the centre of the movie is pilo... Away All Boats (1956) It has to be said that "Away All Boats" is a terrific looking movie especially when you think that so many war movies in the 50s, especially those which were Navy war movies were shot in black and white. It is not just the co... Saddle the Wind (1958) On first look "Saddle the Wind" is just another western about a gunfighter trying to go straight but with his past coming back to haunt him, which doesn't sound that great. But rather than this being a case of an old enemy tr... The Wonderful Country (1959) 98 mins Romance, Western Tom Lea's novel on which "The Wonderful Country" is quite possibly a fantastic read, I don't know but I am sure it is a lot more interesting than this disjointed western. Here we have a story of American who fled to Mexico ha... Cimarron (1960) 147 mins Western Movie Review - Cimarron (1960) Glenn Ford starsas Yancey Cravat in this epic western saga of a frontier family which takes them from the Oklahoma Land Run to a business empire... * This is purely a list of reviews on The Movie Scene featuring the name Charles McGraw as one of the principle cast members. 1 pages / 13 reviews Simple list of Charles McGraw movies RANDOM MOVIE QUOTE Saving Mr. Banks (2013) MOST READ REVIEWS THIS WEEK 1) Out of Reach (2013) 2) Fatal Friends (2015) 3) Evidence of Truth (2016) 4) Dangerous Lessons (2016) 5) Reflections (2008) 6) 911 Nightmare (2015) 7) The Ultimate Sin (2007) 8) Abducted (2015) 9) The Promise (1999) 10) The Other Mother (2017) HOME \| ABOUT \| SITEMAP \| CONTACT US \| DISCLAIMER \| PRIVACY POLICY © Copyright 2020. The Movie Scene - all rights reserved Image and video are used in accordance with Fair Use, and are property of the film copyright holders.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1941
__label__wiki	0.548921	0.548921	Poll: Democrats Pride in America Hits All-Time Low By Rusty Weiss \| Featured Contributor \| July 2, 2019 11:51AM According to a new poll conducted by Gallup, the number of Americans expressing ‘extreme’ pride in their country has fallen to it’s lowest point since the question was asked starting in 2001. While Republican response to the patriotic measure has stayed fairly consistent throughout the years, Democrat pride in their country has fallen exponentially since Trump’s election. And it continues to get worse. Survey results show that as the Fourth of July holiday celebration approaches, while 70 percent of Americans say they are proud of their country, less than 50 percent said they were “extremely proud” for the second straight year. Pride in the U.S. has hit its lowest point since Gallup started asking about it in 2001, according to a poll released Tuesday, with less half of adults surveyed now saying they’re “extremely” proud to be Americans. https://t.co/QW4zf5GWYM — Dushan Skorich?￰ﾟﾓﾺ? (@dukeduluth) July 2, 2019 Democrats Are Ashamed of America What is the driving force behind that anti-American sentiment? Democrats in the era of President Trump. “Democrats continue to lag far behind Republicans in expressing extreme pride in the U.S.,” Gallup writes. A report in The Hill captures how the Republican party does not allow politics to affect their patriotism, whereas Democrats are clearly only proud of their country when people they like are in office. Visit our friends at WHATFINGER NEWS: The Internet’s Conservative Homepage “Republicans’ latest reading — 76 percent — is 10 points below the record high in 2003, according to Gallup,” the Hill relays. “Republicans’ extreme pride has never fallen below 68 percent, even when former President Barack Obama was in office, the survey giant noted.” Republicans have always loved their country, no matter who is in the White House. Democrats – not so much. “The latest overall declines in patriotism are largely driven by Democrats,” Gallup explains. “Democrats’ latest 22% extreme pride reading is the group’s lowest in Gallup’s 19 years of measurement, and is half of what it was several months before Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory.” Less than one in four Democrats are “extremely proud” of America. And a higher percentage lost that feeling after Trump’s election. No Surprise It certainly comes as no surprise that Democrats are embarrassed about the country with President Trump at the helm. There can, however, be an argument that even prior to that, a good portion of them didn’t think that highly of America in the first place. Several prominent Democrats running to become this nation’s leader have expressed their disdain for the country. Pete Buttigieg said America “was never as great as advertised.” Cory Booker has said, “There’s things that are savagely wrong in this country.” Socialist curmudgeon Bernie Sanders announced that “there is something fundamentally immoral and wrong about (America).” Dr. King’s Dream is Closer Now than Ever Before Thanks to Trump They want to fundamentally transform this great country into a liberal cesspool. We know this about the Democrat party – the Gallup poll simply confirms their hatred of this nation.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1948
__label__wiki	0.653076	0.653076	Freddie Mac's Richard Syron—Architect Of The "Diversity Recession" Why did the housing market turn into America's economic cancer—growing out of control before recently killing economic growth? It's is a difficult question to answer—but not because there is a shortage of reasons. Instead, all the causes are interconnected——just as all the players in the game, from the top of society to the bottom, egged each other on. The housing disaster is not an isolated incident. Instead, it is intimately interwoven with most of the destructive trends in our society: non-traditional mass immigration, growing economic inequality, multiculturalism, globalization, and the decline of community and traditional standards of behavior. The economic logic of the Bush Decade turned out to be wholly circular and thus is now collapsing in on itself. Yet that makes it difficult for the analyst to find a starting point. Trying to think about the mortgage meltdown is reminiscent of the infinitely recursive children's song Yon Yonson, which was memorably featured in Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five : "My name is Yon Yonson / I live in Wisconsin / I work in a lumber mill there / The people I meet / When I walk down the street / They ask me my name and I say: / My name is Yon Yonson / I live in Wisconsin..." Similarly, in trying to explain this decade's socioeconomic logic, you end up with thought processes like this: Q. Why did we need so many illegal immigrants? A. To build all those McMansions out in the distant exurbs. Q. Yes, but why did so many Americans want to move to the exurbs? A. To escape all the illegal aliens flooding their neighborhoods and schools. Q. Okay, so then why did we need so many illegal aliens? Everything just spins around and around, like those chrome wheel rims, those insanely expensive hubcaps that were the signature useless extravagance of this decade. Neely Tucker wrote in the Washington Post in 2005: "Today rims are a $3.1 billion industry that stands at the revolving heart of two American obsessions: automobiles and finding ever more expensive ways to buy things you already have and don't need." Some economist should calculate what proportion of all the money spent on blinged-out rims came out of home equity loans taken out on houses bubbling up in nominal value. Similarly, it's hard for most people to grasp the interrelatedness of multiculturalism and greed in fostering the housing bubble. "Diversity" gave the big guys an excuse for doing what they had always wanted to do: debauch credit standards and take the money and run, leaving the mess to be cleaned up by taxpayers (through direct bailouts) and savers (through Fed-created inflation eating away their capital). To find a starting place in understanding how America's interested elites conspired across lines of race, party, and class to defraud savers and taxpayers, let's just pick one name in the news: Richard F. Syron, the CEO of Freddie Mac, a "Government Sponsored Enterprise" that guarantees almost $2 trillion in mortgages. Freddie Mac and its "rival" Fannie Mae are able to borrow at lower interest rates than other publicly-traded private firms because it has always been hinted that, if they messed up, the U.S. taxpayers would bail them out on the grounds that they were "too big to fail." The privilege of borrowing at below market interest rates while lending at market interest rates is a license to print money (until the inevitable catastrophe, of course). In return for this license, naturally, politicians ask Freddie and Fannie to pay off their supporters with loans they couldn't get on their merits. Because Congress controls the Fannie and Freddie, the GSEs in turn have long controlled Congress, easily fending off the handful of politicians prudent enough to point out that they were on the treadmill to destruction. Fannie and Freddie spend a fortune on lobbying, as well as on foundations that hand out grants, typically to charities and pressure groups with ties to the Left. Freddie Mac is one of those fortunate kind of entities where the taxpayers are "implicitly" on the hook for losses, but the bosses get paid like private moguls rather than like civil servants. (Heads I win, tails you lose.) Mr. Syron, the former president of the Boston Federal Reserve bank, has pocketed $38 million since taking over Freddie Mac a half decade ago. Last Monday, August 6, 2008, Charles Duhigg of the New York Times reported At Freddie Mac, Chief Discarded Warning Signs: "The chief executive of the mortgage giant Freddie Mac rejected internal warnings that could have protected the company from some of the financial crises now engulfing it, according to more than two dozen current and former high-ranking executives and others. That chief executive, Richard F. Syron, in 2004 received a memo from Freddie Mac's chief risk officer warning him that the firm was financing questionable loans that threatened its financial health." Later last week, Freddie Mac announced a quarterly loss of $821 million—triple Wall Street's expectation. (The next day, Freddie's larger "rival" Fannie Mae announced a $2.3 billion quarterly loss.) Syron struck back against his critics in the pages of the Boston Globe, saying he was just following orders: "Syron yesterday defended his loan decisions, arguing that Freddie needed to take additional risk to meet its government mandate to provide affordable housing. Although a private company, Freddie Mac was created by Congress to expand mortgage credit and home ownership. 'If you're going to take aid to low-income families seriously, then you're going to make riskier loans,' Syron said in an interview yesterday. 'We have goals to meet.' " [Syron's side of the story, By Robert Gavin, August 6, 2008] Indeed, the quotas for Freddie's mortgages reserved for "underserved areas," (which are officially defined as "low-income census tracts or in low- or middle-income census tracts with high minority populations"), have been raised from 21 percent during the Clinton Administration to 39 percent during the Bush Administration. Syron prides himself that he was more dedicated to "affordable housing" than to prudence with the taxpayers' money. When he arrived in 2003, Syron put an end to Freddie's habit of cooking the books in order to be more cautious than Congress wanted: "In addition, Freddie's commitment to affordable housing had declined to the point it employed gimmicks to meet congressional goals. For example, said Syron, Freddie would essentially rent loans to meet affordable housing goals, buying them from lenders to carry on the books at year end, then selling them back. Syron ended that practice and re-emphasized the housing mission." What could possibly go wrong with lending money to people who wouldn't qualify for credit without the government leaning on the lenders? I mean, besides all the trillions in stimulation making "affordable housing" unaffordable without trick mortgages concocted around the assumption that home prices can only go up? But don't blame Syron for the bubble! "Syron added the cause of Freddie's problems isn't those loans, but a deep and extended housing downturn, spreading into the broad mortgage market. US home prices are falling for the first time since the Great Depression, and the economy is weakening, affecting even creditworthy borrowers." Right … of course, housing prices wouldn't be falling so fast now, especially in the "affordable" tier, if the whole house of cards hadn't been built up so wildly on Syron's watch. The circular insanity of it all was obvious even to a commenter on the Calculated Risk blog who calls himself Currently Smoking Cannabis: "But to meet affordable housing goals, Freddie had to engage in activities that helped push house prices higher, and thus more unaffordable? And the more their numbers indicated that Freddie was dedicated to affordable housing, the more housing was allowed to balloon artificially? "Am I way off the mark or is this as crazy as it sounds? .... Gives you something to tell the people you are doing for their benefit, while achieving the exact opposite." Why was Syron chosen to be CEO of Freddie Mac, anyway? Well, one reason was that he was a hero to the Great and the Good in the early 1990s for unmasking a terrible societal scourge: lending discrimination. The Globe's Gavin credulously recounts: "Syron encouraged the Boston Fed's research department to wade into important, but contentious public policy issues. Perhaps best known was its study of lending discrimination, [Mortgage lending in Boston: Interpreting HMDA data (Working Paper 92-7\|PDF)] which found race, not lending risks, driving loan decisions." This study was hugely popular and influential with all the right people: "Joseph P. Kennedy II, then a Massachusetts congressman, said the study helped change lending practices and expand credit to minority and poor neighborhoods." Unfortunately, it was based on economic illiteracy. As Gary Becker's Ph.D. thesis (based on a suggestion by his adviser, Milton Friedman) pointed out, if firms were irrationally discriminating against minorities, it would be profitable for nondiscriminators to enter the market and cash in. In reality, as Peter Brimelow and Leslie Spencer wrote in Forbes on January 4, 1993, whites and minorities had the same default rate back then—demonstrating that "[t]he market, in short, worked. The mortgage lenders somehow weeded out the extra credit risks among minorities, down to the, point where white and minority defaults were at an equal, apparently acceptable, rate." Today, of course, minorities have higher default rates than whites—due in large part to the quotas whose justification traces back to the stupid study Syron sponsored. Now, even Syron has noticed what he hath wrought, saying, according to a March 12, 2008 Bloomberg News article entitled Rules Let Too Many Poor People Buy Houses, Syron Says: "It's 'perverse' that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the two biggest providers of money for U.S. home loans, have been encouraged 'to put people into homes that they end up losing." Syron, however, is apparently in no danger of losing his $38 million compensation. Funny how that works. [Steve Sailer (email him) is founder of the Human Biodiversity Institute and movie critic for The American Conservative. His website www.iSteve.blogspot.com features his daily blog.]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1959
__label__wiki	0.850672	0.850672	DocumentsLaw and Justice “Human Rights Abuses” Result in Suspension of Ten Police Officers in Caracas Neighborhood of Chacao Ten member of the Caracas-based Chacao police force were suspended on Wednesday after an investigation by Venezuela’s Ministry of the Interior and Justice linked the officers to a 2010 incident of police brutality. By Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com May 12th 2011 at 6.25pm mail.google.com_.jpg Members of Caracas’ Chacao Police force (PoliChacao) are under investigation for supposed “human rights violations” (YVKE Radio Mundial) PolicingHuman Rights Mérida, May 12th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Ten member of the Caracas-based Chacao police force were suspended on Wednesday after an investigation by Venezuela’s Ministry of the Interior and Justice linked the officers to a 2010 incident of police brutality. Emilio Graterón, mayor of Chacao – an upscale municipality and opposition stronghold in central Caracas – as well as former Chacao Police (PoliChacao) director, Manuel Jóvez, have been subpoenaed so as to explain the incidents and their failure to provide information requested by investigators. Earlier this month, socialist lawmaker Cilia Flores released video evidence of PoliChacao officers physically assaulting a group of 12 people after the group was subdued and in police custody. The victims of the 23 February 2010 incident accuse PoliChacao of “human rights violations.” According to Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz PoliChacao and Chacao’s mayor’s office have been uncooperative since the investigation began last year. Speaking on Venezolana de Televisión this week, Díaz explained, for example, how PoliChacao’s transfer of the victims to Salud (Health) Chacao – the municipality’s health department – resulted in medical staff failing to document the victim’s bruises, registering only their names and physical characteristics; resulting in a limited amount of evidence with which to prosecute those responsible for the abuses. The day after the incident, said Díaz, her office submitted an official request to PoliChacao for videos, names of officers on duty that day, and other relevant details. This information, she said, “was never provided.” Díaz told reporters that her office intends to subpoena Chacao’s mayor, Emilio Graterón, as well as former Chacao Police (PoliChacao) director, Manuel Jóvez, so as to force them to provide concrete evidence and to testify as to what occurred the day of the incident. Cilia Flores, former president of Venezuela’s national assembly (0000-2010) who on 3 May 2011 released the video in question, has referred to Graterón as a “fascist” for his policing policies, and included Henrique Capriles – the current governor of Miranda and possible presidential candidate of the Venezuelan opposition – in the list of those responsible for the police abuses. Chacao is one of the five political and administrative subdivisions of the city of Caracas, and is one of 21 municipalities that belong to the state of Miranda, governed by the opposition’s Capriles. Venezuelan Opposition Announces Possible Candidates for Primary Elections The Venezuelan opposition has released a list of possible candidates to stand for the Table of Democratic Unity (MUD) against the United Socialist Party of... Apr 1st 2011 Venezuela’s Metropolitan Police of Caracas Disbanded On Wednesday Venezuela authorities formally announced the disbanding of the Metropolitan Police of Caracas (MP), paving the way for the newly-established... Arrest Warrant Issued for Oppositional Mayor of Wealthy Venezuelan Municipality Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski has gone into hiding after a warrant for his arrest was issued in connection with the attack on the Cuban Embassy two...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1961
__label__wiki	0.841167	0.841167	HomeThe Difficult Decision And Reason Why Princess Diana Came Close To Calling Off Her Wedding to Prince Charles The Difficult Decision And Reason Why Princess Diana Came Close To Calling Off Her Wedding to Prince Charles 717 March 13, 2019 \| by Roshanak Before Prince William and Prince Harry’s weddings, the most magical royal ceremony as remembered by fans was Princess Diana and Prince Charles nuptials. It took place on July 29, 1981, but soon proved that looks aren't everything. There are still many things that have been left to uncover, even after all these years. In fact, things got so bad that Diana almost canceled her wedding. Here are the details. Image credits: Twitter/britishroyals FAR FROM THE PERFECT COUPLE Just like regular celebrities, members of the British royal family are expected to be perfect in public, but this marriage was ridden in scandal and heartbreak. However, this was all revealed much later, especially regarding Prince Charles’ relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles. Additionally, it seems that they were unhappy from the very beginning. New information has been revealed which alleges that her wedding day was the most horrible moment of Diana’s life. The Princess of Wales wrote that she wanted to go back in time and change everything. The best thing would have been Prince Charles and Camilla running away together so that she would not have been subjected to the pain. Image credits: Twitter/victormochere According to the Independent, “If I could write my own script I would have my husband go away with his woman and never come back.” One of the main difficulties in their relationship was that Prince Charles was not subtle about his love for Camilla. National Geographic released several recordings which revealed that he had had a custom-made gift for his mistress. “I was still too immature to understand all the messages coming my way. And then someone in his office told me that my husband has had a bracelet made for her. I walked into this man’s office one day and I said, ‘Ooh, what’s in that parcel?’ And he said ‘Oh, you shouldn’t look at that’. So, I opened it and there was the bracelet. I was devastated, and I said ‘Well, he’s going to give it to her tonight’. So, rage, rage, rage. You know, ‘Why can’t you be honest with me?’ But no, absolutely cut me dead.” Image credits: Twitter/daily_star ALMOST CALLED OFF HER WEDDING Something awful happened in March 1981, before Prince Charles started a royal tour that would last several weeks. After his departure, Diana was witnessed crying, and most people thought that it was due to the separation from her intended. However, the recordings revealed the sad truth over her tears. She discovered Charles’ affair. This means that she knew before her wedding, and not after the fact like most people have believed all these years. “You may recall seeing a picture of me sobbing in a red coat when he went off on his airplane. That had nothing to do with him going. The most awful thing had happened before he went. I was in his study talking to him about his trip.” Image credits: Twitter/vogueaustralia “The telephone rang, it was Camilla. Just before he was going for five weeks. So, I thought, ‘Shall I be nice or shall I just sit here?’ So, I thought I’d be nice, so I left them to it. And it just broke my heart …” Image credits: Twitter/dailymirror WRITING IN DIANA: IN HER OWN WORDS All of this information was revealed by royal author Arthur Morton in his book ‘Writing in Diana: In Her Own Words.' Diana even talked to her sisters about her concerns, but they told her it was too late to back out of the wedding. The Princess of Wales found out that Charles met with Camilla a couple of days before their nuptials to give her a present. “On the Monday before her wedding day, Diana gave serious consideration to calling a halt to the whole affair. At lunchtime she knew that Prince Charles had gone to present Camilla with her gift, even leaving behind his senior bodyguard, Chief Inspector John McLean. At the time he was seeing Camilla, Diana had lunch with her sisters at Buckingham Palace and discussed her predicament with them.” Image credits: Twitter/chrisshipitv Diana had no idea what to do, and her sisters were no help. “She was confused, upset and bewildered by the train of events. At that moment, as she seriously considered calling off the wedding, they made light of her fears and premonitions of the disaster which lay ahead. ‘Bad luck, Duch,’ they said, using the family nickname for their younger sister, ‘your face is on the tea-towels now so you’re too late to chicken out.'" Image credits: Twitter/eddluxe THEIR SEPARATION According to Sally Bedell Smith’s book ‘Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbably Life’, Prince Charles truly hoped to fall in love with Diana, but that did not happen because he kept in close contact with Camilla all along. They separated in 1992 and officially divorced in 1996. Diana had an infamous interview in 1995 with Martin Bashir, where she talked about the affair. Image credits: Twitter/rafaelpoulain Read more: 8 New Rules Meghan Markle Will Have To Abide Once The Baby Is Born She said that there were three people in their marriage, but she also admitted to having an affair because of it. The Princess of Wales was beloved by the people in many ways, and Camilla was painted as the evil witch in their fairytale. However, it seems that Prince Charles was forced to marry someone he did not love. Image credits: Twitter/mamamia Read more: 7 Reasons Why Princess Charlotte Always Wears Very Similar Dresses They could have had happy lives if things had been different for the British royals at the time. Furthermore, Princess Diana died in a horrible car crash in Paris in 1997, changing Prince William and Harry’s world forever. Prince Charles was able to move on in 2005 when he married Camilla. They had met almost thirty years before. 15 Tacit Facts About The Way Diana's Relationship With The Royal Family Developed Everyone today still loves the Princess of Wales. Let us know what you think about Diana discovering Charles’ affair before her wedding. If you like this article, share it with your friends who love learning new things about the royal family. See you next time! 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__label__wiki	0.931987	0.931987	View 20 pics \| Health and Beauty These celebrities and royals all have twins December 21, 2017 by us.hola.com These celebrity fragrances will have you smelling like an A-lister this holiday season Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova Christmas came early for Enrique Iglesias! The Bailando singer has become a first-time father. The 42-year-old and his longtime love Anna Kournikova welcomed twins — a boy and a girl named Nicholas and Lucy — on December 16, 2017. Photo: WireImage Beyoncé and Jay-Z The news that Bey and Jay were expecting twins took the world by storm and broke the Internet. And after their June 13th arrival, the mom-of-three didn't disappoint with debuting their baby girl and boy. Rumi and Sir, along with their mom's photo was one of the most-liked photos of Instagram for 2017. Photo: Instagram/@Beyonce George and Amal Clooney Amal and the Hollywood star welcomed their bundles of joy on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Following their arrival, a rep for George released a statement to HELLO! that read: “This morning Amal and George welcomed Ella and Alexander Clooney into their lives. Ella, Alexander and Amal are all healthy, happy and doing fine. George is sedated and should recover in a few days.” Photo: Getty Images Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo's twins were born in June 2017. The soccer player introduced his newborn twins — Mateo and Eva after revealing that he had become a father for the third time. The 32-year-old, who finally met his bundles of joy after losing to Chile in the FIFA Confederations Cup on June 28, made the exciting announcement on his Facebook account. Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Lockwood Elvis Presley's daughter and her husband, whom she filed for divorce from in 2016, share twins Harper Vivienne Ann and Finley Aaron Love. The former couple welcomed their daughters together in 2008. Following their birth, Lisa, who tried to get pregnant for two years, admitted to People magazine, "I really wanted these babies." Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine Double dose of royals! The Danish royal family got bigger by two on January 8, 2011. Vincent and Josephine were a welcome addition to their parents, who also share their older siblings Prince Christian and Princess Isabella. Vincent and Josephine have been #twinninggoals since their departure from the hospital, often showing their twin charm in front of the camera and during family outings. Photo: Teuchmann/WireImage Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky Sasha and Tristan The boys officially began to out number the girls in the Hemsworth household after Elsa gave birth to Tristian and Sasha on March 18, 2014. During an interview with Australia's Daily Life magazine, the Thor star opened up about being a father to the boys and daughter India. "It feels like I have six,” he said. “They’re non-stop, active kids. The biggest thing I’ve learned by having kids is that now I know what love is. I know what frustration is. I know the full gamut of emotions, good and bad. I feel I had just scratched the surface prior. Each time you add one, it feels like three more.” Photo: Instagram/@elsapatakyconfidential Rebecca Romijn and Jerry O'Connell Dolly and Charlie The former model and the actor welcomed their twin girls on December 28, 2008. In 2017, Rebecca opened up about what it is like raising two children at once and her fool proof method when it comes to showing them the same amount of attention. “It’s hard with twins because it prevents you from being too much of a helicopter mom,” she told People. “You’ve got two at the same time to take care of, and the one who needs you the most is the one who gets you.” She continued: “And so the other one’s gotta cry it out until you can get to her. It’s true!” Photo: Instagram/@rebeccaromijn Patrick Dempsey and Jillian Dempsey Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick Patrick and Jillian's twin boys made their Hollywood debut on February 1, 2007. Darby and Sullivan joined big sister Tallula. When asked about how having children changed his life, Patrick told Life magazine, “Now, making money is about providing for my children. And being a father makes you look at yourself. You look at your marriage and go, ‘How do I improve this? How do I keep growing and create a stable environment for my children?’” Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage Prince Albert and Princess Charlene Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella Monaco's twins made their royal debut on December 10, 2014. Albert opened up about his heir and second-in-line on the babies' first birthday saying, "They're wonderful, wonderful babies. They're doing very well and we're very, very proud of them." Photo: Getty Images Julia Roberts and Danny Moder Hazel and Phinnaeus Julia and her husband Danny welcomed their twins on November 28, 2004. The Mother's Day actress has kept her family out of the spotlight, but made a rare public appearance with the kids in 2015. Photo: Getty Images Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Knox and Vivienne Angelina and Brad welcomed their twins on July 12, 2008, in Nice, France. While Brad and Angie keep their brood out of the spotlight the majority of the time, the twins and their siblings supported their mother at the premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3. Photo: Getty Images Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony Max and Emme J Lo. welcomed her twin babies with her ex-husband Marc Anthony on February 22, 2008. On their eighth birthday, the All I Have singer took to her Instagram to shower them with love. The star's message read: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LIGHTS OF MY LIFE. You have brought me nothing but joy and happiness since the very second you were born. I am so proud of who you are and the beautiful loving caring people you are growing into." Photo: Instagram/@jlo Zoe Saldana and Marco Perego Cy and Bowie Zoe and her husband welcomed their twin boys on November 27, 2014. Since their birth, Zoe has shared constant updates of her two boys and their milestones on her Instagram. After the birth of her twins, the Star Trek actress opened up about her two boys and their personalities. "The moment they popped out, they had personalities," she told E! News. "They are two different people. Identical boys but two people." Photo: Instagram/@zoesaldana Ricky Martin Matteo and Valentino Ricky's fraternal twins were born via surrogate in August 2008. When it comes to raising his boys on the road, the Living La Vida Loca singer calls his sons "warriors," and wouldn't have it any other way. "I don't work well without them. They're stuck to me constantly," he told Billboard magazine when asked if he leaves his boys home in Puerto Rico when he tours. "If I'm in L.A. and have to travel to Hong Kong for 24 hours, I'll leave them with my mom. But fortunately, I have sons who are warriors and who were born on tour and don't know anything else. They're road babies. Some people say, 'Ricky, your kids need stability,' and I say, 'I'm their stability. They feel unstable if I'm not there.' Photo: Instagram/@rickymartin Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Moroccan and Monroe Mariah and her ex-husband welcomed "Dem Babies" on April 30, 2011. Although the couple have since parted ways, Mariah and Nick have continued raising their children as a team. Photo: Instagram/@nickcannon Celine Dion and Rene Angelil Nelson and Eddy Celine and René welcomed their "miracle babies" on October 23, 2010, in West Palm Beach, Florida. A day after their birth, proud dad René, who sadly lost his battle with cancer in early 2016, opened up about the birth to HELLO!. "It was very, very emotional, of course, when we heard [the first baby] cry, and the same thing a minute later when the other one came out... We were crying, too." Photo: Getty Images Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Marion Loretta and Tabitha Sarah and Matthew welcomed their twin girls in June 2009. While Sarah keeps the twins out of the spotlight, the actress took to her Instagram to share an adorable picture of the two little ladies on their seventh birthday. "Happy birthday to our lovely, funny, dear, surprising, sparkling and beloved Loretta and Tabitha who today are 7 years old. Let the celebrations begin. X, sj." Photo: Instagram/@sjp Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka Harper Grace and Gideon Scott Neil and David welcomed their twins with the help of a surrogate in October 2010. The little ones are often seen on their fathers' social media accounts. When asked on The Wendy Williams show which child is more like him, David replied Harper Grace because, “She’s like, ‘Hey everybody, I’m here!’” When it comes to who is like Neil, he answered Gideon, "because he’s a little more heady and intellectual.” Photo: Instagram/@nph Julie Bowen and Scott Phillips Gustav and John The Modern Family star is a mother of three both on TV and in real life. Julie and Scott welcomed their twin boys on May 9, 2009. In 2014, Julie kept it real when she admitted that you have to "make friends with exhaustion" to raise twins. Photo: Getty Images Marc Anthony's son Cristian and his girlfriend snuggle up during ultimate sofa date The new Disney + series Mandalorian has become the newest sensation among the millions of Star Wars fans, and that includes Marc Anthony’s oldest... 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__label__cc	0.724317	0.275683	Lobster Institute Graduate Fellowships in Lobster Research Wenshu He, Graduate Student in Food Science, Awarded First Lobster Institute Fellowship Wenshu He, a UMaine graduate student in Food Science and Human Nutrition, has been awarded the first Lobster Institute Graduate Research Fellowship. Under the guidance of Dr. Mary Ellen Camire, Wenshu’s thesis proposes to measure consumer tastes and perceptions for claw and tail meat of both new shell and hard shell lobsters. Research participants will be asked to rate how much they like the appearance, aroma, taste, texture, and overall quality of the samples. She hopes this research will help the lobster industry better understand consumer preferences. Wenshu received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Brownsville (now named: the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). Because of her genuine love for food, she chose Food Science for her postgraduate education. Her research concentration lies in sensory evaluation, which is an applied science that focuses on studying human responses to products through different senses, in order to assist the food industry in addressing consumer demands and developing new products. Hattie Train Receives Sea Grant Lobster Research Fellowship Hattie Train has received a Sea Grant Lobster Research Fellowship for 2019-2020. She will be working on a project focused on the dynamic interactions between the lobster and herring fisheries. This will be done by examining the role of “discarded” herring as bait, and other potential bait, in influencing the lobster fishery. She will work on identifying what strategies the lobster industry can take to reduce the social-economic impacts caused by shortages of local baits. Hattie will be a graduate student in UMaine School of Marine Sciences, with a dual Masters in Marine Biology and Marine Policy. She completed her B.S. at UMaine (2019) majoring in Marine Science, with a double minor of Fisheries and Aquaculture. She grew up on Long Island, Maine, with a commercial fisherman father, who was involved in the marine policy and science world, and a science focused teacher as a mother, giving her first had experience with fisheries and a range of background and networks that lead her to pursue studying marine science, and fisheries in particular. Andrew Goode Receives Graduate Assistantship to Research Quality Along the Lobster Supply Chain Andrew Goode, along with faculty from both UMaine and Bates College as well as industry collaborators, is working on a project to increase the profitability of the lobster industry by reducing losses (or shrink) along the supply chain. The study will monitor and mitigate stress points from trap, to wharf, to distributors. His graduate research is funded through the University of Maine Systems Research Reinvestment Fund. Andrew Goode is a PhD candidate in Oceanography working with Dr. Damien Brady, and currently is a Theme 1 SEANET researcher. A native of Boothbay, Maine, Goode was fundamentally shaped by how he views the ocean environment. At a young age Goode became the first lobsterman in his family and continues to lobster fish to this day. His interests lie in oceanographic and biological factors that influence the health, behavior, and ecology of economically important species of the Gulf of Maine – such as lobsters. These interests have led him to research horseshoe crab population dynamics, marine virus ecology, sea lice behavior, fishery impact to essential fish habitats, the influence of climate variability on demographic bottlenecks of American lobster settlement, and other important topic areas. 214 Libby Hall Orono, ME 04469 Tel: 207.581.1443 Fax: lobsterinstitute@maine.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1974
__label__wiki	0.552961	0.552961	Category: Back-Issue Gold Comic Cover of the Week: All of a Sudden Everyone Loves MORBIUS?!! MORBIUS!!! He’s suddenly all the damn rage! The C-list Marvel anti-hero is now generating major hype and I find it kinda hilarious that at all the Youtube/Nerd sites out there all supposedly so excited for their favorite character…….MORBIUS to hit the big screen!! Let’s face the facts here, to most except for die hard Marvel fans Morbius isn’t exactly anywhere near a household name. If I didn’t know otherwise I’d think they’d all been big fans for decades, it’d be like if I was claiming to be a die hard “Batroc The Leaper” fanatic. Most of these Youtubers/Nerd sites are simply told what to be excited about, and yeah contrary to popular belief, many of them didn’t have a damn clue who this “Living Vampire” dude was a couple months ago. But hey who am I to comment though, as John Campea would refer to me as simply a “Hobby Blogger”. Well due to all the sudden love for Morbius I thought it’d be cool to showcase a cover to for all of those big pop culture MCH hyping sites, who probably still think Morbius is some brand new character, here’s a classic cover, that actually features ‘Blade’ in his old school duds all the way back from 1974, Adventure Into Fear #24! Written by Peter Saturday Leave a comment Posted in Back-Issue Gold, childhood nostalgia, comic books, Marvel, Movies Tagged with 1970's, 1974, best comic book covers ever, blade, Comics, creepy, den of nerds, jared leto, john campea, man-thing, Marvel, mcu, morbius, the living vampire, vampire, Venom, wesley snipes, youtubers It’s The Perfect Time for ‘The Great Lakes AVENGERS’ to Enter the MCU! True Believers, it’s never been a more perfect time for the ‘Great Lakes Avengers’ to make their grand entrance into the MCU! Ok, I know many of you casual Marvel movie fanatics out there are likely wondering just who and what the hell I’m talking about, but the “GLA” as they’re also referred to have been around since the late 80’s and have on a couple occasions attempted to actually replace The Avengers, most notably when they tragically disassembled in 2004 in the comics. The Milwaukee, Wisconsin based team are most well known as the ultimate gang of blundering misfit superheroes and when the Avengers disbanded they figured they’d simply take the mantle of the team for themselves to reap all the glory for themselves. Of course they quickly found out they weren’t quite qualified when it came down to taking out major threats to the planet. So why introduce these guys now into the MCU huh? Well at the current moment in the movies The Avengers aren’t really a thing anymore, at least for the moment. With Cap old & retired and Tony Stark dead, it’d be the perfect time to check out the origin story and rise of ‘The Great Lakes Avengers’. In fact with the ‘Disney+’ streaming service there’s the platform needed to tell their ridiculously madcap story. Since 1989 when writer/artist John Byrne introduced the underdog team to the Marvel Universe (West Coast Avengers #46), I’ve been a big fan. In fact I listed them before as one of the obscure Marvel teams I thought would make a great movie or better yet today a comedic Disney+ series after the success of the D-listers The Guardians of the Galaxy. To me the team has so much more potential than GOG, with their origin story alone being a helluva good adventure, if even at times more of a dark comedy. The name of the team alone would spark immediate interest and originally back in the comic books they’d even been coached by Hawkeye and Mockingbird who desperately tried to whip them into shape. You could even have Jeremy Renner make a cameo in an episode as Hawkeye to do just that. Considering the team’s ranks were filled from a classified ad in the newspaper would open the door to so many great comedic scenarios as well. Then there’s the team themselves, which consists of Mr. Immortal, a mutant with a super-superhuman healing factor and the ability to survive the most gruesome deaths, Bertha who’s the most popular fashion icon in Milwaukee WI who has the ability to bulk up like the Blob, Dinah-soar the flying female reptilian, Doorman a mutant who can create doorways using alternate universes to pass through solid objects and finally Flatman, the team’s current leader & openly gay two dimensional version of Reed Richards. But wait the team was also home to the now iconic Squirrel Girl and this would be the perfect place for her to make her official MCU debut! This team and their story would make for the perfect superhero series, there’s so many interesting angles to explore. From forming the team, to training to be the new “Avengers”, to their many failed missions and their attempt to square off against a real superhuman threat. There’s something truly charming about exploring an underdog group of down on their luck superhuman characters. The comedy practically writes itself and they’d be a surefire win in a series of their own as there’s nothing quite like them out there yet. So what do you think? Do you think now’s the time for this weird-o gang of midwest superheroes to enter into the fold?! If I’ve peaked your interest a good launch point of the team is the six issue mini series from Dan Slott from 2005 called “GLA: Misassembled”, I think that would be a perfect blueprint for a Disney+ series…. Written by Peter Saturday 2 Comments Posted in Back-Issue Gold, childhood nostalgia, comedy, comic books, Comics, Marvel, Movies, TV Shows Tagged with 2020, d-list, dan slott, disney, disney plus, flatman, gay, Hawkeye, james gunn, jeremy renner, John Byrne, lgbtq, Marvel, mcu, midwest, Movie, mr immortal, series, squirrel girl, streaming series, superhero, superheroes, The Avengers, the great lakes avengers, tv series, West Coast Avengers, wisconsin Comic Review: Will ‘ALPHA FLIGHT: True North’ #1 Energize a New Ongoing Series?! I just got done reading the ‘ALPHA FLIGHT: True North’ Marvel Comics one shot and it got me a bit excited about the possibility of an ongoing series. Yeah Alpha Flight has been a favorite of mine since I was a kid in 80’s and after the first John Byrne series it’s never been quite the same, so hearing that a new one shot was coming out made me decide to head up to ‘Cosmic Monkey‘, (Portland Oregon’s best comic book shop), to grab a copy and see for myself. It’s been a few years since I bought new comic books, I quit a while back cold turkey, as their just too damn expensive and many of them don’t grab me like they used to honestly. However, Alpha Flight always gets another chance! So ‘True North’ was a pretty decent little dive back into the lives of the diverse Canadian superhero team, it features three short stories with various members of the team. The first featuring classic Alphans Talisman & Snowbird as they travel to a remote area of in the Arctic Circle to investigate a supernatural presence. It’s an intriguing little tale that could have really spanned the whole issue. I definitely enjoyed the artwork in this one by Max Dunbar as well. The next story is a small slice of life featuring everyone’s favorite little person badass ‘Puck’ and the fish woman ‘Marina’ as they walk a lonely beach on a sunny day. Puck shares a story from his past and the two of them spend some time bonding. A neat little short overall but I wasn’t a real big fan of the artists depictions of Puck and Marina, who basically just made them look like a short guy and a green woman devoid of most of her fish like qualities. The last story features Heather Hudson aka ‘Vindicator’ as she hides from the Canadian government for crimes committed while under the mental control of long time Alpha Flight villain ‘The Master of the World’. It’s a pretty interesting short story too and also features her husband James ‘Guardian’ Hudson with plenty of underlying relationship drama bubbling below the surface. Overall this one was nice refresher of just what an Alpha Flight ongoing series could feel like in 2019. The other members were missed though, classics like Sasquatch & Shaman weren’t even in it at all and Northstar and Aurora only spoke a couple lines. I was hoping for a cool one shot with the whole team showing their current relationship as a team, but regardless it was still a pretty good teaser, even if it was priced at whoppin’ 5 bucks! DAMN!! I’ve always thought the team under the right writer again could be developed into a great modern series. The team’s super diverse cast has a lot of rich history to explore. ‘True North’ strikes some good chords but I’m not sure it was really quite compelling enough to drum up the magic needed to push Alpha Flight into a new ongoing series. I’d like to see Wolverine return to the team and maybe bring some drama into Heather and James’ rocky relationship. It’s always been softly suggested he might have some feelings for Heather. You never know! I’m also still hoping for an Alpha Flight movie as well, I think they’d be an instant hit in the MCU! Written by Peter Saturday Leave a comment Posted in Back-Issue Gold, childhood nostalgia, comic books, Comics, Marvel Tagged with 2019, 2020, alpha flight, aurora, guardian, marrina, Marvel, mcu, Movie, new series, northstar, ongoing series, puck, review, sasquatch, talisman, true north, vindicator, wildchild, Wolverine Comic Cover of the Week: When SHE-HULK Replaced The THING! John Byrne’s run on the Fantastic Four in the 80’s is arguably the best the title has ever seen. One of the biggest changes the legendary team encountered during his run was when The Thing left the team & She-Hulk replaced him. It was a risky move at the time, but Jennifer Walters rounded out the female ratio quite nicely with her brute strength, beauty and charming sense of humor. We all know that Byrne was a huge fan of She-Hulk and Fantastic Four #275 features the character in one of my favorite covers. She-Hulk, especially in the 80’s had to deal with a LOT of sleazy men gawking over her, this cover features a prime example of exactly that. I’m also looking at this cover and thinking this depiction of the character would be a great one to base look of the upcoming MCU tv series character on. There’s so much you could do with She-Hulk in a live action series and I’m hoping it adds the comedic elements of Byrne’s classic version of the character. I’ve always loved John Byrne and to this day his iconic 70’s and 80’s comic book art, in my opinion, is easily some of the best of the era. This cover is truly classic SHE-HULK! Written by Peter Saturday Leave a comment Posted in Back-Issue Gold, childhood nostalgia, comic books, Marvel Tagged with 1980's, 275, actor, Ben Grimm, best comic book covers, best comic book covers of the 1980's, cast, cgi, Fantastic Four, hulk, jennifer walters, John Byrne, joined, mcu, series, She Hulk, The Avengers, the incredible hulk, TV VHS Verdict: 1988’s Bizarre Horror Fantasy ‘Magic of the Universe’! 1988’s ‘Magic of the Universe’ (Originally released as ‘Salamamgkero’ in 1986) is one HELL of a bizarre horror adventure! Shot in the Philippines and chock full of dark creepy tropical locations, you surely get a lot more than you bargained for with an odd film that clearly must have had a pretty decent budget to work with. The plot itself is pretty sweet & simple, a talented circus magician named Jamir while doing his seemingly routine disappearing act to an eager crowd, accidentally makes his assistant/daughter disappear not only into thin air but from our reality entirely. Perplexed, Jamir decides to search for answers, heads off in search of a creepy, mysterious shaman whom he’s heard rumor of residing deep in a nearby forest. The Shaman mixes him up a concoction of some sort from the severed head of a monkey (some serious ‘Temple of Doom’ tones here) and then ventures into a danger filled alternate dimension, to try and rescue his lover & kid sidekick who also go missing shortly after his daughter does. I’m guessing the monkey brain drink (some sort of DMT type concentration) opened some sort of portal, enabling Jamir to cross over. Once on the “other side” he discovers his loved one are captives of a powerful witch named “Mikula” who’s got a huge, sweaty pulsating head and commands a grotesque army of freakish animal people minions, swamp monsters and a plethora of gooey, gross things that go bump in the night. The whole romp is a giant, cheezy ass fever dream, full of fog, colorful yet dark sets draped in blue & pink lighting and of course some unsettling puppet creatures. One in particular is “Globo”, a weird ass gremlin type puppet with a tv screen for a stomach. Globo’s even featured in the opening credits as “himself” as they decided to show every actor in their role, with their characters names in the opening credits of the movie, something you’d expect normally at the very end. There’s so much weird shit going on here once Jamir heads off into the alternate dimension that whatever story it’s supposedly trying to tell becomes utterly lost, making the whole thing seem even more dreamlike with every minute that passes. There’s even a weird ass party / dance scene with a full band that curiously resembles GWAR in all their monster glory. I guess I’d say this flick also brings to mind a more demented & confusing version of ‘Labyrinth’ and I mean that in the best way possible. Also at a lean running time of 84 minutes the pace rarely lags, there’s easily enough eye candy to go around here to keep horror fans guessing what oddities will present themselves next onscreen. It’s main villain, (the witch Mikula) is pretty damn entertaining too, I never got tired at looking at her fleshy bulbous head bubbling and come the end of the movie you get some great gooey, 80’s style neon action in the final battle. If you’re a fan of weird ass cinema ‘Magic of the Universe’ definitely won’t disappoint, it’s tropical, humid nightmarish sets are worth the price of admission alone. Director Tata Esteban is fully ambitious here with his grand horror fantasy vision, perhaps not the most easy to comprehend but hey, this is a perfect movie to check out with a few too many drinks & a gang of trashy cinefiles on a Saturday nite! No one will need to pay too much attention to plot either! It’s available to watch on Youtube or you can also hunt down the dvd version of the movie on a horror double feature! I’m certain there’s a VHS copy of this one out there somewhere still but it’s probably a challenge to track down. I watched this one from my Netflix DVD service (yeah, I still do that! For movies like this!) Check it out if you’re feelin’ crazy.. Written by Peter Saturday Leave a comment Posted in Back-Issue Gold, comedy, Fantasy Movies, Horror Whore, Movies Tagged with 1980's, 1988, adventure, creature feature, david bowie, eastern horrors, filipino horror movies, foreign 80's horror movies, forgotten 80's horror movies, forgotten horror movie gems, gorey, grindhouse, horror fantasy, labyrinth, magic of the universe, monster movies, phillipines, practical effects, Puppets, salamamkgero, scholck, tata etseban, top 10, weird cinema, witches Comic Cover of the Week: Vintage Professor HULK!!! One of the things I really enjoyed about ‘Avengers: Endgame’ was the “Professor” Hulk finally making his big screen appearance. I’ve gotta admit I was a bit disappointed that this version of the Hulk really didn’t do any smashing and even more of a let down was that we never got to see Hulk and Thanos get a rematch. Just because the Hulk’s got Banner in the brain doesn’t mean he still can’t kick some major ass! Regardless it brought back memories of the character as a kid when “Banner Hulk” was introduced and for me it was shocking to see the character this way. Incredible Hulk #285 was always a favorite of mine, where we really see Banner Hulk in full effect. I mean the cover and the first page feature Hulk with his classic Banner attire and even some sweet ass combed hair!! Back in 1983 I was in awe that this could even ever be a thing for Hulk, the character during this period feels a lot like the ‘Endgame’ Banner Hulk, where he was a lot more reserved about doing any serious ass kickin’. Later in the 90’s we got Professor Hulk yet again, though he was much more of a bad ass often using guns instead of fists to fight his enemies. Still this great cover is a total classic from artist Ron Wilson and inker Joe Sinnot and of course who doesn’t love a classic showdown with one of his greatest villains-ZZZAX!!! Check out the first page of this issue, it’s one of my all time favorite depictions of the Professor Banner Hulk! He never looked so damn smart and sophisticated!! Written by Peter Saturday Leave a comment Posted in Back-Issue Gold, comic books, Comics, Marvel Tagged with 1980's nostalgia, 285, avengers endgame, banner, banner hulk, dale keown, first appearance, greatest covers, hulk, incredible, joe sinnot, mark ruffalo, Peter David, professor hulk, review, ron wilson, sal buscema, smart hulk, vintage, Zzzax 6 Reasons Why ALPHA FLIGHT Should Get Their Own Marvel Movie! So one reason it’s fun to be a blogger is because there’s always that slight chance something you write about could ignite a spark on a certain topic, and one thing I’ve been hoping forever is that we’ll some day get an ‘Alpha Flight’ movie! Some of you all might be asking who the hell is Alpha Flight? Well let me just start off by saying they at one time had much more notoriety in the Marvel universe than The Guardians of the Galaxy! So as far as Marvel movies go anything is possible, I mean I never thought we’d get TWO damn Ant-man movies either! For those who may not know, Alpha Flight is a Canada’s answer to the X-men & The Avengers, who made their first appearance 40 years ago in X-men #120. Wolverine was originally set to be the team’s leader, which led to them having a heavy presence in the X-universe & throughout the years they’ve had their own Marvel comic book series several times throughout the last 4 decades with varying degrees of success. Well I think now’s the time to tell the team’s story on the big screen & I’m certain if they did it right it’d be next the big thing in the MCU, not convinced? Well here are 6 reasons why Marvel’s gotta jump on the chance sooner than later!! 1. Diversity of the Team Ok so it’s clear that diversity in comic book movies is a topic that’s endlessly being discussed today. It just so happens that they have always been one of the most naturally diverse in the Marvel universe. From native American characters like Shaman and his daughter Talisman, to Eugene ‘Puck’ Judd being a ‘little’ person, to Marrina being a bizarre race of fish creature and Northstar being a gay man, the team undeniably has a lot of interesting characters within it’s ranks. Half have been made up of women and Heather Hudson also known as ‘Vindicator’ stepped in as the team’s leader for over half of the teams comic book existence. They’d easilytranslate to the big screen in a unique way and I think they’ve got a lot to offer up in a way audiences haven’t seen before on the big screen! 2. First Gay Superhero This leads me to my second point as recently I’ve seen that Marvel was looking to introduce the first openly gay superhero. Well good thing for Alpha Flight, they had the very first mainstream gay superhero, Jean-Paul Beaubier aka ‘Northstar’. Though it wasn’t openly stated in the team’s first series from 1983 it was clear to see the angle of the character presented there. Nearly ten years later in 1992 Northstar officially came out as gay to the public making mainstream headlines and then in 2012 again when the first gay superhero wedding took place prominently in ‘Astonishing X-men’ #51. His husband being Kyle Jinadu, a black male was also notable in featuring a natural diversity within the now iconic superhero storyline. The character has broken down barriers time and time again in comic book history and if any gay superhero makes it to the silver screen it surely should be Northstar. With all of his sexual identity to the side, the character has always been an interesting one, with one of the biggest attitudes in Marvel comics ranks he’s also got a twin sister “Aurora” whom he’s incredibly protective of. Their relationship has gone through a lot of intriguing states of turmoil as well, especially when it comes to her choices of people she chooses to date. Northstar in general is just a super badass character, possessing the ability to travel at superhuman speeds, fly, and project photon energy blasts. His twin sister, Aurora also possesses similar abilities. He automatically makes the team that much more interesting without even trying. 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__label__wiki	0.95335	0.95335	list / Adam Sandler Movie List 01 Aug, 2009 list Adam Sandler is a comedian, actor, writer and producer best known for his comedic roles in films such as Happy Gilmore, The Wedding Singer and Mr Deeds. Here is a list of all the films Adam Sandler has acted in, produced or written. That’s My Boy (2012) Donny Jack and Jill (2011) Jack / Jill Zookeeper (2011) Donald the Monkey Just Go with It (2011) Danny Grown Ups (2010) Lenny Feder Funny People (2009)- George Simmons Bedtime Stories (2008)- Skeeter Bronson You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008)- Zohan Dvir I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)- Chuck Levine Reign Over Me (2007)- Charlie Fineman Click (2006)- Michael Newman Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)- Javier Sandooski (uncredited) The Longest Yard (2005)- Paul Crewe Spanglish (2004)- John Clasky 50 First Dates (2004)- Henry Roth Anger Management (2003)- Dave Buznik The Hot Chick (2002)- Bongo Guy (uncredited) Eight Crazy Nights (2002). Complete Title: Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights. Sandler provided the voice for Davey, Whitey, Eleanore and Deer. Mr Deeds (2002)- Longfellow Deeds Punch-Drunk Love (2002)- Barry Egan The Animal (2001)- Townie Little Nicky (2000)- Nicky Big Daddy (1999)- Sonny Koufax The Waterboy (1998)- Robert Boucher Jr (‘Bobby’ for short) The Wedding Singer (1998)- Robbie Bulletproof (1996)- Moses Happy Gilmore (1996)- Happy Gilmore Billy Madison (1995)- Billy Madison Mixed Nuts (also known as Lifesavers- 1994)- Louie Airheads (1994)- Pips Coneheads (1993)- Carmine Shakes the Clown (1991)- Dink the Clown Going Overboard (also known as Babes Ahoy- 1989)- Schecky Moskowitz Jack and Jill (2011) Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011) Grown Ups (2010) You Don’t Mess with the Zohan (2008) Eight Crazy Nights (2002) Little Nicky (2000) Big Daddy (1999) The Waterboy (1998) Happy Gilmore (1996) Billy Madison (1995) Going Overboard (1989) That’s My Boy (2012) Zookeeper (2011) Just Go With It (2011) The Shortcut (2009)- executive producer Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) Bedtime Stories (2008) The House Bunny (2008) Strange Wilderness (2008)- executive producer I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007) Click (2006) The Benchwarmers (2006) Grandma’s Boy (2006)- executive producer Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) The Longest Yard (2005)- executive producer Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003) Anger Management (2003)- executive producer The Hot Chick (2002)- executive producer The Master of Disguise (2002)- executive producer Mr Deeds (2002)- executive producer Joe Dirt (2001)- executive producer The Animal (2001)- executive producer Little Nicky (2000)- executive producer Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)- executive producer Big Daddy (1998)- executive producer The Waterboy (1998)- executive producer Other Movie Lists Kate Winslet Movie List Megan Fox Movie List Source: Internet Movie Database Anuj Kumbhat Great !! This means Adam Sandler has always been working in unconventional comedies . . . kyle nett i have 6 out of his 27 movies Andrew Ruggiero I think My favorite movie was grown ups I love that he got all of my favorite actors in that movie and the comedy. I laughed so hard after i watched that movie. especially when david spade said not hell mexico!!! lol	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1985
__label__wiki	0.71784	0.71784	Miss International Queen Vietnam PM requests urgent feasibility study for new runway at Tan Son Nhat Tuesday, June 13, 2017, 16:12 GMT+7 The entrance of Tan Son Nhat Golf Course is seen in Ho Chi Minh City. Amid growing concern that a golf course has effectively prevented the overloaded Tan Son Nhat International Airport from being expanded, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has requested an urgent study be conducted to add a new runway to Vietnam’s busiest airport. Tan Son Nhat currently has two runways, possibly not enough for an airport that receives 32.5 million passengers per year, well in excess of its design capacity of 25 million. Lying just north of the Ho Chi Minh City airdrome is a 157-hectare complex, featuring a sweeping golf course, a luxurious building and wedding-convention center. A number of petitions and complaints to have the license to the land that is home to the golf course revoked, allowing more space for Tan Son Nhat, have gone unanswered. PM Phuc has considered all of the recent complaints, including a special feature by Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, and has decided that the possibility of building another runway must be considered. “The prime minister has concluded that a feasibility study must be done urgently on runway No.3 at Tan Son Nhat,” Minister Mai Tien Dung, a government spokesperson, told reporters on Monday. “An independent foreign unit may be hired to ensure the feasibility study will be properly conducted.” Dung added that PM Phuc had also tasked the Ministry of Transport with overseeing the study. “The study must be done economically, effectively and rapidly,” Minister Dung said, citing the premier’s request. “Results of the field study and evaluation should be reported to the prime minister within the next six months.” The government spokesperson said he could not immediately comment on how long the runway would run, and in which direction it would be built. “The prime minister has requested that relevant agencies come up with the most feasible and appropriate proposal for the new runway.” Golf construction activities ceased Inaugurated in August 2015, the 36-hole Tan Son Nhat Golf Course was developed by Vietnam’s Long Bien JSC and designed by Nelson & Haworth Golf Course Architects, one of the world’s leading golf course designers. One of the development’s four courses lies only one row of trees away from one runway of Tan Son Nhat. According to the project plan approved in 2011, the 157-hectare complex will also house other facilities including a luxury apartment area, villas and a school. In his latest request, PM Phuc tasked the Ministry of National Defense with ceasing construction on all of those facilities, pending further conclusion from consultants and scientists. Minister of Transport Truong Quang Nghia last week said that it was infeasible to expand the Tan Son Nhat northward, or to the current position of the golf course, citing enormous site clearance and compensation costs, possible noise pollution and “other issues.” The minister suggested that focus be put on the construction of Long Thanh International Airport in nearby Dong Nai Province, a $15.03 billion project ratified by the lawmaking National Assembly in 2015. The government spokesperson, Dung, also told reporters on Monday that the possible enlargement of Tan Son Nhat has no impact on the Long Thanh project. “Works on the Long Thanh project are underway as scheduled,” he said. “Once the Long Thanh airport is commissioned, Tan Son Nhat will remain operational as normal.” Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter to get the latest news about Vietnam! TUOI TRE NEWS Police capture man for allegedly murdering 5 while high on drugs in northern Vietnam One of the deceased was the suspect’s wife Vietnamese YouTuber confronted by storm of anger for tactless manners in Japan Grandmother suspected in murder of 11-yo girl in Vietnam Vietnam court upholds jail term for retired official convicted of child molestation Vietnam lifts flight ban on recalled MacBook Pro laptops Over 2,300 Vietnamese workers illegally stay in S.Korea after labor contract expires: report Experience summer sand-boarding in Mui Ne Young maple trees given better protection as Hanoi enters rainy season Erotic massage parlors publicly advertised in Ho Chi Minh City A ‘leper’ becomes a billionaire A woman without fingers overcame her challenges and eventually saved enough money to build one of the most sizeable villas in her town New orchid species discovered in Vietnam A sea of garbage: trash engulfs Vietnam’s coastline The amount of garbage along Central Vietnam’s coastline as been increasing exponentially since 2005 Vingroup wins double awards with Hanoi property Vingroup, the Vietnamese property conglomerate behind many deluxe trade centers and residential developments, has been honored in two categories of the prestigious International Property Awards 2015. Ho Chi Minh City septuagenarian vendor fends for leper husband, 5 children for 16 years The 70-year-old woman prepares her cart from midnight every day House fire kills 5 family members in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, Thailand league runners-up to clash in AFC Champions League preliminary round Nearly 100 packed inside sleeper bus in Vietnam’s Tet migration madness G4 ambassadors join Vietnam’s female footballers in empowering Tet message Dozens compete for title of best ‘pho’ chef in southern Vietnam Hanoi qualifier finds best 'pho' chefs in northern Vietnam Tuoi Tre kick-starts third annual ‘Day of Pho’ Tuoi Tre-hosted poll to pick people’s favorite brand of Vietnamese 'pho' Kindness in wake of disastrous floods in northern Vietnam Residents in the northern Vietnamese provinces of Lai Chau and Ha Giang are trying their best to help one another rebuild their lives after floods took a heavy toll on the two localities last month. Garbage fills sewer entrances in Ho Chi Minh City (photos) Many sewers along the streets in Ho Chi Minh City have their entrances blocked by garbage on a regular basis, negatively impacting urban esthetics and the environment while helping cause serious flooding. Vietnamese twenty-something draws striking portraits of World Cup stars A young Vietnamese has constantly kept his pencil busy during the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup, drawing more than a dozen charismatic portraits of his favorite stars at football’s biggest competition. Following locals who pick Hanoi’s iconic fruit at night Locals who pick up sau, a typical fruit of Hanoi, for sale to earn a living will not start their daily ‘harvest’ until the sun goes down. Hanoi lotus ponds filled with selfie-lovers as summer comes Despite the sweltering weather in Hanoi these days, many young people still flock to lotus ponds surrounding the capital city’s iconic Ho Tay (West Lake) to pose for Instgram-ready photos with a sea of blooming flowers. Sand-boarding, a popular activity amongst local children in the coastal tourism town of Mui Ne in south-central Vietnam, is attracting hundreds of tourists to the Red Sand Dunes The trees are currently growing well, with green leaves and healthy branches. Hunting skinks for food in southern Vietnam Skink meat is known to be soft, tasty, and highly nutritious. Vietnamese-made app allows people to grow real veggies via smartphone Nguyen Thi Duyen, a young engineer in Hanoi, developed the app and its related services to help busy people create their own veggie gardens. Chinese tourists hit by Vietnamese over dine and dash Four Chinese were reportedly injured, with one having a broken arm. He was confined to a hospital several hours after arriving in Cebu City in the central Philippines on Jan. 12 with his mother, after he manifested a fever, throat irritation and cough, Duque told a media briefing When the fire was finally extinguished, five people in a family living inside were found already dead The Vietnamese side are prepared for a tough game against the AFC Champions League veterans The driver said he wanted to ‘earn a little more’ as it was his last trip before taking a holiday break Adding to the difficulties of containing it, hundreds of millions of Chinese will be traveling domestically and abroad during the Lunar New Year holiday that starts this week Positive female role models to look up to, and to learn from, make a difference Good morning from Vietnam! A total of 82 people were packed inside the 40-seater vehicle Capitalism seen doing 'more harm than good' in global survey The survey was launched in 2000 to explore the theories of political scientist Francis Fukuyama, who declared that liberal capitalist democracy had seen off rival ideologies and so represented 'the end of history' Over 1,000 Japanese delegates visit central Vietnam for economic, cultural, tourism exchange Vietnam legislature adopts law to waive visa for foreigners entering coastal economic zones Vietnam to consult UN members on US-Iran tension Novartis announces first import shipment, marks important milestone in transformation Vietnam's largest mobile carrier to launch commercial 5G services in June Calligraphic watermelons a prized Tet offering in Hanoi Vietnam at 60: A legacy to be bequeathed Why do Vietnamese students refuse to return home after studying abroad? Vietnam’s Vingroup cuts ribbon on private university in Hanoi Vietnam mulls limit on students’ part-time working hours as rideshare drivers Dog awarded medal after accidentally finishing 42k marathon in northern Vietnam Vietnam bow out of 2020 AFC U23 Championship 9 things you’ll love about Vietnam…. Best wishes for Lunar New Year in Vietnam Vietnam, UK look forward to bright future The construction of the campus was completed at a cost of US$151 million Young Vietnamese bring AI to local medical practices Two medical researchers are hoping artificial intelligence can change the way doctors approach healthcare in Vietnam After hearing the story of Tran Thi Minh Hanh, a 45-year-old resident in Hoc Mon District, also a sanitation worker, nobody could imagine how she conquered the tragedy of her life The travel vlogger was bashed for showing ignorance about Japanese culture and language The young girl went missing from Sunday afternoon until Tuesday morning when her body was discovered near a local dam In 2010, the UK and Vietnam signed our Strategic Partnership Public toilets as urban places: Restrooms in Ho Chi Minh City For a city of nine million, there are only about 200 public toilets in the city with many of them failing to meet hygiene standards	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line1998

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