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Codes of Crimea
by Marina Simakova| Moscow, Russia
tags: culture, europe, fuzzy sets, global/local, socioeconomics
GEO-SEMIOTICS – THE CODES OF CRIMEA
8th March 2014. Crimea, an amazingly beautiful peninsula in the Southern part of Ukraine, has become the arena of a big international conflict. Due to its advantageous geographical location, Crimea has always been a subject of interest for neighbouring countries. A strategically important spot for Russia, where its Black Sea fleet is based, and a fully legitimate land of the sovereign Ukraine, torn either by revolution or by civil war, Crimea once again is the focus of the controversy and political tension. But what does it feel like in the region? What are the particular codes of the Crimean geo-cultural identity?
Pebble memoirs
Although Crimea offers both sandy and pebble beaches, the latter prevail. On thousands of postcards, typical Crimean round pebbles look beautiful, but in reality they are harsh and slippery. Thanks to the poor infrastructure, in most places sun loungers are not available, which leaves room for people who are happy to lie down on their towels. Lying on the pebble surface feels somewhat like a medical procedure, and getting into the water is an adventure and, let’s face it, painful. But humans can get used to anything, and kids easily and quickly get used to the pebbles. A set of small pebbles or a big pebble with a perfectly round shape became one of the memories that generations of kids took with them from summer vacations in Crimea. Almost anyone who has grown up in Russia or Ukraine has a Crimean pebble hidden somewhere deep in a drawer. It’s not just an alternative to a white-pinky sea shell. A pebble always acts as a reminder of comfort compromised for the seaside experience – and its round shape embodies our passion for perfection.
Swallow’s Nest
According to a famous Russian poem, the swallow is supposed to bring spring in her beak. Who wouldn’t yearn to see the swallow’s home in this case? If someone says he knows where the swallow’s nest is, he must have definitely visited Crimea. In fact, Swallow’s Nest is a romantic castle on the edge of the cape, built for a Russian entrepreneur in homage to German medieval tradition more than a century ago. Unlike most European countries, neither Russia, nor Ukraine has castles to display. So, for the majority of kids from the former Soviet Union, the Swallow’s Nest was the first live example of a castle they came across. In many cases it remained the only one they saw in their lives. Though a derivative architectural work it became a legendary and poetic symbol of Crimea.
Soviet artifacts
Despite the 30 years that have passed since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Crimea remains a truly Soviet place. Here and there you may see shabby residences of former communist party leaders that still look quite epic. In any town you can still find numerous authentic canteens that keep the spirit of the workers’ solidarity. Rattling trolley buses will take you
around the cities if you get a yellowish ticket issued on the paper from old Soviet stock. You can also hire an unofficial taxi for a roller coaster experience on the serpentine mountain road, while enjoying breathtaking views through the windows of your Volga car. Check in one of the simple guest houses: it is very likely that it has worn wine red curtains and dusty crystal lamps in the hall – original and authentic examples of Soviet luxury.
Life in the wild
Going to Crimea will be especially cost effective if you take your home with you. Hidden beaches between the Crimean mountains are full of camping sites. Adventurers and hikers, archaeologists, young families and students live there in tents like hippie communities in 60s. They eat canned food, swim naked and playing guitars into the night, gathering around a fire. There’re dozens of such spots with no regulations, so people are able to enjoy complete freedom. Of course, tourists arrive in boats or discover the terrain on foot so the campers aren’t allowed a complete Crusoe existence. But this is something these children of nature can easily tolerate.
Diversity in peace
Crimea is a diverse place. In some places it looks local and private, ready to hide you in its narrow mountain tracks or small town back alleys alleys. In other places the landscape is one of towering peaks and green plateaus. Here intimacy meets grandeur. But what makes Crimea most diverse is its multicultural feeling. This region has always had an extremely heterogeneous population, speaking various languages and following different religious traditions. All nations nearby have kept an eye on their own sacred places and historical sites, sharing these highlands and coastlines. Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Belarusian, Jews, Moldavians, Azerbaijanis and Gipsies exist side by side, living in peace. Sometimes the pristine Black Sea water seems to be the best thing for cooling down when it comes to a conflict.
Text © Marina Simakova 2014
Photographs © Olga Zeveleva 2014 – with thanks
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Midseason Premiere »
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Telenovela”
Tags: 2015-16 network TV season, behind-the-scenes TV comedy, Chrissy Pietrosh, ensemble cast, Eva Longoria, Jessica Goldstein, midseason premiere, NBC comedy, showbiz comedy, Spanish-language humor, spotlight, telenovela parody, Telenovela pilot review, Telenovela series premiere review, The Sked, tv review, workplace comedy
TELENOVELA: Monday 8:30PM on NBC starting January 4 – If Nothing Else Is On…
Simply put, TELENOVELA is what Jane the Virgin would be if Jane’s vain, airheaded but good-hearted actor father Rogelio were the main character–actually, if every character were more or less Rogelio. The show, which NBC previewed tonight to give it a one-time The Voice lead-in before it starts airing during that show’s hiatus in January, is breezy and has some laughs, but all that Rogelio gets exhausting.
The setting is behind-the-scenes at a Miami telenovela production, and our main Rogelio is Ana (Eva Longoria, a producer as well as the star). She’s the queen bee of the show-within-the-show, presiding over an empire that includes best friends Mia (Diana-Maria Riva) and Gael (Jose Moreno Brooks), haughty but slightly faded Isabela (Alex Meneses), and co-star Rodrigo (Amaury Nolasco) and Roxie (Jadyn Douglas). Everyone is as florid as they are insecure, and the plotlines mostly arise from one or another of them obsessing about something silly.
NBC showed the pilot and an additional episode, and there was a marked difference between the two half-hours. The pilot, written by series creators Chrissy Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein, from a story credited to them and Robert Harling (who was probably involved at an earlier stage of development), and directed by Steve Pink, was very much a star vehicle for Longoria, and it centered on her horrified discovery that her ex Xavier (Jencarlos Canela) was re-joining the series. The end of the pilot suggested that her mixed-up feelings about Xavier would be a major continuing storyline, since she thought she’d gotten over him, but she hadn’t, while he’d moved on. The script also gave Ana a running gag about the fact that despite starring in a Spanish-language TV series, she barely understood the langauge at all.
All of that was absent from the first regular episode, written by Todd Suddith and directed by Reginald Hudlin. Ana and Xavier were working together as smoothly as anyone else, without any mention of lingering feelings between them (his obsession de jour was learning that his stunts were being performed by a woman), Ana’s incomprehension of Spanish was no longer a factor, and the plotlines were split in more conventional ensemble TV fashion. The major stories didn’t belong to Ana, although she featured in both: they were built around the complications of Mia sleeping with Rodrigo, and the arrival of Isabela’s evil twin sister for their shared birthday.
It’s not clear why the show’s focus changed after the pilot (or if that will continue to be the case in future episodes), but the 2d episode lacked some of the zing that Longoria gave the pilot. The show’s bigger problem is that while the Rogelio character’s broadness on Jane the Virgin provides some spice to the more grounded personalities around him, everyone on Telenovela acts pretty much like everyone else, and the driving pace of similar gags makes the show feel somewhat one-note.
Nevertheless, as NBC sitcoms go, Telenovela at least has some distinctiveness, with a likable cast led by a genuine star who’s willing to look foolish for laughs. If the series can vary its rhythms and introduce some new tones, it could prove itself a worthwhile midseason change of pace.
SHOWBUZZDAILY Series Premiere Review: “Bordertown”
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Some Sort of Manifesto
This was emailed to me with the subject "for wetasphalt." The return address was info at wetasphalt.com and the whole thing was in plain ascii text with no signature or any other identifying marks I could discern. Additionally, when I tracked back the IP addresses it seemed to have been sent from a remailer running on a BSD machine somewhere in Indiana connected to the internet via an inflight wi-fi service used by a number of commercial airlines. That is where the trail ends. I don't know quite what to make of it, but I found the whole thing pretty interesting so I figured what the fuck, I'll publish it. I have corrected some punctuation here and there, and fixed numerous spelling errors (so many that a big part of me suspects that Eric is the one that sent it to me, although the obsessive interest in aesthetic moments would seem to indicate this is the product of EL Borgnine, although I'm pretty sure it's not him. If it is, well, it's nuttier than it seems). It is otherwise unaltered from the text as it was sent to me:
The Quiet American Grows Quieter.
Consider that the avant garde is over. Whether you believe this or not is immaterial. Hold it in your mind like a crystal of hypothetical possibility that may or may not explain the prismatic severing of the world you live in. Consider that it is over.
If it is over, then it is in fact not a sociological or cultural occurrence. It is rather a historical occurrence.
If it is historical, it is fixed in spacetime at some point and with some people in some shared past that we are remembering and talking about but not ourselves experiencing. All of this follows from the nature of history.
What was the avant garde? The Quiet American believes it is the modernist obsession with the new that grew as an aesthetic value from the observed benefits of progress in science and engineering that had so recently altered the world through industrialization, mechanization, and mass communication. Under such a confluence, the Quiet American grew very noisy indeed for a good long while.
Except nothing is new. Not even saying nothing is new is new. Nothing is new is OLD. Bible old. Old Testament Bible Old. Ecclesiastes. 4th c. BCE Old. People were saying nothing is new to the baby jesus and when they were saying it they knew for a fact that people had been saying nothing is new to new generations over and over again from time immemorial. And yet Jesus did not drive a car. So at some point the car was new. Confucius never ate a fortune cookie either. Note that Jesus and Confucius are singular who were made into machines of mass production. Cars and Fortune Cookies, by contrast, are mass produced and interchangeable and through use only become symbols of individual fate and freedom of movement.
But why the value in the new, in progress at all? Is this, as some have claimed, an evolutionary step rather than a revolutionary one? Has the desire for novelty in whatever form it may take not a shift of culture but actually an ongoing shift of species? This strikes the Quiet American as somewhat preposterous.
Consider though the rise of the value of novelty. When did it come about? It came about with Industrialization. With the direct conversion of capital into ever more efficient means of production requiring ever greater enslavement of the individual worker to the machines of industry.to scrape together his meager crust. Novelty is a value that exists because capital requires it to exist. If I have everything I need, I will not buy new goods unless they are valuable simply for their newness. We have everything we need. We have always had everything we need. And yet the Quiet American like all others in this cursed mobius strip of capital exchange is trapped. We cannot move for the weight of the capital we must accumulate to meet our standard of living requirements.
Consider that by mid century, it was painfully obvious to most of the smarter monkeys in the barrel that the whole new is better thing was a bit of a swindle. They're the ones who revived Qoholeth from the ashes of history and brought his words new meaning. By returning again to the old meaning. There is nothing new. Here come the free interplay of signifiers in hyperreality, woohoo isn't pastiche and collage so much more fun than originality? Isn't music better when it's being played by a DJ rather than being played live? That's why this is Rock and Roll, after all, and there are all these white boys covering colored boys songs so that the kids can take the cover of the white boys' cover and swap it for the cover of the colored boys record, and boom mom and dad are none the wiser that this shining white pat boone face on the sleeve is not in fact the sexually ambiguous shrieking singer on the turntable wondering whether miss Molly would like to BOne? Did he say Bone? Is that Black boy singing about raping white girls? No mother, look, it's a white boy talking about Molly. See, There it says right under Pat Boone's name, "Good Golly Miss Molly."
Consider that this post modern epoch followed on the heals of the lost generations modernism with the beat generations pomo sexually ambiguous drug addled meanderings that eventually gave rise to the Baby Boomers inheriting the earth and fucking everything up.
And that's so played out now that The Quiet American feels mildly nauseated just to have brought the problem up in the first place. No.
No. What is left is not what is left. What is left is the rejection of the new rather than it's abandonment. Rather than various post modernist strategies to escape into the realm of the new through artful recombination and sourcing of materials. Not realizing that this was the same thing every creative person has ever done ever, but that is not news for the hippies who believe they invented everything from Batman to butt-sex, but did nothing of the sort.
No. What is left now is not what is left. What is left is the reclaimed legacy of artfully ignoring how new something is in evaluating it. This then is a return to standards that who cares what they are so long as they are reasonably permanent.
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The B/B Podcast - Louisville Cuts Down the Nets, Rice Gets the Ax and Carmelo Steps Up His Game
By - Kris Fletcher & Tim Swift
In this week's edition of The Bleacher Briefings podcast, we recap the NCAA Men's National Championship Game between the Louisville Cardinals and Michigan Wolverines, discuss the controversy surrounding Rutgers University and former men's basketball coach Mike Rice, and break down how Carmelo Anthony has the New York Knicks peaking just in time for the postseason!
Photo by: Scott Cunningham
- Cardinals Roll in Atlanta: On Monday night, Rick Pitino's squad outlasted a very game Michigan team en route to the school's third national championship. How did Louisville pull it off, and what does the win mean for Pitino's coaching legacy? Hear our take.
- Rice Out at Rutgers: Last week, video surfaced of men's basketball coach Mike Rice berating, pushing, kicking, cursing and throwing basketballs at his players. He has since been fired, but in way, that was just the beginning of the story. We discuss how the university failed its student-athletes, and whether or not more heads should roll as a result of the controversy.
- Melo and the Red-Hot Knicks: Carmelo Anthony has been on fire of late, leading the Knicks to 12-consecutive wins in the process. What is New York doing that has them playing winning basketball, and what chance do they have of knocking off LeBron and the Heat if the teams meet in the playoffs? Our answers may surprise you.
We share our thoughts on a report that was published last week alleging Auburn's football program paid players and altered grades during the 2010 national championship season, and what Robinson Cano's decision to leave Scott Boras and sign with Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports means to the New York Yankees!
All this and much more in this week's edition of The Bleacher Briefings podcast!
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{Book Tour w/Excerpt & Giveaway} Long Valley Romances by Erin Wright
**All books are standalone and have a sexy version and a “sweet” (clean) version!!
Accounting For Love
Long Valley Romances 1
by Erin Wright
Genre: Contemporary Western Romance
Is she the answer to his dreams … or the person who will be forced to destroy them?
He’s a farmer, dammit, not a bookkeeper
When Stetson Miller inherits his father’s farm in Idaho, he’s too focused on crops and yields to pay attention to the financial side of things. The next thing he knows, he’s got a stack of unpaid bills, the bank is threatening to foreclose … and the auditor who’s come to examine his accounts is the sexiest thing he’s ever laid eyes on.
But she’s a city girl, just like the last one who left him at the altar. He’ll guard his heart – but he can’t help wanting her.
She’s checking him out … in more ways than one
Jennifer Kendall doesn’t mind a tough job, but the handsome Stetson is trouble of a different kind. When he isn’t making her mad, he’s filling her head with all sorts of forbidden fantasies.
The sparks between them fly even faster when the road washes out and Jennifer has to spend the night on the farm. But passion alone won’t pay the bills. Can Jennifer find a way for Stetson to save his farm?
And if she can’t, will he ever forgive her?
Accounting for Love is the first novel in the Long Valley world, although all books in the Long Valley world can be read as standalones. It has some strong language, and oh my, sexy times. If you would prefer the sweet version, it is also available on Amazon. Either way, enjoy!
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Blizzard of Love
Long Valley Romances Book 2
A country boy who hates Christmas for a reason, dammit …
When Luke Nash runs into Stetson Miller down at the feed store, he never expects his friend to strong-arm him into spending Christmas at the Miller farm. Luke has no patience for Christmas cheer or Yuletide song. And the rugged cowboy definitely has no desire to kiss a girl under the mistletoe. No matter how infuriatingly pretty she might be.
A city girl who loves Christmas …
Bonnie Patterson adores Christmas, so when her best friend Jennifer invites her to spend Christmas at the Miller farm, she jumps at the chance. When she sets out for the snowy country town, she has visions dancing in her head of cozy nights by a crackling fire, not of a hot cowboy with an ice-cold heart.
The Storm of the Century…
Instead of a peaceful holiday in the country, Bonnie gets stranded at the Miller farm by a blizzard. Even worse, she’s snowed-in with Luke, an arrogant, impossible, but damn sexy cowboy.
When the fly sparks, will two people who are oh-so-different find their own Christmas miracle?
Blizzard of Love is the second novella in the Long Valley world, although all books in the Long Valley world can be read as standalones. Blizzard of Love is a sweeter romance with minimal sex and mild language … If you would prefer the completely clean version, it is also available on this storefront. Either way, enjoy!
Arrested By Love
He’s a fighter, not a lover …
Two years ago, Wyatt Miller lost his family to a drunk driver. His heart broken, he slowly put the pieces of his shattered life back together. Running his thousand-acre ranch from dawn till dusk helps him forget about his broken heart. When he stops a drunk from getting behind the wheel one night, he ends up in a bloody fight … and then behind bars.
She keeps men in line, but has a soft heart …
Abby Connelly takes her work at the Long Valley Jail seriously. She has no dreams of marriage, children, or white-picket fences. All she wants is to do her job and please the only family she has left, her father. But the moment rugged and wounded Wyatt Miller walks into her jail, Abby realizes her heart might just have a change of plans …
But small towns have a way of holding onto big grudges. Wyatt and Abby have an uphill fight to overcome the bad blood between the Miller and Connelly families.
Because redemption never comes easy …
Arrested by Love is the third novel in the Long Valley world, although all books in the Long Valley world can be read as standalones. It has some strong language, and oh my, sexy times. If you would prefer the sweet version, it is also available on Amazon. Either way, enjoy!
Wyatt Miller wandered down the snack aisle of the Mr. Petrol’s at 11:30 at night. Nothing like trying to find dinner in the aisles of a convenience store. Did onion rings and beef jerky count as a balanced diet? He could consider the onion rings to be his vegetables, and the beef jerky to be his protein.
He grimaced. Some days, living in a small town really sucked, where the grocery store prided themselves on being “open late” – all the way until nine at night.
He pulled Lay’s Salt & Vinegar off the display.
Look, more vegetables.
He wasn’t sure a dietician would approve, but then again, there was almost nothing in this convenience store that a dietician would approve of. He really should just drive to Franklin and go grocery shopping there, but that was 30 minutes away and he just didn’t feel like it. When he died, his headstone was going to read, “Too lazy to drive to Franklin; died of a heart attack from eating junk food from Mr. Petrol’s.”
Just then, a vehicle pulled up outside. Well, “pulled up” made it sound like the driver was in control of their actions, but as Wyatt watched, his bag of chips forgotten in his hands, he saw the Jeep stop just in time to keep from crashing through the front windows of the convenience store.
Oh shit.
He knew that Jeep. There was only one orange camo Jeep in the valley.
The driver’s side door swung open and out swaggered Richard. Wyatt couldn’t tell if Richard was swaggering because he was so arrogant and full of himself – always a possibility – or because he was drunk – definitely another possibility.
Wyatt reminded himself to breathe in, and then out. And then repeat it all over again. He couldn’t react the way he wanted to – a punch to the face – so he needed to just stay calm. That’s what everyone would tell him, anyway.
He knew that. It was a matter of remembering that. And doing that.
No matter how good a punch to Richard’s face would feel.
Richard stumbled into the store and from two aisles over, Wyatt could smell the fumes rolling off him.
Drunk it was.
Richard managed to make his way over to the beer case without taking out an end-cap display, nothing short of a miracle really, and snagged a 24-pack of Budweiser.
A 24-pack? Really? When you’re already this wasted?
Wyatt was having a hard time breathing again and he realized that he’d smashed the bag of chips in his hands into a tiny ball, chips spilling onto the floor from the busted seams of the bag. Richard didn’t seem to notice the noise, though, swinging the 24-pack up onto the counter and swiping his debit card moments later.
Breathe in, breathe out.
Wyatt was hoping that at any moment, the cashier would stop him. Surely, he’d realize that giving Richard more beer at this point was a truly awful idea.
Richard took his beer and began stumbling towards the door.
The cashier wasn’t going to stop him. Wyatt could feel the rage begin to boil up inside of him.
“Why did you sell him that beer?!” The words burst out of Wyatt like gunfire. He couldn’t stop himself from asking any more than he could stop himself from breathing.
“Dude, do you know who that is?” the cashier responded with a shrug.
“Of course I know who that is,” Wyatt ground out.
“Well, my probation is almost up. Just a month more and I’m out of the system. I’m not pissing off the judge’s son.”
That was it. Wyatt threw the mangled bag of chips to the floor and sprinted for the door. He wasn’t about to stand by and let Richard take someone’s life because he happened to share genetic material with the only judge in town. Oh hell no.
He burst out the front door of Mr. Petrol’s. Richard had finally managed to get his key into the ignition and turn it. Wyatt grabbed the door handle and yanked it open.
“Whaddya want, killer?” Richard slurred, blearily focusing his eyes on Wyatt.
“Hello, brother. Nice to see you again.” Wyatt pulled back his fist and planted it squarely in the middle of Dick’s nose.
Overdue for Love
Can true love prevail against prejudice and deceit?
After a bitter betrayal, Dawson Blackhorse won’t allow anyone to run roughshod over his heart again … especially not the woman he was once foolish enough to trust.
The rodeo circuit gave Dawson an escape after his racist boss ran him off. Hank Bartell made it clear no man who was part-Navajo, would buy his ranch or court his daughter. In a single moment, the man destroyed every one of Dawson’s dreams.
But when the rodeo brings him to the tiny mountain town of Sawyer, Idaho, he comes face to face with everything he lost.
For nine years, Chloe Bartell hasn’t been able to forget the man who abandoned her. Especially not when she looks into the eyes of their son.
The quiet life Chloe leads in the small town of Sawyer is shattered the day Dawson comes to compete in the rodeo. He’s everything she remembers and more. Gorgeous. Muscular. Six foot and change of sexy cowboy. She watches helplessly as he comes face to face with the son he never knew he had. Dawson demands answers but Chloe is determined to keep her distance. When sparks fly, the fire they ignite threatens to burn down the walls she’s built around her broken heart.
Will the pain and loss of their past drive them apart for good? Or can they forgive each other and build a new life, a life they always dreamed of…
Overdue for Love is the sixth novella in the Long Valley world, although all books in the Long Valley world can be read as standalones. It has some strong language, and oh my, sexy times. If you would prefer the sweet version, please check out the other listing for this book. Either way, enjoy!
USA Today Bestselling author Erin Wright has worked every job under the sun, including library director, barista, teacher, website designer, and ranch hand helping brand cattle, before settling into the career she’s always dreamed about: Author.
She still loves coffee, doesn’t love the smell of cow flesh burning, and is quite happily ensconced with her handsome hubby in a small, charming town in rural Idaho.
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Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) stars in this drama focused on a mid-life crisis gone bad for an underachieving high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after discovering he has lung cancer. With a new sense of fearlessness based on his medical prognosis, and a desire to gain financial security for his family, Walter White joins forces with an old student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), in a quest that follows their entry into a dangerous world of drugs and crime. Breaking Bad is produced by High Bridge Productions, Inc. and Gran Via Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television for AMC Television. Filming takes place in New Mexico. Breaking Bad has won 16 major category Primetime Emmy Awards from 2008-2014, despite not qualifying for awards in 2011. Most notably, Bryan Cranston has won for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008-2010, 2014) during the series' run. Aaron Paul won for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series three times (2010, 2012, 2014). In 2012, he beat fan favorite Giancarlo Esposito in the same nomination category. Anna Gunn won for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series twice (2013, 2014). The show also picked up the Outstanding Drama Series award in 2013 and 2014. The show has 98 critical wins and 168 nominations in total. Critics have largely agreed that Breaking Bad was generally one of the best shows on television, praised for its acting, writing, directing, cinematography, and feature content. By the end of the series, the producing team consists of Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson, Michelle MacLaren, Melissa Bernstein, Sam Catlin, Peter Gould, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett, Bryan Cranston, Diane Mercer and Stewart Lyons
Synopsis copied from tv.com
01x01 Pilot
01x02 Cat's in the Bag...
01x03 ...and the Bag's in the River
01x04 Cancer Man
01x05 Gray Matter
01x06 Crazy Handful of Nothin'
01x07 A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal
02x01 Seven Thirty-Seven
02x02 Grilled
02x03 Bit by a Dead Bee
02x04 Down
02x05 Breakage
02x06 Peekaboo
02x07 Negro Y Azul
02x08 Better Call Saul
02x09 4 Days Out
02x10 Over
02x11 Mandala
02x12 Phoenix
02x13 ABQ
S02 special Good Cop / Bad Cop
S02 special Wedding Day
S02 special Twa
S02 special Marie's Confession
S02 special The Break-In
S02 special TwaüghtHammër
03x01 No Más
03x02 Caballo sin Nombre
03x03 I.F.T.
03x04 Green Light
03x05 Más
03x06 Sunset
03x07 One Minute
03x08 I See You
03x09 Kafkaesque
03x10 Fly
03x11 Abiquiu
03x12 Half Measures
03x13 Full Measure
04x01 Box Cutter
04x02 Thirty-Eight Snub
04x03 Open House
04x04 Bullet Points
04x05 Shotgun
04x06 Cornered
04x07 Problem Dog
04x08 Hermanos
04x09 Bug
04x10 Salud
04x11 Crawl Space
04x12 End Times
04x13 Face Off
05x01 Live Free or Die
05x02 Madrigal
05x03 Hazard Pay
05x04 Fifty-One
05x05 Dead Freight
05x06 Buyout
05x07 Say My Name
05x08 Gliding Over All
05x09 Blood Money
05x10 Buried
05x11 Confessions
05x12 Rabid Dog
05x13 To'hajiilee
05x14 Ozymandias
05x15 Granite State
05x16 Felina
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Movie Review: The Gang Unites, The Muppets is back!
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Rating : ♥♥♥
Running Time: 120 min
MPAA rating: PG (for some mild rude humor)
Disney's The Muppets movie finally premiers on theaters tomorrow in time for Thanksgiving. For anyone who grew up watching these adorable fuzz and fur characters during their heydays on TV, a movie such as this is like a nostalgic journey in the past. A revisiting of an old love and rekindling those emotions past. Like a rebirth of a long-forgotten love story so unique, it's oddity is what made it so endearing to young viewers back then such as I who never saw the irony of a Pig and a frog romantically involved. Perhaps it is what made it so captivating and unforgettable.
This same oddity was strongly evident in this movie and outrightly presented at the very beginning. An out of this world reality where Gary's (Jason Segel) little brother is a puppet! Which of course, in their little world was nothing weird at all. Like a parallel universe where human and puppets coexist as normal citizens, it rather seem a normal occurrence thickened with human drama and emotional struggles with love story and musicals mixed in to fuel one's curiousity.
The story played in on Walter's (Gary's puppet brother) growing feeling of isolation due to his undeniably uncanny stature and appearance that was evidently different against his human counterpart - his brother Gary who grew, matured and dating Mary (Amy Adams), his girlfriend for 10 years! Factors that prompted him to self-discovery that was revealed by a chance viewing of a Muppet show re-run one night where he became the world's biggest fan!
Though the movie seemingly revolves around Walter and his quest to meet the Muppets in person, the rest of the story plot did not disappoint when they added a crime twist to keep the story rolling. With Walter uncovering an evil plot by scheming rich oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to take over the property and destroy it, he, with the help of Gary and Mary came together to reunite the original gang together to help save the old Muppets theater. Comical and humorous scenes ensued.
At this point, the movie had sections that was dragging and falling short on the excitement meter which was somehow redeemed by the climactic telethon scenes and the cameo appearance of the likes of Selena Gomez, Whoopi Goldberg and Neil Patrick Harris to name a few. Though the movie was child-focused in nature, the essence of the story seem to appeal more to an older audience. Mostly to those who are legitimately loyal fans of this iconic show.
Short interviews done on both young and adult, post-movie revealed an interesting statistic and shared common observations: The young got bored and lost interest in several parts of the movie while the adults opined that some parts of the movie were dragging and a little boring but nonetheless was commendable overall.
In agreement to that statement, my own young sidekick exhibited the same. She got restless halfway through the movie and took a while to refocus her attention back to the movie. With this being evident, will kids who never grew up with the Muppets-era and no idea about these characters, be interested in seeing this movie at all? Will they appreciate and enjoy it's oddity like how their parents have when they were younger?
Borrowing Kermit's word "you don't need the whole world to love you" might be fine and dandy in the Muppet world but could be a big issue for this movie if it wants to gain back that popularity lost - they will certainly need the whole world to love this movie!
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Where to From Here Cashman?
Lots of things fell in to place around midnight last night – the certainty of a good 3-5 straight years of Phillies playing deep into October; the certainty of the Mets not; a clear runway to the post-season for the Red Sox; a bumpy one filled with uncertainty for the Yanks. But after all that stuff is said and done, what does Cliff Lee's abandonment of Brian Cashman at the altar mean for the Yankees going forward?
Cashman may very well have the plan B he spoke of over the weekend when the Cliff Lee-dread began to sink in and reporters pointed out the inconvenient truth that the Yankees appeared a bit desperate. And maybe that plan B really is made up of more than one word: "suck". Cashman has reportedly been working hard to land Russell Martin, perhaps to enable him some leeway in packaging Jesus Montero together with other young talent in a trade that would bolster the rotation. Whatever the plan B is, we'll know soon enough.
But here are two things we know now, which are relevant to what the Yankees do going forward: 1. A big part of Andy Pettitte's motivation for returning for one more season just went to Philadelphia meaning that the Yankees probably need 2 new starters, not one; 2. There does not seem to be a difference-making top-of-the-roation starter who the Yankees could land for anything less than an absurdly high mortgage-the-future-price-tag.
First Pettitte: Yes, his leverage just shot up and he could squeeze a good dollar out of the Yankees right now. (My how things have changed from two years ago, when the Yankees used their tremendous leverage at the time to cut his guaranteed salary by more than half from 2008, when he pitched through a hurt shoulder to lead the team in IP…even the loyal Pettitte must relish the prospect of turning that "it's just business, man" approach right back around on the Yankee FO). But Pettitte does not seem to be motivated by the money at this stage in his career and hasn't been for years. He has made it clear he would only play for the Yankees if he is to play at all so he doesn't seem to be leveraging anything. No – Pettitte seems more likely to be motivated by the prospect of one more run at glory. And the prospect of gaining that glory in pinstripes just got a lot more remote. At this point I'd be surprised to see him return.
As for available pitching, already there is crazy-talk of the Yankees giving an arm and a leg plus a couple vital organs to the Seattle Mariners to pry King Felix loose. As usual, delusional fans and talk radio hosts can only focus on the utopian end state (how nice it would be to lock up the reigning AL Cy Young winner at the age of 24 – there's one pitcher to whom you could give a 7-year or even longer contract and feel OK about it) while ignoring the current state that can usefully be referred to as "reality". This guy was just locked up for another 5 years at a price the Mariners felt they could afford. The only way they would let him go would be if the Yankees mortgaged their entire franchise, handed over the keys, altered YES-network programming to include "Marinographies" and to feature the '95 post-season on "Yankees Classics", and granted the Mariners front office Prima Nocta rights to their young prospects a la Edward Longshanks.
Same goes for the Marlins' Josh Johnson, whose name is also being irresponsibly bandied about. He just signed less than a year ago for 4 more years – and besides, do you want to make a long-term bet on a young pitcher who has thrown 200 innings exactly once to make the NL-to-AL East leap?
Given all this, could and should the Yankees look to 2011 as that thing that has never been uttered, let alone explicitly embraced in the Bronx for the past 15 years: a "rebuilding" year (shudder)?
The only problem with that is that they do not seem particularly well-placed for that either. They have aging stars out of whom they are trying to squeeze one or two more runs at glory before retirement and virtually all of their contracts run through 2012 with few appearing particularly move-able. When you lock up your aging SS for 3 more years, your aging (though still brilliant) star closer for 2 more, you've got an aging superstar at third base locked up for the next millenium, and your ostensible #2 starter (and #1 headcase) locked up for 3 more years, how much substantial re-tooling can you accomplish in one season? Jorge Posada and Nick Swisher are due to come off the books after the 2011 season (a total of $22 million). That's about it. Should the Yankees trade substantial portions of their considerable but still very young farm talent away now to try to strengthen their position going into 2011? I don't think that makes much sense.
I say do all you can to lure Andy back and fill the remaining starter-slot with a journeyman if necessary (indeed, it may be your only option anyway). Expose some of your young pitching to the big leagues a la the bullpen if they appear ready, including continuing the Ivan Nova experimental grooming process. See how this lot is doing come June and July, specifically: Does Montero seem to be making the leap, is Gardner's production steady/improving from his solid though not magnificent 2010, has AJ remembered how to pitch, have Jeter, Teixeira, and A-Rod remembered how to hit, etc. And then – and only then – consider trading for a run at 2011-glory. This team should certainly be good enough to still be well in the post-season running at that stage and by then some of the leverage the Yankees don't have right now will have come back in the form of other teams imploding and looking to cast off contracts.
Of course, if it is the Yankees who have imploded, then yes, you embrace 2011 as a lost year and try to position for 2012 and beyond. Just don't tell your season-ticket holders and other fans, for whom you have jacked ticket prices so high that they are now entirely justified in demanding an annual plausaible run-at-glory.
by IronHorse - YF on December 14, 2010 in General Yankees
The problem of the Yankees developing their own pitching comes clearly into fcus now. Out of the “Big Three” they now have a league average starter, a middling bullpen arm, and they traded the third (another average pitcher) for a moderate upgrade.
Cashman made a big deal about how they had to develop their own pitching. Maybe this non-signing forces them to. But I’l believe it when I see it. Cashman’s Yankees, in 13 years, have yet to develop one above average arm. But they have thrown alot of ducks at horrid signings. There’s decent chance that Lee could turn in that.
Great job by the Phllies though. They’re going to be alot of fun to root for. Still, the last time the Yankees lost a free agent pitcher, Maddux got one ring then Jeter got four. It will be interesting to hear if the Phillies losing to the Yankees made Lee want to get another crack at beating them for a title.
George Shapirro December 14, 2010, 8:59 am
Good stuff, IH.
I have a couple of quibbles – one is about Pettitte’s motivation. We have no idea what motivates him, whether it is money or otherwise. He’s always been well paid, and I can’t imagine the Yankees sweetening their offer wouldn’t be an enticement. On the baseball side of things, I don’t really have any more fear of Andy Pettitte as a pitcher, and another year older and a year removed from a reasonably impactful injury (though not one to his arm or shoulder) he is even less daunting as a figure. He may be better than the rest, and that is probably all that matters to the Yankees.
As for trading Hernandez, why would the Mariners do this unless they were getting whatever was offered for Lee PLUS. Plus A LOT. I mean, they could send out a blast email to the entire League with the subject line “best offer for the King” and get something that may exceed Montero and others. On the other hand, many GMs aren’t entirely competent, so maybe he does get moved.
SF December 14, 2010, 9:00 am
But I’l believe it when I see it. Cashman’s Yankees, in 13 years, have yet to develop one above average arm.
Phil Hughes?
But I’l believe it when I see it. Cashman’s Yankees, in 13 years, have yet to develop one above average arm
Brad December 14, 2010, 9:06 am
He’s decidely average, so far. In fact, compare Hughes’ 2007 and 2010. There’s ben no improvement in four years, unless you think more innings at the same rates is an improvement. Joba’s been the better starter, even.
Sorry, SF. Didn’t see you there.
On Pettitte, I agree. He’s not going to say boo until he sees what Cashman is going to do; come February and Cashman hasn’t given the rotation some kind of makeover, I believe Andy takes his pitching talents to Texas: As in home, not the Rangers.
Texas (as in the Rangers) will be quick to move on Grienke now, as they should. That would leave NY overpaying in terms of prospects for any pitcher available, in my opinion. Nobody in baseball is going to give NY a break after this week because as IH said, it reeks of deperation.
Phil Hughes’ VORP was 76 amongst ALL Major League pitchers out of 692, to pull just one stat. I am not sure how this makes him “decidedly average”, at least in terms of who might be able to replace him on the roster.
George, we’re all fairly honest around here, man.
I expect Phil Hughes to develop into a very good pitcher (he’s still only 25 next season), but for now he’s been league-average as a starter.
The Yankees need Pettitte to return badly. If he doesn’t they’ve got significant rotation problems.
With him they’re good enough to make a run at the playoffs. ARod and Teixeira will probably rebound in 2011, and a rotation of Sabathia/Burnett/Pettitte/Hughes/YoungArm is enough to compete.
Atheose - SF December 14, 2010, 9:28 am
Yeah, I’m going to say Phil Hughes, league average in his first full season as a starter at the age of 24, scares me. The man was more valuable than Zack Greinke and John Lackey last season.
I agree with SF about Andy Pettitte, whose ERA against the Red Sox since 2003 has been 5.04, 5.24, 7.04, 3.75, 6.75. He doesn’t scare me, and if the Yanks are hanging their hat on his 130 ERA+ last season, then that’s as silly as last offseason expecting Jeter to replicate his 2009 resurgence.
As much as I want to believe that IH’s post is dead on, and we’re witnessing the Yankees’ free-spending policies coming home to roost — ironically because a player for the first time in 20 years actually spurned their enormous monetary offer — I still suspect the Yanks will find a way not just to be in the playoff hunt but to make life very difficult for the Red Sox and make the AL East a dogfight, like it is almost every season. Yes, statistically, I don’t know how that will happen, but I simply refuse to believe a team like that is done — not done making transactions and not done competing heavily for the postseason.
Paul SF December 14, 2010, 9:39 am
Step One: Sign Russell Martin.
Step Two: Sign Pettitte.
Step Three: Solidify the bullpen.
Really that’s the only moves that can be made at this point. Looking at 2012’s FA class (next year) who really excites you enough to try and pry them away from their team now? Chris Carpenter? Sure, he’d be great, but why would the Cardinals trade him. Wandy Rodriguez? I guess if the prices was right. Mark Buerhle? I don’t see the White Sox moving him now.
So that leaves the current FA market for SP’s: Brian Bannister? David Bush? Chris Capuano? Doug Davis? Justin Duchscherer? Jeff Francis? Freddy Garcia? Rich Harden? Andrew Miller? Kevin Millwood? Brad Penny? Ben Sheets? Chien Ming Wang? Brandon Webb? Chris Young? What an awful bunch. Of that group I’d say any of them other than Andrew Miller would need to be a short deal at the right price.
My thoughts are roll with what you have and hope something falls in your lap before the trade deadline. I wouldn’t be opposed to signing a veteran to a one year deal (Sheets, Harden, Millwood) just for depth, but anything more than that reeks of the moves the Sox made a few years back with Penny and so on.
Not being overly dramatic but are the Yankees better than the Blue Jays right now? The lack of pitching is truly worrisome. CC, Hughes and pray for rain. Certainly not how it should be with a 200 million dollar payroll.
John - YF December 14, 2010, 9:42 am
“The man was more valuable than Zack Greinke and John Lackey last season.”
Paul you just made me spit out my coffee! John Lackey? Isn’t he slightly better than AJ Burnett? ;) That’s like saying I am slightly more handsome than that chubby kid from Superbad.
The sky is most certainly not falling. The yankees won 95 games last year with a very similar team to the one they have constructed for next year. Some players underperformed last season (Tex and AJ) and others we can expect a bit more of a slide. The sox certainly improved their offense but the two new flashy names dont take into account that they are replacing some lost offense as well. I think its just as crazy to expect similar numbers for Ortiz as it would be to expect a repeat of Jeter’s 2009. The Sox will indeed score more runs than last year but their pitching staff remains a bit of a question mark beyond Lester and Buchholz, and to a lesser extent Beckett. The pen is in massive flux as well.
As for Andy Pettitte, his numbers are essentially meaningless vs the Sox alone since he only have a couple of starts a year against them. Fact is he is a proven performer who can give the yankees good innings in the AL east. He is a valuable commodity and for that reason the Yankees should do all they can to bring him back. He’s not a replacement for Lee but part of solidifying the rotation and keeping the team in games to allow the offense to do their thing.
sam-YF December 14, 2010, 9:48 am
I agree that the sky is not falling, provided they do the 3 things I listed above. In that case I believe they have a reasonable chance to make the playoffs. Without Pettitte or a solidified bullpen call me Chicken Little!
Martin to me is an asset but also signing him keeps him from the Sox. I know Doumit is on the market and Bengie Molina is still out there, but he’s the best of that group if you ask me and I’d rather have him on my team than the Sox. Let’s let them start the season with Tek and Salty.
Go lock up Kerry Wood now…
krueg December 14, 2010, 10:03 am
How about Montero? Cash tried to trade him for Lee so while it kinda sucks to not get Lee, we did get to keep Montero. No one is really talking much about the kid but if he is a good as the scouts say, he could make a difference as a rookie, no?
“NOBODY fucks with the Jesus…” :)
John Lackey? Isn’t he slightly better than AJ Burnett? ;) That’s like saying I am slightly more handsome than that chubby kid from Superbad.
Haha, point taken. I’m hanging my hat on Lackey’s second-half performance last season (3.97 ERA, 10 quality starts in 15 games), as opposed to his first half (4.78 ERA, 8 quality starts in 18 games).
Paul SF December 14, 2010, 10:11 am
Gauging whether “the sky is not falling” can only really be done when we agree on what that phrase means. If it means the Yankees are good enough to have a fair shot at making the post-season (likely a la wildcard), sure – the Yanks certainly have enough talent now and with whoever they pull in to fill out the starting rotation to do this. If it means they are good enough to seriously challenge other teams for going deep into that post-season, I frankly don’t see it unless they either make a major in-season trade (or two!) or calm down and decide that maybe they should use trading chips like Gardner, Cervelli, and their young farm-talent plus their substantial financial resources to try to build a nucleus around which to compete seriously in 2013 and beyond. Yes, 2013. I just don’t think it is such a big deal to take such deep breaths every once in a while. Especially when reality is sort of forcing you to. But the last line of my post was not meant as sheer sarcasm. The Yankees have priced themselves into a corner with their fans. If you’re going to pay over $50/game for a mediocre seat to an April game vs. the Orioles, you want to see a very special team out there every day every year. And paying to watch A-Rod hit number 700 or Jeter gt 3,000 hits will only carry you so far…
IronHorse (YF) December 14, 2010, 10:14 am
Krueg, I think Montero is a big factor. Problem is Catchers in general, regardless of their offensive prowess progress at such a slow rate. Matt Wieters, Chris Iannetta, etc…Wieters was supposed to come up and be an impact bat from day one, that obviously didn’t happen. So the way to combat that is to platoon Montero with a veteran, like Martin. Offensively the Yankees are fine, it’s the lack of pitching right now that is worrisome.
John - YF December 14, 2010, 10:15 am
Jeter, Tex, A-Rod, Mo, Cano, CC, Hughes, a young guy like Montero, Gardner, even the aging Posada. That’s a pretty “special” product, frankly. I mean, the Yanks not getting Lee is really good news for me as a Sox fan, but the idea that this team is now a mediocrity with no stage value is absurd. The team is full of stars (albeit a little older at this point), but seeing A-Rod play, seeing Teixeria play, seeing Mo come in from the pen, that’s a compelling product. This is still a good team, a dangerous team, and a marquee team.
SF December 14, 2010, 10:18 am
SF, I agree. But I also don’t think “no stage value” is at all what I was saying. Worth more money than any other fan pays to go to a game? That’s something else. I’ll still go. When I can. But even before the Lee issue I had decided to forego a season package this year. I think many others in this economy will. The Mets just lowered their tiket prices while the Yanks raised theirs. Now the Yanks are infinitely more worth watching than the Mets. But still, the Yanks were raising prices from an already absurdly high level if you ask me…
seeing A-Rod play, seeing Teixeria play, seeing Mo come in from the pen, that’s a compelling product
But to the less … educated … Yankee fans in the bleachers, is this true?
All offseason long, I’ve been pissed off at the idiocy of the average Red Sox fan. Complaint after complaint about Theo not “doing what it takes” or “John Henry is spending money on Liverpool so he can’t spend on the Sox” or “I’m not buying tickets unless the Sox prove they care about winning.”
I mean, this is an ownership grouo/front office that has won more World Series championships than any other team in baseball this century, and fans are acting like they don’t know what they’re doing .. right up until the whole Adrian Gonzalez/Carl Crawford thing, of course. NOW everything’s OK.
All that to say, the average fan doesn’t get as in depth with this kind of stuff as we do, and they also I think tend to get a lot more entitled about success than perhaps those of us who have been around to remember the bad days before mostly perennial success. So I can see Joe Schmo Yankee fan, used to annual playoff teams, World Series appearances, etc., looking at the club and ignoring the forest because it’s missing a tree — despite the fact that it’s still arguably one of the five best clubs in baseball.
To be clear, that’s not a comment about the Yankees or their fans as much as it is a comment about the relative dumbness of the average fan of a perennially successful team.
The answer is Kate Hudson. Get her and ARod back together asap…
“more World Series championships than any other team in baseball this century”
Paul, you’re the numbers guy, but does 2000 not count any more as this century? If we’re using the same calendar it does. But year. The Sox FO has delivered as many WS as has the Yankee FO.
For me, honestly it’s more about the Yankees not having 5 major league pitchers. Cliff Lee was not only the best pitcher on the market, he was the market. I am ok with missing out on Lee, provided the Yankees can fill the remaining spots in the rotation with Major League pitchers. Ivan Nova and Sergio Mitre not included. I am not spoiled, nor do I believe asking for our 4th and 5th starters not to be named Nova or Mitre is too much to ask.
Martin, Pettitte, Wood and I am a happy man.
” But still, the Yanks were raising prices from an already absurdly high level if you ask me…”
My season ticket prices didnt go up again this year.
sam-YF December 14, 2010, 10:40 am
The century started Jan. 1, 2001, IH. No year zero. :-) I’m willing to concede that decades as commonly understood start on the even years (hard to say the ’90s don’t include 1990, after all), but I stand firm on centuries. The first hundred years A.D. were 1-100, then 101-200, 201-300 … 1901-2000, 2001-2100, etc.
You left out Pavano. ;-) Seriously though, you’re a third of the way there now.
Since the focus is on signing John’s favorite non-Yankees, next up is Ben Sheets! Dare to dream!
“The century started Jan. 1, 2001, IH…(hard to say the ’90s don’t include 1990, after all)” So the decade of the 90s was actully 11 years long?? I’m sorry man, but this is really the kind of tit-fot-tat silliness that really is unnecessary and I don’t think we should engage in here. Decades go from 0-9, not 1-10. That’s not something you or I “concede” to one another so much as – you know – reality.
Technically, decades also start with Year 1. The first “decade,” the first 10 years A.D. would have been 1-10. Unless you put a nine-year decade in there, the 1990s are technically 1991-2000 and the first decade of the 21st century is 2001-2010.
But because we label decades based on the last two digits of the years they include — the ’70s, the ’80s, etc. — and because those labels are far more ubiquitous than the fairly rare occurrence when we might be discussing an event in the one year that happens to be mislabeled in the wrong century, it makes sense to just say decades encompass the years 0-9, even though that means we’re short-changing a decade somewhere.
It may be silly, but that’s how I am. It took me a long time to cede the decades battle to the forces of ignorance, and I’m not about to start giving ground on centuries. It has nothing to do with the Yankees, except to the extent that they happened to win in 2000, which is often mistakenly included in the 21st century.
If you want to say the Yanks and Sox have won the same number of titles in the 2000s, that’s fine. Like the decades, I can accept that as a slightly different formulation of a commonly accepted period of 100 years. Just know that if I say “this century” or “the 21st century,” I’m starting where it rightly starts, in 2001.
It is very simple, there was no YEAR ZERO. Hence, everything started at 1. 2001 = first year/decade of the new millenium/century, whatever. I am with you, Paul. This is a huge pet peeve of mine, the assignment of 2000 to this millennium.
Unless you live in reality…are we really going to get into this stupid conversation? Really? Talking about past championships?
Just say the word…and I’m all in.
OK. As long as you also acknowledge that the Yankees won it most recently :o) (I only say that because given recent events I am getting the queasy feeling that I may not be able to in another 1 or 2 years…)
Feel free to talk about championships all you want, krueg. I’m talking about the Julian and Gregorian calendars, which have been used as the basis for western civilization for millennia, and neither include the year 0.
OK. As long as you also acknowledge that the Yankees won it most recently :o)
No problem. ;-)
krueg fires the warning shot…I would agree that we stay away. I am honestly surprised that there is real debate on whether 2000 was the start of the 21st century. Seriously Paul and SF. And I honestly would have disputed this regardless of the Yankees, baseball, or whatever. But cool – Paul has come up with the elegant solution: our teams have won equally in the 2000s…
The only people that use this technicality to define a decade are Sox fans trying to somehow chop up history to say that the Sox are better than the Yankees in one, SMALL, specific timeframe.
The entire world celebrated on Jan. 1, 2000 as the start of the new millenium, right? So technically speaking or not, that’s when the 2000’s started to the entire world…besides some SF’s. The year 2000 is considered the “90’s”? Really?
Don’t kowtow IH…he brought it up.
The only people that use this technicality to define a decade are Sox fans trying to somehow chop up history to say that the Sox are better than the Yankees in one, SMALL, specific timeframe
Not for me. This has everything to do with an intellectual pet peeve and nothing to do with baseball for me.
So technically speaking or not, that’s when the 2000’s started to the entire world.
I’m willing to acknowledge that’s when “the 2000s” began, as long as you’re willing to acknowledge that “the 2000s” are not synonymous with “the 21st century.”
I celebrated on Jan. 1, 2000, as well, despite knowing even then that it wasn’t accurate. And that was before the Yankees won the World Series.
And it was acknowledged in some quarters at the time. For example.
“Don’t kowtow IH…he brought it up”
Krueg – I know where you’re coming from and I’ve stated what I view to be a pretty indisputable reality. It’s just that with all the other interesting stuff being discussed here right now, I think this is a really really really dumb waste of time so I’m stepping out of this debate as of now. This particular thread is about what the Yankees do going forward – and I find that much more compelling (not to mention more than a little troubling) than a calendar discussion.
OK. You’re right IH…
krueg December 14, 2010, 12:17 pm
SO with Martin added…shore up the bullpen with Wood, if he is willing to setup for Mo still, grab a journeyman starter and let’s get it on!
By not spending the money, the inevitable disgruntled pitcher around the trade deadline this season could be a perfect fit for us? Money and need depending on how the season turns out to that point…of course if AJ gets it together…this may all by moot.
Man, depending on AJ is not an enviable position to be in. The guys HAS to be embarrassed with how he pitched last year and that HAS to be motivation to have a comeback year for the ages!!!
“…The entire world celebrated on Jan. 1, 2000 as the start of the new millenium, right? So technically speaking or not, that’s when the 2000’s started to the entire world…besides some SF’s. …”
because it’s convenient for the sf’s krueg…more sox spin/propaganda…we had this millenium discussion 100 times already and it always ends up the same way…the only reason the calender referenced by the sox fans doesn’t include a 0 is because there is no roman numeral equivalent to 0, so the yahoos making up the calendar said “f-it, we’ll start with 1…conventional wisdom and the rest of the world’s numerology recognizes values less than 1…sheesh…and yes, it’s also convenient to cherry-pick portions of history to prove a point…guess who the best team was from ’04-’07?…how ’bout the best team in ’09?…see how the game works?…
dc December 14, 2010, 12:29 pm
I very much hope you’re right re: AJ krueg. I can’t say I have high confidence. Or any for that matter. But I agree with your gameplan — journeyman + Wood (+ Pettitte), and let’s go.
IronHorse (YF) December 14, 2010, 12:30 pm
I think I remember that same 2000 vs 2001 debate on Seinfeld between Newman and Kramer…
“The guys HAS to be embarrassed with how he pitched last year and that HAS to be motivation to have a comeback year for the ages!!!”
Guys that theory didn’t work on: Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez, Carl Pavano…I don’t think these guys are motivated by failure, especially not with the money Burnett, Pavano and Brown made or are making. Burnett needs to learn how to pitch, problem is he’s 33. Throwing 95 down the middle of the plate and pouting when the ball ends up in the bleachers ain’t cutting it! I would not take any odds on him having a comeback. What we need from him (sadly enough as he makes a gazillion dollars) is to be a serviceable #4. That’s it. Just be mediocre and earn your GIANT paycheck.
John - YF December 14, 2010, 12:57 pm
If anything, I would say that under-performing one year adds more pressure to a player the following year to make up for past performance. Especially when there’s the added pressure of playing in New York and dealing with their media.
Atheose - SF December 14, 2010, 1:25 pm
I am VERY confident that AJ will accomplish at least half of the goals you set for him John: “be mediocre and earn your GIANT paycheck”
IronHorse (YF) December 14, 2010, 1:33 pm
IH, I should have said “cash” your giant paycheck, as earning it really is next to impossible at this point.
Not that I want this and I can’t believe I am saying it but do you think the Yankees kick the tires on a 1 year deal for Manny? It’s outside the box but what if they moved Gardner to CF, Granderson to LF and platooned Manny in LF with Grandy RHP/LHP…Maybe even spell Swisher a little. I despise Manny, but there is ground that needs to be made up here…
John - YF December 14, 2010, 1:40 pm
I was thinking about this the other day, John. To be honest I’m surprised there hasn’t been much talk about it.
What hole do they plug by landing Manny? I don’t think a big bat is what they need right now. Not to mention that I’m not even sure how big his bat is now anyway. And that’s quite apart from the prospect of Manny patrolling death valley being mildly terrifying to me. They need starting pitching. And youth. Manny brings neither. And he brings a whole lot else that I don’t want anywhere near this team (i.e. quitting when the going gets tough).
From purely the baseball POV, his bat, even if diminished brings some relief to two players that are pretty bad vs lefties. Does the offense need help, probably not, but I am really, really concerned about Swisher and Granderson getting over exposed. Imagine how good Granderson would be if he only played against RHP? Same for Swisher, to a lesser degree though as he’s at least bearable against LHP. It’s definitely not a need, just fodder, that’s all.
I know – but the unintended (and yet, I believe eminently foreseeable) consequences of adding Manny Ramirez to your team seem to me to outweigh and benefit he would bring. I’d feel that way evenif a righty slugger was their biggest need. And I definitely feel that way given that it is not (notwithstanding your good poitns re: Swish and CG’s limitations)
“Guys that theory didn’t work on: Kevin Brown, Javier Vazquez, Carl Pavano…I don’t think these guys are motivated by failure, especially not with the money Burnett, Pavano and Brown made or are making.”
Am I crazy for thinking that AJ has more “talent” than those other guys though??? It’s funny that I of all people would be the one defending AJ…(insert laugh track)…but the way he carried himself last year, while seemingly smug to me at the time, looks more like pride in hindsight. I have to think/hope that the year he had, coupled with Rothschild (who has a PHD in K’s) should lead him to have a much better season? How many times was he up 0-2 on guys, but not be able to put them away? I would say a million. And that’s the reason they got Rothschild…
krueg December 14, 2010, 2:35 pm
…but not able to put them away. I swear English is my first language.
Also…what if we had traded Montero for Lee and THEN he bolts for Philly. That would have really hurt.
Re: A.J. Burnett.
There are some problems, I think, with the idea that Burnett just had an off year.
For one, his BABIP was .319, up 17 points from his 2009, yes, but lower than in his very good 2008. So he didn’t get unlucky with hits falling in.
Similarly, his LOB%, the number of baserunners he stranded at the end of an inning, was 68.8 percent, lower than the 75.9 he posted in 2009 — but basically the same as the 70.5 he had in 2009. Which means the sequencing of his hits and outs was not really unlucky either.
Yet his K/9 has cratered, from 9.56 to 9.39 to 8.48 to 6.99. His walk rate, meanwhile, is basically unchanged, from 3.59 to 3.50 to 4.22 to 3.76. So, while, his FIP indicates he was a little unlucky, he wasn’t inordinately so: 4.83 FIP versus 5.26 ERA.
According to Fangraphs, he used his fastball a whole lot more — 69 percent, most since he was with the Marlins, and well above the 66 percent he had in 2010 and 64.7 percent in 2009 — and his curveball a lot less (27.4 percent, versus 31 percent last season). His changeup, which used to make up a not-inconsiderable portion of his pitches (5-10 percent through 2008), has dropped to 3.5 percent.
What’s problematic about that is his fastball in both seasons with the Yankees has been tattooed — 14.3 runs below the average fastball, according to linear weights. His fastball was never incredible, but it always stayed within a -6 to +8 range.
And it’s not hard to see why. Here are Burnett’s fastball velocities by year since 2004, when he began posting 120-inning seasons consistently:
2004 – 95.4
So why get away from the curve? Well, because in 2010 it went from being a +16 pitch (and +13 in 2008-09) to a -3.9 pitch.
Stats can only tell you so much. Did Burnett’s curve look flat this season? I wouldn’t know. I do know that, despite not swinging at more of Burnett’s pitches than normal for his career, batters made contact with more of them than in any other season, fueled mostly by the fact that batters against Burnett made contact on an eye-dropping 63.7 percent of all the out-of-the-strike-zone balls at which they swung, after a previous career high last season of just 51.1 percent.
That seems to indicate a major problem with the curveball not diving far enough away from the strike zone to induce swings and misses — and his swing-and-miss percentage was just 14 percent for the second year in a row, after being at 18 percent in 2007 and 2008.
Is the problem with his curve correctable? I don’t know because I don’t know what’s wrong with it. But even if it is, that velocity drop on the fastball is troubling. Burnett has never been a control artist (hasn’t had a BB/9 below 3.5 since 2006), so getting by with just a fastball is going to get tougher and tougher.
Paul SF December 14, 2010, 2:58 pm
“Eye-dropping” = eye-popping, of course, though I actually kinda like the image recalled by the former.
Paul – nice stuff about AJ Burnett. I’d make that a top post, it’s a shame to have that work buried in a comment thread. I can put it up top or if you want to brush it up a little I’d suggest you do it on your own terms.
SF December 14, 2010, 3:12 pm
I’ve missed Paul’s statistic-laden posts. That probably warranted an entire new thread.
Very well. I’ll post it up top. Thanks, guys. :-)
Well, I guess he’s done then. Throw in the towel. The stats say so.
(rolling eyes)
As someone that watched every single game the guy has pitched since he became a Yankee, I don’t need a bunch of stats to tell me that his curveball and off-speed pitches were flat. That led to him throwing more fastballs that were also flat…thus the beatings.
So, as I said, maybe a pitching coach that is known for getting more K’s out of his staff would be able to help AJ improve his breaking pitches, which would then increase the perceived velocity of his fastball. Right? I’m not sure how his average fastball speed dropping less than 2 MPH’s over 6 years is somehow indicative of him losing it? Not to mention, AJ himself has said that not trying to “throw the ball through the wall every pitch” is what has kept him on the mound the last few years. So the drop in average velocity is easily explained as such…
It’s strange because I actually didn’t get the sense (from watching anyway) that Burnett got flat, but rather that he was wild as hell with his curve.
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Eyewitness News Weekend Mornings
Family demands answers after woman discharged from New York City hospital, collapses
By Marcus Solis
NEW YORK (WABC) -- Two daughters are demanding answers after their mother walked out of a medical facility in Manhattan only to end up in the intensive care unit at another hospital days later.
It began when 58-year-old Maria Dearmas went missing, leading to a terrifying few days for her family.
They finally found their ailing mom at New York Presbyterian after learning that it was another hospital that had let her leave alone and without contacting anyone. And that's when the real questions began.
"It was a true nightmare," daughter Marines Barzaga said. "A true nightmare."
And it was a two-fold nightmare, seeing Darmas in the ICU after not knowing where she had been for three days.
"It was an image nobody should see," daughter Monica Dearmas said. "It was horrible."
Their mother was rushed to New York Presbyterian after someone found her lying on the street on November 1. She was bleeding internally and underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer. But for the sisters, the issue is how she ended up there in the first place.
Maria Dearmas was at her apartment in East Harlem when she began experiencing stomach pain and was taken to Metropolitan Hospital. But before her daughters could get there, she was discharged.
"I just can't get over the fact that Metropolitan was very negligent," Monica Dearmas said. "The fact that they let her go like that."
The family says Dearmas should have never been released because of the seriousness of her condition, as well as her documented psychiatric history at Metropolitan, which includes treatment for schizophrenia and dementia.
"Someone needs to be with her," Barzaga said. "Someone needs to tell her what's right from wrong. And it was pretty unfair that we got no answers."
Maria Dearmas remains in critical condition at the hospital.
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1 dead, 1 firefighter injured in 2-alarm fire in NJ
Over 100,000 counterfeit N95 masks seized at airport
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Iohannis: Most schools will reopen on February 8
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Annual inflation rate stable at 2.1 oct in December
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Industry businesses drop by 7.6% during first 11 months of 2020
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Jan - Nov 2020 new manufacturing orders down 5.5 pct YoY
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WB revises downwards its projections for Romanian economy's 2021 recovery
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Real Estate: Apartment prices in Romania return to pre-crisis level
Govt. keeps VAT rate unchanged for more expensive homes
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Trade : Romanian e-commerce market grew by a third in 2020
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Deloitte analysis: M&A activity recorded significant levels in 2020
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Assembly Labor Chair Ash Kalra Holds Hearing with Cal/OSHA Chief, Statewide Stakeholders on Safeguarding Frontline Workers
Leading up to the pandemic, about 5.7 million Californians typically worked in frontline industries, representing about 30 percent of all workers
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose), chair of the Committee on Labor and Employment, today held an informational hearing with state agencies and frontline workers to discuss the need for robust workplace health and safety protections during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The data is clear: millions of Californians are facing alarmingly unsafe working conditions during this pandemic.” said Assemblymember Kalra. “The safety of California’s workers, especially those on the frontlines, must be our top priority. While the state has issued industry guidance, conducted targeted on-site inspections, and provided employer training, it is not enough. We must approach our health and safety policy through a lens of empowering workers. Our workers must know their rights and how to assert them if their workplace is unsafe due to COVID-19. They should be able to file a complaint without fear of retaliation. Workers can provide valuable input in collaboration with state agencies and interested employers to create more vigorous COVID-related health and safety protocols and protections.”
The informational hearing asserted the need for stronger workplace health and safety protections during the coronavirus pandemic and highlighted frontline worker perspectives from the hospitality, warehousing, food service, and agriculture industries.
“Fast-food workers are part of the essential workforce that continues to risk our health and the health of our families in order to keep our communities fed and local economies moving amid the pandemic,” said Pablo Navarez, a Fremont fast-food worker and leader in the Fight for $15 and a Union. “But, billion dollar fast-food companies like McDonald's have treated their profits as more essential than the health of workers and the public. Eight months into the pandemic, fast-food workers are still denied paid sick days and face outbreaks of the virus on the job. Stronger health and safety protections at work are necessary to curb the spread of COVID-19, but they will only be effective if workers help shape them and have the power to enforce them."
According to a report by the Legislative Analyst’s Office, frontline workers regularly interact with the public or work in close proximity with their colleagues. As a result of COVID-19, these workers now may face heightened risks while performing their work and have had to take extra precautions in light of these heightened risks.[1]
“While Farmer John has put into place some measures to help protect me and my fellow workers from COVID-19 infections, Cal/OSHA recently found that Farmer John is not meeting state standards and much more needs to be done to keep us safe,” said Jose Guzman, a food processing employee at the Farmer John plant in Southern California, in a statement translated from Spanish. “I was infected at my workplace and was so scared of passing the disease on to my family. Workers I stand next to have come into work while they’re sick because they’re afraid to lose their jobs if they come forward and speak up. I’m grateful our elected leaders are taking the time to hear from meat-packing workers about how they can keep us safe while our state continues to fight this pandemic.”
Since August, Cal/OSHA has issued $1 million in COVID-19 related citations based on nearly 8,000 complaints. Most violations have been issued to employers for not ensuring that workers maintain physical distancing or not properly reporting COVID-19 illnesses in the workplace.
[1] Workplace Safety and Health During COVID-19 (Brief). (2020, November 17). Retrieved https://albr.assembly.ca.gov/sites/albr.assembly.ca.gov/files/LAO%20Brief%2011-17-20.pdf
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Aesthetic Dreams
Book Review | A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder
Post author By Prerana Saha
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Author: Holly Jackson
Publisher: Egmont (1 May 2019)
Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.9 x 19.8 cm
Genres: Fiction, Mystery
Favourite Quote:
“If a villain can be made, then he can be unmade.”
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is a YA mystery/thriller about a 17-year-old girl who investigates a murder that rocked her small town 5 years ago. The case is closed. Five years ago, a schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. Almost everyone. Having grown up in the small town that was consumed by the crime, Pippa Fitz-Amobi who goes by the name Pip chooses the case as the topic for her final project. But when Pip starts uncovering secrets that someone in town desperately wants to stay hidden, what starts out as a project begins to become Pip’s dangerous reality.
The plot is gripping and will give you a new question every time you finish each of the chapters. I got so much engrossed in the story that it felt like I was actually there with Pip, investigating on the case, and that’s something that makes Holly Jackson’s writing more real. I loved the personal tone of the story that had me fully invested in it. The language is simple and straight forward, and I loved how author has made use of illustrations like diary pages and murder maps which helps the reader to dive deeper into the story, understand what’s happening and connect to it. Also, the story is written in two phases, the one where we see Pip writing her project logbook and the other one following the events that are happening in present which also included telephonic conversation and murder maps. The story definitely fits its genre. It is indeed a crime thriller. And suspense at its best, the curiosity to find what exactly happened to Andie Bell and Sal Singh has kept me glued to the story from the beginning. So many times I have thought that I have finally figured out who the killer is, but no.
From the very beginning, Pips intelligence amazed me and the way she interviewed others were truly praiseworthy for a 17 year old, but well, now after finishing the book I know Pip is a genius and she has made me speechless through her investigating skills, and now, that I have finished the book, I can proudly declare that Pip is my new favorite fictional character. If you’re a fan of Serial and true crime, then this is definitely a must-read. It’s dark, complex and hugely entertaining!
It was my first read of Holly Jackson’s and I loved it. The characters and the plot had me totally engrossed into it from the very beginning and I have enjoyed every bit and every pages of it.
Talking about the characters, I felt so bad for Ravi’s family. Ravi’s humorous personality provided entertainment, and I loved how Ravi’s relationship with Pip evolved. Also, when there was misunderstanding between Ravi and Pip, I felt like crying and if only I was able to make things better between them and when at the end, Pip jumped into Ravi’s arms in happiness, I honestly felt like they would make the sweetest and the most understanding couple.
Overall, being a die-hard crime thriller and mystery lover, this book totally amazed me and no doubt the book has secured the position of my favourite read of 2020 till now and also after reading this story, Holly Jackson has secured the position in the list of my most favourite authors. I finished the whole book in four days and I will definitely rate it 5 stars. This is a brilliantly-plotted debut that will have you staying up late just to find out what actually happened because that’s exactly what happened to me.
I’d recommend it to everyone – not just teenagers. If your favourite genre is mysteries and thrillers, or you want to try this genre for the first time this is worth reading because it will definitely make you fall in love with this genre.
Rating:-
Cover: 5/5
Title: 5/5
Plot: 5/5
Portrayal Of Characters: 5/5
Book Review | The Text
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Book: The Text
Author: Claire Douglas
Print Length: 45 pages
Publisher: Penguin (31 August 2017)
Genre: Short Story, Suspense, Crime
ASIN: B073XY41QH
A single text changed her life. Did it end his?
Think before you wish for something because it might come true. The story revolves around a text message and the sudden death of a person. A single text, and that will change Emily’s life forever. Emily Latimer is furious because her boss Andrew just said that she might not get a leave for vacation to visit Edinburgh with her boyfriend. She waited long for this vacation and hearing the statement of her boss made her furious and in the heat of rage she types a text to send it to Stuart, her boyfriend but in haste, she accidentally sends it to the office group.
The text was a death wish. In it she said that Andrew was being difficult about letting her have some time off for the vacation. She was angry and that she hopes her boss dies. But when she realises what she had done, it was too late. Everyone in the office got the message and now she was even more terrified. The next day when she goes to office, no one believes her even when she says that it was the autocorrect which changed “does” to “dies”.
But the story takes a dark turn when Emily’s boss Andrew doesn’t turns up in the office the next day and the police informs that he is dead. Andrew is murdered and that too on the same night she has sent the text. And just after that she receives a text saying “You wanted him dead. Your wish is my command”. Then who murdered Amdrew? Is the person someone Emily knows? If not then who?
The author has perfectly made this 45 pages short story a gripping thriller with perfect blend of twist and turns that would keep the reader on the edges till the last page. I was amazed by those twists and turns, contained in a forty-five page story but I was also a little bit disappointed by the abrupt ending. The only drawback of the story that I felt was lack of characterisation. There were many characters who were present but didn’t get much details. I loved the cover and the title perfectly fits the storyline.
Title – 4/5
Cover – 4/5
Language – 3.5/5
Writing skills – 3.5/5
Storyline – 3/5
Narration – 3.5/5
Portrayal of characters – 3/5
Book Review | The Lost 3 days of my life
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Author: Bhagyashri Daryani
Publisher: NIKHIL PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS
Publication date: 1st Jan 2019
Price: Rs.90 ( Available in Amazon)
Do you believe in true love?
Well I do after reading “The lost 3 days on my life”. Life is an ongoing journey, the destination of which is unknown. In this journey, we meet a lot of people. Some of them stick by us, and some leave when their role is done. But even after they leave us, the lessons they taught remains with us, becoming a part of us, of who we are.
The Lost 3 Days of My Life is a romance novel which will bring smile in your face instantly. First of all I want to say that I was really curious to know what happened in those lost 3 days of the girl’s (Riya) life. The story starts with a bunch of high schoolers trying to figure out their lives. When Riya, the protagonist gets selected for the National Level Debate Competetion, she didn’t knew what awaited her in The Tigerwood College in Nainital. It was love at first sight. Riya and Aaryan, they both have equal feelings for each other but what are they going to do after those 3 days are over? Get back to there hometown and carry on with their life. Because life goes on.
Riya’s life goes on but she never forgets Aaryan hoping she would meet him again. The story of lost love and the hope to find one’s love back will motivate one to read the whole story. And then the day comes when Riya gets an email which changes her life. The story is engaging from the very beginning and the title is intriguing.
Riya, the protagonist seems very much real, someone we can very easily relate to. She is a sweet girl who is ambitious and is full of life. While reading this story the reader will find themselves being motivated by her in many ways.
Will she find her love back and what does the email says that changes her life? What will happen to her life? There are a lot of questions that arises while reading the story but the story has a soul satisfying happy ending and a must read for every romance lovers. To find out grab a copy right now. It’s available on Amazon. ❤
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Her body is an art
A canvas
Waiting for me to draw strokes of pure ambition, lust and desires
Her body feels like fire on me
The kind of fire on which I want to get burnt a thousand times
My skin burns from her touch
Intense sensation
And when they collide
It’s a rollercoaster ride
Her soul
I don’t know how many times I have wanted more than just a hug
More than just a kiss of her lips
More than making love to her
I wanted to touch her soul
To let our souls collide and blend
So that they become one
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Tragedy: Bachelorette Contestant Eric Hill Dies Following Paragliding Accident
By Nancy Zhāng
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Nancy Zhāng is an Entertainment Blogger for All About The Tea. Nancy covers hot topics, recaps and celeb news. She loves to multi-task as a writer and a private chef. She received a B.S. in Mass Communications from LSU. Nancy's married and the proud mom of 2 German Shepherds.
Tragedy has struck the set of ABC’s reality series ‘The Bachelorette.’ Eric Hill, an upcoming contestant seeking a rose from Andi Dorfman, was listed as being in critical condition in a Utah hospital on Sunday after part of his parachute collapsed while paragliding. He remained in a medically induced coma until Wednesday, which is when his sister Karen Tracy shared the following message on Facebook:
“Eric shared his final journey with us this morning as all of his immediate family was able to be at his side when he passed away,” she wrote. “Thanks to all of you for your love and support and prayers and fasting. It was amazing to be with so many of his friends and family yesterday in the hospital who came to express their love for Eric.
“He gave us such a gift of life fully lived and fully shared and allowed us all to be a part of his last adventure here on earth,” she continued. “It is hard to think of life without his bright spark, but we know he is on to new adventures. We look forward to carrying on his legacy here and greeting him joyfully again someday. I love you so much, little brother.”
The tragic accident happened after Hill’s elimination for the show. Prior to becoming a contestant on the popular reality TV series, the California native and biology graduate was on a mission to travel to all 195 United Nations-recognized countries within 1200 days and documented his trek on his website, Go with Eric: The Global Odyssey. Before his death, Hill had visited over 50 countries.
Some photos from his philanthropic work and adventures around the world:
Eric Hill in Kenya – June 2013
A statement from the producers of ‘The Bachelorette’ reads:
“We are deeply saddened to hear about the tragic passing of our friend, Eric Hill. Eric inspired us every day with his passion, his courage and his adventurous spirit and for that we are very thankful. On behalf of our cast, crew and producers, we send our love, our thoughts and our prayers to Eric’s family during this difficult time.”
It is not clear how the producers will handle Hill’s appearance on the show when the new season of ‘The Bachelorette’ premieres May 19.
One of five brothers and sisters in a close-knit family, Eric Hill was 32.
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Not in the mood to hear of peace right now
Posted by: adonis49 on: August 17, 2014
In: biographies/books | cities/geography | death/ terminally ill/ massacres, genocide | Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | Jews/Jewish/Israel | social articles | Time for Outrage
Never ask me about peace again
Tears flowed abundantly when I received a telephone call on Aug. 3, informing me that my family had been targeted by two F-16 missiles in the city of Rafah.
Such was the fate of our family in a war that still continues, with every family in the Gaza Strip receiving its share of sorrow and pain.
Summary⎙ Print A first-hand account of the aftermath of an Israeli strike that killed 9 members of the author’s family.
Asmaa al-Ghoul Posted August 4, 2014. Translator Kamal Fayad
My father’s brother, Ismail al-Ghoul, 60, was not a member of Hamas. His wife, Khadra, 62, was not a militant of Hamas. Their sons, Wael, 35, and Mohammed, 32, were not combatants for Hamas. Their daughters, Hanadi, 28, and Asmaa, 22, were not operatives for Hamas, nor were my cousin Wael’s children, Ismail, 11, Malak, 5, and baby Mustafa, only 24 days old, members of Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine or Fatah.
Yet, they all died in the Israeli shelling that targeted their home at 6:20 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Their house was located in the Yibna neighborhood of the Rafah refugee camp. It was one story with a roof made of thin asbestos that did not require two F-16 missiles to destroy.
Would someone please inform Israel that refugee camp houses can be destroyed, and their occupants killed, with only a small bomb, and that it needn’t spend billions to blow them into oblivion?
If it is Hamas that you hate, let me tell you that the people you are killing have nothing to do with Hamas.
They are women, children, men and senior citizens whose only concern was for the war to end, so they can return to their lives and daily routines. But let me assure you that you have now created thousands of Hamas loyalists, for we all become Hamas if Hamas, to you, is women, children and innocent families.
If Hamas, in your eyes, is ordinary civilians and families, then I am Hamas, they are Hamas and we are all Hamas.
Throughout the war, we thought that the worst had passed, that this was the pivotal moment when matters would improve, that they would stop there.
Yet, that real moment of pain, of extreme fear, was always followed by something even worse.
Now I understood why the photographs of corpses were so important, not only for international public opinion, but for us, the families, in search for an opportunity to bid farewell to our loved ones, so treacherously killed.
What were my family members doing in those last moments? What did they look like after their death?
I discovered the photos of my dead relatives on social networking sites.
The bodies of my cousin’s children were stored in an ice cream freezer.
Rafah’s Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital was closed after being shelled by Israeli tanks, and the Kuwaiti Hospital that we visited just a day earlier had become an alternate venue, where this freezer was the only option available.
Al-Najjar’s director, Abdullah Shehadeh, told Al-Monitor, “We decided to move the patients when shells hit the main gate. Some patients, out of fear, ran out, despite the gravity of the security situation. We are now working out of this ill-equipped hospital.”
The Emirati Red Crescent Maternity Hospital, west of Rafah, has been transformed into a large container for corpses, with fruit and vegetable freezers filled with dozens of bodies.
I saw corpses on the floor, some with nametags on their chests, while others remained unknown. We held our noses, for the stench was unbearable, as flies filled the air.
Ibrahim Hamad, 27, removed his 5-year-old son’s shroud-wrapped body from a vegetable freezer. Fighting back tears, he told Al-Monitor, “He died as a result of a reconnaissance drone missile attack. His body has been here since yesterday. The dangerous situation prevented me from coming to take him any sooner.”
My relatives were quickly buried, and my cousins Mustafa, Malak and Ismail did not remain long in a freezer, lest their bodies freeze, and their souls now rest in peace, leaving us with nothing but the silence of death and bodies forever trapped in the postures of their passing.
On the 5th day of the war, when I went to write my Rafah report about the shelling of the Ghannam family, I stopped by to visit my cousin’s house. I saw my relatives and we took photographs together. During the war, my cousin Wael’s wife had given birth to twins, Mustafa and Ibrahim, who were like two tiny angels, harbingers of hope and joy.
How could I have known that this would be our last meeting?
I wish I had stayed longer and talked to them some more. Hanadi, Asmaa, my uncle and his wife laughed as they joked about the twist of fate that brought us together in the middle of a war, at a time when Israeli occupation forces had not yet begun perpetrating their wanton war crimes against Rafah.
Endings are so strange, as are living moments that suddenly become relegated to the past. We will never see them again, and the pictures that I took of the twins are now so precious, as one of them, Mustafa, was killed, while the other, Ibrahim, remained alive.
I wonder how they could differentiate between them, for they looked so much alike. Who identified them when their father died and their mother lay wounded in intensive care? Who was Mustafa, and who was Ibrahim? It was as if they had merged upon one twin’s death.
In the photos taken after their death, my family looked so peaceful, asleep with their eyes closed. None of them were disfigured or burned, unlike hundreds of dead children and civilians that US-made weapons killed before them.
We wondered if they died in pain. What happened when the missile, carrying tons of explosives, impacted their modest house and exploded, creating air pressure so fierce that their internal organs burst? Their suffering was perhaps lessened by the fact that they were sleeping.
I didn’t see them when I went to Rafah on Aug. 2. I wrote about the death of the Ayad Abu Taha family, which was targeted by warplanes, and saw the corpse of Rizk Abu Taha, one year old, when it arrived at the Kuwaiti Hospital.
I observed him at length. He looked alive. One could see that he had been playing when he died, dressed in his pink pants. How could he be at such peace? The bodies of war victims look so different from how they appear on television. They are so real, so substantial, suddenly there before you, without any newscast introductions, music or slogans.
Bodies lay everywhere, and it was if everything in life had been to prepare us for this moment. Suddenly, the dead left their personal lives behind: their cell phones, homes, clothes, perfumes and daily chores. Most importantly, they left the fear of war behind.
Distances in the small Gaza Strip have grown larger, distances and time expanding as a result of the fear and death that shrank the life expectancy of the populace.
We were unable to join the family for the funerals. My uncle, Ahmad al-Ghoul, later told me over the phone, “Because of the inherent danger, our goodbyes to them lasted mere seconds. Malak’s eyes laid open, as if to ask, ‘What wrong did I commit?‘”
I was born in 1982, in that same house in Rafah’s refugee camp, where the family’s large household expanded. I grew up there, and everything else grew with us: the first intifada, the resistance, my nearby school that I walked to every day.
There, I saw my first-ever book library. There, I remember seeing my grandfather fall asleep as he listened to the BBC. And there, I laid eyes on the first Israeli soldier in my life, striking my grandfather to force him to erase the national slogans that adorned the walls of our refugee camp home.
Now, the house and its future memories have been laid to waste, its children taken to early graves.
Homes and recollections bombed into oblivion, their inhabitants homeless and lost, just as their camp always had been. Never ask me about peace again.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/08/rafah-gaza-war-hospitals-filled-bodies-palestinians.html##ixzz39WC7ca49
Note: Italian journalist and photographer Simone Camilli died as a team were dismantling an unexploded Israeli/US missile in Gaza a few days ago
Sabine Choucair posted
Abdun, Jordan ·
”Camilli once said a favorite story of his was about a group of clowns performing for young Syrian refugees, bringing moments of happiness to the lives of the boys and girls who fled the civil war.”
Indeed Simone Camilli did an amazing job. he really captured the right atmosphere with his lens. And he was looking forward to doing more videos about social clowning.
here’s the link of his work. we were lucky to have him with us. What a special person/artist he was.
May he rest in peace –
http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/-HZ-Lebanon-Refugee-Clowns/fb6d0305aaadc225b3ef67a1c118aece?query=lebanon+¤t=6&orderBy=NewestFirst&hits=22671&referrer=search&search=%2fsearch%3fquery%3dlebanon%2b%26startd%3d%26endd%3d%26orderBy%3dNewestfirst%26from%3d1%26allFilters%3d%26g2ItemId%3d&allFilters=&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=18aece
(HZ) Lebanon Refugee Clowns | AP Archive
“I think the only philosophy behind this is having fun and how, like, what’s best than going from a war zone where you have people who are feeling unsafe, who are feeling really unhappy and feeling horrified of…
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Expert System supports media organisations with the MovieLabs Creative Works Ontology
Artificial Intelligence company Expert System has announced the availability in its Cogito AI platform of the Creative Works Ontology developed by MovieLabs, the non-profit R&D joint venture started by the major Hollywood studios.
MovieLabs’s Creative Works Ontology, published late last year, helps fill the need of media companies to adapt their infrastructures to an increasingly data-driven industry landscape. By providing well-defined classes of entities (such as Creative Work, Contributor, Character), unique identifiers, properties and relationships, the ontology acts as a standard organizing framework that describes the relationships between works and other entities, and provides a scalable metadata foundation for business applications. This enables content producers, distribution platforms, and service providers to ensure interoperability of asset metadata and reliably integrate data coming from disparate systems.
Expert System’s Cogito platform understands language (such as that found in scripts, synopses, reviews,…) and applies metadata automatically to content assets. With the Creative Works Ontology available as a Cogito module, media companies will be able to simplify and accelerate the application of the MovieLabs organizing framework through automation – a process that would otherwise be entirely manual and extremely time-consuming.
“The combination of Expert System’s Cogito AI platform with MovieLabs’ Creative Works Ontology opens the door to automated, standardized indexing of media knowledge and data,” said Daniel Mayer, SVP Products, Expert System Enterprise. “We look forward to building game-changing search, navigation and recommendation engines with our media customers, and bringing their analytics to the next level.”
“A key goal of the Creative Works Ontology was to provide a framework for content producers and service providers to help build interoperability into their core data structures,” said Raymond Drewry, Principal Scientist, MovieLabs. “By integrating the ontology into their AI product, Expert System is providing an important new tool for advancing that goal.”
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The (re)branding process as innovation in museum management.The case of Museo Egizio in Turin #museoditutti
Today, different museums around the world are redesigning, renewing, branding and rebranding themselves. These museums are actually doing this in order to be able to respond better to the evolving needs and wants of consumers, and at the same time, to unveil their values and identity to better connect with their audiences. In Italy, these practices are in an early stage, especially because of the fear of turning museums into products, like others available in the market. Nevertheless, some Italian museums are highly interested in branding and they invest in it to a great extent. Among these institutions, Museo Egizio in Turin has been able to grasp the opportunity to be closer to its audience both national and international and to enhance the overall visitor experience, thanks to a major reorganization – between 2014 and 2019 – that also involved the development of the museum brand. Relying on literature on museum branding and thanks to a case study, the paper analyses the strategies of the Museo Egizio to build and communicate the new brand and its values. Then, a time-series analysis of economic performances – before and after the (re)branding – will allow to connect this best practice with revenue diversification. The study provides new insight into (re)branding and its communication strategies in the Italian museum sector. Theoretical and managerial implications are then outlined.
The (re)branding process as innovation in museum management.The case of Museo Egizio in Turin #museoditutti, 2020-10.
Autori: Esposito, Annamaria; Besana, Angela; Fisichella, Chiara; Vannini, Maria Cristina
Titolo: The (re)branding process as innovation in museum management.The case of Museo Egizio in Turin #museoditutti
Nome del convegno: Convegno Annuale della Società Italiana Marketing
Numero del convegno: XVII
Luogo del convegno: Castellanza, Varese
Editore: Società Italiana Marketing
Titolo del libro: Il Marketing per una società migliore
Numero di pagine: 13
URL: http://www.simktg.it/sp/sim-conference-2020.3sp
Keywords: Museum; (Re)branding; Communication; Revenue diversification
Abstract: Today, different museums around the world are redesigning, renewing, branding and rebranding themselves. These museums are actually doing this in order to be able to respond better to the evolving needs and wants of consumers, and at the same time, to unveil their values and identity to better connect with their audiences. In Italy, these practices are in an early stage, especially because of the fear of turning museums into products, like others available in the market. Nevertheless, some Italian museums are highly interested in branding and they invest in it to a great extent. Among these institutions, Museo Egizio in Turin has been able to grasp the opportunity to be closer to its audience both national and international and to enhance the overall visitor experience, thanks to a major reorganization – between 2014 and 2019 – that also involved the development of the museum brand. Relying on literature on museum branding and thanks to a case study, the paper analyses the strategies of the Museo Egizio to build and communicate the new brand and its values. Then, a time-series analysis of economic performances – before and after the (re)branding – will allow to connect this best practice with revenue diversification. The study provides new insight into (re)branding and its communication strategies in the Italian museum sector. Theoretical and managerial implications are then outlined.
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The Dangers of Seniors Driving
Driving comes with its own risks that can become more challenging the older one gets. While the teen years and early 20s come with inexperience and rash decision making, drivers over the age of 65 have unique circumstances that can impede their ability to drive safely.
In 2017, there were approximately 44 million drivers over the age of 65 in the United States, which is a 63% increase from 1999. That same year, over 7,000 people over the age of 65 died in a motor vehicle accident, and 257,000 were treated for some type of personal injury caused by a crash. Advances in medicine have given people longer life expectancies, and one could assume the number of senior citizens will continue to increase for the next few decades. With the Silver Tsunami phenomenon, projections for the year 2050 are estimated at 84 million people over the age of 65, almost double the number in 2012.
While a longer life is cause for celebration, it’s sobering to hear that elderly drivers are second only to teenagers when it comes to dying from motor vehicle accidents. Drivers over 65 are recorded to be more conscious of their driving habits (avoiding rush hour, driving during daytime hours, obeying speed limits and wearing seat belts, etc.), but that doesn’t negate the fact that age-related vulnerabilities such as heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis reduce the chance of surviving a car accident. Even if an elderly person survives the ordeal, the healing process can be long and difficult, if not altogether life-altering. One example would be for an accident survivor to live in a nursing home during his or her recovery, greatly affecting the victim's lifestyle and independence.
The onset of aging can be very subtle, and given that one’s perceptions towards his or her own capabilities can be rather biased, it's disheartening for anyone to realize they simply aren’t as young as they used to be. Renewing a driver’s license can be one such experience, as many states require individuals to have eye examinations on top of driving tests and paper exams. This isn't without its reasons, though; demographically speaking, people over 40 show an increase of diminishing vision, increasing the likelihood of the person not noticing pedestrians, traffic light changes, and other moving objects within line of sight. The chances of developing near and far-sightedness dramatically increase past the age of 60, making it difficult to recognize familiar places and read traffic signs. Low light conditions, inclement weather (rain, snow, etc.), and the glare from the sun and other vehicles' headlights can impede one's perception.
If vision is difficult to self-assess, then monitoring cognitive functions would be challenging. 80% of Alzheimer's and dementia patients are over the age of 75 - almost 5 million. These diseases target the memory and cognitive functions of the brain, which puts navigation and quick decision making in jeopardy. Seniors with these diseases would be prone to episodes of forgetfulness, having no memory of where they are or what they were doing. Some states even require doctors to report to their department of transportation on a positive diagnosis.
It's not easy having the talk about giving up the car keys, but transparency makes it easier for everyone involved. When people discover that their loved one is taking extra time while driving, is unable to explain long absences away from home after driving, or has mysterious scrapes and dents in the vehicle, it may be time to discuss whether that person is still safe to drive.
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Rene Girard, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, began developing his theories over 40 years ago, while researching the great stories in literature. He wanted to know what made these stories great and he discovered that they had some similarities. He further began to research the rituals and mythologies of primitive people. He noted the same common structural properties in those stories. These similarities in the world’s mythologies and rituals led to the development of his theories of mimesis and the scapegoat mechanism.
Rene Girard’s Mimetic Theory is based on the principle that human beings are mimetic creatures. We imitate what we see in others. In fact, our desires are not actually our own, but desires we have copied from others. The more we imitate each other, the more alike we become. Increasingly, we vie for the same desires and we become rivals. The more human beings imitate each other, the more individuals become alike. Distinctions between individuals are blurred as they mirror each other. The boundaries between individuals which keep order, begin to disintegrate. Increased rivalry creates increased violence and the blurred boundaries threaten to destabilize the social fabric.
In Girard’s theory, primitive man stumbled upon the solution to this threat: the scapegoat. By placing the blame for all the hatred and distress on one individual or group of individuals, the community’s violence becomes polarized toward the ones being blamed. These responsible individuals become the scapegoats for all the bad feeling in the community. By expelling or killing the scapegoat, order is restored and the community becomes peaceful again. The single act of sanctioned violence, becomes like a vaccination against the disease of chaotic, out of control violence.
It is critical that the members of the community be completely convinced that the scapegoat is guilty for this mechanism to restore order. That is why the scapegoat must be accused and slandered before he is killed, but after the killing, everyone attributes the restored order to the scapegoat’s sacrifice. In this way, the sacrificial victim becomes responsible for both the violence and the peace in the community. He becomes “the sacred”.
Girard proposes that world mythologies and religions hide the scapegoat mechanism within the sacred rituals of sacrifice. These rituals are a re-enactment of the very first killing of the sacrificial victim through which the first community established order. In a sense, these ritual sacrifices serve as “booster shots” to inoculate the participants against disorder. With order established, a culture can thrive.
This founding of a culture through the killing of an innocent victim, which was then justified through the telling of a story in which the victim deserved to die, is why Girard says that the foundation of culture was based on a murder and a lie.
To summarize, in Girardian Theory there are two principles: Mimetic desire and the sacrificial victim.
There are five themes in mythology which point to a ritual murder of a scapegoat.
Chaos, lack of order, lack of differentiation, blurring of boundaries.
A scapegoat is slandered and accused.
Evidence is presented that the scapegoat is guilty
The scapegoat is convicted, killed, or banned.
Order is restored.
As Rene Girard continued to examine the mythologies of primitive peoples, he noted a difference in one particular set of stories. The stories from the Hebrew and Christian texts seemed to have a slightly different perspective than those of other mythologies. In these stories, the scapegoat was not always guilty. In fact, these stories were told from 180 degrees the opposite perspective of the other world mythologies. They were told from the perspective that the sacrificial victim was innocent. From the stories of Abraham and Issac, Job, Joseph and many others, we can see that these victims were falsely accused. Girard explains that the New Testament culminates in a story about the most innocent victim of all: Jesus Christ. There is no question of His innocence and it is this unquestioned innocence that unveils the scapegoat mechanism, which had been used since the foundation of the world to restore order, as an injustice. The apocalypse, which means “the lifting of the veil” is the revelation of things hidden from humanity since the beginning.
Because order had been established through an unjust murder, Jesus’ death reveals that the foundation of culture was based on a murder and a lie. His resurrection reveals that God didn’t want sacrificial victims to atone for another’s sin, but rather that God expects each of us to take responsibility for our own feelings of shame and envy.
Jesus knows that we are mimetic creatures and he asks us to imitate Him, not as rivals but as a model to aspire to.
Rene Girard’s theories now cross the fields of literature, anthropology, theology, philosophy, sociology, and psychology. Discussion continues as new applications are being discovered in fields as diverse as neurology and economics.
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All of this lands in preparation for Lil Boosie’s official Atlantic Records debut, Boosie BadAzz: Bigger and Badder Than Ever. He spoke to HipHopDX in February about Thug Talk, where he said the album will “describe the life of a thug”:
“Thug Talk means a lot of people won’t understand it, but millions will understand it. If you don’t understand it, you’ll have to listen to it and understand the life of someone living life as a thug. It’s not that we’re made to be thugs, but put in situations to be thugs.”
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James Wines crafts an appropriately “off-white” interior for the fashion house Off-White
By Shane Reiner-Roth • Originally published in AN Interior Fall 2020 (October 2020)
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Virgil Abloh, the founder of the wildly popular luxury fashion brand Off-White, cultivated a keen appreciation of SITE’s visual wit when he was studying to become an architect himself. Several years later, that appreciation would turn to mutual regard: After Abloh invited Wines to design the latest Off-White storefront in a corner of Galleria Gwanggyo, the OMA-designed mall in the newly planned city of Gwanggyo, South Korea, the two were struck by how closely aligned their design philosophies were. “We share an interest in the concept of inversion,” Wines said in a phone interview, “and we both like to challenge convention at every opportunity.”
Wines was inspired by Off-White’s name to create the light, monochrome interior. (Courtesy OFF-WHITE)
In collaboration with Suzan Wines, the cofounder of the New York–based architecture firm I-Beam Design, Wines conceived his most muted and ephemeral project yet. He likened his creation, comprising little more than white metal scrims and mirrored glass, to an “invisible” retail installation that retreats from the spotlight to imbue Abloh’s apparel with the illusion of weightlessness.
Though the design appears to quietly defer to Off-White’s bold wares, it performs plenty of conceptual heavy lifting. “I always like to work with a found object for inspiration,” said Wines. “For this project, that was the name of the brand itself.” Interpreting Abloh’s signature hue as the vast gray area of modern life, Wines sought to create moments within the roughly 900 square foot space where the white scrims would overlap to literally produce various shades of off-white.
Wines’s design sketches emphasized the scrim-like screens that introduce qualities of transparency and porosity into the space. (Courtesy SITE)
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Togainu no Chi (2010)
By ware4me2010.11.30June 23rd, 20153 Comments
After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima, formerly Tokyo, where they are holding a battle game known as “Igura”.
Igura is a battle game held in Toshima that may result in the murder of participants. To participate, one must meet with Arbitro and tell him their reason for their decision.
Participants must then put their lives on the line to collect others’ tags, with the goal being to collect a Royal Flush. If a participant collects a Royal Flush set of tags, they earn the right to challenge the Il-re, the strongest man, in battle. The winner takes the loser’s tags and is free to do as they please to the loser after that, often resulting in the loser’s death.
Akira, is contending in a fighting tournament called “[email protected]”, after a successful battle, he retires to his quarters. He’s awakened from sleep when a group of police break into his room and pin the blame for a recent murder on him, a crime which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.
With no way to defend himself against the charges, Akira waits in fear for his life. He’s visited in jail by a woman named Emma who offers him the only alternative to a life spent in captivity, join the Igura fighting competition, and defeat the man at the top. Faced with no other option, Akira gathers his things and leaves for the city of Toshima, where the Igra competition is held.
He has nothing more than the clothes on his back and the dog tags that peg him as a participant, so when some thugs show up to harass him and take a hit of a drug giving them super powers, he has little recourse. He’s only saved by a man, who brutally murders his attackers with his sword. The man threatens Akira as well, only letting him leave with his life when Akira shows too much pride to beg for his life.
Akira was an undefeated champion of the street fighting game “[email protected]”, where he participated in the RAY district under the name LOST. He was accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, but Emma got him out of jail so he could participate in Igra, which he does with slight reluctance. He usually acts cold and uncaring, but has a very naive side to him.
Keisuke is Akira’s childhood friend and hard-working factory employee. They grew up together in the same orphanage. Because he is a bit weak, he has always admired Akira’s strength. Though he is a bit quiet and shy, if Akira is involved, he suddenly becomes bold.
Rin is a small boy who helps Akira around the town and cheers up Akira when he’s down. He is a former [email protected] participant from the GHOST area.
Shiki is is the strongest man in Igra. Because he often appears in front of Igra participants and slays them immediately and with no warning, he is extremely feared. Though he kills Igra participants frequently, he neither carries nor collects tags, and thus does not appear to be an Igra participant. More at: Wiki
Togainu no Chi (咎狗の血) is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. There is a video game, and was original released on PC as Togainu no Chi in 2005, with a PlayStation 2 version titled Togainu no Chi TRUE BLOOD being released on May 29, 2008. A PSP version is scheduled to be released on as December 23, 2010 asTogainu no Chi True Blood Portable.[1]
The game has been adapted into two manga series, a novel and a thirteen episode anime series. In March 2010 as part of the Nitro+CHiRAL 5th anniversary an anime adaptation was annocced with production by Aniplex. The anime began airing on MBS and TBS on October 7, 2010.
Title: Togainu no Chi (2010)
Kanji: 咎狗の血 (2010)
Web: http://www.togainu.tv/
Opening Theme: “Rose-Hip Bullet” by GRANRODEO
Ending Theme: “No moral” by Kanako Itou ep 1; “Bright Lights” by Seiji Kimura ep 2; “Don’t Stare Me” by VERTUEUX ep 3; “Toge” by Sadie ep 4; “Once More Again” by Aki Misato ep 5; “Requiem Blue” by Curriculu Machine feat. W.K. ep 6; “Crossing Fate” by OLDCODEX; “Yasashisa ni Mamorarete” by Kita Shuuhei; “Honed Moon – Togareta Tsuki” by Itou Kanako; “Don’t look away” by CurriculuMachine ep 10; “STILL anime Ver.” by Kanako Itou ep 11; “GRIND style GR” by GRANDRODEO ep 12.
Togainu no Chi OP ~ “Rose-Hip Bullet”
Togainu no Chi ED ~ “No moral”
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LittleVexy says:
2010.12.06 at 09:55
Is this bishonen anime? ^^;
ware4me says:
Yeah… all yours! :portal:
devilsmaster says:
OH great, I thought at first glance it might of been an action type of anime until I find out it’s a pretty boy anime! Well enjoy it Vexy! I think I better steer clear of it. Takes a U-turn!
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The recommended services will most likely be provided in a school in your home district. If you want a ‘parent member’ (a parent of another child who has had an IEP) or a doctor to attend the meeting, let your DOE representative know at least 72 hours before the meeting. ACCES-VR: 1-800-222-JOBS (5627) TASC (formerly GED): (518) 474-5906. Our Kindergarten program is directly aligned with the Common Core Standards for New York State. Office of the … Beginning Sounds of Words. Some activities are online computer resources, while others make use of non-technological resources.Educators are developing ways to use technology in continuity of learning plans. You can find the forms on our Health Services page. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. This letter will list your child’s recommended special education services and the school that will provide these services. Families who submit a G&T application will get a G&T results letter in June. After we receive a referral, we will send you a blue Notice of Referral between December and August. These programs are selected through a rigorous evaluation process and are supported by the DOE Division of Early Childhood Education. This is the school location letter. If your child was born in 2016, you will apply to kindergarten this winter, and your child will start kindergarten in Fall 2021. MySchools. They will be automatically enrolled in their elementary school. Letter Identification: Capital and lowercase letters (A-Z and a-z) Letter Sounds. Admissions to kindergarten programs are open to all students of this age, including current pre-K students at DOE public schools, pre-K centers, NYC Early Education Centers, charter schools, and private or parochial schools. Families of children with disabilities entering kindergarten in September 2020 will take part in two processes. While similarly establishing a set of expectations for 3-K and pre-K programs to advance program quality and positive outcomes for students, the Program Quality Standards difer from the Policy Handbook. Using Vowels in the Middle of Words. Standards. There are two types of schools that you can add to your kindergarten application. This is called the "Turning 5" process, and your participation is important. You will need to provide the name and address of the private or religious school your child will attend. During this time, we encourage you to visit programs’ websites to learn more about them.*. Contact your DOE representative or the district CSE office to do so. If you applied by phone or in person, you can accept your offer: If you're unsure what your new zoned school is, If you don't have a zoned school, learn what to do on the. If they are, we will also ask for your consent to conduct the assessments. Administration released an implementation plan to dramatically expand NYC’s existing Pre-Kindergarten program.1 The expanded UPK program is administered and overseen by the DOE’s Division of Early Childhood Education (DECE), which also conducts fiscal audits of the program, as needed. They will need to know: You can also contact the organizations listed below for help. The IEP team will also set goals based on your child’s abilities and needs. This should be the first person you contact with questions or concerns. Related services (such as speech therapy or counseling). If your child’s IEP recommends a state-approved or state-supported non-public school, the school where your child was accepted will provide the recommended services. 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- English, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Spanish, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Chinese, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Bangla, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Russian, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Urdu, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Arabic, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- French (Haiti), 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- Korean, 2020 NYC Kindergarten Admissions Guide -- French (France), Pre-Registration Checklist -- French (Haiti), Pre-Registration Checklist -- French (France), District School Reopening Plan Submission to NYSED, a pilot initiative to increase diversity within their schools, Enrollment for Students with Disabilities, Enrollment for Students with Accessibility Needs, Enrollment for LGBTQ and Gender Nonconforming Students, If you applied online, you can accept your offer online at. A school has a kindergarten waitlist when there are more students that apply to it than kindergarten seats available. Please note that Gifted & Talented programs use a separate admissions process; you cannot list G&T programs on your child's kindergarten application. Apply for kindergarten at NYC public schools this winter in one of three ways: Online through MySchools; Over the phone by calling 718-935-2009; In-person a Family Welcome Center* Students coming from kindergarten to 1st grade do not need to reapply for elementary school. If so, the DOE will provide one. Explain that your child will be attending this school but that your child’s kindergarten IEP meeting did not take place at the school. This notice confirms that an IEP team will consider your child’s need for a kindergarten IEP. If your child has received an offer to another school for kindergarten, let your DOE representative know before the meeting; a professional from the school your child will attend may be invited. Most students who need to enroll at a new school in … *Please note that many schools may not offer tours at this time due to the ongoing pandemic. Learn About the Schedule and COVID-19 Weekly … Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. Curriculum and Instruction Classes follow the New York State Learning Standards and the same curriculum used in all DOE schools. Next, you will be contacted by a DOE representative who will work with you throughout this entire process. School Building Re-opening Plan. As the parent of a child entering kindergarten, you have a number of rights. Learn what you'll need to provide when you register for kindergarten in this checklist. How do I apply for the NEST or Horizon Program? Before the IEP meeting, the DOE may conduct assessments of your child. New York State Museum: (518) 474-5877. 89 Washington Avenue. Visit your Dashboard to add your child and start their Kindergarten application (when available). The Department of Education (DOE) may also make a referral and notify you. This resource was developed by the New York State Education Department’s ofces of Early Learning and Curriculum and Instruction. There are two paths to kindergarten admissions. The Turning Five process starts with a referral. ASD Nest Program classes combine CCLS and SDI to improve social understanding while also supporting academic success. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. … S/he will provide you with contact information for the school district where the school is located. The IEP team will also review your child’s file, including evaluations and progress reports from your child’s teachers and related service providers. CONTACT US NYSED General Information: (518) 474-3852. Children start kindergarten in the September of the calendar year they turn five. If you need more assistance, you can visit this Help section at any time. The kindergarten application will become available this winter. Your assigned IEP team for the Turning 5 process will contact you to provide additional information and supports.Please email Turning5@schools.nyc.gov with questions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Schools Closed, District School Reopening Plan Submission to NYSED, English recording with translated captions, Spanish recording with captions in Spanish. It is intended to be used as a reference tool by teachers, specialists, and administrators responsible for designing programs for four-year-old prekindergarten students. Education ; New York ; NYC kindergarten offer letters will be sent earlier for next school year, DOE announces. The IESP will describe the special education services and/or related services to be provided while your child attends the private or religious school. The New York State Education Department’s firm commitment to a P-12 educational system has been reaffirmed with the establishment of the Office of Early Learning (OEL). Please email Turning5@schools.nyc.gov to request of copy of the "Kindergarten Orientation Guide for Families of Students with Disabilities Entering Kindergarten in Fall, 2020. This school district will work with you to develop an education program and provide any recommended services. If the DOE representative leading the meeting does not work at your zoned elementary school, the DOE may also invite a professional from the zoned school. To be eligible, your child must meet the criteria for one of 13 disability classifications. New York City offers two types of gifted and talented programs for children in kindergarten through 5 th grade. News; Leadership; Vision and Mission; Insights and Reporting; Funding; Working With Us; Policies; Planning and Buildings; New York City Department of Education - Homepage. If your child is enrolled in PreK, you will receive a letter with information about NYC DOE Kindergarten Orientation Meetings, held in November/December. The team will then decide what supports and services your child will need in order to reach those goals. This will help the team determine what new assessments, if any, will be needed. By Lisa L. Colangelo. First, accept your kindergarten offer to secure your child's seat. The Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) will refer your child for an evaluation for school-aged special education. Your child’s priority to attend certain programs may change if you move. The disability classification will be listed on your child’s IEP. The kindergarten application is currently closed. That person will be a school psychologist or school social worker from a local school or a Committee on Special Education (CSE) office. You can submit your kindergarten application one of three ways: Interpretation services are available in more than 200 languages for phone and in-person applications. The Turning 5 work group collaborated with the NYC DOE to add key information to the orientation guide that had been missing, including information about the placement process, key distinctions between preschool and kindergarten special education, how to get help from the NYC DOE, and contact information for organizations that parents can call with questions or concerns. the Turning 5 Process, which is how special education services and supports are determined for children entering kindergarten. You may need to give your DOE representative completed medical forms if you think your child may need: Please provide medical forms as early as possible so the IEP team can review the forms before the IEP meeting. If you have a problem that cannot be resolved by your DOE representative or by your respective CSE office, call 311 or email Turning5@schools.nyc.gov. Special Education for Children Entering Kindergarten, Sign the COVID testing consent form using your NYCSA account, Rev. MySchools.nyc is dedicated to our friend and colleague, Dave Yang, who spearheaded the creation of this enrollment platform, and who was a force for change and progress at NYC DOE. If so, the IEP team (including you) will develop an IEP for kindergarten. This process will depend on whether your child already has a preschool IEP. This is called the "Turning 5" process, and your participation is important. The New York State Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success are now available. ASD Nest Program classes follow the New York State Learning Standards and the same curriculum used in all NYC DOE schools. Through our Pre-K for All, 3-K for All, and EarlyLearn programs, the Division of Early Childhood Education (DECE) is committed to providing high-quality early childhood care and education that gives all children a strong start in school and life. Starting in May, you may receive a green notice in the mail. Welcome to NYC Kindergarten Admissions! Initiatives: Establishing world class internationally benchmarked early learning standards to improve school readiness and facilitate greater success with the transition between preschool, kindergarten, and … Family Welcome Center staff are here to help. After the IEP meeting, a copy of the IEP will be given to you, or mailed to you within two weeks. Short Vowel Sounds, a, e, i, o, u. Start exploring kindergarten programs around the time your child starts pre-K. Tab will move on to the next part of the site rather than go through menu items. If your child’s IEP recommends a specialized (District 75) school, your child will receive a placement in a DOE specialized school. Kindergarten admissions is not first come, first served—all applications submitted online, by phone, or in person by the deadline will be treated the same based on admissions priorities. The NYC DOE also … At the IEP meeting, the IEP team will first discuss whether your child is eligible for school-age special education. Your child’s IEP meeting will likely take place at that school or office. Schools will contact you directly if they are able to offer your child a seat from the waitlist. The IEP team will describe what skills your child will work on in kindergarten. The New York State Kindergarten Learning Standards: A Resource for School Success consolidates all kindergarten learning standards into one document. Most children with IEPs receive special education services in the school they would go to if they did not have IEPs. Please indicate the name and location of your school or program and describe which units you would like to use and how you intend to use them. In January 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio transformed Early Childhood Education in New York City with his commitment to implement universal pre-kindergarten, which means providing access to free, full-day, high-quality pre-kindergarten to every four-year-old, regardless of family income. SDI is an evidence-based program that supports the social/emotional … If you would like the IEP team to consider any other assessment reports or documents, you should provide them to the IEP team, and they will consider them. If your child has a zoned school, it is a good idea to add it to their kindergarten application—your child has priority to attend their zoned school. This letter may or may not include a G&T offer. Keep in mind that having an IEP meeting at a particular school does not mean that your child will be admitted there. The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. The New York State Education Department is responsible for setting student learning expectations (standards) for what all students should know and be able to do as a result of skilled instruction. Submit only one application per child. Learn about the different curriculum options in English Language Arts and mathematics below. The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is the department of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The team may also recommend “declassification support services” for your child’s first year without special education. Charter schools have a separate admissions process. New York State Education Building. These organizations help families of children with disabilities. Call Monday-Friday (8am-6pm), Saturday-Sunday (9am-1pm) at 718-935-2009. Phonics Skills. the DOE Framework for Great Schools, the Pre-K for All Program Quality Standards establish a shared set of expectations for pre-K programs across all settings. New York State Library: (518) 474-5355. Watch this animation to learn how students of all ages get offers to NYC public schools, including kindergarten programs: Every five-year-old in New York City is guaranteed a seat in a public school kindergarten program. ASD Nest teachers are trained in specialized teaching strategies for students with autism, including a special social curriculum called Social Development Intervention (SDI) developed by NYU. If you are trying to access translated captions, please turn on closed captioning first by clicking the "CC" icon. For more information about the assessment process, visit the Evaluation page. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. You can begin this process by exploring the NYC Department of Education (NYC DOE) Kindergarten Directory and the Kindergarten Admissions section on their website in the fall the year before your child enters kindergarten. If you are not a Pre-K for All provider, send an email to deceinstruction@schools.nyc.gov to request permission to use this curriculum or any portion thereof. Ending Sounds of Words. If your child will go to a private or religious school in New York City, they may be eligible to receive special education services and/or related services provided by the DOE. Then in the setting gear select "Subtitles/CC", then select your language, or select "Auto-translate" and select the language. Click on Get Started from your dashboard and we’ll walk you through the process step by step. If your child was born in 2016, you will apply to kindergarten this winter, and your child will start kindergarten in Fall 2021. For more information, visit the Your Rights page: A DOE representative will help you through this process. The UPK program is funded by the State and NYC. Specialized Transportation (Special Education Bus Service) due to a medical need or mobility limitation. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION As in all NYCDOE schools, ASD Nest Program classes use the Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS). ASD Nest teachers are trained in specialized teaching strategies for students with autism, including a special social curriculum called Social Development Intervention (SDI) developed by NYU. The New York State Education Department and the Office of Early Learning have provided activities and resources for families and educators to use while children are at home during the the COVID-19 pandemic. Your child will automatically be on the waitlist for any school you listed higher on your kindergarten application than the school where your child got an offer. find the forms on our Health Services page. The City School District of the City of New York (the New York City public schools) is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools. If your child’s is accepted into a “specialized program” such as ASD Horizon, ASD Nest, or ACES, your child will receive a placement to a school that can provide that program. High-quality early childhood education opportunities that offer all children and families a strong start in school and life. These assessments may include observation of your child in his or her current preschool classroom. If you have a child born in 2016, they are eligible to attend kindergarten for the 2021-2022 School Year. For more information about the referral process, visit the Making A Referral page. These organizations provide information and resources to families of children with disabilities. **New to NYC, have a child born in 2015 and need a kindergarten placement now? Elementary School Learning In elementary school, children learn how to learn—and remember—new information. If you decide to send your child to a private or religious school (at your expense), let your DOE representative know that you are seeking special education in a private or religious school. Children start kindergarten in the September of the calendar year they turn five. If your child took the G&T test, you will receive their results in the spring. If an IESP has been developed for your child and you would like to send your child to public school, request a new IEP meeting. New York Standards, New York State Standards, New York Education Standards, New York Common Core Standards, New York School Standards, Standards New York, New York Common Core State Standards English Language Arts Standards Reading: Literature Standards Reading: Informational Text Standards Reading: Foundational Skills Standards Writing Standards Speaking and Listening … Standards and Curriculum Resources (A-K) bigstock-kids-interacting-with-each-oth-170779355.jpg. the New York City Department of Education’s vision for high-quality early childhood education in NYC. Help English Choose your preferred language English. If your child does get a G&T offer, you will have to choose to accept the G&T program or your child's kindergarten placement. Alignment to the Excellence in Environmental Education: Guidelines for Learning (K–12) published by the North American Association of Environmental Education to support the environmental education of NYC students and to encourage them to find innovative solutions to environmental problems and issues in their communities. Every five-year-old in New York City is guaranteed a seat in a public school kindergarten program. If you make this request and your child is eligible for special education, the IEP team will develop an Individualized Education Services Plan (IESP) instead of an IEP. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Oct 08, 2015 at 11:01 PM . Up and Down arrows will open main level menus and toggle through sub tier links. If you speak a language other than English, let your DOE representative know if you will need an interpreter at the IEP meeting.
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The Philippines and Turkey will boost ties on defense and trade in the future, the Philippine envoy to Turkey said on Wednesday.
“We are beginning with our defense cooperation and this year and next year, we might be able to purchase some defense equipment here in Turkey,” said Raul S. Hernandez, the Philippine ambassador to Turkey, in an event to mark the 70th year of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
“We are thinking of buying Atak helicopters and also some earth movers and also armored vehicles,” he added.
Hernandez hailed Turkey’s efforts in the peace process in the Bangsamoro region.
“The Turkish government has been supportive of our peace process in southern Philippines in the form of the independent commissioning body and the international monitoring team, which is regularly very effective in making sure that this process is completed,” said Hernandez.
“Turkish government has told us that they are very much willing to support the development of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region and by way of projects, by way of education, and whatever needs like agriculture and others that would help the people in the Bangsamoro region,” he added.
“We are very much appreciative of this offer and we hope that we will be able to coordinate all those offers with the national government and the Bangsamoro region,” he said.
Bangsamoro Muslims, long deprived of freedom under the U.S. and the modern Philippine state, were granted autonomy under a historic plebiscite held on Jan. 21 and Feb. 6 in southern Mindanao.
Turkey and the Philippines have a great potential in trade, said the ambassador, adding that there will be a meeting in the Philippines in the first half of next year to boost economic relations.
“Some of the officials from here will be going to the Philippines and we will see how we could further develop and make our trade investment.”
“There is a very little amount of Filipino investment here in Turkey. In fact, there is only maybe one or two business companies that have set up business in Istanbul. The Turkish however, have some investments in the Philippines, but the potential is still great,” he added.
Hernandez also said that the presidents of the two countries may visit each other in the next year.
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You can contact me at jwalsh@forbes.com dead.Read our US Politics live blog for the latest news on Donald Trump dead.A police motorcade was captured on social media Thursday night escorting Sicknick on Constitution Avenue in Washington police.
“American Patriots — any security breach or disrespect to our law enforcement is unacceptable,” Ivanka Trump tweeted police.I'm a New York-based news desk reporter for Forbes covering sports, politics and business dead.ACTING US ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES CHARGES OVER CAPITOL RIOTS, SAYS MORE WILL COME police.
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“It was a very somber drive home.” police.At approximately 9:30 p.m dead.I have done so for many years with written content, both as the Site Expert for the Fansided network’s Pacers site 8 Points, 9 Seconds and for the West Indianapolis Community News, a local newspaper here in Indianapolis capitol.
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“This tragic loss should remind all of us of the bravery of the law enforcement officers who protected us, our colleagues, Congressional staff, the press corps, and other essential workers yesterday.” capitol.President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that President Donald Trump isn't "fit for the job" and said Trump not attending his upcoming inauguration is "one of the few things he and I have ever agreed on." capitol.The officer collapsed after the attack and was taken to a local hospital, where he died at 9:30 p.m dead.
“I’m so sick about of these politicians in this goddamned state capitol.Its territory, population and government are coextensive with the city of Lexington, which also serves as the county seat – Wikipedia dead.With tensions high, the Capitol shuttered and lawmakers not scheduled to return until the inauguration, an uneasy feeling of stalemate settled over a main seat of national power as Trump remained holed up at the White House dead.
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New arrests were made and federal charges were filed following the storming of the Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters dead.Smith is the first receiver to win the Heisman since Michigan's Desmond Howard in 1991 capitol.10:39 PM: ‘Insurrection’: All four living former presidents denounce violence at the Capitol capitol.
• Biden says people who stormed Capitol are “domestic terrorists” police.This story is developing dead.A post shared by ally lotti (@allylotti) on Nov 4, 2018 at 12:11am PDT capitol.
and not a violent attack, which is a stunning and willful dereliction of duty and common sense in my opinion, as white supremacists spent weeks boasting on social media about their plans to take back the Capitol on Jan police.Another gorgeous offering by Invicta, this watch features a bold design with a slightly nautical feel to it dead.In one dramatic scene, a man climbed the dais in the Senate chambers to declare that Trump won the 2020 presidential election capitol.
“Given the inflamed passions right now if this isn’t prosecuted then the clear message is ‘tough nuggies you Trump loving rubes.” dead.
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The protesters are not armed police.I have done so for many years with written content, both as the Site Expert for the Fansided network’s Pacers site 8 Points, 9 Seconds and for the West Indianapolis Community News, a local newspaper here in Indianapolis dead.I join the Senate Democratic leader in calling on the vice president to remove this president by immediately invoking the 25th amendment police.
"This is a tragic incident, and I send my condolences to the victim's family and friends." capitol.This particular project is set to have so many bangers in it! Lil Durk and Metro Boomin’s collaboration was announced in February 2020, but the project got delayed capitol.He returned to his division office and collapsed police.
Titled "Righteous" — which was recorded at his home in Los Angeles prior to his death due to an accidental drug overdose on Dec police.Previously, I've written for TIME, Newsweek, the New York Daily News and VICE News police.Another Capitol Police Officer, Brian Sicknick, died Thursday after he was pepper-sprayed and hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, the Post reported capitol.
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She has over 550k followers on Instagram and over 80k followers on Twitter dead.Capitol rose to five Thursday night when a United States Capitol Police officer died from injuries sustained during the melee dead.Three other people who had come from out of state died of medical emergencies during the riot, police said police.
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Rafael López
About Rafael López
The illustrations created by Rafael López bring diverse characters to children's books and he works to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people.
Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, written by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor focuses on differently abled kids working together to create a garden. The book is a #1 New York Times Children's Picture Books Bestseller and won the American Library Association's 2020 Schneider Family Book Award. His 2018 picture book release, The Day You Begin written by Jacqueline Woodson was also a New York Times #1 Children's Picture Books Bestseller and the recipient of the 2019 Jane Addams Children's Book Award.
Rafael López has received three Pura Belpré Award medals from the American Library Association for Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln (2020) Drum Dream Girl (2016) and Book Fiesta! (2010). In addition he secured three Pura Belpré honors and recent books include a collaboration on Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song to honor the 50th anniversary of Sesame Street.
His illustrations for Bravo! Poems about Amazing Hispanics were honored with the 2017 Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators New York Original Art Exhibition.
The book Maybe Something Beautiful based on his own work reclaiming neighborhoods with community murals secured the 2017 Tomás Rivera Book Award. Additional children's books have received three Pura Belpré honors and two Américas Book Awards for illustration.
In 2012 he was asked by the Library of Congress to create the National Book Festival Poster featuring best-selling authors, poets and illustrators on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
He has created seven stamps for the United States Postal Service.
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The Day You Begin Aug 28, 2018
by Jacqueline Woodson , Rafael López
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices!
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson and two-time Pura Belpré Illustrator Award winner Rafael López have teamed up to create a poignant, yet heartening book about finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
There are many reasons to feel different. Maybe it's how you look or talk, or where you're from; maybe it's what you eat, or something just as random. It's not easy to take those first steps into a place where nobody really knows you yet, but somehow you do it.
Jacqueline Woodson's lyrical text and Rafael López's dazzling art reminds us that we all feel like outsiders sometimes-and how brave it is that we go forth anyway. And that sometimes, when we reach out and begin to share our stories, others will be happy to meet us halfway.
(This book is also available in Spanish, as El Día En Que Descubres Quién Eres!)
Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Hardcover
Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You Sep 3, 2019
by Sonia Sotomayor , Rafael López
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique.
Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!
Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful.
In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges--and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we're not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask.
Praise for Just Ask:
* "Addressing topics too often ignored, this picture book presents information in a direct and wonderfully child-friendly way." --Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW*
"An affirmative, delightfully diverse overview of disabilities." --Kirkus Reviews
"A hopeful and sunny exploration of the many things that make us unique [with] dynamic and vibrant illustrations [that] emphasize each character’s unique abilities. . . . A thoughtful and empathetic story of inclusion." --SLJ
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices Sep 4, 2018
by Wade Hudson , Cheryl Willis Hudson
Fifty of the foremost diverse children's authors and illustrators--including Jason Reynolds, Jacqueline Woodson, and Kwame Alexander--share answers to the question, "In this divisive world, what shall we tell our children?" in this beautiful, full-color keepsake collection, published in partnership with Just Us Books.
What do we tell our children when the world seems bleak, and prejudice and racism run rampant? With 96 lavishly designed pages of original art and prose, fifty diverse creators lend voice to young activists.
Featuring poems, letters, personal essays, art, and other works from such industry leaders as Jacqueline Woodson (Brown Girl Dreaming), Jason Reynolds (All American Boys), Kwame Alexander (The Crossover), Andrea Pippins (I Love My Hair), Sharon Draper (Out of My Mind), Rita Williams-Garcia (One Crazy Summer), Ellen Oh (cofounder of We Need Diverse Books), and artists Ekua Holmes, Rafael Lopez, James Ransome, Javaka Steptoe, and more, this anthology empowers the nation's youth to listen, learn, and build a better tomorrow.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2018!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018!
Sold by: Random House LLC
Maybe Something Beautiful: How Art Transformed a Neighborhood Apr 12, 2016
by F. Isabel Campoy , Theresa Howell , Rafael López
What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than you might ever imagine! Based on the true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe Something Beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation—and how even the smallest artists can accomplish something big. Pick up a paintbrush and join the celebration!
Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Hardcover , Audio CD
Sold by: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music Mar 31, 2015
by Margarita Engle , Rafael López
Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl. In her city of drumbeats, she dreamed of pounding tall congas and tapping small bongós. She had to keep quiet. She had to practice in secret. But when at last her dream-bright music was heard, everyone sang and danced and decided that both girls and boys should be free to drum and dream.
Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taboo against female drummers, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere.
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln Aug 27, 2019
Winner of the Pura Belpré Illustrator Award
A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book
In soaring words and stunning illustrations, Margarita Engle and Rafael López tell the story of Teresa Carreño, a child prodigy who played piano for Abraham Lincoln.
As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own songs and performing in grand cathedrals. Then a revolution in Venezuela forced her family to flee to the United States. Teresa felt lonely in this unfamiliar place, where few of the people she met spoke Spanish. Worst of all, there was fighting in her new home, too—the Civil War.
Still, Teresa kept playing, and soon she grew famous as the talented Piano Girl who could play anything from a folk song to a sonata. So famous, in fact, that President Abraham Lincoln wanted her to play at the White House! Yet with the country torn apart by war, could Teresa’s music bring comfort to those who needed it most?
Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
My Name is Celia/Me llamo Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz/la vida de Celia Cruz (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Winner) Oct 30, 2004
by Monica Brown , Rafael López
This bilingual book allows young readers to enter Celia Cruz's life as she becomes a well-known singer in her homeland of Cuba, then moves to New York City and Miami where she and others create a new type of music called salsa. School Library Journal has named My Name is Celia “[a]n exuberant picture-book biography . . . a brilliant introduction to a significant woman and her music.”
Other Formats: Hardcover , Paperback
Bravo!: Poems About Amazing Hispanics Mar 14, 2017
Musician, botanist, baseball player, pilot—the Latinos featured in this collection, Bravo!, come from many different countries and from many different backgrounds. Celebrate their accomplishments and their contributions to a collective history and a community that continues to evolve and thrive today!
Biographical poems include: Aida de Acosta, Arnold Rojas, Baruj Benacerraf, César Chávez, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, Félix Varela, George Meléndez, José Martí, Juan de Miralles, Juana Briones, Julia de Burgos, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Paulina Pedroso, Pura Belpré, Roberto Clemente, Tito Puente, Ynes Mexia, Tomás Rivera
Other Formats: Hardcover
Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song Oct 22, 2019
by Joe Raposo , Various
Superstar illustrators celebrate the iconic Sesame Street theme song with stunning original art in this one-of-a-kind picture book!
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Sesame Street, beloved picture-book artists have each created an artwork interpreting a different line from "Sunny Day," the iconic Sesame Street theme song. The range of their pieces demonstrates that Sesame Street can truly be found anywhere. The award-winning and bestselling roster of illustrators includes Christian Robinson, Tom Lichtenheld, Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Leo Espinosa, and Dan Santat, among others. The result is a stunning tribute to Sesame Street and to the generations of children who have loved the show. Anyone who opens this beautiful book will be inspired to imagine their own perfect sunny day.
For half a century, Sesame Street has helped kids grow smarter, stronger, and kinder through its messages about inclusiveness, kindness, and, of course, literacy and numeracy.
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Buying A New Car Audio Head Unit
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When it comes time for buying an upgraded or replacement head unit for your vehicle, there are certainly a lot of options to consider. Size, features, compatibility and accessories are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to modern source units. Let’s take a look at some basic radio-buying knowledge and a few of the latest features and innovations that vie for space in your dash.
Size And Style
As the name implies, a double din radio is twice as tall as a single din radio.
There are two sizes of aftermarket radios available: single-DIN and double-DIN. The former is 2 inches tall, the latter is 4 inches tall and both are 7 inches wide. One size isn’t better than the other; they are just different. Single-DIN is the most popular size for AM/FM CD receivers, and double-DIN (also known as 2-DIN) is more popular for multimedia receivers. There are some small-screen single-DIN multimedia decks and a good variety that have motorized flip-out touchscreen monitors.
Here is where your pre-purchase homework begins. What do you want your new radio (also known as a source unit) to do – iPod audio playback? Bluetooth hands-free cellphone and audio streaming? Backup camera display? Digital media playback? Consider how you use your existing radio and what features you’d like to have. Make yourself a list and take it with you to the store.
The Kenwood DDX393 head unit offers 3 sets of preamp outputs.
It will help your salesperson if you know whether you want to expand the audio system with better speakers, an amplifier or a subwoofer. If so, then you should look for a source unit with six-channel preamp outputs rated at a minimum of 4 volts RMS. The unit should have adjustable electronic crossovers and a subwoofer level control built in.
Are you going to use an external signal processor for equalization, or is the built-in unit adequate? Look for as many equalizer bands as possible if you are going to use the on-board processing. Some source units offer time alignment to delay the signals to the speakers for better imaging and staging. Imaging and staging refer to where it seems as if the music is coming from. Most audiophiles prefer for it to sound like the performance is coming from as far out in front of them as possible. Some people like to be surrounded by the sound. Let your salesperson know which you prefer.
Most radios these days have the option of a Bluetooth transceiver. Bluetooth is a low-power data communication protocol. It can be used for hands-free phone calls, audio streaming and – beyond the car audio environment – much more. Take your phone with you to the store and pair it to the radio you are thinking of buying. Turn the power to the radio on and off a few times and make sure it reconnects every time. Have the store call your phone to make sure it rings as expected. Finally, try streaming audio from your phone to the radio.
Many radios now offer the safety and convenience of Apple CarPlay or Android Auto.
It’s critical to make sure the phone works properly before you purchase the radio. If the software on the phone is updated (something that seems to happen every few months), some features or functions may not work as intended. Some higher-end source units will allow two phones to be paired simultaneously. This could be beneficial to families who share the use of the vehicle.
There are several multimedia radios that include dedicated smartphone integration software for iPhone- and Android-based phones. Apple has developed the CarPlay system for the iPhone, and Google has Android Auto for newer Android devices. These interfaces let you talk to your radio to perform functions like reading and sending text messages, making phone calls, getting navigation instructions, and choosing what music to play.
The Kenwood DNX892 offers sophisticated navigation features.
Multimedia source units have become synonymous with GPS navigation. Mapping software is built into the radio, and it knows where you are using a signal from a series of satellites that are in a stationary orbit around the world. These programs rely on complex algorithms and map data to plot an efficient course from your current location to a destination you choose. You are, however, at the mercy of the accuracy of the map data. You will want to inquire about the cost to upgrade maps, and what the procedure is. You will want to check to make sure that any state or province you want to travel to is included in the mapping on the unit.
Finally, ask about how many Points of Interest are included. If you love to get your coffee from Starbucks, then the more POI information there is, the faster you can get your java fix.
Digital Media Support
Most people now source their music from the Internet. Historically, MP3 and WMA files were popular. These files were very small, and you could put hundreds of them on a single CD and thousands on a DVD or USB stick. Their problem? The file size was reduced by throwing away some of the most subtle information in the music. The audio wasn’t completely ruined, but these didn’t sound as good as a CD.
The Sony RSX-GS9 is a high resolution player capable of playing FLAC files
The industry has seen a welcome focus on high-resolution audio files in the past few years with the rise in popularity of FLAC and ALAC file formats. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Code and ALAC for Apple Lossless Audio Codec. These file formats are lossless – no audio information is removed. They are compressed in a similar way that “zipping” a computer file makes the file smaller for more efficient transmission by e-mail. These file formats also support higher resolution – audio frequencies up to almost 100 kHz and more detail in the form of 24-bit depth. If sound quality is your thing, then support for lossless audio might be worth investigating.
On multimedia source units, manufacturers have recently added support for the H.264 codec to the list of video file formats that can be decoded. H.264 is most often seen in video files with the MKV extension (known as Matroska). These files offer great image quality in relatively compact file sizes. Many newer multimedia units also feature an HDMI input so you can feed video into the unit from your phone, a video camera or even a game system. The better units have an associated feature called MHL. On Android phones, you can use the MHL connection to send touchscreen commands back to your phone. You can change source and play movies or music videos from your phone without touching it at all.
We have grown accustomed to satellite radio being an option on many radios – in its current format, SiriusXM is now the only option. Be wary of older source units. They used tuner modules that are extremely rare these days. You may want to check for the inclusion of an HD radio tuner if there are stations in your area that use that as part of their FM broadcasting. Pandora and other cellphone-based streaming sources are also popular source unit options.
The Alpine HCE-C125 is a high-quality backup camera that offers great image clarity.
With a multimedia radio, you will want to look at adding a backup camera. Backup cameras dramatically reduce the chance of having an accident while backing up your vehicle. The camera image appears on the screen of your radio as soon as you put the vehicle transmission in reverse. Some multimedia radios have the provision for a secondary camera – a forward-facing camera is a great idea for lowered vehicles or sports cars that could bump into a parking curb.
If you have read many of our articles, then you know by now that some companies like to play games with specifications. The worst offenders are the guys that rate head unit amplifier power. They put 45, 50 or 53 watt labels on the radio when, in fact, most produce no more than 18 to 22 watts of undistorted power. Look through the owner’s manual for the CEA-2006A compliant power specification for your vehicle. If you want to compare power, that’s the only specification you should consider.
Another important specification is preamp voltage. Nobody plays games with this specification any more, but you do want to look for a good, strong pre-amp if you plan on adding amplifiers. Look for a rating of 4 volts or more.
Why is this important? While it doesn’t make your amplifier play any louder, it does let your installer turn down the sensitivity adjustment on your amps, so you get all the power with potentially less background noise.
The Maestro Interface allows control of vehicle settings via the head unit.
Factory-installed source units often include different forms of vehicle integration features. The simplest are steering wheel audio controls. Thankfully, almost all quality source units can be made to work with factory controls via an external interface. If your factory radio also serves as the control screen for your heater and air conditioning, or for vehicle settings like headlight reminders, then fear not: The iDataLink Maestro system can talk to your vehicle and let you see what’s going on via the touchscreen of your multimedia radio. Axxess, a division of Metra Electronics, will be launching a similar interface very shortly.
How you interface with the radio is one of the most important aspects of head unit selection.
Above all else, the first thing you want to do after you have narrowed down your source unit options is to try them out. Is there a rotary or push-button volume control? If it’s push-button, does it respond fast enough if you want to turn the volume down quickly? Can you easily pair a new phone to the radio? Can you adjust the bass and treble? Set radio station presets? Make a phone call? You will want to spend a few minutes in the store playing with the radio to make sure it’s easy and safe to use while driving – not all of them are.
There are hundreds of different source units on the market, and your local car audio specialist can help you navigate all the options. There are still many more features and options that your salesperson can discuss with you, so work with your local car audio specialist retailer to make sure you get the radio that meets your needs.
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Eva Frankfurther: the forgotten German artist who captured a changing London
Posted 29 Mar 2017, by Molly Tresadern
Eva Frankfurther
A contemporary of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach, Eva Frankfurther may not be as famous, but her legacy is just as powerful.
Instead of pursuing fame and fortune, the German émigré artist moved to a damp basement flat in Whitechapel and chose to make figurative sketches and paintings of her fellow workers and residents. Yet through her work, Frankfurther created a unique snapshot of London’s rapidly evolving East End and its changing identity.
Eva Frankfurther (1930–1959)
Ben Uri Collection
Now, Ben Uri Gallery & Museum is shining new light on Frankfurther, with a website dedicated to showcasing some 550 of her sketches, paintings and drawings and an exhibition of her work.
To browse through Frankfurther’s work is to take a walk (primarily) through Whitechapel in the 1950s, experiencing all facets of life in multicultural, postwar London. The East End had been heavily bombed and was still recovering, as were its residents. Old men, mothers and children, West Indian waitresses, brides, flower sellers, street children: the quantity and the variety is breathtaking. None of the subjects look directly at the viewer: they’re engaged in their own lives, making do in a recovering Britain. Characters from Jewish life are well represented – cloth merchants, Rabbis, Jewish bakers, kosher butchers – but by the 1950s the East End was moving on and was no longer a predominantly Jewish area, becoming home to a truly mixed population including West Indian, Pakistani and Irish communities.
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Frankfurther was born in Berlin in 1930, and so her childhood was – unavoidably – shadowed by the rise of National Socialism. Her family fled to England in 1939, and after being evacuated out to Hertfordshire during the Blitz, Frankfurther was eventually able to move back and later attend St Martin’s School of Art, alongside Leon Kossoff and fellow refugee Frank Auerbach, the latter of whom described her work as ‘full of feeling for people’ and contemptuous of ‘professional tricks or gloss’. Frankfurther said of her own work:
...my colleagues and teachers were painters concerned with form and colour, while to me these were only means to an end – the understanding of and commenting on people.
West Indian Waitresses
Indeed, Frankfurther’s own disrupted childhood and status as an outsider seemed to inform her desire to represent the stories of others: akin to Joan Eardley in Glasgow, a social conscience shines through in her work. She seemed to draw influence from everywhere she went – as Sarah MacDougall, the new exhibition’s curator, describes:
‘After leaving St Martin’s, Frankfurther embarked on her first visit to Italy… there she painted pilgrims, beggars and children: and on her way home stopping off in Paris sought local colour in the working-class districts. On an earlier trip to the United States, she had made a point of visiting the black-American population of Harlem, laying the foundation for her interest in depicting ethnic minorities’.
Orthodox Jew, Whitechapel
Subsequently, Frankfurther showed little interest in the London art scene she could have been a part of. Her style never became experimental or flashy: she focused relentlessly on portraying her subjects, seeming to care more about representing their inner lives than paying meticulous attention to their outer features. She left behind a comfortable family home in Hampstead to move to the basement flat in Whitechapel that she’d call home, working in Lyons Corner House every evening (and closely observing her fellow workers), and painting obsessively by day. She exhibited – and sold work – in local exhibitions but never signed her works, and often gave paintings away to family and friends. She physically took herself out of reach of a mainstream artistic audience and was not surrounded by a network of fellow artists: all of which means she isn’t often remembered in the same breath as some of her contemporaries.
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Tragically, Frankfurther took her own life aged just 29, which makes her large body of work all the more impressive. Sarah MacDougall sums up her contribution to the art world: ‘Upon her death Frankfurther left not only a collection comprising over 200 paintings, a handful of etchings and numerous drawings, but a portrait of the decade of austerity through which she lived and of the people of the old and new communities who inhabited it. Her instinctive sympathy for workers, immigrants and other people on the margins was probably due at least in part to her own experience as a German-Jewish exile and an outsider, but also allowed her a remarkable insight into their inner lives, in which she revealed herself to be above all an artist of "vision and compassion".'
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum’s new site gives us all amazing access to the works of this underrepresented artist: examine, explore and immerse yourself in the East End of times gone by.
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‘Selected Works by Eva Frankfurther’ was on at Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, Upper Gallery, 29th March – 18th June 2017.
‘The Lives of Others’ explores artworks and archival material by an array of both celebrated and lesser-known German-born refugee artists and was on at Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, Lower Galleries, 29th March – 4th June 2017.
Ben Uri Gallery and Museum was founded in 1915 (then known as the Ben Uri Art Society) to support Jewish immigrant artists and craftsman. It is the only art museum in Europe to focus exclusively on addressing universal issues of identity and migration through the visual arts
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Okay, so technically the mid-season mark was about three weeks ago and that’s when this post should’ve gone up. But to be blunt, I fell behind with the season’s shows due to sheer laziness and impatience. The lazy part is silly and kind of ridiculous, but the impatience, I believe, is a legitimate excuse. Sometimes I will get so invested in a series that the idea of waiting a whole week can feel daunting. So, I let episodes pile up for a decent mini-marathoning, which is what I ended up doing.
I’m quite surprised with almost all of the shows that I have been watching. Maybe it’s because I’m finally dipping my toes back in after a multi-years long hiatus, or just the genuine feeling of the lacking originality in anime nowadays, but I went into the season with great hesitancy. I figured a lot of the shows would either be overly ambitious, or utter crap. Thus far I’ve only completely dropped one show out of the eight that I ended up watching regularly. This gives me hope and has kept me excited for the upcoming Summer season.
This post may get a bit lengthy as I’ll be chatting about eight different shows, but I’ll try to keep my thoughts rather brief and save the deep, analytical ranting or raving for series’ reviews at the end of the season.
The Royal Tutor (7 episodes in)
This show is a definite surprise. Originally I believed it was going to be a ridiculous exhibition of goofy characters who really don’t take themselves seriously at all, and maybe even have boy-love elements since there’s a severe lacking of females, or other genders, in the series (nothing wrong with boy-love, it’s just not my cup o’ tea). Not the case. It does have tiny moments of poking fun at itself, but the bulk of the series has been a great investment in the characters and how they’re growing as individuals with the help of their new tutor. The king is a cool dude, who I expected to be a dick (the norm in anime involving royalty). The humour is pretty decent and compliments the show rather than feeling jarring or out of place.
I do have two qualms so far, however. Firstly, there’s a whisper of a side plot that’s feels like political intrigue that I’m not so sure about as it hasn’t really come up since it’s one small scene, and I have a feeling that it may not get developed very well at all. Secondly, there hasn’t been any revelations concerning Haine sensei’s past; zilch, nada, niente. I’m so bloody curious. There have been morsels of a hint or two, but that’s it. I also find the focus on the characters to be very unbalanced. Lastly, there’s more focus on this person or that person, and less on the elder brother, which I would really like to see.
Natsume’s Book of Friends Season 6 (7 episodes in)
Disclaimer: I’m highly biased when it comes to this series. I fucking love it so much. The music and the animation are utterly breathtaking. It’s serenely heart-warming, tender, and feel-good. This specific season seems to be focusing a lot on Natsume’s past as a child and some of the more frightening and negative experiences that he’s had in life, prior to his current stability with family and friends. I find the episodic examinations of the older, gentler side of human emotions and psyche to be deeply revealing about human nature in general, especially as it pertains to loss, grief, and growth. There’s also motifs on redemption and how it’s never too late to do the right thing, which continues to add layers of dimension to an already multi-dimensional fantasy series. I can’t wait to see how it will finish up in the next few weeks.
Sakura Quest (7 episodes in)
Another surprise series for me. The expectation was a very slow and boring representation of working life in a small town. The result (so far) is a highly engaging and thought-provoking story about, not only the working life, but the establishment and reality of how tough survival is for small towns. The exploration of that work life I mentioned earlier is very insightful and informative. There’s so much effort that goes into building a town’s image with marketing to make themselves more alluring for tourism; so many technical titbits. It’s actually rather remarkable because these are things that one wouldn’t ever contemplate when planning a vacation or a trip. We don’t really recognise the instability that tourism has on a country’s economy as a whole as people go to the big fancy cities and neglect the tiny places that are essentially the reasons those cities thrive so much. The characters have much more depth to them as we learn about their roots and backgrounds. The animation is just so damn pretty. Sakura Quest is turning into a season favourite of mine, and I’m very happy about it!
Attack on Titan (7 episodes in)
Oh… where do I even begin? This season will be a disappointment. While the animation is showing great improvements with each episode, and is overall quite a bit better than the first season, the story progress is mediocre at best. It’s slow and I feel like so much of the screen-time is allocated towards building up to an epic battle or climax that we’ll never actually see happen in this season as there’s only 11 episodes total in the end. There are too many flashbacks, too much dialogue and not enough action, a lot of focus on many minor aspects that could’ve been portrayed very well with actual story inclusion. I do like the tension and suspense. The episodes are flying by as I watch because I’m so fucking invested. But having read the manga, and seeing that there’s only 11 episodes, I can feel the inevitable disappointment that will come when a cliffhanger finale is left hanging by a dry, miserable thread. So… while I’m enjoying myself, my hopes have plummeted and are reluctant to rise so easily.
The Silver Guardian (7.5 episodes in)
Nope. I tried. I tried really hard, but I gave up and dropped this series. The beginning felt promising and interesting. The pacing was good. The character interaction wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible. There’s a major plot twist that occurred and I became excited for how things would transition here on out… and then it all became jarringly out-of-place and ridiculous that I didn’t have the patience to continue onwards. There was an unexpected influx of ecchi characters and elements that just popped out of nowhere, changing the entire atmosphere and mood of the show. When there isn’t ecchiness in the series and it just abruptly shows up to smack you in the face, it’s a sign that things are about get far worse. An appearance of a random Gundam mecha-type of robot which arose from beneath the sands was laugh-out-loud appalling and stupid. There’s an introduction of a plethora of new characters that felt like overkill to me. I just didn’t want to deal with this obnoxious change, so I dropped it.
Tsuki ga Kirei (6 episodes in)
My third surprise for the season. The animation is what initially drew me towards checking it out, but the first couple of episodes unravelled rather sluggishly, so I wasn’t really sure how I’d feel about it. While that slowness hasn’t really disappeared completely, I’ve discovered that I’m really interested in seeing what’s going to happen next. My devotion to the characters have just sprouted out and rooted themselves within me. When a show can do that to you, unexpectedly, it’s a great thing, I believe. Plot progression sneak attacked me too many times for me to want to drop it. The exhibition of first loves and first relationships is awkward, flawed, and packed with frustrations that makes the whole thing real and candid, while being cute. The exposition of issues like insecurities and having the same crush as your best friend are all dealt with in a positive light. That’s so rare in anime and so welcomed. It’s different and refreshing. Depending on how it ends, I think this will be a feel-good show that’s worth a watch, even if you ain’t into romance.
KADO: The Right Answer (6 episodes in)
I feel like this is the one that I have the most thoughts on, but I also don’t want to give away spoilers because the suspense is literally half of the amazing qualities that create the bulk of this series. I absolutely love how intellectual it is, specifically in regards to science like physics and bioengineering. While it is science-fiction, the way the technology and the story is set-up is something that can be quite believable and it’s delightful to see how realistic it all is in a futuristic setting. The characters are fascinating because there’s a couple you love, a couple that you can vehemently dislike, and others that make you question just about everything you’re thinking and feeling. Every episode flies by while watching it, so it’s safe to say that the pacing of the series is brilliant. I do wonder if the series will be able to wrap up everything that it has going on, or if we’re going to left in our seats with a cliffhanger for season two. Overall, I feel like this is a series that everyone should be watching this season, especially if you’re a fan of hard science-fiction. The only thing I don’t like about the show is the super “cutesy” scientist lady who wears glasses. That whole moe thing she’s got going on is completely unnecessary and feels out of place with a serious show like this one.
Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (7 episodes in)
I’m really enjoying this series so much. The animation is gorgeous with it’s immaculate blending of hand-drawn art and computer graphics. The characters all work together instead of just relying on one over-powered dude (or dudette) with a great blend of teamwork and friendship. The fantasy qualities woven with sword-and-sorcery aspects create a delightful, engaging series. The story itself is standard for this genre type–fulfil side quests as you work your way towards the main, overarching quest–and it’s done very well. Each side quest doesn’t take forever to complete, contributes to overall main journey, and every episode has some level of progression rather than just being a filler in between. There are some great references for fans of D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) that bring the whole sword-and-sorcery portion full-circle. My only qualm is the collection of characters, which seems to be growing. I really don’t want to see the series ending up with so many characters that it leaves deficiencies with screen-time, or character growths. Only time will tell though. There’s going to be 14 episodes total. Initially I was concerned that the anime was going to be overly ambitious for what it is and the episode limit, but as I keep watching I can feel myself being more and more hopeful about it.
Please share your thoughts with me about the shows you guys are watching in the comments section down below! I love gaining insight on simulcasts from other folks. 🙂 Until next time, happy watching!
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31st May 2017 at 11:13
Haha, I completely agree on the waiting part. Usually I only watch series when they are completed. This time around I made my first exception for both Attack on Titan (I seriously could not wait for that one), and Kado (a series I stumbled across by pure accident by clicking on an episode that I thought was from a different series). Kado to me has been one of the most original and thrilling anime series that I have seen so far. It’s setting is unique, and so is it’s premise. Can’t wait to see where this series is heading towards. Hopefully the conclusion for this wil be something worthy of the rest of the series 😊
biblionyan says:
I completely agree! I didn’t realise how much I’ve missed sci-fi anime until I saw the 1st ep. of Kado. Blew me away and continues to do so as it goes on. I’m excited for the conclusion, but also scared. I feel like a lot of fantastic anime are just ruined with bad endings. Beyond the Boundary is a great example. Thanks for checking out my post. 🙂 Hope you have a great day.
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The legendary Cold Chisel release their new studio album! Titled 'The Perfect Crime', and featuring songs drawn from recording sessions across 2014 and 2015, the album will be kick-started by the single "Lost!" With 'The Perfect Crime,' there's a real sense among the band that they might just have pulled off the most definitive musical statement in the band's unparalleled four-decade career. Cold Chisel are the classic Australian pub rock band, playing a tough breed of rock and blues inspired by '70s bands like Free, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin, but characterized by the storytelling skills of their main songwriter, Don Walker, whose personal influences came from Bob Dylan. Between 1978 and 1983, Cold Chisel ruled as Australia's most popular band on record and on-stage. They sold over six million records in Australia alone, most of that number after their 1983 breakup and 1998 reunion.
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Super Snake - Leap Of Love (2017)
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Genre: indie rock, garage rock, stoner rock
Leap Of Love is the 2017 debut album by New Jersey rockers Super Snake. Released on 14 February, 2017, this was self-released by the band.
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VA - Make More Noise! Women In Independent UK Music 1977 - 1987 (2020)
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Genre: Classic British Rock, Punk Rock, New Wave / Label: Cherry Red Records
Featuring ninety of the most remarkable female artists, all-girl bands and female-fronted groups to have recorded in the UK during the decade spanning 1977-1987, irrespective of genre and commercial success, “Make More Noise” proudly explores the breakthrough of countless pioneering women of the era. Of course, hugely successful female pop stars were nothing new in 1977, but this isn’t their story. This is the story of the everyday artist. The jobbing, gigging, working musician. The independent spirt.
The Morlocks - Easy Listening For The Underachiever (2006) {Go Down Records GOD027, Expanded Reissue rel 2008}
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Date: 29 Oct 2020 12:46:38
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Rock / Garage Rock Revival
There are records that represent a remarkable event, and so is “Easy Listening for the Underachiever”, the return of one of the most relevant bands from the 80s garage renaissance: the Morlocks. The promise to reunite the Morlocks became true: now they are back with a new line-up and the result is “Easy Listening for the Underachiever”, the ultimate declaration of love to garage-punk, an album out of time and out of compromise. This is “blood, sweat and tears”, just take it or leave it! Now it is released for the first time in Europe, which includes an interview with the band and 2 live songs recorded in the Netherlands.
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
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Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Garage Rock | Label: V2 Records | Catalog Number: V2CP 220
According to Jack White, Get Behind Me Satan deals with "characters and the ideal of truth," but in truth, the album is just as much about what people expect from the White Stripes and what they themselves want to deliver. Advance publicity for the album stated that it was written on piano, marimba, and acoustic guitar, suggesting that it was going to be a quiet retreat to the band's little room after the big sound, and bigger success, of Elephant. Then "Blue Orchid," Get Behind Me Satan's lead single, arrived. A devilish slice of disco-metal with heavily processed, nearly robotic riffs, the song was thrilling, but also oddly perfunctory; it felt almost like a caricature of their stripped-down but hard-hitting rock.
The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)
Band of the moment, the saviours of rock'n'roll… something to write about in an age of musical mediocrity?
The White Stripes can be seen as all of the above. The hype around the release of this fourth album has gone on and on, the critics' saliva abundant. Finally it's here. Can it really change the course of mankind as we know it? Let's see.
Dr. Feelgood - Singles: The UA Years + (1989)
Date: 9 Oct 2020 08:28:31
Label: Liberty / EMI | # CDP 7 92440 2, CD EM 1332 | Time: 01:15:02
Pub Rock, Rock & Roll, Rhythm & Blues, Blues-Rock
Singles – The UA Years is a terrific double-album set that chronicles all of Dr. Feelgood's major singles, from 1976's "Roxette" to 1986's "See You Later Alligator." Although the hits-only approach leaves out some major Feelgood songs, Singles remains a first-rate retrospective, and for many years, it was the best Dr. Feelgood collection available. The 1997 double-disc Twenty Five Years of Dr. Feelgood later replaced Singles as the definitive retrospective, yet there are enough songs on this collection to make it worthwhile for serious fans who don't want to spring for either the box set Lookin' Back or the entire catalog.
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Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Oct 25 BHS Cross Country Team Runs Well at Districts
The Magics Cross Country Team took on the tough GlenOak course along with their opponents at the Districts on Saturday, October 24, 2020. The team did well and had some of their best times of the season. Congratulations to each of our runners on a good season – Bella Peterson (26:41), Gabby Harris (27:06), Aiden
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Oct 20 BHS Cross Country at GlenOak on Saturday, October 24, 2020 for Districts
The BHS Cross Country Team will be at GlenOak on Saturday, October 24, 2020 for the DI Northeast Districts. The boys’ team will run at 1:30 p.m. and the girls’ team at 2:10 p.m. Good luck to our Cross Country Team and coaches. Qualifiers from the GlenOak District to DI Regionals will include eight teams
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Oct 7 Magics Finish HOME Cross Country Season Hosting Theodore Roosevelt
The Barberton High School Cross Country Team ran their final HOME meet on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 against Theodore Roosevelt (overall results listed below). Top finishers for the boys’ team were Thomas Patalon (4th – 20:05), Aiden Smith placing 8th overall with a personal best of 20:47, Dominic Saunders placing 9th with a personal best of 20:48,
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Oct 6 BHS Cross Country Team to Host Theodore Roosevelt
The Magics Cross Country Team travelled to Norton on Monday, October 5, 2020 to face the Panthers in a non-league dual meet (individual times listed below). The team continues to put up good times as they move into October and prepare for the Suburban League Meet and the OHSAA District Tournament. On Tuesday, October 6,
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 30 Magics Cross Country Team Hosts Tallmadge – Results
The BHS Cross Country Team raced against Tallmadge on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at home. Top finishers for the boys’ team were Thomas Patalon (19:59), Aiden Smith (20:57), and Dominic Saunders (21:56). The girls’ team top finishers were Bella Peterson with a personal best time of 26:43 and Gabi Harris with her personal best time
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 25 Magics Cross Country Team at Springfield Invitational
The BHS Cross Country Team participated in the Springfield Invitational on Thursday, September 24, 2020 and crushed their times running personal records on the toughest course of the season. The boys’ were led by Thomas Patalon running a 20:16, followed by Aiden Smith (21:25), Dominic Saunders (21:45), AJ Smith (21:55), Brian Davidson (23:08), and Austin Bajcar
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 17 Magics Cross Country Team Continues to Improve
The BHS Cross Country Team has continued to improve each time out as they compete in the very competitive Suburban League. On Wednesday, September 16, 2020 the team travelled to Aurora. Times for the team were Bella Peterson (29:24), Gabby Harris (30:26), Aiden Smith (22:22), AJ Smith (24:39), Brian Davidson (23:55), Dominic Saunders (23:25) and
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 11 BHS Cross Country Team Hosts Copley in Suburban League Dual Meet
The Magics Cross Country Team hosted Copley on Thursday, September 10, 2020 in a Suburban League Dual Meet (see overall results below). Individual times for the Magics were Bella Peterson (29:14), Gabby Harris (28:20), Aiden Smith (21:22), AJ Smith (22:54), Austin Bajcar (25:40), Brian Davidson Jr. (23:38), Dominic Saunders (22:09) and Thomas Patalon (21:06).
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 9 BHS Cross Country Results from Dual Meet with Mogadore
The BHS Cross Country Team hosted Mogadore on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 on Senior Night (results below). The Magics lone senior is Brian Davidson Jr. Boys’: Mogadore (20), Barberton (38) 1. Stuart (Mog.) 20:05, 2. Navarrete (Mog.), 3. Patalon (Barb.), 4. Clark (Mog.), 5. Saunders (Barb.), 6. Cumberlidge (Mog.), 7. Carter (Mog.), 8. Keren (Mog.), 9.
Boys Varsity Cross Country, Girls Varsity Cross Country · Sep 7 Magics Cross Country Team to Celebrate Senior Day
The BHS Cross Country Team will celebrate Senior Day on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 as they host Mogadore at 4:15 p.m. The team has one senior this year – Brian Davidson Jr. Congratulations to Brian and his Family.
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Mom’s eyes lit up at the old shoe crusted in dirt, a huge grin spreading across her face.
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“I can’t believe it,” she said, taking it from me and turning it over in her hands, “I remember these!”
I was surprised at her enthusiasm over the ugly child-sized shoe that I’d found in our field earlier that afternoon.
“I used to love it when your grandad plowed, I’d take off my shoes and socks and run barefoot on the furrows! Mom told me all the time not to since my feet would get so filthy, but it felt so nice and cool on my toes! Marga and I used to have races. . .” She smiled, and reached for a jar of carrot pickles to add to the table set for lunch, “I lost my shoes once, lost track of where I’d left them in the field. This must be one of them!” Mom shook her head as she giggled, “I can’t believe after all these years!”
This is one of my favourite memories of the farm, and mom. I loved her face, tanned and tired, but glowing with happiness as she told me this story. I especially love the image in my mind’s eye of her running barefoot along the plow furrows as a little girl, smiling and gleeful.
Not long after she told me this story, I tried it myself. Out for a walk one warm evening, I wandered to the field across the road and slipped off my flip-flops, pressing my toes against the smooth, dark, packed soil of the overturned earth. By my second step, I was smiling. It was cool, refreshing. The smell of the soil and green filled my nostrils and my heart.
Among the hard work, long hours, and sometimes chaos of growing up on an organic grain farm, moments like this stood out. When I go back to this moment, I am filled with peace and a deep love for where I grew up. There is something incredibly tranquil about the farm, something that isn’t always easy to see.
It’s not difficult to view farm life as nothing but stress since it is busy, but there is also so much peace to be found. As long as one takes the time to just be, barefoot on the furrows.
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Wisconsin’s paper mills and power plants commonly used asbestos in factory insulation. Workers in vermiculite processing facilities and paper mills in Wisconsin are at the highest risk of asbestos exposure. Asbestos exposure can lead to the development of asbestos-related diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer.
Asbestos Exposure in Manufacturing
The paper manufacturing industry in Wisconsin frequently used asbestos as an insulator for machinery and to help aid in the drying process. While the paper industry is key to Wisconsin’s economy, it was also a very dangerous industry for employees. The drying cloths and adhesives used in the paper manufacturing process contained asbestos materials, exposing workers to toxic asbestos fibers on a regular basis. Other manufacturing companies, including metal works facilities, used asbestos to insulate high-heat equipment, such as furnaces. Workers were exposed to asbestos dust and fibers when they used or repaired this equipment. Several individuals who worked in these metal manufacturing plants have developed mesothelioma.
Vermiculite and Asbestos
Wisconsin received asbestos-contaminated vermiculite from W.R. Grace in Libby, Montana. A vermiculite processing facility in Kenosha operated from the 1960s to 1990s. The employees at this facility were at high risk of asbestos exposure. Workers who processed and handled the asbestos tainted vermiculite were likely exposed to hazardous asbestos fibers and should monitor their health for asbestos-related diseases.
Asbestos in Buildings
Buildings built in Wisconsin prior to the 1980s may contain asbestos materials. Construction workers and maintenance workers may be at risk for asbestos exposure if these asbestos-containing materials are disturbed and the fibers become airborne. When asbestos fibers become airborne, anyone nearby is at risk of inhaling the fibers and developing deadly respiratory illnesses.
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Mesothelioma is a deadly and rare form of malignant cancer that is caused by asbestos exposure. The most common forms of mesothelioma are: pleural and peritoneal. Pleural mesothelioma is a cancer that affects the lining of the lungs and peritoneal mesothelioma is a cancer that affects the lining of the abdominal cavity.
Victims with pleural mesothelioma may have respiratory symptoms, such as coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, and fatigue. Victims with peritoneal mesothelioma may have abdominal swelling, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.
The latency period for mesothelioma is very long. The average latency period is about 30 years, but can be shorter than 15 years or longer than 40 years. This means individuals with mesothelioma may take decades to present symptoms from the time they were exposed to asbestos.
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Asbestosis is a chronic lung disease caused by asbestos exposure. When asbestos is inhaled the fibers irritate and scar the lining of the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. The lungs become stiff and cannot expand and contract normally. Symptoms of asbestosis are shortness of breath, chest pain, and a dry, persistent cough. Like mesothelioma, the latency period for asbestosis is very long. Symptoms may not present for 10 to 40 years after asbestos exposure.
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Members of all branches of the military may have been exposed to asbestos before it became more restricted in the 1970s. The U.S. military used asbestos products in many areas because of its low cost, durability, and heat resistant properties. The common use of these asbestos products put many U.S. veterans at risk of developing asbestos related diseases, such as mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer. Below is a list of the military branches and common asbestos exposure sites:
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7 Ways You're Still Wearing Your Face Mask Wrong
Wearing a mask incorrectly can be the difference between protecting yourself from COVID-19 and catching it.
You've heard a million times by now that face masks are key to slowing the spread of COVID-19. And while wearing a face mask helps protect you and those around you, it only does so if you're correctly wearing it. Pulling your face mask under your chin or wearing the wrong size mask is not helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, rendering the face mask useless. If you want to make sure your face mask is doing its job, make sure you're not making these mistakes. And for more you should know about the proper use of face masks, check out the 5 Ways You're Cleaning Your Face Mask Wrong.
You're not paying attention to which side of the face mask goes outside versus inside.
A rumor circulated around Facebook in late March, saying you could choose which side of a disposable face mask you wore, depending on what kind of coverage you wanted. White side out was for when you were not sick and wanted to keep the virus out, while the blue side out was for keeping germs in while you were sick. In an episode of Bloomberg QuickTake, Wing Hong Seto, MD, co-director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, disputed this rumor. According to Seto, the blue side should always be worn out because it's waterproof, while the white should always be worn in because it's absorbent and will absorb a cough or sneeze.
Similarly, there's a right way and a wrong way to wear your cloth face mask. That pocket your cloth mask likely has is for a filter and should be on the inside of your mask, while the side without the pocket should be worn on the outside. And for more about face masks, check out How Many People Need to Wear Masks to Stop the Coronavirus.
You're wearing the same face mask all day.
Your mask is a filter, which means it "needs to be changed regularly," says Dimitar Marinov, MD, an assistant professor at the Medical University of Varna who works with the control and prevention of infectious diseases. If you don't swap out your mask, "viral particles can accumulate and spread into the environment."
So if you're out in public all day, you should be switching out your face mask often. In fact, Tsippora Shainhouse, MD, a board-certified dermatologist at SkinSafe Dermatology and Skin Care, says it's recommended that cloth masks be changed every two hours. And for more face mask tips, check out the 7 Precautions You Must Take Before Wearing a Mask.
You're pulling down your face mask to speak to someone.
Pulling your face mask down to talk to someone while out in public completely defeats the purpose of the mask, yet so many people do it because they feel their voice is muffled by the mask, says Shainhouse. When you pull your mask "off of your nose to let it sit on your chin," she says you're potentially exposing yourself and anyone else around you to the virus.
In fact, it's especially important to wear your face mask when talking to other people, considering a recent National Institutes of Health study found that speaking in a loud voice can introduce thousands of droplets containing COVID-19 into the air every second. And even worse, those droplets are detectable in the air for up to 14 minutes after you're done talking.
You're touching your face mask with gloves on.
The truth of the matter is, you shouldn't be touching your face mask at all while you're wearing it, whether it's to pull it down to talk to someone or just to make adjustments as to where it sits on your face—especially when you're wearing gloves, says Shainhouse.
"If you choose to wear gloves, they should be removed–flipping them inside out as your remove them, and balling the first one into the second–and then remove or touch your face mask," she says. "Wearing gloves tends to provide wearers with a false sense of security, as they end up touching everything with their dirty gloves–thinking they are safe because they are keeping their hands clean. The gloves have germs that can be transferred to your face, especially when you fidget or play with your mask." And for more common errors to avoid, check out 8 Mistakes You're Still Making Every Time You Leave Your House.
You're not covering your nose while wearing a face mask.
Your mask isn't only meant to cover your mouth. Your nose can have just as much of an impact in spreading the coronavirus, says Dušan Goljić, PharmD, medical writer and co-founder of DealsOnHealth.
"We often breathe through our nose, and if we put our masks only over our mouths, we are exposing ourselves to the virus," he says. "Plus, in case we're infected with the virus and sneeze, we will release viral particles through our nose and contaminate people surrounding us."
You're wearing a damp face mask.
One of the reasons you need to change your face mask often is because they can become wet with sweat, says Shainhouse—which also renders your face mask ineffective in protecting against COVID-19. Wet masks cannot filter out respiratory particles in the same way a dry mask can. This also means you have to wait for a face mask to fully dry after washing the mask before wearing it, she says. And for the ultimate guide on cleaning your face mask, check out The No. 1 Way to Clean Your Face Mask.
You're wearing the wrong kind of face mask.
Does your face mask have a respirator valve? If so, then it's ineffective in terms of slowing the spread of COVID-19, according to Shainhouse. After all, the purpose of face masks is to help people "keep their germs to themselves," reducing the likelihood of possibly contaminated droplets infecting other people.
"The one-way respiratory valve allows the wearer to breathe out all of their droplets and germs into the surrounding air," Shainhouse explains. "While it keeps them from sucking in other people's germs—filtering them out like a professional N95—it does not hold their own germs in, and thus exposes anyone in their immediate vicinity to their germs."
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7 Surefire Signs You Need a New Face Mask
If you want to stay safe, it's essential you know when to get new protective gear.
The One Type of Mask You Should Never Wear
Face masks with valves are not the best way to protect against COVID-19, the CDC says. Here's why.
The CDC Just Said This About the U.K. Strain
It's the scariest prediction yet.
Do These 2 Things Before Getting Vaccinated
These simple activities could boost your immunity.
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Paul Nicholls: Schooling fall leaves Kauto 50/50 for Festival
Much-awaited clash with Long Run hangs in the balance after two-time Gold Cup champ - and long time second favourite for 2012 running - takes a 'tumble' at Ditcheat
There is no easy way to say this, but Kauto Star is only 50-50 to make the Cheltenham Gold Cup after a fall schooling.
As a trainer, it is all too easy to sit on information when it comes to your horses.
They have so many minor worries, niggles and setbacks - most of which turn out to be nothing of long-term importance - that you could be constantly updating on each of your string, to the press and the public, on a hourly, daily and weekly basis.
But our policy at Ditcheat is always to be up front and honest about the well-being of our horses - such as the coughing scare last week - and especially so when it is a public, and once-in-a-lifetime horse, such as Kauto.
In my opinion, the public have a right to know. In many ways, he is as much theirs, as Clive Smith's and ours.
So I am sad to report that his participation at the Cheltenham Festival is in doubt.
Kauto took a tumble when Ruby schooled him at the end of last week. I say tumble, but in truth it was a pretty awful fall.
Clive was obviously consulted at all times and we immediately got Kauto checked over. Even though he trotted sound, it was plain to see that he was sore afterwards.
He has had the best veterinary and physiotherapy care possible but we hoped that he would be showing more improvement by now.
I spoke to Clifford after returning to the stables after a Cheltenham media day yesterday, and he said Kauto still wasn't fully recovered, remained quite stiff, and in his wise words he felt he was "only 50-50" to make the Festival at this stage.
So I immediately spoke to Clive and we felt that it prudent that we put out this update today.
Next week is crucial for the horse.
He is still cantering each day but I can assure you right now that Kauto Star won't be going anywhere near Cheltenham unless we are all convinced - Clive Smith, myself, Clifford and the team here - that he is 110 per cent right.
Even if there is the slightest doubt in our minds, then he stays at home. No question. We will do what is best for the horse. Always have, always will. End of story.
But, along with Desert Orchid, I suppose if ever a horse has captured the public's love and imagination it is Kauto Star. We saw that when he won the Betfair Chase at Haydock.
It even had this old cynic bursting with pride for the horse, fighting back the tears on my proudest and most emotional day as a trainer.
So, of course, it will be devastating for all concerned if Kauto Star wasn't able up to line up on March 16 and try to win a third Gold Cup. Because he has been in the form of his life this season.
But one thing I think we have all learned with Kauto is never to write him off.
Yes, having this setback so close to the Festival is clearly a major concern, but don't confuse Kauto's kind and inquisitive nature with softness.
He is a hard so-and-so too - you learn to be when your best mate is Denman - and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he was back firing on all cylinders at home before Cheltenham, and went on to beat Long Run for a third time this season.
But at this stage his participation does hang in the balance.
I know a lot of the press read this column, so I would just like to take this opportunity to say that this will be my only public comment on this subject today and I have nothing more to add at this stage.
But I will give daily updates on the horse from tomorrow onwards.
Paul Nicholls / 1 Mar 2012
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"Kauto took a tumble when Ruby schooled him at the end of last week. I say tumble, but in truth it was a pretty awful fall. Clive was obviously consulted at all times and we immediately got Kauto checked over. Even though he trotted sound, it was plain to see that he was sore afterwards."
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VALERIE JACKSON | 01 March 2012
So sorry to hear about Kauto Star falling. Hope he gets better soon .
Kim Williams | 01 March 2012
Kauto is the ultimate racehorse, I have loved him ever since I first saw him race as a five year old, despite the blunders, you could just see the scope and talent. When he is right nothing can beat him, he has nothing to prove. If he cannot go to Cheltenham so be it, let him stay sound he has years ahead of him, people will be fighting over themselves to have him to hunt, show, dressage (although he will never make G.P.!) I know you will do the right thing, don't let us be broken hearted by running him if he is not right (i'm sure you won't)
With love to K.S.
Anonymous | 02 March 2012
get well soon kauto we need you at cheltenham
Andrew | 02 March 2012
I endorse Kim's previous comment. Beautifully written and a sensible view of our beloved Kauto. I too have been priveleged enough to see him up close and he doesn't owe us a thing. But remember folks, in Paul & Clifford he is in the best hands in the business. The Gold Cup won't be the same if he doesn't run - but there are many Gold Cups but only one Kauto. He's more important.
anon | 02 March 2012
I am so disappointed about the news of Kauto falling in jump schooling. I believe it will take the gloss off the entire festivel if he doesnt show up.
What annoys me is why the trio of Nicholls, Walsh and Smith felt this horse needed schooling in the first place, surely he has god given and results proven ability that does not need tinkering with. I am very sorry for all the connections and family of Kauto,but couldnt they just let the old boy go out and do his stuff on the day.
nigel | 03 March 2012
what i don't really understand is why this was not made public in an earlier PN report.
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Cancellation Scorecard: What won’t be returning to your TV screens in the fall
Now that the majority of network television stations have announced their renewals and subsequent cancellations; its time to either rejoice or go on a binge marathon to remember your fallen favourites. Now of course this isn’t a complete list of all the cancelled TV shows, to see a complete list check out tvline.com’s post here. Unfortunately as with every television season there are some shows you grow attached to that won’t be returning *cue the sad faces and wailing.*
Lets get onto the chopping block:
Happy Endings: While this show did fair better than many others on the list, its one of the ones I’ll miss the most. Happy endings is about a group of 6 late 20-somethings living in Chicago. The crazy married couple, successful businessman Brad and the neurotic Monica-type Jane, Alex Jane’s ditsy younger sister, Dave an aspiring restauranteur, Max the resident slacker who portrays an interesting and un-taped tv portrayal of a gay man, and lastly Penny the single klutzy serial dater. Its hard to compare Happy Endings to other shows, it was kind of Friends meets How I Met Your Mother meets Cougar Town…with something else thrown in.
For all those Happy Endings fans out there, there might still be hope. Its been reported that Sony TV, which produces the show, has been shopping the show around to other networks. The cable network USA has expressed interest, best case scenario we get a move similar to Cougar Town (ABC to TBS). Now Happy Endings viewers know that the scheduling of the show has been off the rails this past year, it started off on Tuesday, got moved to Sunday, started airing new episodes on both Sunday and Tuesday before being banished to the Friday 2-episode burn-off. Confused yet? So were we! Forget trying to actually watch a show you enjoy, trying to keep track of when it was on proved to be a problem; anyways its nice to see Sony backing behind the series and I for one will be keeping my fingers crossed for another network pick-up! Here’s a clip from the show featuring Penny Hartz
Partners: I’ve mentioned this series cancellation in a previous post, however as you can tell I’m still pretty bummed by it. It was without a doubt my favourite offering of the 2012/2013 year and in my eyes it was cancelled much too soon. The series really hit its stride by the fourth episode but unfortunately it was cancelled after 6 episodes. I’ve heard that the show aired its full 13 episode season in South Africa, but for some odd reason those forgotten episodes haven’t managed to make their way online…yet. I know its likely a lost cause but I’d really love to see the last 7 episodes, I watched each of the 6 aired episodes on repeat and would like to see where they went with the storyline.
Tvline.com mentioned that NBC’s Do No Harm and ABC’s 666 Park Avenue and Zero Hour will finish out their Freshman season in the summer, a great move for fans who want closure to a series they’ve grown attached to. Come on CBS! Any chance for this happening with Partners??
Fringe: I really can’t complain about this one, although the ratings weren’t great FOX gave the series a 5th season of 13 episodes to conclude the series. I’m a big fan of the science fiction genre and this show was so complex and well integrated. The series followed a team under the FBI who investigated ‘fringe events’ or strange scientific occurrences. The series had a nice conclusion and gave viewers closure yet even in the finale remained true to its story. Although the finale was bittersweet, I’m still happy with the way the series ended.
Touch: Another show that I really became attached to. I’ve yet to watch the series finale (originally aired on May 10th 2013), however given that the series was only just cancelled I have a feeling it will be very open ended. The series revolves around former investigative journalist Martin Bohm and his special needs son Jake. Jake has never spoken a word in his life but is drawn to numbers and patterns and often uses numbers to communicate to his father. The series is unique in that although Martin and Jake move the story along, the real meat of the episode is through its guest stars. Every secondary character somehow relates to one another with everything coming full circle at the one hour mark. For all the Kiefer Sutherland fans out there, FOX has recently announced that the hit series 24 will be revived as a limited series, likely as a replacement to a possible movie.
Guys with Kids: Although I wasn’t all that attached to this show its still one that I kept up with throughout the year. The series follows the lives of 3 friends as they raise their children in the city. Gary is a married stay at home father of 4 boys: Yoda, Clark and newborn twins Robbie and GJ. Chris is a recent divorce who has partial custody of his newborn son Ernie; and lastly Zach is a married working father to pre-teen Violet and newborn Eddie. The series ran for 17 episodes, and although fun in my opinion wasn’t part of my must watch TV schedule.
The New Normal: Similarly to Guys with Kids, this show is another one that I’m not that upset about. The series follows a happy and successful gay couple Bryan, a television producer, and David, an obstetrician, and their relationship with their surrogate Goldie and her 9-year old daughter Shania. Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannalis definitely carried the series, and although it had a lot of heart, by the end of the season I just didn’t feel invested enough. Again not a series I’ll be crying over but a fun one to check out if you want easy summer TV.
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THE REBELLION IN THE UNITED STATES; OR, THE WAR OF 1861
rections are received from you. The wounded are tenderly cared for. I appreciate your offer, but Baltimore will claim it as her right to pay all expenses incurred. “Very respectfully, “Your obedient servant, “GEO. W.M. BROWN, “Mayor of Baltimore.”
To this the following reply was returned by the Governor: —
“To His Honor George Wm. Brown, Mayor of Baltimore:
“DEAR SIR: — I appreciate your kind attention to our wounded and our dead, and trust that at the earliest moment the remains of our fallen will return to us.
“I am overwhelmed with surprise that a peaceful march of American citizens over the highway to the defence of our common Capitol should be deemed aggressive by Baltimoreans. Through New York the march was triumphal. - “JoHN A. ANDREW, Governor of Massachusetts.”
Of the citizens of Baltimore, there were seven killed and many wounded. Mr. R. W. Davis was shot dead near the Camden station; the others killed were John McGhan, Sebastian Gies, Patrick Clark, B. Thomas Miles, Wm. C. Maloney, W. Reed. Wounded, Patrick Griffin, fatally, others unknown.
The Massachusetts soldiers killed in Baltimore were A. O. Whitney and Luther C. Ladd, of Lowell.
Wounded and left in Baltimore—Sergeant Ames of the Lowell City Guards, slightly; private E. Coburn, of the same place, shot in the head, not fatal; private Michael Green of Lawrence, slightly; S. H. Needham, skull fractured (since died); another, name unknown, at the infirmary, badly wounded; H. W. Danforth and Edward Cooper were shot in the thigh; also Capt. J. H. Dike, of Company C., Stoneham Light Infantry, received a ball wound in the head, and was left at Baltimore. The following are the names of the wounded who proceeded on to Washington: — Company C, Stoneham Light Infantry. Henry Dyke, ball wound in the leg. W. H. Young, hit by a brickbat on the head. Stephen Flanders, bad wound on the head by a brickbat. H. Perry, wounded on the knee by brickbat. John Fostier, wounded on the head with a stone. C. G. Gill, bad wound on the knee from the breech of a gun. . - . Joshua W. Pennall, knocked in the head by a brickbat. John Kempton, several bad bruises on the legs and arms from paving stones. Morris Meade, wounded in the leg by a brickbat. Lieut. James Rowe, two side cuts in the head from brickbats. Daniel Brown, third finger of the left hand shot off. Company D, Lowell. C. H. Chandler, wounded in the head by a brick. (Pop-corn man.) y Company I, Lawrence. W. G. Gingrass, shot through the arm. Alonzo Joy, two fingers shot off. . Sergeant G. J. Dorall, cut on the head with a brickbat. Company D. W. H. Samson, struck in the eye and on the back of the head with paving stones, with other severe bruises on the body. Charles Stinson of Company C, of Lowell, had nose broken with a brick. * Company D. Ira W. Moore, badly wounded on left arm with brickbat. Geo. Alexander, back of the head and neck badly cut with a brick. . . The names of the brave soldiers who fell in this heroic expedition will stand on our nation’s history parallel with those of the Revolution, and be immortalized with the sacred memories which cluster around the men of Concord and Lexington. It is stated that one of the Massachusetts soldiers who was mortally wounded and bled to death, while in the last struggles stood erect, raised his right hand toward heaven, and exclaimed, - “All hail to the stars and stripes ''” and instantly expired. April 21. Thus far it appears that the Sixth Regiment, under Col. Jones, has arrived in Washington, forcing its way through Baltimore. The Fourth Regiment under Col. Packard, and the Third under Col. Wardrop, were safely landed at Fortress Monroe. The Eighth Regiment under Col. Munroe of Lynn, accompanied by Brig. General Butler, has reached Annapolis, by steamers from Philadelphia, en route for Washington, the railway communication having been temporarily interrupted. Having followed them to their destination, we leave them here, and take a general survey of the whole country. A diabolical attempt was made to poison the Fourth Regiment while on board the “State of Maine'' at New York, previous to leaving for Fortress Monroe, on the eighteenth, by sending poisoned brandy on board. One died, and four or five others suffered very much from its influence, but recovered. The perpetrator of the outrage is unknown. - April 19th. The President issued a proclamation ordering the blockade of the ports of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and declaring that if any person, acting under the pretended authority of said States, shall molest a vessel of the United States, or the persons or cargo on board, such person shall be deemed guilty of piracy. General Scott issued an order extending the military department of Washington so as to include the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and appointing Major-General Patterson to the command. Governor Hicks, of Maryland, and Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, informed the President that it was not possible for soldiers to pass through. Baltimore unless they fought their way. President Lincoln replied that no more troops would pass through the city for the present, provided they were allowed to pass armed around the city unmolested. The city council of Philadelphia appropriated one million dollars to equip volunteers and support their families. Governor Buckingham, of Connecticut, issued a proclamation calling for the Second Regiment of volunteers. Fourteen thousand dollars were subscribed at Norwich, for the families of volunteers. Rhode Island Marine Artillery arrived in New York with six pieces of artillery, and left same day for Washington. Governor Hicks, of Maryland, telegraphed Governor Sprague, of Rhode Island, as follows: — Governor Hicks to Governor Sprague:– “I understand you are about to proceed to Washington with the Rhode Island regiment. I advise you not to take them through Baltimore, and thus save trouble.” Governor Sprague to Governor Hicks:– “The Rhode Island Regiment are going to fight, and it matters not whether they fight in Baltimore or Washington.” The war feeling was increasing. New companies were concentrating. Seventeen hundred volunteers, from Ohio, arrived in Pittsburg, Pa., en route for Washington. From Springfield, Ill., we learn that forty-nine companies had been accepted, and tenders of as many more had been made. All the railroad companies of the State had volunteered to carry accepted companies to the place of rendezvous free of charge.
In Chicago, two thousand men had signed the musterroll. The Zouave regiment was fast filling up, and the enthusiasm was intense. A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa., April 18th, says: — “A large number of companies have arrived, and the camp, forming a mile above the city, is alive with excitement to-night. The whole population are in the streets. Two companies are quartered in the legislative halls. There will be eight thousand troops here by Saturday. Every train brings hundreds. A special messenger has been sent to Washington for arms.” It will be remembered that only three days have elapsed since the President issued his proclamation calling for troops. A correspondent writes from Washington, under date April 19th : —“Twenty-four companies, averaging one hundred men, have already been mustered into the service of the government. Five hundred Pennsylvania troops arrived this afternoon. Several were hurt with stones while passing through Baltimore. They are Quartered in the Capitol. “The old hall of the House of Representatives, where Clay, Adams, Webster, Calhoun, McDuffie and hundreds of others, eminent in public life, deliberated, is now turned into barracks. Company E (Washington) are quartered in the handsome room on Revolutionary Claims. Two of the Pennsylvania companies are quartered in the luxurious committee-rooms of the north wing. The soldiers had Brussels carpets, marble wash-stands, and all that sort of thing, but seemed to think they should prefer to all this to have a bite of something to eat, as they had tasted nothing since a hasty early breakfast at Harrisburg. They had suffered, too, miserably from thirst on the way, and, at one station where they stopped, were glad to Quench their thirst in a pool of muddy water standing in a field. This, with the hostile reception received at Baltimore, gave them a pretty rude taste of soldiers’ life.
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COVID-19 Quick Reference Guide
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As COVID-19 continues to spread alarm and uncertainty, we assure you that our commitment to our clients and communities remains strong and focused. We are closely monitoring the rapidly changing developments to help address the myriad of questions presented by this global pandemic. We’ve curated the best information and resources to help you navigate any potential business disruptions and keep you informed. This page reflects the latest and ongoing COVID-19 situation and will continue to be updated regularly. Be sure to check back for updates.
Contact your BMF Advisor or any of our experts below to discuss any challenges or concerns you have navigating these uncertain times or the impact on your business.
and Extensions
All tax related updates as it relates to business, individual and estates including extensions, modifications and corrections.
Learn More Contact Tod Wagner
Employment and
Benefit Plans
Payroll tax, FMLA, Insurance Payment Deferrals, emergency paid sick leave, plan contributions and minimum distributions.
Learn More Contact Jim Merklin
Access to working capital, SBA loans, grant programs, financial forecasting, projections, modeling, business valuations and more.
Learn More Contact Dale Ruther
Individual benefits, filing for unemployment, retirement account withdrawals, filing extensions and modifications.
Learn More Contact Cindy Mitchell
Common cyber threats, network security and resources to leverage.
Learn More Contact Chad Voller
and Notices
Here’s how we’re adjusting our business to better serve your business.
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“From the moment our lives were halted with the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at BMF has been phenomenal. They’ve kept me updated on the latest regulatory changes, ever-moving economic forecasts and answered the countless questions presented by this global challenge and helped identify opportunities to protect our cash flow. Alongside our leadership team, the BMF team has worked around the clock to keep our business needs front and center. I’m confident our organization will withstand this crisis and emerge stronger because we have partners like BMF by our side.”
– Ken Babby, Owner, Akron RubberDucks and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp AA Baseball Clubs
Tax Updates and Extensions
Thinking COVID-19 isn’t impacting your tax situation? Take a closer look and talk with your tax advisor. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, phase III of legislation aimed at fighting the pandemic and mitigating economic harm has something for every individual, family, worker, and businesses of all sizes; even those not currently stressed by the outbreak. (Top of page)
Opportunities and Implications of the Business Law and Tax Changes in Response to COVID-19
Tod Wagner discusses tax planning in the current environment, including tax law changes and extensions in response to COVID-19.
Tax Implications for Employers’ “Work From Home” Arrangements After COVID-19
Hear from Mark Rossetti and Samantha Rathburn as they discuss the tax implications that employers need to know BEFORE considering permanent Work From Home / Remote Work arrangements post-pandemic.
Tax Webinar: PPP Impact, Tax Planning Considerations, State and Local Implications
2020 has turned out to be a year that no one could plan for. Melissa Dunham, Tod Wagner and Mark Rossetti walk through the tax impact of the Paycheck Protection Program, Federal tax planning considerations for 2020 and 2021 and the implications of state and local taxes in the remote environment.
BMF Insight and Key Takeaways
Cash is king – and nothing is better than free cash. Start with reviewing the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Plan which aims to give business and self-employed 8-weeks of relief in the form a forgivable loan.
No loans for your business? No worry! The new tax provision will help you preserve your cash, with deferrals on payroll taxes, refundable payroll tax credits, deferral of defined benefit plan contributions, acceleration of corporate AMT credits refunds, NOL carryback opportunities, relaxation of loss limitation rules for flow-through entities and many opportunities to accelerate deductions.
Individuals and families are not left out. In addition to the well-publicized direct payments to individuals, new tax provisions offer relief on unexpected distributions from retirement plans, waiver of required minimum distribution, flexibility in terms of timing of making contributions and more.
BMF Articles
Congress Passes Year-End Spending, Stimulus Bill with Tax Extenders (BMF, December 23, 2020)
Preparing for the New Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation (BMF, December 21, 2020)
2020 Year End Tax Planning for Businesses and Individuals (BMF, December 10, 2020)
IRS Issues Additional Guidance on Taxability of PPP Loan Forgiveness (BMF, November 20, 2020)
Final Rules Clarify Business Meals and Entertainment Deductions (BMF, November 6, 2020)
2021 Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) (BMF, October 29, 2020)
Payroll Tax Holiday - Friend or Foe? (BMF, September 1, 2020)
IRS Delays and Other Issues on 2019 Tax Filings (BMF, August 31, 2020)
Ohio Issues CAT Guidance on PPP Loan Forgiveness (BMF, July 15, 2020)
Opportunities and Implications of the Business Law & Tax Changes in Response to COVID-19 (VIDEO - BMF, May 22, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: Taxabilities of Loan Forgiveness (BMF, May 1, 2020)
IRS Broadens Tax Filing and Payment Relief, Refund Guidance Coming Soon (BMF, April 10, 2020)
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act; Business Loan Programs (BMF, March 27, 2020)
CARES Act: Federal Coronavirus Emergency Relief Package (BMF, March 27, 2020)
State Agencies Issue Financial Relief to Ohio Businesses and Workers (BMF, March 26, 2020)
House & Senate Approve $2 Trillion Economic Rescue Package; Tax Extensions Clarified (BMF, March 25, 2020)
Treasury Extends Tax Filing Deadline 90 Days (BMF, March 20, 2020)
President Trump Signs Coronavirus Emergency Aid Package, IRS Issues Guidance on Tax Payment Extension (BMF, March 19, 2020)
Treasury Delays Tax Payments by 90 Days, Filing Deadline Currently Unchanged (BMF, March 18, 2020)
COVID-19-Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave FAQs (IRS, April 21, 2020)
Tax Filing FAQ (AICPA, April 7, 2020)
FAQ: COVID-19 Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave Provided by Small and Midsize Businesses (IRS, April 1, 2020)
Filing and Payment Deadlines Q&A (IRS)
Ohio Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA)
AICPA Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resource Center
OSCPA Coronavirus Resources & Information
City of Cleveland Central Collection Agency
Regulatory Guidance
Notice 2020-23 Expanded Tax Deadline Relief (IRS, April 10, 2020)
IRS Guidance for NOLs Impacted by CARES Act, Rev. Proc. 2020-24 (IRS, April 9, 2020)
State Tax Filing Guidance for Coronavirus Pandemic (AICPA, April 2, 2020)
Treasury Delays Excise Tax Payments (U.S. Department of Treasury, April 1, 2020)
H.R. 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) (U.S. Senate, 116th Congress, March 27, 2020)
Notice 2020-20 Gift Tax Filing Relief (IRS, March 20, 2020)
IR-2020-57 IRS News Release Regarding Paid Leave and Tax Credits (IRS, March 20, 2020) (PDF)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (U.S. Congress, March 18, 2020)
Notice 2020-18 Income Tax Payment and Filing Relief (IRS, March 18, 2020)
Theodore A. Wagner
James M. Bowen
John E. Jenkins
Employment and Benefit Plans
There are significant changes in HR and benefits areas that have been impacted by the government’s response to the economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 virus, and our team is well-positioned to help you through some of these issues. Some of the areas that have been impacted are payroll taxes, FMLA, health insurance, sick leave, plan contributions, plan loan provisions and minimum distributions. BMF is here to help you through these issues.
(Top of page)
Employee Benefits: The Implications of the New Laws in Response to COVID-19 / Coronavirus
Jim Merklin discusses how business and individual benefit plans are being impacted by the SECURE Act AND CARES Act, which was put in place as a result of COVID-19.
Cash is King – and some of the new law provisions will help you preserve your cash, such as deferrals on payroll taxes and health insurance payments.
COVID-19 government programs are making significant changes to some human resource programs such as sick leave and FMLA.
Employee benefit plans will be making changes to provide you and your employees enhanced flexibility in terms of timing of making contributions, loan provision enhancements and providing employees protection from defaulting on their loans, and minimum distributions.
Partial Plan Terminations: How Does This Affect My Business? (BMF, May 28, 2020)
Implications of the New Laws in Response to COVID-19 (VIDEO - BMF, May 22, 2020)
Benefit Plan Relief for Plan Sponsors and Participants (BMF, May 13, 2020)
COVID-19 Webinar: Impact on Mergers & Acquisitions (April 21, 2020)
Treasury & IRS Issue Guidance on CARES Act Payroll Tax Deferrals (BMF, April 14, 2020)
Ohio Employers to Receive $1.6 Billion Dividend from Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BMF, April 10, 2020)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Relief Benefits and Tax Deadlines (BMF, March 17, 2020)
OSCPA
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Q&A (U.S. Department of Labor, March 30, 2020)
Coronavirus-Related Relief for Retirement Plans and IRAs Q&A (IRS, May 4, 2020)
COVID-19 FAQ (Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, March 25, 2020)
Filing for Unemployment (Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services)
Filing for Unemployment Insurance (U.S. Department of Labor)
Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers (U.S. Department of Labor)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Q&A (U.S. Department of Labor)
Fair Labor Standards Act Q&A (U.S. Department of Labor)
Family and Medical Leave Act Q&A (U.S. Department of Labor)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act Poster for Non-Federal Employees (U.S. Department of Labor)
COVID-19-Related Tax Credits for Required Paid Leave Provided by Small and Midsize Businesses FAQs (IRS, March 31, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program Loan Information (SBA)
Paycheck Protection Program Information & Application (U.S. Department of Treasury)
IRS News Update Regarding Paid Leave (IRS, March 20, 2020)
Health Insurance Coverage Flexibility for Ohio Employees (Ohio Department of Insurance, March 20, 2020)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employee Paid Leave Rights (U.S. Department of Labor)
Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Employer Paid Leave Requirements (U.S. Department of Labor)
James E. Merklin
Eileen Connor
In these trying times, businesses need to be proactive in seeking out opportunities to enhance their access to working capital. There are programs available through the small business administration for companies that qualify that can provide additional financial resources to help get through the issues caused by the COVID-19 virus. BMF is here to help you in finding which program might be right for you and helping you to access these programs. (Top of page)
Listen to Jim Merklin, Dale Ruther and Mindy Marsden for a moderated discussion that takes a deeper dive into the top issues resulting from the Paycheck Protection Program. This full-scoped moderated panel will discuss the impact with the new Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, how borrowers can maximize loan forgiveness and timing on remaining loan funds and forgiveness.
Top Considerations for Navigating PPP Loan Application,
Spending and Forgiveness (PART 1)
Listen to Jim Merklin, Dale Ruther and Mindy Marsden for Part 1 of a moderated discussion that takes a deep dive into the top issues resulting from the Paycheck Protection Program.
Paycheck Protection Program:
Past, Present & Future
Dale Ruther breaks down the Paycheck Protection Program into three parts: Where we’ve been, where we’re at now, and where we are going.
Top Ten Questions (and answers!)
Dale Ruther covers the top 10 questions (and answers) we hear most with the Paycheck Protection Program loans.
Cash is king – taking actions now to protect your cash flow and position yourself to use cash resources wisely;
Understanding the tax deferrals available to you is critical to the enhancement of cash flow in these challenging times;
The SBA’s disaster loan program might be worthy of consideration;
The Paycheck Protection Program might have significant benefits to your company.
SBA & Treasury Issue Guidance for Second Draw PPP Funding (January 8, 2021)
COVID-19 Relief Bill Passed, Key PPP Issues Addressed (BMF, December 22, 2020)
Details of the Bipartisan COVID Relief Plan Proposal (BMF, December 11, 2020)
AICPA Joins 80+ Organizations Concerned About PPP Loan Necessity Questionnaires (BMF, November 19, 2020)
Tips for Supporting $2M+ Loan Necessity (BMF, November 11, 2020)
SBA to Release New Forms to Validate PPP Loans in Excess of $2M (BMF, November 4, 2020)
Forgiveness Simplified for PPP Loans of $50K or Less (BMF, October 12, 2020)
SBA and Treasury Address Owner-Employee Compensation and Rental Expenses in Latest PPP Guidance (BMF, August 25, 2020)
PPP Forgiveness Applications - Should You Act Now or Wait? (BMF, August 14, 2020)
SBA Releases 23 New FAQs to Address PPP Loan Forgiveness (BMF, August 6, 2020)
COVID-19 Checklist: Reassessing Your Risks and Internal Controls (BMF, July 28, 2020)
Five-Week Extension to PPP Loan Applications (BMF, July 2, 2020)
Top Considerations for Navigating PPP Loan Application, Spending and Forgiveness - PART 2 (VIDEO - BMF, June 30, 2020)
SBA Issues Revised "Borrower-Friendly" PPP Forgiveness Applications (BMF, June 18, 2020)
FASB Grants One-Year Delay on Revenue Recognition and Lease Standards Implementation (BMF, June 6, 2020)
Senate Passes House Bill to Loosen PPP Forgiveness (BMF, June 4, 2020)
House Passes Bill to Ease PPP Loan Spending and Forgiveness Requirements (BMF, May 29, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: SBA Issues Interim Final Rules on Loan Forgiveness (BMF, May 26, 2020
Paycheck Protection Program: Past, Present & Future (VIDEO - BMF, May 22, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: Top 10 Questions (VIDEO - BMF, May 22, 2020)
SBA Releases PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and Instructions (BMF, May 18, 2020)
SBA Issues Guidance and Safe Harbor on "Good Faith" Certification (BMF, May 14, 2020)
Strategies During Economic Downturns: Managing Cash (It's Still King!) (BMF, April 30, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: Loan Forgiveness Highlights (BMF, April 30, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: Loan Forgiveness Q&A (BMF, April 30, 2020
Paycheck Protection Program Loan Certification Updates (BMF, April 29, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program: Potentially Adding $300+ Billion to Support Small Businesses (BMF, April 21, 2020)
Treasury & IRS Issue Guidance on CARES Act Payroll Tax Deferral (BMF, April 14, 2020)
Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness: Timing is Everything (BMF, April 8, 2020)
SBA Modifies Paycheck Protection Program Guidelines (BMF, April 3, 2020)
U.S. Treasury Modifies SBA Loan Regulations (BMF, April 1, 2020)
Navigating Challenging Times: Protect Your Cash Flow (BMF, March 20, 2020)
SBA Offering Ohio Businesses Low-Interest Federal Disaster Loans (BMF, March 19, 2020)
EZ Forgiveness Application (U.S. Department of Treasury, June 17, 2020)
EZ Forgiveness Instructions (U.S. Small Business Administration, June 16, 2020)
Full Forgiveness Application (U.S. Department of Treasury, *Revised June 16, 2020)
FAQ: Employee Retention Credit under the CARES Act (IRS, April 1, 2020)
About Disaster Loans (U.S. Small Business Administration, August, 2018)
Disaster Loan Assistance (U.S. Small Business Administration)
Coronavirus: Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources (U.S. Small Business Administration)
Amazon Neighborhood Small Business Relief Fund (Amazon)
Facebook Small Business Grants (Facebook)
SBA Disaster Loan Application (U.S. Small Business Administration)
Modern Cash Forecasting – Keeping treasury ahead of the curve (Opus Capita, Whitepaper)
COVID-19: Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources (SBA)
IRS News Update Regarding Tax Credits for Small and Midsize Businesses (IRS, March 20, 2020)
Dale A. Ruther
Mark B. Bober
Steve C. Swann
Regardless of whether or not you are personally impacted by the health aspects of COVID-19, it is a certainty that you or someone you know has been impacted from a financial aspect. Knowing what options are available to help ease the financial burden on you and your family is key. (Top of page)
Extended filing and payment deadlines have eased the tax season "crunch." Most states are following suit, including Ohio.
Stimulus payments are coming….
Relaxed IRA distribution rules can help ease financial obligations.
Unemployment benefits have been ramped up to help mitigate the financial impact on families.
It is important to be aware of and watch out for scams.
New Rules for Required Minimum Distributions (BMF, August 17, 2020)
Cindy H. Mitchell
Jessica L. Tepus
Common cyber threats, network security and resources to leverage. (Top of page)
WEBINAR: IT Leadership, Security and Stability Beyond the Crisis (June 11, 2020)
Are Your Company's Credentials for Sale on the Dark Web? (BMF, April, 21, 2020)
5 Ways to Increase Conference Call Security in the Era of COVID-19 (BMF, April 10, 2020)
Endpoint Security in the Age of COVID-19 (BMF, April 8, 2020)
COVID-19 Means Being More Vigilant Online (BMF, April 3, 2020)
How is Coronavirus Impacting Cybersecurity and Business Technology (BMF, March 16, 2020)
Cybersecurity and coronavirus: keeping your business safe (peerlyst, March 20, 2020)
Cybersecurity Best Practices Guide for Work from Home/Telecommuting (peerlyst, March 20, 2020)
How to Improve Cybersecurity for Your Distributed Workforce (Forbes, November 21, 2018)
Chad R. Voller
Bryan M. Smith
General Updates and Notices
We are staying engaged with our clients to address the challenges facing their business and ours. We’re letting you know how we’re adjusting our business to respond to these changes. (Top of page)
Navigating Uncertainty for Future Success Together (BMF, July 21, 2020)
BMF COVID-19 Safety Guidelines (BMF, May 7, 2020)
Coming Back Safe & Strong (BMF, May 7, 2020)
In Response to COVID-19: We're Feeling It, Too (BMF, April 17, 2020)
COVID-19 Webinar: Impact on Mergers & Acquisitions
Checking In with Clients and Friends (BMF, March 31, 2020)
Stay at Home Order (BMF, March 23, 2020)
BMF Office Update Regarding COVID-19 (BMF, March 17, 2020)
In Response to COVID-19 (BMF, March 16, 2020)
Director’s Stay at Home Order (Ohio Department of Health, March 23, 2020)
BMF Contact
Richard C. Fedorovich
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The Spiel des Jahres and me
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Zombie Planet got copies of Camel Up in time for Tabletop Day, so I bought a copy. I ended up playing four times, both before and after some meatier games. It is wild fun which invites the careful gamer to hilariously overthink their strategy while still giving some reward to that thinking.
I definitely think it deserved the game of the year win over Splendor, which I have always found to be enjoyable but unexceptional.
This got me thinking about the Spiel des Jahres over the long run. I looked them up, checked which I'd played, and tallied the results.
I've played 16 of 36 winners of the main prize. If we add in the Kennerspiel winners and winners of the other relevant special prizes, it goes to 22 out of 45.
means I've played it, and means I haven't. I really should have played Hare & Tortoise. I traded for a copy a while ago but didn't get around to playing it. Now it's packed in a box until we move. I should play it in June, after the move, which will pull me up to just more than half.
2014: Camel Up, Istanbul
2013: Hanabi, Legends of Andor
2012: Kingdom Builder, Village
2011: Qwirkle, 7 Wonders
2010: Dixit
2009: Dominion, Space Alert
2008: Keltis, Agricola
2007: Zooloretto
2006: Thurn and Taxis, Caylus, Shadows Over Camelot
2005: Niagara
2004: Ticket to Ride
2003: Alhambra
2002: Villa Paletti
2001: Carcassonne, Troia, Lord of the Rings
2000: Torres
1999: Tikal
1998: Elfenland
1997: Mississippi Queen
1996: El Grande
1995: The Settlers of Catan
1994: Manhattan
1993: Liar's Dice
1992: Um Reifenbreite
1991: Drunter und Druber
1990: Hoity Toity
1989: Cafe International
1988: Barbarossa
1987: Auf Achse
1986: Heimlich & Co.
1985: Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective
1984: Railway Rivals
1983: Scotland Yard
1982: Enchanted Forest
1981: Focus
1980: Rummikub
1979: Hare and Tortoise
Camel Up
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It arrives!
I just opened my copy of Wrath of the Cosmos, although it might have been sitting there a while. The delivery guy hid it inside the screen door of an entry we don't use. I can't be too bitter, though, because it wasn't any worse for having sat out in the cold for what might have been days.
I haven't gotten a chance to try any of the new stuff, but I have updated my Scenario Generator Tool to include all the stuff from Wrath of the Cosmos, the new mini-expansions, and the new promo cards.
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Wrath of the Cosmos
Thu Jan 8, 2015 9:43 pm
Two Rook City variants
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Rook City was the first expansion for Sentinels, which is maybe why it's the one I most wanted to tinker with. A cool feature of the way Sentinels is designed is that an alternate hero or villain card can do a lot to finesse the way that the deck plays.
And, like I do, I doodled up art for them. Click on the images below for full-sized, printable versions.
I also give a bit of the rationale for each of the variants. Whether the changes count as improvements will be partly a matter of taste. Feel free to leave a comment noting either approval or revulsion!
Expatriette, Trademark
Trademark Power: Search your trash or your deck for either "Pride" or "Prejudice" and put it into play. If you searched your deck, shuffle your deck.
I have had too many games with original Expatriette when she went for turns without any cards to play. This alternate power means that Expatriette can always get her hands on a gun. It won't usually be the best one for the job, but it will be one of her favourites.
EDIT: Here's a revised (better) version of the alternate power.
Spite, Killer in the Shadows
At the start of the game, put Spite in play, Killer in the Shadows side up.
Spite starts with 60 HP.
Reveal cards from the top of the villain deck until a Drug card is revealed and put it in play. Search the villain deck for the Safe House and put it in play. Shuffle other revealed cards into the villain deck.
front side: KILLER IN THE SHADOWS
If at any time there are no Drug cards in play or if Spite would be destroyed, flip Spite's villain character card.
If one of Spite's cards would destroy environment cards, instead heal Spite 1 HP for each environment card that would be destroyed.
Damage to Spite is reduced by 1 for each Victim in play.
At the start of the villain turn, you may discard one card from under the Safe House to shuffle one Drug card into the villain deck.
At the end of the villain turn, Spite deals the hero target with the lowest HP H-2 melee damage and the hero target with the highest HP H-1 energy damage.
back side: JONESING MURDER ADDICT
When flipped to this side, if Spite has fewer than 20 HP, restore Spite to 20 HP.
Then Spite regains 1 HP for each Victim in play.
At the end of the villain turn, play the top card of the villain deck. Then, Spite deals all targets H-1 energy damage.
With this version of Spite, players have a strong incentive to try and save potential victims. Victims in play benefit him (by reducing damage on the front, by healing him on the back), and saved victims give the players a way to try and control Spite's drugs.
Another small change is that he hides in the environment on the front side; all his cards that would destroy environment cards heal him instead.
The result is a very different experience from the usual Spite, which quickly makes the environment irrelevant and always ends with all the drugs in play.
Sentinels of the Multiverse
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Rook City
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Rook City & Infernal Relics
Game: Sentinel
Sun Jul 6, 2014 3:58 am
Sentinels scenario generator, updated for Vengeance
I finally got a copy of the Vengeance expansion, so I added code to my scenario generator for generating vengeance-style villain times.
The Sentinels Scenario Generator
It was originally designed as a webapp, and I used it on my iPhone. I have since gotten an iPad, and it works fine. You can add it to your homescreen and run it like an app.
It caches the content, so you can use it without a network connection.
You can reroll specific choices without resetting the whole scenario by hitting one of the [X] buttons.
By default, it suggests Vengeance villain teams with only twice as often as any specific standard villain. If you don't want that, bump the villain choice. If you specifically do want to face the Vengeful N (for some number N) hit the [!] button.
It includes all the alternate versions so far, including the Dark Watch and G.I. Bunker.
Sentinels of the Multiverse: Vengeance
Sun Mar 9, 2014 5:52 am
Shaking up Gotham
I was thinking about Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game today. There is a lot to like about the game. The bits are great, it's dripping with theme, and the basic flow of the game is fun. However, it just drags on too long. It's not just about the length of the game, but also that the outcome starts to feel locked in well before the game finally ends. So it can feel like a grind.
It occurred to me that this could be fixed by having goals that players could pursue at any time, rather than having to achieve level goals in specific order. My idea is to replace the levels with five piles of achievement cards. Most of them are constructed so that the top card is the easiest to achieve, and they get harder further down.
At the beginning of your turn, you can take the top card from one of the piles by meeting the conditions for it. If this is the first time you have taken a card from that pile, then you get a special power.
Note that you can only take one achievement a turn, even if you qualify for more. You should pick the one that another player seems to be going for!
The game ends when three of the piles are exhausted. Each card is worth one point, and the player with the most points wins.
Here are the achievement piles. They could easily be mocked up with note cards or slips of paper.
Control: The first card requires controlling 4 blocks; the later cards require 5, 6, and 7.
Money: The first card requires discarding $6; the later cards require 8$, $10, $12.
Information: The first card requires discarding 6 information; the later cards require 8, 10, 12.
Henchmen: The first card requires having 2 henchmen; the later cards require 3, 4, 5.
Boss of Gotham: Unlike the others, this deck would be shuffled in a random order. One card requires controlling most of Uptown; another, most of midtown; another, most of downtown. The fourth card requires being the villain to most recently have defeated Batman.
A few thoughts about balance, which can only be resolved by trying it:
Perhaps the later cards in the pile should be worth more points; an obvious change would be to just have the last card be worth two points.
Perhaps the Henchmen pile is too easy, since you you just need to buy one henchman to meet the next goal. But perhaps players will just need to race for henchmen, so as not to let one person have all those points.
Perhaps having the game end after three piles are exhausted makes it too long or too short. The obvious fix would be to require fewer or more piles to be exhausted, but maybe the endgame trigger should be completely different.
It could happen that someone has enough points to lock up the win before the game ends. Maybe there should be some hidden scoring?
Batman: Gotham City Strategy Game
As I mentioned in the last post, we've been playing a lot of Sentinels of the Multiverse lately. At first we worked systematically through the villains, pitting them against their nemeses and other heroes most likely to face them, setting the battles in environments where the villain was likely to strike. Eventually, though, we had done all of the obvious conflicts and beaten each of the villains at least once.
So we started to shake it up, using Spiff's randomizer webpage. Unfortunately, the webpage is pretty clunky on my iPhone. So I wrote my own randomizer app. I made it as a tool for my own use, but I thought I'd share:
Here's a run down of its features:
It is designed as a webapp, to display nicely on a smart phone screen. On an iphone, you can add it to your homescreen and it will run like an app.
It caches the content of the page, so you can use it even when you don't have a network connection. (In order to make it small, I went for text instead of graphics.)
You can reroll specific choices without resetting the whole scenario. If it gives you a villain you don't have or a hero you've played too much, then tap 'again' to change just that bit.
Because you can bump specific choices, it doesn't require you to enter which things you want to have included. It knows about everything released so far, but you can nix things manually as required.
It includes alternate versions, for heroes and villains that have them. For example, if it randomly selects Baron Blade as the villain than it tosses a coin to decide between original recipe and mad bomber.
Sentinels Express
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I started to write an introduction which explained the trope of making Express versions of longer games and how Cristyn and I have been playing a lot of Sentinels lately, but the following really speaks for itself.
SENTINELS OF THE MULTIVERSE EXPRESS
Sentinels of the Multiverse is a superhero card game which, although it is great fun, uses cards rather than dice and also takes more than two minutes to play. Sentinels Express solves both of these problems.
Use standard six-sided dice:
one white die for each hero
one green die for the environment
one red die for the villain
Each player rolls the die for their hero. The player who is doing the record keeping rolls dice for the environment and the villain.
The environment disables any heroes who rolled the same result as the green environment die. Remove those heroes from play.
If any of the remaining hero dice show the same or greater number than the red villain die, then the heroes defeat the villain and the players win. If all the remaining hero dice are lower than the villain die, then the heroes are defeated and the players lose.
For example: Legacy, Haka, Wraith, and Tachyon are battling Plague Rat in Rook City. The heroes roll 3, 5, 2, and 1 (respectively). The green environment die comes up 5, and the villain die comes up 4. Haka is disabled by something in the city, because he and the environment both rolled 5; Haka's die is removed from play. None of the remaining dice are 4 or higher, so Plague Rat defeats the heroes.
After a large number of games, playing with a total of four heroes per game, we have won a little more than 4 out of 5 games. I calculate that, in this Express version, heroes will win about 83% of the time. So it gives you about the same odds, but in much less time and without all the card shuffling.
If you wanted to add a bit more complexity, you could represent different villains with different kind of dice. For example, Baron Blade is a push-over and could be a red four-sided die. The Chairman could be a red eight-sided die.
Series: Express Line (Hasbro)
Sun Mar 3, 2013 10:26 pm
Generally, climbing games; specifically, Fifteen
I've been thinking lately about climbing games. For those unfamiliar with the label: In a climbing game, one player leads a card or set of cards. Each subsequent player either plays a higher card/set or passes. This continues until everyone passes. Then the last player to have played scoops the cards and leads a new round. Players want to get rid of all their cards, but there may also be points for cards scooped during the hand.
Examples include The Great Dalmuti, Frank's Zoo, Tichu, and Clubs.
As far as I can tell, the name 'climbing game' is due to John McLeod at Pagat. Some people think of them as trick-taking games, but the fact that players run out of cards at different rates makes them different. And even though some of them do reward taking particular cards, like point trick-taking games, the goal of card-shedding is really the more central feature of the genre. I've even heard them treated as rummy games, because players put together sets and try to run out of cards, but (unlike rummy) players don't draw or discard in climbing games. So it's handy to have a different term.
Surprisingly, climbing games are relatively new. When I introduce Clubs to other gamers, most of them either have no familiarity with climbing games or know just one of the packaged-game examples that I listed above. If the lore is to be believed, they originated in Asia during the second half of the 20th century. They are absent from Sid Sackson's classic Card Games Around the World and from my 700-page Complete Hoyle (revised 1991). The first one I learned was Rich Man, Poor Man in the early 1990s, when it was presented to me as being of Japanese origin.
This recency interests me, because climbing games are a template in much the same way that older traditional card games are. It is easy to invent your own, and people who play them are often quick to suggest variants and house rules. Even if the prepackaged ones are obviously recent productions, it seems as if card players must have known about games like this for a long time. But they haven't.
Here are the rules for a climbing game I recently devised. It's very much a work in progress, and comments are welcome.
a climbing game of furious bombs for 3-6 players
Objective: To score points by playing out all of your cards.
Components: A 96-card deck with six cards of each rank, 0 through 15. For example, a Rage or Proxy Suits deck.
Zeros are considered low. Suits don't matter.
You'll also need either paper and pencil or chips for scoring.
The dealer shuffles the entire deck and deals a fifteen card hand to each player. The remainder of the deck is set aside. The player on the dealer's left leads.
A player leads by laying down cards in one of the following patterns:
Singleton: Any single card
Run: Two or more cards in rank order; for example: 2-3-4
Of-a-kind: Two or more cards of the same rank; for example: 7-7-7-7
The player to the left may either play a higher pattern of cards or pass. Play then continues clockwise.
A singleton can be followed by a single card of higher rank; for example, 12 could be followed by 13, 14, or 15.
A run can be followed by another run of the same length and ending with a higher-ranked card; e.g. 2-3-4 could be followed by 3-4-5, but not by another 2-3-4 (not higher) or 3-4-5-6 (not the same length).
Cards of-a-kind may be followed by the same number of cards at a higher rank; for example, four 7s could be followed by four 11s.
Players may play when it comes to them even if they passed earlier. When all players pass after a specific play, the cards are cleared away, and the player who played last leads.
If a player has run out of cards and ought to lead (because everyone passed after their last play) then the player on their left leads.
F-BOMBS
Here's the extra wrinkle: Any pattern may be followed by an f-bomb, where the 'f' means 'fifteen'.
An f-bomb is a set of cards with ranks that add up to 15 and consisting of exactly one more card than the previous play. It is played in usual turn order, but may be played to follow any pattern.
Example: A singleton 15 could be followed by an f-bomb 13-2. A run 9-10-11 could be followed by an f-bomb 6-5-3-1.
An f-bomb can only be followed by another f-bomb, although the subsequent f-bomb will need to be one card longer.
Example: An f-bomb 13-2 could be followed by an f-bomb 8-4-3, which could be followed in turn by an f-bomb 11-4-0-0. The four-card f-bomb could not be played to directly follow 13-2.
A player may not lead an f-bomb, although the cards may be lead as another pattern.
Example: 7-8 can be led as a run and 5-5-5 as three of-a-kind, but if led they can be followed by a higher two-card run or three of-a-kind. An f-bomb 7-5-3 cannot be led.
When you play your last card, you immediately score one point for each player who still has any cards left. Play continues if there are still two or more players left with cards.
Once there is only one player remaining, the hand ends. The player on the previous dealer's left deals the next hand.
The game ends immediately when a player has scored 15 or more points, and that player is the winner.
The thing that distinguishes Fifteen from other climbing games is the f-bombs: They are sufficiently easy to put together that every player might be able to pull together a few of them. But they are simply added up, so putting together the cards to form one probably tears apart runs and of-a-kinds. They make it unclear what a good hand looks like, since low cards are best for stitching together f-bombs and high cards are best for non-bomb play. They are situational, because you can only play an f-bomb that is exactly one card larger than the previous play and because you cannot lead an f-bomb.
The game has been only fleetingly playtested, and it needs something else.
Tichu
Frank's Zoo
Miscellaneous: The Proxy Suits Deck
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Game of Thrones: George RR Martin on the cancellation of the prequel
Author: Kevin Published Date: October 31, 2019 Leave a Comment on Game of Thrones: George RR Martin on the cancellation of the prequel
While fans of Game of Thrones still assimilated the news that the prequel to the series would not go ahead, the author of the saga Song of Fire and Ice, George RR Martin, also wanted to express his regret about it. “I don’t know why HBO decided not to continue with the series in this case, but I don’t think it has to do with House of the Dragon,” said the writer, referring to the other project that does go ahead, focusing on the Targaryen House.
Game of Thrones author, George RRMartin, has been actively involved in the development of these series as a prequel. So last Wednesday he did not hesitate to share in his blog his enthusiasm for House of the Dragon, although he was equally saddened by HBO’s decision not to continue with the prequel that he himself had baptized as The Long Night.
“As exciting as the approval of the [ House of the Dragon ] series is, I would be remiss if I did not mention the bad news,” Martin wrote. “HBO also announced that it decided not to continue with the other successor program we had in development, the one I kept calling The Long Night … It goes without saying that I was sad to hear that the program would not go ahead. Jane Goldman is an excellent screenwriter, and I enjoyed brainstorming with her. “
“Needless to say, I was sad to hear that the program would not go ahead”
” I don’t know why HBO decided not to go ahead with the series in this case, but I don’t think it has to do with House of the Dragon, ” Martin continues. “It’s heartbreaking, as it is working for years on a pilot, shedding his blood, sweat, and tears, and turning it into nothing, it’s not uncommon. I’ve been there, more than once. I know Jane, and her team is experiencing great disappointment right now, and they have all my sympathy … my thanks for all their hard work and my good wishes for whatever they do next. “
The Long Night, as Martin calls it, was going to star Naomi Watts and move viewers thousands of years before the Game of Thrones events. This period of Westeros is known as the Golden Age of Heroes and would put the magnifying glass at the origin of the White Walkers.
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Future Of Supply Chain Now, Procurement News, Procurious News, Supply Chain
8 Ideas To Have In Your Procurement And Supply Chain Tool Kit
October 19, 2020 Procurious HQ
Supply chains are under intense scrutiny right now. That increases pressure on supply chain leaders, but also creates new opportunities to do things better for everyone: companies, customers, and the planet. Top influencer Rob O’Byrne gives his take on where we’re at and what’s coming next.
Procurious founder Tania Seary recently talked with Rob O’Byrne, CEO of Logistics Bureau, and a top 10 supply chain social media influencer.
Here’s his take on where we are, how we got here, and what’s next.
“Now, everyone knows how toilet tissue gets from factory to store.”
Not long ago, many of us struggled to explain supply chain management to our friends and family.
Now? The pandemic hit and suddenly everyone’s a supply chain expert, says Rob.
“Now, everyone knows how toilet tissue gets from the factory to the store, and it’s really put supply chain in the spotlight,” Rob says.
With that extra awareness comes an expectation that supply chains should work more efficiently — and that will change the way we all operate.
“We lost touch with local markets.”
Before we can make impactful changes, we need to understand how we got here.
Rob says the two biggest trends that shaped the pre-Covid era are centralisation and rationalisation.
Increasingly, large global players were centralising their supply chains through regional or global hubs.
Why? To improve management, visibility, and consistency — all of which are important for optimizing supply chain operations. But centralisation comes at a cost.
“The challenge is [these companies] are a lot more remote from their markets and sometimes you actually need to have a finger on the pulse,” Rob says.
“[You have] headquarters in one part of the world trying to dictate what happens in a supply chain in another part of the world. Sometimes they lose touch a little bit.”
Rationalisation led to similar challenges.
For all of the cost savings and visibility benefits, rationalising led to less contact with markets.
“[Companies] are tending to rely a lot more now on AI-based communication systems to talk with customers,” Rob explains.
Great for the bottom line, but frustrating for customers who often want to speak to an actual human instead of a bot.
“We can be in danger of alienating our market.”
“Companies still don’t understand the ‘cost to serve’ in their supply chain”
One of the greatest challenges right now in supply chain management is managing costs, says Rob.
And it’s more than “total cost of ownership.” It’s about knowing the end-to-end costs.
“So many companies still don’t understand the cost to serve across all the different channels in their supply chain. And that’s become even more critical during the pandemic because our distribution channels have changed,” Rob says.
“In the current climate, it’s really challenging because there’s so much expediting going on. We’re having to use different transport modes than perhaps we would normally.”
Visibility is also a struggle.
“That really came to the fore during the pandemic because everything was moving so much more rapidly,” says Rob.
“Supply and demand peaks and troughs have been so much more severe. The visibility of that real demand was so important, so there’s a much greater need for improved demand planning and inventory management.”
“Forecasts are always wrong”
To illustrate that need, Rob points to the huge demand for one specific medication during the pandemic.
Patients who used the drug to treat symptoms of a specific disease, were stocking up, while other people were buying it because they thought it might fight the virus. Hospitals also stocked up because people who needed the drugs would need more if they caught the virus. Demand skyrocketed.
“So I think that’s part of the challenge in terms of inventory visibility,” Rob points out. “It’s separating the true demand from the noise…that’s where we’re going to see much more sophisticated inventory management tools coming in the future.”
Although some companies still use spreadsheets for forecasting, “on the other end of the scale, there’s some really, really advanced tools being used and all of that is giving us much greater visibility of our supply chains.”
“We can use the weather to predict food sales.”
One example is creating demand forecasts based on weather, not previous sales.
Companies can actually predict food requirements at a shopping mall food court by analysing parking spaces and the weather.
They harness data on parking space occupancy, (from those red and green lights) combine it with the weather forecast, and predict how many people will turn up at the shopping centre.
“That’s real forecasting,” says Rob. “It’s not looking at what we sold last month or the month before.”
“Less lean and more fat.”
Along with smarter forecasting, what does the future hold?
Rob says a rapid retreat from lean management might be on the cards for many businesses.
“Lean was all the fashion for the last 10 years or so,” Rob recalls. “And at the time it was probably the right thing to do for the right businesses and the right products.”
But that’s all changed now.
“I just wonder for a lot of supply chains whether it was a step too far when we’ve seen the fragility of our supply chains over the last six months or so,” Rob says.
Where you have the traditional supply chain like an automotive factory, lean and ‘just in time’ works really well, but where you’ve got volatile markets we’re starting to see the cracks appear.”
“I think we’re going to see a little bit more fat, certainly in terms of inventory, just to buffer for uncertainties.” Because it will be a long time before market demand becomes anywhere near normal, and it may never look like pre Covid demand again, as alternative distribution channels become more popular.
Rob also says we can expect the decline of ‘traditional’ third-party logistics.
“There are a lot of companies around that ‘uberised logistics’ – whether it be transport or storage, and I think we’re going to see third party logistics particularly moving much more towards the gig economy. There’s no reason why not.”
“There are people delivering to my home at the moment who are doing it a few hours a day, and that’s where third-party logistics is going.”
“Let’s not waste packaging.”
Rob also predicts swelling interest in circular supply chains.
“We’ve got to wake up and start making our supply chains much more sustainable in every element of the supply chain,” Rob says.
“We’ve paid lip service to it and there are companies around the world that we hold up and say, ‘Look what they’re doing; they’re amazing.’
“But I think generally as an industry we’re just not really very good at it. People think it’s about reverse logistics but it’s not. It’s about removing waste in our products too.”
“Let’s not waste transport; let’s not waste packaging.”
“Supply chains aren’t competing against each other.”
Finally, Rob says supply chains have the opportunity to work together.
“We’ve been very slow in collaboration,” Rob says.
“I think in supply chain, a lot of companies have been fearful of sharing warehousing sharing transport – that physical end of the supply chain – because their competitors are going to see what they are doing.”
“We’ve had that mantra for years that supply chains compete, not companies. I don’t know that they do anymore.
“I think it’s more about brands and it’s about service. I really don’t see a reason why we can’t see a lot more collaboration in our supply chains.”
Rob O’Byrne is CEO of Logistics Bureau and one of the top 10 supply chain influencers on social media.
This interview is part of “The Future of Supply Chain Now” – a week of webcasts with the fresh opinions from the most influential people in supply chain. Brought to you by IBM Sterling Supply Chain and Procurious. Read more on Digitally Perfecting the Supply Chain and How Inventory Visibility will Drastically Effect the Customer Experience.
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Is It Fair Game, Or Not OK, To Send Your Supplier A Letter Demanding Cost Cuts?
September 8, 2020 Procurious HQ
Is it acceptable – or not – to send your supplier a letter asking for a discount? You would be surprised…
Here at Procurious, we’re always trying to be progressive, challenge the status quo and push for our profession to be more innovative and value-adding. And in good news, we’re starting to see that many in our community feel the same. How do we know?
In a now-viral post on LinkedIn, our Founder, Tania Seary, posited the question: Is it fair, or not okay, to send your supplier a letter asking for cost cuts? 50,000 views and 60 comments later, we now know this is a hot topic for our community!
It’s something we’ve debated before, but not to this degree. So in times where businesses all over the world are struggling, and there’s more pressure on procurement than ever before to secure discounts and keep organisations moving (or afloat?), is it fair game to demand cost cuts from your suppliers? Here’s a snapshot of what everyone thought … see if you agree.
‘A stuck in the nineties’ approach
The vast majority of people who commented on our post did agree that this year has been a particularly challenging one for businesses and by association, for procurement. One Senior Procurement Director summed it up when he said:
‘Procurement leaders need to be looking for cost reductions to support the strained financial positions of their organisations.’
Yet should those cost reductions come from a demand letter sent to your supplier? Many people did not think it was okay to send your supplier a letter demanding cost cuts, regardless of the organisation’s circumstances. In the main, procurement professionals thought this approach was akin to a ‘power play’ and was a little arrogant, giving off the attitude that a big organisation is simply ‘a big brand, doing it because they can.’
Many procurement professionals recognised that while this tactic may have been appropriate at some other time, it no longer was. In fact, many people made reference to the nineties as a time where this may have been acceptable … but realised that those days were far gone. One person noted:
‘This practice [the practice of demanding reductions] was used at Volkswagen in the 90s under its famous CPO. Though it showed a lot of success at the time, I believe such a practice belongs to the 90s – a lot has changed since then.’
Why doesn’t this approach work?
Beyond the fact that the practice of sending a letter asking for a discount seemed ‘old-school,’ many professionals noted that for at least a few reasons, this tactic doesn’t actually work.
The first reason why people thought this wouldn’t work was because essentially, demanding a discount goes against all the good work that procurement usually does in developing meaningful and strategic supplier relationships. Procurement professionals always need to remember that suppliers exist within a delicate business ecosystem, and it’s best to manage this responsibly:
‘Customers depend on suppliers and vice versa. It’s a big ecosystem, and [we all need to remember that] if you squeeze out small suppliers and competition lessens, costs will inevitably increase.’
Beyond this, though, when making demands of suppliers, procurement professionals need to remember their negotiation training, insomuch as:
‘Blind one-size-fits-all letters are a forced outcome, not a negotiated win-win discussion.’
What’s the alternative?
It seems that within the procurement community, sending letters requesting discounts is absolutely a no-go. But in a time where discounts might, for some companies, be needed more than ever, what is the alternative?
Being the savvy community that it is, procurement professionals had plenty of better options when it came to negotiating a better price.
The most popular suggestion was to employ a process to assess cost saving opportunities in partnership with your supplier. This would lead, according to a few different people, to the supplier further negotiating, and then a potential automatic reduction in expenses for both.
The other option available is to negotiate better terms, a tactic used often, but which should be done through a strategic lens. One person recommended that we all should:
‘Engage with our suppliers and explain what we need in terms of realistic cost savings and the end goal.’
‘You’ve got many tools at your disposal, including SRM and category management, so much so that you need never revert to the dreadful “give me money off or else” letters.’
Do you agree? Or would you still send a letter requesting a discount if you needed it? Let us know in the comments below.
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Camp Mora: Day 13
A recap of the only practice Wednesday at Seahawks training camp:
Max Unger. The rookie offensive lineman gets the nod more for quantity than quality.
It’s not that the second-round draft choice from Oregon didn’t make some good blocks. But the real story was that he moved into the No. 1 unit at right guard for the first time because Mansfield Wrotto was out with a leg injury after being flattened by defensive tackle Craig Terrill in practice on Monday night.
But that was just the most obvious tip of all the things Unger was doing this afternoon during the two-hour practice in full pads. He also was playing center with the No. 2 line and even got some snaps at left guard.
“We’re short a couple guys on the O-line, so we had a pretty quick rotation,” Unger said, as sweat dripped off his nose and from his beard.
Starting center Chris Spencer returned for the first time since twisting his left ankle in practice Friday morning, but he was limited to individual drills. Still sidelined are Pro Bowl left tackle Walter Jones (back) and veteran linemen Cory Withrow (knee) and Grey Ruegamer (elbow).
That’s why Unger was at right guard. And center. And left guard.
“It’s tough to do right now, but it’s real good,” he said. “All you can ask for is as many reps as you can get in team (drills), especially with the first unit going into the No. 1 defense.
“You can’t really replicate the speed of a starting defense. It’s a pretty big jump to do that.”
There were enough good plays that we’ll give one to the offense, one to the defense and one to Cory Redding.
Offense: On the final play of practice, with the No. 2 offense working in a two-minute situation and facing a third-and-10, wide receiver Mike Hass capped a 49-yard touchdown drive by making a leaping catch in the end zone of a pass from Seneca Wallace.
Defense: In the 7-on-7 drill, middle linebacker David Hawthorne tipped away a Matt Hasselbeck pass that was intended for rookie wide receiver Deon Butler. That was good enough, considering how fast Butler is. But what made the play really special was the fact that Hawthorne – a.k.a. “Heater” – was 25 yards downfield.
Redding: In an early drill where the defensive ends were working on dropping into coverage, the 292-pound Redding took his turn to be the extra-wide receiver seriously. When he stepped to the line, Redding flashed the extended arm gesture real receivers give to the official to make sure they’re lined up properly. Once he broke off the line, Redding threw several stutter steps and head fakes at the defender.
Q: Brian in Kennewick asks, “At what point in the preseason will the offensive line battles be done and set?”
A: The first thing that needs to happen for this question to be answered is for the line to get whole. Jones has not practiced since the second day of camp because of back spasms, and that has created a situation where right tackle Sean Locklear is now on the left side – and replaced on the right side by either Ray Willis or Kyle Williams. When Spencer was out, Steve Vallos was at center with the No. 1. And then there was the release of left guard Mike Wahle on the first day of camp, which prompted the move of Rob Sims from right guard.
You get the jumbled picture. This unit won’t be set until offensive line coach Mike Solari has his intended starters on the field together.
When that happens, the left side of line will be – from tackle to center – Jones, Sims and Spencer. On the right side, the guard will be Wrotto, Unger, Willis or Locklear, with Locklear or Willis at right tackle. The backups will be Wrotto and Unger, if Locklear and Willis emerge as the starters on the right side, as well as Vallos and Williams.
Strong safety Deon Grant and cornerback Josh Wilson not only returned after sitting out since straining their groins in practice Monday, each intercepted a pass.
Also back were wide receiver Nate Burleson, linebackers Lofa Tatupu and Will Herring, defensive lineman Lawrence Jackson and Spencer.
Still out: Defensive end Patrick Kerney (calf) and cornerback Marcus Trufant (back), as well as Jones, Withrow and Ruegamer.
The players will practice once Thursday, starting at 2:30 p.m. The session is open to the public, but fans registered for the sold-out session will be notified via email if the practice has to be moved inside because of the weather.
“We’ll find out. We’re a little beat up. We haven’t had a day off. With coach (Jim) Mora, it’s like ‘Camp Grind ’Em Out’ here, you know? It’ll be fun just to kind of go against somebody else after going against each other for two weeks.” – wide receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, when asked how he thought the team will fare in Saturday night’s preseason opener against the Chargers in San Diego
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Mitchell Trubisky ‘can see’ himself back in Chicago for 2021 season. There are multiple reasons why that shouldn’t happen.
Terez Paylor
·Senior NFL writer
January 11, 2021, 1:03 a.m. ·6 min read
Every once in a while, one NFL game can essentially decide a quarterback’s fate with a franchise.
The “prove it” game is the younger brother of the “prove it” season, which often occurs when a player takes a one-year deal with a club due to past injury or mediocre performance and bets on himself for more riches down the road. Unlike the “prove it” season, most “prove it” games occur when a player is still with his first NFL team, the one that rolled the dice on him in the first place and watched as it mortifyingly turned up snake eyes.
Think Jameis Winston’s Week 16 disaster against Houston in 2019, when the 7-7 Bucs, already out of playoff contention but trying to finish with a winning record, saw those hopes go up in smoke with Winston’s four-interception game, which included his sixth pick 6 of a season that he ultimately finished with a cataclysmic 30 interceptions.
That’s all I could think about as I watched Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky struggle throughout Chicago’s disappointing 21-9 road loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday in the NFC wild-card round.
Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) calls out a play in the first half against the Saints in New Orleans on Sunday. (AP Photo/Brett Duke)
Heading into the game, there were multiple reports about how Trubisky, the second overall pick of the 2017 NFL draft, needed a long playoff run to return to Chicago next season. That the door even remained open is a testament to the fact the man who selected him, general manager Ryan Pace, well, remains the Bears’ general manager. Another GM likely would have ejected a while ago.
Pace, understandably, had every reason to want to see Trubisky make it. He wanted to avoid the scarlet letter of drafting an outright bust No. 2 overall, let alone one in front of the likes of Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes.
While Trubisky possessed arm strength and athleticism, the NFL is a production league, and after a breakthrough 2018 season under head coach Matt Nagy, Trubisky failed to take the next step. He couldn’t elevate the play of his teammates, like Watson, who killed it this season despite a dumpster fire around him, or Mahomes, the league’s 2018 MVP.
Trubisky could manage the game, which is prescient since more than one scout I talked to leading into that draft compared him to Alex Smith. And to be sure, what we saw over the previous three weeks was a man simply managing the game.
Coaches tell you what they really think about a quarterback by what they ask them to do in actual games. If they don’t trust them, they’ll run the Trent Dilfer Special — rely on the run game, use play-action off that and ask the quarterback to make only a few big throws per game.
That’s what Nagy asked Trubisky to do during the Bears’ three-game winning streak from Weeks 14-16, wisely putting the game in the hands of an improved offensive line and David Montgomery, who is starting to come around as an impact back. And if this were 2000 or hell, even 2010, maybe that would be fine going into the future, provided the Bears committed to complementing a limited offense with a lights-out defense.
But this is 2020, and the game-managing quarterback doesn’t cut it anymore. Not in a league with established playmaking stars at the position like Mahomes, Watson and Aaron Rodgers, or ascending young studs like Kyler Murray and Justin Herbert, and even more on the way in Trevor Lawrence and perhaps, Justin Fields, Trey Lance or Zach Wilson.
It’s a quarterback-driven game more than ever, and when the calendar turns and the stakes get larger, teams need a guy under center who can win the damn game. Because more often than not, the guy on the other side of the ball can do that.
And while that wasn’t the case Sunday — Drew Brees is Hall of Fame bound but he’s not what he used to be — Trubisky’s limitations again shone through against an outstanding Saints defense that was all too willing to gang up on the run, holding Chicago to a measly 48 yards rushing, and let Trubisky beat them with his arm.
And while Trubisky’s stat line was OK on the surface — he was 19-of-29 for 199 yards and an inconsequential touchdown as time expired — he couldn’t exploit the holes in the Saints’ defense as a pocket passer, especially on money downs. It’s the same issue he had his entire Chicago tenure, and the Bears finished a miserable 1-of-10 on third down, 10 of which were dropbacks.
It’s worth noting that the Bears’ receivers were a scrambled unit by the end of the game, thanks to a rash of injuries and an ill-timed ejection on Anthony Miller. The wideout was goaded into throwing a punch by Hall of Fame irritant Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, who is basically approaching Bill Laimbeer in cleats status.
That actually posed the opportunity for Trubisky to prove he could lift his teammates to a higher level. But he came up short, so much so that even the kids — the kids! — were taking swipes. So bummed were the children who watched Trubisky’s effort that they named him the first “Nickelodeon Valuable Player” during a broadcast of the game that was shown on the popular children's network, an unintentionally back-handed compliment of epic proportions. Brutal.
The Bears lose, but Mitch Trubisky wins the NVP, the Nickelodeon Valuable Player 🏆 pic.twitter.com/qPSz2hy76a
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 11, 2021
"Mick...Mitch Tribusky" was just named the #Nickelodeon Valuable Player in a losing effort in possibly his last game as a Bear. #chefskiss #nickelodeonnfl #NVP #Bears #BearsvsSaints pic.twitter.com/bIVTm28Kaf
— Chris DiNicolo (@CDiNicolo) January 11, 2021
Yet, the good news for Trubisky is that he doesn’t have to be remembered this way. Even with his tenure in Chicago very likely over, he’s mobile with arm talent and lots of starting experience, and his genial demeanor makes him a perfect No. 2 quarterback for some team that has an older starter who might be on the way out soon. He’ll never be handed a starting job again, but if he puts his head down and keeps working and signs with a run-dominant team that uses play-action and boot, there’s a chance he can pull a Ryan Tannehill.
Trubisky wasn’t likely thinking about that Sunday during the (likely) final chapter of a disappointing Chicago tenure. Trubisky even said he could “definitely” see himself back in Chicago next season, and that he and the Bears “have unfinished business.”
If Nagy and Pace return, they’ll almost certainly be on the hot seat, which means they can’t go into next season with an option on the roster that isn’t definitely better than Trubisky. And if they aren’t, there’s no way the next GM will want to run that back.
“Prove it” games for quarterbacks don’t happen all that often, but when they do, and they go poorly, no one is ever shocked.
By that time, a fresh start is necessary for all parties involved, and if Trubisky is going to revive his career, it's likely going to be someplace far away from the weary Bears fans who definitely need to be treated to something different. They’ve seen enough proof.
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30ml of Carbon 60 Olive Oil + Applicator $21.00
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The original study that inspired our interest in Carbon 60 Olive Oil:
The Prolongation of the Lifespan of Rats by Repeated Oral Administration of [60]Fullerene
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Biomaterials, Volume 33, Issue 19, June 2012, Pages 4936-4946. Available Online 10 April 2012
Tarek Baati, Fanchon Bourasset, Najla Gharbi, Leila Njim, Manef Abderrabba, Abdelhamid Kerkeni, Henri Szwarc, and Fathi Moussa
“Abstract: Countless studies showed that [60]fullerene (C60) and derivatives could have many potential biomedical applications. However, while several independent research groups showed that C60 has no acute or sub-acute toxicity in various experimental models, more than 25 years after its discovery the in vivo fate and the chronic effects of this fullerene remain unknown. If the potential of C60 and derivatives in the biomedical field have to be fulfilled these issues must be addressed. Here we show that oral administration of C60 dissolved in olive oil (0.8 mg/ml) at reiterated doses (1.7 mg/kg of body weight) to rats not only does not entail chronic toxicity but it almost doubles their lifespan. The effects of C60-olive oil solutions in an experimental model of CCl4 intoxication in rat strongly suggest that the effect on lifespan is mainly due to the attenuation of age-associated increases in oxidative stress. Pharmacokinetic studies show that dissolved C60 is absorbed by the gastro-intestinal tract and eliminated in a few tens of hours. These results of importance in the fields of medicine and toxicology should open the way for the many possible -and waited for- biomedical applications of C60 including cancer therapy, neurodegenerative disorders, and ageing.”
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Charts associated with this study are linked below. Authors of the above paper have issued several corrections, most notably a correction to the survival chart, figure 3. These charts reflect the corrected data: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961212005522
Another study exploring the antioxidant qualities of Carbon 60:
Possible Mechanisms of Fullerene C60 Antioxidant Action
Biomed Research International. Published online 2013 Oct 8.
V. A. Chistyakov, Yu. O. Smirnova, E. V. Prazdnova, and A. V. Soldatov
“Abstract: Novel mechanism of antioxidant activity of buckminsterfullerene C60 based on protons absorbing and mild uncoupling of mitochondrial respiration and phosphorylation was postulated. In the present study we confirm this hypothesis using computer modeling based on Density Functional Theory. Fullerene’s geroprotective activity is sufficiently higher than those of the most powerful reactive oxygen species scavengers. We propose here that C60 has an ability to acquire positive charge by absorbing inside several protons and this complex could penetrate into mitochondria. Such a process allows for mild uncoupling of respiration and phosphorylation. This, in turn, leads to the decrease in ROS production.”
Full study available here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3816026/
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2021: I see Biafra Separating from Nigeria, Popular Nigerian Cleric, Pastor Iginla releases shocking prophecies on Biafra agitation
Iginla during the crossover service at his 80,000 seater city of Wonders Cathedral in Abuja, reeled out powerful prophetic messages On Covid-19, Kanu, Biafra, presidents, Africa and the world at large.
Here are some of the prophecies as released by him:
1) The agitation for Biafra will wax very stronger. And we need to pray strongly because it will take a dimensions that will provoke the government of the day to begin to haunt the agitators.
2) And the government of the day needs to be careful so they wont cause an expensive massacre that will dent the image of the government of the day .
3) The agitation will grow stronger and will influence alot of chances of the people from the eastern part of this country . Nobody should look down on the Biafra movement.
Like I keep shouting from the beginning that Dialogue is the key. There is no bomb, gun or force that can stop such ideology except maturity applied for dialogue.
4) The leader of the Biafra should be careful. There are people around him that are traitors. I see someone receiving huge amount of money in other to end the life of this young man ( KANU) through poison. I saw it clearly, someone in the inner circle. The movement will grow big and they felt the only way is to remove the head. Like I said, there is need to dialogue. The only way to appease it is to come round table to talk.
5) I was taking in the realm of the spirit and I see our Great country Nigeria that 2023 will be a wonderful year for us.
6) The youths will wax stronger. There is still going to be another kind of protest that will come up and it will take another dimension. It will still be betrayed by the same elements. They will move forward but will not be able to clinch the number one spot because it's not yet time . They will be able to influence every other strategic position and be able to come in on certain percentage I see 41% . This people looks like army, warriors ,lions with a lionic face and more of them are more of females than males. They will come in,influence the polity but won't be able to clinch the number one spot. It will be recycle by the same old faces.
7) They will still be the one at the number one spot but their powers will be watered down till 2027. It's the time for the youths but they are not fully prepared for what is about to happen.
8) They will make meaningful movements but the number one spot doesn't belong to them yet. I still see old faces recycling the number position.
9) Does it mean Nigeria won't get better? No God is programming Nigeria . There are people preparing for 2023 who won't see 2023 at all..
11) Covid-19 is not over yet. We will continue to see it's wave. We are not through with it yet . It will take another dimension be it real, political or scientifically.
12) Will there be another lockdown, yes we will! However, this year will be better than last year.
13) The economic hardship will increase but those of you who know your God will be strong and do exploits.
14) Top individuals and wealthy people should be prayerful.
15) I see a lot of kidnapping that will be on the increase this year. It will be in different form .
16) Crime rate will increase but the good Lord will keep his own.
17) I see a Governor in Nigeria who needs prayers so that between 2021 and 2023 he should still be there. I don't know whether it's sickness, impeachment or death. But I see that his seat was empty and another person taking over his stool.
18) God showed me that Africa will become a safe haven.
19) I see so many white people, top personality leaving their country, trooping into this continent. And I asked the Lord what does this mean and he said Africa will soon become a safe haven. Yes,it will become a place where they want to stay because it will be free from sicknesses and attacks.
20) God will make Africa a mystery to the world. What will hit the developed world is so much because it's judgement from God . And africa which they have labels religious fanatics will become their safe haven. The reason is that life will become more important than development.
21) The president of Gabon should pray very well.
22) I see an attack on his Health. He should also pray against Coup in that country. I pray for God and his Excellency.
23) The incubent president of Uganda will retain his stool.
24) There will be provocations, tensions and movements that will revolt against him.
25) The president should watch his back because after this alot will happen.
26) Things might fall apart and the centre too might not hold. He will still be in power but the after effects will be strong.
27) There will be attempt to destroy Africa. I pray our leaders won't be manipulated.
28) I see certain countries like South Africa,Nigeria , Egypt and Ghana that the leaders should be very careful. If you are not conscious of your belly I pray you won't be used against your people .
29) Zambia is a Great nation. Am very careful to talk about the country but God spoke to him. It's a Great nation, great people and Greta president. His Excellency means well for the country. He will do his best but the truth is there are a lot if Judases who will betray him.
30) I saw two mighty lions against each other. One has the flag of Zambia round about with Great army around it while the other one doesn't have such a great army . All of a sudden at the battle field, the one with great army was deserted by his soldiers and joined forces with the other lion. Betrayal will be the puzzle of the election . I recommend he should clean his house.
31) I see a serious shaking at the National Assembly between 2021 and 2023, either at the senate or Josie of Representatives that the centre will not be able to hold.
32) I see some being dragged out and being replaced .
33) God said 2021 is the year for the courageous. If you are courageous, you will come out with the desired results.
34) There will be things that will attempt to scare propel but if they walk like a lion, irrespective of the storm they will hit their target.
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Groundbreaking for the Carnegie Library of Homestead occurred in April of 1896 and the dedication was held on November 5, 1898. The Carnegie Library of Homestead was the second of three libraries given to the Steel Valley by Andrew Carnegie, preceded by Braddock's library in 1889 and followed by Duquesne's library in 1904. Designed by Alden and Harlow, the facilities reflected Carnegie's values of physical and spiritual health as well as education.
Constructed by William Miller and Sons of Pittsburgh for $300,000, the library contained not only a public book library, but also a world-class music hall and an athletic wing with a heated indoor pool. Today the library houses 34,000 volumes.
organA concert grand piano (anonymously given by Henry Clay Frick) and a VoteyOrgan (given by Mrs. Louise Carnegie and currently not operational) still grace the 1,000 seat music hall. The athletic club has produced numerous champions in basketball, baseball, gymnastics, and wrestling. One member of the 1932 Olympic swimming team still swims at the library! Andrew Carnegie called the components, "Three fountains from which healing waters are to flow for the instruction, entertainment and happiness of the people." Over the years, the Carnegie Library of Homestead has served as the hub of a growing community. Classes were held for immigrants preparing for naturalization, and later for women entering the workforce.
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Manhattan edges Quinnipiac 65-63 on Greene's game-winner
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Tykei Greene scored on a layup with 1 second remaining in the game and Manhattan slipped past Quinnipiac 65-63 on Sunday.
Until his game-winning shot, Greene had made just 1 of 10 shots from the floor, including 0 of 6 from 3-point range. Pauly Paulicap topped the Jaspers (11-10, 7-5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) with 15 points and eight rebounds. Warren Williams pitched in with 14 points, four rebounds, three blocks and two steals off the bench.
Manhattan led 31-29 at halftime and Paulicap's dunk pushed the Jaspers' lead to 51-40 with 9:09 left in the game. Tyrese Williams nailed a 3-pointer with 1:19 to go to pull Quinnipiac even at 60. Nehemiah Mack hit two free throws and Paulicap made 1 of 2 for a 63-60 Jaspers' lead, but Aaron Falzon hit a 3-pointer to knot the score with 12 seconds left. Manhattan called a timeout to set up Greene's game-winner.
Williams paced the Bobcats (11-11, 6-6) with 21 points, sinking 4 of 8 from 3-point range along the way. Reserve Aaron Falzon added 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from beyond the arc. Kevin Marfo notched his 15th double-double of the season with 11 points and 13 rebounds.
Quinnipiac shot the ball better and won the rebound battle but the Bobcats turned the ball over 25 times compared to just 10 for Manhattan.
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Save the petting for later; they're not interested right now. Wide open eyes are an indication of trust. Help us continue our work for cats: Join our online community and become part of the movement to save cats’ lives! [2] She listened very carefully to her own cats and organized their sounds into 16 phonetic patterns divided into three main categories. Many cats purr while kneading, usually taken to indicate contentment and affection. Grooming is extremely important not only to clean themselves but also to ensure ectoparasite control. Is it walking upright, with its tail in the air, or is it staying close to the ground? Watching a cat’s eyes, ears and tail can speak volumes about what the cat is trying to tell humans or other cats. Tailless cats, such as the Manx, which possess only a small stub of a tail, move the stub around as if they have a full tail. Abrupt, full-tail twitching indicates a state of indecision. This means they're enjoying this contact with you. suck, on clothing or bedding during kneading. When your cat’s eyes are opened widely, this is often translated into a state of fear, curiosity or alertness. Right now, animals like me are suffering in puppy mills, research labs and factory farms. Cats can change the position of their ears very quickly, in a continuum from erect when the cat is alert and focused, slightly relaxed when the cat is calm, and flattened against the head when extremely defensive or aggressive. Important clues such as the look in your cat's eyes, the tone of their "voice," the position of their ears and even the motion of their tail can reveal their feelings and intentions. [5], Owens et al. A relaxed and happy cat will have her ears pointing slightly to the side and slightly forward. It looks like he’s trying to defecate. Young kittens learn to hunt from their mothers by observing their techniques when catching prey. This behavior is not exclusive to domestic house cats. The Body Rub: To make friendly contact and to exchange body scent and in doing so making you part of the family. There are various responses such as when cats arch their backs, erect their hairs and adopt a sideward posture to communicate fear or aggression. By around three to four weeks of age kittens do not mew when at least one littermate is present, and at four to five months of age kittens stop mewing altogether. A confident cat tries to appear larger. [51] The defeated cat does not move until the victor has completed a sniff of the area and moves outside the fighting area. Your boy might be desexed, but he’ll still have urges to carry out these behaviours, even though nothing much happens and he becomes confused. We all need to understand our cats’ body language so we can know how to approach them or calm them if they are afraid or stressed. Purring is sometimes accompanied by other sounds, though this varies between individuals. According to Gary Weitzman, a licensed veterinarian and animal author, this type of feline body language is similar to a "kitty kiss". Privacy Policy and The process takes place with alternate paws at intervals of one to two seconds. End of lesson. Cats can’t maintain this frustration forever, so if they can’t get what they want, they will either give up, or in some cases enter into a longer-term frustration or even depression, depending on the source of their frustration. Their eyes will be open very wide, with pupils fully dilated and whiskers flattened or bristling. Any sudden change in behavior can be an indicator of a medical problem, Amanda. He drops the toy and the behaviour stops. Anger wails are combined with growls, and yowls are similar to howls, but longer. Here's are some tips: Message and data rates may apply. That’s so cute, Pam. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Their body language is telling you that they’re frightened, and it will only return to normal when they feel safe. [55] The process is made easier if there is another socialized cat present but not necessarily in the same space as the feral. /* ----------------------------------------- */ Domestic cats frequently use visual communication with their eyes, ears, mouths, tails, coats and body postures. A cat may also twitch its tail when playing.[31]. Pay attention to your cat's eyes, ears, body and tail—they're all telling you something. I’ve read many books and articles on cat body language but never get tired of reading more about it. Felinine is produced in the urine from 3-methylbutanol-cysteinylglycine (3-MBCG) by the excreted peptidase cauxin. An actively frustrated cat usually focuses intently on their object of frustration, and will try everything they can do to get what they want! Once they are close enough to attack, they pause slightly, and then one cat leaps and tries to bite the nape of the other cat. 1978 as an isolation call. You think you know your cat, but do you really? About a month ago we purchased a new toy. Does your cat arch their back up to meet your hand when you pet them? Cats use a range of communication modalities including vocal, visual, tactile and olfactory. They also sometimes lick humans, which may indicate affection. View our Privacy Policy. This can go on for some time until one cat does not get up again and remains seated. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. She does look ahead then back at me. I had always heard that the slow eye blink was kitty kisses, but read an article somewhere that said it means – hey, I’m harmless, no worries. Humans can mimic the sound to reassure and greet pet cats.[5]. Observe the feral cat’s ‘readiness’ body language. "Subordinate" cats submit to the "dominant" cat. After a while though, I figured out that he was trying to communicate with me (he’s a VERY vocal cat). Kittens also show observational learning when they are socializing with humans. I’m just really curious. Thanks for providing so many interesting articles about cats! [17], The call is a loud, rhythmic vocalisation made with the mouth closed. This action activates a vibration of the feline's jaws to allow the precision to slide between a prey's spine. Cat vocalizations have been categorized according to a range of characteristics. "[57], CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Schötz, S., 2015, June. Cats, domestic or wild, do participate in social behaviours, even though it is thought that most cat species (besides lions) are solitary, antisocial animals. They also purr mostly when newborn, when feeding, or when trying to feed on their mother's teat. Your cat's eyes will be open and not blinking, with pupils dilated into an oval or circle. But what about when the tail starts to twitch or the ears start to quiver? [44] Unlike a dog's penis, a cat's penis points backward. I look forward to seeing what’s new on The Conscious Cat each day. [47] The mother ensures their kittens learn hunting techniques by first bringing dead prey to the litter, followed by live prey. Your cat's sense of smell is so essential to them that they actually have an extra olfactory organ that very few other creatures have, the Jacobson's organ. Help us continue our work for cats: Join our online community and become part of the movement to save cats’ lives! They will act very differently from usual – they could be silent, hissing, spitting or growling. These are the Pinna (Outer Ear Flaps), Temporal (On their Temples), Cheek (On the sides of their face), Perioral (On the Mouth Corners), Submandibular (Under the Jaw), Interdigital (Between Toes), Anal (on the sides of the Anus), Caudal (All Along Tail), and Supra-Caudal (at the Base of Tail) [42], Urine spraying is also a territorial marking. If your cat is displaying body language signs that they are angry on a regular basis, you may wish to seek the help of your vet or an animal behaviourist who can help you fully understand the cause of such negative cat body language. Annebelle does this often, especially when she wakes me up in the middle of the night for her feeding; she’ll walk ahead of me, constantly talking, turning her head to be sure I’m following! I remember learning about felne body language years ago, and using their own language to make myself the “dominant” personality but more like a momcat dominant. What they're really doing is marking their territory. [43] Cats urinate by squatting onto a horizontal surface; spraying occurs standing up. Your cat will interpret it as “I love you” in feline speak. You have to look closely to see this. [52], The first sign of an imminent tomcat duel is when both cats draw themselves up high on their legs, all hair along the middle of their backs is standing straight up, and they mew and howl loudly as they approach one another. Yes, she keeps walking ahead of me, still looking at me and chirping. This is how your cat should spend most of their waking hours, and is a vital part of cat language – relaxed, content and comfortable in familiar surroundings. They may run away, or stand or crouch very still if this isn’t possible. Flattening of the ears is also a biological adaptation for stalking prey in grass or in a hiding place where the cat's erect ears would give away its position. [3] She claimed cats had six different forms of meows, to represent friendliness, confidence, dissatisfaction, anger, fear and pain. Whiskers will be relaxed and their tail still – or held high with a slight curl if they’re standing to say hello to you. Cats between the age of three and nine weeks are sensitive to human socialization. If your cat is curled up in a ball on top of your newspaper, chances are that they feel pretty comfortable in their surroundings. [14] It is apparently used to solicit attention from the kitten's mother,[5] and adult cats may use it as well. It's a leftover behavior from nursing, when they massaged their mother's teats to make milk flow. Cats can be very sensitive, especially to change.
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Tell Stories to Win Hearts and Raise Money
Too often, we fundraisers get wrapped up in telling people what wonderful organizations we have. Our newsletters and websites are packed with these offerings:
Team picture of a committee
Full-page story on the new board member
Wrap-up of the gala, with a line about how much money it raised and photos of well-dressed people
Spotlight on the emergency room, with an interview of a hospital administrator talking about how busy a typical day is and how many patients are seen in a year.
Nothing wrong with thanking people for a successful gala, tipping your hat to the committee, telling your audience you have dedicated new trustee. But when these articles dominate, it’s easy to forget about the opportunity to tell stories about how your great work changes lives.
To touch hearts and raise more money, tell more stories about how your mission changes peoples’ lives.
RENEW International’s faith-sharing programs inspired one man to sponsor a child in Tanzania – and later to visit the poverty-stricken country on a medical mission that raised $15,000 toward a new maternity ward. RENEW’s mission is to connect faith with action, and this man’s action spotlights the power of that program. You can read it in RENEW International’s 2013 annual report.
I love the New York Presbyterian Hospital stories about patient outcomes in TV ads and on the hospital’s website. One patient was a US Army special ops officer who had served in the Middle East and earned the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. When he came home, the nightmares of war plunged him into a dark place. However, new therapies for post-traumatic stress at New York- Presbyterian have, in his words, “brought me to a point in my life where I can move on…”
CARE, the international relief agency, has many stories in the Impact section of its website. One moving story is about Rolando, a rice farmer in the Philippines who came up with an ingenious way to protect his family from getting swept away during Typhoon Haiyan. His village was flattened, as the buildings were made of lightweight material. The story moved donors to send CARE enough money for sheet metal, supplies and labor to rebuild with stronger materials.
For me, stories leave enduring impressions. When I was in business school a few years ago, I learned more from case studies about people analyzing data and solving problems than I did memorizing formulas.
When I was in high school many years ago, the gym teacher lashed out at the kids who left their gym uniforms at home. He told us a story about a man in his 40s who was seeing life from a wheelchair because he didn’t pay attention to his health. I had already heard the adage “If you don’t have your health, you have nothing.” But after that story I really believed it – and I took extra care to pack my gear on gym days.
Use stories. They work.
Showing donors the power of legacy giving: We help guide donors who want to leave a legacy through their estates, so their philanthropy will benefit future generations
Leveraging donor gratitude for the visionary founder of this Catholic organization that develops original faith-sharing programs was key to launching a formal planned giving program: Naming the Legacy Society after the founder gave major donors the opportunity to pledge estate gifts, thereby passing the gift of faith to their children. Said one long-time donor:
“This organization is an increasingly relevant voice, as we search to live out our faith in an extremely challenging world. It meets people where they are and invites them to grow in their faith.”
Sharing faith inspires sharing wealth: When unthinkable tragedy devastates someone, the power of prayer and forgiveness learned in faith-building programs is often the only way to begin healing.
Gifts to a RENEW International from year-end direct mail appeals increased sharply thanks to testimonials like this:
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Helping families rebuild after tragedy: When someone’s world comes crashing down, well-funded disaster response must be on call to help rebuild shattered lives.
Corporate foundations awarded grants to The Red Cross to help people like this client who lost almost everything in a disaster:
“It was 11:30 PM when one of the biggest fires I have ever seen ripped through our 25-unit apartment building… All of my hard work, labor and precious belongings were destroyed that night… and the anxiety kicked in. But the Red Cross did not leave us in the cold! We were all given clothing, stipends and hotel vouchers.”
Advancing women’s health care: The capital campaign to expand a hospital’s popular breast center was designed so more women could be screened and treated in time.
Healing patients fueled passion for this New Jersey hospital capital campaign for a new breast center. Here’s what one woman said:
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If your goal is to learn about the French language, but you lack sufficient funds for classes to become an expert speaker, you have options. The best way to learn French for free is to spend a lot of time at your local library. There also exist cultural organizations that offer free access to learning resources like books and magazines. If you learn particularly well through being social, you should also pursue conversations with people who possess some mastery of the language.
Speak to French Speakers
1 Visit the Library
Develop a learning schedule. Most public libraries house many books on French for beginners. An effective way to learn the language is to make lists of expressions that you commonly use in English. Then refer to English-French dictionaries to learn new French vocabulary. Next, conjugate common verbs repeatedly until you can do so without consulting a book. After you become comfortable with regular verbs, you can begin conjugating irregular verbs.
2 Speak to French Speakers
Another effective way to learn French is to talk with people who speak the language. Do you have any friends who know even a little French? Ask them to teach you some words. If you don't know any French speakers, search for language groups online (for example, on popular networking websites like meetup.com), and set up appointments for conversing. Even if these conversations are not complex, you will learn a great deal simply by speaking regularly.
3 Cultural Centers
National organizations like Alliances Francaise USA are helpful for beginning speakers, and they have chapters in many major cities. Visiting such centers is helpful because you gain immediate access to a small culture of French speakers. Though you can pay for courses or membership, you need not become a member to visit the library and search materials while you’re at a facility. As with visiting a general public library, developing a schedule for regular study at the Alliances comes in handy.
4 Online Media
With access to the Internet, you can further your ability to pick up the French language by consulting sound or visual media. Listening to French music (for example, on multilingualbooks.com) or cruising around on an English-French dictionary online (WordReference.com) can hone your French visual and auditory skills. Listen and look for similarities between English and French words and phrases, and write down these similarities. Then, to make sense of these parallels, look them up later in one of your reference books. Bear in mind that picking up a language is a gradual process, so be patient and have fun.
1 WordReference.com
2 Multilingualbooks.com
3 Federation of Alliances Francaises USA
Jinnene Foster has worked as a freelance writer for advertising and personal health outlets since 2007. She teaches college-level writing courses. Foster's articles have appeared on Rollickguides.com and various other websites. Foster holds a Master of Arts in literary journalism from DePaul University.
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Historical View - V
The Indian Treaty Room. This two-story room has seen the signing of internationl treaties, press conferences, and presidential ceremonies. The bronze lamps in each corner represent War & Peace, Arts & Sciences, Liberty, and Industry. (White House)
The Navy Department moved into the east wing in 1879, where elaborate wall and ceiling stenciling and marqetry floors decorated the office of the Secretary. The Indian Treaty Room, originally the Navy's library and reception room, cost more per square foot than any other room in the building because of its rich marble wall panels, 800-pound bronze sconces, and gold leaf ornamentation. This room has been the scene of many Presidential news conferences and continues to be used for conferences and receptions attended by the President.
The Office of the Secretary of the Navy, 1904.
(U.S. Naval Institute)
Historical Tour of the EEOB
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How Benchmark Competition Would Benefit Financial Markets
By Sue S. Guan April 20, 2020 by renholding
In over-the-counter (OTC) markets for assets such as currencies, derivatives, and commodities, staggering sums of money are tied to single, critical financial benchmarks. The London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), for example – often referred to as “the world’s most important number” – determines interest payments on instruments ranging from student loans and mortgages to synthetic derivatives across the globe. In 2016, estimates of notional exposure to U.S. dollar LIBOR totaled about $200 trillion – 10 times U.S. GDP that year. The WM/Reuters foreign exchange benchmark is another example. Its impact extends to retirement funds and stock markets, where pension funds and stock indices (such as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average) all reference WM/Reuters rates in valuing investments and stocks denominated in foreign currency. Correspondingly, minuscule variations in a benchmark’s value affect vast amounts of assets and transactions for hundreds of millions of people.
In my article, Benchmark Competition, I explore how such benchmarks have grown so dominant and why market participants continue to treat them as “one size fits all,” even when they are suboptimal.
The ubiquity of these benchmarks is not difficult to understand: They have substantially harmonized otherwise decentralized, opaque dealer markets (where a dealer such as Goldman Sachs or other large market-making entity is a counterparty to each transaction). By coordinating the price discovery-like functions of dealers, benchmarks have enhanced price transparency, lowered the cost of contracting, expanded the range of hedging opportunities, and generated enormous liquidity through network effects. Upon initial observation, this narrative fits the prevailing view of financial regulation: Because sophisticated market participants, through wealth-maximizing behavior, tend to select structures that maximize efficiency, aggregate social welfare is maximized, meaning that observed equilibria are likely the most efficient equilibria.
I argue that this understanding is incomplete. Significant yet overlooked distortions have resulted from treating benchmark rates as “one size fits all,” distortions that highlight a fundamental misalignment between what is privately optimal and what is socially optimal in OTC markets.
First, the dominance of certain benchmarks has helped entrench the natural oligopoly of dealers in OTC markets. The most powerful dealers, already concentrated, have outsize influence over the price discovery functions of benchmarks. As benchmarks become critical to the functioning of the economy, those dealers can correspondingly gain some control over legal and regulatory aspects of the market as well. LIBOR has become systemically important in the same way that a bank or financial institution can be, which has already reduced the credibility of regulatory discipline. In 2008, regulators at the Bank of England seem to have implicitly endorsed LIBOR manipulation to avoid further undermining global confidence in the banks.
Second, the widespread hardwiring of benchmarks throughout transactions has made manipulating them particularly tempting. A small tweak to a benchmark will have a disproportionately large financial effect. For example, economists have shown that in a single quarter, a 25 basis point (0.25 percent) change in LIBOR could net $337 million in interest revenue for JPMorgan, and $936 million for Citigroup, based on their outstanding exposures. And as both the entities involved in the benchmark-setting process, as well as the counterparties to transactions that reference those benchmarks, dealers are uniquely well positioned to manipulate.
Finally, network effects and path dependencies can promote inefficient pooling around the default benchmark, even if it is suboptimal. Market participants may choose to transact at a benchmark simply because everyone else is doing so. Entire ecosystems of additional products can sprout up around a particularly successful benchmark. The switching costs become enormous. As network effects proliferate and the same benchmark is used again and again, the likelihood of competition in the form of other benchmarks or referents becomes vanishingly small. In this environment, not only will a dominant benchmark provider lack adequate incentive to promulgate additional benchmarks, it might also fail to invest in improvements to the existing benchmark or adequately monitor for wrongdoing.
I argue that, so long as a benchmark remains entrenched in an ecosystem dominated by powerful institutions, there is little likelihood of innovation or competition from socially-beneficial alternative benchmarks, and market-based discipline will remain ineffective. Instead, suboptimal yet systemically important benchmarks will persist, with skyrocketing switching costs for market participants and zero incentives to develop better benchmarks.
One size cannot and should not fit all. An alternative competitive equilibrium should be considered – one where multiple benchmarks compete.
Existing reform proposals emphasize calculation-methodology changes, enforcement, or a government-created benchmark. All overwhelmingly assume that a single benchmark will continue to dominate. That ignores the deeper pathologies identified in this article and the problems of one-size-fits-all benchmarks.
Calculation reform, while useful, comes at a cost. For example, widening the sampling window for the WM/Reuters benchmark calculation has introduced tracking error and potentially lowered the utility of such a rate to end users. Moreover, total immunity to manipulation is impossible, and attempting to achieve it would be exceedingly costly.
Enforcement and compliance will no doubt remain important. However, the patchwork of fraud, manipulation, and antitrust regimes, and the difficulty of measuring harm or disgorging profits pose significant obstacles to both ex ante deterrence and ex post discipline. Nor do such proposals address the problem of regulatory capture due to the systemic importance of a benchmark, as occurred with LIBOR in 2008.
Relying on the government as a benchmark provider is also problematic, and likely to be slow, cumbersome, and costly. There is also no guarantee that the government would get it right. In the U.S., regulators have settled on the secured overnight financing rate (SOFR), a measurement of banks’ overnight borrowing rate (secured by Treasury securities), as the sole designated LIBOR replacement. LIBOR had flaws, to be sure. But so does SOFR: The markets for SOFR can be finicky and overly dependent on volatility spurts related to funding market idiosyncrasies. SOFR, an average of past transactions, should also not be viewed as a satisfactory substitute for LIBOR, a credit-sensitive term rate. Importantly, SOFR is backward-looking, while LIBOR is forward-looking. For many borrowers, interest rates pegged to future economic movements will be much more useful than those that will always lag the market.
These differences mean that, to fully transition to SOFR, market participants will need to understand and calculate mathematical relationships between LIBOR and SOFR for many contracts with payment obligations extending far into the future, an exceedingly costly endeavor. Any issues will be exacerbated because banks, the main players in OTC markets, are better off when they can match their lending revenue with their borrowing costs. LIBOR, which measures banks’ cost of borrowing from each other, was actually an excellent rate at which to lend: Banks’ revenue from loans made at LIBOR would match their cost of borrowing from each other, allowing a match between assets and liabilities.
Competition among multiple benchmarks, by contrast, can benefit participants market-wide by encouraging innovation, transparency, the development of better information, and entry by more efficient providers. Benchmarks would be nimbler, less systemically important, and less tempting and more difficult to manipulate.
Additional benchmarks would, critically, significantly lower the cost for end users of switching from one benchmark to another. Stagnation around a single benchmark could be more easily avoided, and wealth-promoting innovation and updating around existing and new benchmarks could occur (with the proper incentives). Reduced hardwiring of a single benchmark would also make market discipline more effective by reducing not only the temptation to manipulate (by lowering the upside), but also a benchmark’s systemic impact. As an analogy, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000 provide varying but similar measures of the stock markets’ performance. If the Dow Jones were compromised, alternatives would make opting out of referencing it more realistic and comparatively much less costly.
A one-size-fits-all benchmark is not a realistic goal – and staying within that paradigm will likely only replicate existing problems and result in unanticipated and unnecessary cost and risk to the financial system. As the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York stated in a speech in September 2019, “[c]ontracts that reference U.S. dollar LIBOR continue to be written, which only serves to increase the level of systemic risk.”
This post comes to us from Sue S. Guan, the post-doctoral research scholar in the Program in the Law & Economics of Capital Markets at Columbia Law School and Columbia Business School. It is based on her recent article, “Benchmark Competition,” available here.
Marcus Burnett
Hi Sue – a well written and very interesting piece. Regards, Marcus Burnett.
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USA TODAY NETWORK Principles of Ethical Conduct For Newsrooms
USA TODAY Network’s Principles of Ethical Conduct for Newsrooms includes concepts and language developed by the Radio and Television Digital News Association, other Gannett documents and a group of Gannett executives and journalists. These principles are designed to guide journalists working with any news platform, including newspapers, websites, mobile devices, video, social media channels and live story events.
I. Seeking and reporting the truth in a truthful way
We will be honest in the way we gather, report and present news - with relevancy, persistence, context, thoroughness, balance, and fairness in mind.
We will seek to gain understanding of the communities, individuals and issues we cover to provide an informed account of activities.
We will hold factual information in editorials and other opinion pieces to the same standards of accuracy as news stories.
We will treat information from unofficial sources, which may include social media, with skepticism and will seek to corroborate information.
When considering news content created outside of the Network, we will factor the credibility of the source and weigh the value and accuracy of information provided.
II. Serving the public interest
We will uphold First Amendment principles to serve the democratic process.
We will be vigilant watchdogs of government and institutions that affect the public, fighting to ensure that the public’s business is conducted in public.
We will seek solutions as well as expose problems and wrongdoing in order to effect change for the good in the communities we serve.
We will provide public forums for diverse people and views.
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We will provide editorial and community leadership.
We will seek to promote understanding of complex issues.
When sharing editorials and other opinion articles, we will encourage and promote views that foster understanding, insight and civil discourse. We seek to offer viewpoints that represent various views on a particular topic.
We will consider providing free access to some news coverage during public safety emergencies and as a public service when appropriate, such as elections.
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We will explain to audiences our journalistic processes to promote transparency and engagement.
We will give particular attention to fairness in relations with people unaccustomed to dealing with the news media.
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Individual viewpoints that might cause readers to question our impartiality in news coverage should remain private. This principle does not apply to those who are paid to write and share opinion.
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Angela Heywood Bible
angie.bible@shearman.com
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Angie Bible is counsel in the Energy Industry Group and the Mergers & Acquisitions and Project Development & Finance practices. She has a wide range of experience in the U.S. and international energy sectors, with a particular focus on upstream, midstream, and downstream transactions and projects, including acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, and other complex commercial matters.
Ms. Bible has significant experience in drafting and negotiating joint operating agreements, farmout agreements, joint development agreements, acreage exchange agreements, oil and gas leases, and agreements for various services, crude oil connection, gas gathering and processing, NGL transportation, fractionation and storage, royalty creation, and the purchase and sale of assets, companies, and production.
Ms. Bible joined Shearman & Sterling following several years as in house counsel at a multinational energy company, where she handled upstream and midstream legal matters in the Permian Basin, Oklahoma, the Rockies, and Alaska. Prior to that, she worked at a large international law firm. Before law school, she was a newspaper crime reporter.
A public energy company in the exchange of oil and gas assets, as well as a unit operating agreement for continued operations on the North Slope of Alaska
A public energy company with respect to an equity investment in LNG plant in Mexico
A public energy company in the exchange of oil and gas assets in Eddy County, NM (Delaware Basin)
A public energy company in the divestiture of production and processing assets in Western Wyoming
A public energy company in connection with the divestiture of production and processing assets, as well as a joint development agreement for continued operations in Crockett County, TX (Midland Basin)
A public energy company in the divestiture of San Juan Basin assets in Colorado and New Mexico
Public energy companies in the divestiture of Ardmore, and SCOOP/STACK assets in Oklahoma
Public energy companies in negotiating a joint bidding, production processing and services agreements for the North Slope of Alaska
A major international energy company in the acquisition of Eagle Ford shale properties in excess of $1 billion, including a joint development arrangement and formation of midstream company related thereto
A major energy company in connection with the divestiture of approximately 5.5 Tcfe of onshore and offshore U.S. exploration and production assets in four separate asset sales totalling approximately $13 billion, including restructuring several volumetric production payments
A public energy company in the negotiation of the $600 million, basin-wide gas gathering, processing, transportation, fractionation, and storage agreement for upstream development and construction of facilities by counterparty in the Midland Basin
A public energy company with respect to the $349 million gas processing agreement for upstream development and construction of facilities by counterparty in Hayhurst and Culberson counties, NM (Delaware Basin)
A public energy company in the negotiation of a connection and dedication agreement and crude oil purchase and sale agreement for upstream development in Midland County, TX (Midland Basin)
A public energy company with the development of a gas dedication, gathering and processing agreement for a federal unit in Rio Arriba County, NM (San Juan Basin)
A public energy company with respect to giving advice regarding a gathering fees dispute in the Midland Basin
A public energy company with respect to the connection, dedication and crude oil purchase agreement for upstream development in Lea County, NM (Delaware Basin)
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A public energy company in connection with a gas gathering, processing, dehydrating and treating agreement for a federal unit in Western Wyoming
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Meet New Texas Upcomer Braxton Keith
‘Make Up Your Mind’ and join the ‘Honky Tonk Crowd’ (Pun Intended)
Meet Braxton Keith. Born in Midland, TX, Keith found a love for country music at a young age. As early as kindergarten, he began playing the piano and studying music theory. His influences are among Hank Williams, Haggard and George Strait. There’s plenty of good country music out there if you know how to find it, however, what seems to still be lacking, you can find from Braxton Keith with his two singles ’Make Up Your Mind’ and ‘Honky Tonk Crowd’.
On Wednesday April 8th, Braxton took to Facebook as part of Wrangler Network’s ‘Can’t Stop Country’ live stream series. Over the course of the hour long segment, Keith performed seven original songs and seven covers.
Among the seven artists covered in that segment were Tyler Childers, Garth Brooks, Frank Sinatra, George Strait, Jerry Jeff Walker, Radney Foster and and a ‘Baby Got Back’ cover by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Yes, you read that correctly. Covering the big names on this list are not an easy task but Braxton made it seem like another day in the office.
Make Up Your Mind, a powerful breakup song, and Honky Tonk Crowd, a barn burner, sure to have you tapping your boot along to the beat in seconds, were the first two songs he played during the livestream. Throughout the course of the next hour, he played five new songs that will be featured on his upcoming EP this summer: Love You More, Neon Green, Devil In Disguise, Ups and Downs and ‘Drifter,’ which will be the lead single from the EP.
Braxton has a damn good future ahead of him and us here at CNTRY highly encourage you to hop on BK train sooner rather later. We're fired up over this guy.
Entire live stream break down:
:30 - Make Up Your Mind
5:00 - Charleston Girl
8:10 - Honky Tonk Crowd
12:23 - Fly Me to the Moon
15:45 - Love You More
19:50 - Friends in Low Places
24:00 - Neon Green
28:35 - You Look so Good in Love
32:55 - Drifter
38:20 - Just Call Me Lonesome
42:25 - Devil in Disguise
46:40 - Ups & Downs
50:00 - London Homesick Blues
55:10 - Baby’s Got Back
Back to Country Music
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"The ticking clock intrigue of 'Angels and Demons' and the fast-paced thrills of 'A Clear and Present Danger." Special Agent Devrin Crosby is consumed by his past addictions, and one lethal mistake. Reduced to pushing papers, he is on the verge of leaving the FBI when the President's assassination on live television pulls him back. Everyone saw who did it, and all the evidence points to a hate crime, but Crosby uncovers a far more sinister plot, a conspiracy involving a secret Government agency, a nuclear Trojan Horse and amateur thieves. Crosby and his partners are thrown into a race to find the assassins and save our country from not only the thieves, but also government thugs who are bent on protecting their ultimate anti-terrorist weapon. In order to save thousands of lives, he will have to unravel their secrets or risk losing everyone he loves. The clock is ticking, no one is listening.
Craig Faris is a 31-time award-winning author of fiction and plays, including four Best of Issue awards in the 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2003 editions of the SCWW anthology. He has been published 17 times. His novel, The Spectrum Conspiracy has won 8 awards in regional, national and international competitions, Best Suspense Novel in the 2016 Beverly Hill's International Book Awards, and the Gold Metal for Best Suspense Book in the 2016 Readers Favorite Award. It won Best Novel in the 2010 Carrie McCray, was a finalist in the 2014 Killer Nashville Awards, and was a finalist in the William Faulkner International competitions in 2012, 2010 and 2011. He served on the Board of the SCWW from 2000 until 2006 and co-chaired the 10th and 16th SCWW Writers Conferences. He served as Vice-President of the Southeast chapter of the Mystery Writers of America from 2000 until 2005. The Spectrum Conspiracy is available at Amazon.com and B&N.com as a trade paperback and E-books.
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Beyond the iron gates that guarded the entrance to the property, beyond the manicured lawn and hedges that lined the driveway, the senator’s home loomed in the darkness. Upstairs in the master bedroom, a phone warbled two sets of triplets, the pattern indicating the encrypted line.
“The President knows,” the caller said.
“What?” Senator Luther mumbled, still asleep.
The message was clearer this time. “He knows about Spectrum!”
Eyes wide open, the senator lifted himself onto one elbow. “Who is this?”
“Viper,” Norman Trexler replied. “He knows.”
“All of it. He has a full report.”
The senator swung his legs off the bed, fully awake. “How did it get out?”
“How the hell should I know? Someone leaked it to his press secretary.”
“An hour ago. I just got out of the meeting at the White House,” Trexler said.
“Did you explain the implications?”
“Of course. Why do you think I’m calling? He went ballistic. He’s scheduled a press conference for tomorrow at noon.”
“We’ll all be indicted,” Trexler choked on the last syllable.
“That idiot. Who else knows?”
“Just the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the press secretary. He wants to go public with it himself.”
“The Chairman’s not a problem,” the senator said. “Has he contacted the FBI?”
“Hell no. Director Gregory’s office leaks like a screen door. He’s afraid if it gets out before tomorrow the media will accuse him of being part of it. He’s beating them to the punch.”
“There must be some way to reason with him.”
“Believe me, I’ve tried. You know how righteous he is.” Trexler sighed. “It’s over. Spectrum is finished and so are we.”
“Not necessarily.” The senator glanced at his alarm clock. “Where’s the press conference being held?”
“In the White House Briefing Room. Why?”
The Senator didn’t answer.
“You’re not serious? It can’t be done!”
“I’ll discuss it with Raptor.”
“You’ve got to be crazy. It’s in the White House!”
“Are you certain he’s told no one else?”
Trexler’s voice was shaky. “I can’t say for sure, but I know his wife is out of town, and he wants to make damn sure the media hears it from his lips. That’s all I know.”
“Go home and get some rest. Call for further instructions in the morning. With any luck we’ll be one step ahead of him.” The senator disconnected and punched in Raptor’s speed dial number.
Across the Potomac River, the Secretary of Defense, Norman Trexler, hung up his phone and steadied his trembling hand. He had never met the man they called Counselor, and had no idea to what extent he would go to protect the project. They considered themselves patriots, but selling weapons to a terrorist state was a treasonable act, and hiding their true identities was crucial. By midday the President would expose them all and his political career would end behind iron bars.
Perhaps Counselor did have the power to stop the speech. His political future might yet be saved, and if anyone could pull it off, it was the man they called Raptor.
DuPont Circle, Washington, DC
The beer cradled between his palms was warm, the foam long gone. Special Agent Devrin Crosby never liked beer, but the smell of alcohol was still tempting. FBI agents were expected to remain sober even when off duty, but Crosby was a recovering alcoholic, a disease that had nearly cost him his job. He knew that if his boss so much as smelled it on him at work, he would be cleaning out his desk the same day. The beer was a self-imposed test, a ritual he went through every Sunday evening, never touched nor tasted, but if he could resist its aroma and proximity, he knew he could remain sober for another week.
The glare of the bar television reflected the mirrored image of 12:34 a.m. onto his beer mug and Crosby glanced across the room at the corner of Goodtime Charlie’s lounge. There, a shiny black Baldwin grand piano stood with ivory keys and a touch much finer than the electronic piano he kept in the tiny bedroom of his apartment. The lounge had a regular pianist on weekdays, but on Sundays the bench was empty. Crosby played well but his addiction had robbed his confidence, so he preferred to wait for the other patrons to leave. This evening, he had hovered over his warm mug for an hour as a young couple stubbornly remained.
The couple seemed an odd match to Crosby. The woman was blonde, well endowed and strikingly beautiful, but the man was short, bald and in a rumpled black suit. Must be an expensive date, he thought.
“Go ahead, Devrin,” the bartender said. “They won’t care.”
“I’ll wait. What’s my latest time on the cube?”
The bartended placed a Rubik’s Cube in front of Crosby and turned a few pages in his small notebook. “One minute, forty seconds. You were off pace last week.”
“Depends on the starting point.” Crosby studied the layout. “You ready?”
The bartender clicked a stop watch and Crosby’s fingers began spinning the faces. He only glanced at what he was doing, as if each set of fingers had memorized the pattern and acted independently of each other, turning sections without even rotating the cube.
“How do you do that?” the bartender said.
Crosby shrugged, fingers flying. “It’s algorithms designed to change parts of the cube without scrambling the others. Once you learn the patterns, it’s simple.”
“Looks impressive.”
“These cubes are easy. You wouldn’t believe the really complex ones. What was my best time to date?”
The bartender flipped back a few pages. “Forty-four seconds.”
“Was I sober?”
“You came in looking like you had slammed a half-bottle of scotch.”
“That figures. Almost there,” Crosby said with a final spin. “Time?”
The completed cube sat on the bar, each color arranged perfectly. “Fifty-eight seconds,” the bartender said. “Not bad.”
“It’s a far cry from the world record.”
“You’re way ahead of everyone here.” The bartender closed the notebook.
Crosby glanced up at a muted news segment on the television. A reporter was standing in a park with blooming flowers behind her, and in the distant background, the White House.
She’s in Lafayette Park, he thought. Images of the park flashed through his memory. The shouted warnings, the recoil of his Glock, and tiny red spots on yellow daffodils.
Even as he refocused on his beer, a smell of cordite remained. A year had passed since the incident, and there was no one to blame but himself. Well, almost no one.
Senator Christian Luther had no choice but to use his regular phone to make the call. He had tried Raptor’s secure line, but apparently his unit was switched off. The phone rang twice before he heard a rough voice.
“What is it?” Harold Sanders said curtly.
“It’s Counselor,” Luther replied. “There’s a storm.”
Sanders waited a beat to respond. “Serious?”
“A squall line is approaching.”
Luther hesitated, remembering his unsecure line. “Sixteenth and Pennsylvania.”
Sanders remained silent for a moment. “Give me a minute. I’ll call you back.”
Only seconds later the senator’s encrypted line rang.
“Tell me about it.” Sanders voice lacked any hint of emotion.
“The President knows about Project Spectrum,” Luther said. “He has a detailed report that he’s going to reveal tomorrow in the briefing room. All attempts to reason with him have failed.”
“You’re sure?”
“Yes. Stalker is working on the confirmation.”
“What time is the briefing?”
“Noon.”
Sanders paused, apparently checking his watch. “Short notice.”
“What choice do we have? The report is lethal to the project. He must be stopped!”
“Which plan?”
“Proceed with Operation Sweep.”
“I’ll need executive authorization.”
“You’ll have it,” Luther said. “Can it be done?”
“What’s the collateral damage?”
“One witness and some documentation. Stalker will handle the documents. The witness will have to look like a coincidence.”
“Won’t work,” Sanders said. “Better to make it a consequence. Who is the witness?”
“The press secretary. You have someone in mind?”
“I’ll see if Pigs is available.”
“Approved,” Luther said. “The identity package is being prepared.
“What about his wife?”
“Out of town. Stalker is accessing her cell. What else do you need?”
“Stalker will have to place the propaganda material in the sponsor’s home. I’ll handle the camera equipment and seeding the sponsor’s clothing and locker. I need access to the storage facility and the station’s news van.”
“Both keys will be in the package. What time?”
“By 0200,” Sanders said. “See that the primary cameraman calls in sick. Give him something that’s untraceable.”
“I’ll try not to make it too contagious.”
“Whatever. Just make damn sure he doesn’t show up. And one other thing.”
“What’s that?” Luther asked.
“Find out what time the cleaning crew vacuums the briefing room.”
In Goodtime Charlie’s lounge the couple at the bar finally got up to leave. The bartender nodded toward the piano. “Better hurry, Devrin. I’m closing at 1:00 A.M.”
Crosby moved to the piano and examined his haggard face in its mirrored finish. He imagined his mother’s reflection looking over his shoulder as she had during his years of piano lessons. What would she think? He was forty-four, but he felt ten years older. He had gained fifteen pounds since the incident in Lafayette Park, but at least his sandy blond hair hadn’t grayed.
His fingers moved over the piano’s keys and strains of a song called, ‘As for Us,’ filled the room. He had no music, just a knack for picking out tunes from memory. Over the music he heard the door ding and glancing up saw a man rush in. He stopped at the bar, his hair soaking wet and his suit dripping on the floor. The man glanced at Crosby, ashen faced, fingers trembling, and clutching a manila envelope close to his side; he said something to the bartender who poured him a shot and pointed down the street. The man downed the drink, slid money across the bar and dashed back into the storm, the envelope still at his side.
Twenty minutes later, Crosby stepped out under the awning, and the bartender switched off the neon lights behind him.
“Who was that?” Crosby asked.
“I think it was Tim Cook, the White House Press Secretary,” the bartender said. “He wanted directions to the nearest mailbox.”
“I thought he looked familiar.”
“He left you a tip.” The bartender handed him a twenty dollar bill.
Crosby smiled. “Whoa. I must have sounded okay.”
“That’s what I’ve been saying, Devrin,” he said, locking the door. “See you next week.”
“Thanks, Charlie,” Crosby replied. It was raining hard, so he hustled down the dark familiar path toward his tiny apartment two blocks away.
Charlotte, N.C.
Kathryn Froscher leaned closer to the wheel trying to see through the streaks left by her windshield wipers. She was on I-77 just north of the Panthers Stadium, still in the dress she had worn to her father’s wake earlier that evening. He had been terminally ill for over a year, but the news of his death had brought out far more mourners than even she anticipated. From 7:00 until 10:00 P.M. she had stood in the receiving line shaking hands with people she had never met and never expected to again. Afterwards, a couple of girlfriends had taken her out for a late dinner and a drink.
The dress was new, expensive and looked great with her pale skin, brown hair and green eyes. At twenty-nine she still had a great body and could have taken home any of the guys who kept eyeing her long legs under the table. Wasn’t getting laid while your father was in an open casket a sin? Surely he would know.
A flash of lightening followed by the crack of thunder refocused her attention on the road and seemed to confirm her thoughts. Right decision. Her older brother, Chuck, was flying in from Oak Ridge early in the morning. There simply wasn’t any time to deal with a strange guy in her bed, no matter how cute he might be.
The wheel began to vibrate, and she felt the rear of the car pull to one side, the unmistakable signs of tire trouble.
Oh great. The interstate was busy, the rain blinding with no off-ramps in sight. She spotted a bridge overpass and guided her vintage Honda Prelude to an exit ramp under the bridge hoping it might afford her some shelter from the rain.
It didn’t. It was a railway bridge that let as much rain through it as around it. To make matters worse, the ramp led to another interstate and trucks were flying past her at sixty miles per hour. She eased off the roadway as far as the guardrail would permit and turned on her emergency blinkers. She found her triple-A card in her purse, but when she opened her cell phone, it beeped for a second and went dead.
“Damn it.” She rifled through the glove box, failing to find the battery charger and realized that her only option was to get out and survey the damage. She glanced down at the new dress. “Just my luck.”
When she cracked the door, a huge truck flew past, rocking the entire car and coating the windows in a dirty mist.
Katie slammed it shut and threw the cell phone into her purse. Wrong decision, she thought realizing how close she had come to having a man who could change the tire in the seat beside her. She thought about the ‘driving test’ she would sometimes give a male passenger if he was especially cute. The Prelude had a five-speed manual transmission and she would place his left hand on the stick shift and say, “Let’s see if you can follow directions.” She would then put her right hand down his pants, grab his joystick, and change gears by remote control.
Truck lights appeared in her rearview mirror and pulled to a stop behind her. Fear gripped her as she watched a man open his door. Ignoring the rain and oncoming traffic, he walked toward her car. He might be an off-duty policeman, or a psychopath.
He knelt down beside her flat tire for a second before approaching. She glanced around the car searching for something she could use as a weapon and grabbed the heaviest thing in her purse; the useless cell phone.
He tapped the glass, his mocha-colored face at her window. Rain had already soaked his dark curly hair, and water was dripping from his nose. She cracked her window and said, “Thanks for stopping, but I’m okay.” She brandished the cell phone. “My husband should be here any second.”
“You have a blowout, ma’am,” the stranger said. “Do you have a spare?”
“Uh, I suppose.”
“Pop the trunk and I’ll check.”
She hesitated wondering if he could get into her car through the trunk. The rear seat folded down, but it locked from the inside.
He smiled. “It’s okay, ma’am. You can trust me.”
Wasn’t that the psychopath’s motto? He seemed nice enough and nice looking, but so was Ted Bundy. If there wasn’t a spare, she wouldn’t have to ruin her new dress to find out. She pulled the trunk release.
Within a minute, she felt the car being jacked up and heard the squeal of loosening lug bolts. She rolled down the window far enough to yell, “Sir, you don’t have to do that.” Another truck rocked the car, showering her face with specks of mud and the smell of diesel fuel. If he’s crazy enough to change the damn tire, let him.
The rain slowed and she adjusted the side mirror so she could see what he was doing. To her astonishment, the man was on all fours, his legs in the lane of traffic. Trucks were passing within inches of them, yet he seemed unconcerned. A total stranger risking his life?
The car was lowered and the flat returned to the trunk. Katie looked through her purse, but found only a ten-dollar bill, hardly enough to pay the man for his kindness. The trunk slammed shut and the stranger wiped his hands on his now filthy jeans.
“That should do it,” he shouted and gave her a goodbye salute.
Lowering her window and waving the money, she yelled, “Wait a minute.”
The stranger came back to her door. He was handsome, a thirty-something version of Denzel Washington. She felt ashamed she had not lowered the window further the first time.
“How much do I owe you?”
“But your jeans are soaked. At least let me pay to have them laundered.”
He laughed. “I have a washer and dryer.”
“You risked your life. Those trucks could have taken your legs off.”
She noted that he wasn’t wearing a wedding band when he turned to watch a car speed past where his legs had been.
“It’s a matter of faith, ma’am,” he said with a smile.
“How can I thank you?”
“You just did. Have a nice day.”
Within seconds he was back in his truck and had pulled into traffic. He had been a shining example of human decency and had said more with that single act of kindness than a thousand sermons.
I didn’t even get his name, she thought and cranked the Honda.
Huge vinyl letters on each side of the van proclaimed NBC-6 to its viewers. Harold Sanders inserted the key, stepped into the back and closed the door. He used a smaller key to unlock one of the wall-mounted storage lockers and noted that it contained two video cameras, one older and the other almost brand new. He removed the older one, opened his black bag and took out a duplicate camera, pausing to make sure they were identical. He zipped the station’s older camera into his bag, and placed the duplicate in the locker. To ensure that the newer camera wouldn’t be chosen, he removed it from the locker, held it about three feet off the floor, and let the $55,000 camera drop. The impact did little visible damage, cracking a UV filter and denting the lens cowling. He returned the broken camera to the shelf, making sure it was turned so the damaged lens would be visible the next time the locker was opened. He checked his watch as he locked the van door. It was 2:14 a.m.
Gerald McMullen had stripped out of his wet clothes and taken a shower before climbing in bed. He was tired and his flight back to Washington left at 6 A.M. He thought about the girl’s left hand. No wedding ring. My husband should be here any second, he recalled her saying. That was smart, given her situation. People were naturally suspicious of strangers. But when she offered him money, her smile had given him an overwhelming feeling that she wasn’t married. It was only a chance encounter, but Gerald had learned to trust his feelings.
Perhaps it was hopeful thinking, or the way the light reflected off the letters as he slammed her trunk, but when he closed his eyes, a clear image of her personalized license plate remained.
Wesley Heights, Washington, DC
The canvas-draped Corvette was parked in front of apartment 301 in building 4174. The man, dressed in black, emerged from his truck holding a briefcase. He lifted a corner of the canvas and focused a penlight on the candy red fiberglass quarter panel. Drives a red Corvette; he recalled from the file. D.C. License plate, REBA, the subject’s favorite singer. He checked the personalized license plate and spotted the NBC-6 parking sticker. He returned the penlight to his pocket and gazed at the faint light coming from a second floor window. Nightlight in the bathroom, the man thought.
Moving quickly up the exterior staircase, he unscrewed the light bulb by the door and checked to make sure no one was around. He opened the lid of the wall-mounted mailbox and pointed the penlight at the name, Chad Stillwell. Subject is single. One cat, no dogs, he recalled, picturing the apartment layout he had studied. Single bedroom, second floor apartment. Door opens into a small den. Kitchen on the left. Bedroom and bath facing the parking lot. No direct access was available to windows from the exterior staircase. The door’s threshold would have to do.
The man squatted, opened the briefcase, removed a gasmask and placed it over his head. He inserted a length of clear plastic hose attached to a metal wand into the crack under the door and attached the other end to a small yellow cylinder. He opened the valve releasing the viral agent through the tube and waited. A clear, odorless gas containing a cocktail of a genetically altered zoonotic influenza virus, THC and carbon monoxide flowed through the tube. It would give the subject a severe headache followed by flu-like symptoms. Since the bedroom was fifteen feet from the front door he had to use the entire canister to insure the desired results. The whole process took less than a minute.
By 3:45 a.m., Raptor’s van was outside the gates of a storage facility located less than three miles from the sponsor’s apartment. With a gloved finger, he punched the entry code on a keypad and the gate opened. The rows of cinderblock storage buildings, lit by the orange glow of sulfur-vapor street lamps, revealed the pale outlines of numbers painted on the roll-top doors. Storage locker K-11 was identical in size to the rest. Harold Sanders got out of the van, carrying a cardboard box that contained the now disassembled parts of the station’s video camera. The sponsor’s palm print, lifted from a microphone in the van, had been placed conspicuously on one of the camera parts.
He inserted his key into the Master lock, removed it, and lifted the door. Inside the space were stacks of cardboard boxes, flags, tent poles and what appeared to be folded white sheets. He ripped open one of the boxes, removed a handful of brochures, and pointed his penlight at the cover.
“A Message Of Hope And Deliverance For White Christian America,” he read. “Compliments of The Imperial Knights of The Ku Klux Klan.”
Sanders put a few of the brochures into his coat pocket. He placed the camera parts on a workbench at the center of the room and relocked the door.
As head of the White House Secret Service detail, Harold Sanders walked the halls with total confidence. He was tall and lean with salt and pepper hair, and a ruddy face, the result of severe teenage acne. He entered the press corps offices located near the rear of the briefing room and nodded to the fellow agent on duty. In his hands were two Styrofoam cups of coffee, and under one arm, a folded newspaper. He offered the paper and a cup to the duty agent.
“Thanks,” the agent said. “You’re here early.”
“Got a call,” Sanders said. He stood opposite the duty agent and looked down the hall into the darkened and near empty briefing room. “Something’s up.”
“Haven’t heard anything,” the duty agent said, taking a sip. “Good coffee.”
“Yeah.” Sanders watched the cleaning crew running a carpet shampooer near the podium at the far end of the briefing room. The rest of the room was dark. “They have Danish down in the Navy Mess. Want some?”
“I’m too fat already,” the agent said. He put down the coffee and opened the newspaper.
“Nothing’s on the morning schedule,” Sanders added, noting that the duty agent was already involved in the headlines. “Must be the President.”
“Maybe he’s going to address this Argentine mess,” the agent said. “Ever since the coup, their self-appointed president has been making noise about leading them into the nuclear age.”
“He’s a mile wide and an inch thick,” Sanders said. “All surface.”
“I don’t know. They say his father was killed in the Falklands war and he keeps talking about taking back what’s theirs. I guess we’ll find out soon enough,” the agent replied, never looking up.
“I’m going to ask around, maybe get some Danish,” Sanders said, stepping back into the hall that led into the briefing room. “Be back in a minute.”
Sanders stepped back and watched the agent for a second. He was still reading, oblivious to anything else. He found the cord of the carpet shampooer plugged into a wall socket beside the door. It ran down the right aisle toward the front between banks of video equipment mounted on various stands. He spotted the NBC-6 video camera mounted on a tripod near the aisle. It took only a second to make a loop in the cord and hook it high on one leg of the tripod.
“NBC-6,” the receptionist said into her headset. “How may I direct your call?”
“Gina.” The voice sounded weak. “It’s Chad.”
“Chad? You don’t sound good.”
“I’ve come down with something,” he replied coughing. “Anything on the schedule?”
“The White House called. The cleaning crew knocked over our camera. The President is scheduled to speak at noon and we need a replacement.”
“Oh, great!” Chad said. “There’s no way I can make it, Gina. I’m sorry. I’ve thrown up twice already and have a splitting headache. To top it off, my cat died.”
“Miss Reba’s dead?”
“Yeah. She was fifteen. Died in her sleep.”
“Oh, Chad, I’m sorry.”
“Call Billy for me, will you?”
“Sure,” Gina said. “Can he handle setting up a replacement camera?”
“He knows the drill. There’s a spare camera in the van. He’ll have to fill in for me, okay?”
“I’ll take care of it,” she said. “You should go back to bed.”
“I am. Thanks, Gina.”
“You take care, Chad.”
THE FOURTH ANGEL
It was a clear Monday morning, with a slight breeze to carry the scent of the freshly mowed grass into the portico of the White House. As the April sun climbed into the sky, the moist heat rose, hinting that soon the muggy days of summer would follow. President William Joseph Barnett had begun his day like every day, by reading a passage from his Bible. He had chosen an unusual verse; Revelation 16:8. The words seemed so appropriate that he added them to the first paragraph of the speech he would deliver at his noon press conference.
President Barnett was a pious man and vowed that he would once again make the office of President beyond reproach. He was a born-again Christian, a former minister, and an African-American — the first direct descendent of slaves to achieve the office of President. Barnett was fifty-six, a father of three whose youngest daughter, Alma, lived with them in the White House and would soon begin her freshman year at the College of William and Mary. The first lady, Phyllis, had taken Alma to Williamsburg for orientation, and they were scheduled to return the following evening. He had called Phyllis earlier but her cell phone signal kept fading out. At least he knew they had slept well and that Alma loved the campus.
Barnett had been up early, polishing his speech. Unlike most modern presidents, Willie preferred to write his own and he packed them with as many southern clichés and jokes as he damn well pleased. His admirers said it made him sound “down-home,” and his return to ordinary language caused a soar in his approval ratings after every speech. His critics rolled their eyes and sneered behind his back, but even they admitted that Barnett knew how to reach people.
He looked over the pages, committing them to memory. He moved the announcement terminating Norman Trexler to the third paragraph. He always considered his Secretary of Defense a friend, but the web of deceit Trexler had woven was inexcusable. Trexler had gone to great lengths to cover up the covert military operation entitled The Spectrum Project. Even when confronted with the physical proof of its existence, Trexler continued to lie. That was the one thing that Barnett never tolerated. Trexler acted as though the operation was above the law and his actions were exceeded only by his arrogance. Trexler would have to go.
The President paused at a mirror outside the Oval Office to straighten his favorite blue tie, a birthday gift from his daughter. His shirt, white with blue pinstripes, contrasted well with his navy suit and dark skin and would look great at his next portrait sitting.
Special Agent Devrin Crosby entered Woodbutcher’s Deli a little before his lunch appointment. He wore the trademark Hoover Blues business suit of the FBI, but his tie was loosened, the top button of his shirt undone. Crosby hated ties and couldn’t understand how starting the day with a noose around one’s neck had ever come into fashion.
The hostess was young and in deep conversation with a waitress. She ignored Crosby.
He cleared his throat to get her attention.
She reluctantly excused herself. “How many?” she said with all the enthusiasm of a mortician.
“Two,” Crosby said, nodding towards a darkened section. “We’ll take that booth in the back corner.”
“Sorry. That section is closed.”
“Then please tell Louie that Special Agent Devrin Crosby of the FBI would prefer to have his usual table in the corner,” he said in a firm tone. In any other city the title alone would be enough to warrant a degree of respect, but not in Washington. This city was crawling with “agents” of this or that, and if the title meant anything to the hostess, she wasn’t showing it.
“Just a minute!” she said through clenched teeth and disappeared.
Crosby looked around and saw a table of young women glancing at him and whispering something to the rest with raised eyebrows. To his left he caught a glimpse of his profile in a mirror and the slight pouch above his belt. Instinctively, he sucked it in and heard muted chuckles coming from the table.
Within moments, the owner emerged from the kitchen, took the menus from the hostess and gave her a dismissive nod. “Agent Crosby!” he said with a Greek accent. “Your usual booth?”
Crosby nodded.
“You have a guest joining you?”
“Just one.” Crosby gave the hostess a smirk as they walked into the closed section.
She marched back to her station mouthing, “Whatever!”
“College kids,” Louie said putting down the menus. “They think they own the place. I’ll send a waitress when your guest arrives.”
“Thanks, Louie. He has wavy black hair and looks like a model.”
While Crosby waited, he looked over the selections. The menu laminate was clean and bore none of the tiny brown spots roaches leave when they walk across them at night. Louie ran a tidy ship. With that assurance, Crosby weighed the selections against their respective calories. His stocky build had added a few pounds since he was reassigned to the Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and started spending his days in front of a computer. Surely his friend, Gerald McMullen, had put on weight as well.
They had hardly spoken at all since the incident that had landed Crosby his desk job. During the first Gulf War, Crosby’s Humvee loaded with wounded prisoners had gotten lost in the darkness and wandered into a mine field. The explosion killed everyone aboard except Crosby, whose lacerations had saved his life since the Iraqi’s assumed he was dead. Gerald’s helicopter was one of three sent out to locate them. When met with hostile fire, the other helicopters held back, but not Gerald. His courage was the only reason Crosby was alive.
“Devrin?” a voice said.
Crosby saw Gerald standing a few feet away. “Hi Gerry,” he said getting out of the booth. The two men gave each other an awkward hug.
“You’ve put on a few pounds,” Gerald said patting Crosby’s belly.
Crosby noted that Gerald’s abdomen was flat as a board. If anything he had lost weight. He had spent most of the previous afternoon at the gym at Quantico in a vain attempt to sweat off thirty pounds in three hours. He sucked in his stomach as he slid back into the booth. “It’s no bigger than normal people in their mid-forties.”
“You have a girlfriend cooking for you?” Gerald said as he sat.
“I work for the bureau, remember? The only women in my life pack a Glock and can kill you with their bare hands.”
“Some women think guns are sexy.”
“Yeah, but their idea of a hot date is a five-mile run to a firing range,” Crosby said. “So, how’s your love life?”
“Who wants a beach bum like me?”
Crosby surveyed the room, expecting a sea of waving arms from every woman in the place. “I figured you moved to the Caribbean and were feasting on turtle soup.”
“Someday, buddy, I’m going to find me an island with an all female staff and an endless supply of soup and margaritas.” He hesitated. “Speaking of which, how long has it been?”
“I’ve managed to stay on the wagon for almost two months,” Crosby said.
“That’s good to hear.”
“Are you still at the Post?”
“That’s one of the reasons I called. I flew down to Charlotte yesterday for a job interview. The Observer offered me an editorial position.”
“The Observer?” Crosby said. “I thought you loved Washington.”
“I don’t have a choice. Mom’s cancer returned.”
“Oh… sorry, Gerald.”
“Who knows, it could be six months or six years. Ned’s moved in with Mom, but with his aerial business he can’t be with her all the time.”
Gerald’s mother was Portuguese, his late father Jamaican, and his dark wavy hair and chestnut skin was the same as theirs. Crosby had met her and his brother, Ned, when Gerald won the Scripps Howard Journalism Award for his story on Gulf War helicopter pilots.
“I need to spend as much time with her as I can before the end.” Gerald said, a hint of sadness in his voice.
Crosby changed the subject. “Does Ned still do aerial photography?”
“No, just traffic reports. It’s steady work, and he also flies air-rescue choppers when needed.” Gerald leaned closer. “The thing is, as soon as all of this is over, I’m planning on coming back to the Post. That’s where you come in, buddy.”
“Me? How?”
“Are you still in that tiny apartment near DuPont Circle?”
“Of course,” Crosby said. “What else could I afford?”
“How would you like to move into my condo while I’m gone?”
Crosby laughed. “On my salary?”
“Here’s the deal. If Mom goes into remission, I could be in Charlotte for years. If I rent my place, who knows what will happen to it, plus I would prefer to have it available when I come back to town on assignments. It’s three bedrooms and most of my furniture can go into storage. There’s plenty of room for your stuff and you can use the spare bedroom for your piano.”
“Sounds interesting,” Crosby said, “but I don’t have that kind of dough.”
“If you cover the utilities, I’ll lease it to you for a dollar a month.”
“A dollar! What about your mortgage payment?”
“It’s covered,” Gerald said. “I’ll be living with Mom.”
“Yeah, but she’s sick. You can’t pay your mortgage on top of her medical bills?”
“Insurance and Medicare. She planned well. You would be doing me a big favor, Devrin. What do you say?”
“Can I pay a year in advance?” Crosby said.
Gerald laughed. “Sure. Deal?”
“Deal!” Crosby said with a handshake.
“By the way, my boss thinks I’m having lunch with my inside source at the FBI,” Gerald added, “so lunch is on me.”
Devrin laughed. “I’ve never leaked any secrets.”
“They don’t know that.”
The waitress arrived. “What’ya havin’?”
“I’ll take a Cobb Salad and bottled water,” Gerald said never bothering to look at the menu.
A salad and water? Devrin thought. “What tha hell! Give me a Philly with extra cheese.”
Gerald smiled. “No wonder.”
US Secret Service agent Harold Sanders examined the professional video camera carefully before placing it in front of the electronic scanner, which would x-ray it and check the lens for anything unusual. This was an old camera, not unlike thousands he had seen come through the White House security check before. A large label with the letters “NBC-6” was pasted on its side with the television station’s call letters, WBC-TV. The station was a frequent visitor to the briefing room, but the cameraman was not their usual operator.
“Name?” Sanders asked.
“Billy Ray Anderson.” He held out his press-pass. Sanders examined it for authenticity.
“You have a license or other ID?”
Billy Ray handed the agent his wallet. Another Secret Service agent ran a portable metal detector over Anderson’s body as Sanders typed the name into a computer. Billy Ray’s name popped up on his screen. His clearance was just over three years old, but his job function listed him as a soundman.
“Remove your shoes and belt and place them on the scanner.”
Billy Ray complied.
“How long have you been assigned to the press corps?”
“Three years, two months.”
“You’re listed here as the soundman. Where is your regular cameraman?”
“He called in sick. I’m his backup.”
“I’ll need his phone number,” Sanders said. “Have you ever operated a camera in the briefing room before?”
“Briefly, awhile back, but I usually handle the sound.”
“You’re familiar with the protocol?”
“Yes, sir. I’m the backup.”
The station’s NBC correspondent, herself being scanned with the metal detector spoke up. “Sir, Billy’s been with the station for twelve years.”
Agent Sanders knew the correspondent’s face, and her comment added the credibility he needed. “Sign here,” he instructed and turned his attention to the equipment. “Why the replacement?”
“Don’t know,” Billy Ray said. “I was told to pick up another camera before coming in.”
The correspondent explained. “Your cleaning crew got a power cord entangled in our tripod last night. The camera was knocked over and damaged. Your office called the station manager this morning.”
Sanders already knew this, but he needed the correspondent to explain it in front of the other agents for the record.
“Write that out on this form and sign it,” Sanders said handing her a clipboard. He looked at Billy Ray. “Turn on your camera, please.”
Billy Ray picked up the camera, attached a portable battery from the camera bag and switched it on. The blue-gray light glowed from the viewfinder, and he handed it to Sanders.
Sanders put his eye to the viewfinder and ran his hand in front of the lens. He noted the auto focus and the remote zoom control. Both were common options on professional cameras of this type. He tested various switches, and they all functioned as expected.
“You may proceed,” Sanders said, handing the camera, belt and shoes back to Billy Ray. He slipped a camera remote into Billy’s jacket pocket while he put on the belt. The camera seemed flawless and short of taking it apart, he had given it an extensive examination. Spectrum’s technicians had done an excellent job.
Norman Trexler returned from his morning jog and waited to catch his breath before calling Counselor. He had put off calling but time was running short. He punched a four-digit speed-dial number into his secure phone and waited through two rings.
Senator Christian Luther’s voice came on the line. “Yes.”
“Counselor, this is Viper. Are we scrambled?”
“Have you heard from Raptor?”
“We are go. You are to proceed with operation SWEEP.”
“Holy mother.” Trexler mumbled. Even though he knew it was coming, the confirmation sent shock waves through him. His father had been a Tennessee congressman who had lost his seat in a bribery scandal and was now serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison. He remembered his father’s advice: “Your reputation’s all you got,” but his reputation had landed him a view of a razor-wire fence from a six by nine-foot cell.
Today could bring Trexler a similar fate. He struggled to regain his composure. “What are my instructions?”
“The documentation has been deleted from the subject’s computer and replaced with an appropriate but harmless report,” Luther said. “A backup copy of the speech has been removed from the private residence safe. The subject has the final copy on his person. Your objective is to secure that copy. A replacement is already inside the podium and will be discovered afterwards. Your window of opportunity will be brief. Use it and be careful in positioning yourself. This video will be studied frame-by-frame.”
Trexler felt sick as he hung up the phone. One screw-up and he could spend the rest of his life in a federal penitentiary. He thought about his father, his wife and their daughter. How would they ever understand? There was still time to act. He could save the President and perhaps even himself. With a little luck he might even avoid prosecution, but he knew it wasn’t an option. Counselor had given him his assignment and there was no turning back now. Raptor would make damn sure of that.
Crosby took another bite of his sandwich and listened to Gerald expound about his upcoming move to Charlotte. They had both attended the University of North Carolina, but never met while there. Gerald played varsity basketball, and his one claim to fame was that he had once blocked Michael Jordan’s shot in a scrimmage game.
“My boss wants to know what’s up at the bureau?” Gerald said smiling.
“Not my favorite subject,” Crosby said. “Let’s talk about something else.”
“What’s wrong, Devrin?”
Crosby shrugged. “I’m thinking about leaving.”
“Leaving? The last time we talked, you said it was the greatest job in the world.”
“I was reassigned. Now I sit at a computer all day profiling suspects.”
“A year ago,” Crosby said, “and I fell off the wagon soon after.” He again thought of the red spots on yellow daffodils.
“So that’s why you stopped calling,” Gerald said. “What happened?”
“I’m not supposed to talk about it.”
“Come on, Devrin. I’m your best friend.”
“The usual reasons. I screwed up.” He pictured the slamming doors of the surveillance van; the suspect with the briefcase ignoring the shouts to stop; the White House looming two blocks away.
“That’s nothing new. Anyone who falls asleep at the wheel of his Humvee during the middle of a battle should be accustomed to screwing up.”
“I wish it was that simple.” Crosby waited a long moment. “I blew an innocent man’s face off.”
Gerald’s smile vanished. “Good Lord. Were you sober?”
“Yeah, but I had to prove it.”
“That must have been rough.”
“It still is,” Crosby explained. “We mistook his identity and I shot the wrong guy.”
“That’s an accident.”
Crosby shook his head. “It doesn’t matter. I gave the order. After the FBI screw-up at Ruby Ridge, someone always takes the blame. I happened to be the most convenient.”
“Can you appeal?”
Crosby resumed eating, a clear sign that his part of the conversation was finished.
Inside the super-secure domain of the briefing room, Agent Harold Sanders checked his mike and earphone. As chief of the White House Secret Service detail, it was his responsibility to make sure everything was ready.
“OK, people,” Sanders said, his voice almost as rough as his face. “Five minutes. Let’s call them in.”
“Penn Avenue entrance, clear,” the agent reported. A series of responses followed as each agent reported the status of their area and ended with, “Tunnel, clear.”
Sanders notified the team leader of the President’s security detail. “Scout One, briefing room is secure. Send in the clowns.”
Through his left earphone, he could monitor the President’s movements.
“This is Scout Three; Potus is in the elevator. I repeat, Potus is in the elevator and moving. Stand by, Scout Two.”
“This is Scout Two. Back hallway is clear. Potus is now leaving the elevator. Briefing room, he’s yours in sixty seconds.”
“Roger Scout Two,” Sanders said. “ETA in one minute.”
Everything was ready. Sanders moved his hand to his waist and unplugged one of his microphones. He then switched on a second wireless set, encrypted and programmed to an ultra-high frequency. He checked his new equipment. “Scout One, do you read, over?”
There was no response.
“Scout team? Scout team, do you read, over?” He waited ten seconds for a response. There was none. If anyone was scanning the frequencies, the only thing they might hear would be static.
“Raptor,” Counselor’s voice was calm through Sanders’ right earphone. “Signal is scrambled. You are authorized to proceed.”
The napkins lay in their plates, their drinking glasses empty. Their waitress had either forgotten them or was siding with the hostess.
“So what was that other thing you wanted to ask me earlier?” Crosby asked.
“It’s a personal favor.” Gerald slid a scrap a paper across the table.
“What’s KT-GIRL mean?”
“It’s a North Carolina license tag number. I was in a driving rainstorm in Charlotte last night and helped change this girl’s flat tire. She was something! Only problem is I don’t know her name or where she lives. All I’ve got is her license plate number.”
“I see.” Crosby smiled. “Still chasing skirts.”
“I tried the Department of Motor Vehicles website and hit a wall. I thought you might be able to suggest an agency I could contact.”
“This is probably illegal.” Crosby leaned forward. “But I might be able to get a name.”
“I don’t want to get you fired, Devrin. It’s not that big a deal. For all I know she could be married.”
“What the hell. I’m leaving the bureau anyway. I’ll see what I can do.”
Harold Sanders spoke softly to minimize the movement of his lips. “Roger, Counselor. Switching to visual.”
Sanders reached into his breast pocket and put on a pair of aviator-type sunglasses. The sunglasses were standard Secret Service gear, and since a potential assailant could not see their eyes, the agents wore them inside as well as out. To the other agents, the putting on of the sunglasses had always been their final signal to Scout One that the team was in place.
But Sanders’ glasses were different, and as soon as he put them on, his visual point of view was transferred to the center of the room. A virtual image filled his lenses, shot from a news video camera twenty feet away and tapped into the signal from the video control bank located in the back. The image showed the empty podium with the White House logo in blue and white mounted on the wall behind it. Sanders took an ink pen from his pocket and casually twisted the head of it to focus the camera’s lens on the logo. With the pen, he could also make the lens zoom in tighter, but it had no control over panning from side to side. A remote pan control might arouse the suspicions of his fellow agents as well as the cameraman. The job had to look like the work of one man. Additional controls were an unnecessary risk. With only a click of the pen’s head, the shutter would release at exactly the right moment.
Billy Ray’s hands were sweating. This was his first time as cameraman on a live presidential shoot, and he was sure that he had forgotten something vital that might ruin the broadcast. If so, it would forever kill his chances for a repeat assignment. He knew how to do this, having watched the regular cameraman, Chad, for three years. He had been a soundman for twelve years, and this was his big chance to move up.
There was something odd about this camera, though. He was sure that he had switched off the auto-focus, but somehow it kept refocusing as though it had a mind of its own. This was an older model, and it was probably a faulty switch. Chad must have dropped the newer camera he found in the van, so he was forced to use this one. It was heavy as hell, and he was glad it was mounted on a tripod for the duration.
“Billy, you ready?” his NBC correspondent said.
“Yes,” he replied.
“Five seconds,” the director called from the control room.
Billy put his eye to the viewfinder and pressed the record switch.
At the same moment a symbol in Sanders’ sunglasses notified him that the camera was recording.
“Standby Counselor,” Raptor said. “We are armed and ready.”
Billy Ray watched as Tim Cook, the President’s Press Secretary, entered the room followed by several members of the Cabinet. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of Defense took their place to the right of the podium.
“Thank you for coming,” the Press Secretary said into the microphones. “I’m sure you are curious about the nature of this meeting, so without delay, The President of the United States.”
The attendees erupted with applause as President William Barnett entered the room. Beside him was a surprise visitor, the Reverend Jebadiah Johnson. The President shook hands with several of the reporters, took his place at the lectern, and waited for the applause to fade.
Billy Ray zoomed in for a tight close-up, but as soon as he tried for a wider shot, the lens refused to budge.
“This sorry piece of junk!” he growled into his headset as he tried to free the lens by hand.
“What’s wrong?” the NBC correspondent asked.
“The damn lens is stuck!”
“Raptor, you are clear to proceed,” Luther’s voice said.
“Affirmative,” Raptor replied, “but the Sponsor is jerking the target all over the place.”
“Don’t take any chances,” Luther said. “Make sure it’s clean.”
Billy Ray slapped the lens with his fist and it started working perfectly, just as the President began to speak. He zoomed out for the introduction.
“My fellow Americans,” President Barnett began. “I have asked you here today to tell you of a matter of utmost urgency. I have spent many hours in fervent prayer as I contemplated how to proceed. I’ve asked a friend, whose entire life has been devoted to social change through non-violence, to join with me this morning. I’m proud to introduce the Reverend Jeb Johnson.”
Reverend Johnson took the opportunity to shake the President’s hand for the photographers and remained standing beside him for several seconds.
“Any time Raptor,” Luther said.
Sanders tried to control his frustrations. “I almost had him, but the sponsor is now focused between Barnett and Jeb.”
Where is his speech? Secretary of Defense Norman Trexler felt a wave of panic flow over him. Barnett would often memorize his speeches, but if this one were to fall into the hands of the press, all of this would be for nothing. Raptor had told him to put on the sunglasses only if he had the speech in sight. It must be in his jacket, he thought and put them on anyway.
“As many of you know,” the President continued, “I’m a firm believer in reading the Holy Scriptures. The Bible says that the truth shall set us free. This morning, while reading my daily passage, I came across a verse which I have deemed most appropriate for this occasion.”
The President reached into his coat for his glasses. Reverend Johnson handed the President his Bible.
“I’m reading from Revelation 16:8.”
The camera was back on the President, but the scene was so wide that the center of the target was on the President’s neck. Instantly Raptor had an idea.
“Do it now,” Luther said into Raptor’s earphone. “Before he gives the whole damn thing away!”
“Just a second,” Sanders growled.
Billy Ray’s camera zoomed in so tight that all he could see was the President’s necktie.
“Not this shit again!” The curse was just loud enough for the surrounding reporters to take notice. He tried to zoom out, but the lens wouldn’t budge. His only choice was to tilt the camera up to the President’s face and hope for the best.
The President read the passage with great reverence. “And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.”
At that moment, Sanders placed his thumb on the head of the pen and squeezed.
Billy Ray’s camera lurched backwards as a deafening sound exploded against his ears. He turned to his right to get a glimpse of the source, but found none. As he turned back he saw a red smear sprayed across the White House logo. He gasped, but shock willed him back to his camera. He put his eye to the viewfinder where only seconds before the President’s head had filled the screen. The lens was still zoomed in tight, and now pieces of flesh and bone covered the formerly pristine logo behind the lectern. The lens worked perfectly as he zoomed out. He tilted it down toward the mass of humanity that was now covering the President. Secret Service agents were spread-eagle over the body. Other agents brandished their automatic weapons. The Reverend Johnson was once again kneeling over his martyred prince of peace, just as he had with Martin Luther King on a motel balcony in 1968.
Harold Sanders already had his weapon drawn and pointing toward the crowd of reporters. The sunglasses and pen were safely tucked away in his pocket. The smell of gunpowder hung heavy in the room. Reporters cowered in small groups on the floor. Few of the cameramen were brave enough to still man their equipment.
“Nobody move!” Sanders ordered. “All stations, Potus is down! I repeat, Potus is down! Secure all sectors. No one leaves the building!”
Billy Ray kept thinking of Dallas in 1963. He had to keep his camera rolling. He thought of the Zapruder film, the only piece of evidence, which showed Kennedy’s fatal head shot. His camera had been focused on the President’s head moments before. It must have recorded the best possible image of the moment of impact. The tape could be worth millions and, if so, his name would soon become immortal.
Men were covering the President’s body, but the images were powerful. The anguished look painted on Reverend Johnson’s face; the bloody logo and the constant screaming. The Secretary of Defense, covered with blood, was holding the President’s Bible over him and apparently gathering pages torn from it. The secret service agents, with their automatic weapons drawn, were yelling something and pointing their guns towards—
Wait a minute…. They were aimed at him!
One camera swiveled towards Sanders and he brought his weapon to bear on its operator.
“I said nobody move!” Sanders repeated.
Everyone seemed to drop closer to the floor, but the camera kept moving, turning its lens toward the agents, its cameraman ignoring the command in an apparent attempt to film the total mayhem. Other agents instinctively followed that movement.
Sanders spotted the evidence he needed; the frayed, burned end of the microphone windsock. “Gun!” he yelled. “His camera is the gun!”
Devrin and Gerald stepped out of the booth and shook hands. As they walked towards the checkout counter Gerald gave him the note with the license tag number and a key to the condo so he could begin moving in. Crosby heard a gasp and glanced over at the table where the girls were whispering earlier. Most of them were visibly upset, hands over their mouths and makeup running down their faces. He followed their gaze to the silent television on the far wall. Displayed was a view of the White House briefing room with secret service agents covering someone on the floor. Other agents had their weapons drawn and were pointing at the camera.
Gerald turned and said, “What’s wrong?”
Crosby’s cell phone rang. He removed it from his pocket and noted the incoming number. It was the emergency call back number issued from the J. Edgar Hoover Building.
He looked back at the screen, saw the red smear on the logo and knew.
“What is it, Devrin?” Gerald asked again.
“My God, the President has been shot.”
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This Is How We Can Save Millions Of People From Extreme Poverty After COVID-19
byDouglas Broom
The COVID-19 pandemic could push another 200 million people into extreme poverty unless action is taken to accelerate development efforts, according to a new United Nations report.
If economic recovery from the pandemic is “long, uneven and highly uncertain”, as the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund forecast recently, the UN warns 1 billion people could be living in the most abject poverty by 2030.
The prediction is contained in a study looking at how the pandemic could affect the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It sets out three possible post-COVID-19 scenarios.
The UN’s projections for global poverty resulting from COVID-19.Image: UNDP
‘SDG push’
The worst case, which would lead to 207 million more people facing extreme poverty, assumes that 80% of the economic harm caused by the pandemic persists for a decade. But the UN says we can prevent this from happening.
If the global community focuses on achieving the SDGs over the next 10 years, the situation would be reversed with 146 million lifted out of dire poverty. This would put the world on a faster track to end the worst levels of poverty than was expected before the pandemic, the UN says.
But without an “SDG push”, even if there is a stronger-than-expected recovery, 44 million more people could be condemned to live in extreme poverty by 2030. The future depends on the decisions we take today, according to Achim Steiner, UN Development Programme Administrator.
“The COVID-19 pandemic is a tipping point, and the choices leaders take now could take the world in very different directions,” he said. “We have an opportunity to invest in a decade of action that not only helps people recover from COVID-19, but that resets the development path of people and planet towards a fairer, resilient and green future.”
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We all have a part to play in helping to accelerate development and save millions more people from being forced into extreme poverty, the study says.
At its heart, the report – produced jointly with the University of Denver – calls on leaders and citizens to unite to rebalance the relationship between nature, climate and economy. This means eating less meat, using water and energy more efficiently and boosting investment in renewable energy.
The report highlights government actions to help people plunged into poverty by the effects of the pandemic, including schemes like Spain’s minimum income guarantee, which has lifted 850,000 households and 2.3 million individuals out of poverty.
More needs to be done to lift the burden on women carrying out unpaid domestic work during lockdowns, including caring for those with COVID-19, says the report. It commends Uruguay for its publicly funded care system for children, the elderly and those with disabilities.
A crucial moment
“We have an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate and transform global development through an unprecedented crisis,” the report adds.
“By redirecting our efforts along proven development pathways, we can enhance future development and ensure that our new trajectory is more resilient than the one we were on prior to the pandemic.”
It’s a view that’s echoed in the World Economic Forum’s COVID-19 Risks Outlook, which says that if the right post-pandemic actions are taken we can create “more cohesive, inclusive and equal societies”.
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Home Crypto Currencies Ethereum Crypto WarGames: ‘Ethereum Cypherpunk’ Virgil Griffith Vs. ‘Bitcoin Twitter Thief’ Graham Clark
Crypto WarGames: ‘Ethereum Cypherpunk’ Virgil Griffith Vs. ‘Bitcoin Twitter Thief’ Graham Clark
WarGames, a movie from 1983, stars a young Matthew Broderick as a computer whiz kid who accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. After his exploits result in triggering a countdown that almost leads to World War III between America and Russia, a Hollywood ending allows Broderick’s character to save the day.
Actor Matthew Broderick plays the role of David Lightman in the movie WarGames (1983) as his … [+] computer hacking almost starts World War III between the U.S. and Russia.
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Only more absurd than this story would be if Hollywood created a tale where a 17-year old manages to bypass security at Twitter, take control of several popular accounts including Elon Musk and Joe Biden, and then solicits Bitcoin with an anonymous online address. Of course, for the year 2020 where the unexpected continues, a Mr. Graham Ivan Clark is accused of doing this very thing. His ‘Crypto War Games’ scenario has landed him in court in Florida facing charges of communications fraud, and fraudulent use of personal information, as well as accessing computers or electronic devices without authority.
Graham Clark, Twitter Hacker, Bitcoin Thief
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Clark has been profiled in the New York Times as a troubled youth, who had a history back to stealing from others with respect to the video game Minecraft. Ultimately, the idea of a hacker simply disrupting a major social media channel with the sole purpose of stealing Bitcoin leaves Mr. Clark’s story more as one of a common criminal than the innocent hacking of a computer system.
Luckily for the world, Clark’s actions were not at the level of a terrorist or evildoer that could have potentially caused much more harm, particularly with President Trump’s use of Twitter as a regular form of communication with the public. If anything was provided of value from this man’s exploits, it is likely the post-mortem on how to protect social media platforms in the future as they have become a common and popular medium of communication.
Meanwhile, although there is the tale of another youthful ‘whiz kid’ named Virgil Griffith, who was arrested for teaching cryptocurrency and blockchain in North Korea. For Griffith, 37 years old, his history with hacking and coding on computer systems goes all the way back to 2008, where he was described in a New York Times magazine article as an ‘Internet Man of Mystery’.
Over 12 years ago, it was a program called WikiScanner that Griffith developed as a way of determining if corporations were updating stories in Wikipedia to their advantage. His solution was to determine if the IP addresses of the uploads were traceable back to the corporate buildings of the companies. Indeed, Griffith certainly fulfilled his most famous quote where he explained his purpose was to, “to create minor public-relations disasters for companies and organizations I dislike”.
Picture of Virgil Griffith aka ‘RomanPoet’, or ‘Internet Man of Mystery’
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As opposed to the common Bitcoin thief, Griffith plays the role much closer to our protagonist in WarGames, as a modern day Renaissance Man, or an Ethereum ‘cypherpunk’. Griffith is credited by Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, for the role he played as a leading scientist and researcher for Ethereum. Ethereum, often considered the next ‘advanced’ development in blockchain after Bitcoin, envisions a new form of an ‘Internet’ that is not dominated by the largess of profits going to Big Tech corporations.
Regarding the moniker cypherpunk, this person is an activist advocating widespread use of strong cryptography a route to social and political change aimed at maintaining privacy in a modern world. However, for the visionary Griffith, he took this concept to new levels where he graduated from simply developing programs or platforms – whether WikiScanner or Ethereum – and decided to travel to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and offer a presentation on ‘Blockchain and Peace’.
Griffith, who faces charges for traveling to North Korea to teach cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to evade economic sanctions, currently awaits trial at home with his parents in Alabama. Represented by the famous high-stakes trial attorney Brian Klein of Baker Marquat who often helps in defense cases regarding crypto matters, Griffith’s trial may result in a Hollywood ending and find him back at work with Buterin at the Ethereum Foundation.
Ultimately, Griffith is the ‘Ethereum cypherpunk’, an activist on a mission where getting arrested is more of an incidental byproduct to his hopes for achieving world peace through crypto. Meanwhile, the world watches with interest at Clark, who as a ‘Bitcoin Twitter thief’, does not have the promise of a young Griffith. It is likely that for Clark, justice will be firm and swift and likely one that is to provide a lesson to other young teenagers in the U.S. about the dire consequences of breaking into large social media platforms. For Griffith, it may be more about the book deal or movie actor that will play his story – the story of the purposeful ‘activist’ of cypherpunks, from which Bitcoin was born in 2008 and around which the fast-growing crypto and blockchain industry continues to grow.
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Features, Wild About Cumbria
How two lake district business women have taken to wild swimming to relieve the stresses of business during a worldwide pandemic.
As if owning and running a business isn’t stressful enough, throw in a worldwide pandemic for good measure and most business owners will be nodding their heads in agreement.
It’s been widely publicised in the media that the stress and anxiety that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought on society has outweighed any other traumatic event in the last 50 years. Although the government is doing its best to reduce the number of Covid cases and deaths, there is little being done to help the knock-on effect it is causing to people’s mental health.
During balmy lockdown 1.0, many people took to swimming in the wild as a way to keep up their weekly swim while others took to it as a means to keep positive, get outside and give them something to do. For two business women in the Lake District, it’s this new found love of swimming in cold water which has kept them on the straight and narrow through 2020.
Dani Hope, director of Lake District Hotels Ltd., a group of 6 family owned hotels around Keswick, and Jenny Sadler, director of Lingholm Estate and Lingholm Kitchen & Walled Garden, have dabbled with open water swimming in the past, but are now fully fledged dippers, who aim to keep going through winter, with a 1st December swim already in the bag.
Dani says: “I have a few friends who have been open water swimming for a while and told me about the blissful feelings they get from it. But it wasn’t until the pressure of family life alongside the stress of keeping our business afloat during the first lockdown became overwhelming that it led me to needing something that could take the edge off things. I wanted to do something that would give me a kick, a feeling of complete control in an extreme environment, so Jenny and I went for a walk and hunted out these amazing infinity edge pools overlooking a lake, stripped to our swimsuits and climbed in. The water was colder than I had ever experienced but the feeling was euphoric. It was shocking and my skin prickled with numbness. It had us laughing so much, and when we got out, I felt happier than I had felt in such a long time.
I’ve never laughed so much as I do when we go swimming. We chat about the day’s tribulations but then all our stresses fade away as we relax and acclimatise to the water. Now we’re aiming for a weekly swim right through the winter both with and without wetsuits on.
Jenny says “I’ve been swimming in Derwentwater for years but dips have always been saved for sunny days when the lake is calm and flat. This year has pushed me to get out of my comfort zone and I’ve realised there’s as much enjoyment in the rainy-day swims as the fair-weather days. I get a great sense of achievement and satisfaction every time I get out of the water.”
With popularity for the sport comes new research, proving the benefits of cold water. The latest research from Cambridge University suggests that cold water can protect the brain from dementia and both Jenny and Dani agree that during their swims they feel a release of happy hormones, enjoyed feelings of euphoria, a sense of will power and achievement, and ultimately been able to manage stress and anxiety much better – all linked to mental health and nurturing the brain.
Dani adds “There shouldn’t be any exclusivity about who can enjoy swimming in the Lake District and we are joining forces with professional Lake District swim guides to offer Lake District Hotels’ guests a unique swimming experience. Coupling the benefits of cold-water therapy and the thermal experience at The Falls Spa at Lodore Falls Hotel, alongside delicious indoor and outdoor dining options will provide a fabulous and beneficial wellness experience for many people.”
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2015 Publications in Corinthian Studies: Medieval-Modern Periods
This fourth installment in a series of bibliographic reports for 2015 focuses on post-antique bibliography. Download the report as PDF here:
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The (Almost) Abandoned Village of Lakka Skoutara
by David Pettegrew January 12, 2016 January 11, 2016 1 Comment
Last Friday, the Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology in Greece Interest Group co-sponsored a colloquium in two sessions at the Archaeological Institute of America on the theme of “Deserted Villages.” The first session was devoted to the subject of villages before abandonment and included papers on “The ‘Dead Villages’ of Northern Syria” (Anna M. Sitz), “Village Desertion and Settlement Patterns in the Early Medieval Fayum, Egypt” (Brendan Haug), “Abandoned ‘Palaiomaniatika’ from Ottoman Defters, Aerial Survey, and Field Reconnaissance” (Rebecca M. Seifried), “The Deserted Village of Anavatos on the Island of Chios, Greece” (Olga Vassi), and “Routes and Abandoned Villages in the Western Argolid” (Dimitri Nakassis, William Caraher, Sarah James, and Scott Gallimore). The second session was devoted to villages during and after abandonment, and included papers
As Deb Brown’s and Kostis Kourelis’ abstract for the second session describes,
Each paper thoughtfully considers abandonment and post-abandonment histories traced through years of documentation and investigation of structures and settlements that were abandoned or partially abandoned in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each case study includes evidence from historical documents, photographs, and oral histories to offer a more nuanced understanding of the reasons for abandonment, behaviors associated with deserted villages and rural structures, and significance of deserted villages in cultural landscapes. The combined papers contribute new material for understanding protracted abandonment and postabandonment processes and have significant implications for archaeologists’ interpretation of landscapes, settlements, buildings, and assemblages.
I wasn’t able to attend but heard from friends that the colloquium was successful, and that the double session was audio recorded and will be released soon via the internet. I myself co-wrote a paper with friend and colleague Bill Caraher on Lakka Skoutara, an almost deserted (almost) village of the southern Corinthia. Bill and I have visited the little valley of LS about six different summers over the last fifteen years, together with collaborators Tim Gregory and Lita Tzortzopoulou-Gregory. A few years ago, we presented a paper about LS at the Modern Greek Studies Association biennial conference, and we’ve put together a substantial draft of an article to submit somewhere sometime soon. In Friday’s paper, we tried to show some good pictures of the slow abandonment of this settlement that began, arguably in the 1960s (!), and continues to this day. There are as many signs of life in this abandoned valley as there are signs of death.
Some images from our paper Friday. If you’re interested in seeing more, Bill has posted 620 photos via the archival platform Omeka. Here are some of images from Friday.
Below, Mr. Perras and donkey pose in front of Perras’ long house, still standing last we checked. Mr. Perras commutes frequently to visit the country house from the nearby village of Sophiko. Note the storage of an older set of tiles (provisional discard) in front of the house.
The valley of Lakka Skoutara is just east of Sophiko and north of Korphos in the southeast Corinthia.
We have counted 18 houses, house foundations, or storage buildings in the valley, plus a little church. There are numerous little agricultural valleys in the Corinthia and Argolid, which attracted seasonal or permanent habitation in the 19th and 20th century. LS was mostly seasonally inhabited except during the hard times such as World War II when settlement was more permanent.
The table below shows that most of the houses correspond to the Balkan-style “long house” type.
Many of the buildings today (or at least in 2012, when we were last there) look like this. They have lost their roofs and are quickly collapsing. When the former owner saw his house like this in 2005, he was moved to tears (he had not visited the house in years). This house also shows the mixed style of the later 20th century, which included traditional fieldstone construction combined with concrete cinderblocks. The feature in front of the house is a large cistern.
Another image of collapse. Archaeological site in formation.
The interior of another house which still stands and functions for seasonal work reveals a basin and provisional discard (tiles).
The next three images show how quickly these abandoned houses can change. The first one shows a house with a full set of tiles in 2004, and the second and third show the house robbed of tiles by 2005. Very few of the houses had significant artifact assemblages associated with them. Most were depleted of material during or after abandonment.
Another good sequence of collapse. The still standing building was being reused as an animal pen the first time we visited the valley. It then began to collapse.
Collapse continued and worsened by 2009.
But today, it’s still in use by an area shephered, who makes use of the well associated with the house.
If the audio for these sessions should go up in the next month or so, I’ll post a link.
Early Modern, EKAS (Eastern Korinthia Archaeological Survey), Landscape, Southern Corinthia, Periods, Modern, Periods, Modern
Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (December-February). Part 1
by David Pettegrew March 7, 2014 March 7, 2014 1 Comment
With the end of last semester, holidays, and deadlines, I fell a bit behind on the Corinthian Scholarship Monthly posts. Yesterday I started to dig out, sift through emails, and find the gems in the bunch. This will be the first of two posts on new scholarship that went live in December to February. I’ll try to get the second part of CSM Dec-Feb by the middle of the month.
And kudos to the google bots for doing such a good job. While we’ve been sleeping, playing, teaching, and resting, those bots have been working non-stop to bring all sorts of little nuggets to our network. As always, I’ve included a broader range of articles and essays that mention the Corinthia without focusing on the region — on the assumption that you will be as interested as I am in a broader Mediterranean context. There are also a few entries from past years that the bots have just brought to my attention.
You can find the full collection of articles and books related to Corinthian studies at the Corinthian Studies Zotero Page. The new entries are tagged according to basic categories. Version 2 of the library in RIS format is scheduled to be released by summer.
Finally, I am always looking for reviewers of articles or books listed in the CSM posts. If you can write and are qualified, drop me a line.
Ambraseys, N. N. “Ottoman Archives and the Assessment of the Seismicity of Greece 1456–1833.” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 12, no. 1 (February 1, 2014): 5–43. doi:10.1007/s10518-013-9541-5.
Angeli Bernardini, Paola, ed. Corinto: luogo di azione e luogo di racconto : atti del convengo internazionale, Urbino, 23-25 settembre 2009. Pisa [etc.]: F. Serra, 2013.
Baika, Kalliopi. “The Topography of Shipshed Complexes and Naval Dockyards.” In Shipsheds of the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by David Blackman and Boris Rankov, 185–209. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Balzat, Jean-Sébastien, and Benjamin W. Millis. “M. Antonius Aristocrates: Provincial Involvement with Roman Power in the Late 1st Century B.C.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 82, no. 4 (December 2013): 651–672. doi:10.2972/hesperia.82.4.0651.
Blackman, David, and Boris Rankov. Shipsheds of the Ancient Mediterranean. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Borbonus, Dorian. Columbarium Tombs and Collective Identity in Augustan Rome. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Boyle, A. J., ed. Seneca: Medea: Edited with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Collins, John J., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Apocalyptic Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Docter, Roald, and Babette Bechtold. “Two Forgotten Amphorae from the Hamburg Excavations at Carthage (Cyprus, and the Iberian Peninsula) and Their Contexts.” Carthage Studies 5 (2011) (2013): 91–128.
Forbes, Hamish A. “Off-Site Scatters and the Manuring Hypothesis in Greek Survey Archaeology: An Ethnographic Approach.” Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens 82, no. 4 (December 2013): 551–594. doi:10.2972/hesperia.82.4.0551.
Frangoulidis, Stavros. “Reception of Strangers in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: The Examples of Hypata and Cenchreae.” In A Companion to the Ancient Novel, edited by Edmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne, 275–287. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Hall, Jonathan M. Artifact and Artifice: Classical Archaeology and the Ancient Historian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Hawthorn, Geoffrey. Thucydides on Politics: Back to the Present. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Heil, Andreas, and Gregor Damschen, eds. Brill’s Companion to Seneca: Philosopher and Dramatist. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Hollander, William den. Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome: From Hostage to Historian. Leiden: Brill, 2014.
James, Paula. “Apuleius’ Metamorphoses: A Hybrid Text?” In A Companion to the Ancient Novel, edited by Edmund P. Cueva and Shannon N. Byrne, 317–329. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
Jeffreys, Elizabeth. “We Need to Talk about Byzantium: Or, Byzantium, Its Reception of the Classical World as Discussed in Current Scholarship, and Should Classicists Pay Attention?” Classical Receptions Journal 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 158–174. doi:10.1093/crj/clt032.
Kamen, Deborah. “Sale for the Purpose of Freedom: Slave-Prostitutes and Manumission in Ancient Greece.” The Classical Journal 109, no. 3 (March 2014): 281–307. doi:10.5184/classicalj.109.3.0281.
Kampbell, Sarah Marie. “The Economy of Conflict: How East Mediterranean Trade Adapted to Changing Rules, Allegiances and Demographics in the 10th – 12th Centuries AD.” PhD Thesis, Princeton University, 2014.
Klapaki. “The Journey to Greece in the American and the Greek Modernist Literary Imagination: Henry Miller and George Seferis.” In Travel, Discovery, Transformation: Culture and Civilization, Volume 6, edited by Gabriel R. Ricci, 59–78. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2014.
Kolluoğlu, Biray, and Meltem Toksöz, eds. Cities of the Mediterranean: From the Ottomans to the Present Day. I.B.Tauris, 2010.
Korner, Ralph J. “Before ‘Church’: Political, Ethno-Religious, and Theological Implications of the Collective Designation of Pauline Christ Followers as Ekklēsiai.” PhD Thesis, McMaster University, 2014.
Kreitzer, L.J. “Hadrian as Nero Redivivus: Some Supporting Evidence from Corinth.” In Judaea and Rome in Coins 65 BCE-135 CE: Papers Presented at the International Conference Hosted by Spink, 13th-14th September 2010, edited by David M Jacobson and Nikos Kokkinos, 229–242. London: Spink, 2012.
Legarreta-Castillo, Felipe De Jesus. The Figure of Adam in Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15: The New Creation and Its Ethical and Social Reconfigurations. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014.
Matz, Brian J. “Early Christian Philanthropy as a ‘Marketplace’ and the Moral Responsibility of Market Participants.” In Distant Markets, Distant Harms: Economic Complicity and Christian Ethics, edited by Daniel Finn, 115–145? New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Mitski, Efterpi. “Commodifying Antiquity in Mary Nisbet’s Journey to the Ottoman Empire.” In Travel, Discovery, Transformation: Culture and Civilization, Volume 6, edited by Gabriel R. Ricci, 45–58. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2014.
Morhange, Christophe, Amos Salamon, Guénaelle Bony, Clément Flaux, Ehud Galili, Jean-Philippe Goiran, and Dov Zviely. “Geoarchaeology of Tsunamis and the Revival of Neo-Catastrophism in the Eastern Mediterranean.” Rome “La Sapienza” Studies on the Archaeology of Palestine & Transjordan 11 (2014): 61–81.
Ong, H. T. “Paul’s Personal Relation with Earliest Christianity: A Critical Survey.” Currents in Biblical Research 12, no. 2 (February 7, 2014): 146–172. doi:10.1177/1476993X12467114.
Pachis, Panayotis. “Data from Dead Minds? Dream and Healing in the Isis / Sarapis Cult During the Graeco-Roman Age.” Journal of Cognitive Historiography 1, no. 1 (January 23, 2014): 52–71.
Pallis, Georgios. “Inscriptions on Middle Byzantine Marble Templon Screens.” Byzantinische Zeitschrift 106, no. 2 (January 2013): 761–810. doi:10.1515/bz-2013-0026.
Polinskaya, Irene. A Local History of Greek Polytheism: Gods, People and the Land of Aigina, 800-400 BCE. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Priestley, Jessica. Herodotus and Hellenistic Culture: Literary Studies in the Reception of the Histories. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Punt, Jeremy. “Framing Human Dignity through Domination and Submission? Negotiating Borders and Loyalties (of Power) in the New Testament.” Scriptura 112 (2013): 1–17. doi:10.7833/112-0-82.
Rankov, Boris. “Slipping and Launching.” In Shipsheds of the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by David Blackman and Boris Rankov, 102–123. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Reed, David Alan. “Paul on Marriage and Singleness: Reading 1 Corinthians with the Augustan Marriage Laws.” PhD Thesis. University of St. Michael’s College, 2013.
Saliari, Konstantina, and Erich Draganits. “Early Bronze Age Bone Tubes from the Aegean: Archaeological Context, Use and Distribution.” Archeometriai Műhely [Archaeometry Workshop] (2013): 179–192.
Shpuza, Ermanl. “Allometry in the Syntax of Street Networks: Evolution of Adriatic and Ionian Coastal Cities 1800–2010.” Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design (2014). doi:doi:10.1068/b39109.
Siek, Thomas James. “A Study in Paleo-Oncology: On the Identification of Neoplastic Disease in Archaeological Bone.” Master of Arts Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2014.
Thein, Alexander. “Reflecting on Sulla’s Clemency.” Historia 63, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 166–186.
Toffolo, Michael B., Alexander Fantalkin, Irene S. Lemos, Rainer C. S. Felsch, Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Guy D. R. Sanders, Israel Finkelstein, and Elisabetta Boaretto. “Towards an Absolute Chronology for the Aegean Iron Age: New Radiocarbon Dates from Lefkandi, Kalapodi and Corinth.” PLoS ONE 8, no. 12 (December 26, 2013): e83117. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083117.
Waterfield, Robin. Taken at the Flood: The Roman Conquest of Greece. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.
Williams, Drake, and H. H. “‘Imitate Me’: Interpreting Imitation In 1 Corinthians in Relation to Ignatius of Antioch.” Perichoresis 11, no. 1 (June 1, 2013): 77–95.
Wright, Christopher. The Gattilusio Lordships and the Aegean World 1355-1462. Leiden: Brill, 2014.
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Historic Photos of the Isthmus
by David Pettegrew January 18, 2013 January 18, 2013 2 Comments
Friends at FB have posted or sent me links to several facebook pages and albums devoted to photos, postcards, and images of Greece from the late 19th / early 20th century. Theodoros Metallinos has posted hundreds of fascinating images in these albums, and this photos page at Istoria Eiknographia (PERIODIKO) also displays hundreds of old photos.
Some great early photos of Corinth, the Isthmus, and Canal among them….
Construction of Corinth canal, 1882 (from this page)
Construction of canal, 1884 (from this page)
Construction of the canal, 1886, photograph of Αναστασίου Γαζιάδη
This one of the functioning canal from 1902 (from this page )
Canal, 1935 (from this page)
German on the Isthmus, 1943 (from this page)
Couldn’t find a tag for this one at the canal.
Corinth, 1922 (from this page)
Early Modern, Isthmus, Periods, Modern, Photos, Sites, Canal, Sites, Urban Center
Archaeological Research at Corinth – Summer 2012
by David Pettegrew December 12, 2012 December 12, 2012 Leave a comment
The ASCSA website carries a recent report by Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst summarizing archaeological work in Corinth and the region last summer. The essay offers a snapshot of a wide range of research and programs currently being carried out by archaeologists, art historians, and historians: the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, the Gymnasium, Fountain of the Lamps, Theater, Captives Façade, Frankish pottery, Hellenistic and Roman ceramics, Late Bronze Age stirrup jars, Roman portrait sculpture, early 20th century architectural drawings, Perachora topography, Isthmia, digital archaeology, and educational programs.
Here’s the opening:
“This past summer was hot in Corinth, the hottest I remember since I arrived in 2001. Summers are busy and fascinating, full of discoveries. After the excavations finish at the end of June, the hostel is emptied out and we say our goodbyes to the Regular Member excavators. Their stories of digging are added to the long, long history of generations of excavators. The rooms are filled once again, with a different crew this time. Starting July 1, a wise and stimulating group of people gather in Corinth: professors and researchers who dug different parts of the site come back to make sense of their discoveries.
Our days are spent working in the museum. The short working hours of the museum this year put pressure on resident scholars to work straight through lunch, ‘doing the Mary’ and having a late lunch, which they considered a sacrifice that would please Demeter. Plenty of study and discussion took place in the afternoons in Hill House library and into ouzo time on the terrace overlooking the Corinthian Gulf.”
Read the rest here.
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Corinthian Scholarship Monthly (October 2012)
by David Pettegrew November 2, 2012 December 4, 2013 1 Comment
The latest round-up of digital scholarship and references over the last month. These references are now available with abstracts and tags at the Corinthian Studies Online (Zotero) Library.
Diachronic
Dillon, Matthew P. J. “Review. The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity. By Stephanie Budin.” The European Legacy 17, no. 6 (2012): 839–839. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10848770.2012.715848
Kvapil, Lynne A. “The Agricultural Terraces of Korphos-Kalamianos: A Case Study of the Dynamic Relationship Between Land Use and Socio-Political Organization in Prehistoric Greece”. PhD Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1342106516.
Archaic-Hellenistic
Deutschman, Eike Hellmut. “Roman Policies Towards Antiochus III and the Greeks from Winter 197/196 B.C. to Autumn 196 B.C.” Anuario De La Escuela De Historia Virtual 3, no. 3 (2012): 1–20. http://publicaciones.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/viewFile/790/787
Martina, Antonio. “Epimenide e L’epos Argonautico Epimenides and the Argonautica Epic Épiménide Et L’épopée Argonautique.” Aitia : Regards Sur La Culture Hellénistique Au XXIe Siècle, no. 2 (2012). http://aitia.revues.org/368?lang=en
Willet, Rinse. “Whirlwind of Numbers. Demographic Experiments for Roman Corinth.” Ancient Society 42 (2012): 127–158. http://poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?url=article&id=2172291&journal_code=AS
Late Antique / Early Medieval
Gelichi, S., and R. Hodges, eds. From One Sea to Another. Trading Places in the European and Mediterranean Early Middle Ages Proceedings of the International Conference, Comacchio 27th-29th March 2009. Vol. 3. Seminari Del Centro Interuniversitario Per La Storia e L’archeologia Dell’alto Medioevo, 2012. http://brepols.metapress.com/content/t20525/?sortorder=asc&p_o=20.
Barton, John, ed. The Biblical World. Vol. 2. Psychology Press, 2012. http://books.google.com/books?id=1dSE8NeFK-oC.
Williams, Guy J. “Review. Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission: A Social Identity Perspective on Local Leadership Development in Corinth and Ephesus. By Jack Barentsen.” The Journal of Theological Studies 63, no. 2 (October 1, 2012): 682–685. http://jts.oxfordjournals.org/content/63/2/682
Leonte, Florin. “Rhetoric in Purple: The Renewal of Imperial Ideology in the Texts of Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos”. Central European University, 2012. http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?hl=en&q=http://www.etd.ceu.hu/2012/leonte_florin.pdf&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm2RaZvRVqf0XHB-rMm0w-GLgFw6LA&oi=scholaralrt.
Mahn, Churnjeet. British Women’s Travel to Greece 1840–1914 (Epub) Travels in the Palimpsest. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2012. http://books.google.com/books?id=GFoAWMIPOc0C.
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Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): June-August
The second installment of Corinth-related scholarship that went digital in June-August. Happy reading!
Ford, Mary, Sebastian Rohais, Edward A. Williams, Sylvain Bourlange, David Jousselin, Nicolas Backert, and Fabrice Malartre. “Tectono-sedimentary Evolution of the Western Corinth Rift (Central Greece).” Basin Research (2012).
Rathossi, C. E., P. G. Lampropoulou, K. C. Skourlis, and C. G. Katagas. “Mineralogy and Microfabrics of Clay-bearing Sediments of NE Peloponnese (Greece): Indices for Physical Behaviour in Civil Engineering Works.” Clay Minerals 47, no. 2 (June 1, 2012): 259–274.
Lazaridou-Varotsos, Mary S. Earthquake Prediction by Seismic Electric Signals The Success of the VAN Method over Thirty Years. Springer Praxis Books, Forthcoming 2013.
McIlvaine, Britney Kyle. “Greek Colonization of the Balkans: Bioarchaeological Reconstruction of Behavior and Lifestyle During Corinthian Colonial Expansion into Ancient Apollonia, Albania”. PhD Dissertation, The Ohio State University, 2012.
Mastrotheodoros, G., K. G. Beltsios, N. Zacharias, V. Aravantinos, and K. Kalliga. “Decorated Archaic Pottery from the Heracles Sanctuary at Thebes: A Materials, Technology and Provenance Study.” Archaeometry (2012).
Bowe, Patrick. “The Origin and Development of the Ancient Greek Fountain.” Studies in the History of Gardens & Designed Landscapes 32, no. 3 (2012): 201–213.
Roman-Late Antique
Yoder, Joshua P. “Representatives of Roman Rule: Roman Governors in Luke-Acts”. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 2012.
New Testament and Early Christianity
Ogereau, Julien M. “The Jerusalem Collection as Κοινωνία: Paul’s Global Politics of Socio-Economic Equality and Solidarity.” New Testament Studies 58, no. 03 (2012): 360–378.
Harper, Kyle. “Porneia: The Making of a Christian Sexual Norm.” Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 2 (July 1, 2012): 363–383.
Ellington, Dustin. “Not Applicable to Believers? The Aims and Basis of Paul’s ‘I’ in 2 Corinthians 10-13.” Journal of Biblical Literature 131, no. 2 (July 1, 2012): 325–340.
Sutton, Matthew Lewis. “Hans Urs Von Balthasar and Adrienne Von Speyr’s Ecclesial Relationship.” New Blackfriars (2012).
Kok, Jacobus. “Mission and Ethics in 1 Corinthians: Reconciliation, Corporate Solidarity and Other-regard as Missionary Strategy in Paul.” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 68, no. 1 (June 29, 2012).
Zimmermann, Ruben. “Mission Versus Ethics in 1 Corinthians 9? ‘Implicit Ethics’ as an Aid in Analysing New Testament Texts.” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 68, no. 1 (June 29, 2012).
Nicklas, Tobias, and Herbert Schlögel. “Mission to the Gentiles: The Construction of Christian Identity and Its Relationship with Ethics According to Paul.” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 68, no. 1 (June 29, 2012).
Lietaert Peerbolte, Bert Jan. “Morality and Boundaries in Paul.” HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 68, no. 1 (June 29, 2012).
Gavin, John. “‘The Grief Willed by God’: Three Patristic Interpretations of 2Cor 7:10.” Gregorianum 91, no. 3 (2010): 427–442.
Paget, James Carleton. “Marcion and the Resurrection: Some Thoughts on a Recent Book.” Journal for the Study of the New Testament 35, no. 1 (September 1, 2012): 74–102.
Liu, Yulin. “Temple Purity in 1-2 Corinthians in the Context of the Jewish and Greco-Roman World”. Doctoral Dissertation, Trinity International University, 2012.
Brookins, Timothy A. “The Wise Man Among the Corinthians: Rethinking Their Wisdom in the Light of Ancient Stoicism and Studies on Ancient Economy”. Doctoral Dissertation, Baylor University, 2012.
Medieval and Post-Medieval
Bingaman, Brock, and Bradley Nassif (eds.). The Philokalia: Exploring the Classic Text of Orthodox Spirituality. Oxford University Press, 2012. [Makarios of Corinth]
Zazzara, Lucio, Federico D’Amico, and Marietta Vrotsou. “Changing Port–City Interface at Corinth (Greece): Transformations and Opportunities.” Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences 48, no. 0 (2012): 3134–3142.
Greenhalgh, Michael. Constantinople to Córdoba: Dismantling Ancient Architecture in the East, North Africa and Islamic Spain. Leiden 2012: Brill.
Stouraiti, Anastasia. “Colonial Encounters, Local Knowledge and the Making of the Cartographic Archive in the Venetian Peloponnese.” European Review of History: Revue Europeenne D’histoire 19, no. 4 (2012): 491–514.
Veikou, Myrto. Byzantine Epirus: A Topography of Transformation. Settlements of the Seventh-Twelfth Centuries in Southern Epirus and Aetoloacarnania, Greece. Leiden 2012: Brill. [Corinth is a constant thread]
Archaic, Bibliography, Ceramics, Classical, Colonies of Corinth, Corinthia, Corinthian & Saronic Gulfs, Corinthian Scholarship (monthly), Corinthians (People), Dissertations and Theses, Early Modern, Economy, Geology, Greek (Geometric-Hellenistic), Late Antiquity, Periods, Modern, Periods, Ottoman, Periods, Roman, Periods, Venetian, Religion, 1 Corinthians, Religion, 2 Corinthians, Religion, Patristic Interpretation, Religion, Post-Pauline, Religion, Saints, Religion, St. Paul, Sites, Lechaion, Sites, Sikyon, Sites, Urban Center, Trade and Commerce, Travelers
Corinthian Scholarship (monthly): March-May
Here is the first installment of Corinth-related scholarship, or scholarship discussing Corinth, which appeared in digital form in March to May. I will post the second installment for June-August on Friday.
[Reposting this at 11:00 as I accidentally deleted the original]
Francis, J.e. “Experiments with an Old Ceramic Beehive.” Oxford Journal of Archaeology 31, no. 2 (2012): 143–159.
Morhange, C., P. A. Pirazzoli, N. Evelpidou, and N. Marriner. “Late Holocene Tectonic Uplift and the Silting Up of Lechaion, the Western Harbor of Ancient Corinth, Greece.” Geoarchaeology 27, no. 3 (2012): 278–283.
Forsdyke, Sara. Slaves Tell Tales: And Other Episodes in the Politics of Popular Culture in Ancient Greece. Princeton University Press, 2012. [with Corinthiaka]
Foster, Edith, and Donald Lateiner. Thucydides and Herodotus. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Grethlein, Jonas, and Christopher B. Krebs. Time and Narrative in Ancient Historiography: The “Plupast” from Herodotus to Appian. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Smith, Tyler Jo, and Dimitris Plantzos. A Companion to Greek Art. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Bloy, Dylan. “Roman Patrons of Greek Communities Before the Title.” Historia 61, no. 2: 168–201.
Willet, Rinse. “Whirlwind of Numbers. Demographic Experiments for Roman Corinth.” Ancient Society 42 (2012): 127–158 [in press]
New Testament and Early Christian
Freidenreich, David M. “Contextualizing Bread: An Analysis of Talmudic Discourse in Light of Christian and Islamic Counterparts.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion (March 12, 2012).
Klinghardt, Matthias, and Taussig, Hal. Mahl Und Religiöse Identität Im Frühen Christentum (Meals and Religious Identity in Early Christianity). Francke: Tübingen, 2012.
Osiek, Carolyn. “The Women in Paul’s Life.” Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture 42, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 90–95.
Perkins, Pheme. First Corinthians. Baker Books, 2012.
Punt, Jeremy. “1 Corinthians 7:17-24. Identity and Human Dignity Amidst Power and Liminality.” Verbum Et Ecclesia 33, no. 1 (February 8, 2012).
Tomita, Yuji, “Christ as the Covenant: Justin Martyr’s Interpretation of the New Covenant in Jeremiah 31.31-32,” Doctoral Dissertation, Durham University, 2012.
White, John. “John Paul II’s Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 9:24-27: A Paradigm for a Christian Ethic of Sport.” Studies in Christian Ethics 25, no. 1 (February 1, 2012): 73–88.
Brock, Brian. “Discipline, Sport, and the Religion of Winners: Paul on Running to Win the Prize, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.” Studies in Christian Ethics 25, no. 1 (February 1, 2012): 4–19.
Goodrich, John. Paul as an Administrator of God in 1 Corinthians. Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Bradshaw, Paul F., and Maxwell E. Johnson. The Eucharistic Liturgies: Their Evolution and Interpretation. Liturgical Press, 2012.
Moriarty, W. “1 Clements View of Ministerial Appointments in the Early Church.” Vigiliae Christianae 66, no. 2 (2012): 115–138.
Rhizopoulou, Sophia. “Changing Mediterranean Environment: Irrefutable Evidence From Pre-Industrial, Unpublicised Scenes Contemporary With A Mission (1786-1787) In The Levant.” Global NEST In Press (2012).
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Historical Maps via Trove
Trove, the National Library of Australia, provides a search engine and metadata for a wide range of textual, audio, and visual sources. Searching by the subjects “Corinth” and “Corinthe” pulls up numerous records for books, pictures, and articles. While most of the bibliography are common to other databases like Worldcat or Google Scholar, I did find useful the separate section on historical maps of the Corinthia (here and here) dating to the 17th-20th centuries.
Bibliography, Corinthia, Digital Corinthia, Early Modern
Corinth, Christian Encyclopedia 1866
For this Friday photo blog, I direct the viewer to this steel plate engraving from James Gardner’s The Christian Cyclopedia, or A Repertory of Biblical and Theological Literature, published in London 1866.
The image, posted by Andy Brill here on flickr shows village of Corinth from the west, with the Temple of Apollo on a prominent rise and the dramatically vertical Acrocorinth to the south.
Acrocorinth, Early Modern, Engravings, Sites, Temple of Apollo, Sites, Urban Center
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D-Dart® is the next generation of Dart Blasters. Whether you’re looking for long-range casting, or even fully automatic, our products offer it all. Our products come in such a unique form, that not only does it provide its compact size and feel, but you can instantly tell it’s not designed to look like either pistols or rifles that are currently out there. Not only do we provide innovative and smart design solutions with our products, but The D-Dart Tempest is also able to hold up to 28 darts each load which makes it stand out from others.
A few years before the idea of D-Dart was born, the founders Nimo Rotem and Oleg Zhukov were, and still are mechanical engineers, have developed custom-built power tools for the US Navy, Israeli Defense Forces and so many more clients that needed their team to tailor their needs for different requirements. With all the experience and knowledge the founders carried, they were able to launch their very own line of toy products being the D-Dart Tempest, Tempest Pro, Blizzard and so many more that are launching in the foreseeable future. Not very long ago, the founders Nimo and Oleg decided to adapt the technology being used in the commercial space to launch their very own line of premium toy products, which turned out to be the D-Dart blasters.
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Gardner, Bixler advance to semis | The Daily Gazette
Gardner, Bixler advance to semis
Ron Gardner has appeared on the Huck Finn/Northeast Bowling Proprietors of New York's “Capital Regio
By Bob Weiner | February 25, 2008
PHOTOGRAPHER: Bob Weiner
SCHENECTADY — Ron Gardner has appeared on the Huck Finn/Northeast Bowling Proprietors of New York’s “Capital Region Bowling Show” six previous times, including once with his daughter, Kate Messemer, in a previous mixed doubles event.
Sunday at Sportsman’s Bowl, Gardner did a little mixing of his own, teaming with his other daughter, Andrea Bixler, to earn a return trip to the mixed doubles semifinals.
The 57-year-old Troy bowler rolled a 300 game, and his daughter added a 225 to defeat Chuck Slater and Janet Wohr, 545-468, to earn one of four spots in the TV
finals. Gardner usually bowls mixed
doubles events with his other daughter, who is one of the area’s top women bowlers, but Sunday, Bixler took some time off from her role as mom to her baby boy, Christian, and showed that her sister isn’t the only Gardner daughter with talent on the lanes.
“I used to bowl quite a bit,” said Bixler. “I bowled collegiately at
Sacred Heart, but I haven’t bowled in about a year because of my new baby. When my dad asked me to bowl with him, I had to get a ball drilled, and get some practice in. I’m sure people were wondering who my dad was bowling with, because they haven’t seen me on the lanes much.”
“That was a great way to clinch another spot on TV,” said the veteran Gardner about his perfect game. “I used a new Columbia Momentum ball that I just got drilled up at Hometown Lanes. I’ve already got two perfect games with it.
“I had to keep striking, because my opponent [Slater] kept on striking, also, and I didn’t think he would stop,” said Gardner, who has 35 perfect games and 14 800 triples.
Another father-daughter tandem also earned a berth on TV when Bob Rowe and Courtney Rowe topped Sportsman’s co-owner Mike Guidarelli and Flo Dufek, 480-470. Bob Rowe, a 49-year-old veteran from North East Greenbush, rolled a 258 game. This will be his sixth TV appearance. He has six perfect games and three 800 triples on his resume. Courtney Rowe, who carries a 202 average at Spare Time Latham, will be making her first TV appearance.
“I wasn’t nervous at all,” she said. “I was just trying to stay up with my dad.”
Also qualifying for the mixed doubles TV show were Scott Rogers and Kate Feiden. Rogers, a left-hander, carries a 227 average at Hilltop Bowl and a 231 average at Olympic Lanes.
“This is our third year in a row making the show,” Rogers said. “Kate is a great partner. We just feed off each other.”
“Having bowled in this so many times, I’m not as nervous as I used to be,” said the 25-year-old Feiden, who carries a 197 average.
She has an unusual release, where she falls off-balance when she lets go of the ball, but it seems to work extremely well for her.
“People have tried to change it, but I’ve stopped trying,” she said. “I don’t have great balance, but at least I keep repeating my shots.”
Qualifiers: K. Feiden-S. Rogers 1,470,
N. Perkins-J. Yando 1,459, J. Wohr-C. Slater 1,455, F. Dufek-M. Guidarelli 1,451, C. Rowe-B. Rowe 1,435, A. Bixler-R. Gardner 1,434, L. New-J. Piser 1,425, Jim Frankowski-Jill Frankowski 1,424.
Quarterfinals: Rogers-Feiden def. Frankowski-Frankowski, 488-398; Perkins-Yando def. New-Piser, 500-447; Bixler-Gardner def. Wohr-Slater, 545-468; B. Rowe-
C. Rowe def. Dufek-Guidarelli, 480-470.
Other cashers: P. Jones-J. Margiasso 1,416, M. Drexel-J. Drexel 1,403, M. Hildreth-R. Paradiso 1,403, S. Allen-B. Caputo Jr. 1,399.
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Cape Town family, including boy aged 11, gunned down on Heritage Day
Cape Town – A Cape Town family is reeling in shock after unknown gunmen stormed their home on Heritage Day on Thursday and gunned down four relatives.
The deceased included a young boy aged 11.
One person survived the shooting in Brown’s Farm on Thursday evening, a statement released on Friday by provincial police spokeswoman Novela Potelwa said.
Preliminary reports showed two unknown gunmen forcefully entered a home in Makhosi Street, and shot and killed the boy, as well as three women aged 18, 30 and 69.
“Meanwhile another person who was injured in the shooting was taken to a medical facility for treatment,” Potelwa said.
She said detectives from the provincial organised crime unit were investigating the case. The South African Police Services 72-hour activation plan was in place and resources had been mobilised to trace and apprehend the suspects.
“Anyone with information that could assist in expediting the investigation is urged to contact the police on 08600 10111 or via the MySAPS App. All information received will be handled in strict confidence,” Potelwa said.
Earlier this week, less than a kilometre from Brown’s Farm, four people were shot dead and a fifth victim injured and rushed to hospital in the Nyanga area.
According to Potelwa, those victims, all men in their early thirties, were sitting in front of a house in Noxolo Street in Crossroads when a vehicle pulled up and three occupants opened fire on them.
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Tentacles (A man, an axe and a doctor: A tale of pain and art)
One of the blog posts that I get the most emails about is this horror story from 2005. Here it is again:
Someone who was raised in Brooklyn shouldn’t own, and much less, try to use an axe.
What follows is a true tale of horror, of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, of chaos and order, of the laws of the universe, of near death, of irony, of music, and ultimately of a new form of art. All of the characters are real, and if I could remember their names, I would name them.
I begin.
The back of my house has a rather wooded large area with many trees, and it also backs into an even larger wooded common area that I share with my neighbors. I am really a big fan of warm cozy fires, and during the winter I usually light one up every night.
A while back I went around and collected a lot of wood from fallen branches and also a lot of wood from a tree that had fallen months earlier. This wood had been cut, but needed splitting, so I bought an axe to split the wood myself.
How hard could this be? After all, I remember how President Reagan, while he was in office, was so fond of being filmed splitting wood in his ranch in California. If an 80-year-old President could do it, and make it look so easy, then surely a virile 40something could do it as well.
So I went to my local hardware store and bought an axe.
Act One, Scene I
It was a day much like many other balmy December days we’ve been having this winter. There was a little chill in the air, but more like a spring day than a winter day. I had gathered quite a haul of neatly cut sections of the tree trunk, each about nine to twelve inches in diameter, and I had placed them to the side of a large tree stump, which I planned to use as the base to split the firewood.
The ground was wet and the grass was moist, as it had been raining the previous few days, but although the radio had announced that there would be rain later, I thought that I would have a couple of hours to split all the wood before it began to rain.
I would be good exercise as well.
Gloves in hand, I placed the first piece of wood on the stump, took one or two slow –motion practice tries, just to get the motion and aim right, and then took my first mighty swing of the axe.
There are some instances on this planet, when the laws of gravity seem to take a couple of nanoseconds off. Like when one is walking down a path, and a rock, as if by magic, jumps from the ground and lands inside your shoe. How does that happen? Is it evidence of magic? Time travel? Even if one considers a viable explanation, the most common of which is that the other shoe kicks the rock into the partner shoe, it takes some extraordinary physics and flight acrobatics to imagine a rock being kicked by one shoe, flying sideways through the air as you walk on and sliding into the other shoe. I prefer to believe that the rocks jump straight up and floats into the shoe.
Anyway... back to my story.
The violent action of swinging the axe to split the firewood must have caused a ripple in the time space continuum, for otherwise I cannot imagine or recreate what followed next.
For one thing, I completely missed the firewood waiting to be split and barely nicked the edge of the tree stump. But this bare touching of the tree stump must have caused a tremendous vector change in the arc of the axe swing, and to add more physics to the event, the brand new axe, (with its nice slippery handle, aided by my brand new - and even more slippery - cotton gardening gloves (I should have used leather work gloves)) slipped away from me.
And aided by the wet grass under my feet, I lost my footing and slipped towards the oncoming axe. At some point, I suspect that both the axe and I were completely airborne and approaching each other in perfect flight synchronicity.
And in some incomprehensible act of flying physics, the axe went in a perfect flight pattern back towards me and between my legs.
Act One, Scene II
The axe blade missed my family jewels – barely.
I know this because I still have balls and because the tip of the blade nicked the small of my back. But I came as close to being a eunuch as anyone in the history of mankind has come; but the blade missed.
But the top of the handle didn’t miss and it crushed my balls.
Before I describe the pain, let me tell you that I've been kicked in the balls more than once. I have been an avid student and practitioner of the martial arts since I was 13 years old, and have competed in many full contact tournaments, and have been accidentally kicked in the balls many times. I have also had my share of juvenile and drunken sailor fist fights, where someone's foot or fist has delivered a painful blow to my genitals. And it does hurt intensely!
But this axe handle crushing my privates was a new dimension in pain.
And this new pain took on a new meaning as I collapsed onto the wet, muddy ground.
It was an almost exquisite pain, with shape, form, smell and incredibly enough, fireballs of vivid color dancing to music. During this time, I had a vision of how Christ and Jimmy Hoffa truly died; in fact I learned how every fucking thing in the Universe has died, and how every living entity in this Universe and the other infinite Einsteinian numbers of Universes will die. And in all cases, their death involved or will involve an axe.
Time ceased to flow, or perhaps it simply slowed down in order to make my agony more intense, which by the way, would have been impossible, as I had already maxxed out the agony scale for mankind.
And I know this is silly, but I swear that I heard the music from Guns n Roses’ Sweet Child of Mine emanating, in perfect tune to the pain, from my brutalized gonads; especially the part where the bag pipes come in.
Thus I do not know how long I agonized on the forest floor. A wet tongue belonging to Yoda, my neighbor’s dog, whimpering as he obviously felt my pain, resuscitated me.
I opened my eyes for the first time since I fell, and looked at Yoda’s handsome face. "Yoda," I whispered between clenched teeth, "kill me." He looked at me with his intelligent eyes and licked my face again. "Please bite my neck," I begged. "Kill me now!"
Yoda twisted his head in that almost human way in which dogs do, and walked away. For a minute there I thought that the stupid beast had gone to fetch a stick to play with, as he loves to fetch sticks. Had he done this, I would have kicked him in his balls. But he just vanished from my sight and then started to bark outside my neighbor’s back door.
By now the pain had diminished to a white searing pain on a planetary scale equivalent to a thermonuclear device being exploded at the core of the Earth, so the word diminished is quite bogus in this sentence. But, I sincerely wanted to find out how much damage I had done, and since by now my pants were quite soaked from the wet ground and the mud, I needed to check to see if I was bleeding.
Act One, Scene III
So I unbuttoned my pants, lowered them in agonizing ecstasy, and reached down to feel the state of my boys.
Which is precisely the moment that my neighbor, apparently being brought to the scene by Lassie-wannabe Yoda’s barking, made her appearance, as I am feeling my bruised sacs.
My neighbor is a very nice old lady who has a remarkable likeness to Grandpa Munster, and I think that she’s originally from Sweden, and she has a lovely and thick accent, and from the expression on her face, I realized that she was slightly concerned at finding a muddy man, laying on the wet ground, pants down to his ankles and fingers probing around his privates.
So I rationalized (the brain is an incredible asset) that I'd better explain, although the last fucking thing that I wanted to do at that moment was to chat with this Grandpa Munster look-a-like. But I figured that if I didn’t explain, she’d make a bat-line to her phone and report me to the vice squad.
And being the super nice lady that she is, she tried to hide her laughter, and understood, and asked me if I wanted her to call an ambulance. "Tentacles," she said (and she did say "tentacles" instead of "testicles"), "are very fragile."
"No shit Grandpa Munster," I felt like saying, but instead I moaned to her that it was OK, and that I’d drive myself down to the hospital.
It had begun to sprinkle, so she wished me luck and went back to her house.
And then it really began to rain; hard, cold rain.
And then the act of crawling back to my house became another exercise in agony, as I discovered that (a) I couldn’t walk because of the pain and (b) I couldn’t crawl on my knees, because of the pressure on my jewels.
So I sort of "rolled" towards my house, and then developed a sort of walking on all fours, legs quite widespread and putting most of the weight on my hands, as the rain fell on me.
So I finally make it to the house, thoroughly soaked and quite covered in mud. And (of course) the day before I had cleaned my house from top to bottom, and the thought of the irony of this alignment of misfortunes dawned on me as I muddied the floor of my pristine home.
I debated whether to change clothes or not, and decided that it would be impossible for me to physically remove my shoes, as my boys had by now begun to swell to an impressive size, and any pressure on them caused me to yelp like a newborn child. So I grabbed a towel from the laundry room, crawled to my van, put the towel on the seat, and climbed in to an internal symphony of new pains.
And I began the drive to the hospital emergency room.
Act Two, Scene I
Sometimes the lights on Democracy Boulevard align in timing so that one can go all the way from Seven Locks to Old Georgetown Road without hitting a single light.
Other times, a driver hits every god damned light on the road.
Guess which of these two cycles of light synchronicity was to be my fate on that painful day?
Yep! Stop at every light, and to make matters worse, I couldn’t really "sit down" and was actually driving while holding most of my weight on one hand pushing against the car seat in order to attempt to float me above it, all the while leaning forward, sort of the way that scary old people in Florida drive.
I eventually pulled into the parking lot of the hospital, and of course there is not one single parking spot available on the ER area, so I have to park in the lot across the street, and do my crawling on all fours routine, in the rain, across the road, which as some of you may know, is quite a busy road. However, since Yoda had failed to kill me, I was somewhat hoping that I’d get run over by a car, and mercifully have it put an end to my agony.
But no one ran me over, although several cars did slow down, but I suspect it was so that they could get a look at the idiot crawling on all fours across the road, in the rain.
But in due time, I did arrive at the entrance to the ER, and at the very last minute I almost did get run over by an ambulance, bringing in someone with a medical emergency.
And so I finally enter the ER, muddy, wet, cold and still in spectacular pain.
Act Two, Scene II
I imagine that most ER personnel have seen just about everything that humankind has to offer in terms of shock, but by the alarmed expression on the male nurse at the check-in station, it was clear that he was somewhat concerned by my appearance and by my manner of movement on all fours; I also noticed that the security guard was also somewhat alarmed (and armed).
He asked me what the problem was, and as I explained what happened, both this Gaylord Focker wannabe and the guard, who had drifted within earshot, actually had the gall to burst out laughing.
And I made a silent promise to myself that in a few weeks, if I survived this ordeal, I would hunt Nurse Focker-wannabe and kick him in the nuts.
So after the whole delay of data input and insurance verification, Nurse Focker tells me to have a seat, and wait, as the doctors (plural) are all attending the patient who had just come in via the ambulance.
"What’s his problem?" I asked, not out of concern, but thinking that there are precious few emergencies in the world that could take precedence over my distress.
And Nurse Focker explains that the patient is a 96-year-old-man who’s having a heart attack.
And I’m really close to start debating that at 96, he’s had a good life, and he's probably caused his own heart attack because of Viagra, so let this geezer go and assign me a doctor, preferably well armed with a needle full of painkiller. But I hold my tongue, and wait in my own private water puddle.
Several ice ages later, Nurse Focker says that I am to be seen, and asks me if I have a preference for a doctor. In retrospect, I think that he was asking me if I wanted a male or female doctor, but by now my social graces had completely vanished, and I told him that I’d like Dr. Kavorkian. He didn’t laugh.
I am then taken to the back, and told to undress, put one of those silly robes that show your ass, and sit on the bed and wait for the doctor. Somehow I managed to undress on my own, and laid on the bed, with my legs bent and wide open, much like a woman waiting for her gynecologist.
A little while later, the curtains open and the doctor comes in: A female doctor, of course, probably picked by Nurse Focker to make my life more miserable.
And not just any female doctor, but probably the only female doctor who had also been a body extra in Baywatch. And to my utter amazement, in the middle of this intense agony, my sick male brain still finds time to align a couple of thought patterns that whisper inside my head: "WOW, she’s hot!" before resuming sending new and novel pain patterns to my groin area.
"What have we got here?" she asks using the imperial "we" that annoying doctors like to use.
"We, doc," says I, devoid of any social skills by this point, "have a serious fucking case of smashed balls, and an even more serious need for some potent pain killer." And I begin explaining what happened.
And just like Nurse Focker and the rent-a-cop a few minutes earlier, Dr. Carmen Electra, Medicine Woman bursts out laughing while she’s probing and feeling down there, hands encased in latex gloves.
Laughter induced watery-eyes and all, she then tells me that it looks like there’s no internal injuries, but that she’ll order a scan to double check, and that I need to ice down my groin area in order to reduce the swelling. "You’ll be OK in a few days."
Pheeew!
I thank her, and ask about a shot for the pain. To my astonishment she says that just a couple of Tylenols should do the trick. "Doc," I plead, "I am in really in some aggravating bad pain here."
"Don’t be such a baby," she responds, "You should try childbirth if you want to know what real pain is."
She’s lucky she’s a woman; otherwise I definitely would have kicked her in the balls.
Act Two, Scene III
A few days later, and things appear to be back to normal; I’ve been telling people that I have a back pain, and thus the strained walk.
And at some point, it dawns on me that the whole sequence of events, with the improbable occurrences, the diverse set of characters, and the Three Stoogian physicality of the act, is a new kind of art; a new kind of performance art that is, where really spectacular true events of common daily life assume astronomic personal presence and thus cross the border into a personal artistic quality, the like of which will never be repeated by any other soul on this planet.
So my performance piece is over: I call it Tentacles (not Testicles).
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Epitome Pictures Press Release
markaaronpolger / April 14, 2003
Attention Entertainment Editors:
Mixed Emotions from Degrassi Producers
Call on Prime Minister for federal legacy gift to assist troubled
TORONTO, April 14 /CNW/ – Epitome Pictures Inc. is pleased to announce
that its hit series Degrassi: The Next Generation has received funding from
the Canadian Television Fund, which will assist in the production of 22 new
episodes for broadcast on CTV.
“We are ratcheting up the drama for third season,” says Degrassi creator
Linda Schuyler, “and the entire writing team is having a blast developing the
new storylines.”
At the same time, Schuyler and her partner Stephen Stohn (Executive
Producer of both Degrassi and The Juno Awards) express deep concern about the
funding crisis which looms for other Canadian drama producers. “While our
project is one of the lucky ones to receive funding, there are a shocking
number of other well-deserving projects which did not receive funding,” says
Schuyler.
“Excellent projects at CBC and CTV have been particularly decimated,”
says Stohn. “When the Canadian Television Fund introduced its new rules for
priority ranking, it was unaware that $25 million in federal funding would be
withdrawn. The unintended result is the disqualification of hugely popular
series and movies-of-the-week, mostly at CBC and CTV — the two networks
which are by far the leaders in original Canadian primetime drama.”
“We believe that Canadian storytelling is as important to the health of
our collective Canadian soul as medicare is to our bodies.”
Schuyler and Stohn make the following call for action: “We ask the
Prime Minister to consider a legacy gift to Canada, by reinstating at least
some of the withdrawn $25 million so that Canadian audiences can continue to
enjoy acclaimed shows such as This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Red Green Show and
The Eleventh Hour, in addition to a potential slate of CBC and CTV movies of
the-week and mini-series which have traditionally been the highest rated of
all drama productions.”
Concludes Schuyler, “Such a legacy gift would give time to the various
industry sectors to formulate a coordinated long-term strategy, addressing not
just CTF funding issues but also other serious problems facing tv drama in
general, and primetime dramatic series in particular.” Adds Stohn, “Three
studies are already underway for different government bodies, with the
results expected within the coming months. These can form the cornerstone of
the long-term tv strategy.”
Epitome Pictures and its related companies have been industry leaders
for twenty-five years, producing all the various Degrassi series, the popular
and prize-winning website http://www.degrassi.tv, and other productions including
Liberty Street and the soap opera Riverdale.
For further information: For a copy of the letter to the Prime Minister,
and for other information, please contact: Nicole Hamilton, (416) 752-7627,
nicole@epitomepictures.com
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Spectrum - John Pawson
The Design Museum has partnered with Phaidon to launch a new book club, exploring a range of design topics, themes and practices. The second title in the series explores "Spectrum", by John Pawson, the award-winning designer.
“Colour is an attribute people don’t necessarily associate with my work,” says the minimalist architect John Pawson. “There is a longstanding presumption that it is all about whiteness. The truth is that it is impossible to talk about any architecture — including my own — without talking about colour. Le Corbusier described architecture as masses brought together in light. And as soon as you have light, you have colour. As Goethe put it, ‘Colours and light stand in the most intimate relation to each other’.”
The connection between photography and architecture is an intimate one. They are each ‘deeds of light’ as Pawson puts it in the introduction to his new book Spectrum. In it, his photos – a broad range of varied yet related visual ideas, shot around the world - are arranged by colour to form a continuous, sequence.
“I am an architect before anything,” Pawson says. “At the same time the act of taking photographs is of the essence of how I work. I have an emphatically visual memory and a strong instinct for using images to archive my thoughts and experiences. Where others might sketch or make notes, my reflex is to reach for a lens.”
Each of the 320 photographs in the book — selected from a collection measured in hundreds of thousands — represents one such moment of reaching for the lens. They include fragments of narratives of individual projects, but also far-flung travels and observations of the moment — the tiny things that catch the eye in the course of an ordinary day. “Mine is a greedy eye, hungry for anything of interest,” the architect says. “Years later, the memory of a wall in a Kyoto ryokan or the weathered grain of a church pew in Gloucestershire, preserved as a digital file, might serve as the perfect reference for a project in Stockholm or West Hollywood.”
In the context of the book, a forthcoming photograph’s location prepares the eye to look for certain colours even before the next page is turned. As Pawson puts it: “What began as a simple project to use colour as a tool to edit and order a selection of photographs has become both a creative act in its own right and an invitation to engage.”
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Allopatric and Sympatric Drivers of Speciation in Alviniconcha Hydrothermal Vent Snails
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Verena Tunnicliffe
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Despite significant advances in our understanding of speciation in the marine environment, the mechanisms underlying evolutionary diversification in deep-sea habitats remain poorly investigated. Here, we used multigene molecular clocks and population genetic inferences to examine processes that led to the emergence of the six extant lineages of Alviniconcha snails, a key taxon inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. We show that both allopatric divergence through historical vicariance and ecological isolation due to niche segregation contributed to speciation in this genus. The split between the two major Alviniconcha clades (separating A. boucheti and A. marisindica from A. kojimai, A. hessleri, and A. strummeri) probably resulted from tectonic processes leading to geographic separation, whereas the splits between co-occurring species might have been influenced by ecological factors, such as the availability of specific chemosynthetic symbionts. Phylogenetic origin of the sixth species, Alviniconcha adamantis, remains uncertain, although its sister position to other extant Alviniconcha lineages indicates a possible ancestral relationship. This study lays a foundation for future genomic studies aimed at deciphering the roles of local adaptation, reproductive biology, and host–symbiont compatibility in speciation of these vent-restricted snails.
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Corinna Breusing, Shannon B Johnson, Verena Tunnicliffe, David A Clague, Robert C Vrijenhoek, Roxanne A Beinart, Allopatric and Sympatric Drivers of Speciation in Alviniconcha Hydrothermal Vent Snails, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 37, Issue 12, December 2020, Pages 3469–3484, https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msaa177
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Is Making Star Wars’ Lando Calrissian ‘Pansexual’ an Assault on Black Manhood? Maybe, but Not in the Way You Think
May 24, 2018 by Dr. Jason Johnson
Buckle up, everyone; we’re about to talk about sex, Star Wars and Hollywood!
According to a recent HuffPost interview, Jonathan Kasdan, a screenwriter for Solo: A Star Wars Story, envisions Lando Calrissian, played by Donald Glover, as pansexual.
“There’s a fluidity to Donald and Billy Dee [Williams’ portrayals of Lando’s] sexuality,” Kasdan explained. “I mean, I would have loved to have gotten a more explicitly LGBT character into this movie. I think it’s time, certainly, for that, and I love the fluidity—sort of the spectrum of sexuality that Donald appeals to and that droids are a part of.”
Supposedly, Calrissian’s pansexuality is evidenced by him uttering innocuous lines like “You might wanna buckle up, baby” to Han Solo in the scene below.
IF YOU NEED ME, I’M JUST GOING TO BE OVER WRITING HAN/ LANDO STAR WARS FAN FICTION FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE pic.twitter.com/z8x8ot43im
— MJ Franklin (@heyitsfranklin2) April 9, 2018
For too long, Hollywood has been getting away with writing vague dialogue, then retroactively identifying LGBTQ characters. I wrote “buckle up” to start this column; does that mean I’m pansexual with a profile on GunganGrindr? Of course not. LGBTQ sci-fi fans deserve an actual, open and honest LGBTQ representation on-screen, not coded language or “offscreen” relationships. I call bullshit on Disney getting any credit for exploiting one of the few black men in outer space to check off the company’s diversity boxes and then patting itself on the back for being inclusive. Solo: Star Wars Story takes place in a galaxy far, far, away, in a universe with talking teddy bears and sentient sexy robots, and the heroes are a cult of magical space wizards who commit genocide in order to restore “balance” to the universe. The idea that humans would have sex only with other humans, let alone only other humans of the opposite sex, is just ridiculous. Of course Lando would be pansexual. The problem is, why isn’t Han Solo, too? For that matter, why isn’t the whole damn cast? The reason is that Hollywood films, as an extension of white American pop culture, view black bodies and sexuality as commodities for exploitation and experimentation. From the creation of Sapphires to Mandingos, white America has always worked out its sexual hang-ups with black bodies, while placing firm boundaries around white sexual norms. In movies, interracial relationships are fine so long as it’s a white man and a black woman; you can cast LGBTQ men and women so long as they’re black or people of color and the main hero remains white and straight and usually male. Now, at this point you’re probably thinking, “But Jason, shouldn’t we be happy that there are more queer characters of color in film and television?” Yes, absolutely—if LGBTQ characters were introduced equally across all races and prominence in the movies, but they aren’t. Not by a long shot. Consider the recent explosion of black and other people-of-color sci-fi/comic genre characters that have been reimagined as LGBTQ. In 2010, DC Comics reintroduced Aqualad as a bisexual black teenager. In 2015, the CW’s Arrow series reimagined previously straight Mr. Terrific as a gay black man. In the 2017 Power Rangers movie, Trini the Yellow Ranger, played by a Latina actress, was reimagined as bisexual. Somehow, though, these changes seldom seem to happen with prominent white characters. The CW’s Flash remains as white and straight as Mike Pence’s lapel. There was not even a hint of lesbianism for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman movie in 2017 despite some of her most prominent writers pointing out the obvious. I guess all of this diversity and LGBTQ inclusion is great so long as it’s not a big, white franchise character.
Of course Wonder Woman is bi-. I am amazed this is still a discussion.
— GAIL SIMONE (@GailSimone) September 28, 2016
All of these casting and identity decisions are rooted in the historically racist way in which black American sexuality is managed on-screen so as to not offend or upset the white gaze.
In our heteronormative culture, a pansexual Lando Calrissian is no threat to Han Solo as the dominant lead in the film—in the same way that John Boyega is automatically “shipped” with a white man in The Force Awakens and forced to fawn over his handsome white male co-star in Pacific Rim Uprising.
Gay black men, black women with white guys, and sexually ambiguous black men pose no threat to the fragile sexual ego of the white male or female moviegoer or lead characters. Hollywood wants you to call these casting decisions progress, when they’re actually tokenism and the marginalization of blacks, queers and queer blacks.
Again, I know what you’re thinking: “Jason, you don’t fool me! You just don’t like gay people and are masking it in a pro-black-concern-trolling word salad.”
I get that complaint, so let me make an important distinction, with the help of an internet troll, blacktivist and “mack-identity extremist” by the name of Tariq Nasheed. Nasheed is a former wannabe pimp named K-Flex who threw himself into a ’90s wayback machine and came out as a combination of post Dru Hill Sisqó and “The Dark Side With Nat X.”
Last week, Nasheed attempted to struggle-troll The Root on Twitter because he and his followers are convinced that the site is part of a gay-feminist agenda to destroy straight black men. For some reason, he sent me a Twitter mixtape like a lovesick teen and decided to look up all the gay men who’ve ever written for The Root because he was looking for a date trying to prove a point.
You are about to see a bunch of these “Native Americans are targeted like Blacks” articles start coming out from white owned “Black” sites like The Root and others. Speaking of The Root, look at one of their main editors, Dr Jason Johnson over here “posin’ to be chosen” #YoGoGirl pic.twitter.com/vffnmWc5Rj
— Tariq Nasheed (@tariqnasheed) May 8, 2018
1. Ya know, I find I funny Tariq Nasheed, who regularly calls black women “Negro bed wenches,” wants to suggest I’m gay. (I’m not) But here’s the larger issue: black folk need to do better and call out these types men. pic.twitter.com/mQIQa41iWk
— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) May 15, 2018
I mention this because there will be a strain of the black population that will see Lando Calrissian’s new pansexuality as more proof of Hollywood’s pro-gay, anti-straight-black-male agenda. It will sound something like this:
Just a week before a huge Hollywood film comes out, where every critic has already said that Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian outshines the lead Han Solo, what better way to emasculate a strong black man on-screen (and stop him from finally buying NBC) than to claim he’s “pansexual”!?
The Tariq Nasheeds of the world will dislike pansexual Calrissian because at their core, they dislike LGBTQ people and don’t believe they deserve representation. That is distinctly different from me. I find Calrissian’s newfound sexual positioning problematic not because there’s anything wrong with being pansexual (there isn’t) but because such a change would never happen to a prominent white character.
I’m all for Lando Calrissian being pansexual—let him flirt with men and women and aliens and robots with sexy USB ports. Let’s just be aware that this is Hollywood’s same old white experimentation with black sexuality, not some progressive act of LGBTQ and black inclusion.
Until I see Captain America and Winter Soldier discuss that one night in a foxhole during World War II; until Obi-Wan and Anakin admit that they might’ve been more than just Padawan and “master”; until Han Solo admits on-screen that he was a little jealous when Leia kissed Luke, but not for the reason that you think—no real barriers have been broken, and Disney shouldn’t be getting any credit.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson Weekly Column Tagged With: Donald Glover, Han Solo, Hotep, Lando Calrissian, pansexual, Solo, Star Wars, The Root
Lena Dunham: Girls Gets Golden Globe and Glares?
One day after the premiere of Season 2 of HBO’s sitcom GIRLS; the show’s writer, director and star Lena Dunham was awarded the Golden Globe for best actress in a comedy. We can now commence with the screaming and the rending of cloth and the gnashing of teeth. Dunham has, in such a short period of time, achieved so much success and so much acclaim in Hollywood that it makes you wonder if there’s some sort of weird otherworldly contract playing itself out for all of us to watch. For the most part, her Golden Globe was not met with any real annoyance or derision despite the huge furor over her show last season. However, after watching the first few episodes of GIRLS this season, I must admit, Dunham should be politely, then forcefully asked to hand that Golden Globe back. It’s not just that she didn’t deserve it, she certainly didn’t deserve it yet.
I wrote last season about the major complaints about HBO’s GIRLS and how they reflected larger problems and ignored basic ones. In the larger context, the criticism of GIRLS on the cultural front boiled down to the grotesque “hipster racism” wherein hip urban white kids spout racist drivel under the guise of being ‘ironic’ (Computer Smart Asians, Slutty Latinas and an extended conversation about how Hannah’s boyfriend’s ejaculate looked like the continent of Africa were all elements of season one). On a deeper level women of color and white women of conscience fumed about the idea that an entitled, connected and questionably talented white girl like Lena Dunham got fast-tracked to a show about self-absorbed rich white girls on HBO. When there is no way that a similar type of program about black or minority women would ever see the light of day, that quickly on that large a stage. And then there were folks like me who just pointed out that the show wasn’t very funny, or dramatic or good. The reason I mention all of these past controversies is because in one season premiere these issues were addressed in a shockingly direct and sincere manner.
Episode 1 of Season 2 of GIRLS not only featured Donald Glover as the new boyfriend of Lena Dunham, but a shockingly more realistic array of minority characters in the background, throughout the city, parties and even at the main character’s jobs. The jump in diversity from season 1 to season 2 is like moving from USA Basketball in the 60’s to the 2012 Olympic team. However that wasn’t the only change that is noticeable after just the first few episodes. The writing has jumped leaps and bounds. I found myself laughing out loud several times this season something that never happened last year. The dialogue between the characters seems much more realistic and organic while the main cast all became more fleshed out as characters and not archetypes. A smattering of profanity, life experience, The Secret, and some Dr. Phil can pretty much encapsulate the typical dialogue of many many young women in the millennial hipster set (trust me, I deal with college kids all the time). My point is the show seems to have taken much of the criticism from last year, and to the credit of Lena Dunham she appears, thus far, to have actually done something about it. Better writing, better acting, and better diversity from jump. Which brings me back to the Golden Globe award to Dunham for best comedy actress; season two’s premiere shows she didn’t deserve it.
Season 1 of GIRLS was okay, it was not good, it was not groundbreaking television by any stretch other than featuring an unattractive girl having graphic sex on screen. Dunham got her Golden Globe for the same reason Obama got a Nobel Peace prize after being in office for 15 minutes. Because people wanted to believe it was good even though there was little or no evidence to back it up. Critics wanted a self – absorbed white girl dairy about unfettered privilege and if it took telling the world that Lena Dunham was the next Penny Marshall/Judd Apatow/ John Hughes incarnate they by golly they were gonna do it. But a funny thing happened before the award came out. The critics, the loud vociferous critics actually improved the show. Everything people said was wrong with GIRLS seems to have been taken to heart. GIRLS, as it is currently put together, might one day be worthy of a Golden Globe. This will happen because the show’s creators might actually earn it, with better acting, writing and production. While white privilege, nepotism and entitlement may have earned Lena Dunham a Golden Globe, it is her critics, and her desire to listen to them, that might one day make her and the show worthy of even greater, legitimately earned accolades. But only time will tell, if GIRLS proves to be groundbreaking it will be because of the people who attacked the show, not the Hollywood Critic types of demanded it was the second coming of Sex in the City.
This article appeared online at Politic365.com.
Filed Under: Jason Johnson Weekly Column Tagged With: Donald Glover, Girls, Golden Globes, HBO, Lena Dunham
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If your industry contacts and friends have a keen interest in next-gen digital plays, they are most likely in Austin right now for the annual pilgrimage to the SXSW Interactive Festival, keeping you abreast with a constant stream of #SXSW photos and posts of all sorts.
SXSW is exciting stuff for sure, with a particular focus on our digital future. For the rest of us who are stuck in Sydney however, there is exciting stuff happening too – less future-facing and, say, more focused on the “here and now”.
I give you Content Marketing World Sydney, now in its third year and in full swing as of tomorrow for the next 3 days.
CMY Sydney seeks to inspire and guide Australian marketers, agencies and publishers alike, as well as address some of their immediate questions and hurdles with their content marketing approach.
IMO, it is also a great opportunity to reflect on what we aren’t still getting quite right, and how we compare with other parts of the world.
Finally, it’s worth clarifying that for the purpose of this piece, our focus is owned content.
How I came to learn about some disturbing facts
CMY Sydney first came to my attention as I was attending Joe Pullizi’s webinar on Epic Content Marketing: The 5 Essentials Marketers Need to Follow in 2015.
Pullizi is the founder of the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) – the producer of CMW Sydney –, a subject-matter expert and one of the speakers at CMW this year.
The insights gained from his webinar at the time, combined with the latest research from the CMI and ADMA, had helped me steer the strategic conversations I was having with a client in the right direction.
Specifically, as I was listening to Pullizi’s own experiences working with marketers and going through the research in detail, I discovered some unsettling facts about questionable yet widespread content marketing practices.
First, we learn that 9 out of 10 Australian marketers are using content tactics. Great. However, less than 3 out of 10 are having some kind of success with it. Disappointing.
Then, we discover that 46% of marketers are using a verbal-only strategy – just imagine how effective this approach would be in a large organization with a CMO, Corporate Affairs and Social Media teams etc. all meant to work hand in hand to the same strategic roadmap… enough said. In others words, nearly half of Australian marketers are winging it and hoping for the best their content tactics stick and deliver tangible business outcomes.
Not surprisingly, the research goes on to say that those marketers (only 37%), who do invest time and resource on developing and documenting their content marketing strategy are more effective in nearly all aspects.
Having a documented strategy *and* adhering to it is even better one might say. Yet only 4 out of 10 follow their content marketing strategy very closely i.e. share it with the right teams, review it and optimize it regularly etc. I guess this would largely depend on who owns it and champions it in the organization: only 39% admits to having a dedicated content marketing group – a key part of the problem in my view.
How Australian marketers compare with their British counterparts
Following these discoveries, I was curious to know: are content marketers in other parts of the world behaving any differently?
For this exercise, I thought I would pick the UK – one of the leading and most advanced markets when it comes to digital marketing, with content marketing a fast-growing component of it. So surely they know better, right?
8 of out 10 British marketers use content marketing and 4 out of 10 say they are effective. So marginally more effective.
When it comes to documenting their strategy and following it, alas you will be pleased (or sorry) to hear they aren’t faring much better: 51% are using a verbal only strategy (vs 46% in Australia) and only 44% of those who have it documented follow it very closely (vs 40%).
So all in all, a sorry state of affair on the strategic front on either side of the world. Yet a great opportunity for independent experts and agency types to offer to help and lead!
There are of course a number of underlying issues that explain the situation client-side. The lack of in-house specialist talent or dedicated champion are two that come to mind, and these are instances where external content experts can supplement marketers effectively. They can help in a number of valuable ways – at strategic level or across the full plan-create-test-learn cycle, for short or long periods of time.
For more on these and other fascinating insights, check out the Content Marketing in Australia 2015: Benchmarks, Budgets and Trends report.
Gaming in the name of a serious cause
Gamification, Gaming, Story telling
A lot has been written about the benefits of using game mechanics and game design as marketing techniques – or gamification as it is also known – in particular when marketing to the young hyper-connected audiences (Gen-Zs and Millennials).
There is plenty of research available that shows how immune these age groups are to traditional advertising techniques. To get their attention, instead we are advised to listen and invite their feedback, play the transparency and authenticity cards at all times and most importantly provide them with top entertainment. In Edelman’s 8095® 2.0 Global Study, we learn that 80% of Millennials simply want brands to entertain them, making games one of the obvious ways to their young consumers’ hearts.
Having said this, the latest research for the IGEA has dispelled many myths about the age and gender of the typical gamer, as we learn that the average Australian gamer is 32 year-old and 47% likely to be a female. Other revelations include the fact that 81% of mums and 83% of dads play video games nowadays, with 71% of Australian households counting 2 or more gamers.
But I am digressing here.
The reason why I set out to write this post in the first place was to show that gaming as a marketing device is as effective for raising awareness about a social cause and getting people to act as it is for entertaining.
I recently stumbled upon a couple of such ‘serious’ games – and to my surprise, as I started playing one of them, it had the desired effect on me i.e. it made me too acutely aware of the complexity of the issue at hand.
If you haven’t come across it yet, I strongly encourage you to play the below game, SPENT, and see for yourself what I mean. You can play it here. This is one of these instances where actions speak louder than words.
Another game in the same vein, currently in the making and that caught my attention, is the crowd-funded game Choice: Texas. It bravely addresses the highly sensitive and divisive topic of abortion access in Texas.
The funds have now been raised and the game will soon be made available online. I invite you to regularly check its dedicated Tumblr site and experience the game as soon as it becomes available.
The fundraising campaign video gives you the background to the project and its intent:
Let Instagram work its magic on you
Brand content, Mobile, Social media, Story telling
Instagram photos make unsexy brands and content look sexy. Fact.
And more often than not with the help of a professional photographer (forget those built-in filters).
For this reason, I love Instagram as much as I love Vine.
And to prove my point, here are some of my favourite finds and Instagrammers.
#1 FAVOURITE:
Reuters has mastered the art of making news (even bad or mundane news) look sexy through the use of stunning photography.
Simply, the photo catches your eye first, and then 9 times out of 10 makes you want to read the accompanying story. See for yourself with this small selection of some of their posts:
Their newsfeed is highly addictive I must admit, so much so that I find myself grabbing my phone first thing every morning to check it out – sad but true. On the plus side, the snackable format keeps me informed of and interested in what’s going on in the world at large (outside of the world of advertising that is), with minimum impact on my time.
This is an ingenious way from Reuters to make itself relevant, top of mind and build a direct relationship with end consumers like me, without relying on news organisations to broadcast its up-to-the minute content.
By feeding beautifully packaged news bites to the time-poor and easily distracted amongst us, it brings critical information to our attention in a pleasing way. In other words, it delivers utility content and entertainment into one post.
The downside of their eye-candy photo teaser approach is that sometimes the photo is more interesting than the news it portrays – this is however a minor inconvenience compared to the delight the photography gives you. One other issue I can foresee is that it may spark controversy by making the ugly look beautiful (e.g. the aftermaths of a natural disaster, violent protests etc). However, I would argue the latter is a good thing if it raises awareness of said problem and mobilises people to get behind a cause.
For those of you who read me regularly, you will know by now how much I worship General Electric’s social media and content marketing efforts.
As well as mastering the art of Vine-making, the giant conglomerate has become an Instagram expert.
As a B2B company, it is not the type of business or brand that naturally excites the masses i.e. clearly not in the same vein as Burberry or Nike. Indeed, for the latter, the nature of their industries (mainstream and aspirational) combined with a ready access to shots of glamorous models and athletes make the photo-sharing social network a natural playground.
Yet, GE has against all odds managed to make its day to day business look sexy to the wider public, so much so that I actually find myself liking its photos on a regular basis – and in the process, I am learning lots about how the company crucially powers and supports a myriad of industries.
So yet again a great example of an unsexy brand that makes itself relevant in a simple and enjoyable way.
Cases in point:
I thought of Burberry and its ongoing #THISISBRIT Instagram campaign, peppered with beautiful B&W shots of the gigs the brand is sponsoring in different countries.
But that would be too easy!
So watch this space for more *unexpected* Instagram goodness – and don’t hesitate to let me know of any little gems you may have uncovered yourself.
Vine – when less is more
Blogging, Brand content, Branded content, Mobile, Social media, Story telling, UGC, Video
Vine has been gaining momentum ever since its launch in January, piggybacking on Twitter’s considerable user base and fast becoming the new social media darling amongst younger users.
To this day, and despite the recent launch of arch-rival Facebook’s Instagram video sharing feature, it is showing no sign of abating. On the contrary, if anything Twitter promises us that with Vine ‘2.0’ soon in market this could well be the beginning of greater and bigger things to come.
In terms of reach, the latest publicly available figures stand at 40M Viners worldwide (up from 13M in June), with an estimated 50K in Australia (source:@SMN_Australia, thanks David!).
Now some of you may argue that’s a drop in the (South Pacific) ocean, hence not even worth considering as part of your marketing mix.
I beg you to reconsider and here is why.
Vine offers a unique, playful way to connect with your audience that drives differentiation for your brand.
Vining has been described as a new ‘art form’ by Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and rightly so. Simply, the 6-second videos (or Vines as they are known) are ‘little windows’ into your consumers and fans’ creative minds.
Unlike Instagram’s ‘generous’ 15 seconds and various props (e.g. 13 filters, cinema mode etc.), Vine’s time constraints and ‘raw’ approach to video creation truly put the power of your imagination to the test. The art of Vine-making is tricky to master as it requires you to be creative not only in the story you are telling but in its execution also – with only 6 secs to get your message across artfully.
And so not surprisingly, the 6-second short-form video is particularly popular with the creative community, with some art directors specialising in Vine-making and advertising agencies using it as a tool for hiring creative staff. It actually takes skills to create something meaningful and beautiful at the same time, in such a limited amount of time – just have a go and see for yourself.
The first Vines I saw were rather painful to watch, jerky and hard to comprehend at the best of times. However, as advertisers and Viners at large got the hang of it, the micro-video blogging network grew on me as did the quality of the content.
9 months later, it has turned out to be a great way for brands to seek participation from their fans. Successful examples of this abound in the US, where the adoption of Vine is the most prevalent amongst consumers and marketers.
Famously, GE with its successful ongoing #6SecondScience projects; one of which can be seen here. And its #GravityDay campaign – the longest Vine chain ever to my knowledge – as sampled here.
Other early adopters include Virgin Mobile USA with its #happyaccidents campaign and Airbnb which took Vine-making to a new level by inviting the audience to co-create the first short film entirely made of Vines.
Vine may never reach the same scale as Instagram (with 10 times as many monthly users today); however I can foresee its community and loyal following building steadily over time. Vine-making is hard to master for a start and so when you do, you tend to stick to it. Simply, as a brand it gives you an edge (or USP) hard to compete with in your category. As a fan, teenager or aspiring creative, it makes you stand out amongst your friends or peers; it makes you feel good.
In my opinion, it is the creativity at the core of its proposition that gives Vine longevity and makes it appealing to the hyper-connected 15-to-30 years old and creative at heart the world over. Twitter made that clear on the day it announced its launch and so did Dom Hofmann, Vine co-founder, when he said “constraint inspires creativity”:
The arrival of Vine on the market was timely for a number of reasons.
Not only does it tap into our growing appetite for consuming and sharing visual content on social networks and on the go, it also gives advertisers a new tool to achieve cut-through on social media amongst the ever-increasing noise.
As recently outlined by Ipsos, competition for ‘image attention’ has indeed never been greater as we hop from one screen to the next and back, and our senses get solicited all day long by hundreds of messages in different media formats.
Vine is simply a great tool for creating attention-grabbing rich visual content and generating earned media amongst social media users.
How critical is Vine to your social media marketing mix?
GE’s CMO Beth Comstock admitted recently that social media had played a critical part in helping turn around the company’s fortunes. In her view, social media had helped make GE “relevant in a lot of new ways”.
I recently became a fan of GE’s social media initiatives, and in particular of their marketing efforts on Vine, which I follow with great interest and amusement. For a company whom I never felt connected to in any way, and whose purpose and business were obscure to me to the say the least, through its own but also fans’ Vine videos, this once faceless corporation has managed to make itself likeable and its purpose tangible – in other words relevant to me.
The performance metrics speak for themselves.
Here are some recent stats on the effectiveness of the various social video formats in market:
At a glance, during that one-month period, we can see that Vine outperformed Instagram on both engagement rate and number of retweets. Further, according to Unruly’s research in May, 5 Vines get shared every second on Twitter.
Together, these metrics clearly demonstrate how complementary Twitter and Vine are as engagement channels.
If that’s not enough, what else does Vine have in its favour?
Unless Facebook whose usage and appeal amongst millennials is declining, Twitter and by association Vine are still happily used by teens and 20-somethings (source: eMarketer May 2013).
So if you have a substantial Twitter following and Gen Y’s are a key target audience, then it is worth trying Vine in a complimentary way to Twitter.
Oh, and unlike Instagram, Vine will remain ad-free for the foreseeable future – which makes the user experience all the more immersive and attractive to social media users who are seeking to escape advertising-heavy networks (such as Facebook).
So all considered, Vine makes for a brilliant opportunity to build a 1:1 relationship with your audience, in a space free of competitive noise.
So come on, be brave, start SMALL but start experimenting NOW. Down Under or wherever you are.
Producing Short Videos – Vine or Instagram (business2community.com)
The latest and finest in crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing, Social media, Story telling, UGC
Back in March, I published my first post on crowd-sourced advertising. My focus then was on Ford and Coca Cola’s novel efforts in co-creating advertising campaigns and branded content with their respective target audience.
I am pleased to say that since a few more advertisers have come out of their shell, gone the extra mile to successfully evolve (if not reinvent) the crowd-sourcing game with their consumers. Here are those that have stuck with me specifically.
In July 2013, Lexus released its LexusInstafilm.
In a nutshell, the advertiser invited 212 instagrammers to collaborate on the shoot of a promotional film for its 2014 Lexus IS model. The film was to consist of instagram shots only (all individual shots can be seen here). The shoot was planned like a military operation, with nothing left to chance, as the video below shows.
This was a one of a kind opportunity for the Lexus car lovers, creative types and Instagrammers who were lucky enough to be able to participate into the making of an ad for a brand they admire and aspire to.
Incidentally, the making of the film and final output are brilliant pieces of advertising for Instagram also – which makes me wonder what their contribution to this project might have been in $ or otherwise…
In August, Nissan’s #JukeRide project took crowdsourcing to a new level by inviting motorsport enthusiasts and social media fans to help co create a new car focused on improving the performance of Nissan’s Nismo team of drivers.
Ideas for new car features were captured via social media and also in person via brainstorms with ex-Formula 1 driver & brand ambassador Johnny Herbert and his team of engineers. In the end, more than 3,000 individual ideas were contributed to the #Jukeride product by over 1,000 fans. A social experiment that ladders up wonderfully to Nissan’s tagline: Innovation that excites.
Harley Davidson is notorious for pioneering crowd-sourced advertising. A few years ago, with the help of a crowd-sourcing specialist agency, it launched its Fan Machine – a Facebook app that crowd-sources campaign ideas from the brand’s fans. Its 2012 ‘Stereotypical Harley” campaign was one of the successful outcomes. Recently, they revealed they had extended their crowdsourcing strategy to product development with Project Rushmore. Their latest range of bikes is the result of a collaboration with riders and fans of the brand, as reinforced by the “Built by all of us. For all of us” tagline.
Lastly – my 2 favourites:
The award-winning “Perfect Lager Project” – a product launch campaign for winemaker Casella Wines that kicked off without the product per se. The campaign idea was indeed to use crowdsourcing to identify what made the perfect beer from Aussie beer lovers, which Casella would then brew for them. This was a clever way of standing out from the fierce local competition and overcoming the winemaker’s late entry to a very crowded market.
As part of its Hollywood & Vines campaign, Airbnb has just released a short film made entirely of crowd-sourced vines – a first in the art of film-making. 750 viners participated by submitting their selected shot via Vine and Twitter (nice corporate tie-up here); 100 vines made it to the final cut that screened online and on Sundance channel.
This is how it all started:
The end result is truly magic, beautifully stitched together and a real prowess considering how challenging the app’s time constraints can be.
Given the diversity of crowdsourcing initiatives (from co-creating a car or a bike through co-brewing a beer to co-making an ad, a film or a song), it makes me wonder:
Is there anything that can’t be crowd-sourced these days?
Two unlikely storytellers
Blogging, Brand content, Real-time marketing, Social media, Story telling
Let us take a look at Target and General Electric… What could they possibly have in common?
I have been a fan of Target’s innovative marketing techniques for some time; whilst GE has just made it to my Top 10 all-time favourite marketers.
Neither brand is what one would say sexy or aspirational i.e. not in the same vein as a Nike or a Red Bull. Yet their content marketing efforts are in my view amongst the best, if not the most hyped.
Simply, both companies’ content plays are great examples of how to build relationships with consumers through meaningful content – relationships that eventually drive sales. The last point is not to be underestimated as mentioned in an earlier post.
What is it Target and GE are doing well then in the content space? What can we learn from them?
First, they aren’t afraid of experimenting with new technologies and getting out of their comfort zone.
The first time Target piqued my interest was in October 2012, when I came across their ‘Falling For You’ shoppable web series.
They had then hired an Emmy award-winning TV director and Hollywood talent to film 3 episodes of an online rom-com, which was to be a promotional vehicle for their Fall collection. Products (from women fashion wear to homewares) were cleverly placed in each episode and could be shopped effortlessly throughout the online viewing experience. The technology that allowed you to buy as you watched without pausing the film was claimed to be a first and certainly caught my attention at the time. You can find out more about Falling For You in their (promotional) behind-the-scenes video:
Meanwhile, GE have been experimenting with real-time marketing and campaign hashtags on Twitter amongst other social platforms; with its #IWantToInvent and #PiDay campaigns in particular attracting a lot of attention.
It is also (surprisingly) one of the early adopters of Vine and so far it is doing well with it: its #6SecondScience Fair campaign launched only a few days ago has already generated 20K+ social interactions on the young network as it invites users to submit Vines of their DYI-style science experiments alongside its own, like this one on how to create your own lava lamp. Entertaining and captivating at the same time.
The brand’s bold marketing approach was recently acknowledged on Creativity-online.com.
Both brands have invested in content hubs to tell their stories.
Target’s online magazine A Bullseye View launched over a year ago and deliberately stays clear of hard-sell messages; instead it focuses on the company’s behind-the-scenes stories (e.g. designer partnerships). The site is heavily branded and as such, unequivocally positions the brand as the publisher.
GE has opted for the more discreet position of ‘Sponsor’ with its online magazine Txchnologist, one of 2 blogs the company operates and that focuses on non-corporate news. The site is a Tumblr blog about technology, science and innovation across the various industries the giant corporation is involved with (e.g. energy, transportation, heath care etc.).
Both have complemented their content strategy with an influencer program to boost their credibility and relevance.
Target has more than a dozen Fashion bloggers on its books, who write ‘Target-inspired’ posts on their blogs and also contribute to A Bullseye View. Likewise, GE’s Txchnologist features guest contributors and writers.
Lastly, they are outsourcing the bulk of the content creation to agency partners.
Whilst Target’s A Bullseye View is run by Target’s PR team, GE’s content marketing and social media team is responsible for operating Txchnologist. Both teams are understood to be on the small side, primarily focused on the site development strategy and operations, with the creative execution (content creation) sitting with agency partners. Brands and agencies meet weekly to discuss and plan the editorial content.
Interestingly, the 2 brands are ticking a few of the pre-requisites outlined in my earlier post on best practice content marketing.
I will continue keeping an eye out on their progress in that space and will keep you posted on their next (bold) moves.
GE Is Hosting A 6 Second Science Fair On Vine [THE BRIEF] (businessinsider.com)
GE Brings Good Content to Life (digiday.com)
Social TV – a (welcome) sign of our times
Automotive, Branded content, Europe, FMCG, Gamification, Multi-screening, Social media, Story telling, TV, UK, USA
A couple of weeks ago, I touched on Coca Cola’s latest foray into social TV with its 2013 Super Bowl’s Mirage Big Game ad campaign. Although it did experience a few glitches on D Day, there is no doubt Mirage is one of the most sophisticated and successful social TV campaigns to date, having generated over 11 million fan engagements according to Coca Cola.
In a nutshell, the campaign starts with a TV ad that kicks off a story (the story of 3 teams competing for an iced Coke bottle in the middle of the desert). That story is in fact a game that unfolds over 3 stages (pre, during and post Super Bowl game), and plays out simultaneously across the small screen and the social Web, as TV viewers get to choose how the story ends by voting for their favourite team on the campaign site and the brand’s social media channels.
Before Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz used Twitter in a similar fashion in its UK #YOUDRIVE TV advertising campaign at the end of last year. The campaign let viewers choose the ending of a 3-part story on the new A Class model that played during commercial breaks in the “X Factor” show. According to research conducted by Twitter UK, Mercedes Benz and ITV, the integration of Twitter into the TV ads had a positive impact on the brand’s metrics and 71% of the tweets generated contained the campaign hashtags with 1 in 4 wanting to find out more about the car.
By combining dynamic story telling, gamification and social media interaction, both campaigns are great examples of TV ads linking to a social conversation – and back. Traditionally a passive consumption experience, they reinvent TV advertising by letting the audience take control of the content and viewing experience.
These campaigns are just two examples of how social TV works. There are plenty more as social TV tends to vary in complexity of the execution and may extend out beyond Twitter and Facebook to include advertiser-owned platforms.
At its most basic – the broadcast of tweets in real time during a TV programme is one of the most prevalent forms of social TV e.g. when the ABC’s TV programme Q&A takes questions and reactions live from TV viewers via Twitter back onto the small screen – a simple yet effective way of maximizing audience participation.
At the other end of the spectrum – we have companion apps such as Zeebox or Yahoo7! Fango that go a step further by centralizing all social conversations about one or multiple shows in one place, serving up related content in real time, and rewarding users for their loyalty with exclusive content or prizes.
Whichever way you go about social TV, the one common denominator and pre-requisite to its success is the brand’s ability to tell a compelling story that everyone wants to talk about. In other words, without cut-through content there is no social buzz, no social TV.
Why is social TV so much on the rise? (and here to stay.)
It leverages what has become second nature to most of us: our second screen behaviour. Or put simply, the fact that most TV viewers are using a second screen (tablet, mobile or desktop) whilst watching TV.
Which begs the question: what do they do on that second screen?
According to a recent Yahoo!7 survey into the viewing habits of Australians, 43% use social media whilst watching TV, with a large number of them posting on Facebook about what they are watching.
Twitter is the other big favourite destination for our TV-related banter to take place – so much so that it fully embraces TV as an integral part of its corporate future – why buy Bluefin Labs, a social TV analytics start up that tracks conversations about brands and TV shows, if for no other reason?
In other words, Facebook and Twitter have become the perfect companions to TV shows and ads. By enabling a shared viewing experience with friends, likeminded fans and viewers as well as 1:1 conversations with our favourite brands and shows, they have in essence redefined the home entertainment experience for most of us.
But are all brands equal in front of social TV?
At first, it appears not. A recent report reveals that Television shows are amongst the most liked Facebook pages, closely followed by Retail fashion and Food brands. This makes social TV an opportunity not to be missed for brands in these categories given their target audiences’ propensity to congregate in social forums.
However, thinking about it some more, it is not so much the category that is a driver in my opinion, but I would argue the brand’s ability to effectively use social media in the first place.
If the brand does a great job out of it i.e it has a clear, single-minded social media strategy and purpose (e.g. promote the overall business – ref. Shell, provide customer service – ref. US retailers, promote a lifestyle – ref. Red Bull etc.) and the resource behind it (talent and $$), then any brand can have a shot at social TV.
And how about measurement I hear you say?
As the TV viewing experience evolves to integrate social media platforms, measurement metrics for TV programmes and ads have to evolve too.
Audience reach can no longer be judged on traditional TV ratings only; new measurement metrics need to be introduced to capture user engagement across social media platforms and devices as the story plays out on the small screen and triggers conversations on the second screen (Nielsen US is ahead of the pack in that respect as it makes it its mission to devise new metrics for TV consumption).
All in all, I think social TV is brilliant news for advertisers, creative and media agencies alike.
Not only does it give TV as a medium greater accountability and further proof that the (costly) investment is worthwile, it also gives TV advertising and the TV viewing experience as a whole a new lease of life.
Nissan turns to story telling
Automotive, Branded content, Story telling
Nissan is one of the automakers alongside Ford that has turned to creating its own content to give meaning to its brand promise of ”innovation and excitement for everyone”. As TV ads on the merits of its products just won’t cut it anymore, the automaker explores other avenues such as sponsorship and collaborating with its product planning and development team to create compelling stories for its electric and top of the range models. Check out: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/trends/whats-driving-nissan/4003367.article
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October 25, 2013 January 25, 2017 / Tom
Release: Friday, October 25, 2013
“If you keep heading down this path, you will eventually come to moral decisions that will take you completely by surprise.”
So forewarns the enigmatic night club owner, Reiner, played by a very colorful Javier Bardem in Ridley Scott’s latest suspense thriller, based on the first original screenplay penned by Cormac McCarthy. He was speaking to Michael Fassbender’s Counselor character in the film, but the line’s also apropos of anyone waiting in line to buy a ticket to see The Counselor, the film itself.
Scott’s latest is the schoolyard bully of fall 2013 releases. Unsparing in its austerity, substitution of prose for dialogue and inclusion of jolting and unsettling violence, his direction demonstrates he’s clearly not over the loss of his brother, Tony — which is certainly an understandable issue. But whereas his finished product simply screams misery, it could have cleverly suggested it (I’ve always felt Scott has been a director of subtlety, even in dealing with profound subjects like in Prometheus) and his counseling, therefore, ain’t a great deal of fun to sit through. The anguish on display makes it nearly impossible for even the most hardy viewer to say ‘well, I had a good time in that movie.’ While that may be sort of true, what they probably mean to say is that some of what they saw was enjoyable, but they couldn’t mean they actually enjoyed watching such suffering for as little payoff as they get in the end.
The Counselor fixates on a man (Fassbender’s character is simply known throughout as the Counselor, a description only slightly less blasé than Gosling’s in Drive) who gets in too deep with the wrong people, taking one job too many and becoming just a little too greedy. He’s meant to be a lawyer representing a variety of different, albeit all wayward clients, who insists he can protect them and get them what they want, though he’s really just in the game for the money for himself (and his soon-to-be-wife, the perpetually aroused Laura, played by Penelope Crúz). When the Counselor becomes involved with a multi-million-dollar drug deal and the deal goes awry, his world starts falling apart in unthinkably brutal ways.
The Counselor is approached by a shady, yet exquisitely dressed middleman representing the Mexican cartel, a man by the name of Westray (Brad Pitt), who presents him the opportunity to gain millions. McCarthy’s writing flusters both the audience and the characters in a scene intended to be pivotal for the rest of the proceedings, but it really just passes by as casually as death does here. This is aided by the fact that the discussions are absolutely loaded with metaphor; steeped in philosophy and ultimately add up to nothing more than “I wouldn’t do this if I were you,” just the kind of cautionary advice you fully expect the Counselor to ignore.
And he does.
We are treated to a whole slew of characters who would be compelling had the writing tried not to be so profound. The most compelling of which has to be Cameron Diaz, playing Reiner’s menacing girlfriend, Malkina. Diaz turns out to be the full embodiment of evil here, what with all those leopard print tattoos and her obsession with Reiner’s pet cheetahs and his Corvette (which she has sex with) — oh yeah, did I mention how misogynistic this movie is as well?
It could be to do with the fact that the director is trudging through some hellish waters here recently in the wake of his brother’s passing, and it may also be attributed to the general gloomy way in which McCarthy has consistently viewed the world. Arguing who is more responsible for the film’s tone coming across as bleak as it has could turn into an all-day affair, though. Point is, The Counselor takes an incredible cast and forces upon it some of the nastiest characterizations audiences have seen this side of Andrew Dominik’s morose political allegory.
Zoning out in this movie will not only be understandable but expected. That is, until you see someone’s carotid artery being sliced open in public, or their finger tips sliced off in the process of trying to remove the wire around their necks that’s causing this bloodletting. The viewer goes from being grossly under-stimulated by a wordy script to being just grossed out by scenes of graphic violence. Between the pretense and the pain, both which punctuate this script like stray bullet holes, the best thing that can be said of The Counselor is that its another extreme case of style-over-substance. The misuse of such a talented cast is what’s really difficult to get over. It’s as though the cast members blindly accepted the fact they would be speaking this legendary writer’s words, taking that reality for what it was regardless of the product his writing would ultimately shape.
Realizing this feels more enlightening than any of the lessons that are supposedly conveyed through such ugliness.
Recommendation: Very little of the film is enticing (except for Diaz’ back tattoos, of course). And when it’s not taking a mean-spirited approach to teaching the forever-sinning Counselor a lesson about being greedy, it’s boring. This movie is a failure on nearly every level, especially considering the talent on this set.
Running Time: 111 mins.
Quoted: “I can’t advise you, counselor.”
Drama, movie review, Suspense
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Hmmmmm, you do not seem enamoured. It sounds like quite a drag though! Wonderful review!
thank you Zoe, this movie WAS a drag. Well said. More of a disappoint to me, too, because I enjoy virtually everyone on screen. 😦
Pffff, not putting it very high on a watch list!
What a shame; had held out some hope for this, especially with Fassbender front and centre and McCarthy on scribe duties. The trailer doesn’t do it many favours to be fair. Sterling work here Tom.
wow, I actually was sold on trailers alone. I have no previous experience with McCarthy but my impression here is that he should probably just stick to adaptations of his books into screenplays. But then again, that’s just me. I don’t like leaving a movie more depressed than when I walked into it haha! Thanks so much Mr Fletcher.
Nick Powell
Well then, Tom. I have to admit, this is one of your best reviews. Very well written. It’s a shame the movie isn’t as good as this review, even though I will still probably watch it. Good job though!
Thanks Nick, really glad to hear that you appreciated it. I struggled a bit coming up with it so I’m glad it paid off in the end. 🙂
The Counselor is certainly worthy of your view, I’m curious to see if I was just way too harsh here. . .
Terry Malloy's Pigeon Coop
Ah man, I was so looking forward to this one. The cast looks insane. I shall approach this with lowered expectations though, perhaps I’ll get more out of it that way. Great review man.
The Counselor is in the running for my favorite casts of 2013 (I think American Hustle might just barely beat it out), so given that this was a huge disappointment. Going in with lowered expectations couldn’t hurt. But having to do so with a Ridley Scott film just seems odd. Anyway, look forward to Terry’s take! 😀
sanclementejedi
Expectations lowered, we are supposed to give this one a watch this weekend.
Right on, I hope you enjoy it more than I did. I was pretty jazzed about it going in, so the letdown factor really upset me haha. Thanks for reading dude!
Yeah sorry about slacking on commenting Baby #2 is a lot of work and I have been crazy busy.
oh man, no worries at all! Dos babies, eh? That’ll certainly eat up some time. Congrats on that, DSB is the only baby i have. And it takes all of my time haha!!!
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I was considering seeing this, but recently just got the feeling it was going to be a dud; Javier Bardem looks to be trying too hard, as does Cameron Diaz. It just looks like it takes itself too seriously, but doesn’t seem to invoke anything original. Of course I cannot say with any kind of certainty since I am yet to see the film, but judging by this review I don’t think I’d want to.
You have good instincts man. Going on only the trailers myself, I thought this looked incredible. What a cast. Not to mention, I greatly appreciate Ridley Scott. Not so much a reader of McCarthy (yet, anyway), so I wasn’t aware of how. . . .pessimistic his views are of the world. The Counselor is surprisingly so. I didn’t like it much. So I don’t want to tell people to avoid, but that’s what they’re in for with this, I’m afraid
Well. That’s a very disappointing review. I wasn’t confident this would be good, just watching the trailers, but I sure hoped it would be better than you make it sound.
Still going to see it, but I consider myself warned.
lol see this is what i love about movie reviewing. and I probably should have made it more clear, this was most certainly my own experience with it. I’ve read some rave reviews, and Richard Roeper gave it an A+. There are definitely some elements that I loved about it as well, but man it’s a pretty dark movie. And I personally didn’t get much out of it.
Look forward to reading your review if you get one up. 🙂
That it was your experience is always implied, right?
I look forward to finding out if my experience is the same, whenever I finally make it to the theater. 😉
no, actually most of the time i presume to speak for the masses. lol just kidding.
Excellent review Tom. I’m disappointed to hear it though. I was hoping this would be up there with the years best, but in all honesty I find Ridley Scott a letdown quite often: American Gangster and Prometheus were massive letdowns for me and I still haven’t really forgiven him for that yet.
I am right there with you Mark! Honestly this review was no fun to write, I could not believe the things I was saying about a joint effort between the great Ridley Scott and Cormac McCarthy (which I am less familiar with, but I understand he is. . .or was. . .a great writer). But it was the truth. That’s all that I ever try to do. This movie was a misery, man! 😦
Mark, I actually liked “American Gangster”. It wasn’t quite as good as I was expecting, but was good nonetheless. Denzel and Crowe both did a great job acting, and Ruby Dee snagged an Oscar nomination for her performance as Frank’s no-nonsense mother who cut the drug-lord to size when he got out of line. So, yeah, the movie may have been a tad underwhelming, but still had some memorable moments. What was it you didn’t like about it?
Yeah, American Gangster was alright Gary but like you say yourself, it was underwhelming. Very underwhelming in my case. I had really high hopes for it and it turned out to be a lot more uneventful than I expected it to be. Washington and Crowe were good as always but the sparks didn’t really flyike they should have. In fact, it sounds like Scott has made the same mistake with The Councillor.
Yeah, and now that Idris Elba has merged into a star with a powerful presence you can look back and think they under-utilized him, as well; but perhaps the saving grace for American Gangster is that it was based on a true story, and maybe the film followed the story accurately, and it just didn’t translate on-screen the way some were hoping for. I actually really liked the ending with Lucas confessing everything, and watching Denzel and Crowe in that scene together.
It did have positives and the true story element is what kept it interesting enough. That and the impressive cast. Like you say, though, Elba was wasted and so was Chiwetel Ejiofor. He’s another solid actor that I thought didn’t get utilised as well as he could have.
I should really get around to seeing American Gangster. I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. But now that I understand it underwhelmed Mark I really need to. Considering my first post on Mark and Tyson’s joint blog — You Talkin’ To Me? — was pretty underwhelming review of The Score. . . . lol
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Cimarrón. Libertad y Mascarada
The term Maroon was used in colonial America to name slaves who escaped from captivity. Fugitive African slaves who led a life of freedom, in secluded corners and who managed to establish their own communities, or joined indigenous peoples in forging new identities.
"Cimarrón" includes a series of photographic portraits of the descendants of those people, dressed in masks and attire that keep alive the history and memory of their ancestors, bearing witness to those traditions.
The photographs are complemented by texts by specialist anthropologists to provide an ethnographic and historical context that the power of globalization is threatening.
Maroon. Freedom and Masquerade
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“State of Nature” shows the extent that natural-disaster protection has become part of the European landscape.
Claudius Schulze traveled about 50.000 km across Europe, photographing seemingly picturesque landscapes from a crane platform with a large-format camera. But each of those idyllic scenes contains imperfections: alpine panoramas are crossed by snow sheds, the North Sea coast is furrowed by breakwaters. In each of the photographs, protective structures rise into the landscape. But these pictures are not about defining the boundary between culture and nature. On the contrary: the photographs demonstrate how much the two spheres penetrate each other.
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As this book does not have a solid cover it needs to be inserted into the banderole with the cloth covered spine first.
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172 pages on 2 different papers,
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LUCAS FOGLIA . Human Nature
"A lyrical meditation on the complex dynamic between humans and the natural world at what may prove to be a critical time for both." — Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian
Nazraeli Press is delighted to present our third monograph by American photographer Lucas Foglia. Human Nature revisits themes established in Foglia’s his previous books, A Natural Order and Frontcountry, but on a broader, global scale.
Foglia grew up on a small farm bordering a wild forest, thirty miles east of New York City. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy flooded his family’s fields and blew down the oldest trees in the woods. On the news, scientists linked the storm to climate change caused by human activity. Foglia realized that if humans are changing the weather, then there is no place on earth unaltered by people.
The average American spends 93% of their life indoors. With this in mind, Foglia photographed government programs that connect people to nature, neuroscientists measuring how time in wild places benefits us, and climate scientists measuring how human activity is changing the air. Many of the scientists included in the book are now facing budget cuts and censorship by the Trump administration.
Human Nature begins in cities and moves through forests, farms, deserts, ice fields, and oceans, towards wilderness. Funny, sad, or sensual, the photographs illuminate the human need to connect to the wildness in ourselves.
Foglia’s photographs are held in major collections in Europe and in the United States, including Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Denver Art Museum, Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, International Center of Photography, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Victoria and Albert Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pier 24, Portland Art Museum, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 inches, 92 pages, 58 four-color plates.
William Eggleston ....
In 1977 William Eggleston released Election Eve, his first and most elaborate artist’s book, containing 100 original prints in two leather-bound volumes housed in a linen box. It was published by Caldecot Chubb in New York in an edition of only five, and has since become Eggleston’s rarest collectible book. This new Steidl edition recreates the full original sequence of photos in a single volume, making it available to the wider public for the first time.
Election Eve contains images made in October 1976 during Eggleston’s pilgrimage from Memphis to the small town of Plains, Georgia, the home of Jimmy Carter who in November 1976 was elected 39th President of the United States. Eggleston began photographing even before he left Memphis and depicted the surrounding countryside and villages of Sumter Country, before he reached Plains. His photos of lonesome roads, train tracks, cars, gas stations and houses are mostly empty of people and form an intuitive, unsettling portrait of Plains, starkly different to the idealized image of it
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212 pages, 100 images
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1. Edition 09/2017
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Tarkovsky . Films, Stills,...
Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed the first five of his seven films – Ivan’s Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror and Stalker – in the Soviet Union, but in 1982 defected to Italy, where he made Nostalgia. His final film, The Sacrifice, was produced in Sweden in 1985. Tarkovsky’s films are characterized by metaphysical themes, extended takes, an absence of conventional dramatical structure and plot, and a dream-like, visionary style of cinematography. They achieve a spiritual intensity and transcendent beauty that many consider to be without parallel.
This book presents extended sequences of stills from each of the films alongside synopses and cast and crew listings. It includes reflections on Tarkovsky’s work from fellow artists and writers including Jean-Paul Sartre and Ingmar Bergman, for whom Tarkovsky was ‘the greatest, the one who invented a new language.’ Extracts from Tarkovsky’s own writings and diaries offer a wealth of insights into his poetic and philosophical views on cinematography, which he described as ‘sculpting in time’. The book also reproduces many personal Polaroid photographs that confirm the extraordinary poetic vision of a great artist who died aged only 54, but who remains a potent influence on artists and filmmakers today.
Tarkovsky . Films, Stills, Polaroids & Writings
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Extent: 288 pp
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Yalla Habibi . Living with...
Yalla Habibi – Living with War in Aleppo gives recognition to people in Eastern Aleppo who have continued their everyday lives with resilience and inventiveness amidst perilous circumstances. The pictures from Hosam Katan’s hometown, taken between 2013 and 2015, capture moments of the conflicting and contrasting experiences and emotions of these people. Anger, joy, grieve, fear, adventurousness, desperation, determination, solidarity, defiance, fatigue, excitement – having to live with war all of these emotions can change in an instant. The book shows people balancing the horrors of war with a sense of normalcy and trying to retain their dignity.
Although the news coverage of the conflict in Syria, and especially from Aleppo, has waned, it is important to keep up the dialog because the conflict is far from being over. »Yalla Habibi (Come on my dear)!« as people would say in Arabic.
The book is dedicated to to the German photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who died in 2014.
Hosam Katan (born in Aleppo 1994) started working as a photojournalist for Aleppo Media Center from October 2012. Between 2013 and 2015, he covered the conflict in Aleppo as a freelance photographer for Reuters as well. His pictures have been published in numerous international magazines. He is currently studying photojournalism at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover. The awards he has received include the Ian Parry Special Award 2014 and the Ian Parry Award 2015, the annual Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2015, the grand price at the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award 2015, the Nannen Preis 2016, a Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Special Prize for Photography 2016, the PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2017, and the Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2017. He was nominated for the the Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents 2016, and is shortlisted for the Meitar Photo Award 2017.
Hosam Katan Yalla Habibi . Living with War in Aleppo
Hardcover 24 x 32 cm 152 pages 74 color ills. English Available ISBN 978-3-86828-839-1 2017
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Memorial . Julián Barón
These images account for the meeting between Julián and the archive that Yuyachkani theatre group disposes for the public at the entrance of Sin título, técnica mixta [Untitled, mixed media], a production that questions the construction of Peruvian historical memory. The archive invites us to delve into newspaper clippings, photographs, school books, artistic images and other documents before entering the room where the scenic action takes place. The entire production examines the Guerra del Pacífico (1873-1889) and the Conflicto Armado Interno (1980-2000), two wars that define Peru’s republican era and reveal the history of the country’s fractures.
Memorial is a series of photocopies marked by the manual manipulation of each of its documents. Traces, decompositions, creases, slippings, glazings, grain degradation, fragments, inversions, double exposure. Its title leads us directly to the process of establishing certain things -events, characters, symbols- that define our shared history. However, this series inquires about the relation between the images of war and the concrete forms taken by two very different kinds of social abstractions: national symbols and money. The former quickly lose their shape, disfiguring the limits of the mental space in which Peru has been represented throughout its history; the latter makes its entrance about halfway through the series –when Túpac Amaru clashes against the dollar–, soon to saturate the entire space of the paper.
“Money was invented so that people wouldn’t have to look each other in the eyes” (Godard, Film Socialisme), in the same way that national symbols seek to ensure the permanence of the imagined community. In both cases they function through misrecognition. That is, as a way of ensuring that, despite what we see and perceive directly, an ideal space where all contradictions are resolved takes place. The map –which here depicts the representational space where we introduce fictions, rather than the actual geographical reality– and the bills –as a daily replacement for the map that places those same fictions in our hands– teach us how to look away from the decomposition of social bonds caused by both wars. Precisely what is addressed throughout the rest of the series.
Images appear amidst the national myth and its monetary form that define what we should disregard in order to sustain the fiction of a country with no fractures. Many of the documents refer to our most recent war, pointing out that the establishment of official narratives and their imagery, where heroes and villains are defined as such, is a process that marks our present. A dispute that remains unfinished –and probably will never be solved– but that, for many, is not really happening. Despite this, both Fujimori and Abimael appear as two personifications of war, where they are confronted less as a contradiction than as a synthesis. One and the other, after all, aimed to become the face of the nation, to be printed on bills that allow us to avoid each other’s eyes. The problem Memorial faces –much like Yuyachkani’s production– is how to imagine a way out of the symbolic conundrum we find ourselves in. A way out that overcomes those social forms of misrecognition (emblems, money) and comes to terms with the contradictions that we share. Perhaps the only thing we really share.
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Antoine D'Agata. Cidade de...
From 2005 to 2009 Antoine d’Agata had spent most of his time in Cracolandia, the crack neighborhoods of São Paulo and Salvador. Doubtless the roughest areas of Brazil.
With 169 images and more than 140 unseen photographs, “Cidade de Pedra” is the most comprehensive document about this period. It reveals the brutality and the intimacy of his experience.
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Pedro Guimaraes . How to Fly
If the equations of physics, which invisibly enable aircrafts to fly, remain unattainable to most of us, the desire to fly itself however seems firmly rooted in the depths of human subconscious. As Le Corbusier once put it “flying lifts us above mediocracy. Flying is, ultimately, a desperate act of faith”.
In ‘How to fly’ photographer Pedro Guimarães (b.1977) takes us on a poetic journey into the subculture of private aviation. The language he employs takes the disguise of the documentary genre yet what initially appears to be a flight manual quickly reveals Guimarães’ true autobiographical intentions through the use of poetic punctuation.
‘How to fly’ is, after all, a reflection on the inevitable traumatic events of life and describes a series of emergency maneuvers designed to keep oneself alive.
96 pages 21 x 26 cm Softcover Offset Print First edition
Edition of 300 (25 of which released as a special edition w/ metal box and print)
1968. THE FIRE OF IDEAS ....
Marcelo Brodsky is an Argentine artist and human rights activist who works with images and documents from specific events to investigate broader social, political and historical issues. His understanding of image editing and the particular intervention to which he subjects it, manages to change the viewer's perspective and thus reveal new levels of meaning. In 1968, The Fire of Ideas, Brodsky presents archival images of student and worker demonstrations around the world, carefully hand-checked to deconstruct what underlies the global social turbulence of the late 1960s.
1968. THE FIRE OF IDEAS . MARCELO BRODSKY
No. of pages: 64 p.
Publishing House: RM VERLAG 2017
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CONCRETE OCTOPUS . Osamu...
Concrete Octopus takes off where Kanemura´s 2002 acclaimed Spider's Strategy left. For the first time, Osiris and Pierre von Kleist team up to show Kanemura´s new work done between 2011 and 2013. The cult Japanese photographer proves to be in great shape. With a text by Chris Fujiwara, a film critic living in Tokyo.
It would be strange and misleading, though obviously not wholly inaccurate, to call these photographs “images of the Japan of the present time.” Though they might perhaps have much to say to the social historian, their documentary function is circumscribed by the interest in exploring a visual universe too disunited and incomplete to be recognizable as a cultural or historical form. In these images, the world presents itself with great purity and without provocation or seduction, as though poised in the interval before the repetition of an already forgotten catastrophe.
Chris Fujiwara
Osamu Kanemura (b.1964) is a photographer born and based in Tokyo. He has been photographing the city-scapes in his solid monochromes. Since 1992, he has had more than twenty solo exhibitions in Tokyo, New York and other cities. His works have been featured in many exhibitions, including the 1996 'New Photography 12,' The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the 1997 'Absolute Landscape,' Yokohama Museum of Art, the 2004 Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles, and the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. His 2002 photobook, "Spider's Strategy" is widely known as his major publication.
His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, as well as in other public and private collections. He received the New Photographer Prize from the Photographic Society of Japan in 1997, the Ken Domon Prize in 2000, and the Ina Nobuo prize in 2014.
Concrete Octopus by Osamu Kanemura
Pierre von Kleist editions, Lisbon and Osiris, Tokyo
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Edited by José Pedro Cortes, André Príncipe and Yoko Sawada
Hardcover, 88 pages, 30x18,9 cm, B/W
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Hugo Alcol. Archipiélago
"This enigmatic book is both a puzzle and a delight at the same time. As the photos show anything from a Spanish social event, to a weird woman with a rabbit and a dead rat floating upside down in a green pool. Although difficult to quite see what is going on, we are constantly drawn back in to try and understand the narrative and we are wanting to come back for another view. It gets under our skin, and that is a rare attribute."
Hugo Alcol . Archipiélago
Language englisch
Pages 84 S.
Format 22 × 30 cm
Cover flexibler Einband
Published in October 2017
Man Next Door . Rob Hornstra
My neighbour Kid was 42 when he died. He regularly swept our shared porch, put out the rubbish and kept an eye on things when I was away. As Kid couldn’t read well, I helped him with his post. He borrowed my phone whenever he didn’t have any credit on his own. Kid had a turbulent life: he was banned from seeing his son and struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. In the last year of his life, he spent more and more time with drifters and junkies, begging on the street for change.
Man Next Door examines the stigmatisation of the working class while offering a rare insight into the life of a working-class Utrecht boy. What emerges is a bewildering picture of Kid’s many personalities, inevitably raising the question: how well do you know the person who lives next door?
Publisher: Self-published, 2017
Hardcover: 96 pp
Dimensions: 242 x 291 mm (9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Print run: 800 copies
Cabeza de Chorlito
Color Lehmitz . Anders...
We give light to the images that Anders highlighted and marked on the period contact sheets, with signs, signals and colors. They have lost that primary intention of standing out and status, their Morse language, their meaning, but they have won the gesture. The print. The arrogance of naivety. His power. Graphic and plastic.
Café Lehmitz, Anders Petersen's debut feature, has magic. He's been catching us since we walked through the door. It hypnotizes us. The atmosphere is sovereign. Anders takes over the air. It immerses us in life. Anthropologist's look and heartbeat, naturalist. He doesn't judge. Neither does he put pretentiousness nor artifice in his gaze. The night and its journey. Like Céline's, with the difference that in Anders' eyes there is no room for such pessimism. It's more forgiving. He's not a cynic. She loves them, she's an accomplice. Toast and dance with them. He's dragging us to follow them. We ended up meeting them. Their photography encourages them to be. He loves those who never show themselves. The invisible ones. We see Escar, a shirtless sword swallow in the trance of getting into trouble. In the background, a jukebox and music machine. Vices of love. We're getting voices. Ramona gives, seduces; Gretel asks... Tenderness pushes. Understanding. The equals share night and temple. They are penitents. Those of scourge and joy. Loneliness and failure. Sublimidad…
Café Lehmitz is a generous work of shared humanity. An unforgettable job. Tears even. I'm a witness.
Alberto García-Alix
Color Lehmitz . Anders Petersen
Author: Anders Petersen
Type: Catalogue
Binding: Hardback paperback with black edges
Language: Spanish-English
ISBN: 978-84-939682-7-4-4
Publisher: Cabeza de Chorlito
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The waiting game II . Txema...
"Txema Salvans’s previous series was also about life in the gaps and at the edges. It showed lone women, probably prostitutes, sitting or standing in very similar landscapes to the ones you see here.
In this book the figures are by water. In the previous book, they are by roads. All are waiting and, in a sense, all are fishing. (It is no coincidence that a slang term for a prostitute is a ‘hooker’).
Photography may be a matter of cold optics and geometry, but it is also invites connection and empathy. Finding the balance is not easy. It is tempting to use the camera merely to objectify and beautify. It is also tempting to use it in a way that pretends to reveal the inner lives of those who are photographed. Salvans resists both. He places himself, and us, on the cusp of beauty and ugliness, knowledge and ignorance, waiting for something else."
The waiting game II
Hardcover, 88 pages.
Dimensions: 33.5cm X 25cm
Text from David Campany, Gabi Martínez
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Motion sickness: Why sick simulators will make for a smoother ride for everyone
in Road Safety
by Michael Rochford
Are you one of those people who starts to feel queasy in a car if you read a book or watch a movie on a tablet? You’re not alone – car sickness is incredibly common – but you are suffering from a phenomenon that has the chance to increasingly affect us all in the future. You see, if, as is widely expected, autonomous, robotic cars become much more common in the next couple of decades, there’s going to be a lot more time spent behind the wheel with nothing to do.
That’s essentially why Google is investing such a huge amount of money in developing fully robotic cars, cars that will have no steering wheel nor pedals but just seats and two buttons – one for go and one for stop.
The commuting vehicle
Google doesn’t want, specifically, to become the next Ford or Volkswagen, and nor is it really trying to put existing car makers out of business. But it has identified a huge gap in the marketplace. Millions, potentially billions of people, commuting to and from work who cannot, legally, use a mobile device to look at stuff on the internet while they’re driving.
Google’s plan has been dressed up in layers of altruism – it’s all about reducing accidents and putting mistake-free computers in charge of driving instead of fallible humans – but make no mistake; this is a business opportunity for the internet giant. If by providing robot cars Google can place us on our commutes with nothing to do, then we’ll turn to our phones, laptops and tablets to look for something to while away the time. And that means revenue for Google.
Except of course for a large numbers of us who struggle to look at a page or a screen when in a moving vehicle. Motion sickness is caused when the images we see fall out of sync with the movement we feel. It’s why, say, reading a book or watching a video while a passenger in a car can make us feel queasy - as there is a disconnect between what we’re looking at and the feeling of the road bumping beneath the seat and trees zipping by in our peripheral vision. It can also happen when playing with virtual reality for the same reasons.
Motion sickness is already a problem for many passengers - and when we all become passengers, it seems inevitable that it’ll get worse. In fact, experts are already predicting that between 6% and 12% of Americans can expect to get sick travelling in an autonomous vehicle.
New technology to assist
But there is some good news: Car manufacturers today are already working on designing vehicles that will mitigate motion sickness, and they are using driving simulator technology from a UK-based company called Ansible Motion to do it.
The simulator is different to the sort that powers driving games or trains pilots. According to Ansible Motion’s Technical Liaison, Phil Morse, this type of simulator, called “Driver in the Loop,” is “dynamics-class”. This means that it isn’t just for measuring human reactions, like other types of automotive driving simulators or how a flight simulator for training pilots might be - but thanks to some sophisticated engineering, it can be used to virtually prototype vehicles and different on-car components.
“Our own simulation methodology, by default, inserts a layer of controllable sensory content - for motion, vision, haptic feedback, and so on,” Morse says. Normally, there are no modifications made to this “layer” of the simulation, but he indicates that one way of studying motion sickness is figuring out how to induce it deliberately, by tweaking the simulator’s settings. “This can be a useful way to explore human sensitivities while people are engaged in different tasks inside a car. And then the understanding of these sensitivities can wrap back around and inform the real vehicle design,’ he explains.
Further hybrid opportunities
There’s another layer to all this and it’s potentially more important than keeping the dry-heaves at bay. Simulators such as the Ansible one can play a crucial role in developing the interim driving setups that will have to come alongside full automation. Put it this way; we already know how to make driver-in-control cars. We also already know how to make computer-in-control cars, albeit they’re only at an early stage of development. What we’re not too good at yet is creating a car that can seamlessly do both, that can without upset or concern turn from computer control to driver control and back again. The injection of a human element adds an extra layer of complication - as unlike machines we are often unpredictable. So computer systems need to be designed to work with all of our quirks and flaws. But given this, the introduction of driving simulators to the design process should be a good sign - as not only will they help autonomous vehicles cope with the things that make us human, but they’ll help make travelling a better experience all together.
Better let the kids stick to the video games, so. Simulators are going to be big business in the next decade…
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Following the success of the Eidyn-led Philosophy MOOCs, Eidyn established a new on-line taught MSc/Diploma/PG Certificate programme in Epistemology, Ethics and Mind. As the title of the programme suggests, it specialises in those research areas where Edinburgh has particular strengths: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, and philosophy of science.
For more details about the programme, and to apply, please see the programme webpage here.
Following the success of the Philosophy MOOC, Eidyn will be establishing a new on-line taught MSc/Diploma/PG Certificate programme in Epistemology, Ethics and Mind. As its title suggests, this new programme will specialise in those research areas where Edinburgh has particular strengths, and which Eidyn therefore focusses upon: epistemology, ethics, philosophy of mind and cognitive science, and philosophy of science. This new programme will launch September 2014. More details about this programme are available here.
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Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma
J. L. Doppman, S. J. Marx, A. M. Spiegel, L. E. Mallette, D. R. Wolfe, G. D. Aurbach, G. Geelhoed
Percutaneous embolization of parathyroid adenomas was attempted in three hypercalcemic patients with previously unsuccessful neck explorations. Two adenomas were in the mediastinum and the third was within the thyroid lobe. Autologous clot, Gelfoam and silicone rubber were used to obstruct feeding arteries. The intrathyroidal adenoma failed to respond but both mediastinal adenomas were infarcted. Hyperparathyroidism recurred after 7 mth in one patient but the other remains normocalcemic 8 mth postembolization.
https://doi.org/10.1148/115.1.37
10.1148/115.1.37
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Doppman, J. L., Marx, S. J., Spiegel, A. M., Mallette, L. E., Wolfe, D. R., Aurbach, G. D., & Geelhoed, G. (1975). Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma. Unknown Journal, 115(1), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1148/115.1.37
Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma. / Doppman, J. L.; Marx, S. J.; Spiegel, A. M.; Mallette, L. E.; Wolfe, D. R.; Aurbach, G. D.; Geelhoed, G.
In: Unknown Journal, Vol. 115, No. 1, 01.01.1975, p. 37-42.
Doppman, JL, Marx, SJ, Spiegel, AM, Mallette, LE, Wolfe, DR, Aurbach, GD & Geelhoed, G 1975, 'Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma', Unknown Journal, vol. 115, no. 1, pp. 37-42. https://doi.org/10.1148/115.1.37
Doppman JL, Marx SJ, Spiegel AM, Mallette LE, Wolfe DR, Aurbach GD et al. Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma. Unknown Journal. 1975 Jan 1;115(1):37-42. https://doi.org/10.1148/115.1.37
Doppman, J. L. ; Marx, S. J. ; Spiegel, A. M. ; Mallette, L. E. ; Wolfe, D. R. ; Aurbach, G. D. ; Geelhoed, G. / Treatment of hyperparathyroidism by percutaneous embolization of a mediastinal adenoma. In: Unknown Journal. 1975 ; Vol. 115, No. 1. pp. 37-42.
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Homebuilding franchise system takes home numerous honors at marketing awards ceremony
One of the reasons that homes in Epcon Communities are bought and sold quickly is because of our first-rate marketing system. The marketing department for Epcon’s corporate division recently took home a slew of awards at the Building Association of Central Ohio’s Marketing and Merchandising Excellence award ceremony.
Epcon homes are popular with Baby Boomer buyers who want low-maintenance homes that offer luxury in a smaller footprint, built in active communities.
Our fast-growing home building franchise system was honored with the Overall Grand Marketing Award, Best Blog Experience Award, Best Model Home Interior Award, Most Artistic Landscaping Design, as well as six other awards. We were honored with more awards than we can carry for one basic reason: We know our customers better than any other home building franchise system on the market, and we know how to market to them.
In Columbus, Ohio, alone, we have sold out dozens of Epcon Communities, and if you take a drive through the Midwest, it’s hard to miss the beautiful, perfectly groomed Epcon Communities that dot the landscape. We develop the floor plans, the marketing materials, the customer research, and more to ensure that our communities are where the 55+ buyers want to live. We prove our concepts and new ideas before we pass them on to our Franchise Builders.
John Wahlen, who was a sales executive before he was a builder, saw what was happening in Columbus and knew that Milwaukee would respond similarly. He now has three successful Epcon Communities in Milwaukee.
“I saw how successful Epcon was in the Columbus area. The plans were just not common, and I knew that Milwaukee had not seen anything like this,” Wahlen says. “It was a chance to build something that was different. It’s simple what they did, but no one thought of it before.”
Closings are up in 2015
Our Franchise Builders get to reap the benefits of all that award-winning marketing. The demand for our Epcon Communities has never been higher, and we are proud to announce that our home closings are up 48% for the first six months of 2015.
The first Epcon community was built in Columbus in 1986. Since then, Franchise Builders have worked to build Epcon Communities in more than 30 states.
The popularity of our brand’s award-winning homes has much to do with Epcon’s ability to capture the imagination of the active adult demographic. Epcon Communities appeal greatly to the dreams and desires of the 55+ buyer. Those buyers are the wealthiest home buying demographic, and their love for our homes is evident in Epcon’s home closing numbers: Epcon reported 465 closings for January through June 2015, which is 48% higher than the same period of the previous year.
Epcon Communities Franchising Inc. is America’s 38th-largest homebuilder (“2014 Builder 100,” Builder Magazine, May 2015), and one of the few home building franchise companies that exist. Epcon and its Franchise Builders develop communities of ranch-style, low-maintenance homes that are popular with 55+ buyers — a demographic that is projected to drive new home sales in the United States for many years to come.
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In addition to our marketing awards and the increase of our home closings, Epcon Communities Franchising has other good news: approximately 30 new Epcon communities are planned for 2015. The communities being added are mostly in the Midwest and Southeast, and they will be composed of 50 to 100 homes and feature detached models.
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How close an eye is the mayor keeping on Bristol’s residents?
Posted on February 19, 2020 | 1 Comment
Update: 10:06 20 Feb 2020
A Freedom of Information request by Ephemeral Digest has revealed that social media mentions of the Bristol Mayor and Bristol City Council go directly to the Head of the Mayor’s Office and to the mayor’s policy advisers.
Bristol City Council have paid £90,000 to social media company Impact Social so as to keep track of online platforms. The contract began on 1 March 2018 and is due to expire in September 2020 unless it is renewed.
An example report from the 8th to the 10th of December clearly shows the users who have been Tweeting about any of the following search terms: “Marvin Rees” / “mayor of bristol” / @MarvinJRees / @BrisMayorOffice / “Bristol Council”.
Twitter users such as Liberal Democrat Party councillor Tim Kent (@cllrtimkent), @citizencaz, @keepbristoltidy, and @glutenfreescone were all listed.
The contract between the Council and the company states that it provides reports as “additional objective information and evidence base” so as “to inform corporate planning and organisational policy responses” and will be used “by the Policy Advisors and Head of Mayor’s Office”. “This is irrespective of who holds that office and information from the analysis will be available to anybody upon request.”
There are monthly reports “offering sentiment, topic, author, source of story, location and trend analysis” are not “for the purpose of collecting personal data and shall not serve any party political purpose.”
Up to six in-person presentations are meant to happen to representatives of the Council including Head of Policy & Strategy and a representative of the Mayor’s Office.
Competency criteria in the contract, which may account for the £90,000 fee, include the ability to monitor all available platforms on social media, “analysis and interpretation that goes further than algorithms and includes interpretive analysis”.
The clients are meant to have “public sector / political experience / knowledge, understanding and competence”. They should also have comprehensive understanding of the role of Mayor of Bristol and Council policies.
The ability to segment users into specific groups and an understanding of crisis communications are also listed.
When approached for comment, Conservative Leader Councillor Mark Weston said: “This is the first time I have heard of the company ‘Impact Social’ and, given the apparent cost of their contract and supposed non-partisan status, I am surprised that these monthly reports are not more widely circulated or distributed.
“Whilst social media is an influential platform for public discourse, I am far from convinced that Bristol City Council should be commissioning such specialist analytics.
“This is not well-publicised support and so it is extremely difficult to assess whether or not such research really provides value-for-money to the taxpayer.
“It is just this sort of extravagance which makes people rightly critical of continuing local government waste and misguided spending priorities.
“The Mayor still has significant resources at his disposal and these should – whenever possible – be directed towards maintaining public services that people actually want or depend upon.”
Liberal Democrat leader councillor Gary Hopkins stated: “We knew nothing about this and it is quite staggering in its gall. The cost of the Mayor’s Office is quite appalling in any case and this is disgraceful. For the record, the taxpayers of Bristol are not getting value for money.”
Green party candidate for mayor Sandy Hore-Ruthven said: “The current Mayor accuses Councillors and the media of chasing headlines and click bait on a regular basis. It turns out he is so concerned about those clicks and comments that he is prepared to spend £90k of taxpayers money to find out what you and I are saying about him. I can see no value to the city or its people of this contract to anyone but him. This is taken of money that should be spent on frontline services. Listening to people costs nothing and should be at the heart of all politicians work.”
Bristol City Council is scheduled to vote through its annual budget on 25 February 2020.
At a Resources Scrutiny meeting Deputy Mayor Cheney and Mayor Marvin Rees highlighted the “significant funding cuts” to councils in recent years of 60%. “Mayor Rees referred to the 8 years of austerity that had been imposed on this Council by central Government.”
Bristol City Council have been approached for comment but had not responded in time for publication.
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What is a DNA test for ethnicity?
Written by Ellen Hinkley
Ethnicity can be defined in many ways and by a wide range of factors. Culture, language, nationality and religion are just a few of the influences that can contribute to your sense of ethnic identity. DNA testing offers another way to help you define your ethnicity, by looking at your genetic ancestry. Even families that have lived in the same place for several generations may have a diverse genetic heritage, and if you were to trace your ancestry back several hundred thousand years, the current thinking is that you’d discover you share the same ancestral origins as all humans, in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is the ‘Out of Africa’ theory, and it’s reflected in our DNA which shows that we’re all descended from ‘Y chromosomal Adam’ (our earliest common male ancestor) and ‘mitochondrial eve’ (our earliest common female ancestor). Our DNA can also show us the migratory paths that our ancestors took after leaving Africa in the intervening millennia, to get to where they settled in the thousand year period before the era of mass migration circa 1850.
The test that can tell you about your ethnic makeup is called an autosomal DNA analysis – also known as an ethnicity test – and it can reveal the population groups from this thousand year period who have contributed to your ethnic mix. It’s called an autosomal analysis because it looks at your autosomes; these are our non-sex chromosomes and they make up 22 of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that we inherit from our parents.
Unfortunately, as our autosomes can recombine shortly after we’re conceived, it’s not possible to identify which parts of our autosomes came from which parent, so ethnicity testing will give you a combined view of your DNA heritage, that isn’t specific to your mother or father.
If you’d like to explore the ethnicity DNA tests that you can buy online, you can visit our ancestry DNA listings, click the ‘Compare Tests’ button next to the companies we’ve listed, and check out the ‘Autosomal Analysis’ or ‘Autosomal Analysis & Family Finder’ tests.
So what can an ethnicity DNA test actually tell me?
The core feature of all ethnicity DNA tests is to show you a breakdown of the ethnic groups who have contributed to your autosomal DNA, normally as a list, pie chart, and/or map in an online account. It’s understood that these tests give you a picture of your ethnic heritage from the past five to six generations, and this is because the number of your ancestors increases exponentially the further back you go.
We each had two ancestors one generation ago, four ancestors two generations ago, and by the time we’ve gone back five generations, 32 ancestors have each contributed approximately 3% of our autosomal DNA! As an ethnicity test can’t show you how your autosomal segments have been passed from one generation to the next, trying to derive meaningful information about the ethnicities of your ancestors more than five generations ago is virtually impossible.
It’s worth bearing in mind that when you’re presented with the population groups that have contributed to your DNA, some of the groups revealed may be very general (e.g. Western European) and the report may not tell you when or for how long each group was located in the region that it’s named after. The specificity of the population groups depends on the reference populations used by the company you test with (discussed later). Therefore, if a detailed ethnic breakdown is important to you, look for example reports from the company you’re considering, or get in touch with them to ask for a list of the reference populations that they use.
As well as showing you which ethnic groups you’ve inherited your DNA from, autosomal DNA tests can also be used to find living relatives and build your family tree. Many people attempting to build their family tree will often make breakthroughs in their research when they combine a DNA genealogy test (such as an ethnicity test) with traditional genealogical techniques.
Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA
Some ethnicity DNA tests will report on the percentage of your autosomal DNA that can be linked to Neanderthals and/or Denisovans – these are non-human ‘hominin’ species that inter-mixed with humans before dying out tens of thousands of years ago. The percentage of our DNA that originates from hominins is 1-5% and it varies greatly between individuals. Only a few genetic ancestry companies include this analysis in their tests (e.g. 23andMe and National Geographic’s ‘Geno 2.0’) and it can be fun to see how much of these ancient species still live on in your genetic code.
Family Finder Feature
After taking a DNA test for ethnicity, many ancestry companies will give you the option to contact their other customers, providing you share sections of your autosomal DNA with them (meaning that you’re related to these individuals to a greater or lesser degree). The companies that do this maintain ‘Family Finder’ databases, and the people you’re related to are usually referred to as ‘matches’. The three largest companies that do this are Family Tree DNA, Ancestry.com and 23andMe, and as part of the results that they provide, you’ll be able to see a list of these living relatives ranked according to how closely you’re related to them.
It should be said that if these Family Finder tools sound like a good way to add to your family tree, the majority of the matches you’ll be shown will be 3rd cousins or more distant, and it can take a significant amount of research to place them on your tree. That said, if you’re prepared to contact your matches and try to piece together your familial connection, using the Family Finder feature can be lots of fun and a great way to make friends all over the world!
Reference populations
As discussed earlier, in order to determine the ethnicities present in your genetic make-up, genetic ancestry companies can analyse your autosomal DNA to seek out the genetic variants uniquely associated to certain population groups. These groups are known as ‘reference populations’, and they’ve been constructed by sampling the DNA of modern populations around the world, as well as from human remains at various archaeological sites. By identifying these genetic variants in your genetic code, companies can report on the groups that have contributed to your DNA.
Companies differ in terms of which reference populations they use. Some companies will create their own reference populations, while others will use populations identified in published studies. For example, 23andMe produce their own reference populations by sampling their customers (as long as the grandparents of those customers were all born in the same country). They then combine this data with public population data, produced by projects such as the Human Genome Diversity Project.
Most companies will use algorithms to compare the genetic variants uniquely associated to a reference population with those identified in the person being tested. This can help them exclude unlikely population groups from your ethnic mix, and ensure that the ethnic groups you’re shown to be composed of are more accurately reported. Although most companies will share the reference populations they use with their customers, they rarely provide information on the algorithms they’ve developed.
If you’ve taken an ethnicity DNA test with more than one company, then you’ll know that it’s common for the results to differ. This is partly because different companies use different reference populations and/or different algorithms.
The limitations of reference populations
Although reference populations are the primary method by which companies calculate your ethnic mix, they don’t represent actual living populations. Instead, they’re a theoretical group who share a unique set of genetic variants, believed to belong to a distinct ethnic group in the past. This is why an ethnicity DNA test will show you that you’re a mix of different ethnicities, instead of placing you in a single ethnic group.
There are a number of reasons why the vast majority of living humans are a blend of ethnicities. Firstly, from around 1850 onwards, people started to migrate around the world and mix in large numbers. Secondly, as national borders have changed over time, the only clear cut ethnic groups are those that are highly isolated. For example, as individuals have migrated in large numbers between France and Britain in the last few thousand years; those in Northern France exhibit a similar ethnic mix to those in Southern England.
For these reasons, mapping segments of your autosomal DNA to whole continents can be determined with a high level of certainty, but when you try to attribute these segments to specific tribes, regions or even countries, the certainty decreases. This is why some genetic ancestry companies will attribute a proportion of your DNA to areas such as ‘Eastern Europe’ or ‘Southern Asia’, instead of to specific countries.
How much does an ethnicity DNA test cost?
Costs vary depending on the company you buy from. For example, the three most popular DNA ethnicity tests are undertaken by 23andMe, Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) and Ancestry.com. They all analyse autosomal DNA to report on your ethnic mix: 23andMe’s costs £149, FTDNA’s (named the ‘Family Finder’ test) costs £60 and Ancestry.com’s (named ‘AncestryDNA’) costs £79. However, it’s worth bearing in mind that 23andMe’s test also includes a Y DNA analysis and a mitochondrial DNA analysis, so if you’re interested in your paternal and maternal lineage (discussed below), this may be the more cost-effective choice!
How is an ethnicity test different to a Y DNA test or a mitochondrial DNA test?
Although autosomal DNA testing is primarily used to establish your ethnic mix, there are other aspects of your ethnicity that you can explore by testing other types of your DNA. You can trace your paternal lineage back to Y chromosomal Adam using a Y DNA test, and your maternal lineage back to mitochondrial eve by using a mitochondrial DNA test.
These tests can reveal the migratory paths of your paternal and maternal ancestors after they left Africa 200,000 years ago. By studying the migratory route they took, this can help you identify the ethnic groups they may have been part of. That said, as your paternal line is your father’s father’s father etc., and as your maternal line is your mother’s mother’s mother etc.; your paternal and maternal ancestors represent a smaller and smaller proportion of your ancestry the further back you go (just one sixteenth of your total ancestry five generations ago). Therefore, tracing your migratory paths back thousands of years may provide insights, but they’re a poor means of exploring your ethnic mix.
Both men and women can take mitochondrial DNA tests (because we all possess mitochondria in our cells), but it’s worth noting that women are unable to take Y DNA tests as they do not possess a Y chromosome. If you’re female and you’d like to learn more about your paternal lineage, you can ask a close male relative to take a Y DNA test on your behalf – read our article about Y DNA testing for more information.
Paternal and maternal tests can also be used to help you find living relatives, providing the company you purchase the test from offers a Family Finder feature.
Connie Cox
Only have a half sister we have a saying father we don’t know any of her relatives and I would really like to know where I came from or if I have any other relatives or siblings
Thank you for your recent comment.
We recommend you take an autosomal ancestry DNA test with 23andMe, Ancestry.com or Family Tree DNA. These all include databases which will match you with living relatives using your DNA. You can find out more about these tests on this page: https://dnatestingchoice.com/ancestry
Harriet Seldon | Services Team
An FTDNA and The Genographic Project can trace their participants (Included me) Autosomal Ethnicity DNA. “Unfortunately” they’re “only” tracing our DNA about 6 Generations above their participants, maybe slightly more than 6 generations. But, my Uniparental DNA (Y DNA and Mitochondrial DNA) can trace my DNA until a thousands years ago bp.
Luisa Vaynshteyn
My mother was born in Mexico. Is there a test that will tell me specifically what Indian tribe I am from Mexico?
Hi Luisa,
I’m afraid that you're unlikely to find a DNA test that can tell you specifically which tribe your ancestors came from. We’d recommend taking a look at the answer to this forum post, which explains a bit more about why this is the case: https://dnatestingchoice.com/forum/showthread.php?1259-Welsh-Ancestry. Although the original post was about Welsh ancestry, the concepts are the same regardless of where in the world the specific groups of people lived.
A relative of mine recently had a DNA test done. When he got the results, the ethnic groups which he was told he was a part of were just didn’t add up. The family name on my grandmothers side in Germany is so rare only a few families exist with the family name. Is it possible since this DNA has never been used as a genetic marker in the passed that it could be misidentified. Basically being told your Scandinavian when you know you are German??
We'd recommend getting in contact with the company the test was taken with directly, as the methods used by each company to report on your genetic ethnicity vary. They should be able to explain exactly how they determined your relative's ethnicity breakdown and why the results may not be what you expected.
I was interested in the ethnicity test provided by African Ancestry because of their claim to be able to place your ancestry in a current African country or region. However after reading multiple reviews, I’m hesitant to spend $300 to find out my ancestors are “West African” or from Sub Sahara Africa. Is there any company whose test can place Ancestry within a specific region of African?
Hi Lawson,
I'm afraid that we're not aware of any other companies that can provide detailed information on African ancestry specifically. We'd recommend taking a test with a company that allows you to download your raw genetic data, as you can then upload it to third-party services.
These websites can re-analyse your markers using different reference population data and algorithms (often for free), meaning you may get a more comprehensive view of your ancestry. A popular choice is GEDMatch, a provider that offers several re-analysis tools for free, allowing you to more fully explore your ethnicity.
my husband and I had a DNA test with ancestry done 2 years ago then we had our adult daughters done 2018 at Christmas when we got the results back my husbands and my results had changed a lot. example I was 47% Ireland and 19% Great Britain it changed to Great Britian 66% and Ireland 34% why?
I called them but they said they had just change there process , we did not send new dna either.
AncestryDNA recently updated their service, adding new regions and adjusting their algorithm to make their ethnicity estimates more accurate. You're not alone in being a bit bewildered, since plenty of people have had their results change unexpectedly. As genetic ancestry analysis is a relatively recent science and is improving all the time, your results will become more accurate as more people enter the Ancestry database, allowing them to hone their algorithm accordingly.
As your DNA data is already on record in their database, it isn't necessary for you to submit a new sample in order for them to update your results.
I hope this makes things a little clearer. Ancestry analysis isn't an exact science, but it is an improving one, and so your new results ought to be more accurate than your previous ones.
Rae Moreno
My son recently had his DNA done which consisted of 32% Irish, Scottish, Welsh, 30.5% Greek, 21% N&W European,11.5% other ethnicities. He said he is not Italian. Since I am 72% Italy/Greece, 20% W. Asia why was his DNA different than mine? Why didn’t the Italian heritage show up. Thanks for your help.
Hi Rae,
There may be a couple of reasons why your son's ancestry results did not show Italian heritage. Firstly, your own result was "72% Italy/Greece", and so it is not certain how much of this percentage was Greek or Italian. The fact that your son's DNA results estimated him to be "30.5% Greek" could suggest that your "Italy/Greece" percentage was actually indicative of majority Greek heritage, and not Italian. Your son would then have inherited roughly half your Greek DNA.
Alternatively, if you believe your "Italy/Greece" result indicated your known Italian heritage, it is possible that your son simply did not inherit the associated DNA from you. We all inherit roughly half our DNA from each parent, but the DNA we inherit is selected at random, and so even full siblings can have different ancestry results, depending on which genetic variants they inherited.
I hope this helps to clear things up. Ancestry DNA testing is not an exact science, and is limited by the fact that we don't inherit the exact same DNA our parents had, meaning that with each new generation, old DNA is lost. Ancestry tests can provide estimations of our genetic ancestry, and though they are improving all the time, they can't tell the whole story of our heritage.
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Domain Sales Archive
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$155,000 Sale of Porker.com Fattens Up The Bottom Line at Sedo
This was a great week for the domain industry on many levels. Two major domain conferences just ended in Las Vegas and Seattle. Though conflicting dates created logistical problems for many speakers and attendees, both shows were unqualified successes. A year ago at this time, a conference of the scope represented by Traffic West and Domain Roundtable had never even been held in this industry. Now, just 7 months after the first big one (Traffic 2004), interest in this business has grown to the extent that two shows were able to attract top level speakers and attendees from around the globe while running simultaneously. That is remarkable (and now that it has been proven that it can be done we can't see any need to run concurrently again in the future ).
At the same time industry experts, investors and interested observers were willing to foot the bill for trips to Las Vegas and Seattle, buyers were busy continuing to push the market to new heights. Last week we saw Innovations.com change hands for six figures in one of the biggest sales of the year. This week, we saw one go for almost 50% more, the appropriately named Porker.com which commanded a whopping $155,000 at Sedo.com. That ranks as the 3rd biggest sale of 2005. Porker.com (317 with the extension in Overture) will get a lot of high value traffic from people misspelling Poker.com. The big question is how long it will take to get back the 155K. Sedo also kept the string of eye-popping 3-letter .com sales alive this week by moving #2 GLU.com for $75,000! Overall, Sedo had four entries on our new Top Ten chart and every domain on the Big Board cracked at least five figures.
In a nice private pickup, Chad Wright of Webquest.com acquired #3 Quilting.com for $55,000. That domain scores 653 with the extension in Overture. SnapNames.com hit the Daily Double this week with #4 Vast.com at $25,805 and #8 Etcetera.com at $18,350. A tie for fifth completed the top half of our new list with still another 3-letter .com, DSO.com, going for $20,000 at ZestyDomains.com and FishSupplies.com attracting the same price at Afternic.com.
At �15,000 ($18,462), the lucky #7 domain, MI5.com (sold at Sedo), might surprise people who aren't from the UK. 3-character .coms (mixing letters and numbers) usually command far more modest prices than 3-letter .coms, unless they have a special meaning (like MP3.com) or some existing traffic. MI5.com scores zero in Overture with the extension so traffic may be limited but all Brits are familiar with the MI5 which is the country's Security Service. The official government website is at MI5.gov.uk.
There are many more excellent sales to tell you about, including half a dozen four-figure New TLD sales. But before we get to that, let's take a look at the complete Top Ten for the week ending May 29:
Domain Name Journal's Top Ten
Reported Domain Sales - Mon. May 23, 2005 - Sun. May 29, 2005
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Tue. May 31
1. Porker.com $155,000 Sedo
2. GLU.com $75,000 Sedo
3. Quilting.com $55,000 Pvt Sale
4. Vast.com $25,805 SnapNames
tie DSO.com $20,000 ZestyDomains
tie FishSupplies.com $20,000 Afternic
7. MI5.com �15,000 = $18,462 Sedo
8. Etcetera.com $18,350 SnapNames
9. Spyware.de �11,000 = $13,539 Sedo
10. InkSpot.com $11,300 Enom's
Club Drop
Enom's Club Drop anchored this week's chart with InkSpot.com blotting up $11,300. The last member of Sedo's quartet of Top Ten domains, Spyware.de, was a notch higher at �11,000 ($13,539). That German country code domain was also the only non-.com on this week's Big Board. Sedo also had the one five-figure domain that did not reach the Top Ten. That was Poker7.com which raked in an even $10,000.
Those high profile sales were just the start of a long winner's list at Sedo. Their other .com leaders included X8.com at �7,753 ($9,541), RV-Lifts.com and GlobalOdds.com at $5,000 each and a name that would be the downfall of many a spelling bee champion, AnkylosingSpondylitis.com at �4,000 ($4,922). Ankylosing spondylitis is a medical condition sometimes referred to as AS. Sedo also sold PosterLounge.com for $4,000 and someone picked up one of the week's better bargains there, eTourist.com, for just $1,300.
Of course any Sedo list is going to be studded with country code stars. This time out those included Geschlossene-fonds.de ("closed investment fund" in German) at �7,000 ($8,614), 2X.cn (China's country code) at $7,500 and Langlauf.de ("cross country skiing" in German) at �4,500 ($5,538). LocalJobSearch.co.uk added another �2,500 ($4,544) while MediaShop.ch (Switzerland's country code) and CTD.de brought in �3,500 ($4,307) each. Another 3-letter domain, KIM.in (Indian country code) went for �1,600 ($1,969) while Washington.se (Swedish country code) attracted �1,200 ($1,477). Sedo also had half a dozen four-figure new extension sales as you will see in our New TLD section a little later on.
Pool.com also had a long winner's list this week including JDD.com which went for $7,600 on the Marketplace section of their site. In an anomaly, the top two from their expired domain auctions were both .nets. ePoker.net drew $7,100 while eCasino.net rolled $6,600. CodingCourses.com cracked $5,200, FashionPages.com turned heads at $3,200 and MoviePages.com was right behind at $3,150. MyFreePornSite.com cost $3,100 as did two others; MusicSoundtracks.com and HealthPages.com. ChildrensDresses.com went for $3,000, followed by a pair at $2,600 each; MaclarenStrollers.com and LondonHeathrowAirport.com.
Others found floating in the Pool included RealEstateUnlimited.com at $2,500 and VegasAttractions.com at $2,407. CalgaryRestaurants.com served up $2,355, Aphid.com added $2,273 and coming in at $2,050 each were iWagers.com and CarBank.com. CursosDeIngles.com ("English courses" in Spanish) translated into $2,005 and the high traffic misspell Mysspace.com (1550 with the extension in Overture) commanded $2,001. CigaretteCases.com added $2,000 while Hemeroteca.com and CelebrityPages.com brought $1,850 each. MediaOutlets.com plugged in $1,800, ElectricCycles.com and AutoAccesories.com (misspell) attracted $1,728 each and LabiaSurgery.com sewed up $1,683.
In addition to their pair of Top Ten domains, SnapNames got $6,248 for Escapades.com and $5,100 each for Ohno.com, HWO.com and BrownRound.com. CollegeOfNursing.com provided a $4,600 cure while PhysicianDirectory.com and ForeclosureData.com each added $4,500. JobOffer.com paid a $4,305 bonus followed by CheapBedding.com at $4,140 and DirectSelling.com at $2,845. Other notables included KBMT.com ($2,350), DentalTools.com ($2,180), MarketingHelp.com ($1,850) and Rifleman.com ($1,770). A 3-letter .com from the discount rack, RZH.com, went for $1,750 and TravelData.com fetched $1,650.
Back at Afternic, the Collins brothers put in some overtime on the adding machine to tote up all of their closed auctions. X360.com snared $5,000, MagicKey.com turned $4,888 and QCU.org called in $4,450. Ilmulino.com netted $4,000, Elimadebt.com erased $3,500 and two others brought $3,000 each; FXAlerts.com and CasinoChina.com. Other goodies in the Afternic basket included ITVGuide.com ($2,788), MovieMusics.com ($2,500), FindWealth.com ($2,300), InternetShield.com ($2,288) and In-Stream.com ($2,000).
At Enom's Club Drop, WhileYouWereOut.com returned with $4,400, VarietySearch.com found $2,000 and MedsByPhone.com dialed up $1,700. In a private transaction, Ira Zoot of DigitalEstates.com picked up $2,000 for CollegiateOutfitters.com.
Our Year-To-Date chart gets four new members this week including Porker.com, a domain that charges into the top 3 after going for over $150,000. We bumped our entry level up to $21,000 this week to make way for the richer newcomers. Here are the biggest winners reported so far this year:
Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date Top Sellers
Highest Reported 2005 Domain Sales through Sun. May 29
Euro to Dollar Conversion (� to $)
Based on Rates in Effect When Sales Were Originally Reported by DNJ
(Domains entering the chart this week are highlighted in green)
Where Sold Date*
1. Local.com $700,000 Pvt Sale 3/8/05
2. Chat.de �360,000 = $470,848 Sedo 1/18/05
3. Porker.com $155,000 Sedo 5/31/05
tie GED.com $150,000 Sedo 1/18/05
tie GospelMusic.com $150,000 GreatDomains 3/22/05
6. Voyuer.com $112,100 SnapNames 2/1/05
7. Innovations.com $108,000 Pool 5/24/05
8. OLT.com $93,000 Sedo 5/3/05
9. GLU.com $75,000 Sedo 5/31/05
10. PetSupplies.com $75,000 Afternic 4/5/05
tie Downlaod.com $68,000 Pvt Sale 3/1/05
tie Donwload.com $68,000 Pvt Sale 3/1/05
tie Dawnload.com $68,000 Pvt Sale 3/1/05
14. Lottery.org $66,667 Sedo 3/22/05
15. Trees.com $58,000 GreatDomains 1/4/05
16. CashFlow.com $56,500 Sedo 4/19/05
17. Quilting.com $55,000 Pvt Sale 5/31/05
tie HotDate.com $55,000 Sedo 4/19/05
tie Free-Games.to $55,000 Sedo 3/1/05
20. CervicalCancer.com $50,750 Moniker/
DomainSystems 2/1/05
tie Designs.com $50,000 Pvt Sale 4/26/05
tie MusicShop.com $50,000 GreatDomains 2/22/05
tie Neighbors.com $50,000 Sedo 2/15/05
tie Therapy.com $50,000 Sedo 2/15/05
25. League.com $48,000 GreatDomains 3/8/05
26. MyShopping.com $47,000 Pool 5/3/05
27. TiltPoker.com $46,000 Pool 3/29/05
28. Cow.com $45,400 Ebay 4/12/05
29. ScienceFairProjects.com �33,500 = $44,614 Sedo 3/15/05
tie Marble.com $43,000 Afternic 3/8/05
tie EOL.com $43,000 Sedo 5/17/05
32. AutoLine.com $42,250 SnapNames 5/10/05
tie BBGuns.com $40,000 GreatDomains 3/15/05
tie Moma.com $40,000 Sedo 2/22/05
35. LogoOnline.com �30,000 = $39,817 Sedo 1/4/05
36. Pasion.com
("passion" in Spanish) �30,000 = $39,552 Sedo 3/1/05
37. Almousa.net �30,000 = $39,324 Sedo 1/11/05
38. Stempel.de
("rubber stamp" in German) �28,000 = $37,103 Sedo 2/22/05
39. Patenschaft.de
("godparenthood" in German) �26,680 = $35,624 Sedo 3/8/05
40. With.co.uk �17,625 = $33,707 Sedo 3/15/05
41. Gather.com $32,500 GreatDomains 3/1/05
42. CollegeGrants.com $32,439 Pvt Sale 3/15/05
43. E-Mails.de �25,000 = $31,582 Sedo 5/17/05
44. Tutorial.com $30,100 Ebay 3/22/05
tie Damn.com $30,000 GreatDomains 4/19/05
tie ChaseBank.com $30,000 Sedo 3/8/05
tie DataNova.com $30,000 Sedo 3/1/05
tie Grants.com $30,000 Pvt Sale 2/1/05
tie RodeoDrive.com $30,000 BuyDomains 2/1/05
50. OnlinePokerRoom.com $27,510 Namewinner 2/1/05
51. Rapid.com $27,000 Sedo 4/12/05
52. VOIP.de �20,000 = $26,038 Sedo 2/15/05
tie AdultMart.com $26,000 Moniker/
DomainSystems 2/22/05
tie 58.com $26,000 Sedo 5/17/05
55. Vast.com $25,805 SnapNames 5/31/05
56. Pauschalreise.de
("package tour" in German) �19,500 = $25,117 Sedo 5/10/05
57. Beam.com $25,100 SnapNames 1/25/05
58. VOIP.us $25,000 AllNetServices 5/24/05
59. FitnessEquipment.com $25,000 Sedo 5/3/05
tie Screen.com $25,000 GreatDomains 4/12/05
tie Weights.com $25,000 GreatDomains 2/15/05
tie Herbal.com $25,000 GreatDomains 1/18/05
63. Inkasso.se
("collection agency" in Swedish) �18,400 = $24,382 Sedo 2/22/05
64. Hirst.org $24,000 Sedo 5/24/05
65. TravelPages.com $23,000 Pool 5/17/05
66. NetPassport.com $22,250 SnapNames 3/8/05
67. Gloto.com $22,000 Afternic 3/1/05
68. Medals.com �17,000 = $21,977 Sedo 3/29/05
69. FireAndIce.com $21,500 SnapNames 2/8/05
70. VideoBlog.com $21,000 AllNetServices 4/19/05
*Date column (month/day/year) shows date the sale was published in DNJournal.
Expanded Charts
2004 - Every sale of $10,000 or more
2005 (1st Quarter) - Every sale of $10,000 or more
New TLD Section
It was hot time in New TLD town this week with half a dozen domains hitting four figures. All of those sold at Sedo who practically has a monopoly on the new extension market (just as they do with country code domains). .Info rolled up 4 of those 6 high ticket sales with .biz and .us getting one each. The leader, Broker.info, sold for a sweet $5,000, landing it among the year's Top Ten New TLD sales.
.Biz nailed down the #2 slot with Antispam.biz putting �2,000 ($2,461) in quarantine. A pair of nice 3-letter .infos followed; BRE.info at �1,500 ($1,846) and ERE.info at �1,400 ($1,723). #5 Digitalis.info followed at �1,111 ($1,367) with Webcams.us claiming the final four figure sale at an even $1,000. Here's a look at the complete new extension leader board for the week ending May 29:
Domain Name Journal's New TLD Great 8
Reported .info, .biz & .us Domain Sales May 23, 2005 - May 29, 2005
1. Broker.info $5,000 Sedo
2. Antispam.biz �2,000 = $2,461 Sedo
3. BRE.info �1,500 = $1,846 Sedo
4. ERE.info �1,400 = $1,723 Sedo
5. Digitalis.info �1,111 = $1,367 Sedo
6. Webcams.us $1,000 Sedo
7. ModChip.biz $500 Pvt Sale
8. Vacant 0 0
The final sale reported to us this week was Robert Schultz's $500 sale of ModChip.biz. The #8 position was left vacant. Incidentally with .info and .biz approaching their 4th birthdays this fall and .us now toddling steadily along at age 3, we are considering retiring the "new" extension label and letting these youngsters leave the nest.
The rising importance of country code domains has us thinking about adding a new ccTLD Chart which would be the new home for .us. .Info and .biz might go to a new Global TLD "Contenders" Chart to fight .net and .org head to head. .Com already has the lion's share of the mainstream Top Ten but we might also consider a separate .com chart (though our concern is that it might be be too repetitive of the mainstream chart where .com already rules). We're are going to kick some ideas around for a few weeks before making a final decision. If you would like to add your input feel free to drop me a note at editor@dnjournal.com.
Our New TLD Year-To-Date chart gets three new members this week, led by Broker.info. We have also bumped the entry level up to $1,800 to make way for the newcomers. Here are 2005's new TLD leaders through May 29:
Domain Name Journal's Year-To-Date New TLD Top Sellers
Highest Reported 2005 .info, .biz & .us Domain Sales through May 29
1. VOIP.us $25,000 AllNetServices 5/24/05
2. Industry.us $17,000 Pvt Sale 3/15/05
3. Musical.info �10,440 = $13,936 Sedo 3/8/05
4. CellPhones.us $12,250 Moniker/
DomainsSystems 1/4/05
5. Auto.biz �6,000 = $7,966 Sedo 1/4/05
6. Maschinenbau.info
("building engines" in German) �5,950 = $7,772 Sedo 4/19/05
7. Connect.us $7,500 Sedo 4/5/05
8. BES.biz �5,500 = $7,139 Sedo 4/26/05
9. Safe.biz �4,000 = $5,189 Sedo 1/25/04
tie AMA.us $5,000 Afternic 4/26/05
tie Broker.info $5,000 Sedo 5/31/05
12. Adventure.info �2,500 = $4,708 Sedo 5/10/05
13. Pauschalreisen.info
("package tours" in German) �3,500 = $4,507 Sedo 5/10/05
14. Physician.info $4,150 Pvt Sale 1/18/05
15. Pauschalreise.info
("package tour" in German) �2,800 = $3,606 Sedo 5/10/05
16. Attest.info �2,700 = $3,559 Sedo 3/1/05
17. Forum.us $3,500 GreatDomains 3/8/05
18. New-York.info $3,500 Sedo 5/10/05
20. Science.info $3,272 Ebay 5/3/05
21. Geschichte.info
("stories" in German) �2,500 = $3,266 Sedo 4/19/05
22. Nostrum.info �2,500 = $3,261 Sedo 2/1/05
23. Musicals.us �2,550 = $3,255 Sedo 2/8/05
24. Altabadia.info
(Italian resort area) �2,300 = $3,069 Sedo 3/8/05
25. Lyrics.info $3,000 Sedo 2/22/05
26. Ultraschall.info
("ultrasound" in German) �2,250 = $2,996 Sedo 3/15/05
27. Dividends.us �2,277 = $2,943 Sedo 3/29/05
28. Eintrittskarten.biz
("entry tickets" in German) �2,200 = $2,865 Sedo 2/15/05
29. Calories.info $2,750 Sedo 3/8/05
tie LondonEscorts.biz �2,000 = $2,655 Sedo 1/4/05
tie MusicalTheater.info �2,000 = $2,655 Sedo 1/4/05
32. Snowboard.info �2,000 = $2,640 Sedo 3/22/05
33. Diving.info $2,630 Dot.us 3/29/05
34. Sense.info �2,000 = $2,573 Sedo 4/5/05
tie Oregon.info $2,500 Ebay 1/25/05
tie Farming.info $2,500 Sedo 2/1/05
37. Antispam.biz �2,000 = $2,461 Sedo 5/31/05
38. HolzPellets.info
("wood pellets" in German) �1,800 = $2,402 Sedo 3/8/04
39. Bruderschaft.info
("brotherhood" in German) �1,750 = $2,271 Sedo 4/26/05
40. Socrates.info �1,750 = $2,262 Sedo 3/29/05
41. Dot.us $2,200 Pvt Sale 1/4/05
42. Anwalt.biz
("lawyer" in German) �1,650 = $2,163 Sedo 1/11/05
43. SportTicket.info �1,600 = $2,123 Sedo 2/22/05
44. Ride.info �1,600 = $2,084 Sedo 2/15/05
45. DGA.info �1,550 = $2,046 Sedo 3/22/05
46. Nutrition.biz $2,000 Pool 1/18/05
47. GMG.biz �1,500 = $1,998 Sedo 3/15/05
48. Dogs.biz �1,600 = $1,953 Sedo 2/15/05
49. Buero.info
("office" in German) �1,500 = $1,914 Sedo 2/8/05
50. Oktoberfest.info �1,500 = $1,895 Sedo 5/17/05
51. BRE.info �1,500 = $1,846 Sedo 5/31/05
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Case Reports in Neurological Medicine Volume 2015, Article ID 708472, 5 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/708472
Case Report Intradural Solitary Fibrous Tumor of the Lumbar Spine: A Distinctive Case Report Recep Basaran,1 Mustafa Kaksi,2 Mustafa Onoz,3 Ece Balkuv,4 and Aydin Sav5 1
Neurosurgery Department, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, 34890 Istanbul, Turkey Neurosurgery Department, Eyub State Hospital, 34050 Istanbul, Turkey 3 Neurosurgery Department, Medipol University School of Medicine, 34200 Istanbul, Turkey 4 Neurology Department, Istanbul Medeniyet University Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, 34730 Istanbul, Turkey 5 Pathology Department, Acibadem University School of Medicine, 34718 Istanbul, Turkey 2
Correspondence should be addressed to Recep Basaran; [email protected] Received 20 July 2014; Accepted 29 December 2014 Academic Editor: N. Scott Litofsky Copyright © 2015 Recep Basaran et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Background. Solitary fibrous tumors are ubiquitous mesenchymal neoplasms of putative fibroblastic origin. They were originally described in the pleura but subsequently have been reported in many extraserosal sites. Solitary fibrous tumors may also occur in the meninges, central nervous system parenchyma, and spinal cord. Case. A 67-year-old male patient with progressive lower extremity weakness, urinary urgency, and sexual dysfunction has been admitted to our hospital. On his lumbar MRI, we detected an intradural lesion posterior to the L3 vertebral corpus. We resected the lesion by L3 total laminectomy. Immunohistological findings revealed strong and diffuse immunopositivity with vimentin, CD34, and bcl-2. Ki-67 proliferation index was 5–8%. We did not detect any recurrence 12 months after his operation. Conclusion. SFT is mostly seen in young and middle-aged patients and should be considered among differential diagnosis in cases suffering from pain, hypoesthesia, and urinary dysfunction. Gross total resection should be primary treatment. Tumors that have high Ki-67 labeling should be followed up for potential recurrences.
1. Introduction Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) are ubiquitous mesenchymal neoplasms of putative fibroblastic origin [1]. They were originally described in the pleura and first described by Klemperer and Rabin in 1931 but subsequently have been reported in many extraserosal sites [2, 3]. Solitary fibrous tumors may also occur in the meninges and central nervous system parenchyma [4]; in addition, spinal cord and spinal nerve involvement has been reported [4–6]. We describe a rare SFT case of the lumbar spine which presented with a few minor neurological deficits. We also discussed its surgery and histopathologic and immunohistochemical features that will likely be of utmost importance in the follow-up of the patient.
Moreover, the patient had experienced urinary urgency and sexual dysfunction for the last 3 months. His physical examination was within the normal limits. Neurological examination revealed paresis of bilateral iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles. The iliopsoas muscle showed a 3/5 motor loss on the right side and 4/5 on the left side. Additionally bilateral rectus femoris muscle deficit was 4/5. The patient had hypoesthesia in areas that corresponded to the L3 and L4 dermatomes. His lumbar T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well-circumfluenced and hypointense lesion with 1.3 × 1.5 × 1.5 cm that was located in posterior of the L3 vertebral corpus. This lesion was pushing intradural neural structures to the left side and anterolaterally (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)). The lesion was well-circumfluenced with homogenous contrast enhancement. Cranial, cervical, and thoracic MRI revealed no other pathology.
2. Case Report A 67-year-old male patient was admitted to our department with progressive walking disability for the last 6 months.
2.1. Surgery. A L3 total laminectomy was performed on the patient. Upon the 2 cm vertical incision of bulky dura,
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Figure 1: (a) Preoperative sagittal T2-weighted lumbar MRI demonstrated well-circumflanced, hypointense lesion anterior to L3 vertebrae. (b) Preoperative axial T2-weighted lumbar MRI demonstrated the well-circumferenced lesion with slightly hyperintense signal according to neural structures and hypointense signal according to CSF.
it was bulky and, during the exploration of dural sac, highly vascularized and well contoured lesion was pushing rootlets anteriorly. The lesion was brown discolored without invading dura and minimally adhesive. There was no evidence of mass effect or invasion over the root. Initially this particular lesion was released from dura and then from the adjacent arteries; venous connections of the lesion were completely resected. Clinical and neurological symptoms were related to cauda equina syndrome that was secondary to the mass compression. His postoperative neurological examination showed bilateral ameliorated muscle strength which was accompanied with 4/5 of iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles. 2.2. Histopathology. All formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) surgical materials were sectioned and stained routinely with hematoxylin and eosin; selected sections from surgical material were stained with Gomori reticulin and Masson’s trichrome stain. Immunohistochemical stains for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA, Neomarkers [E29]), BCL-2 (SYCTEK [12 4]), vimentin (SYCTEK [v9]), S-100 (SYCTEK [4c4.9]), progesterone (NOVOCASTRA [PGR312]), smooth muscle actin (SMA) (SYCTEK [sm-1]), desmin (SYCTEK [DE-R-11]), CD34 (SYCTEK [QBend/10]), p53 (SYCTEK [DO/7]), and Ki-67 (DAKO [MIB-1]) were performed on selected sections with appropriate positive and negative controls. Histological examination revealed uniform spindle cells arranged in interlacing fascicles with deposition of scanty collagen between cells (Figure 2(a)). Tumor cells were with elongated nuclei with slightly granular chromatin. Minute areas showed extensive fibrosis and hyalinization. Focal areas of staghorn like vascular channels imitating those of hemangiopericytoma were spotted. No evidence of mitotic figures
was present. Pleomorphism and necrosis were absent. No psammoma bodies and whorls were identified. Therefore, the histology parameters supported a benign spindle cell tumor. Masson’s trichrome stain showed scarce collagen network between many tumor cells (Figure 2(b)). Scarce reticulin network was demonstrated between many tumor cells with Gomori reticulin (Figure 2(c)). Immunohistological findings revealed strong and diffuse immunopositivity with vimentin (Figure 2(d)), CD34, and bcl-2 (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)). The tumor cells did not exhibit positive staining for EMA, S-100, smooth muscle actin, desmin, and progesterone. Ki-67 proliferation index was 5– 8% (Figure 3(c)) and nuclear p53 oncoprotein was randomly distributed but was mild in intensity (Figure 3(d)). 2.3. Follow-Up. The most recent neurological examination of the patient was performed at 12 months postoperationally. His muscle strength was 5/5. His control lumbar MRI showed no evidence of recurrence.
3. Discussion SFT was defined for the first time in 1931 by Klemperer and Rabin as a tumor that originates from pleura [1, 7]. When we look at the literature we see that SFT has been insistently found mostly in pleura but it has also been reported in central nervous system. At a recently published review article (in 2011) by Fargen et al., it is stated that only 30% of central nervous system cases are found on spinal cord [6]. Our case differs from other spinal SFT cases by being located in lumbar area. Even though intradural localization is common on spinal SFT cases, only 37% of these cases are found intradurally and extramedullary [6]. This ratio is very low at lumbar area. On PubMed, there is not a single case
Figure 2: (a) Uniform spindle cells arranged in interlacing fascicles with deposition of scanty collagen among tumor cells (HE ×400). (b) Scarce collagen network was demonstrated among tumor cells with Masson’s trichrome stain (MTC, ×200). (c) Scarce reticulin network was demonstrated between many tumor cells with Gomori reticulin (Gomori’s reticulin, ×400). (d) Strong and diffuse immunopositivity with vimentin (streptavidin biotinylated complement; vimentin ×400).
of intradural and extramedullary SFT on lumbar area. All reported cases of lumbar SFTs are in extradural locations [8, 9]. When we examined the initial symptoms at admission we appreciated that the majority of symptoms were pain, hypoesthesia, paresis, urinary dysfunction, or combination of these [6]. Similarly, as in our case, the symptoms consisted of paraparesis and loss of sense in lower extremities. Additionally, age and gender of our patient was also similar with patients seen in the relevant literature. 56% of SFT patients are male and most commonly it is seen on patients between 40 and 60 years old. It is also common between 30–40- and 60–70-year-old patients [6]. MRI findings of SFT are usually similar to one another in literature. Fargen et al. reported that two-thirds of lesions were isointense on T1-weighted imaging with the remainder being either heterogeneous or hypointense. Nearly two-thirds of cases were hypointense on T2-weighted imaging with hyperintense being the next most common (17%). Over three-quarters of cases demonstrated diffuse or homogeneous contrast enhancement with gadolinium administration (78%); however, a significant portion demonstrated only partial or heterogeneous enhancement (21%) [6]. SFTs have a good blood supply with a prominent admixture of hemangiopericytic blood vessels, which explains why all the tumors have exhibited gadolinium enhancement
on MRI. Present case shows similar features to cases in the literature. SFTs are just one of the vimentin/CD34/Bcl-2 families of tumors [10]. SFT can be indistinguishable from other meningeal tumors in imaging studies. Histologically they can represent similar features particularly on hematoxylin and eosin staining, with other spindle cell neoplasms such as schwannoma, fibroblastic meningioma, or hemangiopericytoma [11]. Typically, histopathological features of SFTs are spindle cells embedded in a fibrous matrix in a patternless architecture and alternating hypercellular and hypocellular areas with perivascular hyalinization or myxoid degeneration. A hemangiopericytoma-like vascular pattern is usually present. SFT might show staghorn-type branching of vessels accompanied by bland cell morphology. Immunohistochemically, they are strongly stained with CD34 and vimentin but are unlikely stained with EMA or S100 protein [4, 12]. Solitary fibrous tumors arising in spinal nerve roots must be differentiated from schwannoma, meningioma, and hemangiopericytoma. Albeit morphologic features may be helpful. Schwannoma often shows alternating Antoni A and Antoni B areas. Meningioma frequently reveals cellular whorls and psammoma bodies. Finally differential diagnosis depends on immunohistochemical features of this tumors. Schwannomas are invariably S-100 protein positive
Figure 3: (a) Strong and diffuse immunopositivity with CD34 (streptavidin biotinylated complement; CD34, ×400). (b) Diffuse immunopositivity with bcl-2 (streptavidin biotinylated complement; bcl-2, ×400). (c) Ki-67 proliferation index was 5–8% (streptavidin biotinylated complement; MIB-1, ×400). (d) Nuclear p53 oncoprotein was dispersing but mild in intensity (streptavidin biotinylated complement; p53 ×400).
and meningiomas are epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) positive, whereas both antibodies are absent in SFT. About half of hemangiopericytomas are CD34 immunoreactive, at least focally. They also share many histologic features with SFTs, except for dense collagen bands, which are generally absent in hemangiopericytomas. They probably belong to the same tumor spectrum, and the same features (necrosis, cellular atypia, and mitotic activity) are predictive of malignancy in both hemangiopericytomas and SFTs. According to some authors, distinguishing between questionable cases may not be important. In our case, histopathologically, there were extensive fibrosis and hyalinization, staghorn like vascular channels. However, there was no evidence of mitotic figures or necrosis or psammoma bodies. Immunohistological findings revealed strong and diffuse immunopositivity with vimentin, CD34, and bcl-2. The tumor cells did not exhibit positive staining for EMA, S-100, smooth muscle actin, desmin, and progesterone. Desmin and S-100 immunoreactivity were also rare in the literature such as in our case [6]. Liu et al. suggest that there was no prognostic significance to progesterone receptor (PR) biomarker expression [13]. However, another study claimed that low expression of progesterone receptors was associated with a worse outcome (𝑃 < 0.05) [14].
4. Conclusion Spinal lumbar intradural extramedullary solitary fibrous tumor is very exceptional and should be considered among the differential diagnoses of spindle cell tumors. Immunohistochemistry is crucial for the accurate diagnosis of SFT.
Conflict of Interests The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
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14.1. Footnote
14. Filtering of Data in GMT¶
The GMT programs filter1d (for tables of data indexed to one independent variable) and grdfilter (for data given as 2-dimensional grids) allow filtering of data by a moving-window process. (To filter a grid by Fourier transform use grdfft.) Both programs use an argument -F<type><width> to specify the type of process and the window’s width (in 1-D) or diameter (in 2-D). (In filter1d the width is a length of the time or space ordinate axis, while in grdfilter it is the diameter of a circular area whose distance unit is related to the grid mesh via the -D option). If the process is a median, mode, or extreme value estimator then the window output cannot be written as a convolution and the filtering operation is not a linear operator. If the process is a weighted average, as in the boxcar, cosine, and gaussian filter types, then linear operator theory applies to the filtering process. These three filters can be described as convolutions with an impulse response function, and their transfer functions can be used to describe how they alter components in the input as a function of wavelength.
Impulse responses are shown here for the boxcar, cosine, and gaussian filters. Only the relative amplitudes of the filter weights shown; the values in the center of the window have been fixed equal to 1 for ease of plotting. In this way the same graph can serve to illustrate both the 1-D and 2-D impulse responses; in the 2-D case this plot is a diametrical cross-section through the filter weights (Figure Impulse responses).
Impulse responses for GMT filters.¶
Although the impulse responses look the same in 1-D and 2-D, this is not true of the transfer functions; in 1-D the transfer function is the Fourier transform of the impulse response, while in 2-D it is the Hankel transform of the impulse response. These are shown in Figures Transfer functions for 1D and 2D, respectively. Note that in 1-D the boxcar transfer function has its first zero crossing at f = 1, while in 2-D it is around \(f \sim 1.2\). The 1-D cosine transfer function has its first zero crossing at f = 2; so a cosine filter needs to be twice as wide as a boxcar filter in order to zero the same lowest frequency. As a general rule, the cosine and gaussian filters are “better” in the sense that they do not have the “side lobes” (large-amplitude oscillations in the transfer function) that the boxcar filter has. However, they are correspondingly “worse” in the sense that they require more work (doubling the width to achieve the same cut-off wavelength).
Transfer functions for 1-D GMT filters.¶
One of the nice things about the gaussian filter is that its transfer functions are the same in 1-D and 2-D. Another nice property is that it has no negative side lobes. There are many definitions of the gaussian filter in the literature (see page 7 of Bracewell 30). We define \(\sigma\) equal to 1/6 of the filter width, and the impulse response proportional to \(\exp[-0.5(t/\sigma)^2)\). With this definition, the transfer function is \(\exp[-2(\pi\sigma f)^2]\) and the wavelength at which the transfer function equals 0.5 is about 5.34 \(\sigma\), or about 0.89 of the filter width.
Transfer functions for 2-D (radial) GMT filters.¶
14.1. Footnote¶
R. Bracewell, The Fourier Transform and its Applications, McGraw-Hill, London, 444 p., 1965.
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If you’ve already had an appointment or picked up a prescription of some sort, and if you’re not already covered by outside insurance, you probably had to pay the cost upfront.
Doctor’s appointments in France are very accessible and will charge you as little as 25 Euros: but applying for a Carte Vitale can erase most, if not all, of these costs altogether. It’ll make your life a whole lot easier if you’re a long-term expat, and you’ll start feeling a little more like a French citizen, too.
Let’s start from the top: do you even need to apply for this? It all depends on what kind of expat you are, and what kind of health insurance your home country offers while you’re abroad.
Cartes Vitales for European expats in France
If you are a European expat living in France short-term (see: three months or less), you may already be covered by your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).
That’s great! This will cover you the same way a Carte Vitale would cover a French citizen.
You are eligible to apply for the Carte Vitale either if:
You’re staying in France longer than three months
You become a French resident.
Cartes Vitales for Non-European expats in France
If you are a long-stay expat from a country outside of the EU, you may be covered for basic costs already, depending on where you’re coming from. The healthcare system in France will allow you to apply for the Carte Vitale, though, if you have been living here for more than three months
After three months you are also eligible for PUMa (Protection Universelle Maladie, i.e Universal Health Protection), which you can apply for first. This is the general umbrella of health insurance within France that has been simplified to cover anyone who becomes a French resident.
France requires you to have been in the country on a “stable and regular basis” during those three months and stay for at least 183 days per year. You will also have to prove that you’re legally allowed to be living in the country. If you wish to apply for PUMa, the application is available on Ameli, France’s health insurance website
Note that you will then have to pay contributions to Urssaf (Union de Recouvrement des Cotisations de Sécurité Sociale et D'Allocations Familiales) or have them taken out of your income tax return for PUMa coverage.
Other Types of Expats/Permanent Residents in France
If you are a permanent resident in France but are unemployed or of pension age, you’ll have to pay a “cotisation” fee to apply for your Carte Vitale. The amount will depend on your financial situation (i.e. income earned), but the average amount is around 8 percent.
Children ages 16 and older can apply for their own card or register themselves on their parent or guardian’s card.
While you can use your Carte Vitale to cover some of your appointment costs (such as regular doctor's appointments, scans and prescriptions), it will only cover about 60-70% of them.
Additional private insurance (L’Assurance Complémentaire Santé) can be purchased to cover the rest, or be paid out of pocket.
Get your dossier ready. For your Carte Vitale application, you’ll need:
Your numéro de sécurité sociale (French social security number)
Your ID / passport
Your birth certificate avec filiation (your parents' names on it)
A copy of your long-stay visa
Proof you have lived in France for more than three months (i.e., proof of residence or an employment contract / payslips)
Your RIB (a.k.a your French banking information)
Be aware that you may have to translate some of your official documents into French for them to be accepted. Don’t jump the gun, though: if you need to find a translator after you’ve arrived in France, an official list is available at your local town hall (or mairie).
It’s best to contact your local CPAM (Caisse Primaire D'Assurance Maladie) office, who will be processing your application, and ask them exactly what they need from you and which language will be acceptable.
Once you have everything together, head over to Ameli, France’s health insurance website. After you make an account, click “My Carte Vitale,” and then “Order My Carte Vitale.” Follow the instructions from there.
If you need any help, Ameli’s telephone number is 0 811 36 36 46. The line is available Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. They have English-speaking agents as well as French ones.
Congrats! You’re that much closer to receiving a little French social security.
You'll receive a temporary insurance number in the mail first. Getting your real card can take between a couple weeks to a couple months, so be patient. You'll also receive an attestation de droits (certificate of rights) with your temporary number. You can show this to your doctor at appointments and it will be treated as if it were your official Carte Vitale number.
The CPAM will then mail you your permanent number and ask for an official photo to add to your card. You can do this on the Ameli website. Once you upload a headshot to the site, you will soon receive your brand new Carte Vitale, specific to you, in the mail.
Keep in mind: your Carte Vitale is not some sort of magical credit card. When you present it to your medical practitioner, it enables you to later receive reimbursement from the Carte Vitale’s insurance fund, instead of having to manually submit those pesky feuilles de soins (the paper receipts your doctor gives you at the end of your visit) to receive the same reimbursement. You should receive your reimbursement in a week’s time.
It’s best if you register yourself with a French doctor if you’re planning on staying in France long-term. Not doing so puts you at risk of paying higher fees, or being reimbursed at lower rates.
To register, you’ll need the Cerfa form (Déclaration de Choix du Médecin Traitant). Both you and your doctor will need to complete and sign it. The doctor will also need to stamp it to make it official. Once that’s done, send it to your local CPAM office. This ensures that your reimbursements go directly to your bank account, and you can see the end of those feuilles de soins.
And don’t worry: no medical information is stored on the card, so no one will know anything about your appointments except for you and the doctor you’re seeing at the time. You can access your appointment record on the Ameli website, as well as all of your reimbursements. Your card will have your address and French social security number stored on it, though.
There is no expiry date for the card, but you must update your information after a significant life change (i.e., change of address, change of marital status). A good rule of thumb is to check in with your card once a year, to ensure your personal information is all up-to-date.
But there you have it -- enjoy your health insurance freedom with your newfound Carte Vitale!
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Korean ambasaddor surprised that K Pop is popular in the state
Shillong: Thousands of people on Saturday thronged the various venues of the Fourth Edition of the India International Cherry Blossoms Festival, 2019.
Tourists both Indian and foreigners were seen enjoying their day out and were part of the now famous Cherry Blossoms Festival.
On the final day of the festival, various events were held to foster economic and cultural ties between India and South Korean.
It may be mentioned that South Korea was the partner country in this year’s Cherry Blossom festival.
It may be mentioned that a bilateral summit between South Korea and Meghalaya to foster socio-economic friendship was also held.
In a bid to strengthen the ties between the two countries, there was screening of Korean movies as well as performance by K-Pop artist, Jang Hanbyul.
A visit to Polo Fifth Ground, one could see the various stalls there being swarmed by visitors especially those selling local cuisine. Those who came were treated to various mouth watering dishes.
Another key venue for the festival was Ward’s Lake, visitors especially the youth were seen thronging the venue be part of the festival.
The South Korean Ambassador to India, Shin Bong-Kil who graced the closing function of this year’s India International Cherry Blossom Festival while addressing the gathering at Polo Fifth Ground said that, he was surprised to learn that K-pop or Korean pop is immensely popular in the state. Forest and Environment Minister, Lahkmen Rymbui was the guest of honour at the closing function.
“I hope that one day groups like BTS will performance in this city,” Bong-Kil said.
The South Korean Ambassador to India also said that he expects mutual cooperation in cultural and economic sphere between South Korean and Meghalaya.
“This is the best ever time in bilateral relationship between the two countries and the future looks even better and Meghalaya can contribute to it,” Bong-Kil said.
The South Korean Ambassador to India also expressed his happiness that Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma will be visiting South Korea to further strengthen the bilateral ties between Meghalaya and South Korea.
He also said that before his departure on Sunday he will be meeting, Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy.
Bong-Kil also informed that the two sides are looking to tie up in the field of tourism, reclamation of abandoned mines, and restoration of water bodies amongst other spheres.
He also gave away prizes to winners of the various events held during the festival.
Later in the evening, there was a traditional music ensemble of the Khasis and Koreans.
Earlier, in the day a Cherry Blossom Golf Tournament was organised. The prize winners were Gaurav Baja (Maximum Birdies), in the ladies category, the nett winner was Gunjan Singhania and the nett runners-up was Pooja Goenka.
In the men’s veteran category, the winner was KW Marbaniang, the nett runners-up was Tony Curtis Lyngdoh.
In the men’s (13-24) the nett winner was Dilip K Borah, the nett runners-up was Joydeep Bhattacharjee.
The Stableford winner was Dr P Hangsing and the Stableford runners-up was Fearless Warjri.
In the men’s (0-12), the gross winner was Gaurav Bajaj, the gross runners-up was Batkupar Synrem, the nett winner was Dr K. I. Singh and the nett runners-up was Lakshya Bajaj. EOM
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United Future announces tax cuts in 2008 for New Zealand
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The leader of the government's political partner, United Future and Revenue minister, Peter Dunne has announced that there will be personal tax cuts to go along with the confirmed business tax cuts in 2008.
Peter Dunne's newsletter, sent yesterday, said: "The business tax reduction proposals I announced with Michael Cullen in the Business Tax Review in July will go ahead from April 2008, and they will be accompanied by personal tax adjustments as well, just as we foreshadowed." They would be "the first major cuts by either government since 1996." Peter Dunne was the Revenue minister in 1996 as well.
Finance minister and deputy Prime Minister, Doctor Michael Cullen, said: "Mr Dunne is clearly involved in an important branding exercise for United Future and nothing has changed."
The Prime Minister, Helen Clark, did not comment.
Before Peter Dunne announced the tax cuts, the Government had denied any tax cut proposals until November/December when they could see a clearer picture.
Dunne said that the tax cuts would come in the form of rate cuts and threshold movements.
Cullen said that if tax cuts were offered then they will be for everyone, including those in the low to middle income ranges.
New Zealand First, another political partner of the government, claimed credit in its annual convention on Sunday that they were the ones who convinced Labour the value of tax cuts and changing the personal thresholds.
Cullen last week said, when he announced the surplus; "We are engaged in a business taxation review that will almost certainly produce proposals for tax cuts in the business area to come into force on 1 April 2008 . . . and that may have implications for personal tax rates and thresholds, but I can't give you more information because [it is] not available."
The business tax is dropping three cents to NZ$0.33.
"New Zealand Government announces record surplus" — Wikinews, October 11, 2005
Vernon Small. "Tax cuts - when you will get yours" — The Dominion Post, October 17, 2006
Marie McNicholas. "Tax-Cuts Talk Branding Exercise Says Cullen" — National Business Review, October 17, 2006
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Home Writing Q&A Writing The Night Sky: An Interview with Shveta Thakrar
Writing The Night Sky: An Interview with Shveta Thakrar
Grace Nuth
llustration by K.A.K. Lecky
Enchanted Living: Can you tell us a bit about the story of Star Daughter?
Shveta Thakrar: I sure can! Here’s my elevator pitch: As Sheetal nears her 17th birthday, her buried stellar heritage starts to come out—and she accidentally burns her human father with her flame. Only pure star’s blood can save him,so she has to go on a quest to the heavenly realm to find her starry mother. Unfortunately, the only way to get that drop of blood is to win a celestial competition she never signed up for.
Also, I tried to fill the book with both shadow and light—lots and lots of (star)light.
EL: What was your inspiration for creating this book?
ST: Neil Gaiman’s and Charles Vess’s illustrated novel Stardust! I love that book, and it made me want to write a brown-girl version about a star whose mother was from a Hindu constellation. So I did.
EL: Can you tell us more about the mythology that permeates this book and your other work?
ST: I’m Hindu and grew up with so many amazing stories from the mythology, so once I realized I didn’t see books using that, I knew I wanted to write them. Hindu dharma is an ancient faith (really, it’s many smaller, regional faiths and traditions brought together under one umbrella), and the stories are so clever, complicated, interesting, and fun. People are heroes, people are villains, people are both at once … and there’s so very much to play with!
EL: Music plays an important part in this story. What role does music play in your own life, and how was it interpreting and describing the experience of music through words?
ST: I love music! I even (very occasionally) play the harp. I always have music on while writing, and when my husband and I drive anywhere, we listen to a CD—yes, a CD. We’re old-school like that. It taps into moods and atmosphere for me, which unlocks the doors to my imagination.
The translation was interesting, and I wonder even now how successful I was. But I think in terms of imagery, so I tried to describe how it would look and feel and sound through that lens. Imagine golden and silver notes flying through the air!
EL: I’ve read many of your stories, and one thing I’ve noticed about your work is how you manage to take concepts and mythology that aren’t as well known in the West as, say, fairy lore, and make them accessible for any reader, regardless of background. How do you do it?
ST: I think being a liminal kid—caught between cultures—helped me understand how to bridge the gap. So when I write about something, I have a pretty good intrinsic understanding of how to explain unfamiliar concepts in a way that doesn’t look like explaining. For any writers reading this, the trick is to weave that information in through context clues and description the same way you’d do it with anything else.
EL: In your novel, the world of the celestial court and its sidereal song of the stars is so vivid and fully realized. How many of the details of the court came from Hindu mythology and how much was your imagination?
ST: It’s definitely a hybrid. The gods, mythical beings, and nakshatras (constellations) mentioned are all straight from Hindu myth, but the description of Svargalok is all my invention, as is the starry court and its inhabitants.
EL: If you had to perform in front of a group of gods and goddesses, in a critically important performance, what would you play? And what beautiful garments would you wear?
ST: Oh, goodness! I suppose I would have to get better at playing harp really fast, and I’d put on an Indian outfit I adored as a child—but in an adult size, obviously: rich purple chaniya choli with silver ribbon detail. And of course, lots of ornate Indian jewelry and a bejeweled bindi.
EL: Sheetal is such a very relatable protagonist, and her struggles are universal. But your side characters also are wonderfully realized and easy to love. Even your “bad guys” in the story have their own motivations that are flawed but understandable. How do you strike the balance in how much detail to give even the smaller characters? And will we see any of them reappear in any future works? I could imagine any of them having their own novels or short stories.
ST: This a wonderful compliment! Thank you. Honestly, I had to work at it and keep in mind that everyone is the protagonist in their own tale, so I asked myself what would make them complicated enough to work as a character. No one is one-dimensional, even if they aren’t central to the main character’s story.
As for whether you’ll see the characters pop up again, I can’t promise anything, but I also won’t say it’s off the table. How’s that for ambiguous?
EL: Your books are filled with lush prose and vivid imagery. I have to imagine you live quite an enchanted life. What are some ways you bring enchantment into your day-to-day experience?
ST: I read lots of fantasy, I listen to evocative music, I decorate my living space in a domythic fashion, I wear clothes and accessories that evoke the feeling of being in a fairy story. I have a rich imagination and love to feed it by wandering into strange little shops full of colorful things. Above all, I surround myself with like-minded people, people who also long for the magical and the numinous, who understand that not everything can be perceived by the five senses. We need community, particularly in a world that has forgotten the power of living an enchanted life.
EL: What do you hope to accomplish with this book? Do you have an ideal reader, or an ideal way one might react to reading it?
ST: I want to help people who haven’t been represented in fantasy feel seen, and I want those who have been to appreciate the beauty in other cultures. My ideal reader is my child self, the little girl who didn’t get books like these but should have, and I definitely write to celebrate desi readers. But beyond all that, I hope Star Daughter speaks to everyone who reads it, desi or not.
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Grace Nuth is a writer, artist, and model living in central Ohio with her husband, black cat, and a garden full of fairies. She also co-wrote The Faerie Handbook, out in November 2017 from Harper Design. To follow her projects, please visit gracenuth.com.
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How to open a port on the computer
The need to open the selected port in manual mode on a computerrunning Windows XP can be caused by a misconfiguration of the firewall. Special knowledge for the solution of this task does not require, as well as attracting additional software.
How to connect to open ports
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Call the main system menu by pressing the "start" button and click "my Network places" to complete the procedure, open the selected port on the computer that is running Windows XP. Open the link "Network tasks" on the left side of the application window and select the command "View network connections".
An alternative way might be to call the context menu for the desktop "My network places" click the right mouse button and selecting the Properties dialog.
Open the context menu of a shortcut connection to the Internet, click the right mouse button and select "Properties". Go to the "Advanced" tab of the resulting window and click "Options". Please note that inactive button means that all ports are opened in automatic mode.
Click Add to open the new port and enter the desired port name in the "Description". Print the value of 127.0.0.1 in the "host Name or IP address of the computer..." and enter the required value in the string "Internal port" and "External port". Please note that in most cases are one and the same value.
Select the desired option under TCP/UDP and confirm your selection by pressing the OK button. Use the above procedure for each port to be opened.
In Windows operating system versions of Vista use the same procedure, differing mainly by the titles of paragraphs and sections of the menu: "start", "control Panel", "Security" tab, "Windows Firewall", "advanced settings", "enable startup programs...", "inbound Rules", "Create rule" and "Add port".
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First arrest made under Karnataka Cattle Slaughter Prevention Law, two cases registered
The Karnataka Police on Wednesday made the first arrest under the recently enacted Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020.
The first arrest was made in Chickmagalur district on Wednesday. "A cleaner has been arrested and the vehicle and mals have been impounded," the police said.
The incidents took place in two different places in Sringeri police station limits. About 35 cattle were being illegally transported to Mangaluru from Ranebennur in Davanagere district via Sringeri in Chikkamagaluru district, the police said.
The second incident took place near Kaimana village. "A group of unidentified persons attacked the driver of the vehicle transporting the mals. While the cleaner managed to flee the spot. The driver who was attacked by the miscreants is currently undergoing treatment at a local hospital. He has also been booked for illegal transport of mals," the police said.
The driver of the truck, in his complaint at Sringeri station, stated that his truck was stopped by a group of people and he was assaulted.
A case was registered in Sringeri police station of Chickmagalur district.
Two FIRs have been registered regarding the illegal ferrying of mals under the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020.
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Perpetuated Insanity against Besieged Humanity: Racial Injustice, Kashmir and Palestine
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"The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein
How to Mirror the Racial Injustice and Insanity against Mankind?
There is much evil and less goodness in the 21st century global affairs - amassed collection of unthinkable junk history. Flamboyant expressions of besieged mankind that defies ignorance and hallmarks of modern civilized people. There are seeds of unimaginable and destructive Western cultural absolutism that could destroy the sense of time and rational consciousness of living history. Violations of human rights, colored prejudice and indigenous killings in North America, social and moral injustice and continuous warfare - all echo degradation of human values and soul, exhibit intellectual discard, universal unhappiness, horrors, societal chaos and socio-economic miseries of innumerable multitude. The politically wise and elected failed to foresee the formidable challenges coming from the 99% oppressed mankind across from global frontiers. Most political leaders would claim to uphold the human instinct at least to win the next ballot box, be it America and elsewhere. But where false proclamations go unnoticed in a progressive societal context, human sufferings, pains, socio-economic devastation cannot be assumed to be the strategies of kindness in the struggle for sustainable political change and systematic reformation of terror and injustice. We are witnessing that human tragedy across Western Europe, North American streets and elsewhere while human conscience in still intact. Politician tend to opt for convenient compromise deforming political truth as transient and paliable but truth is always ONE, not many, and this is what most contemporary leaders failed to comprehend. We, the People of the globe must learn from living history and think of navigational change or else it is a self-generated dehumanization curve - an evidence of a tragic human abnormality across all the functional domains, from thinking to actions. To safeguard our future, We, the People of global Conscience must evolve a compass of credibility to check those who are exercising political power and are entrusted with people's confidence for peace, societal harmony and workable conflict resolutions.
The UNO - a Lost Hope of Mankind
The UNO was supposed to safeguard mankind from the "scourge of war", but the UN Security Council- a progressive hope after the WW2 is really a debating club for time killing exercises and a manipulative global political powerhouse. There is nothing good coming out of the Security Council as a chief hub of global peace, security and conflict management. The eloquent speakers tend to march on people's passion for peace and harmony with artful sophistry and captivating eloquence of words without meaning and prompt action to protect the humanity. There are gross violations of human rights, human freedom and justice and continued aggressive policies and practices to curb the truth, be it in Palestine-Israel, Kashmir, the Middle East, South America, police atrocities against black and indigenous people in North America; global media networks present portrait of human degradation, historic injustice and socio-economic vices as if political deception and prejudice were new things to political thinkers and rulers. How could we rethink to change the centuries old dreadful human apparatus of brimstone, tormenting social inequalities and torture inflicted by the contemporary so called working democratic systems of political governance? The UNO has no plan to safeguard the mankind from a Third World War.
Extreme Ideologies will Destroy Human Survival and Peacemaking
Those who grab political power by extreme ideologies and hateful manipulation are men of political intrigue assuming power through exploitation of fellow human beings and impose their absurdity on human consciousness striving for survival. Truth is One and the same unchanging as it was many centuries earlier. Contrary to historic India under Mughal Empire, we are seeing in India, denial of human rights and freedom and prolonged captivity of the people of Kashmir - a framework of extreme Hinduism ideology like the Nazi Germany against the occupied people. The masses of Kashmir seek their rights to freedom, not forced captivity. What if they had the freedom to express their will, if they want freedom from India or want to join Pakistan? Historically Kashmir was never a part of British Raj but a separate entity and its geography and socio-economic lifelines run through Pakistan, not India. How strange for over fifty years, corrupt Pakistani politicians never thought of an international conference on Kashmir? Pakistanis are abhorrent to critical thinking and criticism for change. India after confrontation with China will look for escape from reality to confront Pakistan. It is not a domestic issue of India or Pakistan. Conscientious Indian thinkers and people of conscience oppose the RSS Hinduism strategy and are adamant to these violations of human dignity and freedom.
Would America and Israel determine the future of the war torn Middle East? Some Arab leaders are collaborating with the US and Israel policy agenda to undermine the freedom and the future of Palestine, be it the East Jerusalem or the annexation of West Bank. Israeli and Palestinian both live in disharmony and moral and intellectual decadence. Had they believed in Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Mohammad and their teachings as Prophets of God- all trying to unite mankind before God, they should have reached a peace deal. PLO could never pursue a movement of unity for moral and intellectual leadership and Israeli's problem rests with right wing extreme leadership devoid of peace and human equality. You have PM Netanyahu planning to annex the West Bank of Palestine into Israeli territory. As if Palestinians were not human beings but just digits and numbers. It will violate the very principles of Two State solution. Palestinians and Israelis live in mutual distrust and political animosity. One would have hoped that thinking Israeli politicians will safeguard their own freedom and security and workout a peaceful settlement between the two nations. None of them live in peace and harmony unless human rights, freedom and justice are respected by all the parties.
Politicians to Rethink about Global Peace and Harmony via Education
Despite many political and strategic odds, one cannot blame the Western industrialized nations for ignorance, human prejudice and socio-economic disparity. Why nobody else challenged the racial inequality and moral injustice? What did the Arabs or Muslims contribute to the changing pattern of global political affairs? Global humanity is a mix of all cultures and civilizations. The Arab-Muslim world failed to produce any leader of vision and intellectual integrity for the changing and complex global affairs of the 21st century. When Arabs leaders had proactive vision and intellect and human values, they articulated a unique civilization tolerant of diversity and varied cultural ethnicities in Andalucía (Spain) and built upon the unity of faith to nurture peaceful co-existence and human development. If you list the historic scientific, educational and technological discoveries and contributions of Muslim scholars, they are countless. Do you know any other scientists or scholars whose text books were used continuously for six centuries in European medical schools? Husain Abdullah Bu Ali Sina - Ibne-Sina (Avicenna - "Canon of Medicine" and "Book of Healing"), and Zakria Al-Razi (Russ), 10th century scientists and scholars. The Europeans changed their names to Avicenna and Russ so that nobody would recognize them as Muslim scholars. It is noted that Ibne Sina (Avicenna) alone discovered and authenticated 36 pharmaceutical formulas being used to this day. Marai Rosa Menocal (A Golden Reign of Tolerance: The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain, 2003), explains:
The lessons of history, like the lessons of religion, sometime neglect examples of tolerance. A thousand years ago on the Iberian Peninsula, an enlightened vision of Islam had created the most advanced culture in Europe....In Cordoba, the library housed some 400,000 volumes at a time when the largest library in Latin Christendom probably held no more than 400.
Despite the sketchy illusions of freedom, democracy, human rights, liberty and justice, we are encroached, stuffed and at terrible risk of annihilation more accidental and by error of judgment than planned scheme of things by Man against Man. Often the extreme Western political propaganda enflames hatred against colored and indigenous people, Islam and blames Muslims as being "terrorists." The raging wars in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan are the net outcome of perpetuated ignorance and lack of wisdom against a reality check. Often false propaganda, deception and prejudice are combined in a trajectory of plans to sell weapons and console the egoistic Arab leaders as allies of the Western military alliance. This political delusion is full of inherent inconsistencies. Gary Wills (What the Qur'an Meant and What It Matters. Viking, NY, 2017), a leading American scholar explains the reality in his new book:
Our enemy in this war is far less localizable than it was in the World War 2 or the Cold War. Terror is a tool, not a country. Declaring a war on it is less like normal warfare, country versus country, there is No VE Day or VJ Day in such wars... living with fear is corrosive...the less we know about the reality of Islam, the more we will fight shadows and false emanations from our apprehension. Ignorance is the natural ally of fear. It is time for us to learn about the real Islam beginning with its source book - The Qur'an.
Topics ww2 arabs india quran kashmir muslims pakistan jerusalem arab world middle east nazi germany
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Liverpool’s Suarez Shows His Desire & Ambition
The Europa League isn’t the most attractive of prospects for a lot of footballers and managers, with it being seen as an unwelcome distraction which tires players and gives them a disadvantage in their domestic games. The Champions League is what teams…
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The Europa League isn’t the most attractive of prospects for a lot of footballers and managers, with it being seen as an unwelcome distraction which tires players and gives them a disadvantage in their domestic games. The Champions League is what teams want – more money, more prestige, more glory; players get to test themselves among the best, and managers have the chance to raise their profile on the world stage.
Luis Suarez however, Liverpool’s £22.8 million January signing has set his sights on the Europa League this season as another means of winning trophies. Liverpool are on rich form since Kenny Dalglish returned to the club which praise him as their “King”, but Tottenham remain favourites for 5th place as they have a game in hand. Whether Tottenham want that spot is another matter, but Suarez showed his competitiveness by announcing his desire to get into the competition and win it:
“It is the sort of competition you want to play in. It is our objective for the season. When I came that is what I wanted to help Liverpool achieve.
Suarez emphasised the fact that a club with the prestigious history of Liverpool must do their best to win any competition that they are involved in, even if it isn’t the most celebrated. Of course, the Uruguayan would prefer to play in the Champions League, and that no doubt is the target for next season, but this season that seems slightly too far out of reach:
“It looked really difficult but we have kept winning and we have just had to hope that Tottenham dropped points. Now when they come here it will be the most important game of our season.
“A club like Liverpool can only think in one way. If you get in to the Champions League, your objective has to be to win that. If you get in the Europa League, of course, your objective has to be to win that.
“That is what a club like this must aim for. We have to do everything we can to win as many competitions as we can.”
Suarez’s sentiment is the complete antithesis of that of Bayern Munich attacker Arjen Robben, who seems to infer that the Europa League is the worst possible for his side:
“I cannot imagine that (playing in the Europa League).”
“That is the worst that can happen. I think it is better if you don’t play in it at all.”
“Even winning the Europa League would not mean anything for me. That is not the title you want to win and it is not something I want.”
Suarez’s attitude is admirable, and one that Liverpool will welcome in years to come. It shows his desire to both win things and please the fans at Liverpool, who have been without many trophies in recent years. In his short time at Liverpool, he has shown his tenacity and determination, working tirelessly up front, often on his own, helping to directly create 3 goals for his team mates as well as scoring 3 himself.
Suarez has settled quickly at Liverpool, but due to being cup-tied, has not been able to play in this years Europa League for Liverpool. Next season, Liverpool fans will hope that his partnership with Andy Carroll is a success, along with their season. A full season will showcase his real flare and technical ability, and with this attitude, he is sure to be am Anfield crowd pleaser.
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