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__label__wiki	0.974517	0.974517	3D Power Tower Forum » Allgemeines » Regeln » in the Premier League this term, #1 in the Premier League this term, von miaowang123 28.02.2019 01:43 LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling repeatedly disparaged Magic Johnsons HIV-positive status in an interview that aired Monday, saying he was not a fit role model for children and dismissing his work in business and charity. The interview with CNNs Anderson Cooper was meant to be a mea culpa in Sterlings first public comments since racist recordings emerged last month and earned him a lifetime NBA ban, but when the subject turned to Johnson, who was mentioned in the recordings, Sterling is anything but apologetic. "Hes got AIDS!" Sterling said loudly at one point, cutting off Cooper as the interviewer attempted to cite Johnsons accomplishments after Sterling asked, "What has he done, big Magic Johnson, what has he done?" Sterling changed course briefly during the interview to call Johnson "a good person," but resumed his criticism. "He acts so holy," Sterling said. "He made love to every girl in every city in America, and he had AIDS, and when he had those AIDS, I went to my synagogue and I prayed for him, I hope he could live and be well. I didnt criticize him. I could have. Is he an example for children?" Cooper corrected Sterling, explaining that Johnson was HIV-positive but did not have "full-blown AIDS." Sterling briefly adjusted his language but not his tone. "What kind of a guy goes to every city, has sex with every girl, then he catches HIV. Is that someone we want to respect, and tell our kids about?" Sterling said. "I think he should be ashamed of himself." Johnson, who is scheduled to appear on Coopers show to reply on Tuesday, wrote on his Twitter account that "Id rather be talking about these great NBA Playoffs than Donald Sterlings interview." Johnson later Tweeted, "After this week, no more Sterling talk." The comments earned Sterling a quick rebuke from NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who handed down a lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine against Sterling last month. "I just read a transcript of Donald Sterlings interview with Anderson Cooper and while Magic Johnson doesnt need me to, I feel compelled on behalf of the NBA family to apologize to him that he continues to be dragged into this situation and be degraded by such a malicious and personal attack," Silver said. "The NBA Board of Governors is continuing with its process to remove Mr. Sterling as expeditiously as possible." Just a day earlier, Johnson and the commissioner sat together at the Clippers playoff game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, though Johnson had Tweeted that he would never again attend a Clippers game while Sterling was owner. Comprar Zapatillas Nike Rebajas .J. -- Tom Coughlin doesnt have many options at halfback for the winless New York Giants. 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The Frenchman left Villa Park on Tuesday evening with the Premier Leagues bottom club facing a huge task to avoid relegation.Barring the most remarkable of escapes, with 12 points between themselves and safety, Villa must now start planning for life in the Sky Bet Championship. Heres a look at who Sky Bet rate as the leading candidates to take over…David Moyes (Sky Bets 2/1 favourite) David Moyes struggled at Real Sociedad When David Moyes left Everton almost three years ago his sights were set on the very top, with the ominous task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United ahead of him. However, difficult spells at Old Trafford and then Real Sociedad see him now considered favourite to take charge of the Premier Leagues bottom club. In Villa, Moyes would have the chance to rebuild one of the countys biggest underachievers along with his own career.Nigel Pearson (9/4 with Sky Bet) Nigel Pearson divided opinions during his time at Leicester If Pearson is interested in a Mission Impossible: II then the script is written. The 52-year-old inspired Leicester to a remarkable surge to safety last season, after being bottom of the table and seven points off survival with eight games to go. Aston Villa face an even bigger challenge. However, Pearson could also be the man to help Villa to an immediate return to the top flight, should they be relegated - he led Leicester to the Championship title in 2013/14. Mick McCarthy (6/1 with Sky Bet) Mick McCarthy is the best-backed contender according to Sky Bet Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy has been the best-backed contender in Sky Bets next Aston Villa manager market, with his odds halving from 12/1 to 6/1 since Gardes announcement. The Yorkshiremans six-year stint at Midlands rivals Wolves would be unlikely to endear him to the Villa Park faithful and he currently has the chance to secure another run at promotion with Ipswich, who are just four points outside the play-offs. But former Villa manټPaul Merson has already endorsed McCarthy, suggesting he would be the man to rebuild the club if they face relegation.dddddddddddd He told Sky Sports last week: Mick McCarthy is as good as anybody in that league. He will get that club settled, get the right players in.Steve Bruce (7/1 with Sky Bet) Steve Bruce is aiming to take Hull back to the Premier League Like McCarthy, Bruce has a promotion battle on his hands with Hull sat fourth in the Championship. The Tigers are aiming for an immediate return to the Premier League after suffering relegation in 2014/15. Bruces spell as manager of Birmingham could also make a potential appointment unpopular with the Villa supporters.Steve McClaren (11/1 with Sky Bet) Steve McClaren was sacked by Newcastle on March 11 Former England boss Steve McClaren is once again available after being sacked by Newcastle in March. The 54-year-old failed to lead Derby to promotion from the Championship last season, and, after struggling with Newcastle in the Premier League this term, would have plenty to prove should he be appointed. Other optionsGarry Monk is out of work and certainly did not disgrace himself at Swansea, while he boasts promotion experience, albeit as a player, back in 2010/11. Sean Dyche is also 12/1 but is currently in charge of high-flying Burnley, who sit top of the Championship without a defeat since December. Assistant manager and interim boss Eric Black is the same price as he prepares the team for the visit of Chelsea on Saturday. Black would presumably be a cheaper option than some names on the list but the Villa board made clear in their statement that he would be taking charge until the club appoints a new manager. Of the longer-priced options, Ryan Giggs (14/1), Steve Clarke (20/1) and Brendan Rodgers (33/1) are considered in the mix. Aston Villa boss betting Who will get the job? Find Sky Bets odds on the next Aston Villa manager here. Also See: Gardes woeful record Sacking Sherwood a mistake ' ' '	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line0
__label__cc	0.725954	0.274046	Wanna talk? 🙂 #fishing, #alaska #crew #face #faces #fishingboat #beringsea #samoa #dutchharbor #people #fishingcrew #tough Factory – all greenhorns start here. I worked only as a packer for my first trip, so that I’d have a chance to get accustomed to the ship’s regime. I had about two trips to have a look around. Get familiar with everything quickly and learn as much as is possible – that’s where your pay will be derived from. Beginners get the greatest opportunity to learn when the catch is small. There’s no time pressure so you can try new things out. If you have the ambition to work on the deck and the net is empty, don’t go to sleep; help out on the deck instead. You may be inclined to moderate the amount of work you do so that you don’t exhaust yourself. This is my approach: the less easy I take it on myself the quicker I’ll get used to it and the easier the work will become. But also the more it hurts at the start. I recorded most of the jobs for you, just keep in mind that other ships may have a different system. FACTORY BOSS The factory boss is one of the most experienced crew members. He was responsible for everything that happened in the factory including the safety conditions, crew moral, quality of the product and the speed of processing. He decided which factory worker deserved a share rise and by how much. Along with the engineers he solved technical problems in the factory and he also sorted out any disputes among crew members. He was constantly in contact with the Seattle office. He also decided who to send home and who will replace that person. There were three foremen and each one was responsible for their own shift. Their main responsibility was assuring speedy processing of the catch. They also watched our performance and helped to decide on the amount of shares each one of us got. BACKLINE CREW (backline) If this video doesn’t show properly in your browser, click here. Backline was the first phase in the processing of the catch. Once the deck crew emptied their net into the lifetank, it was up to the backline crew to sort the catch into different types of fish and throw them into specific bins ahead of them. Everything was automated in the factory (hydraulics), and fish circulated around the factory by means of a conveyor belt. Those working on backline need to have great reflexes, the ability to quickly recognize between the different types of fish, and they must be quick with the knife. For example, it was necessary to bleed the Pacific Cod in a certain way so that its blood wouldn’t get into the meat. When the backline crew was not quick enough it slowed down the entire processing system. The belt couldn’t move any slower because that would mean workers in the other stationas would have nothing to do – that was unthinkable! FLIPPER (cutting station) Once the catch was separated, it traveled along the conveyor belt towards the cutting station. There the heads of the fish were cut off. The flipper had to prepare the fish for the feeder by turning them in a particular direction so that the heads were pointing the same way, and do so as quickly as possible. This was not a very rewarding job. The faster I turned the fish, the quicker the feeder sent in more along the belt, and the less time I had to turn the following ones. Try complaining about not being able to keep up! FEEDER (cutting station) He put the fish on the conveyor belt as quickly as possible. The quicker the better – no matter whether the cutter could keep up or not. CUTTER (cutting station) Work dependent on accuracy and reflexes. The cutter had to position the fish on the belt in a particular way for the circular saw (found at the end of the section of the conveyor belt) to cut their heads off. Poorly cut fish was thrown out, so it was a high responsibility job. Also, there was a risk of getting the saw too close to your fingers. I witnessed an accident myself, where the cutter nearly lost his entire hand from the wrist. Safety keeps improving all the time though and with that the chance of getting hurt is reduced (longer belts, safety trainings…). SIZER (packing station) Using their eyes and hands sorters separated the fish according to their size (S, M, L etc.) into bins in front of them. The faster the feeder moved, the more intense the job got, and the more sh** they got from packers (e.g. that the weight wasn’t correct – which is important for buyers). But nobody dared to say “slow down”. PACKER (packing station) Packers moved fish from the bins into rectangular tin containers – pans. Each pan was filled up to weigh 23.5 kg and then it was placed on another belt heading to the plate freezers. This job was generally reserved for beginners along with some of the more experienced people. The more experienced workers were responsible for ensuring that the beginners didn’t mix different types of fish in the same pan. At first, I found it difficult differentiating between certain types of fish. Some types like Rock Sole, Yellowfin Sole and Flathead Sole look nearly identical on the first sight; and it’s the same story with Rougheye Rockfish, Pacific Ocean Perch and Northern Rockfish. Having one fish in the pan that did not belong there could result in a complaint from the customer, which would lead to a reduction in the money we got. In that, much responsibility comes with this job. FREEZER LOADER (case-up area) Freezer loader moved filled pans into ten-shelf plate freezers. Every shelf fitted twelve pans. Our ship had nine freezers overall. Once the plate freezer was filled, a handle was used to move the shelves closer to each other, compressing the fish inside the pans. Then the freezer was turned on. The freezer loader also wrote down what time this was done at. Fish was frozen to -18 °C after about 3 hours and 30 minutes. The freezer loader position was usually given to the bigger crew men. Physically it was a very tough job, maybe the toughest on the boat, but you can get used to it. FREEZER PULLER (case-up area) This was one of the most dynamic and most physically demanding jobs on the ship. Fingers get easily smashed with a bit of carelessness, or your wrist might get hurt if your approach is too aggressive. I worked with a fractured finger for the last three weeks of my second contract. The freezer puller threw frozen fish pans from the freezer onto a conveyor belt as quickly as possible. This worker had to be as quick as the bag packer so that freezer rats wouldn’t freeze down in the freezer hall. A quick puller was able to throw over a freezer of 120 pans/ three tons within 12 minutes, and he would usually throw four of these in a row. PAN BREAKER (case-up area) Pans with the frozen product were transferred along the conveyor belt to a breaking station. There the pan was removed from the frozen ‘brick’ using a hard blow. Great biceps workout. The pan breaker had the speed of the belt under his control, but he had to make sure to keep up with the bag packer, and try not to annoy the puller by turning off the belt too often. BAGGER (case-up area) The bag packer (bagger) pushed frozen fish cubes into fiber bags which have been marked with a colored tape according to the fish type, noted the type of fish that was in it on a touch screen, printed and placed the label on the bag, then he sowed the bag and finally sent it down a slide into the freezer hall. The tape was important for deciding where in the freezer hall each type belonged. When the bag packer went too fast though, freezer rats got overloaded, and the conveyor belt got stuck as there were too many cases (bags) on it. Don’t you dare to tell him to slow down! On the other hand, when the bag packer moved too slowly, freezer rats froze downstairs. There’s much responsibility with this job, and it requires much attention, speed and finesse. The bag packer also needed to maintain the sewing machine in a good state. FREEZER RAT (freezer hall) Shuttle walking/ running/ sprinting/ sweating in -20°C carrying 20 kilo cubes for at least eight hours. There were always two people working in the freezer hall. They had to put as many cubes i.e. money into the freezer as they possibly could. It is physically a very demanding job. On top of that, during bad storms it was also one of the most dangerous jobs on the ship. The walls of frozen fish cubes we built stood more than 2 meters high and weighed several tons. There were many times I had to run from these. OFFLOAD (freezer hall) + BACKLOAD Once the freezer hall was full the ship returned back into the dock. There the catch was moved onto a ferry which was further headed to Korea, Japan or China. The entire factory crew took part in the offload. A crane was used to move the product from the freezer hall onto the deck. Work on the deck was organized by the deck crew i.e. they controlled the crane and made sure the product reached the ferry safely. 700 tons of the product was emptied from the ship in sixteen to twenty-four hours. After the offload came the backload; food, water, tools, machines (replacing broken ones), nets and everything else that was necessary. Backload was done primarily by the factory crew. NEXT // FISHING BOAT – OTHER JOBS	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line6
__label__cc	0.61053	0.38947	Turning trash into treasure for beach cleaning Tuesday 12th of January 2021 11:15:14 AM Categorised in: B and B, community, Environment, Informed Internationally recognised environmental charity, The 2 Minute Foundation, has revealed what it believes may be ‘the greatest step forwards in beach cleaning in the last 10 years’. This breakthrough has been a dream of the charity’s founder, Martin Dorey, since he organised his first beach clean in 2007. Low grade waste, the kind of which is picked up on beach cleans, cannot be easily recycled and usually ends up in landfill or energy from waste. However, the team at The 2 Minute Foundation have been working alongside a number of other organisations, including Reworked and The Ocean Recovery Project to turn this low grade beach plastic into litter picking stations. “We have made a prototype beach cleaning station out of marine litter. It’s been a long road, has taken an army of people to organise, with lots of dead ends and twists and turns, but it’s finally happened,” said Martin. By collecting plastic litter from beaches and turning it into beach cleaning equipment, the charity has discovered a way to make a completely closed loop operation. Martin continued: “The most exciting thing for me is that we should be able to turn a beach clean into a beach cleaning station to place back on the beach. It is truly circular and fulfils a dream to make useful things out of stuff that’s otherwise worth nothing.” “Not only will it save us from using new materials to make beach clean stations in the future but it will also inspire people to go and collect their own stations! That means we are turning beach waste into a resource that can be used for good instead of going to landfill or continuing to choke our oceans!” WHY BEACH CLEAN STATIONS ARE IMPORTANT The 2 Minute Foundation trialled 8 stations in 2014 on beaches in Devon and Cornwall, inviting members of the public to borrow litter picking equipment and bags and spend 2 minutes removing litter. During the first year on the beach at Crooklets in Bude the amount of litter picked up on monthly beach cleans reduced by 61% compared to the year before. There are now over 900 beach cleaning, litter picking and street cleaning stations around the UK and Ireland. They can be found on The Regent’s Canal in London, outside selected Lush Cosmetics shops, on National Trust6 Properties, in parks and gardens all over the UK, on Dartmoor National Park and at beaches all around the coast. A CHALLENGE FOR THE PLANET The 2 Minute Foundation have discovered a way to turn something that was harming the environment into something that will help the planet. As it takes 3 tonnes of marine plastic to build 100 stations the team will also be undertaking a challenge in January to collect this weight! They are also looking for sponsors to help them roll out stations across the UK and beyond, green transport to help move marine litter to their processor, volunteers to help gather and store beach plastic and funding to help make the first 100 stations. You can read more about the process here. If you’d like to join in their fight against plastic pollution you can contact The 2 Minute Foundation on martin@2minute.org or nicky@2minute.org.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line10
__label__wiki	0.517427	0.517427	alexparsons A 90-minute feature-length documentary for ITV’s Bafta-winning Exposure strand examines the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. In the 1970s, a new treatment for haemophilia known as Factor VIII was prescribed on the NHS. It infected over 1,300 people with HIV and more than 4,000 people with Hepatitis C. In the same week the long public inquiry looking into this scandal re-opens, In Cold Blood offers a window into a tragedy which killed more people than Grenfell, Hillsborough, 7/7 and the Birmingham bombings combined. Yet its scale and impact has until now been relatively understated in Britain. With access to hundreds of previously unexamined documents from inside the government, In Cold Blood explores the full story behind the scandal, and investigates claims that warnings were systematically ignored and subsequently covered up. In the wake of Covid-19, this landmark film tells some shocking truths about our Health Service’s past – at a time when, perhaps more than ever, we are looking for it to function properly. ★★★★★ THE INDEPENDENT “A difficult and powerful watch” ★★★★ THE TIMES “A vital film” ★★★★ THE TELEGRAPH “A staggering investigation to make your blood boil” Alexander Parsons · In Cold Blood Production Company: Darlow Smithson for ITV Director: Marcus Plowright Producers: Celia Watson, Marcus Plowright Editor: Leigh Brzezki Composer: Alexander Parsons All rights reserved © Alexander Parsons 2017	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line12
__label__wiki	0.668928	0.668928	Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse Music: Mark Nichols Lyrics: Erik Davis Book: Christopher Fülling, Erik Davis, & Mark Nichols Concept: Erik Davis, Christopher Fülling, Dana Harrison, Mark Nichols Inspired to share the transformations experienced at the Burning Man, this rock opera is as crazy and eclectic as the event itself. It has had three production runs, there is a DVD and CD, a recent showcase in Las Vegas and is under development for larger venues and tours. More info at its official website. LAS VEGAS SUN: 3/3/2012 It’s likely that most everyone walked away from the “Flames of Change,” wanting to see more of the crew from “The Burning Opera: How to Survive the Apocalypse”. The company of musicians, singers, dancers and dreadlocked gypsy punks, mixed with Las Vegas showgirls, performed three 15-minute reviews of the full opera that was conceived in Black Rock City and premiered in 2009 at Stage Werx in San Francisco. Whether you’re a fan of Burning Man and/or Broadway, it’s hard to dispute the talented performers, well-organized canivalesque choreography and ingenious music of the production that hearkens “Hair,” “Jesus Christ Superstar” and the bohemians in the 1987 movie, “Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.” Add to that a guy in a fuzzy animal costume and rabbit ears, perched on a ladder with a megaphone, mocking the “tribe of freaks” and their tales of the transmutation zone in a Nevada city built in the “middle of nowhere.” Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/mar/03/crowd-cheers/#ixzz2OCeddJ6z First Vegas Burn. First Fridays, Las Vegas, 2012 Showcase of excerpts to accompany the first public burn in Las Vegas in front of 4000 spectators. Music Director: Charles Darius Designers: Vegas Burners (scenic), Todd von Bastiaan (light), Dancetronauts (sound) Featuring: RenFey, Dr. Deb, Darko, Starfish, Lesley Freeman, Charles Darius, Christopher Fülling, Lisah Barry, Andy Stack, John Hollis, AJ, Grant, Molly Freeman, Gold Nugget Dancers, _____, _____, _____ Teatro ZinnZanni, San Francisco, 2011 Music Director: Mark Nichols Choreography: Elizabeth & Melissa Castaneda Producer: Dana Harrison & Lawrence Kampf Designers: Shannon O’Hare (scenic) Jared Hirsch (light), Dean Mermell (video), DAS OWL (costume), (makeup) Makeup Design: Featuring: Erik Davis, Jennivere Villegas, Mikey Babel, Phoebe Alexander, Dr. Deb, RenFey, Phat Man Dee, Andy Stack, Steffanos X, Christopher Fülling, Darko, Anastasia Gillespie, Lesley Freeman, George, Melinda Smart, Elizabeth & Melissa Castaneda, Miss Laura, Cloe, Betsy McCall, Nathan Rosquist, Marna, Robin, Mark Nichols, Andrew Pulkrabek, Charles Darius, John Hollis, Aaron, Dean Mermell, Kat Downs, Jacquie Duncan Stagewerx, San Francisco, 2010 Producer: Dana Harrison & Ty McKenzie Featuring: Erik Davis, Starfish, _____, Lesley Freeman, Phoebe Alexander, Christopher Fülling, Anastasia Gillespie, Lisah Barry, Betsy McCall, Debra, Barb, ____, Mark Nichols, Andy Stack, Chris, _____, Dean Mermell, Kat Downs,	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line37
__label__wiki	0.541305	0.541305	Fashion games continue to be popular, but which are best in 2022? Planning the Best Year Possible for You and Your Partner How to Choose a Great-Looking Winter Coat 5 Things to Tell Your Wedding Photographer Before the Big Day How to Hide the Engagement Ring Before the Proposal 4 Trendy Holiday Outfit Ideas for Women Busting Some of the Most Common Swimsuit Myths 6 Ultimate Fashion Tips to Look More Stylish and Attractive Beauty Spotlight Editor's Pick! VITAMIN E EYE CREME A luxurious formula designed to moisturize the delicate skin around the eyes while helping to reduce the look of fine lines and dark circles. YouTube Announces Fashion Week Streaming Schedule! YouTube is giving the public inside access to fashion week. Although the labels will host livestreams via their own channels, now you’ll be able to easily browse all of the runways at Youtube.com/fashion. Louis Vuitton Launches LVTV LVTV will take fans of the brand behind the scenes of the company and feature clips from runway shows. With Paris Fashion Week coming up, Louis Vuitton had perfect timing. Project VS: Vogue X VICE An exciting new editorial project pairing the unlikely teams of Vogue and Vice Media will showcase their (likely extreme) opposite views on today’s social issue. Vogue’s Anna Wintour Shares her Thoughts on New York Fashion Week! We all look to Anna Wintour to see what her impression of New York Fashion Week was – Vogue.com shares a video sharing all her thoughts. CURRENT AND PREVIOUS ARTICLES 11/25/15 at 02:27 PM ET 2015 British Fashion Awards Honors the Best 11/24/15 at 01:33 PM ET Alber Elbaz talks Design with New York Times Style Magazine 11/16/15 at 05:32 PM ET Amedeo Modigliani Painting Sells for $170 million to a Former Taxi Driver!? 12/10/12 at 12:46 PM ET The Australian DJS Who Prank Called Kate Middleton Speak Out 12/05/12 at 11:42 AM ET Louis Vuitton Taps Hanneli, Miroslava Duma, & Elin Kling for 'Mini' Video 12/05/12 at 11:41 AM ET Louis Vuitton's L'Invitation Au Voyage with Arizona Muse 12/05/12 at 11:23 AM ET Selena Gomez Vandalizes Stuff for Adidas Neo	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line39
__label__wiki	0.687371	0.687371	Tag Archives: Spike Lee Wednesday Round-Up: Stanley Kubrick Loved “Citizen Kane” … and “White Men Can’t Jump” July 31, 2013 Christopher Schobert Leave a comment There is something fascinating about what films were favorites of great filmmakers — especially when some of the selections are a surprise. In the past week, two lists for two major directors — Stanley Kubrick and Spike Lee — were released in different forms. The late, great Stanley K.’s cinephile tendencies were the subject of a wonderful article by Nick Wrigley for the British Film Institute. As Wrigley writes: “I count myself among the many admirers of Kubrick’s films and his remarkable aptitude for problem solving in all areas of life. I would argue that the only remaining unexplored area of Stanley’s life in film is his relationship with, and love of, other people’s films. In his later life he chose not to talk publicly about such things, giving only a couple of interviews to large publications when each new film was ready – but through his associates, friends, and fellow filmmakers it’s now possible to piece together a revealing jigsaw. I wanted to try and pull together all the verified information I could locate and have it looked over by a wise, authoritative eye.” That eye belongs to Kubrick’s brother-in-law, Jan Harlan, who is interviewed by Wrigley in a separate story (see quotes below). Wrigley points to a list Kubrick submitted to an American magazine named Cinema in 1963: 1. “I Vitelloni” (Fellini, 1953) 2. “Wild Strawberries” (Bergman, 1957) 3. “Citizen Kane” (Welles, 1941) 4. “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” (Huston, 1948) 5. “City Lights (Chaplin, 1931) 6. “Henry V” (Olivier, 1944) 7. “La notte” (Antonioni, 1961) 8. “The Bank Dick” (Fields, 1940) 9. “Roxie Hart” (Wellman, 1942) 10. “Hell’s Angels” (Hughes, 1930) Later, Wrigley mentions a list “that appeared in September 1999 on the alt.movies.kubrick Usenet newsgroup courtesy of his daughter Katharina Kubrick-Hobbs, a list of films she “happen to know that he liked: “‘Closely Observed Trains’ (Menzel, 1966) ‘An American Werewolf in London’ (Landis, 1981) ‘The Fireman’s Ball’ (Forman, 1967) ‘Metropolis’ (Lang, 1927) ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’ (Erice, 1973) ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ (Shelton, 1992) ‘La Belle et la Bête’ (Cocteau, 1946) ‘The Godfather’ (Coppola, 1972) ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ (Hooper, 1974) ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ (Lumet, 1975) ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (Forman, 1975) ‘Citizen Kane’ (Welles, 1941) ‘Abigail’s Party’ (Leigh, 1977) ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ (Demme, 1991) and I know that he hated ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Ha Ha!” Harlan points to others, including George Sluizer’s “The Vanishing” (1988): “Kubrick watched it three times and told Sluizer that it was ‘the most horrifying film I’ve ever seen.’ Sluizer asked: ‘Even moreso than The Shining?’ Kubrick replied that he thought it was.” As Harlan adds, “‘The Vanishing’ was real — ‘The Shining’ was a ghost film — a huge difference.” And the list also includes … “White Men Can’t Jump,” which is just awesome. Wrigley asked Harlan for his thoughts on the undeniably enjoyable yet certainly silly documentary “Room 237”; Harlan’s thoughts.: “I think it’s the silliest film ever. A complete rip-off. To say that hotel employees on the last day before closing — waiting with luggage for transport — is a reference to the Holocaust, is an insult to both Stanley and the victims of this greatest crime in human history. So are all other references to 1942. To go to the length of making drawings to prove that the large interiors of the hotel could never fit into the smallish place we see from the outside is a joke. Any schoolboy can see that! It’s a ghost film! Nothing [in ‘Room 237’] makes any logical sense. I did not take the documentary that seriously — I thoroughly enjoyed it, yet never found any of the theories convincing. (It says a lot about how we read and interpret movies, sometimes illogically.) But it is unsurprising that someone close to Kubrick would have that reaction. The rest of this week’s round-up, including a killer list from Spike Lee: Spike’s “essentials” list features a few surprises. A new movie starring Matthew Broderick is shooting in Buffalo. I have not seen “The Wolverine” yet, and think I may wait, but I enjoyed this analysis of the film by comic author Chris Claremont. “Just One of the Guys” is seared into my memory thanks to years of HBO airings. The AV Club looks back. Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” beat the per-screen average of his biggest hit, “Midnight in Paris,” over the weekend. Speaking of Woody, a very cool look at how his posters reflect his films. Is “The Lone Ranger” misunderstood? Jerry Bruckheimer thinks so, as he would. Katy Perry as Rachael in “Blade Runner 2”? Oddly, I can kind of see it. And Toronto International Film Festival announcements keep on coming — more on this soon. Image from BFI article. Stanley Kubrick, photographed by Dmitri Kasterine in 1969 on the set of A Clockwork Orange. Credit: Dmitri Kasterine: www.kasterine.com BFIBlue JasmineJan HarlanKaty PerryMatthew BroderickNick WrigleyRoom 237Spike LeeStanley KubrickToronto International Film FestivalWoody Allen Wednesday Round-Up: The Agony and the Ecstasy of “Only God Forgives” Has there been a recent film from a major director that’s drawn a reaction quite like the tidal wave that has greeted Nicholas Winding Refn’s “Only God Forgives”? From boos following its debut at Cannes to an award as best film of the Sydney Film Festival, it has been a wild, crazy, gleefully violent road. Here is a film that many have called THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE, yet also received five stars from The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw. I’d say the boos are outnumbering the cheers, but still — the praise section is not small. The film finally opened last Friday, appearing in theaters, on pay-per-view, and on iTunes, one of the most high-profile VOD releases to date. It leaped to No. 2 on the iTunes chart, yet, says Indiewire, “[i]n 78 theaters, the film managed a $315,000 gross, averaging $4,038.” An adequate, but certainly not great, number. Calum Marsh summed up the explosion of outrage that greeted the film over the weekend for Film.com: “This past weekend, Nicolas Winding Refn and his blonde-haired muse returned with their latest endeavor to perplex the multiplexes, ‘Only God Forgives,’ and this time they’ve upped their game by making the oblique Thai ‘thriller’ molasses-slow and hyper-violent. It’s a combination that has already proven unbearable for the many hundreds of unsuspecting patrons who have happened to wander into — and then quickly out of — the film since Friday, at least if early reactions on social media are any indication. These experiences have been compounded by the film’s availability on VOD and iTunes, a distribution strategy which has opened the door to vast new groups of disgruntled viewers. … [I]t can’t be denied that, even with ‘Drive’ fresh in their minds, large swaths of viewers were simply not prepared for what Refn and Gosling had on offer this time around.” (Incidentally, there are way too many interesting articles on the film and the responses it has garnered for me to catalog here.) So why THIS movie? Why has “Only God Forgives” drawn such outrage? I think the answer is two-fold: First, the star is Ryan Gosling, an actor who has a fanbase as passionate as any young actor in filmdom. That he chose this movie — this stunningly violent, stylized, downright absurdist creation — is, I think, confounding to many of his fans. That’s probably part of what appealed to him. But he is playing a non-character; the role requires little of the actor short of getting physically pummeled. (Kristen Scott Thomas as Donatella Versace-meets-Cruella de Vil has the fun part; “fun” is perhaps the wrong word for it.) Second, “Drive” was a film that divided audiences to a much-lesser degree, but those who loved it, LOVED it. “Only God Forgives” is NOT “Drive.” If “Drive” was meant to divide audiences, “Only God Forgives” was meant to divide, and then bludgeon. Of course, there is another possibility: That the film itself is terrible. Whatever its quality, it may prove a game-changer for video-on-demand releases. This is an admittedly offbeat but highly visible movie with a major star, one that appeared at Cannes just two months ago. Releasing it in this way probably ensured a larger audience that it ever would have received at theaters only, so this is a win for Radius-TWC. Note that I have not offered up my opinion yet, and with good reason: I have not decided. I rented the film from iTunes last weekend, and watched it on my iPad as a storm raged outside. Somehow, that seemed an ideal way to watch the film. Many of the scenes that may have drawn guffaws or near-vomit in a full theater seemed more effective when viewed solo. The film also did not feel as slow to me as many had said it was, perhaps another feeling lessened outside of the cinema. But they weren’t kidding about the violence. I was particularly annoyed with a long torture sequence involving a relatively minor character. For the life of me, I cannot rationalize exactly what the point of this epic, eye-gouging sequence could be. It took me out of the movie, big-time. Yet … I certainly did not hate “Only God Forgives.” In fact, I found almost every minute of it luridly fascinating. The look, the music (by Cliff Martinez), the utter strangeness of it all, it grabbed me. I don’t know whether or not I can say it is “good.” But I can say it is unlike anything I’ve ever seen before, even the films it is clearly alluding to. I am quite certain that is exactly what Nicholas Winding Refn was hoping to hear. So for me, let’s say three stars out of four, but tomorrow, it could be two-and-a-half or three-and-a-half (or one, or four) … The rest of our Wednesday round-up: The AV Club looks at Academy Award winners that opened before fall Oscar season. The strange, haunting “Possession” is a film I must watch again, and soon. How great is it that Peter Bogdanovich is directing a new comedy starring Owen Wilson and produced by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach? “Summer Box Office Casualties,” according to Variety. Spike Lee turns to Kickstarter. One of my most eagerly-awaited films still set to open this summer is “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints”; here, director David Lowery discusses some of the film’s most important shots. Paul Thomas Anderson and Fiona Apple dated, quite memorably, and they must have ended things on good terms: PTA has directed her latest video. Photo courtesy of TWC-Radius Ain't Them Bodies SaintsDavid LoweryKristen Scott ThomasNicholas Winding RefnOnly God ForgivesPaul Thomas AndersonPeter BogdanovichRyan GoslingSpike Lee Wednesday Round-Up: The Dissolve Kicks Off by Demonstrating Why “Innocence” is “Unmistakably Scorsese” I’m not sure why it took Pitchfork so longer to enter the film criticism realm, but taking its time may have been wise. Last week, The Dissolve finally launched, and it features a murderer’s row of cinema heavyweights: Keith Phipps, Scott Tobias, Nathan Rabin, Tasha Robinson, Matt Singer. These are some of my favorites, and the site that has brought them together, Avengers-style, is—so far, at least—a treat. For example, check out the “Departures” column, explained thusly: “Departures looks at films by talents who defied expectations and tried something different. Are these films true anomalies, or not quite the left turns they appear to be?” That’s a great idea, and Tobias’s first pick, Martin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence,” is an ideal selection: “It’s hard to compare the New York of ‘The Age of Innocence’ to the savage criminal underworlds of Scorseseland a century later, but only because the kills here don’t stain the hardwood. But Newland is rubbed out just as surely as the pileup of gangsters in ‘Goodfellas’—to a point, he’s responsible for pulling the trigger—and for the same reason: With the world outside threatening change, the mobs in both films have to close rank to survive.” “Innocence” is, I think one of Scorsese’s least best films, and is deserving of such a close analysis. If this is where The Dissolve is going, I applaud it. Or consider the column “Performance Review,” in which “each entry focuses on a specific category in a given year, in several different awards ceremonies, in an effort to determine the year’s most criminally overlooked performances. First stop: Bes Supporting Actor, 1991. I love Mike D’Angelo’s appreciation of Samuel L. Jackson’s un-nominated—by Oscar—role as Gator in Spike Lee’s “Jungle Fever”; he was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle: “[I]n his final confrontation with his father, his act of defiance takes the form of a silent, murderous hate-shimmy that conveys far more contempt than words ever could. It’s chilling to behold. One year earlier, Jackson was still playing roles like ‘Taxi Dispatcher’ in films like ‘Betsy’s Wedding’; Gator changed that, and it’s no surprise it was the New York critics who acknowledged it.” The Dissolve seems a worthy entry in the crowded field of online movie criticism, and it will be interesting to watch it develop. And the rest: “Eyes Wide Shut” opened on July 16, 1999. To commemorate, The Film Stage offers a doc on symbolism in Kubrick’s swan song. “Only God Forgives finally opens this Friday, and I am having an internal debate: theater, or home? Chances are I’ll opt for VOD. I’m very much looking forward to it, although it’s difficult not to go in expecting a major letdown. Here is one of the more interesting reviews I’ve come across so far. A Tweet about the ending of Jeff Nichols’ “Take Shelter” led me to this nice analysis of that film’s mysterious and controversial ending. Two must-see trailers: The latest American preview for Wong Kar-wai’s “The Grandmaster,” and the first look at Spike Lee’s “Oldboy.” I did not spot a squid. The great Indiewire is 15. Take a look at its “first issue.” Author Irvine Welsh made an appearance: “According to a story in this week’s issue of _New Yorker Magazine_ (July 15, 1996) the novelist who wrote TRAINSPOTTING spent a night in jail following ‘a recent four-day binge’ which featured ‘everything—everything you can imagine.’” David Cronenberg’s latest has begun filming. “Map to the Stars” John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, and Sarah Gadon. The unrealized projects of Alan Resnais. Guess what? Only 50 days until TIFF. “The Age of Innocence” still is from a TIFF retrospective of the film Alan ResnaisDavid CronenbergEyes Wide ShutIndiewireKeith PhippsMap to the StarsMartin ScorseseMatt SingerMike D'AngeloNathan RabinOldboyOnly God ForgivesPitchforkSamuel L. JacksonScott TobiasSpike LeeStanley KubrickTake ShelterTasha RobinsonThe Age of InnocenceThe DissolveThe GrandmasterTIFFWong Kar-wai	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line41
__label__cc	0.539601	0.460399	English at Reading Just another blogs.reading.ac.uk site ← Congratulations to Dr Mary Morrissey A production at The Watermill, Newbury → Archives and Texts seminar on the first day of term Posted on April 7, 2016 by Cindy We are delighted that James Raven, Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex, will be joining us on the first day back of term for a seminar entitled, ‘Compose Yourself: Pages of Laughter in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France’. Monday 18th April, 4-5.30pm in Humss 181. Professor Raven is a leading figure in many fields and the author of numerous books, his most recent being Bookscape: Geographies of Printing and Publishing in London before 1800 [the Panizzi Lectures 2010] (Chicago and London, 2014); Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England (Boydell, 2014); and Lost Mansions: Essays on the Destruction of the Country House (Palgrave Macmillan 2015). Other of his publications examine social, economic and communications history, historical mapping, approaches to media and literary history, the spatial organisation of knowledge, historical bibliography, and colonial cultural history. As part of a major long-term project re-examining the spatial history of Enlightenment global networks, he is completing a book on reading and commercialisation, is currently completing research for an OUP history of chancing, gambling and state lotteries; and is launching a major European network project on the historical geographies of communications and social media. https://www.essex.ac.uk/history/staff/profile.aspx?id=1809 Please do come along and reach out to others who might be interested. https://archivesandtexts.wordpress.com/ About Cindy Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at the University of Reading. Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. View all posts by Cindy → This entry was posted in Department of English Literature news and events and tagged Archives and Texts, Department of English, Department of English Literature, English Department, English Literature, Professor James Raven, Reading, University of Reading. Bookmark the permalink. Department of English Literature website - University of Reading DEL newsletter December 2021 DEL Newsletter autumn term no. 4 DEL Newsletter Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein on Power and Children’s Books: Teaching Myths, Fairy Tales, Folktale and Legends MA English Information Session – Pathways, Students’ Experiences and Creative Writing Department of English Literature news and events AHRC Archives and Texts Beckett International Foundation CIRCL contemporary poetry dicsussion group Department of English Literature Dr Andrew Mangham Dr Chloe Houston Dr Cindy Becker Dr David Brauner Dr John Holmes Dr Madeleine Davies Dr Mark Nixon Dr Mary Morrissey Dr Matthew Sperling Dr Natalie Pollard Dr Neil Cocks Dr Nicola Abram Dr Nicola Wilson Dr Rebecca Bullard Dr Sophie Heywood Dr Sue Walsh Early Modern Research Centre Evan Hayles Gledhill Literary Mondays MERL Museum of English Rural Life nicola abram Nicola Wilson Professor Alison Donnell Professor Bryan Cheyette Professor Grace Ioppolo Professor Karin Lesnik-Oberstein Professor Peter Robinson Professor Peter Stoneley	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line50
__label__cc	0.687585	0.312415	NBA Season COVID-19 Thread (No politics or racial/ethnic remarks or personal insults) Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3 ... 127, 128, 129, 130 Next governator Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 4:57 am Post subject: C M B wrote: fansincemagic wrote: I mean even the most genuine sincere question about vaccines and treatment is translated as "anti-vaxx gaslighting" on this site. No, they're not, and they are few and far between. It's been a year and a half, vaccines been out since december 2020, billions of doses have been administered and everybody can already read the data, guess you can debate the sincerity of questioning Big Shot Bob Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:48 am Post subject: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32355685/los-angeles-becomes-3rd-nba-city-pass-sweeping-covid-19-vaccine-mandate Something to keep an eye on... any players will have to have had their 2nd shot (or only shot, if JNJ) for 2 weeks. On the 28th at media day, Kent Bazemore said that he had just gotten his first shot, and would get the second in "about two weeks", which is standard. That would mean that he wouldn't be "fully vaccinated" and able to play in LA until about one week into the season. I know Rob said the whole team would be "fully vaccinated" by opening night, but he may have just meant that everybody will have had both shots. From a public health perspective, and in terms of this mandate, you're not "fully vaccinated" until 14 days have passed. Don't be surprised if Bazemore has to sit out the first few games of the season. Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:16 pm Post subject: https://abc7.com/health/la-city-council-approves-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-indoor-spaces/11089189/ LA full indoor mandate. guess that means 2 less games for Kyrie and zero games for Kyrie in the Finals if the Nets play the Lakers. Check that, they actually only apply to home team players…. IMO if I had to guess i'd say even though your first statement might not be true on opening night it will be by the end of the season and a good amount of others teams will join the Nets and Warriors with a strict no tolerance vaccine mandate for all players. I hope i'm wrong and things just continue to improve but with winter coming and the new very strict vaccine mandates for la county I feel it's inevitable to be implemented at some point this season for the Lakers especially. Thankfully, we don't have to deal with the extra drama as Laker fans.. That is going to wear on the Nets team imo after getting questions from the media all season long at every stop. Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 12:02 pm Post subject: hype wrote: i don't see what other city that is going to follow through with this. Portland maybe? Philly? MIL? Detroit? Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2021 1:30 pm Post subject: And we’re back… Per Shams Celtics' Jaylen Brown has tested positive for coronavirus, team says. Brown is in quarantine. https://twitter.com/shamscharania/status/1446585320150011904?s=21 vasashi17+ TDRock wrote: FYI: Kyrie & Jaylen are both VPs for the NBPA and I’m sure they’ll be fighting the fines for nonvaxxed players in vaccine mandated local markets. https://nbpa.com/leadership Shams: City Hall official says Irving is cleared to practice at home, but still not able to play in games at Barclays Center until the All-NBA guard fulfills vaccine requirement. New York City has determined the Brooklyn Nets‘ practice facility, HSS Training Center, is a private office building – clearing Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving to practice at home, City Hall official tells @TheAthletic @Stadium. NBPA executive director Michele Roberts is pushing back against the report that players forced to miss games due to local COVID-19 vaccine mandates won't be paid for those games. According to Roberts, the Players Association never agreed to this measure, and since the league hasn't mandated being vaccinated, players shouldn't face fines for being unvaccinated. "They've been reporting that we've agreed that if a player who was not able to play because of his non-vaccination status, they could be docked [pay]. We did not agree," Roberts said, via the New York Daily News. "The league's position is that they can. We'll see. If we get to that point, we'll see. ... Right now, we've agreed that if a player breaks protocols, he can be disciplined to include some taxing of his comp. But not being vaccinated -- because it's not mandatory -- in and of itself should not lead to any discipline." https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nbpas-michele-roberts-says-nba-shouldnt-fine-players-forced-to-miss-games-due-to-non-vaccination-status/amp/ Not familiar with the salary cap/CBA rules & how it impacts our Lakers? #GetFamiliar by CLICKING HERE! C M B Location: Prarie & Manchester, high above the western sideline This makes me wonder what Karl Malone's reaction would have been to this pandemic in 1991. http://chickhearn.ytmnd.com/ Sister Golden Hair wrote: LAMAR ODOM is an anagram for ... DOOM ALARM I have no idea for sure I just know if there's any large spikes once in the middle of Winter or other counties start taking on the more strict vaccine mandates then it will be like a domino affect. One thing i've learned over all this in the last year or two is that you have to expect the unexpected and I do know our Country can not afford and likely will not accept another complete shut down. Just an opinion though. Kyrie returns to practice but Steve Nash tells reporters that Nets realize they will play games without Kyrie: ‘We recognize he's not playing in home games. We are going to have to for sure play without him this year.’ https://mobile.twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/1447317536672940034 Nobody in the NBA can touch the Laker brand, which, like the uniform color, is pure gold. cal1piggy Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:00 pm Post subject: kwase wrote: cal1piggy wrote: I haven't been on this site for awhile, but I'd like to ask a favor for those worried about what's in the vaccine and refuse to take it. The food we eat in this country is loaded with hormones, steroids, pesticides and many other poisons. A potato should not be the size of a melon. Chicken legs should not be the size of turkey legs. A dozen eggs should not be the same color. There's no such thing as seedless fruit. America is #5 in cancer and #1 in obesity. Those of us up in age who remember how an apple pie tasted when we were kids should know that the food now tastes horrible. Can those of you who are obviously very careful about what you put in your body please start a petition and write your local congressperson to stop killing us and do a full scale investigation into the garbage that we are eating every day. As someone who travels abroad often I promise you that the food in this country is nothing short of disgusting. I see a lot of people out there who are against the vaccine because they believe it will do them harm, but I don't hear anybody taking a stand against the well known poison that's in our food, making us obese and sick, dependent on prescription medicine and sending us to an early grave. i think it is hopeless here i am not sure whether there are now better standards for organic foods. if you want safe, you probably need to grow your own food/animals and raise your own fish in stainless tanks. it was not funny when i found partially hydrogenated oils in every brand of ice cream that i checked. i would like to know where you are talking about. for seafood, i read that the mediterrean and the baltic are filthy. farm raised fish are eating scary stuff. even before covid, i stopped eating shrimp in restaurants because so much shrimp is now raised in india and vietnam - no thanks i am not even going to comment on the ocean near china not sure about south america, but you have australia left. The freshest and best food I've experienced was in Thailand and the Caribbean. The fruit, chicken and seafood in the Caribbean is amazing. The Thai people are very particular about food being fresh. They will stay up all night to prepare what they will sell the next day and everything is from local farms. I always get sick when returning from those places and eating the food from here for the first week or so. I'm planning to retire in Thailand and I'm pretty sure it will add a few extra years to my life just on the food alone compared to what I'd be eating here. There's a reason Asian people are known for having amazing skin and a youthful appearance. It's also very warm there, which causes your skin to remove toxins through sweat. My main reason for writing that post was I saw a guy give an interview on YouTube telling people not to trust the vaccine while he was smoking a cigarette. If you're a health nut, vegan and exercise daily I can see why you'd be concerned about what's in your body. But if you drink, smoke, eat fast food and don't workout then I don't get what you're worried about because those things will kill you a lot quicker than a vaccine. so thailand and caribbean. i like garoupa, so caribbean is the place. a little surprised to hear about thailand. a lot of their seafood is raised, and i would worry about the safety of the environment and the feed given to the seafood. gng930 wrote: i dont trust the fda or the public health people or big pharma i think big pharma forced their experimental technologies for the vaccine when there were more well proven options with long term effects pretty well understood. short term effects of these covid vaccines have been very very minimal. while i only develop PPE, many of my friends run clinical trials for a living. this is one of many website for finding clinical trials: https://www.clinicaltrialsandme.com/resources/how-long-do-clinical-trials-take/ as stated for just the phase 3 duration of trials: "The length of study for phase 3 clinical trials is usually 1 to 4 years. This phase involves 300 to 3,000 patients, with tests designed to determine the drug's longer-term effects." any idiot can see the numbers are much larger and duration is much shorter. i see no need to say any more. From what I understand mRNA vaccines can be produced much more quickly and that was the driving force for the decision to incorporate into the COVID vaccine and also for its research funding as a whole for well over a decade Obviously there's no long-term safety data yet on the COVID vaccine but mRNA vaccines have been tested in humans for longer: It was only a phase I trial and probably never went past that because there simply isn't huge demand for another rabies vaccine. Based on your other practices and arguments, you obviously play things safe and require a high burden of proof to support your decisions (probably appropriate for someone who develops PPE). I think the danger is when that turns into paranoia. Your accusation towards the Pfizer CEO pretty much says it all. Many could argue the CEO would be maligned for cutting the line and it was a PR move. Neither could ever be fully substantiated; the difference is that one of those does not contribute to disinformation that puts public health at risk. You painted it as a refusal when it wasn't even suggested that way in your very own link and when presented with evidence to the contrary, you followed-up with a claim (he was waiting to see how others reacted to the vaccine) that really can't be disproven. That in a nutshell has been the flow of many anti-vax arguments. You could spin it as that we are taking part in the largest clinical trial in history for a vaccine. I could counterargue that we would otherwise be part of the largest observational study in history on the virulence and long-term effects of COVID. Although there are still unknowns about both, I think there is more overwhelmingly dangerous evidence for one over the other so far. I could state that by contributing to the withholding of treatment what you are doing is a larger-scale version of the Tuskegee experiment. See how it easy it is to invoke a completely baseless and sensationalist spin? this is perhaps the most well thought-out response i have seen. i may not agree with everything, but it is well thought-out without categorily claiming anything without basis. i dont want to get banned again, so i will just clarify myself once and be done. i am absolutely NOT anti vax. i am glad there are mrna and adenovirus vaccines. it is making my life safer. in the last 3 years, beyond pfizer vaccine, i have had annual flu shots, mmr vaccine (hong kong had measles outbreak before my trip) and shingles vaccine (that uses a similar adjuvant as the novavax vaccine). furthermore, if anyone is running around without vaccination being exposed to many people, they are idiots. if they want to be unvaccinated, they need to be very isolated. and they are even bigger idiots if they run around exposed unvaccinated and without masks. when i discuss things here, i am not talking about these idiots who may have been essentially brainwashed. anyone who runs around exposed without vaccination (and without masks) are putting their family and themselves at risk. as far as i am concerned, these people cannot be helped. we just have to wait for them to catch covid and develop a reasonable amount of immunity from catching it. it may overload the medical system but it is hopeless arguing with them. and i agree vaccination is the best option out there right now for anyone that is not isolating themselves from the world. anything else would be nuts what i am upset about is that there should be more choices in vaccines instead of the most unproven technologies. if BARDA funded other vaccines beyond fancy stuff like mrna and adenovirus and moth cell based protein, it would make people like me much more happy getting the shot. it would also increase the acceptance by people who are very skeptical. and there are many such people. a group of friends and i (while extremely isolated and using 99% PPE in the market) waited and waited and waited for the gsk/novavax protein vaccine - until we could not wait anymore and got pfizer because of one single clotting case for novavax during the trials. why am i upset at BARDA (US agency giving $ for covid vaccine), because they choose to give the money to all the latest fancy technologies. one of the problem is that the traditional vaccine manufacturers are smaller companies unlike the pfizer's of the world. i remember that they did not even bother trying to get the money. but it is the government's responsibility to tell at least one of them to make a more traditional vaccine for covid - one that would be more trusted for cautious people. why am i upset at FDA, because they perpetuated an vaccine efficacy thinking based on preventing any type of infection instead of preventing serious cases like death and hospitalization. AS A RESULT, the GSK vaccine that 'only' had 70% efficacy against infection (for over 55 or 65) was SHELVED because of public pressure of 70% efficacy for any infection. it should have been evaluated for efficacy against serious illness - what does it matter if we get flu like symptons for a few days/weeks. this GSK protein vaccine could have been available around sept or even the summer, but GSK decided to redo their trials with a stronger vaccine (~90% against infection). imagine how many more cautious people would have opted for a traditional protein based vaccine if it was available and highly effective against serious disease? what i am suggesting is more a 'market-based' solution than the fda's one-size-fits-all big government solution. give people choice so they feel safer and more empowered. you want to convince nervous parents to allow their 1-12 year olds to get a vaccine, the most conservative vaccine approaches (protein or deactivated virus) would have been the best solution. on your point regarding mrna vaccine being able to be developed and ramped earlier. i absolutely agree. however BARDA funded many vaccines. why not fund some of the most conversative vaccine approaches like deactivated virus vaccine. it would take a few more months, but it could well have been available by summer. and with american adjuvant (additive to improve performance) technology, the vaccine can have much higher efficacies than the chinese vaccines. about the pfizer ceo, first, it is not central to the point but just an illustrative example as smart people have serious concerns. second, leaders (like biden did) get the vaccine in front of cameras to show it is safe to the public. the ceo of pfizer could easily have had such a press conference to lead by example. so sorry, i dont buy your argument. regarding the largest trial in human history, the vaccines were not fda approved until very recently. we had been under emergency use authorization. that makes it much more of a clinical trial than anything else. hope this clarifies what i was saying and does not get me banned. Last edited by cal1piggy on Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:20 am; edited 1 time in total we didnt even hesitate to get vaccinated and though I will get my son vaxed when its available it is definitely something I am not 100% comfortable with. my comments are for adults. no comment about children. PLATNUM Location: L.A. Kyrie is the NBA's Kanye West. Watch him retire this year. "Be the person you needed when you were younger..." gng930 Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2021 11:45 am Post subject: Obviously you are well-versed in the topic and one would be incredibly naive to think that politics (well-intentioned or not) didn't play a role in their eventual direction. It also shouldn't surprise anybody that the decision-making process has been far from smooth as evidence by the initial handling of the pandemic. However, this is what we have and as someone who has your understanding, there is a responsibility to not convey misinformation. I'll leave it at this because as you yourself have acknowledged that arguing is often hopeless. FACT: Biden was 78 years old when he got the vaccine and it was first made available to him. Bourla is less than 60. Bourla got his when it was made available to those in his age group without significant health problems. SPECULATION: Bourla was hesitant and "refused" to get the vaccine initially. FACT: You are using the above speculation to drive your narrative. As I've stated, it doesn't bother me as much if people choose to forego the vaccine based on genuine personal beliefs and/or based facts. It bothers me most when people perpetuate unfounded speculation or blatantly false information leading to vaccine hesitancy. Your decision to even invoke the word "refuse" unveils a heavy bias. Luxury Tax/FA Spreadsheet (Save to your Google Drive to edit) first of all, i want to reiterate - i firmly believe that for regular people who are not hiding out and isolating themselves from the public, vaccination is the best course of action. in fact, anything else is plain idiotic. regarding bourla, again, it really was an example and not critical to the point (at least to me). in fact my group of friends, including specialists who manage clinical trials and public health scientists (i am the only black sheep business person in the group), laugh often about this 'event'. frankly whether he did or not does not matter. it has been many months and at least hundreds of millions of shots later, short term side effects is really pretty minimal. anyway, i dont want to harp on this and get myself banned again for nothing. recognizing the political element of this, i will mention perhaps the most unfortunate fda decision - telling the public that masks etc was not needed early in 2020. instead of leveling with the country and telling people to do what they can do in a time of scarcity, they opted for telling people masks were not needed. finally, since you are obviously in the field, i want to highlight the point of the less-fancy vaccines that have high efficacy against serious disease but less than 80%/90% against any infection. despite speculation, no outsider can prove whether the fda pressured GSK to withdraw the 'inferior' protein vaccine (~70% for elderly in phase 3 for any infection but more effective against serious disease). unfortunately there is a stark conflict here between the public interest and personal interest. IF the fda discouraged the use of this vaccine (even though it met the 50% goal), then i think it was likely a mistake. if this vaccine became available a few months after mrna vaccines were in mass use (thereby achieving public health's primary goal), the public would have had a choice of a vaccine that is more acceptable to scared people and worried parents. it is much easier to sell the public on a vaccine that uses the SAME TECHNOLOGY as the flu vaccine people take every year. to give you a little perspective from worried people, my friends and i were looking pretty hard into getting into mexico to 'somehow' buy an injection of the sinovac denatured virus vaccine. we figured that would buy us ~6 months of time for the novovax/gsk (newer version) vaccines to mature and be proven out. ultimately we chickened out worrying about whether the chinese vaccine in mexico would be contaminated, fake etc. so most of us got the pfizer shot in late july/august, which we determined to be the best choice out of what is available. everyone except one person now has had 2 shots with 42 days between shots, while the one person convinced her doctor the 2nd shot should wait until late 2021 - following a time span closer to the uk. MJST Karl Anthony Towns is fine with Kyrie's having his choice, but not for "Bulls* excuses" "I'm obviously a strong believer in the vaccine," Towns said, via NJ.com. "I've been through so much and it would be kind of contradictory to not be on the pro-vaccine side. But what I will say is that I believe in choice and I like to give people their choice and I have no problem with people having their choice." “They make their own decisions on their own bodies and their own families. I have no ill will towards that," Towns said, via NJ.com. "The only thing I would say is just don't give me a bullst excuse why [you don't get the vaccine] … You don't want to do it, that's your choice." https://sports.yahoo.com/minnesota-timberwolves-karl-anthony-towns-fine-with-kyrie-irvings-covid19-coronavirus-vaccine-choice-not-any-excuses-brooklyn-nets-220500772.html How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:30 am Post subject: novavax protein vaccine phase 3 results are out. protein vaccines have been used in various vaccines including flu vaccines. may be available in the future for boosters. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/NOVAVAX-INC-58256108/news/Novavax-Complete-PREVENT-19-Phase-3-Clinical-Trial-Results-Manuscript-for-COVID-19-Vaccine-Posted-36658128/ Full results from the PREVENT-19 pivotal Phase 3 trial of Novavax' COVID-19 vaccine candidate have been posted to the medRxiv preprint server. The trial achieved its primary endpoint in which NVX-CoV2373, Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine, demonstrated 100% protection against moderate and severe disease and 90.4% efficacy overall. PREVENT-19 was a randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial conducted in nearly 30,000 adults in the United States and Mexico. Participants were 18 years of age and older and randomized in a 2:1 ratio to receive two 5?g doses of NVX-CoV2373 with 50?g Matrix-MTM adjuvant, or placebo, 21 days apart. Sites were selected to prioritize racial and ethnic diversity, as well as participants at high risk of acquisition or complications of COVID-19. The trial also included a blinded crossover where those originally randomized to placebo received active vaccine and vice versa, ensuring all participants received NVX-CoV2373 without compromising Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-required safety follow-up. The trial achieved its primary endpoint of efficacy in preventing polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed, symptomatic mild, moderate or severe COVID-19 with onset at least 7 days after the second dose. Solicited adverse events were predominantly mild-to-moderate and transient, were more frequent in the vaccine recipients and increased after the second dose. Severe reactions were infrequent and there were no safety concerns related to vaccination. JUST-MING charlie wrote: big things happening outside barclays today https://twitter.com/sea_trains/status/1452358230756270094/photo/1 Oct 24, 2021 • Reply • Retweet • Favorite ScooterCaster wrote: Protesters just broke through barricades to Barclay's Center, barricades thrown and security rushed to close the doors and people chanted "I'm with Kyrie" https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1452356134266888194/video/1 Tom Frezza wrote: The scene at the Barclays right now in support of Kyrie https://twitter.com/tom_frezza/status/1452354782669295625/video/1 The Sly Show🇺🇲 wrote: Kyrie Irving fans who are against Vaccine Mandates are trying to push through the gates of The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. https://twitter.com/theslyshow/status/1452369895283249152/video/1 “God knew they couldn’t be on this Earth without each other. He had to bring them home to heaven together.” — Vanessa Bryant https://youtu.be/SX3IZULkWx8 JUST-MING wrote: omg reminds me of jan 6 lunatics Anti-Vaxxers are the biggest brained, loveliest people. Floyd Mayweather on Kyrie Irving https://youtu.be/zrZitRzJHIk At least we know that Floyd isn't susceptible to reading disinfo. this is the protein based vaccine that is starting to become approved (other countries). protein vaccines are one of the 2 oldest and proven technologies for vaccines and used in flu vaccine as well as other vaccines. when and if available in us, could be good for worried parents. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/novavax-covid-19-vaccine-receives-emergency-use-authorization-indonesia-2021-11-01/ Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) expects regulators in India, the Philippines and elsewhere to make a decision on its COVID-19 vaccine within "weeks," its chief executive told Reuters, after the shot on Monday received its first emergency use authorization (EUA) from Indonesia. Novavax shares were up about 13% after the company also said it had filed an application for emergency use of the vaccine to Canada and the European Medicines Agency. A green light from the WHO would set the stage for Novavax to begin shipping doses to the COVAX program that supplies shots to low-income countries. Novavax and SII have together committed to provide more than 1.1 billion doses to COVAX, which is co-led by the WHO. Erck said Novavax has resolved all of its manufacturing challenges and does not expect regulators to have any further concerns about its production processes. He said Novavax is “in dialogue with the U.S. FDA and ... we expect a full submission within the next several weeks.”	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line53
__label__wiki	0.957378	0.957378	Blog Categories all music news Behemoth’s Nergal: ‘We’re Already Making New Music’ Behemoth’s Nergal: ‘We’re Already Making New Music’ Wednesday July 31 2019, 8:45 PM Behemoth have taken longer breaks between albums over the last decade, but frontman Nergal reveals that he's been inspired of late and that the band is already moving ahead on new music. Speaking with KCAL 96.7's Radioactive Mike Z ., the Behemoth leader revealed that he's been going through a very creative period. “I’m inspired, and I’m gonna surprise you because we’re already making new music,” said Nergal. “I believe we start jamming and doing later this year, but in the meantime I’m finishing the final touches of the second Me and That Man album as well. So there’s work on several levels. I’m very creative and very productive lately.” The vocalist also revealed that there are some left over songs from the I Loved You at Your Darkest album sessions that he'd also like to have see the light of day. “I’m proud of the sounds," says the singer. "We just need to find the right place, the right time, the right occasion to [release it]. It’s happening eventually.” When asked about a timeline for the various projects, Nergal revealed that the next Me and That Man album would arrive in the “first quarter or first half of 2020,” which suggesting, "Behemoth is gonna be 2021, 100 percent." You can hear more of the chat below, including Nergal discussing the band's current spot on Sipknot's Knotfest Roadshow Tour, what it's been like to tour with Slayer during their farewell run and how this far into their career, it's still fun to make converts out of metal fans who are just discovering them. Get all of Behemoth's tour dates here . Behemoth's Nergal Talks to KCAL 96.7's RadioActive Mike Z. Via Loudwire Hell Born - Axis of Decay - Reviewed By Local Smokeout! Brandy and the Butcher release "Monkey the Cat" RESOLVE 'Carmela' New Single out now (Melodic... SALVATION: Chicago Noise Rock Trio Releases Two New... Prolific in output and fierce in execution, Eastern... New Promo: Gorethrone - The Descension - (Blackened... TERRORIZER: American Grindcore Icons Announce... Season Of Mist Founder Responds To Label Being... social networking software \| Powered by Jamroom	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line58
__label__cc	0.706578	0.293422	Consumer price index, bank earnings: What to know this week – Yahoo Finance Inflation data will be in focus this week, with investors set to receive the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) as the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy moves remain in focus. Quarterly earnings season also ramps up as some of the big banks report results. Market participants are bracing for another historically hot reading on inflation in the latest CPI data, due out on Wednesday. On a year-over-year basis, consumer prices likely surged by 7.1% in December, based on Bloomberg consensus data, accelerating even further from November’s 6.8% year-over-year clip. This would mark the fastest rate since 1982, when CPI rose as much as 8.4% on a year-over-year basis. And on a month-over-month basis, consumer prices likely rose by 0.4% in December, slowing from November’s 0.8% rise but still marking an eighteenth consecutive month of increases. “Recent months have seen consistent upside surprises as inflation has increasingly broadened out, and it’s now the case that seven of the last nine CPI releases have seen the monthly headline increase come in above the consensus among economists on Bloomberg, which just demonstrates how this has taken a lot of people by surprise,” Deutsche Bank economists Henry Allen and Jim Reid said in a note. “Our U.S. economists are projecting that year-on-year inflation will move higher once again, with an increase to +7.0%,” they added. “Interestingly though, they think we could be at a turning point with December marking the peak in the year-on-year readings, which they then project will fall back over 2022 and be at +3.0% by this December ahead.” Excluding more volatile food and energy prices, consumer prices likely rose at a 5.4% year-over-year rate in December, also speeding from November’s 4.9% pace and coming in at the fastest since 1991. While price increases have been broad-based in the recovering economy, some economists said rising vehicle prices will likely be one of the main drivers of inflation at year-end. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 10: People walk out of a store along a busy shopping street in Manhattan on December 10, 2021 in New York City. The Labor Department announced on Friday that Inflation in November accelerated at its fastest pace since 1982. Americans are paying more for goods such as gasoline, food, health care and rent. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) “The main story will be the increase in autos inflation, with used cars the primary driver,” Bank of America economists led by Ethan Harris wrote in a note Friday. “Manheim data showed wholesale used car prices spiking 9.2% [month-over-month] in October, following a 5.3% increase in September. Given a roughly 2-month lag, this sends a signal of incredible strength for CPI used cars this month.” Used car and truck prices had risen 2.5% month-on-month in November, matching the prior month’s rise, based on BLS data. “Outside of autos, we expect further gains in household furnishings and supplies and apparel, reflecting tight supply chains and fewer discounts as the holiday shopping season draws to a close,” Harris added. The December CPI will also be carefully parsed by investors as they gauge the next moves by the Federal Reserve, as some officials eye a quicker shift away from accommodative policies to rein in inflation. Last week, the Fed’s December meeting minutes suggested some officials favored speeding the central bank’s asset-purchase tapering and hastening the timing of an initial interest rate hike from current near-zero levels. And against a backdrop of a “stronger economic outlook [and] higher inflation,” some officials also suggested they were contemplating the start of reducing the nearly $9 trillion in assets on the central bank’s balance sheet. Hints that the Fed was considering tightening policy in the near-term sent equity markets into a tailspin last week. “The market does have to adjust to what is a surprise in terms of how aggressive the Federal Reserve may be in managing the economy around inflation,” Rob Haworth, U.S. Bank Wealth Management senior investment strategist, told Yahoo Finance Live last week. Investors may also receive more commentary about how key members of the Federal Reserve expect to approach inflation with their monetary policy toolkit in two confirmation hearings before Congress this week. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nomination hearing for a second term is set to take place before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday — or a day before the December CPI is released. However, Fed Governor Lael Brainard’s nomination hearing to become vice chair of the Fed will take place on Thursday before the Senate Banking Committee, after the release of the latest inflation data. Bank earnings This week, investors will also see a pick-up in earnings reports, as some of the largest U.S. banks deliver their quarterly results at the end of the week. JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citigroup (C) and Wells Fargo (WFC) are each slated to report Friday morning before the opening bell. The results come following a strong run for bank stocks, with financials currently the second-best performing sector in the S&P 500 in 2022, after energy. The XLF, or exchange-traded fund tracking the financials sector, hit a record high on Friday and logged its best week since February 2021. An office tower known as 1Chase Manhattan Plaza, occupied by JPMorgan Chase & Co., is shown Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) Expectations for higher interest rates this year have been one major factor lifting these shares, given that banks’ core lending businesses benefit from rising rates. On Friday, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose to approximately 1.8%, or its highest level since January 2020. And robust market activity over the past year likely also helped further lift banks’ trading operations. “As far as the financials go, we think they’re going to be pretty good. This last year has seen a lot of trading activity,” Scott Ladner, Horizon Investments chief investment officer, told Yahoo Finance Live on Friday. “And as we’ve seen, what’s going on right now with respect to yield curve, the yield curve steepened this week.” As fourth-quarter earnings begin to ramp up, many analysts are expecting to see another solid reporting season. However, the estimates are also taking into account slowing momentum after soaring earnings growth rates from earlier last year, helped in large part by easy comparisons to 2020’s pandemic-depressed levels. S&P 500 earnings in aggregate are expected to grow 21.7% for the fourth-quarter of 2021, according to data from FactSet’s John Butters as of Friday. If earnings come in as expected, this would mark a fourth consecutive quarter that earnings growth tops 20%. Monday: Wholesale inventories, month-over-month, November final (1.2% expected, 1.2% in previous print) Tuesday: NFIB Small Business Optimism, December (98.5 expected, 98.4 in November) Wednesday: MBA Mortgage Applications, week ended January 7 (-5.6% during prior week); Consumer Price Index (CPI), month-over-month, December (0.4% expected, 0.8% in November); CPI excluding food and energy, month-over-month, December (0.5% expected, 0.5% in November); CPI year-over-year, December (7.1% expected, 6.8% in November); CPI excluding food and energy, year-over-year, December (5.4% expected, 4.9% in November); Monthly budget statement, December (-$191.3 billion expected); U.S. Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book Thursday: Producer Price Index (PPI), month-over-month, December (0.4% expected, 0.8% in November); PPI excluding food and energy, month-over-month, December (0.4% expected, 0.7% in November); PPI year-over-year, December (9.8% expected, 9.6% in November); PPI excluding food and energy, year-over-year, December (8.0% expected, 7.7% in November); Initial jobless claims, week ended January 8 (210,000 expected, 207,000 during prior week); Continuing claims, week ended January 1 (1.754 million during prior week) Friday: Retail sales advance, month-over-month, December (0.0% expected, 0.3% in November); Retail sales excluding autos and gas, month-over-month, December (-0.1% expected, 0.2% in November); Import price index, month-over-month, December (0.2%. expected, 0.7% in November); Capacity utilization, December (77.0% expected); Industrial production, month-over-month, December (0.3% expected, 0.5% in November); University of Michigan sentiment, January preliminary (70.0 expected, 70.6 in December) Monday: No notable reports scheduled for release Tuesday: No notable reports scheduled for release Wednesday: Jefferies Financial Corp. (JEF) before market open Thursday: Delta Air Lines (DAL) before market open Friday: BlackRock (BLK), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Wells Fargo (WFC) before market open Emily McCormick is a reporter for Yahoo Finance. Follow her on Twitter: @emily_mcck Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance Follow Yahoo Finance on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Flipboard, LinkedIn, YouTube, and reddit Previous Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum – KSL.com Next U.S. flight cancellations continue into the weekend. – The New York Times Oil prices are at a 7-year high, but Exxon CEO Darren Woods says the ultimate trend is lower – CNBC	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line61
__label__wiki	0.506442	0.506442	Indiana Pacers – How Much of the Pacers Success Is Owned by Frank Vogel? Being a coach must be a horribly lonely existence. Every time a team plays like crap, bombs are dropped on the coach. When the team functions well, the players were get the love. Does anyone give credit to Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra for leading LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh to the 2012 NBA Championship? He was seen as a seat filler by many – a guy who fronted for team president Pat Riley, and served more as a cheerleader than coach, but he did something a lot of very good coaches have not – won a title. Two-thirds of the Big Three for the Heat have been a total mess in this series, headed to a huge game seven tonight, and the talk is about how Wade needs a new knee and Bosh needs a psychiatrist. Maybe, just maybe, Pacers coach Frank Vogel has a little something to do with the Heat’s struggles. At the very least, he has a really young team believing that they should win this series. With the exception of game three and the third quarter of game five, the Pacers have gone toe-to-toe with the defending champions and have come within 48 minutes of reaching the NBA Finals. Vogel took over a team that was on its way to another mediocre-to-poor season in January, 2011. The Pacers were 17-27 under Jim O’Brien before he was replaced the 37 year-old coach, who brought some enthusiasm and positive reinforcement to a group of young men who sorely needed it. The players responded with a 20-18 finish, earning their first playoff berth in five years. The Pacers went 42-24 in 2011-2012, and won their first playoff series in seven years – 4-1 over the Orlando Magic before losing in six to the Heat. This year, Vogel led the Pacers to a 49-win season, and has moved through two playoff series to make the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2004. They are hours away from capping off an outstanding seven-game series against the Heat with a road win, or losing and returning to Indianapolis to begin the process of improving for next season. If they win tonight, the media will spend a lot of time talking about the guys who put the ball in the basket and kept the Heat from doing it. They will extoll the effort from those who played best – as it should be. A loss will bring strategic questions from tonight, as well as from the game one decision to keep Roy Hibbert on the bench during the final two defensive possessions, which led to James lay-ups. There were solid reasons for that strategic move, but coaching is a result based business. When the result is positive, players are carried off the floor as victors. When it goes bad, coaches are blamed. Get blamed enough, and it’s time to look for another gig. Dan Dakich often says that the best day for a coach is the day he’s hired, and then it’s all downhill from there until the pink slip comes. That’s true, but a win tonight might make today very special for a guy who appears to have been the absolute right choice 2 1/2 years ago. How much credit Vogel gets will be less than he deserves because that’s the way life works for coaches. And he’ll be blamed more than he should be for the same reason. But he’ll know what he did, and that will have to be enough. This entry was posted in Featured Story, Indiana Pacers, Kent Sterling, NBA and tagged Dan Dakich, Heat Pacers, Pacers game 7, Pacers Heat., Vogel replaces O'Brien on June 3, 2013 by Kent Sterling. ← Chicago Cubs – Tom Ricketts Proclaims Himself the #1 Cubs Fan Indiana Hoosiers Football Helmets Are Exceptional (video) → One thought on “Indiana Pacers – How Much of the Pacers Success Is Owned by Frank Vogel?” Dr Truth June 4, 2013 at 5:05 am Vogel took over an underperforming team and guess what, it is still an underperforming team now. Game 7 was a mess. The Heat attacked the post and Vogel had no answer. He let Hibbert just twist in the wind. Lebron matched on George and Vogel did nothing. Paul had an awful game because Vogel did not exploit the mismatches that came with Lebron on George. Lets be honest, Bird build this team. He is a good judge of talent, other than for white guys that cannot jump but that is another story. Hiring West was the key factor in giving the Pacers a backbone as before, with Granger, the team was a soft swirl. Has Vogel done justice to the team, no. Game 7 shows how badly he was out coached and it seems to me he always will be when he faces elite teams.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line66
__label__wiki	0.522541	0.522541	Janet McCabe and Kim Akass Psst! Wanna know a secret. Mad Men isn’t about men at all. But about subjectivities in the making: how men construct identities for women and how women struggle for narrative space in and through those representations. ‘Where there is power, there is resistance’, Michel Foucault once wrote. ‘[One] is always “inside” power, there is no “escaping” it, there is no absolute outside where it is concerned’ (Foucault 1990: 95). Harry Crane purports to know what women want. But Joan Holloway has done her homework. Long has she been a force with which to be reckoned. Distracting the men with her ‘to-be-looked-at-ness’. It is her thing, her strategy for asserting her authority inside the male dominated world of Sterling Cooper. Of course the client did not want to conduct business over the telephone. He liked what she said and the way she said it. What man could resist those womanly charms? The mad man may take charge of a feminine desire and absorb it into the serious business of consumer capitalism. But Joan lives that desire. In pitching the perfect strategy can she dare to dream of her liberation from mundane office chores. No sooner has the deal been brokered then Crane replaces the ‘hourglass’ with another ‘suit’. What happened? Speaking through a representational type that panders to patriarchal fantasies of a feminine ideal is always a precarious business. As the exchange of looks emphasizes, Joan never owns the gaze – probably never did. The scene heralds her return to silence, only able to speak through those verbose looks, pregnant pauses and loquacious gestures. Which is something that Peggy Olson knows only too well. On the pretext of pastoral duties her priest pays her visit. He is desperate for a confession. She knows what he wants to hear, but she’s not playing ball. Michel Foucault tells us that speaking about sex plays directly into power, the knowledge of which is, in turn, used by authorities for the intention of exacting social control (Foucault 1990). In a Foucauldian twist Peggy defies patriarchal control through her refusal to speak. Only the relentless clickety-clack of the photocopier can be heard. No words can fully articulate what she has endured. In this generic world there is no space, there are no words, for women to own their desires. Other than those that the mad men think they want. At episode end both Joan and Peggy shed their feminine performance. Joan dismantles her constructed-ness while Peggy washes hers away. Both contemplate the collateral damage of narrative events. But out of silence subjectivities are born. Reference: Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Vol 1, An Introduction (London, Penguin: 1990) Joan Holloway Peggy and Joan Janet and Kim, these clips are wonderful. The parallels between Peggy and Joan are so crucial. As established in the first season, Peggy and Joan stand out in the world of Sterling Cooper. While the other women in the office cry in bathroom and indulge the men's abusive behavior with a smile, Peggy and Joan have more agency -- Joan because she knows how much she is desired, Peggy because she refuses to be defined by her desirability. In the second season, I think something of a reversal happens. Joan, who had been dismissive of Peggy's aspirations in the first season, realizes she has some of her own. As the first part of this clip shows so well, Joan's desirability can work well with her intellect; the client likes both what she says and how she says it, and the hurt that washes over her face when Harry introduces her to Dan affirms just how important to Joan it was to be not only seen but listened to. In contrast, Peggy actually does advance professionally at Sterling Cooper and is rewarded for her ambition and even assertiveness. It is her personal life that is a mess, from the sister who judges and resents her to this priest who treats her like a little girl, in some ways undermining the success and respect that she has begun to earn from her colleagues. Importantly, as the exchange she has with Pete in the final episode makes so clear, it is a success predicated on rejecting the image of womanhood that she peddles as a copy writer at Sterling Cooper. Personal is Political is Capital By Sangita Gopal great post janet! those are interesting scene selections as well. i agree with your foucauldian reading of the show especially since it is interesting to see how the show complicates any easy binary reading of the world of advertising at this historical moment. it is very interesting how that great slogan of the feminist era that is just round the corner, the "personal is political" is rewritten here as the "personal is capital". here are some examples ... peggy's rise to power (which i read somewhere corresponds to actual women's rise in advertising during these years - though i am no expert) is enabled through this mining of the personal/intimate/domestic for the making of ads. her interventions including the first, "mark your man" lipstick campaign - always brings sentiment (that terrain of womanliness supposedly) to the forefront. thus also the airline ad with the little boy etc. don learns the lesson well from peggy -- recall how season 1 ends with him getting an idea for the carousel ad by looking through photos of his own family. it is very interesting how here again he turns the private memories into a product quite seamlessly and this enables allows him to return home and reconcile with his family. the entry of the feminine and the intimate into public life which we might see as the great intervention of the 60s is given a very complex reading by this show as the personal enters the political domain through the channels of capital - the personal sells commodities, incites desires. as such, it resembles for me what marx calls real (as opposed to formal) subsumption where the logic of commodities entirely penetrates all aspects of life OR perhaps what foucault calls biopolitics? i have also been struck by how don d, as an outsider to the WASP elite culture of Madison avenue, performs a form of "intersectional" politics - allied and sympathetic towards other outsiders - women especially. it is also interesting to align his masquerade to the "double consciousness" and the "feminine mystique" under which women, people of color survived. not only does the show repeatedly, not only through don but all the other male figures show how masculinity is a difficult burden to bear (the show seems to feature multiple male hysterics), but it also aligns its hero to the coming communities ---- women, people of color etc. thanks for a provocative post, sangita Joan Versus Peggy Janet and Kim--great clip and post—thank you. Viewers have shared in Peggy’s struggles, and the petty humiliations she’s had to frequently endure, but this is one of the first times that we’ve seen how vulnerable Joan is. And we’ll see it again—more brutally—with the actions of her new fiancé later in season two. In some ways, it seems that Peggy’s naiveté affords her more freedom to create new alternative responses (however tentative) as she goes along (such as sending the priest on his way), while Joan is doubly trapped in her strategy ‘to be looked at,’expending so much effort enacting the ‘Sex and the Single Girl’ model. She seems genuinely surprised by being put back in her place by hapless Harry Crane. Plus Joan and Peggy’s differing reactions to the male dominated world of Sterling Cooper and Mad Men is an obvious source of friction between them, instead of a bond. On the surface at least, Joan seems more trapped than Peggy despite her stylish bravado, although the narrative (and 20-20 hindsight) hints that change may soon be on the way. Mad Women in Mad Men Wednesday, April 22, 2009 — 12:23 am Janet and Kim: I enjoyed your post, especially your comment: I had been struck with Joan's performance of femininity. Through most of the first season, she embraces her to-be-looked-at-ness. (In the second season, however, it leads to violence against her.) Peggy struggles to evade feminine performance, but finds herself trafficking in it in order to sell products. They are both, as you suggest, damaged by efforts to sustain feminine ideals. I was also struck by Joan's mobility in season one. She moves, undulates, through the secretarial space. Peggy, in contrast, is stuck at a desk, virtually chained to it until she makes her move up through the ranks. In the scene below, Joan moves to Peggy's desk and lectures her about the necessity to accept to-be-looked-at-ness. Peggy and Joan response Thanks everyone for some really thoughtful and thought-provoking contributions. We are still waiting for the end of season two over here in Britain - and, as usual, are behind in narrative events. We can't wait to see what happens in the light of your hints! This has really focused us on our chapter for Gary's forthcoming book and all your contributions have given us plenty to talk about - no silence for Kim and Janet (unlike Peggy and Joan). As they always do, Janet and As they always do, Janet and Kim remind us with their post how in complex tele-verses women break the narrative glass ceiling and demand our attention. At the end of 2008 Television Without Pity offered a slide show review of "Anticipated TV Moments That Actually Paid Off," and it says a lot about the state of contemporary television that the top three included the generically worlds apart moving of The Island on Lost and Peggy's smack down of Pete on Mad Men. At the very end of Six Feet Under, the five season story turned out to be Claire's. Two seasons in, Mad Men is already looking more and more to be Peggy's story. MAD MEN is too about Men! Sunday, July 26, 2009 — 10:01 pm I also want to thank my friends Janet & Kim for their initial post and the excellent clip. The other comments have also been exciting and enlightening, exactly what this site was designed for. Brava and Kudos to all! To supplement what's been said, though, I want to start with a teaching anecdote. Years ago, I screened THE SEARCHERS for an American Film class and required students to read Brian Henderson's famous essay on the movie, in which he claimed that THE SEARCHERS (1956) was not really about Native Americans in the 19th century, but about Black-White relations in the 1950s in the wake of the U.S. Supremes' ruling Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954). One student took exception to Henderson's thesis and wrote a well-researched term paper entitled "THE SEARCHERS is too about Indians!" That said, I'd argue that MAD MEN "is too" about men. The show certainly deals with all of the issues regarding the social construction of women under patriarchy brought up in the previous posts, but it seems to me that it also portrays the sexiosocioeconomic construction of men under late capitalism. These ad men are not just cold fish and chauvinistic a-holes because they have penises (and/or phalluses, to make a subtle distinction); the very structures of their lives -- workplace, politics, family, education, pop culture, suburbia, new technologies (the Xerox machine, the fluorescent lighting that Jeremy Butler mentioned on another post, etc.) -- made them the organization men (William Whyte, 1956) and men in the grey flannel suits (Sloan Wilson, 1955 -- film version, 1956) that they are. They are "mad" in all three senses of that word: (a) creatures of MADison Avenue and the corrupt (and corrupting) business of advertising, (b) driven to MADness by the sexiosocioeconomic pressures of the consumer culture that they themselves create; and (c) MAD as hell that they don't have much power themselves to change things. (They take out those tensions on their spouses and employees.) Even Don's romantic interlude in California is but a short vacation and temporary respite from the rat race. The show shows us (yes, my pun is intended) the circumstances for BOTH genders but doesn't offer any real solutions within its fictional world, except perhaps in the individual (and collective) hearts and minds of viewers who watch that diegesis unfold 40-45 years later. Frank P. Tomasulo, Ph.D.	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line72
__label__wiki	0.975653	0.975653	By Md. Kamruzzaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in the fifth phase of local government elections across Bangladesh, sources said Wednesday. Six of the victims were slain in clashes during the daylong … Continued Iraq: For 1st time, women secure 97 parliament seats By Ali Jawad BAGHDAD (AA): Women have won 97 seats in Iraq’s 329-member parliament in this week’s early parliamentary elections, according to the Iraqi cabinet on Tuesday. The cabinet said in a statement that women candidates gained 29.4% of … Continued Election fever in Pakistan-administered Kashmir takes over UK By Aamir Latif and Ahmet Gurhan Kartal MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan-administered Kashmir/ LONDON (AA): Thousands of miles away from Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir or Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the election fever has taken over Kashmiri diaspora living in the … Continued Voters in Pakistan-administered Kashmir demand share in resources By Aamir Latif KAIL, Pakistan-administered Kashmir (AA): Under the shadow of snow-capped mountains, flourishing green forests, and towering hills on both sides of the noisy Neelam River, political parties are making a last-ditch effort to woo voters in the … Continued Leadbeater calls for divisions to be healed after Labour narrowly hangs on to Batley By Hamed Chapman London, (The Muslim News): Kim Leadbeater says she was “absolutely delighted that the people of Batley and Spen have rejected division and chosen hope” after hanging onto the Labour seat previously held by her murdered sister Jo … Continued London Mayor election not a foregone conclusion, says Khan By Hamed Chapman LONDON, (The Muslim News): Sadiq Khan may be the odds-on favourite to be re-elected as Mayor of London for a second term in May, but he remains far from complacent about the result given the smear … Continued US: President Trump becomes first US president to be impeached twice By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump on a single article of incitement of insurrection, making him the first president in US history to be impeached twice. … Continued UK: Exclusive: Record 23 Muslim MPs expected to be elected this week By Hamed Chapman and Elham Asaad Buaras LONDON, (The Muslim News): The number of Muslim MPs expected to be elected to Parliament this week could rise to another record of 24, according to exclusive analysis of candidates and constituencies carried … Continued Tunisia: Ennahda wins parliamentary election By Yosra Ouanes and Gulsen Topcu TUNIS (AA): Tunisian’s Ennahda party finished first in weekend parliamentary elections, according to the High Election Commission. Based on the official results of the elections, which were held to determine new members of … Continued India: BJP Candidate off trail after razed mosque comments By Ahmad Adil CHANDIGARH, India (AA): India’s Election Commission [EC] on Wednesday suspended campaigning for the current elections by a ruling party candidate over her comments reveling in the destruction of a 500-year-old mosque, among other remarks. “The Commission, … Continued 3rd Apr 2019 Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigns By Abdulraziq bin Abdullah ALGIERS (AA): Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika bowed to popular demand Tuesday and resigned after over a month of protests over his decision to seek a fifth term, state news agency APS reported. Bouteflika said in … Continued US: First two Muslim women elected to US Congress By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Minnesota’s Ilhan Omar both made history Tuesday by winning their elections and becoming the first Muslim women to be elected to the U.S. Congress. Tlaib won the congressional seat for … Continued UK: Need more BAME MPs to reflect modern Britain, says Lib Dem leader By Ahmed J Versi London, UK, (The Muslim News): Liberal Democrats are still not representative of modern Britain, Leader of the Party told The Muslim News. Sir Vince Cable acknowledged that his party was not “yet fully representative of modern … Continued UK PM May under fire over DUP vote deal By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA); As Brexit negotiations between the U.K. and the EU loom, an imminent voting deal between Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and 10 lawmakers from the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are casting a shadow … Continued Exclusive: UK: Muslim MPs prominent in Labour resurgence London, (The Muslim News): The number of Muslim MPs elected to Parliament has risen to another record of 15, boosted by the sudden and unexpected resurgence in support for Labour under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn. The rise saw an … Continued UK: No place for Islamophobia in British society, says Prime Minister May in exclusive interview By Ahmed J Versi London, (The Musilm News): Prime Minister, Theresa May, has pledged her commitment to working with the Muslim community and remains adamant that there is “no place” for Islamophobia in British society. In an exclusive interview with … Continued No elections come much bigger Launching her party’s manifesto, Prime Minister, Theresa May, emphasised the crucial importance of getting the next five years right for the country’s prosperity, its place in the world, for living standards and for the opportunities of future generations. “If we … Continued Exclusive: Muslim candidate numbers fall Hamed Chapman A total of 79 Muslims are standing as Prospective Parliamentary Candidates at the General Election in June 8. They are spread across the country in 66 different constituencies, including at 10 where at least two of the runners … Continued 45 Muslim councillors elected in local elections Nadine Osman An estimated 45 Muslim councillors were elected in England (24), Scotland (9) and Wales (12) in the local elections, constituting 0.9 percent of the 4,851 newly elected councillors, according to data exclusively compiled by The Muslim News. Source: … Continued EXCLUSIVE: Elected Muslim councillors Below is the full list (compiled exclusively by The Muslim News) of newly elected Muslim councillors on May 4. If you know of a Muslim councillor omitted from our list please email info@muslimnews.co.uk	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line74
__label__cc	0.614702	0.385298	Front Page›News›Vantaa nominated as the European Rising Innovative City Vantaa nominated as the European Rising Innovative City Vantaa is one of eight cities that the European Innovation Council (EIC) has chosen as the European Rising Innovative City semi-finalists. The EIC awards cities for the first time in two population-based categories. The European Innovation Council has already for several years chosen a European Capital of Innovation among cities of more than a quarter million residents. The new European Rising Innovative City award is now granted for the first time. Cities with 50,000 - 249,000 residents are eligible to enter the competition. The European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) prize amounts to €1 million, whereas the winner of the European Rising Innovative City will reap €500,000. Two other cities will also be awarded in both of the above categories. The awards will be given as part of The European Capital of Innovation Awards program. Both awards are granted as an acknowledgement of successful local-level innovation work and development of operations supporting innovations. The nominated cities will be judged, among other things, on how well they have developed such ecosystems that combine actors in the city’s different sectors, promote innovations, and increase the residents’ wellbeing, helped the local actors to develop novel operating models and tools as test platforms, as well as supported businesses in accelerating their growth. The winners will be published when The European Capital of Innovation Awards is arranged on November 24-25, 2021. You can follow the nominated cities and the event on social media, hashtag #iCapitalAwards. The European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital) 2021: discover this year’s semi-finalists! The European Innovation Council: The European Capital of Innovation Awards European Capital of Innovation Awards on YouTube Would you like to know more? Take a look at the video published by EU Science & Innovation. If you would like to see the video with English subtitles please watch it on Youtube. Published: 23.9.2021 (modified: ) Back to notices	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line77
__label__wiki	0.951472	0.951472	You are in: Euro2000: Teams: Romania: Squad Fans' Guide Dorinel Munteanu Euro 2000 is likely to be Dorinel Munteanu's last competitive competition for Romania after establishing himself in the national side for the past decade, second only to Gheorghe Hagi as his country's most capped international. Equally adept playing in defence or midfield, Munteanu is also known for his attacking abilities, scoring 10 goals in 86 internationals. But he will probably be best remembered for his goal that never was when his 20 yard-strike was disallowed in Euro 96 against Bulgaria, effectively knocking Romania out of the tournament. Munteanu's long career has seen him move from Cercle Bruges to FC Cologne and to VfL Wolfsburg, where he is currently playing. Desperate to make his last tournament successful, Munteanu, along with several other Romanian veterans, will do his best to make Euro 2000 their most memorable. Back to squad page >> Stats for Romania Gheorghe Popescu Adrian Ilie Gheorghe Hagi Emerich Jenei	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line79
__label__wiki	0.500278	0.500278	Paranormal Releases week of October 6, 2014 Posted by Robin \| Oct 6, 2014 \| Anne Marsh, Anya Bast, Caryn Maya Block, Crystal Jordan, Dayna Hart, Featured, Felicity Heaton, Holley Trent, J.R. Ward, James McGuire, K.D. Jones, Kate Pearce, Loribelle Hunt, Mary Janice Davidson, Monette Michaels, New Releases, Sam Crescent, Sarah Fine, Saranna Dewylde, Shawntelle Madison, Zoe York Hello all! Yes this will become a weekly post for everyone. I will be getting you the most up to date release dates. So without further delay. For the week of 10/7/2014 here are the new books. Hurry check them all out! Apolonia by James McGuire Three years after Rory Riordan foiled her own murder, she still trusts no one—not Dr. Z, the eccentric college professor who has taken her under his wing; not Benji, the endearing, attractive classmate who insists on following her around; and certainly not Cy, the beautifully dark and mysterious boy who sits in the first row in Dr. Z’s Astrobiology class and asks far too many questions. When Rory witnesses Cy being abducted by soldiers in the middle of the night, she finds herself immersed in a world that holds more secrets than she could imagine, even darker secrets than her own. Beta’s Mate by Caryn Maya Block Brenda Scott, while being cured of cancer, had her world turned upside down when she shifted into a wolf. Now living in Quebec with her new pack, she wonders if her dream of being in a special operations unit is forever out of reach. Then there is the quiet man who watches her with the yellow eyes of a wolf wanting his mate. Will she be able to adapt to her new wild urgings? Granger Thibault wants his mate more than anything in the world. But he knows that if he pushes her, she will fight back. Once a soldier and the Alpha female’s foster sister, Brenda is a force to be reckoned with. Can Granger find a way around Brenda’s hard shell to the soft woman waiting to be loved? Prime Imperative by Monette Michaels The Prime race is facing extinction, but the research of Dr. Brianna Martin may hold the answer to their salvation. There’s just one problem, a group of Pure Blood fanatics will stop at nothing to see her dead! On the run from deadly peril, Bria meets her match in Iolyn Caradoc, a man determined to save her at all costs! Prime Imperative is a fast-paced, sexy, and thoroughly entertaining addition to Monette Michaels’ exciting series, The Prime Chronicles. Adopted and raised by Terrans, Dr. Brianna Martin never quite fit in. She’s thrilled to learn she’s a long-lost female of the Prime race. And that she has a mate living somewhere on the planet Cejuru Prime—one genetically destined to be hers alone. Before she figures out how to approach him, she’s attacked in her research lab. Iolyn Caradoc is stunned at the news that his mate, matched to him soon after birth, still lives. Even more amazing, she’s a research scientist on the verge of discovering why the Prime race is dying. But Pure Blood fanatics are trying to kill her and she’s on the run. Every primal instinct in him insists he find, claim, and protect his mate. But the woman won’t stay put. When Bria finally meets Iolyn, she’s thrilled. He’s everything she could want—physically strong, highly intelligent, and … the other half of her soul. Yet, he’s also an overwhelmingly dominant and stubborn Prime warrior who wishes to protect her from everything—including her own Prime nature. As a Prime battle-mate, she has newfound instincts and skills—skills that will make her a true warrior. Skills she fully intends to learn and use. If she manages to survive. Desolation by K.D. Jones Maggie James was sixteen years old when the Earth self-destructed. She’s spent the years since fighting to protect herself and the band of subway-dwelling misfits who took her in. Every day is a struggle to survive, and she’s seen the best and the worst of humanity. Hope seems lost until a tall, gorgeous hunk of a man from another world appears out of nowhere. Captain Liam Estros a soldier for the Drastan Nation who has been sent to investigate a mayday call over five years old. Believing the detour a waste of time, he doesn’t take the hunt for survivors seriously until he’s captured and taken hostage by a small human woman. In a world torn asunder by ignorance and violence, some will always revel in the chaos, preying on those just trying to survive. Heroes will rise from the ashes, and hope will come from the stars. Two hearts and two species. They must both overcome terrible odds to find love in desolation. Special Note From the Author: For the month of October 2014, I will donate $1.00 for every Desolation book sold in my new series Earth Evolution to BREAST CANCER AWARENESS. Thanks for helping me support the cause. KD Jones Author Sci-Fi Romance The Alpha’s Domination by Sam Crescent Daniel is an Alpha and a Dom. For the last year he’s been trying to convince Dawn that they’re mates. He sees the way she holds herself back. Not once during their time together has she trusted him enough to give herself to him. It’s time to take over and show her who the real Dom is. Dawn craves pain and no one can handle her need. When Daniel discovers her secret there’s no backing out. She can’t feel pain and it’s up to her Dom to protect her. Her condition makes her vulnerable to predators. Daniel will not let anything happen to his mate and will do everything in his power to protect her, even from the person who wants to hurt her most. Immortal by J.R. Ward From J.R. Ward, the #1 New York Times bestselling author who has kept readers on the edge of their seats with her phenomenal Fallen Angels novels, comes one of the most heart-stirring and eagerly anticipated events in that acclaimed series. This is a world where sin and salvation collide. This is a world where a cynical fallen angel struggles with the seven deadly sins and seven chosen souls. With the spellbinding Immortal, the riveting series that “changed the face of paranormal romance” (Suit101.com) comes to an epic close as mankind’s reluctant savior struggles with his greatest challenge yet… Chaos by Sarah Fine With Juri in control and everything in absolute chaos, Lela plunges into the depths of hell to free Malachi from creatures that have waited decades to exact their revenge. But the Judge has her own way of doing things, and Lela must work with Ana, the new Captain, who has a very personal mission of her own. Together, they infiltrate the most horrifying realm either has yet encountered in the Shadowlands—the bitter landscape ruled by the Mazikin. The stakes could not be higher, and Lela must accept the help—and love—of people she barely knows or trusts. As alliances and loyalties shift and she realizes the soul she came to save isn’t the only one in need of rescue, can Lela summon the strength to see the fight through to the very end? Undead and Unwary by MaryJanice Davidson How do you out-devil the devil? For Vampire queen Betsy Taylor, the answer is relative—literally—as MaryJanice Davidson’s “sexy, steamy, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Booklist) New York Times bestselling series continues… Viking Unleashed: 9 Modern Viking Erotic Romances These are not your mother’s Vikings. Nine “out of this world” Viking erotic romances: modern, sexy versions of the original alpha male bad boy heroes. Nine brand new bedtime stories! VIKING FIRE by award-winning author CRYSTAL JORDAN. Wolf-shifter Erik once betrayed the only woman he ever loved, the shieldmaiden Bryn, and it cost both their lives. Now, they serve the gods as immortal warriors, and an ancient prophecy forces them together to try to stop the coming apocalypse. What they don’t expect is for the fire to burn as hot between them as ever. AT THE VIKING’S COMMAND by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author ANNE MARSH. A werewolf tries to protect her Pack and ends up in the arms of a ruthless Viking. Following her Viking’s orders ignites a fiery passion and fulfills her secret fantasies, but can she claim her Viking for keeps? HEL’s BELLES by DAYNA HART. Hela’s one-night stand is assigned to mentor her through the creation of her new motorcycle club, but as their relationship starts to develop, the secrets she’s keeping might cost her everything. THE VIKING QUEEN’S MEN by award-winning author HOLLEY TRENT. As the newly installed queen of an enclave of telepathic Viking descendants, Tess is the final arbiter of conflicts. Unfortunately, the very first one she has to resolve is in her own bedroom. Two men would fight to the death to win her, but to gain full control of her considerable power, she must find a way to keep them both. TAMING THE VIKING’S DRAGON by SHAWNTELLE MADISON. Only two riders can command an ice dragon…Drifa wants nothing more than to complete her training as a Woman of Frost, but she is called to help destroy an evil force fallen from the stars. Three years ago, she left Steinn behind. To fight this new foe, they must forget their differences and reunite as man and woman. But for two Viking warriors, waging war is easier than forging peace. A VIKING’S PEACE by NYT Bestselling Author ZOE YORK. Thrown together in an intergalactic diplomatic mission, Reinn and Ashleigh know they must fight the burning attraction between them. But this Viking has finally found his mate, and nothing else matters. VIKING’S HEART by national bestselling author LORIBELLE HUNT. Jolie Hall is ready for her life to change. Being given to a Viking to clear her father’s debts isn’t quite what she had in mind, however. She can’t deny she’s drawn to Stone Ulfson, but can she believe his claim that she is his destined mate? VIKING’S FURY by award-winning author SARANNA DEWYLDE. Magnus the Destroyer will do anything to escape prison planet Hel and punish his captors, including taking the warden’s innocent daughter Mercy as collateral. Only after they crash on an uninhabited planet, Magnus learns some things are more precious than vengeance. VIKING UNBOUND by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author KATE PEARCE. Encased in ice, traveling through space and thousands ofyears adrift from his world, Viking Einarr Bloodaxe can’t help but respond to the call of his female and finally break free of his magical entrapment. Wicked Hot Reads: Ten Paranormal Romances Indulge in ten sexy paranormal romance novels, written by New York Times and USA Today bestselling romance authors. With shifters, vampires, demons, and otherworldly creatures all looking for their own forever-loves… This box set bundle will get you in the mood for a sensual Halloween! The books in Wicked Hot Reads: 10 Paranormal Romances would cost over $30 to buy individually. Save $29 by getting the bundle for just 99c for a limited time! Beauty and the Beast (an erotic re-imagining) by NYT & USA Today bestseller Shoshanna Evers: The Beast can’t let his little Beauty go free, not while there’s still hope that she might be the one to end his decade-long curse… Knocking on Demon’s Door by NYT & USA Today bestseller Cathryn Fox: When Michelle discovers what’s really going on at the resort, will her trust in a demon turn her in to one of the missing, or will he save her from the real monsters? The Wolf Who Played With Fire by NYT & USA Today bestseller Sarah Mäkelä: Mia’s mistakes have forever changed the lives of those close to her, but when her soldier boyfriend, Ethan, goes missing on duty, she harness every magic power she possesses to get him safely back… Fallen Ever After by NYT & USA Today bestseller A.C. James: Arie wanted Holly from the very first moment he met her, but the long-standing feud between the faeries that run the Chicago Crew puts Holly and other fledgling vampires in danger. Can they stop a vampire-fae war that’s been brewing for nearly a century? Bared to Him by NYT & USA Today bestseller Jan Springer: Human by day, and a tentacle shapeshifter by night, sexy Gray Wagner, is the last male that Miranda Bolton dreams of falling in love with, until she begins to fantasize about all the naughty things he can do to her… A Mate’s Bite by USA Today bestseller Milly Taiden: After an explosive night of passion, Karla is sure she’s a one-night stand for the man she’s wanted for years, but Nate has marked Karla. Only true love and a wolf’s promise can hold together a relationship created with a bite and a hope for tomorrow. Archangel Rafe by Lisa Hughey: Angelina’s only respite from her overwhelming life is in her dreams with a stunningly hot angel, but when an unexpected threat puts both the Angelic Realm and Earth in jeopardy, Angelina will need to accept her destiny before it’s too late… Blaze of Secrets by Jessie Donovan: Rescued from a prison for magic users, Kiarra is now a wanted criminal and must rely on a mysterious Brit to help her evade capture. Before long, her handsome rescuer becomes much more than just her trainer… Mark of the Serapath by Titania Ladley: After a catastrophe unleashes Josie’s Serapathian witch magic, she suspects her sexy, mysterious lover is a Kynthian vampire ordered to kill all Serapaths. Despite the risks, passion explodes between them, threatening the future of the entire world. Dragon’s Honor by Mina Carter: Bodyguard duty. Undercover. As human. Simple. Until shadow-dragon Baron realizes the woman they’re protecting is his mate. Add in a crazy warlock…and Baron might have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save her. Capturing Caroline by Anya Bast Grief-stricken by the strange disappearance of her two sisters, Caroline Gannett tries to go on with life…until one day she mysteriously vanishes from the world too. Pulled through “the veil,” Caroline finds herself in an alien world and is swiftly drawn into an adventure with the sexiest man she’s ever met. Together they are an unstoppable force, sparking desire off each other from the first time they meet. Torrent had hoped this would never happen. He has lived his life under a dark prophecy that is about to come true. Even so, the temptation Caroline presents is irresistible. He seduces Caroline’s body as surely as he binds her heart to his. They are a perfect match. But that doesn’t change the fact that the prophecy proclaims he is destined to die. There is no denying it. There is no escaping it. And if there’s one woman in the universe who makes him want to live, it’s Caroline Her Avenging Angel by Felicity Heaton Once a proud angel of Heaven, Nevar is now a servant of Hell, bound to a new master—the King of Demons. Consumed by darkness and driven to seek revenge, he set in motion a series of events that awakened the Great Destroyer, a force that will bring about the apocalypse. Now, he is the creature’s master and the fate of our world rests in the hands of an angel with only darkness in his heart. Lost in the mortal realm without any recollection of how she came to be there, Lysia is only aware that she has survived a great battle. When she stumbles into a demon bar, she finds more than a chance to discover what happened to her—she finds a dark and deadly angel warrior who stirs fire in her veins and awakens soul-searing passion she cannot deny. With the mounting threat of the Great Destroyer, the forces of Heaven and Hell against him, and a band of dangerous angels intent on capturing Lysia on his heels, can Nevar protect the beautiful woman who is light to his darkness and find the strength to save the world? We are a new site and are slowly building our website, please check back often for changes. Don’t want to miss any more posts? Subscribe to this Blog by email. Find us on: Website \| Facebook \| Twitter PreviousPrimal Law by J.D. Tyler NextReview of Raphael by D.B. Reynolds Stumbling Into the Holidays by Molly O’Hare Release Blitz Let’s Get Textual by Teagan Hunter Release Blitz Changing Lanes by A. Marie Cover Reveal Flightless Bird by Paulina Ulrich Cover Reveal	cc/2022-05/en_middle_0018.json.gz/line84

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