Nine Nether's beautiful eyes looked towards Mu Chen, who looked distraught. It was clear that the two had lost their calm, due to their having received the sudden distress signal.
The nine Lords, who were under the command of the Daluo Territory, had nine armies in all. Thus, they constituted the backbone of the Daluo Territory. If they lost one of these armies, it would certainly weaken their strength.
As the present Great Hunting War was extremely cruel, in order to survive, it was a must to preserve every force, at least as much as possible. Thus, when Mu Chen and Nine Nether saw that, within the first day of the Great Hunting War, a Lord-ranked army had already found themselves in a desperate situation, it came as a shock to them.
Mu Chen was very clear about the pride of the Lords. They were the greatest in the Daluo Territory, perhaps even in the entire North Territory. They could also be regarded as being rather reputable Sovereigns, together with the powerful armies under their command. Hence, for them to have resorted to seeking assistance from other Lords, they must have been forced into an extremely dark and hopeless corner.
"I don't know which Lord is calling for help. And, who exactly did they encounter? I can't believe that they were forced to take such desperate measures." Nine Nether clenched her fists, while exclaiming.
Mu Chen also shook his head. The bronze mirror could only call for help and locate the direction vaguely. Thus, it was impossible to transmit the rest of the information.
"Now that all of the elite members of the great powers have ventured deep into the Meteorfall battlefield to search for the Earthly Sovereign Secret Treasure, only another top force could force a Lord to this level of extremity. And… It's very likely that they were lured into a trap and surrounded."
Nine Nether narrowed her eyes at Mu Chen. "What do you intend to do? If it's as you said, if we go to their rescue, we might get embroiled within the battle, too."
After a moment's silence, Mu Chen took a deep breath and said, "No matter how dangerous it is, we have to go. We cannot let one of our Lord-ranked forces be wiped out. Plus, Mandela has said that, just by relying on our own strength, there seems to be no way to venture deep into the Meteorfall battlefield."
Nine Nether nodded gently in agreement, clearly admiring and appreciating Mu Chen's actions and thought processes. Even though all of the Lords were under the command of the Daluo Territory, there was still all kinds of competition present. Thus, there would always be some disharmonious factors within the ranks, just like those that existed between the Nine Nether Palace and the Blood Hawk Palace.
As a matter of fact, the relationship between the two Palaces was not very good at the moment. Therefore, when Mu Chen received the call for help, he could actually decide to go to their rescue immediately, showing a kind of generous magnanimity that was appreciated even by Nine Nether.
"Let's not delay any further. Let's go!" Mu Chen looked at Nine Nether, before glancing towards the Nine Nether Troop, who was already gearing up.
He said nothing more. Then, with a wave of his hand, his figure soared towards the sky. Behind him, Nine Nether and the Nine Nether Troop transformed into countless shadows, then followed him closely.
Time was running out, so the Nine Nether Troop was basically pushing their speed to the extreme, rushing at full speed in the direction that was indicated on the bronze mirror. Along the way, they met many other forces.
These forces were all surprised to see the murderous aura that the Nine Nether Troop emanated. As such, no one dared to stop them.
After about an hour of rushing at full speed, they finally got closer to the area where the distress signal had come from. Shortly after entering the area, they received some information, which caused Mu Chen's face to turn grave.
Just as they had speculated, it was not only one of the most powerful forces that had targeted the Daluo Territory, but it was the most powerful force in the North Territory: the Divine Pavilion! This mammoth force, which was said to have gone through five Great Hunting Wars, even filled the Daluo Territory with dreadful wariness.
"According to some of the information that we have just gathered, the Blood Hawk Palace might be in deep trouble." Nine Nether's beautiful eyes looked towards Mu Chen, as she pursed her red lips in exasperation.
Apparently, she hadn't expected that it would be the Blood Hawk Palace that would send them a distress signal. In the Daluo Territory, they were not on friendly terms with one another. In fact, they were even downright hostile!
"It was the Divine Pavilion's Lord of Alligator Mountain, commanding the Heavenly Alligator Troop, that drove them to such a desperate situation," said Nine Nether.
"The Master of Alligator Mountain..." Mu Chen's brows knit in a frown.
Now, he was no longer a rookie, who had no knowledge of the North Territory. In fact, he was well aware of the top forces.
In the Divine Pavilion, the ruler was the Master of the Divine Pavilion. Under him, were the four masters of the four directions, The North, South, East, and West Pavilions, which should be regarded as the equivalent of the Daluo Territory's Three Kings. Under these four masters, there were the Lords of the Ten Mountains, which were named after birds and beasts, such as the Lord of the Alligator Mountain.
"There is an old nemesis there, so it seems that one truly can't avoid his enemies." Mu Chen looked to the distance, smiling in exasperation, for it was not only the Lord of the Alligator Mountain, who had struck at the Blood Hawk Palace, but also an old acquaintance of his. It was Fang Yi from the Divine Pavilion, the one who was forced by Cai Xiao to flee in humiliation from the Dragon-Phoenix Rift, but who was still firmly ranked as first in the Dragon-Phoenix Record.
Mu Chen and Cai Xiao got along well. But Cai Xiao had left, and she was now the daughter of the Flame Emperor, so even if Fang Yi channeled all of his courage, he would not dare to go to the Endless Fire Territory to seek trouble with her.
Instead, he would naturally target Mu Chen to vent his anger upon. Thus, Mu Chen could already imagine how furious Fang Yi would be upon seeing him. At that time, war would be inevitable.
In the face of this prodigy, who had dominated the Dragon-Phoenix Records for many years, even if Mu Chen had now advanced to a Fourth Grade Sovereign, he still dared not claim that he could defeat him.
He was also well aware that this Fang Yi was not a simple figure, as the latter could not have been standing still while he was making progress. With the aid of the vast resources of the Divine Pavilion, the speed of his training and the aces up his sleeve were bound to be very amazing. After all, Mu Chen was not like Cai Xiao, who was a supreme talent who was meant to defeat brilliant prodigies.
"Now that the Blood Hawk Palace has been forced into a deep valley hundreds of miles away, it has been completely surrounded. This incident has caused quite a lot of trouble in this region and attracted a lot of forces." Nine Nether gently shrugged her shoulders.
In this Great Hunting War, when the top forces began to fight against each other, it was the most wonderful and cruel thing to watch. Also, now that the Daluo Territory and the Divine Pavilion were up against each other, many people would be alerted. So, once there was any news, it would inevitably attract widespread attention.
"It's Lord Blood Hawk. That idiot. Are we still going?" Nine Nether glanced at Mu Chen in frustration. Qiu Shan also looked at him, waiting for him to make a decision.
Mu Chen rubbed his forehead, cursing under his breath. He was clearly conflicted over this. After all, the Nine Nether Palace and the Blood Hawk Palace were far from being on good terms. If it were other Lords, Mu Chen would not hesitate at all. But, now that it was Lord Blood Hawk, his head hurt from having to make a decision.
"Although this guy is a thorn in our eyes, he is also a member of the Daluo Territory. If we allow them to be destroyed by the Divine Pavilion, it will not be good for us." Mu Chen finally took a deep breath, then stated solemnly, rational thought overriding his disdain towards Lord Blood Hawk.
"We have our own means of dealing with the feud between us. Hence, we will not rely on the external force of the Divine Pavilion to deal with them. If we save them and he dares to turn on us, I will teach them a lesson."
Qiu Shan and the others looked at the suddenly dominant Mu Chen, passion burning in their eyes. They knew that their Nine Nether Troop's combat prowess had surpassed that of the Blood Hawk Troop at the hands of Mu Chen. Thus, Mu Chen was qualified to say this.
Mu Chen glanced at Nine Nether. Seeing the latter nod gently, he no longer hesitated, but soared towards the sky in a stream of light.
They came to a huge red valley that was rather dim and dark, as if covered with blood, and depressingly gloomy.
In this valley, there were many people standing upright. They were donned in blood armor. Their eyes were fierce, but their majestic fighting spirit was clearly in disarray, having obviously suffered a heavy blow.
In the center of the army, Lord Blood Hawk, donned in blood armor, looked darkly across the valley, where countless silhouettes and shadows were suspended in the sky. Apparently, a mighty fighting spirit had sealed off the entire valley, so that they could not escape.
"My lord, we have lost nearly a thousand soldiers." Standing beside Lord Blood Hawk, the bloodstained Wu Tian murmured, his originally cold face full of shame and heartache.
Upon hearing this, Lord Blood Hawk trembled. Losing a thousand soldiers of the Blood Hawk Troop, which accounted for almost one-fifth of the entire troop, was a devastating blow.
"My lord, I will lead the Blood Hawk Troop to engage in a final stand, tearing the blockade open. I will ask you to leave as soon as possible!" Wu Tian wiped the blood off of his face.
Lord Blood Hawk roared, "You want a Lord like me to flee, like a dog with its tail between its legs? How would I then be able to establish my stand in the Daluo Territory? If they want to attack later, you will charge ahead with me. Since they want to treat us as pushovers, I must make them understand that, if they attempt to devour Blood Hawk Palace, they must also be prepared to be bitten back!"
Lord Blood Hawk's expression was full of ferocity. The savage fury in his bones had clearly been triggered.
"My Lord, do not worry. We have sent out a distress signal. As long as we can hang in there for a little while longer, there will certainly be reinforcements coming!" Wu Tian saw that Lord Blood Hawk had the intention of engaging in a deadly struggle, so was attempting to persuade him against this decision.
"It's too late." Lord Blood Hawk shook his head, then looked sharply at the sky beyond the valley, where the majestic fighting spirit had begun to oppress the valley. It was obvious that the Heavenly Alligator Troop were geared up for an attack.
As the Blood Hawk Troop felt the fighting spirit approach, they clasped their long halberds tightly, ready to die in battle. Lord Blood Hawk took a deep breath. Then, with a clench of his fist, a blood-red long halberd appeared in a flash, while powerful spiritual energy fluctuations emanated from his body.
However, just as Lord Blood Hawk was preparing to engage in a deadly final stand, his gaze suddenly froze. He saw that, outside the valley, the Heavenly Alligator Troop's majestic fighting spirit had suddenly fluctuated in disarray.
"My lord, our reinforcements are here!" Wu Tian, seeing this scene, suddenly rejoiced. He noticed an equally powerful majestic fighting spirit, which was rapidly permeating the battlefield! It was one that clearly did not belong to the Heavenly Alligator Troop!
Lord Blood Hawk stared into the distance, his expression becoming a little more complicated. Then, after a moment of silence, he murmured, "It's Lord Nine Nether and Lord Mu Chen."
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Melissa's Produce is the largest variety distributor of fresh and dried peppers. The great cuisines of the world are often steeped in the flavor and heat of peppers. With peppers' popularity on the rise in America, cooks of all skill levels are looking to peppers to take their food to the next level. This new book has 150 recipes that incorporate 37 different varieties of peppers. Before you dive in, check out the colorful Scoville scale chart at the front of the book for an easy guide to heat. Following that are a few pages with more indepth pepper profiles.
We want to celebrate the launch of The Great Pepper Cookbook by Melissa's Produce, and you can too! The book is available at Melissa's Produce website. We snapped a few pictures of some of the dishes from this book. Easy starters included Sweet, Smoky, Spicy Party Nuts, Cheddar-Chile-Lime Breadsticks, and some unforgettable Spicy Red Fresno Stuffed Mushrooms. My favorite sides were definitely the Glazed Jalapeno Spiced Baby Carrots, Chile Roasted Baby Dutch Yellow Potatoes, and the soups! Everyone was talking about the Albondigas Soup with the fresh roasted Poblano chile and the Roasted Butternut Squash Soup that had the perfect amount of smoky red Fresnos. Other favorites were the Egg Salad Sandwiches with Pepper Relish made with fresh shishito peppers and Pollo en Crema made with smoky dried chipotle peppers.
We washes it all down with lemonades. Yup, but pepper infused lemonades: Red Hot Lemonade and Lemongrass-Ginger Cooler made with fresh ginger and jalapenos. And we could not leave without dessert! Chile-Lime Cream puffs with fresh Serrano peppers and Chile-Chocolate Mole Truffles. That's right folks, Mole Truffles made with dried ancho and chipotle chile peppers! So get the book and get cooking!
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GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Ohio State 71, Duke 66
(AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
By JACOB BENGE
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Zed Key scored a career-high 20 points and Ohio State held top-ranked Duke scoreless for the final 4 1/2 minutes, completing a rally from a 15-point second-half deficit to beat the Blue Devils 71-66.
E.J. Liddell hit two free throws with 1:06 remaining to give the Buckeyes (5-2) their first lead since early in the first half, and his jumper made it 69-66 with 16 seconds left. Duke freshman star Paolo Banchero missed a tying 3-pointer, and Cedric Russell got the rebound and closed it out at the free-throw line. Ohio State fans stormed the court as time expired.
The Blue Devils (7-1) claimed the top spot in this week's AP Top 25 poll - a stay that could be brief - after beating then-No. 1 Gonzaga in Las Vegas. Ohio State improved to 2-1 against ranked foes this year with its fourth straight game decided in the final minutes.
Liddell finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Ohio State, which beat the No. 1 team in the country for the second straight time on its home court. The Buckeyes knocked off Michigan State 80-64 on Jan. 7, 2018.
Wendell Moore Jr. led the Blue Devils with 17 points and Banchero finished with 14.
Duke led by 13 points at halftime and extended that advantage to 49-34 early in the second half. Moore's layup with 5:19 remaining made it 65-57, and Trevor Keels made a free throw with 4:29 left.
The Blue Devils didn't score again, missing their last six shots as Ohio State closed the game with a 12-0 run. Duke endured a 1-for-14 stretch earlier in the half, allowing the Buckeyes to draw closer.
Ohio State took an early 13-7 lead but Duke responded with a 13-2 run. The Blue Devils shot 52.9% in the first half.
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Published on 11.10.2019 by Lela
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1.9 billion Users worldwide
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Ultimately, we realized that the design must reflect our culture, so we identified the key drivers in determining the final design: interaction and dialogue. Our preferred choice of medium would be projection mapping, and the challenge then was to design the dwelling to house the interactive elements.
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The more we developed the budget, the less the inflatable appeared feasible; this idea was quickly value-engineered out (sorry, Kent Muirhead). Now with costs weighing more heavily on our design, we began re-evaluating our methodology and looking toward computational solutions to preserve our lofty ideas. Projection mapping is dependent on two mediums: the input controllers and projection surface. The computational designers could not wait to tease out the options with the controllers, so we quickly obtained an Xbox Kinectand Leap Motion controller. This led to a few studies in delayed video-keyframing and motion-tracking via Grasshopper. The final form of the projection surface was determined by the intended site location and playfulness from designing the audience's intended interaction.
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We believe that the most compelling element was the interaction station, which consisted of a computer outfitted with a camera and motion tracker. Working like a telephone booth and shaped as an arcade machine, the participant would make gestures into a screen and the bubble screen would respond. Nearby spectators and their movement would also be captured in the station's viewport to further enhance the experience. At the time of conception, we used a water droplet as the interactive object set for manipulation; plans to revive the large sea creature were in the works!
Special thanks to James Marsh, Richard Chou, and Adam Louie for organizing and submitting the proposal!


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Yuhan Corp. Signs US$785 Mil. Technology Export Contract with Gilead
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Yuhan Corp. Licenses out NASH drug candidate
By Choi Mun-hee
Yuhan Co. has signed a US$785 million contract with Gilead Sciences to license out a new nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) drug candidate.
Yuhan Co. announced on Jan. 7 that it has licensed out a new nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) drug candidate to Gilead Sciences, a global pharmaceutical company known for its product Tamiflu, for US$785 million.
Yuhan will receive a down payment of US$15 million (16.7 billion won) from Gilead. Yuhan does not have to return the money even if Gilead gives up development of the technology afterwards. Yuhan will also receive up to US$770 million (858.3 billion won) in milestone payments, which are paid when each milestone in the development and commercialization process is achieved.
This contract is the fifth largest drug technology exports made by Korean pharmaceutical companies. The top four includes Hanmi Pharmaceutical's Quantum Project (2,824 million Euro), Yuhan's licensing out of Lazertinib (US$1,255 million), and Hanmi's long-acting obesity diabetes drug and targeted cancer drug (US$915 million and $910 million, respectively).
In particular, this contract is the biggest one ever made in Korea for a pre-clinical stage drug candidate. For Quantum Project and Lazertinib, contracts were made in the course of clinical trials after the candidate substances have been identified.
Yuhan and Gilead will jointly conduct non-clinical studies on the new drug substance, and Gilead will conduct a global clinical trial.
Meanwhile, global market research firm Global Data predicted that the NASH therapeutic market will grow at a CAGR of 45 percent over the next decade from US$618 million in 2016 to US$25.30 billion in 2026.
Currently, four candidates for the NASH drug are in phase III clinical trials, including Gilead's Selonsertib. However, industry analysts say that Gilead is facing a big problem in Phase III clinical trials as its candidate material has the side effect of severe itchiness. U.S. pharmaceutical company Intercept Pharmaceuticals plans to announce the results of Phase III clinical trials of Ocaliva in the first half of this year.
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indigenous food - a brief history
Did you know that over 62% of the food that people around the world enjoy today was originally introduced by the indigenous people of the Americas? That's right; everything from tomatoes to pecans to popcorn to potato chips was given to the rest of the world by the Native people of North and South America. So where did all this agriculture begin?
Let me take you back….
In ancient times, tens of thousands of years ago, the indigenous people of these lands acquired their food by picking the fruits of nature's yield where they could be found, fishing, or hunting for small or large game. And yet, Native people were way ahead of the curve when it came to developing agriculture, and the preservation and domestication of food. For example, American Indian people invented raised bed gardening over 4,000 years ago, irrigation techniques over 10,000 years ago, and terraced farming over 3,700 years ago.
Here I'd like to share a couple personal stories of American Indian food customs that date back thousands of years….
My good friend, the late E. Donald Two Rivers, once told me of a wild rice gathering tradition among his people, the Ojibwe (Chippewa). They go out into the marshes in a canoe that has had its inner floor thoroughly cleaned. They bring two sticks with them. With one stick, they gently bend the wild rice shoot toward the boat. With the other stick, they strike the shoot. Any wild rice pods that are ripe will fall into the bottom of the boat, and any that are not, stay on the shoot to keep growing. They do this all day long, and at the end of the day, the bottom of the boat is full with wild rice!
In my culture (Lakota), we have a traditional food called wasna (wash-nah), which is a blend of dried tatanka (bison) meat and fruit. Wasna was used as sustenance by our ancestors when they were on travels, hunts or journeys which took them away from the community for any length of time. It was packed with energy giving nutrients, and was a staple for our people for countless centuries. We still eat wasna today. It was given to all of us on several occasions during the Chief Big Foot Memorial Ride. I consider wasna a 'big medicine' food, because it gives your body and your spirit strength and energy.
So we have been at this food making, developing, cultivating and innovating for tens of thousands of years. Food related health problems like heart disease or diabetes among our people were unheard of. We were a strong, healthy, and robust people with a closeness to the earth, and therefore, to our food. We respected it, honored it, and valued it greatly. Our American Indian ancestors viewed their food with reverence, and treated it as such, understanding that if what you eat is healthy and strong, you will be too….


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If you've been waitlisted or deferred at one or more of your top choice law schools, you should consider writing a letter of continued interest, sometimes referred to as a LOCI. Just as the name implies, this is a one-page letter sent to the admissions committee (adcomm) letting them know that you're still very much interested in their school.
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Summer School of Mass Spectrometry
The 15th Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Fukuoka, 20-21 June, 2022) [in Japanese]
The 14th Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 19-20 September, 2019) [in Japanese]
The 13rd Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 18-19 September, 2018) [in Japanese]
The 12nd Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 25-26 September, 2017) [in Japanese]
The 11st Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 26-27 September, 2016) [in Japanese]
The 9th Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 18-19 September, 2014) [in Japanese]
The 8th Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 15 September, 2011) [in Japanese]
Mass Spectrometry Summer School 2012 (Kyoto, 13 September, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 3rd Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 13 September, 2008) [in Japanese]
The 2nd Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 14 September, 2007) [in Japanese]
The 1st Summer School of Mass Spectrometry (Osaka, 16 September, 2006) [in Japanese]
The 172th Kansai-area Colloquium (Hybrid with online, 17 December, 2022) [in Japanese]
The 171st Kansai-area Colloquium (Online, 28 May, 2022) [in Japanese]
The 170th Kansai-area Colloquium (Hybrid with online, 29 January, 2022) [in Japanese]
The 169th Kansai-area Colloquium (Online, 4 September, 2021) [in Japanese]
The 168th Kansai-area Colloquium / The 19th Chubu-area Colloquium (Online, 24 April, 2021) [in Japanese]
The 167th Kansai-area Colloquium (Online, 5 December, 2020) [in Japanese]
The 166th Kansai-area Colloquium (Online, 18 July, 2020) [in Japanese]
The 165th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 25 January, 2020) [in Japanese]
The 164th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 23 November, 2019) [in Japanese]
The 163rd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 3 August, 2019) [in Japanese]
The 162nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 26 January, 2019) [in Japanese]
The 161st Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 4 August, 2018) [in Japanese]
The 160th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 10 February, 2018) [in Japanese]
The 159th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kobe, 2 December, 2017) [in Japanese]
The 158th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 2 September, 2017) [in Japanese]
The 157th Kansai-area Colloquium / The 68th Workshop on Fundamentals, Ionization and Ion Chemistry in Mass Spectrometry (Nara, 23 April, 2017) [in Japanese]
The 156th Kansai-area Colloquium / The 67th Workshop on Fundamentals, Ionization and Ion Chemistry in Mass Spectrometry (Kyoto, 21 January, 2017) [in Japanese]
The 155th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 10 December, 2016) [in Japanese]
The 154th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 6 August, 2016) [in Japanese]
The 153rd Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 30 January, 2016) [in Japanese]
The 152nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Kobe, 5 December, 2015) [in Japanese]
The 150th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 14 March, 2015) [in Japanese]
The 149th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 31 January, 2015) [in Japanese]
The 148th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 29 November, 2014) [in Japanese]
The 146th Kansai-area Colloquium (Amagasaki, 25 April, 2014) [in Japanese]
The 145th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 1 February, 2014) [in Japanese]
The 144th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kobe, 14 December, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 143rd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 12 October, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 142nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 10 August, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 3rd Mass Spectrometry Society of Japan, Spring Symposium(Osaka, 20 June, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 140th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 16 February, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 139th Kansai-area Colloquium(Kyoto, 9 February, 2013) [in Japanese]
The 137th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 14 July, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 136th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 12 May, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 135th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 14 April, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 139th Kanto-area Colloquium / The 134th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 3 March, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 133rd Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 4 February, 2012) [in Japanese]
The 132nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 12 November, 2011) [in Japanese]
The 131st Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 5 November, 2011) [in Japanese]
The 127th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 20 Nobember, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 136th Kanto-area Colloquium / The 126th Kansai-area Colloquium (Hamamatsu, 15 October, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 125th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kobe, 25 September, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 123rd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 31 July, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 122nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 20 March, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 121st Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 6 February, 2010) [in Japanese]
The 118th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 26 September, 2009) [in Japanese]
The 112th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 22 October, 2007) [in Japanese]
The 111th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 23 June, 2007) [in Japanese]
The 108th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 9 July, 2005) [in Japanese]
The 107th Kansai-area Colloquium (Takarazuka, 7 January, 2005) [in Japanese]
The 105th Kansai-area Colloquium (Kyoto, 8 January, 2004) [in Japanese]
The 102nd Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 24 July, 2002) [in Japanese]
The 101st Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 18 May, 2002) [in Japanese]
The 99th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 31 January, 2001) [in Japanese]
The 98th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 8 Nobember, 2000) [in Japanese]
The 97th Kansai-area Colloquium (Osaka, 7 September, 1998) [in Japanese]


(BPT) – As Americans work hard to meet all the obligations that come with work, family and everyday life, many are challenged to find time to manage all the financial elements affecting their healthcare.
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A couple of times during the week, the same friends suggest that you have dinner with them. You are shocked when the credit card bill arrives and you add up those unplanned charges that total $320.00.
The big day has finally arrived and now you are about to see what the real world has in store. One thing for sure, you're about to assume a lot of responsibility. Some of you who haven't yet found a job will probably move back in with your parents. Others who have already entered the workforce may have moved into your first apartment. Either way, you're about to get your first taste of learning how to manage money.
If you were asked to think back through your own life, and name the one item that topped the list of money management tips, what would it be? We would get many different answers on that question, but the one that tops the list, is create an emergency fund.
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Scoring Magic – Season 2, Episode 1: 'Create Is… Still Feels Good?'
Posted byHug House Productions February 27, 2021 March 6, 2021 Posted inEpisodes, Scoring MagicTags:Scoring Magic Episodes
"Create Is…Still Feels Good?"
WRITTEN BY: Anne Baird
SOUND DESIGNED BY: Wil Williams
As Hug House gears up for VALENCE's second season, we kick off Scoring Magic by talking about what a weird time it's been creating on 2020.
[[Warm synthy guitar intro music fades quickly into . . . ]]
WIL: Hello again! Welcome back! It's been a little while, but we can't wait to share what we've been working on while we were gone from your podcatchers.
KATIE: There are some episodes coming up that we're pretty excited about – one that Anne was excited enough about to have already recorded.
ANNE: Hey! I'm allowed to be excited!
WIL: But first, some housekeeping. Since we last released an episode, we have held our IndieGoGo campaign, finalized all twelve scripts for season 2, recorded all twelve episodes, finished take selection from all of those recordings, and . . . I finished a draft of our first episode. If you're not aware, I'm going to be the editor and sound designer for season 2. Anne and Katie have listened and gotten comments back to me, and I promise I'm not bragging when I say I think you're going to like it.
[Purposely stilted, sarcastic tone] No, really, I'm not bragging because Katie's the one who wrote the script for this episode. She's making me say nice things about my work, and she's grounded.
KATIE: Wil did an incredible job on it, and we wish we could share it with you right now instead of having to wait until the actual release date!
ANNE: But . . . this is still 2020. And though it's affected all aspects of life differently, it's still definitely affecting them. And one of the ways that it's had an impact on us, and I'm sure on some of you listening as well, is financially.
KATIE: We mentioned our IndieGoGo earlier. We're so incredibly grateful for everyone who donated, who retweeted, who talked us up to encourage others to donate. No matter what, we want you all to know that we appreciate you and everything you did. But we, like many others this year, didn't hit our goal. And because a core part of Hug House is paying people fairly for their work, we were worried.
ANNE: We are very lucky to be in a position where we have other forms of income as well. The payments for Wil's writing and our work with organizing events and consulting all helped to cover the costs so that we were able to pay everyone. But there was absolutely a point in time where we were discussing other options that included things like not being able to pay Wil for sound design, because we weren't even considering not paying our actors. That was not an option.
WIL: So that's financial things taken care of. But what about the first season? So far, we've gotten reviews that have brought up points that we never thought about, and we're glad these reviewers took the time and effort to let us know so we can be a better show going forward. And we've gotten reviews from people saying that the characters or the story hit home for them, validated them, were an enjoyable escape for them. Please know – we share these reviews in our morale channel on our cast & crew server and they make us so, so happy.
KATIE: The amount of recognition and appreciation we've gotten for VALENCE has been wonderful! That said, we do occupy a strange middle ground. We're definitely not a Big Name, but we're not an unknown either. If there's such a thing as a "middle child" of podcasts, I don't know what that would entail, but we might — we might be that.
WIL: And name recognition obviously isn't the only goal when it comes to making a podcast. It's pretty far down the list of priorities . . . but it's still a nice thing to have. We love our actors and we love the story that they're helping us to tell, and occupying this middle ground is weird. So while we'd love to be able to wield any recognition we've gained to secure sponsors or get our actors more jobs, our reach is still somewhat limited.
ANNE: I know it may sound like we're complaining, but it's genuinely not! It's just strange to occupy this in-between level of…bigness? And be in uncharted territory for us where we're learning as we go.
WIL: Here's a conversation I had with Katie and Anne about what it's like creating in 2020.
[recording]
WIL: I'm just recording now because I know how we are.
ANNE: We'll say funny shit and we need to have that.
ALL: Yeah.
KATIE: Are we also recording locally?
WIL: No.
ANNE: We've given up on that.
KATIE: Well then it's a good thing I'm in my noise cube so at least that'll be nice-ish.
WIL: That's nice-ish! That's nice-ish. [long dramatic sigh] Lordy lou. What a time.
KATIE: Right now, or like, life in general?
WIL: Yeah.
ANNE: All of it.
KATIE: Yeahhhhh.
WIL: It — it — it all. We're recording right now on . . . December. 14th?
KATIE: [snicker]
WIL: Which means, like, episode 1 of VALENCE drops in . . . under a month, now.
KATIE: Just under a month, yeah.
ANNE: Uhhhh
WIL: I'm going to puke to death, actually. Nevermind. Bye.
ANNE: [laugh]
KATIE: Mute yourself first.
ANNE: Well, I'll tell you that — oh, thank you. Um, that episode 1 is some good shit.
KATIE: It's such good shit!!
WIL: Your audio cut out for me –
WIL: – right after — it was, here's what I heard. Here's what I heard. Uh. Episode 1 is . . . nothin'.
ANNE: I thought — I — it would have been so much funnier — what I thought you were gonna say, was that it cut out, 'cause I said "episode 1 is good shit."
WIL: Ooh.
ANNE: And I thought it was gonna cut — I thought you were gonna say it cut out, and "episode 1 is . . . shit."
KATIE: That is also what I assumed.
WIL: I hope it's good shit! I worked really fuckin' hard on it. Uh . . . I . . . aaaah
KATIE: It's my favorite shit thus far.
WIL: Aww, that's great! That's good shit! Well, it's — uh, it's out of two. Uh . . . it's out of two. It's out of two. Y'all, my brain broken. Let's talk about creating in 2020, 'cause this has been a fuckin' trip.
ANNE: Ok, I sum it up real quick. It suck.
KATIE: [screams into the voice]
WIL: It suck! It's really bad. Like — [laugh]
KATIE: And yet, it is still the best part of my 2020.
WIL: Oh! Hands down! Hands down. Um, it is wild to me thaaaat, uhhhh. That, like. Season 1 dropped during this year?
KATIE: Mhmm.
WIL: I don't feel like that was the best for us.
ANNE: Uhhhhh, yeah, no —
KATIE: [sigh]
ANNE: Nooo . . .
WIL: Just, numbers-wise, I think that, like, uh, debuting in a year when listenership was . . . very low? Uh —
KATIE: Yeahhh . . .
WIL: — across the board? Uh, I don't think that that was great for us.
KATIE: It was a little bit of a bummer.
WIL: Uh, not that we're, like, hurting. We're doing well. We just could've — we could have potentially done . . . well-er.
KATIE: [laugh]
WIL: It's, uh, it's — but like, it's so stupid! Because it's not, like. It's not like there's "a number" that would make me happy.
WIL: So it doesn't — it's nothing. But also . . .
ANNE: [laugh] But also!
KATIE: But it's impossible not to wonder what the hell would have happened in a year that was a little bit less on fire, both literally and figuratively.
WIL: Mhmm. Especially making a podcast that's like — that talks real world shit and gets a little intense. Like, I know I — I had a lot more difficulty listening to podcasts that were more real! This year. And it's literally my job. Y'know?
ANNE: Yeah, I mean, I straight up stopped listening to fiction podcasts. I just don't —
KATIE: Same.
ANNE: — listen to them anymore.
WIL: Yeah. I have, uh, a very hard time.
KATIE: I'm on my third re-listen of TAZ: Balance since the beginning of quarantine —
KATIE: — so, like —
WIL: All I want right now is, like, the Bechdel Cast. That's it.
KATIE: Mmmm. Mhmm.
WIL: One thing that's fucked up is that I have been listening to more true crime lately, but just —
ANNE: Ohhhh my god!
WIL: — to go to bed??
ANNE: Wil! Yes! I do the same thing! I've been listening to, um, to — I started listening to The Morbid Podcast because there's, like, 200 episodes in the backlog —
WIL: Uh-huhhh
ANNE: — and they literally just talk about people getting murdered and kidnapped and I put that on to go to bed at night! And I'm like —
ANNE: — what do people — what does my aunt think when she hears me from my bedroom —
WIL: [laughter throughout]
ANNE: — like, "and then this person was taken away and –"
KATIE: Are y'all good??
WIL: NO!!
ANNE: No, we're not, Katie! That's the point!
WIL: NO!
WIL: All I want is, like, I want just a million episodes of Decoder Ring. Like, that is exactly the vibe I want. I want, like, a single story, executed super well, uh, with a voice that is, like, engaging but not, like, not like chaos energy? And I want it to be scripted and I want it to just be a person and interviews. Like, that's all I — that's all my brain can handle right now. Uh. Yeah. So. Which is all to say. What a year for VALENCE. Uh.
KATIE: Hooboy.
WIL: There's also, like. So, I think that w-we're very lucky, in that, like, I think we got almost everything written before shit got, like, really really really bad.
ANNE: Uhh, I don't know if that's true.
KATIE: For season 1 — [clears throat] Oh, excuse me! For season 1 or for season 2?
ANNE: For season 2. Yeah, no, we were writing — uh, we —
KATIE: In July.
ANNE: Yeah, we —
WIL: Really??
ANNE: The season — the episode 3 script was due March 8th, so . . .
WIL: Oh my god!!
ANNE: We wrote this — pretty much — you guys wrote this whole season during the shitshow that was March, April, May, and June.
WIL: Oh my god what if it's all bad??
KATIE: No, it's not bad!
ANNE: It's not.
WIL: It feels really good! But — but that doesn't seem right!
KATIE: [sigh] I think that, for me, at least, uh . . . writing was definitely an escape? It was something to focus on other than my, just, like, panic spiral of "this is something we've never experienced before and so I don't know, uh, how to prepare for that"? And that's the Fucking Worst for my anxiety.
WIL: Mmhm mmhm.
KATIE: And so I was like, I can plan for what happens in this little world that we are building.
WIL: That's so interesting! For me —
KATIE: And that will have to work.
WIL: — it's — it was like, like, I write to process. Like, and to synthesize. And I think that that does come through in this season. Especially in, like, especially a lot of the Flynn stuff. Uh.
KATIE: Aah! Ok, I thought you were gonna say Noel.
WIL: [manic laughter] Uhhhhhhhh also that!
WIL: God. Yeah, uh, let's just package some . . . gender feelings and familial trauma. Uh. Christ. [laugh] But no, no, like, with Flynn's stuff. I — uh, so I always knew I wanted him to kinda go, like, activist journalist. Um. But . . . when. Yeah. Now — now that — now that I'm putting that all together, I can really see how this all lined up. Uh, when the pandemic first hit really hard, and there were lockdowns, uh, I worked for a publication where we interviewed, like, frontline workers. Um —
ANNE: Oh god, I remember that.
KATIE: Holy shit, yeah.
WIL: Yeah. Two of whom are friends of mine who are nurses. And I didn't — I didn't do, uh, any of the interviews except for one. And I interviewed a therapist who was still seeing people in person because . . . for reasons regarding those patients' mental health, he had to see them in person, and he felt like it would be abandoning his work to not see them. Um. And he really struggled with that decision. And that interview, like, I mean. I — like, I closed out that interview by just thanking him and saying that I was very moved by that, and moved by the fact that he's grappling with it, and I — I remember, like, hanging up and just sobbing. Like, just absolutely sobbing. Uh. And so . . . god, Flynn's whole arc and everything with the blog this season was Very Weird. Because [laugh] because early on, we — we called it The Mercury! Uh, for me being like, a little nod to The Portland Mercury. Um, little did I know that Portland would go on to have, like, a hundred and sixty-plus consecutive days of protests!
KATIE: [hushed] Yeah.
WIL: That, like, my friends who are journalists in Portland, uh, would be, like, getting teargassed every night?? Uh, so obviously we changed the name, but it was, like, there were just so many weird coincidences like that throughout writing this season. Um. Which . . . I don't even know. It was just — it was very surreal. It was very surreal.
KATIE: Are we only including the . . . well, I was gonna say "are we only including the stressful real-life parallels, but the Amazon Halo IS OBJECTIVELY a stressful thing to exist!
WIL: DUDE. Yeah, what the fuck??
KATIE: Yeah what the fuck!
WIL: Like, I — like, I don't even know what to say! Just what the fuck!
KATIE: Jeff Bezos owes us money!!
WIL: It's — it's too weird. It's too weird.
KATIE: Spoo! Ky! For — for people listening who, like, might have somehow avoided its existence, can one of y'all — 'cause I don't remember all the details of it — go into what the hell it is?
ANNE: Yeah, so the Amazon Halo is essentially a . . . uh, a, like their version of the Fitbit, but, like, a million times worse?
WIL: Yeah, somehow!
ANNE: Yeah, somehow —
WIL: Somehow even worse!
ANNE: even worse! It —
KATIE: It also polices your tone of voice??
ANNE: Yeah, so when you calibrate it, you have to, like, strip down naked. For it to scan your body??
WIL: [horrified laughter in background]
ANNE: And then —
WIL: God.
ANNE: Yeah!
KATIE: It claims it doesn't keep those photos, but like, I don't trust.
WIL: Bullshiiiit! Bullshit! Bullshit!
KATIE: I don't trust!
WIL: Bullshit! Like, that's not even — I know this sounds like we're all conspiracy theorists, but no! Like, this has historically happened!
ANNE: [laughter]
WIL: Like, so many times!
KATIE: Yeah.
WIL: Augh! Yeah, so this has been a fuckin bonkers season. I will say, like — god, so we wrote it all and then I guess it was July and then we edited it, and then, like. I really didn't . . .
ANNE: Hey —
WIL: When did I start the sound designing?
ANNE: Um . . . November? Can you wait one second? Evelyn just turned on the radio and it's gonna be able to — be in the background of my audio. Hang on.
KATIE: [pfft sound]
KATIE: We're gonna get copystruck.
ANNE: [manic cackle] Wait, it's worse than that!!
WIL: Oh no
KATIE: What is it?
ANNE: It's not Evelyn turning on the radio. It is — I was explaining what this terrible device was —
KATIE: Oh no.
ANNE: And the . . . device from that company that i have in my office heard me say the name and then Halo and it started playing the song "Halo"
[horrified laughter because we live in hell]
ANNE: I took off my headphones — I was like, wait, the sound's coming from inside the room!
KATIE: Oh god, we live in hell.
ANNE: Amazon, stop. [pause] Thank you! . . . yeah, just . . . Amazon stop.
WIL: I . . . refuse to process what just happened.
WIL: I shan't. I shan't do it. Uh. No.
ANNE: Oh god.
WIL: I won't. Uhhh. So . . . this season's been a lot! It's been very — I don't know, like, very weird. To revisit. As I'm — as I'm doing sound design and editing now. In a good way — I think — I think that this season's really fucking good. Uh. There are a couple moments [sigh] where I've, like, especially looking back through scripts, looking back and being, like, "damn. I really put that trauma on the page, huh!" Which shouldn't surprise me about me. But it do.
ANNE: Yeah. Well, I think it helps [clears throat] well, not helps, but shows you — you were writing these scripts while season 1 was releasing, and you were looking back at —
ANNE: — like, like you did the episode of Scoring Magic on, like, writing your own experiences into it. Especially with episode 4.
WIL: Mmhm.
ANNE: And I think you were thinking on that, probably, while writing season 2, being like, well! I already put it all out there in season 1! Might as well —
WIL: Right.
ANNE: — here you go! Have some more!
WIL: I think that part of it is also looking back at season 1 and being like, I — like, I really could have gone harder! With a lot of these things!
KATIE: Jesus!
WIL: 'Cause they were pretty watered down! Uh, it's probably good that I didn't go harder, uh. And I think that I'll probably feel the same way about all of this as I'm writing season 3, y'know? As Katie and I are. Um. Though season 3, I think — I don't wanna talk about it too much, but I think that writing it will have a very different vibe. [laugh] To say the least!
ANNE and KATIE: Yeah. Yeah.
WIL: [sigh] Uh. What else? What else about making a thing this year, 'cause it's just — it's just been bizarre.
KATIE: Yeahhh . . . um.
ANNE: I mean, I'm gonna follow up this episode, y'know, with the next one, going into more details on, like, production shit that we've changed, just 'cause we've changed so much in our process.
WIL: Uh-huh!
KATIE: [emphatically] Yeahhh. Um. Oh, in . . . in the scripted bits, I mention crowdfunding — do we wanna talk about money existing?
ANNE: Crowdfunding in the year 2020??
WIL: Uh, it's a bad idea.
KATIE: I wouldn't recommend it.
WIL: Well . . . ok, hold on.
ANNE: Unless! You are Gabriel Urbina.
WIL: Yeah! [laugh]
ANNE: Crowdfunding in 2020 is a bad idea!
WIL: Unless you're Gabriel Urbina and also Sarah Shachat and also Zach Valenti. And their incredible cast and the bonus episode writers, uh. Yeah. Uh, for — for listeners — for audience members who don't know, um, the team behind Wolf 359 did a crowdfunding campaign for their new show, Unseen, which is fantastic and you should listen to it.
WIL: Uh, and their goal was 10k and they wound up with, like, over 40k?
WIL: Uh, which fuckin rules. And I'm very happy for them. Uh. The rest of us were not as successful, and I will say that, like, ok, so I jokingly said it was a bad idea, because our — we did not hit the goal for our crowdfunding, but at the same time, we never expected to. And that money, like, paid for our cast and shit.
WIL: So, y'know.
ANNE: Yeah, we went into it knowing that we probably were not going to hit our goal. And had plans in place for, what if we don't make this much? What if we don't make this much? What are we going to do in its place?
ANNE: 'Cause not paying our cast was not an option.
WIL: Nooo.
KATIE: No.
WIL: Nonono.
KATIE: At no point was that even on the table.
WIL: Mm-mm. No, we're — the three of us are always the ones to take the hit first. Uh, which. I think is like, a — an accept — I think it's the most acceptable way to do it if you know that, like, it — like, compensation, the way that it should happen, is not going to happen. Like, we're — the three of us are never going to be paid to, like, make this show.
KATIE: Mmhm.
WIL: Y'know? We can — we can plan to . . . uh, to not go into debt! Because of the show. And we've done that, y'know? We've done that well. Um. We'll never be paid, like, a living wage, I guess is what I mean. Like, I don't know what I'm saying, I think.
KATIE: Well, and I think —
WIL: I had a thought —
KATIE: — part of that is the attitude that we bring to the process in general, that, like, we're not coming in here to make money for ourselves. We're coming in here to tell stories, and if we were to make enough that we could, in theory, pay ourselves, I think we would probably wanna put most of it into future shows! [laugh] And into other projects that we have in mind, um, like the — the mentoring plan.
ANNE: Right. Or we would pay our actors more. [laugh]
KATIE: Or we would pay our actors more!
WIL: Yeah. Yeah.
ANNE: I know us. And the first think we would do —
WIL: Is pay our actors more, yeah.
ANNE: — is go, ooh! We have an extra fifty dollars! Let's give everybody an extra $5.
KATIE: Yeah!
WIL: We do love to give bonuses. It feels really good — we were able to do that with season 1 a few times. It feels really good!
ANNE: It really does. Yeah. I know, as an employee, I like to get a bonus! So —
WIL: A bonus is good!
ANNE: Bonuses feel really good!
KATIE: I've never gotten a bonus — I don't know what that feels like [laugh]
WIL: I have also never gotten a bonus.
ANNE: I'm gonna Venmo you both $10 right now and that's just —
KATIE: Nooo, I will fight you!
[overlapping talk about giving money to each other]
ANNE: [laugh] I'm gonna mail you both a sweaty ten dollar bill.
WIL: Y'know? Oh. I can't talk about that at all — never mind. I was gonna say that, what will be nice about writing season 3 is that I can write about travel, but I can't talk about that!
KATIE: No . . .
WIL: That's way too much of a spoiler.
ANNE: I mean, you can talk about it and then just cut it and save it.
WIL: Yeah, that's true. I'm not gonna though.
KATIE: Can't talk about it like you just did just now? [laugh]
WIL: Yeahhh, dude, I'm fuckin' hungry. And I'm so tired. [exhausted laugh]
ANNE: I am staring at my dinner right in front of me. It's in front of me. I cannot eat it because I"m on a microphone. [laugh]
WIL: Eat it!
KATIE: Uncomfortably close to the microphone.
WIL: Don't do that.
WIL: Do we have anything else to say about — ok, I have one last thing to say about creating in 2020.
KATIE: Mhmm?
WIL: [laugh] The thing about making this show this year . . . is that, like, thinking. Is so hard. Like, just thinking. Let alone —
KATIE: Yeahhh.
WIL: — being creative, let alone doing — yes, Mozzarella?
MOZZARELLA: [meowww]
WIL: Yes.
KATIE and ANNE: [laughter]
WIL: Let alone doing things like editing and sound design, and then let alone, like, being on top of social media and marketing and things —
WIL: — so, like, the fact — I wanna pat us on the back for the fact that season 1 came out? And season 2 is coming out. Like. That — the fact that —
KATIE: I would like to pat you on the back because we are currently, what, more than a month ahead — well, you are currently more than a month ahead of schedule for sound designing?
WIL: [tiny voice] Yeah . . .
ANNE: That's true, you are.
WIL: [tiny voice] So, so what? Don't look at me.
WIL: Don't look at me! Look away!
KATIE: No, we are all Dame Judi Dench on this night.
WIL: I guess I should specify, like, we're not on a video call. They are not looking at me.
WIL: This is just audio.
KATIE: Virtually, we are Dame Judi Dench! Looking at you!
WIL: Looking directly into the camera at me specifically. Uhh. Yeah, I don't know. So, like, pat us on the back, and also, like, hey. If you liked season 1. If you like season 2. If you like Scoring Magic, please fucking tell us. Like, I don't know how else to ask. For validation. I would really like validation from listeners and audience members. I would like it. I would like to have it. I would like to be told I did a good job. I would like, uh, Katie and Anne to be told that they did a good job and for all of our actors to be told that they did a good job, so. Uh. If — if you liked the thing, if you could tell us that. That we did a good job. I would like to hear it.
ANNE: I am so grateful when people tell us that we did a good job.
KATIE: So, so much.
ANNE: Like, I won't call out who it was, like, on the mic. But we got an email through our contact form from someone, probably, like, a month or so ago. Saying that, uh, the — Liam's experiences made them feel, like, so seen.
WIL: Yes! Ohhh my god.
ANNE: It was so heartfelt and I read it and I went, "oh! I have to respond to this. I have to tell them how much it means to us to read this and — y'know, hear this from people."
ANNE: 'Cause it's why we do it — like, we said we don't — we don't get compensation for this, like, financially. We're just doing it because we want to tell these stories and because we feel these stories are important.
ANNE: And if even one person tells us, like, it made them feel seen? Then, like, the whole thing is worth it.
KATIE: Yeah, we are all sad and fragile. Please —
WIL: Yeah!
KATIE: — say the nice words at us.
WIL: Yeah, we're sad and fragile — we made fuckin VALENCE.
WIL: Like, do you think we're ok??
KATIE: We're not ok!! [gasping laughter]
WIL: We're not ok!! Yeah. That email meant a lot to me. I really, really, really needed to hear that.
[end recording]
WIL: So, looking forward to our second season, there's one more thing we'd like to talk about. The plot. No, we're not giving any spoilers here. But our first season had a lot to say about the importance of data privacy, and how data can be misused in the wrong hands, especially when it comes to groups in a position of power over others of one or more underrepresented identities.
KATIE: In the world of VALENCE, we've shown multiple ways in which muses are treated differently just for having magic. And how organizations with power treat them, whether with good intentions or bad.
ANNE: Knowing us, this is going to come up more in season two, and we're gonna continue to explore it even further. Just as it's come up in real life. This year, we saw so many firsthand accounts of people having surveillance used against them in horrifying ways, endangering their safety, their work, their lives, their families. And we don't take these parallels lightly, and we're not just including them for drama or shock value.
WIL: Data privacy, and people's different approaches to protecting their own data, have been on my mind for years now. I've talked about my personal history with this before, and it has always been one of the major threads of this story that we're telling. And I think that finding ways to help people understand just how powerful their personal data is will continue to be crucial. I close every episode of VALENCE with "Protect your magic," and I hope our audience knows that I mean that in more ways than one!
This coming season is going to be a lot. [small laugh] We've poured a lot of ourselves into it, and there are parts that will be emotionally taxing, but in ways that felt important, and honest — at least, to us. And we can't wait to share it with you.
WRAPAROUND: Scoring Magic is a Hug House production. You can find more information at HugHouse.Productions. This episode was written by Katie Youmans, and edited by Wil Williams. You can find us at ScoringMagicPod.com, and on social media as @ScoringMagicPod.
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Thanh Hoa urged to play part in northern development quadrangle
Thanh Hoa province should roll out concerted solutions to soon become a new growth pole, together with Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh forming a development quadrangle in the north, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said on October 27.
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Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan speaks at the opening of the 19th Party Congress of Thanh Hoa province. (Photo: VNA)
Thanh Hoa (VNA) - Thanh Hoa province should roll out concerted solutions to soon become a new growth pole, together with Hanoi, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh forming a development quadrangle in the north, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said on October 27.
Addressing the opening of the 19th provincial Party Congress, which brought together 448 delegates from across the locality, she also urged Thanh Hoa to step up connectivity and cooperation with other localities in the north-central region and Hanoi, especially in investment and trade promotion.
Economic restructuring should be conducted in tandem with growth model reform, Ngan said, suggesting Thanh Hoa expand the scale of industries where it possesses strengths and turn itself into a major centre of energy and processing and manufacturing in the region and the country as a whole.
It should attract investments to new industrial and high-tech sectors to create new momentum for the local economy, encourage the development of supporting industries, and promote sectoral connectivity, particularly between industry and services.
She asked the locality to further improve the local business environment and provincial competitiveness in order to maximise resources for development.
The official said the provincial Party organisation needs to work harder to improve people's material and spiritual lives, while paying more attention to Party building.
It was reported at the function that Thanh Hoa's gross regional domestic product (GRDP) grew 12.1 percent during the 2016-2020 period; a 1.5-fold increase against 2011-2015.
Its economic scale ranks eighth nationwide and first in the central region, while its budget contributions are the 11th highest in the country.
Thanh Hoa is among the leading localities nationwide in new-style rural area building, with 65.75 percent of communes earning the status.
During the 2020-2025 tenure, the provincial Party organisation will focus its leadership on agricultural development and new-style rural area building, the development of the Nghi Son economic zone and industrial parks, tourism development, improvement to cultural, educational, and healthcare quality, socio-economic development in mountainous areas, and improvement to the leadership and combat capacity of Party units.
At the same time, it aims to make breakthroughs in infrastructure construction, administrative reform, and technological research, application, and transfer. The province will also actively engage in Industry 4.0 to boost socio-economic development quickly and sustainably./.
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