Here's the next commission sketch from Comic Con International, San Diego, July 2011, featuring Batgirl and Supergirl. Supergirl was drawn at last year's show and then Batgirl this year to complete the piece.
Drawn on 12 x 16 Canson Pastel Paper with Col Erase Light Blue Pencil, Pitt and Copic Pens, Warm Grey Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils.
Here's the first commission sketch from Comic Con International, San Diego, July 21 2011, featuring the Turn of the Century Black Cat, Chatte Noire.
Drawn on 11 x 16 Canson Pastel Paper with Col Erase Light Blue Pencil, Pitt and Copic Pens, Warm Grey Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils.
Wrapping up my convention commissions this morning on the last day of SDCC in sunny San Diego.
I will be posting them up this week for all to see!
I will be appearing at CCI San Diego, July 20-24 2011 at booth 4706. I will be at the booth most of the show - Rachel won't be there this year - so I will be manning the booth solo!
I will be signing books/comics/statues/etc at my booth the whole show.
I will take sketch requests at 6:00-7:00 PM Wednesday and 10:00-11:00 AM Thursday.
I will write down the first 50 names HOWEVER I will be choosing myself who's sketch I'm drawing and if you had a sketch recently I won't be doing you a sketch so I can try to get sketches down for fans who I haven't done sketches for!
And San Diego is VERY busy con so I will be producing between 5 and 10 sketches TOTAL.
Sketches are $200 each for a single figure.
My new sketchbooks "Reveries" and "Bombshells 5" will be debuting at the show.
"Reveries" will be a 5.5" x 8.5" Full Color sketchbook in a signed and numbered limited edition of 500 copies for $25 each.
"Bombshells 5" will be a 5.5" x 8.5" Full Color sketchbook for $15 each.
I will also have a limited number of last year's "Bombshells Book 1".
I will be selling original art from Uncanny X-Men, Wonder Woman and selected covers, pinups and sketches PLUS some brand new art from Rachel and I!
I will also have new prints for sale.
The full version of my OTHER Sketchbook cover. It's a wraparound cover.
More info, details and previews about the book next week.
Here's a little preview of the cover for my other sketchbook coming out this summer!
Here's another preview from "Bombshells 5 A Terry Dodson Sketchbook".
It features me trying to figure out what I wanted to do with the cover. I knew I was going for an old fashioned poster in the Moulin Rouge, but was playing around with the amount of "action" for the figure, opted for a more stable image - let the "picture" be the action.


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#include "ThreadMapping.h"

#include "base.h"

#include <stdio.h>

#include <emmintrin.h>
#include <ActionLog.h>
#include <RaceInfo.h>

ThreadMapping::ThreadMapping() :
		m_numThreads(0) {
}

void ThreadMapping::build(const SimpleDirectedGraph& graph) {
	RaceHandler::Instance()->ActionThreadSet.clear();

	printf("ThreadMapping: Computing threads...\n");
	int64 start_time = GetCurrentTimeMicros();
	// Greedy algorithm for mapping nodes to threads.
	int temp = graph.numNodes();
	m_nodeThread.assign(temp, -1);
	m_numThreads = 0;
	printf("graph.numNodes: %d\n", temp);

	for (int i = 0; i < temp; ++i) {
//		if(graph.nodeSuccessors(i).size()==0 && graph.nodePredecessors(i).size()==0) continue;
		if (m_nodeThread[i] == -1 && !graph.isNodeDeleted(i)
				&& RaceHandler::Instance()->EventActionSet.find(i)
						!= RaceHandler::Instance()->EventActionSet.end()) {
			assignNodesToThread(graph, i, m_numThreads);
			++m_numThreads;
		}
	}
	printf("ThreadMapping: Found %d threads for %lld ms\n", m_numThreads,
			(GetCurrentTimeMicros() - start_time) / 1000);
}

void ThreadMapping::assignNodesToThread(const SimpleDirectedGraph& graph,
		int startNode, int threadId) {
	int nodeId = startNode;
	int num_nodes_in_chain = 0;
	int counter = 0;
//	printf("-----------------------------\n");
//	printf("[");
	for (;;) {
		if (m_nodeThread[nodeId] == -1) {
			m_nodeThread[nodeId] = threadId;
			RaceHandler::Instance()->ActionThreadSet[nodeId] = threadId;
//			printf("%d,", nodeId);
			counter++;
		}
		int nextNode = -1;
		const std::vector<int>& next = graph.nodeSuccessors(nodeId);
		for (size_t i = 0; i < next.size(); ++i) {
			if (m_nodeThread[next[i]] == -1) {
				nextNode = next[i];
				break;
			}
		}
		if (nextNode == -1 && next.size() > 0) {
			nextNode = next[0];
		}
		if (nextNode == -1)
			break;
		nodeId = nextNode;
		++num_nodes_in_chain;
		if (num_nodes_in_chain == 32766)
			break;
	}
//	printf("] \nThread:%d  -> %d Nodes \n", threadId, counter);
	/*
	 // Note: For evaluating no chain cover.
	 m_nodeThread[startNode] = threadId;
	 */
}

namespace {
void maxVector(std::vector<short>* outv, const std::vector<short>& inv) {
	/*	for (size_t i = 0; i < inv.size(); ++i) {
	 //(*outv)[i] = std::max((*outv)[i], inv[i]);
	 if (inv[i] > (*outv)[i]) {
	 (*outv)[i] = inv[i];
	 }
	 }*/

	int invsize = inv.size();
	int is8 = invsize / 8;

	__m128i* a = (__m128i*) outv->data();
	__m128i* b = (__m128i*) inv.data();
	for (int i = 0; i < is8; ++i) {
		*a = _mm_max_epi16(*a, *b);
		++a;
		++b;
	}
	for (int i = is8 * 8; i < invsize; ++i) {
		if (inv[i] > (*outv)[i]) {
			(*outv)[i] = inv[i];
		}
	}
}
}  // namespace

void ThreadMapping::computeVectorClocks(const SimpleDirectedGraph& graph) {
	printf("ThreadMapping: Computing vector clocks...\n");
	int64 start_time = GetCurrentTimeMicros();
	m_vectorClocks.assign(graph.numNodes(), std::vector<short>());
	for (int node_id = 0; node_id < graph.numNodes(); ++node_id) {
		if (m_nodeThread[node_id] == -1)
			continue;
		m_vectorClocks[node_id].assign(m_numThreads, 0);
		const std::vector<int>& pred = graph.nodePredecessors(node_id);
		for (size_t j = 0; j < pred.size(); ++j) {
			maxVector(&m_vectorClocks[node_id], m_vectorClocks[pred[j]]);
		}
		m_vectorClocks[node_id][m_nodeThread[node_id]]++;
	}
	printf("ThreadMapping: Vector clocks done... (%lld ms)\n",
			(GetCurrentTimeMicros() - start_time) / 1000);
}

bool ThreadMapping::areOrdered(int slice1, int slice2) const {
	if (slice1 == slice2)
		return true;
	if (slice2 < slice1)
		return false;
	int temp1 = m_vectorClocks[slice1][m_nodeThread[slice1]];
	int temp2 = m_vectorClocks[slice2][m_nodeThread[slice1]];
	int temp3 = m_nodeThread[slice1];
	int temp4 = m_nodeThread[slice2];
	if (temp1 <= temp2)
		return true;
	else {
//		printf(
//				"|Race Info:\n|Thread %d: -> Event1: %d  VS Thread %d: -> Event2: %d\n",
//				temp3, slice1, temp4, slice2);
		return false;
	}
}

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Jill Utecht and Hillsboro Recreation Commission will be holding a Spring Cleaning with Essential Oils Make & Take Night class at 7 p.m. April 18 at Hillsboro City Hall.
The class will focus on how to use essential oils to make natural cleaners that are simple, effective, and safe, and will include practical instructional time covering the best oils to use for cleaning, protocols for using oils in cleaning, and recipes for making cleaning supplies.
Cost of the class is $25. Registrations are due by 5 p.m. April 8 at City Hall.


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"Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond"
By johncox on 2004-09-13
"Welcome to Japan, Mr. Bond."
– Tiger Tanaka, You Only Live Twice.
James Bond has a new home — finally.
After rumour reports last week that Time Warner had closed a deal to purchase MGM and the James Bond franchise, in a twist worthy of a Hollywood movie, Time Warner announced today that it was withdrawing its all-cash bid, and Sony Corp has agreed "in principle" to purchase MGM for $4.8 billion, ending a drama that started back in April when Sony first bid on the historic studio. MGM said its management will recommend the deal, which it called a "proposed merger," to its board by Sept. 27.
Reports say Sony has agreed to pay $12 a share for the studio, which amounts to $2.94 billion. The deal also calls for Sony to assume about $1.9 billion in MGM debt. Sony, backed by Texas Pacific Group and Providence Equity Partners, raised its bid over the weekend, triggering Time Warner's withdrawal. Key to Sony's victory was the last minuet involvement of Comcast Corp., which put no money into the deal but agreed to package Sony and MGM content into a number of as-yet undetermined movie channels and video-on-demand offerings. Sony and Comcast announced that deal in a joint press release after news of the sale broke.
Sony is expected to fold MGM's TV and film production units into Sony Pictures Entertainment. There will be a transition period to accommodate films in the MGM pipeline, but after 2005, that label and the roaring Lion will be put to rest.
Variety – 9/14/04
However, Variety reports that the James Bond franchise will be negotiated under a separate deal with the Broccoli family. The Variety report states that future Bond films will be handled by Sony, but will continue to be released under the MGM name. This means we will definitely see Leo the Lion giving his trademark roar in front of Bond 21 instead of the majestic "Columbia lady" which graces most Sony Pictures Entertainment productions (Sony Corp. bought Columbia Pictures in 1989 for $3.4 billion).
And speaking of Bond 21…
While MGM vice chairman Chris McGurk optimistically claimed Bond 21 was "ahead of schedule" back in April…it's pretty clear now that the extended studio sale talks has set the film's production back, or at least put a gag on official announcements regarding the project. With today's news, one hopes Eon Productions are now free to release details on Bond 21, or at least put an end to the tidal wave of rumours. But it's also conceivable that Bond's new bosses will want to put their own stamp on the 40-year-old franchise first. Sony, after all, does have a curious history with 007.
In 1997, Sony announced it was going to produce a rival James Bond series utilizing rights acquired from Thunderball/Never Say Never Again producer Kevin McClory. MGM sued and prevailed in an out-of-court settlement which saw the studio awarded not only the disputed Thunderball rights (which included the use of Blofeld and SPECTRE), but also Columbia's long-held rights to Casino Royale (elements of which are reportedly being used in Bond 21).
Sony transformed their Bond franchise concept into the Bond-bashing, extreme sport-loving xXx starring Vin Diesel (a sequel, xXx: State of the Union starring Ice Cube and directed by Die Another Day's Lee Tamahori, is set for release in 2005). But now it looks like Sony has finally realized their dreams of producing legitimate 007 movies.
Still unclear is whether any of MGM's approximately 1,300 employees will survive the transition, including chairman and CEO Alex Yemenidjian and vice chairman/COO Chris McGurk.
This transaction marks the third time Kirk Kerkorian, who owns 74 percent of MGM (and tried unsuccessfully to merge it with Sony in 2001), has sold the studio.
To discuss this news visit this thread in the CBn forums.
Has Time Warner Purchased MGM?
USA Today: "Sony-led group near purchase of MGM studio"
Forbes: "MGM Deal Draws Near"
MGM Postpones Meeting, Sale Talks Heat Up
Reuters: Sony And Partners Go After MGM
MGM Vice Chairman Talks Bond 21

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text:
Q: Calculate difference between two dates in python I have two columns date1 and date2 in 2/23/2022 12:30:26 format ,i want to calculate difference in hours. How to implement .

A: You can convert two columns to datetime type then subtract at last get hours from timedelta object.
df['date1'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date1'])
df['date2'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date2'])

df['diff'] = (df['date1']-df['date2']) / pd.Timedelta(hours=1)

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Hannover - TUI, the world's largest travel group, expects significant profit losses due to the flight ban imposed to the Boeing 737 MAX jets after Ethiopian Flight 302 crash on March 10.
The German travel group had to lease replacement aircraft to fill the gap caused by the grounded MAX jets, which will bring the company around an extra 200 million euros (225 million USD) burden until the Boeing's newest generation single-aisle jets are allowed to fly again, presumably, in mid-July.
If the flight ban takes longer, it would add another 100 million euros (112.5 million USD) in costs, CEO Fritz Joussen said in Hannover during a press conference.
There is considerable uncertainty as to when the 737 MAXs will be allowed to fly again. So far no dates have been announced.
TUI Group has 15 Boeing 737 MAX series jets operating in the Group airlines standing for the 10% of its total fleet - TUI Airways, U.K. (six 737 MAX 8), TUI fly Belgium (four 737 MAX 8, 11 more on order), TUI fly Deutschland (No current order for the airline), TUI fly Netherlands (three 737 MAX 8, three more on order), TUI fly Nordic, Sweeden (two 737 MAX 8, three more on order).
The Group has recently sold French carrier Corsair International to the German INTRO Aviation and became a pure leisure travel company.


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Constitution Act, 1999 (Nunavut)
[ Extracts of An Act to amend the Nunavut Act and the Constitution Act, 1867 ]
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98, c. 15 (Canada)
[Assented to 13th June 1998.]
CONSTITUTION ACT, 1867
43. (1) The number of Senators provided for in section 21 of the Constitution Act, 1867, as amended, is increased from one hundred and four to one hundred and five.
(2) The maximum number of Senators referred to in section 28 of that Act is increased from one hundred and twelve to one hundred and thirteen.
(3) The Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are entitled to be represented in the Senate by one member each.
44. For the purposes of this Part, the word "Province" in section 23 of the Constitution Act, 1867, has the same meaning as is assigned to the word "province" by section 35 of the Interpretation Act.
45. The member of the Senate who represents the Northwest Territories immediately before the day that section 3 of the Nunavut Act comes into force shall, on and after that day, continue as the member of the Senate who represents one of the following:
(a) Nunavut, if the member resides in the part of the Northwest Territories referred to in section 3 of that Act immediately before that day; or
(b) the Northwest Territories, in any other case.
46. Subsection 51(2) of the Constitution Act, 1867, as enacted by the Constitution Act (No. 1), 1975, is replaced by the following:
(2) The Yukon Territory as bounded and described in the schedule to chapter Y-2 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, shall be entitled to one member, the Northwest Territories as bounded and described in section 2 of chapter N-27 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, as amended by section 77 of chapter 28 of the Statutes of Canada, 1993, shall be entitled to one member, and Nunavut as bounded and described in section 3 of chapter 28 of the Statutes of Canada, 1993, shall be entitled to one member.
47. This Part may be cited as the Constitution Act, 1999 (Nunavut), and a reference to the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 is deemed to include a reference to the Constitution Act, 1999 (Nunavut).
52. (1) Despite section 79 of the Nunavut Act, section 2 of that Act, as amended by section 1 of this Act, section 50.1 of that Act, as enacted by section 9 of this Act, and sections 76.01 to 76.07 and 76.09 of that Act, as enacted by section 16 of this Act, come into force on the day that this Act is assented to.
(2) Part 2 comes into force on the day that section 3 of the Nunavut Act comes into force.
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kharitonov
Sergei Valerievich Kharitonov (Russian: Серге́й Валерьевич Харитонов, Sergey Valerievich Haritonov, Russian pronunciation: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej xərʲɪˈtonəf]) (born August 18, 1980) is a Russian Heavyweight mixed martial artist and former kickboxer currently competing for Bellator MMA, M-1 Global and GLORY. A professional MMA competitor since 2000, he has previously fought in Japanese MMA organizations PRIDE Fighting Championships, DREAM (Both in Japan) and Strikeforce, which was based in the United States.
Kharitonov has competed in two major mixed martial arts tournaments and one major kickboxing tournament. He holds notable wins over former EliteXC Middleweight Champion Murilo Rua, former K-1 Champion Semmy Schilt, former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem, and former UFC Heavyweight Champions Andrei Arlovski and Fabrício Werdum.
As of 11 May 2015, Kharitonov is ranked the #3 Heavyweight kickboxer in the world by GLORY.
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Riot Cop - a.k.a "Judge Mental" Available now!
I am happy to finally be able to say that my Riot cop template is now available for download on my castleforte.com site. I hope you like it. Get it now!
So I'm sure by now you can hear the new Paper Toy song playing in the background!!! Pretty cool, huh? The song is by our very own, Super Cooper's parent's band, Lave Diva. They wrote the song for Cooper's birthday party, and have given us permission to use it here on Nice Paper Toys!
WACK paper toy and contest!
Wack is finally available to download, and there is a photo contest to go along with it, with some very cool prizes!
I was recently asked to allow my BumbleBee HedKase template to be used as a free giveaway and promotional tie-in to the new Transformers movie, in The Morning Bulletin newspaper in Australia. Of course I was very happy to say yes! Score another victory for paper toys!
Paper toy beats vinyl toys!!!
Hey gang, it's our coolest and youngest member, Cooper's birthday today! Give him a shout out, will ya! He deserves it. He is seriously the biggest paper toy fan alive!
Hi Gang! As some of you may have already noticed, we now have more than a few featured members. I just want to say congratulations to those who have been chosen to be featured. I also want to let everyone know what it means to be featured.
Please take a moment to pop over to castleforte.com and check out my new site. You will find a few new things there, including a section that tracks the progress of my new Iphone app, "Wack in the Box", featuring my character, WACK.
URBAN PAPER SHOW WRAP UP!
The show was a huge success! Truly wonderful, with so many great people who were all just blown away by the sheer awesomeness of the many fantastic paper toy creations on display.
Check out the awesome paper artist database that BW has put together. It is a very impressive list. And be sure to let him know if he is missing anyone.
I was asked to create a place where all the Calling All Cars pics could be found easily, so I created a group for you. Please join the group and upload your Calling All Cars pics there. Of course, you can also post them to the gallery, but the group will make it easy for people to view just the pics from the Calling All Cars series.
Check out these papertoy stress tests! Very funny.
Vinyl Toy Network This weekend!
If you are a LA local, be sure to check out the Vinyl Toy Network show /holiday sale this weekend Dec. 6-7 at the Pasadena Convention Center. I will be sharing a booth with Pretty in Plastic, with a limited series of 6 custom painted Wack & Blite resin sculpts. Stop by the booth and say hi. I'll give ya some free goodies. Just mention NicePapertoys.


I need to move my 3 litter boxes from the garage to inside the house. I don't have room for 3 boxes, so will likely have to go to one of the 'self-cleaning' boxes. Does anyone have a brand that they like better, or one that I should absolutely avoid?
Thanks in advance, and Laurie, I understand if you need to remove this post.
Shadow play! Always a fun sport.
Adorable!! those A-E kitties sure know how to have a good time!
I have to reiterate a comment I've seen before...how do you ever get anything done with them around the house? Such cuteness and creativity in getting into things!
That's wot being a kitten is all abowt ~ having fun! Enjoy!
Hee! Those two little flying cat butts and feets just slay me.
That last picture is priceless. Kittens who hop like bunnies have my eternal adoration.
I used a Littermaid and a Cat Genie both, at different times.
The Littermaid was great, and I only stopped using it when I moved and it broke.
I loved the Cat Genie for a long time. The biggest drawback, for most people, is during the drying cycle, it smells like burning poop. I ended up getting rid of it because one cat was a power shedder, and as the poop broke up, the hair would wrap around the axle of it, and then it would not work, and I'd have to clean it by hand.
Another option is what I use now. I have three. I got a large plastic box (like 32 qt, 4 feet long?), and let them use that.
I just LOVE this series of pictures - it looks like the kittens are performing a ballet on stage! Priceless!
Anon - Let me cast a vote for Littermaid too - I am on my third over a period of 16 years. Very sturdy. They were the first and IMHO remain the best. My only complaint is scattered litter.
If there is sun spilling anywhere kittens are sure to soak it up!
Re the Littermaid, I tried it but it terrified my cats. They would do their business as quickly as possible because they were afraid it would start moving while they were in it ... not good. They would also sit and stare at it, waiting for it to move.
In the first picture I can here the kitten saying, oooh I see a shadow of a kitty..is that another kitten near me? Very cute photos.
btw, I use a Littermaid LM920 and it pretty much does the trick. I do have to put plastic under the recepticle area as there is always some litter that escapes as the rakes tips the waste into the recepticle plus my kitties are enthusiastic about burying their waste.
i've been very happy with mine though i would suspect you'd want 2 boxes for 3 cats.
I think that first picture would make a great Halloween card!
I'm loving the shadows of the curly tails!
#1 & #5 are both Halloween worthy!
The rest are joyous glimpses of kitten joy!
And where was Charlene during this romp?
Precious bouncing babies, recharging their solar batteries and bringing joy to so many.
RE the litter box question. I LOVE my littermaid. We got a modified for it so it sits on a cabinet and scoops itself into a bag. It's very picky about litter though. Must use TidyCats Scoop or it jams. We do have to have a backup box, for which we use the auto scooping crystal throwaway boxes. We don't go through many, but on occasion we've had the box occupied when somebody really had to go. That has led to bad things. So we keep two boxes. The main reason we like the littermaid is that we have a giant 22 pound kitty and he tends to hang over the end of most boxes, causing him to miss. More mess!
I have/had a Littermaid and recommend it. It did not scare my kitties at all. Do put plastic or some sort of mat under it to catch the litter that "escapes". I use Fresh Step scoopable and it works well for the Littermaid. Littermaid will actually give you a list of litters that will work well. I found Tidy Cat to be "mucky". Fresh Step is not.
Maybe two of these would work well.
I have used the Littermaid in the past and liked it OK. However, I now have a boy cat who pees straight out the back, so I could not have anything with no lid. We did as another poster suggested and bought a large plastic tote and cut a hole in the front (you could also cut a hole in the lid for entry if your cats are not as hefty as mine). I have 4 cats and just scoop it every day and it works fine.
Love how the kitten fuzz looks even fuzzier in the sun beam!!!!
Such teensy little tails!!! Me love.
Kitten fur-coronas! Love the effect of the light on their silhouettes.


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Those who think stewardship is about money have it wrong; stewardship is, primarily, about people. That's just one of the many stewardship lessons I learned from a man who I consider a stewardship master – Rufus Cushman.
Rufus, who died this week at age 88, will be remembered by many of us in the Massachusetts Conference and beyond for keeping stewardship real and people at the heart of it. A former insurance man and son of a banker, he was comfortable with money. More importantly, he knew what the proper use of it could accomplish – a difference in the lives of people. A long-time member of First Church in Longmeadow, he served through the better part of the 1990s as the Massachusetts Conference's Director of Planned Giving, continued for another decade as a Stewardship Associate, and was a founding member of the Northeast Ecumenical Stewardship Council. His travels through the Conference brought a person of sharp acumen yet kindness and deep faith to this ministry many often associate most with dollars and cents.
I first met Rufus in the mid-70s when I was a boy and he and his wife, Connie, were forging a friendship with my parents. Even then I knew Rufus to be an unusual adult. Unlike most others, he took an interest in me. Over time, as I followed my father into ordained ministry, he continued to take an interest. He also manifested what I now see is one of the most important dimensions of stewardship – recognizing gifts. Rufus saw things in me, often things I couldn't see myself. Over the years, I had occasion in many situations to witness how he recognized the gifts of others, lifted these up, and encouraged us to get them working for Jesus. Stewardship is about people – their giftedness and how these gifts might bless others.
A layman, he was chagrined that we clergy were so reticent about money talk. He'd remind me that Jesus talked about money – a lot! Donning that broad smile he'd raise his eyebrows high and ask, "Well, don't you ministers follow Jesus?" Chuckling, he'd sometimes add, "I'm not so sure!" He was joking but, underneath, he meant it. He was pragmatic enough to know that it takes courage for pastors to talk about money, but he felt that if it was good enough for Jesus it ought to be good enough for us. Stewardship is about people – whether those of us in a position to influence people's generosity will use it or not to advance God's mission in the world.
Rufus was a constant reminder for me that each of us has the power to bring God's realm of love closer, particularly for those who need to know that love most. This awareness might have been burdensome, but it seemed to lighten Rufus. In worship one early morning at a stewardship conference in Madison, Connecticut, on the shores of Long Island Sound, we sang together: "Christ before us, Christ behind us, Christ under our feet. Christ within us, Christ over us, let all around us be Christ." I will never forget the look of utter delight on his face as we concluded. Now, Rufus loved singing. But I'm sure that what was filling Rufus that moment was the Spirit of Christ, and the joy of knowing that we can indeed be Christ for others. Stewardship is about people – those who may be blessed by the sharing of our gifts and about the blessing received by us when we open our hearts, hands, and, sometimes, our wallets to others.
Rufus often used to ask, particularly of the clergy he cared about most, "What's bringing you joy?" It's my sincere hope that, at his end, Rufus – a legacy man – would also have taken joy in knowing that he left a stewardship legacy behind him. He encouraged countless people to remember their churches and the wider United Church of Christ in their wills and through planned giving instruments. He mentored many of us in the ways of Christian generosity. He showed us what it means to be a follower of Jesus and to love God's people and good creation the way Jesus did. And, though I'm deeply saddened by his loss, I'm filled with joy, too, at having known and been loved by such a man of grace and spirit.
I commend God's servant, Rufus, to our memory and bid you join in prayer with me for his wife, Connie, daughter, Jeannie, his extended family, and all others who knew and loved him. A memorial service will be held for Rufus at the Union Church of Proctor, Vermont, on Sunday, October 1, at 2:00 p.m.


The Chanellers are powerful servants of Seath the Scaleless. Their job is to wander Lordran looking for lost undead and to bring them back to the Duke's Archives where they will be crystallized.
A Channeler is a highly dangerous spellcaster with eerie accuracy and devastating spells. If they spot a player - which they can do from a great distance - they will attack almost without warning with devastating bolts of energy. On top of that Channelers can also teleport away when they're being attacked and can perform a dance that boosts the abilities of nearby enemies.
In other words, these guys are a right royal pain in the posterior. Thankfully they're reasonably rare, but you won't like the few times you do come across them.
The first of these enemies you'll encounter is in the Undead Parish. This gentleman lives in the area above the chapel-like structure in the Undead Parish, and will rain down spells upon the player from above. He is found by ascending the steps in the corner of the church but be careful; this Channeler is protected not only by a Balder Knight, but also by a large amount of Hollows as well. It is best to dispatch all other enemies before dealing with the Channeler as it easy to get swarmed and die.
Once this Chaneller is dead he will not respawn.
A large amount of Chaneller's can be found in the Duke's Archives, where they ascend from being minor nuisances to being full-scale extremely annoying enemies.
Since a lot of the areas in the Duke's Archives are open and unprotected the Channelers can attack from multiple heights, angles and locations. Given their ability to teleport they can also appear almost anywhere, meaning you must always be on your guard when traversing this difficult area.
Be particularly wary of their Soul Arrow attack, which is ridiculously accurate and cuts through your health like a hot knife through butter. Or a Soul Arrow through Undead flesh, if you prefer.
Close the gap. That's one of the main strategies you should always bear in mind when dealing with these enemies, as the Channelers are utterly devastating at long range because of their Soul Arrow attacks.
It's also highly important that you kill all enemies surrounding the Channeler as well as they have the ability to make enemies stronger.
So in summary, that's get rid of the minions, and get as close to the Chanellers as possible.
Part of the problem with this strategy, unfortunately, is that the Channeler can also teleport. You should be able to get a few hits in before he does this, and as soon as he teleports away you should start looking around for where he'll appear (you can tell by a glowing spot on the floor) and charge towards that area as quick as your booties can muster.
When you're close to the Channeler he'll attack with his trident, but this is easily blocked or dodged.
Always remember as well that is suicide to fight more than one Channeler at a time. Their Soul Arrow attack means you should always just try to fight one, as a second could easily shoot you in the back and make you dead before you've even swung your sword.
It is also recommended not to use ranged attacks for fighting Channelers as their Soul Arrow spells are quick to attack and hard to dodge.
It's best to get close!


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Rachel Bilson was on hand for the 2018 Baby2Baby Gala, presented by Paul Mitchell at 3Labs on Saturday(November 10th) in Culver City, CA.
The actress chose a playful look and showed off her décolletage wearing a JOHANNA ORTIZ FALL 2018 black off-the-shoulder ponte, knit bodysuit and the 'Pachamama' feather, floor length skirt which was adorned with a flower accent on the waist.
I like this dress but I don't necessarily think it works on Rachel. For starters, I feel like the bodysuit should have been pulled up about an inch and I think this is more suit for someone on the taller side. Do you agree or did Rachel sell you on this look?


And just that like, seven days after its domestic release, Black Panther has broken another Marvel record.
After posting monstrous totals at the box office each of the last seven days, Black Panther has set the new standard for the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it comes to opening weeks. Ryan Coogler's film has earned $292 million in North America in its first week; the best of any MCU film to date.
This impressive total was enough to knock off 2012's The Avengers, a film that many believed would be on top of numerous Marvel records until the end of time. In its initial opening weekend, Avengers hauled in around $270 million, $22 million less than Black Panther has made over the last seven days.
In addition to its massive success in North America, Black Panther has been a dominant force in the international box office. The film has earned a whopping $228 million internationally, bringing its global total to $520 million.
Heading into week number two, Black Panther is showing no signs of stopping, and it doesn't look as though any of the new films are going to stand in its way. Though Game Night and Annihilation have both received positive reviews, the two R-rated films represent two smaller genres. The former is a twisted dark comedy, while the other is a thought-provoking sci-fi thriller. Game Night earned around $1 million in preview showings on Thursday night, while Annihilation brought in $900,000.
While both of these new films look to deliver decent performances at the box office this weekend, neither have the legs to challenge Black Panther. There's a real chance that the Marvel film could keep this pace up and turn in another $100 million domestic performance this weekend.
Looking ahead, the first film that could potentially unseat Black Panther atop the box office is another Disney film on March 9; Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time.
Have you already seen Black Panther? Let us know what you thought of the movie in the comments below!


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The Clear Winners in the U.S.-China Phase 1 Trade Deal
USA stocks rise ahead of signing of 'Phase 1' trade deal
by Joanna Estrada | January 16, 2020 | 00:45
Financial firms are likely to dominate the earnings calendar in the US for another day, with firms including Goldman Sachs Group set to report their latest results.
Kicking off the fourth-quarter earnings season, JPMorgan Chase & Co rose 1.2% after reporting a better-than-expected profit on strength in its trading and underwriting businesses. United Airlines rose 1.1% and American Airlines gained 0.5%.
Technology companies also climbed.
With the trade issue entering a new stage, Wall Street is focusing on the rollout of corporate earnings reports over the next few weeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each touched intraday record highs before losing ground in afternoon trade.
Seven of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors turned negative at market closing, with technology down 0.6 percent, leading the laggards.
US and euro zone government bond yields rose as the trade deal marks a major step in ending a dispute that has cut global growth and boosted demand for such safe-haven assets as bonds, gold and currencies like the Japanese yen and Swiss franc.
The broad-based S&P 500 shed 0.2 per cent to 3,282.64, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.3 per cent to 9,250.25.
The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose one basis point to 1.86%.Australian 10-year yields rose about three basis points to 1.24%. However, there is a risk that markets will sell the fact of the signing of the phase one trade deal so some profits could be taken off and banked from these currency upside moves leading into the event. Shares also fell in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Oanda's Craig Erlam said: "Details of the trade deal are starting to emerge but there's still a lot we don't know".
Several large banks were among the companies that started the last earnings season on Wall Street on Tuesday. The U.S. dropped its designation of China as a currency manipulator ahead of the signing. But Wells Fargo (WFC) saw its fourth-quarter profits plunge by more than 50% on low interest rates and litigation charges.
Citigroup (C) reported quarterly results that also beat analyst expectations, driven by a 49% surge in bond trading revenues.
The February crude contract was down 68 cents at US$57.55 per barrel and the February natural gas contract was down 5.7 cents at US$2.13 per mmBTU. It earned 15 cents on Tuesday, up to $ 58.23 per barrel. Treasury yields edged higher, while the yen fell past 110 per dollar.
Brent crude oil, the worldwide standard, gave up 11 cents to $64.38 per barrel.
Gold, considered a safe haven during political and economic turmoil, rose last week to an nearly seven-year peak of $1,610.90 an ounce after a US drone strike killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad and Iran launched missiles against USA troops in Iraq in retaliation.
Gold rebounded, gaining $7.10 to $1,551.70 per ounce. The euro strengthened to $1.1138 from $1.1122.
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Plane dumps fuel over school in emergency landing to LAX
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Q: If $\frac{a_{1}a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{n}-1}{(a_{1}-1)(a_{2}-1)(a_{3}-1)\cdots(a_{n}-1)}\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$, how to find $a_{i}$ Question:

Let $a_{1},a_{2},\cdots,a_{n}$ is positive integer, and such $1<a_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots<a_{n}$ and
  $$\dfrac{a_{1}a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{n}-1}{(a_{1}-1)(a_{2}-1)(a_{3}-1)\cdots(a_{n}-1)}\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$$
  find the $a_{1},a_{2},\cdots,a_{n}$?

I know these particular cases:
When $n=3$

If $1<a_{1}<a_{2}<a_{3}$,and
  $$\dfrac{a_{1}a_{2}a_{3}-1}{(a_{1}-1)(a_{2}-1)(a_{3}-1)}\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$$
  then we have
  $(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3})=(2,4,8)$ or $(3,5,15)$, and this full solution can see
  link solution

and when $n=4$,

This is 1996 Monthly Problem:
  Find all sets of distinct integers $1 < a < b < c < d$, such
  $$\dfrac{abcd-1}{(a-1)(b-1)(c-1)(d-1)}\in \mathbb{N}^{+}$$
  then we have  $(a,b,c,d)=(2,4,10,80)$ or $(3,5,17,255)$, and the full solution can be found here: http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/~tauraso/AMM/AMM10523.pdf

What about the general case?
Thank you

A: Suppose $x_k=a_k-1$. Then $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n$ are positive integers such that $0<x_1<x_2<\cdots<x_n$. Further we have $x_1 \geq 1$ and $x_m \geq x_{m-1}+1$. Our function
$$R(\mathbf{x}) = \frac {\prod_{k=1}^{n}(x_k+1)-1}{\prod_{k=1}^{n}x_k}, \quad R \in \mathbb{N}^+$$
To cut the long story short here are the solutions:
Case $n=1$: $R( \mathbf{x})=1$. Solutions: $x_1=1,2,\dots$
Case $n=2$: No Solutions
Case $n=3$: 2 Solutions $(x,y,z,R)=(2,4,14,2)$ or $(1,3,7,3)$
Case $n=4$: 2 Solutions $(w,x,y,z,R)=(2,4,16,254,2)$ and $(1,3,9,79,3)$
Case $n=5$: 2 Solutions: $(v,w,x,y,z,R)=(2,4,16,256,65534,2)$ and $(1,3,9,81,6559,3)$
Can you spot the pattern? R is always 2 or 3. For the even solution you start with $2$, then square it, then square that and so on except at the end you square and subtract $2$. Similarly for the odd case starting at 1 and using powers of $3$. Easily generalizable. But these numbers are enormous: the even solution for n=8 is
$2$,
$4$,
$16$,
$256$,
$65536$,
$4294967296$,
$18446744073709551616$,
$340282366920938463463374607431768211456$,
$115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639934$.
I have to get some sleep now and will post the proof tomorrow.


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Ascension Astro
Headquarters New York City, Earth, Sol
Industry Stealth ship component manufacturing
Manufacturer Code ASAS
Current CEO Cowley, Barwick, Kraft
Candace Cowley
Kaitlyn Barwick
Tim Kraft
Demographic Civilian
Ascension Astro is a high-end stealth ship component manufacturer. The company used to be a high-end exclusive company that targets the ultra-wealthy, it has transitioned to the mass over time.
The company was founded in 2901 by the childhood friends Kaitlyn Barwick, Candace Cowley and Tim Kraft. Barwick worked for her father's repair shop. She married Kraft and restructured her father's business with the help of Cowley, who worked before in an Origin Jumpworks dealership. Cowley was fired by Origin after redirecting customers to Barwick's and Kraft's repair shop. The three invented a modification to reduce the IR and EM signature of ship thrusters.
Ascension Astro started off as a boutique specialty company; selling high-end, low IR thrusters to wealthy clients who wanted to fly their luxury ships while avoiding the eyes of greedy pirates. As good as their thrusters were at being low-sig, the effect was often ruined when the engines or shielding made by other manufacturers would be screaming the ship presence. Slowly, Ascension began expanding their line to include a whole suite of components that, when working in conjunction, would provide an extremely low profile and a safer journey.[1]
Ascension is known for its unconventional marketing strategy.
Their first storefront was opened in 2901, New York, Earth. Customers needed an appointment to visit the store. The company underdelivered its high-priced products and avoided direct marketing. Instead, it focused on paid media coverage of Cowley's social interactions with the high-class. A second store was opened on Terra in 2903 and Cowley gave a "controversial" interview to the Terra Gazette. Then she disappeared from the public eye, marking the turning point in the company's strategy.
The production capacity was increased and the appointment-only strategy was dropped. More stores were opened and the company began to run regular ads. Cowley appeared back on screen in 2908.
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Portfolio: Ascension Astro in Jump Point issue 05.05
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To Halt HIV, Advocates Push For PrEP Outreach To Black Women
By Heather Boerner
Published February 8, 2019 at 4:00 AM CST
Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR
Dr. Rasheeta Chandler is a researcher at Emory University, who specializes in women's sexual and reproductive health. In a small recent study, Chandler learned that 67 percent of college-age black women had never heard of the HIV prevention drug PrEP.
In 2013, not quite a year after the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Truvada for HIV prevention, a coalition of 50 experts in HIV and women's health called on U.S. public health agencies to promote the pill and its approach, called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, explicitly to women.
Not much happened.
"No one until recently spent time talking about PrEP for women," says Dr. Dawn K. Smith, biomedical interventions implementation officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "I think we need to have a clearer message: If you're at risk for HIV, you should consider this. It can work for you."
And women are at risk, especially black women. After gay men and transgender women of any race, who have the highest risk of infection, black women are the group most vulnerable to HIV, according to the CDC. And while PrEP has been proven to reduce new HIV diagnoses when used consistently, it's mostly white gay men who have benefited so far.
So as President Trump pledged this week to reduce HIV rates in the U.S. by targeting HIV transmission hotspots, black women say that their communities ought to be a focus.
"The unequal roll-out of PrEP to women must be resolved in the new plan," says Leisha McKinley-Beach, a national HIV/AIDS consultant and a member of the the coalition that argued for PrEP for women in 2013. McKinley-Beach says she has been frustrated to see little change in the rates of HIV transmission among blacks, both men and women, while rates among white men dropped by 10 percent since 2011. "We want the same outcomes for our communities," she says.
No matter what comes of the Trump administration's plans, public health researchers and grassroots advocates are already tackling the problem. McKinley-Beach works with a group of black women in Atlanta, where some neighborhoods have high HIV rates, raising awareness among women that PrEP is for them too. Nationally, groups like the Black AIDS Institute and the Black Women's Health Imperative, have started campaigns to reach women. And they're using different tactics than those that work to reach gay men.
The PrEP gap
About 1.1 million Americans are at high risk for HIV and could benefit from PrEP, according to the CDC. Around half of those are black men and women, who have the highest HIV risk burden of any race. But only 1 percent of PrEP prescriptions have gone to black people of any gender, according to data the CDC's Smith presented at an HIV conference in 2018. And only 10,000 women of any race were using the pill to prevent HIV.
The CDC suggests people consider PrEP if they have any of several risk factors for infection, including if they are in a relationship with someone who is HIV-positive or whose status they don't know, if they are in a relationship that's not mutually monogamous, are dating and having sex with more than one person, or don't use condoms consistently.
There's one more risk factor that often affects black women even if they have none of the others, explains Dr. David Malebranche, an HIV researcher at the Morehouse School of Medicine. Simply living in an HIV hotspot area, such as those that the president's plan aims to reach, can raise your odds of exposure. In Atlanta, for instance, there are some ZIP codes where the HIV rate is as high as 1.9 percent, while others are as low as 0.14 percent.
Black women make up 62 percent of all new HIV diagnoses among women—despite accounting for just 13 percent of women in the U.S. And yet, according to a study published in January, knowledge about PrEP among women is low, particularly for black and Latina women.
Perhaps this lack of knowledge stems from the fact that PrEP has been talked about almost solely in the context of gay men, "particularly white gay men," says Rasheeta Chandler, a researcher at Emory University specializing in women's sexual and reproductive health and an advance-practice nurse in HIV care.
Even she didn't connect the dots between the new HIV prevention pill and the women she was studying and treating until years after first hearing of Truvada. "I just filed it away as a new prevention effort that had a biomedical capability," she says.
Now it's the focus of her work.
In Chandler's most recent study presented at the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Conference in 2018, two-thirds of the college-age black women she spoke to had never heard of PrEP. And while a chunk of them said they would probably "pass on the pill," 67 percent said there was a chance they might take PrEP in the future.
If low rates of PrEP use continue among the women who could most benefit from it, it may undermine efforts to ease the HIV epidemic for those women, says Rachel Jones, an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Northeastern University.
"If we don't adequately promote HIV prevention in black women, we risk seeing HIV infection boomerang in this population," she says. "We have got to stop the epidemic in men. We've got to stop it in [gay and bisexual men]. But we cannot forget about HIV infection in women."
Black women helping black women
At a conference room in an Atlanta hotel recently, a group of black women gathered to talk to each other about how to protect themselves from HIV.
The event, put on by local nonprofit SisterLove is just one local effort, led by black women for black women, to spread the word about PrEP. Another group, called Atlanta Black Women Leaders on PrEP, which McKinley-Beach is part of, is also mobilizing to raise women's awareness of PrEP. McKinley-Beach is creating palm cards—small cards about the size of a business card that women can keep in their purses—listing the handful of Atlanta clinics that offer PrEP to women.
Later in 2019, SisterLove plans to open a clinic dedicated to prescribing PrEP to women, particularly black women. When it does so, it will significantly increase women's access to PrEP in the city.
Meanwhile, the local Planned Parenthood office is looking into offering PrEP to women in Atlanta. And all these efforts are being amplified by national efforts by Planned Parenthood and other public health nonprofits to get PrEP in the hands of women.
This all comes as the nation's preeminent organization for health prevention efforts, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, recently endorsed PrEP in a draft recommendation as a recommended HIV prevention method for all people of any gender at high risk for HIV.
In almost all of these programs, the messages to black women are different than those public health officials are using to reach gay men. While for gay men, the message has often been about alleviating anxiety about dating and sex, the messages to black women present PrEP as part of an overall health and wellness strategy, and focus on empowering them to protect themselves.
"The momentum is building," McKinley-Beach says. "It's getting birthed out of a need."
Black women 'deserve good sex'
If more Atlanta clinics offering PrEP to women were around a year ago, Brittany M. Williams' experience might have been different. Williams, 28, a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia, heard there was a pill that could prevent HIV from her gay black male friends years ago. But at the time, she was more focused on her general health.
"If you look at [all the health conditions] that African Americans can have, that's what my family history looks like," she says, listing off diabetes and hypertension among other conditions.
/ Lynsey Weatherspoon for NPR
Williams says she knew friends who had acquired HIV the first time they'd had sex. Her favorite uncle also died of AIDS-related complications. Both of these experiences influenced her decision to take PrEP.
"I'm trying to make sure I'm not that person," she says. "I'm out here running half marathons and I'm vegan every now and then."
And she's been insisting on HIV tests since she was an undergrad in college.
Last year, she was dating a man who was living with HIV. He was on treatment and had an undetectable viral load, which meant he couldn't pass it on to her. Still, it got her thinking about her favorite uncle, who died of AIDS-related complications. And she thought of friends, women who had acquired HIV the first time they'd had sex.
But when she went to a women's clinic on campus, where she gets her HIV and STIs tests, they told her they didn't prescribe PrEP. For that, she'd have to track down a doctor at another clinic who was known to prescribe the pill. It took a trek across campus and all afternoon, but she left that evening with a prescription for Truvada. A self-admitted germaphobe ("I follow the CDC on all social media," she says), she also uses condoms to protect herself from other STIs and pregnancy.
She and her boyfriend have since broken up. But she continues to date. And she continues to take Truvada.
"It just makes me more comfortable," she says. "I'm doing something for me. It's not dependent on anyone else."
She even mentions it in her online-dating profile. If PrEP was more visible and accessible, she says, it would have been clearer to her that "women can and should use PrEP." As it was, she had to forge the path on her own.
And maybe she would have had better answers for the women who quietly messaged her on Twitter and Instagram, asking her about the pill and how they could get it, too. (Those women declined to comment for this story.)
"Black women deserve sex and they deserve good sex," she says. "But it should always be safe, and this is another way to ensure that."
Heather Boerner is a science journalist based in Pittsburgh, and the author ofPositively Negative: Love, Pregnancy, and Science's Surprising Victory Over HIV .
Corrected: February 21, 2019 at 11:00 PM CST
A previous version of this story said that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends PrEP to anyone at risk for HIV. Their recommendation is for anyone at "high" risk. The earlier version also lacked information on transgender women's HIV infection risk.
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Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson Biography
Singers and actors
Born Nicholas Scott Lachey, November 9, 1973, in Harlan, KY; son of John Lachey and Cate Fopma–Leimbach; married Jessica Simpson (a singer and actress), October 26, 2002. Education: Attended the University of Southern California; attended Miami (Ohio) University. Born Jessica Ann Simpson, July 10, 1980, in Dallas, TX; daughter of Joe (a minister, psychologist, and talent manager) and Tina (a stylist) Simpson; married Nick Lachey (a singer and actor), October 26, 2002.
(Lachey) Record label —Universal Records, 1755 Broadway, New York, NY 10019. Website — www.nicklachey.com . (Simpson) Fan club —P.O. Box 452588, Garland, TX 75045–2588. Office —c/o Top 40 Entertainment, 156 W. 56th St., 5th Fl., New York, NY 10019. Website — www.jessicasimpson.com .
Lachey joined pop group 98 Degrees, 1995; signed to Motown Records, 1996; released 98 Degrees, 1997; released 98 Degrees and Rising, 1998; released Revelation, 2000; left 98 Degrees, 2001; solo artist, 2003—; released SoulO, 2003. Television appearances include: American Dreams, NBC, 2004; I'm With Her, 2004; Hot Momma (pilot), ABC, 2004. Simpson began working as a singer, c. 1997; released Sweet Kisses, 1999; released Irresistible, 2001; released In This Skin, 2003. Film appearances include: Master of Disguise, 2002. Television appearances include: That '70s Show, Fox, 2002–03; The Twilight Zone, UPN, 2003; VH1 Divas, 2004; ABC television pilot, 2004. Television appearances together: Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica,
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson
MTV, 2003—; Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (co–hosts), 2003; Saturday Night Live (co–hosts), NBC, 2004; The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour, ABC, 2004.
(Lachey) Love song of the year, Teen Choice Awards, for "Where You Are," 2000; most requested song of the year, Radio Music Awards, for "Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche)," 2000. (Simpson) Breakout artist and love song of the year, Teen Choice Awards, for "Where You Are," 2000.
Though Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson had at least moderately successful singing careers before their marriage—he with boy band 98 Degrees then as a solo artist, and she as a pop solo artist—it was their reality show, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, that made them celebrities. The show was a big hit, due in part to Simpson's jaw–dropping gaffes and Lachey's patience with his wife's lack of common sense. Newlyweds proved so popular that MTV aired a second season in 2004, and ABC gave them a variety special, The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour to try to make them into the next Sonny and Cher.
Simpson was born on July 10, 1980, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of a Baptist minister, Joe Simpson, and his wife, Tina. She was raised in Texas with her younger sister, Ashlee, who is also a singer, in a very Christian household. Simpson began her singing career early in life, singing gospel at her father's church from at least the age of five, if not earlier. Simpson also wanted to try acting.
When Simpson was 12 years old, she auditioned for The New Mickey Mouse Club but she did not make it. However, her future pop singing rivals, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, did secure roles on the show. Despite this setback, Simpson continued singing, including appearances at church camps.
It was at such a camp that an executive from a Christian gospel label, CCM, discovered Simpson and signed her to a recording contract. From the ages of 13 to 16, Simpson worked on her debut record for the label. However, the label folded before her record could be released. Simpson's grandmother paid for some copies to be pressed, but there was little attention paid to the recording.
While still attending high school at J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas, Simpson built her career on the Christian youth conference circuit where she was a very popular singer. Before she graduated, Simpson was able to finally secure some mainstream notice. In 1997, she was signed to a record deal by Sony after singing "Amazing Grace" a cappella for the company's chief executive officer. Her voice proved to be one of her strongest points as a singer, often acclaimed as being natural and full of soul. She was also attracted to the label because it allowed her to be honest about herself in public, including talking about her faith and her decision to remain a virgin until she married.
Simpson graduated from Pearce with her GED in 1998, and continued working on her first release for Sony. Her father became her manager while her mother was her stylist. In 1999, she released her debut album, Sweet Kisses which sold more than two million copies. One single, "I Wanna Love You Forever," was a top ten hit. Simpson was praised by Billboard critic Larry Flick who called her a "diva–in–training, capable of transcending age demographics" and her album "a measured blend of kid–friendly up–tempo pop ditties and mature, gospel–laced ballads."
Before the release of Sweet Kisses, Simpson had met her future husband at the 1998 Hollywood Christmas Parade. After her album's release, she toured in support of it as an opening act for Lachey's band, 98 Degrees, as well as Latin–pop sensation Ricky Martin. Simpson and Lachey began dating in 1999, and recorded a single together, "Where You Are," which appeared in the film Here on Earth. Simpson went on in 2001 to release the album Irresistible, which went gold.
Lachey was born on November 9, 1973, in Harlan, Kentucky, the son of John Lachey, a pharmacist, and Cate Fopma–Leimbach, a substance abuse program coordinator. From his childhood growing up in Cincinnati, Lachey had a love of performing. To that end, he attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in that city.
After graduating from high school, Lachey entered the University of Southern California, then transferred to Miami University in Ohio. There, he studied exercise science and athletic training, and was the trainer for the women's volleyball team. Lachey also sang with a local band, the Avenues, in Cincinnati, sometimes letting the band interfere with his studies.
The summer before his senior year of college, Lachey was invited by an old friend, Jeff Timmons, to move to Los Angeles and joining a vocal group. Lachey dropped out of Miami University, took his younger brother, Drew, and another friend from Ohio, Justin Jeffre, with him. The four formed 98 Degrees, a vocal group, in 1995.
Success did not come easily for Lachey and 98 Degrees. The four men worked other jobs as they tried to get noticed and become successful. They finally got a break after trying to crash the backstage area at a Boys II Men around 1996. This incident led to an appearance on a local radio station. 98 Degrees soon found a manager, Paris d'Jon, and a record deal with Motown.
In 1997, 98 Degrees released their first self–titled first record. With the hit single "Invisible Man," 98 Degrees went gold. Their follow–up release was even more popular. 98 Degrees and Rising went multi–platinum and was popular world wide. In 2000, 98 Degrees released Revelation which went platinum. This was the same year the group was sued by their former managers for $25 million. The group had fired this management team after they had been on the road constantly for several years and saw little in return for the effort.
One point of dissension between 98 Degrees and their first managers was the pressure to lie about their ages. They refused to be a "teeny bopper" band. 98 Degrees wanted to be different than most boy vocal bands who were popular at the time. They focused on an urban soul/R&B sound more than other boy bands, which were often pop–oriented. They wanted to be more like Boys II Men than N'Sync. 98 Degrees also performed well live and wrote most of their own material. The foursome also owned their name and merchandise rights. They were not a studio creation, but four solid singers.
Of the way 98 Degrees performed in concert, Lachey told Sarah Rodman of Boston Herald, "We're not going to get up there and overwhelm you with dance moves; that's not what we're about. When we put the group together, we were singers, and we want to remain singers and all this other stuff comes second."
By the early 2000s, 98 Degrees was less popular, especially while touring. They did not attract as large of a crowd when they toured in 2001, and went on indefinite hiatus in 2002. Lachey found more success with his wife. He and Simpson continued to date until April of 2001, when their relationship temporarily ended. They got back together after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the east coast of the United States, and were engaged in February of 2002.
Simpson and Lachey married on October 26, 2002, in Austin, Texas. Their early days of wedded bliss were the subject of a reality series on MTV, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. The show was taped during the first year of their marriage, following them in their personal and professional lives, and aired in 2003. When it was originally aired, Newlyweds was not expected to be a hit, but it found a large audience, attracting about 2.4–2.7 million viewers per week. Its biggest audience was found among viewers between 12 and 34 years old.
One aspect that attracted viewers was Simpson's personality, alternately described as dumb, ditzy, spoiled, and whiny. Some of her mistakes and misunderstandings were highly amusing. In one episode, she wondered aloud whether or not Chicken of the Sea tuna contained chicken, and in another, why buffalo wings were not made of buffalo. In contrast, Lachey was both patient with her and exasperated by her, especially her sloppiness, as he had "neat freak" tendencies.
Many critics believed that Newlyweds made Simpson, especially, more of a star than her singing ever did. Richard Roeper of Chicago Sun–Times declared, "Out of nowhere, Simpson has become the surprise breakout TV star of the season. She's more fascinating than Ozzy Osbourne, more embarrassing than Paris Hilton, and funnier than all five Queer Eye guys put together." Newlyweds was renewed for a second season which aired in 2004.
Even before Newlyweds had hit the airwaves, Simpson was already working on an acting career. The WB television network was considering developing a weekly series for her. She also had several television shows of note. In 2003, she had a recurring role as Annette, Kelso's girlfriend, on Fox's That '70s Show, and a guest role as Miranda Evans on an episode of The Twilight Zone on UPN. In the episode entitled "The Collection," Simpson's Evans was a babysitter of a girl who possesses a doll collection of which Evans soon may be a member.
Simpson also tried to jumpstart her singing career, which played a minor role in Newlyweds. In 2003, she released her third album, In This Skin, which was initially a flop. The record featured slick, glossy production values, and more adult themes than her previous releases. Though In This Skin debuted in the top ten on Billboard 's album charts, it soon dropped significantly. Sales rebounded for a time when there was a bonus DVD added with extra tracks in 2004. She was also selected to be a part of VH1's annual "Divas" show in 2004. Simpson had a pilot in the works with ABC for the fall of 2004, but it was not picked up. In May of 2004, it was announced that Simpson would play the role of Daisy Duke in the film based on the television show The Dukes of Hazzard. Plus, she was scheduled to appear in the 2005 film, Walk On. Along with her sister, Ashlee, Simpson became a spokesperson for Hershey's Ice Breakers Liquid Ice mints. She also promoted an edible cosmetics and fragrance line, Dessert, which launched in Sephora stores in April of 2004. "It's like vanilla cupcakes—yummy, really yummy," Simpson told Allure 's Alexandra Jacobs. Simpson kicked off a North American tour on June 4, 2004.
Like Simpson, Lachey also worked on his acting and singing careers. In 2004, he appeared in the NBC drama American Dreams as Tom Jones. Lachey was cast opposite Gina Gershon on the fall 2004 ABC situation comedy Hot Mamma, but the show was not picked up. In 2003, Lachey released his first solo album, SoulO, of which he wrote or co–wrote eight tracks. Though the track "This I Swear" was used as the theme song of Newlyweds, Lachey's album sold even worse than Simpson's.
The success of Newlyweds also led to joint work for the couple, primary on television. They co–hosted Dick Clark's New Years Rockin' Eve in 2003. In 2004, ABC selected them to host a variety special, The Nick and Jessica Variety Hour, which drew on their ability to sing, do comedy, and act together. After the success of the first, they were signed to do a second special in December of that year, with more possible in the future. The couple was also considering recording an album of duets together. In 2004, they both were named to People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. In July of that year, Simpson announced that the second season of Newlyweds would be their last. "We're not newlyweds anymore," she explained on E! Online.
Lachey said he was glad that many of his and Simpson's career triumphs had come together. He told Donna Freydkin of USA Today, "We were the poor man's stars. It's cool that our biggest success in this industry has come as a married couple. It's gratifying to know that people were wrong and being married is not a bad thing." Simpson explained to Allure 's Jacobs, "We did Newlyweds to show we're not a perfect couple. We let our guards down, fight, cuss each other out, whatever it may be, and people ended up embracing it more than the celebrity life. Our success came from being ourselves. That's the best kind of success to have."
Selected discography
Nick Lachey (with 98 Degrees)
98 Degrees, Motown, 1997.
98 Degrees and Rising, Motown, 1998.
Heat It Up, Motown, 1999.
This Christmas, Universal, 1999.
Revelation, Universal, 2000.
The Collection, Universal, 2002.
Nick Lachey (solo)
SoulO, Universal, 2003.
Sweet Kisses, Columbia Records, 1999.
Irresistible, Columbia Records, 2001.
This Is The Remix, Columbia Records, 2002.
In This Skin, Sony, 2003.
Lachey & Simpson
"Where You Are," Here on Earth (soundtrack), 2000.
Celebrity Biographies, Baseline II, 2004.
Allure, April 2004, pp. 190–95.
Billboard, November 6, 1999, p. 13; February 26, 2000, p. 89; March 20, 2004, p. 77.
Boston Globe, November 11, 2003, p. F4.
Boston Herald, June 25, 1999, p. S21; August 19, 2003, p. 43.
Brandweek, March 1, 2004, p. 22.
Chicago Sun–Times, October 14, 2003, p. 11.
Columbus Dispatch, December 17, 2003, p. 1B.
Daily News (New York), August 3, 2003, p. 14; September 30, 2003, p. 44; October 7, 2003, p. 86; January 16, 2004, p. 120; April 13, 2004, p. 79.
Entertainment Weekly, December 26, 2003/January 2, 2004, pp. 70–71; January 16, 2004, pp. 22–28.
Houston Chronicle, March 1, 2001, p. 4.
Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2004, p. E8.
Ottawa Citizen, December 13, 2003, p. J12.
People, November 15, 1999, p. 182; March 20, 2000, p. 113; November 11, 2002, p. 60; September 1, 2003, p. 127; December 1, 2003, p. 133.
San Francisco Chronicle, March 28, 1999, p. 39; October 19, 2003, p. D6.
Seattle Times, May 11, 2001, p. G12; May 14, 2001, p. E3.
Straits Times, August 25, 2000, p. 13.
Toronto Sun, January 28, 2000, p. 39; September 12, 2000, p. 54; August 24, 2003, p. S20.
USA Today, September 25, 2000, p. 6D; January 21, 2004, p. 2D.
Washington Post, September 10, 2003, p. C5; April 16, 2004, p. C7.
"First Look," E! Online, http://www.eonline.com/News/firstlook.html?eol.tkr (July 15, 2004).
"Jessica Puts Up Her Dukes," E! Online, http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,14155,00.html?tnews (May 21, 2004).
"Where's Jessica Simpson?," CNN.com , http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/05/25/showbuzz/index.html#2 (May 25, 2004).
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Home News Misconduct charge for Sussex Police officer who warned stalking victim as family hit out at 'sham' disciplinary hearing
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Misconduct charge for Sussex Police officer who warned stalking victim as family hit out at 'sham' disciplinary hearing
Vicky Richardson
Manager, Civil Liberties
A Sussex Police officer has been found guilty of misconduct at a disciplinary panel today over his failure to properly investigate Shana Grice's complaints that she was being stalked by the man who would later murder her. The charge was downgraded from gross misconduct.
Shana was killed by her former stalker boyfriend in August 2016, despite repeatedly reporting her concerns to Sussex Police.
PC Trevor Godfrey concluded that Shana's complaints were dishonest and issued Shana with a penalty notice for time wasting. Five months later she was dead. PC Godfrey has retired.
Shana's parents, Sharon Grice and Richard Green, who have sat through Godfrey's two-day hearing, issued the following statement through their solicitors, Hudgell Solicitors: "We can barely believe what we have witnessed these past two days. The panel allowed a wholesale character assassination of our daughter, who is obviously not here to defend herself.
"Godfrey's testimony only proved his discriminatory attitude, even accusing Shana of coercing Lane. We can barely believe what we have heard.
"Godfrey stereotyped Shana from the outset, she didn't stand a chance. At Lane's criminal trial, Mr Justice Green recognised this, yet the panel have chosen to it.
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November 26, 2014 By The Central Standard Times in Politics Tags: apologetics, James Chaney, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Michael Brown, nostalgia, race, racism, rioting, shooting	1 Comment
The eyewitness testimony and physical evidence presented to a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, indicate that 18-year-old Michael Brown led a thug's life and died a thug's death. This unhappy conclusion hasn't prevened numerous other thugs from rioting and looting and burning buildings and firing random gunshots in the aftermath of the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who fired the fatal shots when Brown attacked him and struggled for his gun, nor did it prevent some presumably less thuggish pundits and politicians from attempting to justify the mayhem, but it is worth noting nonetheless.
Such sad facts of the matter, alas, are easily lost in the inevitable racial acrimony. Initial reports about last summer's shooting accurately stated that a white police officer had fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, and in the absence of any other relevant information much of the media went with the story that in front of numerous witnesses the cop had for no plausible reason other than racial animus gunned down a soon-to-be college student who was kneeling in the street with his hands up. Despite its apparent implausibility the story was believed widely enough to fuel several days of rioting and looting and burning of buildings and firing of gunshots, and for the President of the United States to send an emissary to Brown's funeral, and for much of the press to stick to its story.
By this point the story of the blameless black victim of white America's murderous racism is simply too tempting not to run with. As far back as the '80s Tom Wolfe's "Bonfire of the Vanities" was satirizing the modern racial controversy rituals with the sharp-eyed detail of a cynical reporter characterizing the victim as an "honor" because one of his teacher's had said that anyone at his high school who didn't stab a teacher deserved the designation, and the same technique has since become a staple of modern journalism. The previous celebrity victim of America's lethal racism was a black Florida teenager named Trayvon Martin, portrayed by much of the media as Skittles-loving, tea-drinking and baby-faced 12-year-old even as a jury heard evidence that the hulking and haggard 17-year-old had phoned a friend about the "creepy ass cracker" who was watching him and was pounding the aforementioned creepy ass cracker's head against the pavement when the fatal shots were fired. The even more formidable Brown was often described as a "gentle giant," even after the release of a surveillance camera's videotape of him and a colleague strong-arm robbing a convenience shortly before his fatal encounter with the police officer, and the image persists even after the release of the convincing eyewitness testimony and physical evidence that Brown had struggled for the officer's gun and was lunging at him "like a football player" as the fatal shots were fired.
Even in the face of such unsettling facts the broader story about America's irredeemable racism has irresistible appeal to some people. For the thugs it provides a convenient rationale for rioting and looting and burning buildings and firing random gunshots and other enjoyable activities. For politicians who rely on the racial grievances of impoverished ethnic minorities to bolster their coalitions with super-rich white folks it's an obvious argument. For the professional race hustlers it's all in a day's work. Harder to explain are the comfortably cocooned apologists for rioting and looting and arson and gunfire who proudly consider themselves "progressive."
Over at the once-venerable Time Magazine they're running a piece "In Defense of Rioting," which will probably prove unpersuasive to the mostly-minority businessmen who've recently seen their hard work burned to the ground on behalf of a thug who tried to kill a cop. They also have a story on the humber of police who have lately committed "justifiable homicide," with the term framed with sarcastic quote marks as if it had recently been invented by some cabal of racists who are somehow still in charge of the language, and strain hard to make it seem significant. The story goes so far as to note that "black teenagers were 21 more times likely to be shot dead by an officer than white teenagers," which only suggests that it is extraordinarily unusual for a white teenager to fatally shoot a black teenager, and leaves the more skeptical reader to wonder if a black teenager might be more likely yet to shot to death by another black teenager. The political class is obliged to at least express disapproval of rioting, but it will speak of "justifiable anger."
Such willful blindness to the racial realities that most Americans understand all too well is largely a result of nostalgia. Once upon a time in America there were ample blameless black victims of white America's murderous racism, with such exceptional men as Medgar Evers and James Chaney and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. among the martyrs, and those who championed their cause of civil rights did so with an exhilarating sense of righteousness. Their efforts succeeded in making segregation illegal and changing public attitudes about race and establishing vast government programs of more questionable value, and although matters of race have since become less black-and-white in any sense of the term there's still a longing for that exhilarating sense of righteousness that shouts of racism once provided.
All those years of America's tragic racial history might explain why Michael Brown led a thug's life and died a thug's death, but that made no difference to the police officer who had a hulking young man going for his gun and taunting that he was too cowardly to protect himself. Nor does it make any difference to the mostly minority businessmen whose hard work has been burned to the ground by other thugs, or to that majority black men and women who are trying to make their way in the broader society and hoping that its racial attitudes won't revert to its old suspicions, or to any of the people of all races in all parts of this country who are routinely menaced by thugs emboldened by the rationalizations offered by people who pride themselves on being "progressive."