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GUEST BLOG: A Trillion Reasons By Aegis J. Frumento, Esq.
A Trillion Reasons
By Aegis J. Frumento, Partner, Stern Tannenbaum & Bell
News that Apple broke the $1 trillion market cap made me remember 1977.
Mostly, I remember being twenty-something. But also, Star Wars (the original) was the year's blockbuster. Woody Allen's Annie Hall didn't quite show the Manhattan where I lived, in the pre-grunge grunginess of the West (Greenwich) Village. Saturday Night Fever jump-started the disco era. (In April, Donald married Ivana, but that spins a different tale.) And Scientific American devoted its entire September issue to the future of the computer.
It described something none of us had ever heard of, a "graphical user interface", or GUI, with screens that you could drag around, resize, and stack one over the other, all by using a plywood thing they called a "mouse." Software like that could make computers accessible to real people. That it took a lot of computing power didn't matter because one author predicted that soon the power of a mainframe could squeeze into something the size of a notebook.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/magazine/sa/1977/09-01/#article-microelectronics-and-the-personal-c.
Yes, I was (may still be) a nerd. I read Scientific American. I also knew something about computers. I won high school science fair prizes for building logic circuits out of government surplus transistors and diodes. Those let me see a real mainframe -- all several dozen floor-to-ceiling cabinets of it -- at nearby Griffiss Air Force Base. They were using it to design a stick-figure flight simulator. The computer room was bigger than our house.
But in real life, I used paper notebooks and ball-point pens, sat in real libraries reading real books. I got through college statistics with a canary-yellow Pickett slide rule ("Carried on Apollo 11!"). I learned to program using dumb terminals and punch cards, and waiting for some far-off mainframe to get around to them. To carry my own personal mainframe in a backpack seemed as farfetched as hitching a ride on the Millenium Falcon.
Alan Kay, who predicted the notebook-mainframe, worked for Xerox Corporation. His article in Scientific American showcased the work of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). But at least one person didn't read it -- Steve Jobs.
Jobs incorporated Apple Computer in January 1977. In September he was too busy to read Scientific American. Apple was then amidst shipping that year's 2,500 Apple IIs. It would sell over 5 million Apple IIs over the next 15 years. But as early as 1979, writes his biographer Walter Isaacson, "Jobs was growing impatient with how boring it was turning out to be." So Jobs's engineers got him interested in PARC. As luck would have it, in 1979 Xerox's venture capital arm asked to buy a stake in Apple. Jobs let them buy 100,000 shares at $10, but only if they shared PARC's technology. PARC's staff said no, but Xerox's management overruled them.
When Jobs first visited PARC in December, he bounced around waving his arms in excitement. "You're sitting on a gold mine," he shouted. "I can't believe Xerox is not taking advantage of this." So Jobs did instead.
That's why in 1984 many of Scientific American's wonders were live features of my first Apple Macintosh. Microsoft's copy-cat Windows 1.0 came out 2 years later. The rest, as they say, is history.
When the greatest business blunders are hashed out in heaven, Xerox giving Apple PARC's technology will be up there. "They were copier-heads who had no clue about what a computer could do," Jobs said later. "Xerox could have owned the entire computer industry." Xerox's copier-head-in-chief was C. Peter McColough. But let's not be too harsh. McColough worked his way from selling copiers to CEO. He more than doubled Xerox's revenues to $7 billion by 1979. He started PARC, and his $1 million investment in Apple returned a $16 million profit in a year. Being a copier-head is not the worst thing when you run the world's largest copier company.
But . . . there was a tide, and McColough missed it.
I'm sure he didn't think so. Those early Macs were elegant with gorgeous graphics; the stick figures I saw at Griffiss could not compare to Microsoft's Flight Simulator for the Mac. But the Mac was woefully underpowered. Spreadsheets could take an hour to recalculate. And it was expensive. The hardware it really needed just wasn't there yet. Sales started briskly, but soon tapered.
Jobs himself was demanding and abusive, and he poured resources into the unprofitable Macintosh division. Apple's board fired him in 1985, in favor of more traditional management. He returned a dozen years later after that management's lack of focus and innovation had driven Apple to the brink of bankruptcy. Jobs harked back to the elegant simplicity he first saw at PARC. He refocused Apple on a few great products that exploited the boundary layer where person and machine connect. And by 1997, the computing power was there. Out of Jobs's imagination sprang the MacBooks, iPhones, iPods, iPads, iTunes, iWatch and the rest of the iUniverse.
Steve Jobs died in 2011. Since then, Apple's financial management may have had more to do with its success than innovation. As Mihir Desai explained in last week's Times, Apple tends to bully customers to pay quick and suppliers to be paid late, so that Apple is always flush with cash. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/opinion/apple-trillion-market-cap.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share. But customers and suppliers only put up with it because Apples' fingerprints, if not its logos, are on practically every modern digital experience. How long that will last is anyone's guess.
And Xerox?
Alan Kay said the best way to predict the future is to invent it. Joseph C. Wilson invented a future in 1959 with the Xerox 914, the world's first plain-paper copier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox. It was the most successful single product ever made; it may still be.
That was then. This past May, Xerox ousted its CEO for trying to sell the company to Fujifilm for a bargain price. We still talk about xeroxing documents on xerox paper. Most of today's copiers may be from HP, Ricoh or Kyocera, but they xerox just fine. Meanwhile, when did you last see a Xerox copier?
Xerox's most recent proxy statement still touts its "world renowned Palo Alto Research Center." But what does it do? Ah, here it is: "defining the future of work and enabling printing beyond paper with new technologies that will disrupt the market and change the way we think about workflows and information processes."
OK. Whatever that means.
Aegis J. Frumento
Stern Tannenbaum & Bell
Co-Head, Financial Markets Practice
afrumento@sterntannenbaum.com
Aegis Frumento is a partner of Stern Tannenbaum & Bell, and co-heads the firm's Financial Markets Practice. Mr. Frumento represents persons and businesses in all aspects of commercial, corporate and securities matters and dispute resolution (including trials and arbitrations); SEC and FINRA regulated firms and persons on regulatory compliance issues and in SEC and FINRA enforcement investigations and proceedings; and senior executives of public corporations personal securities law and corporate governance matters. Mr. Frumento has also represented clients in forming and registering broker-dealers and registered investment advisers, in developing compliance policies, procedures and controls, and in adopting proper disclosure documents.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frumento was a managing director of Citigroup and Morgan Stanley, a partner and the head of the financial markets group of Duane Morris LLP, and the managing partner of Singer Frumento LLP.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1976 and New York University School of Law in 1979. Mr. Frumento is a frequent author and speaker on securities law issues, and is often quoted in the media on current securities law developments.
NOTE: The views expressed in this Guest Blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of BrokeAndBroker.com Blog.
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PoliSCI: EU-UK Horizon dispute, Dementia Mission, Omicron vaccines and more
24 August 2022 | Bryony Parker
Your weekly digest of policy news, funding competitions, and calls for evidence.
What's been in the news?
UK government launches dispute resolution for access to EU science programmes
The UK government has launched dispute resolution proceedings with the European Commission in relation to the UK's access to EU science programmes. The so-called 'formal consultations' are aimed at concluding the ongoing delays to the UK's participation in several science initiatives including Horizon Europe. A formal consultation is a mechanism set out in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to resolve disputes between the UK and EU.
The government said that access to a range of EU science and innovation programmes was negotiated as part of the TCA in 2020. However, to date 'the EU has still refused to finalise UK access, causing serious damage to research and development in both the UK and EU Member States', a government statement said.
In launching the dispute resolution proceedings, the government said that it hoped to 'encourage the EU to abide by their obligations in the deal'. Graham Stuart, the government's Minister for Europe said: 'It is disappointing that the EU has not facilitated UK participation in the agreed scientific programmes, despite extensive UK engagement on the issue. Now more than ever the UK and the EU should be working together to tackle our shared challenges from net zero to global health and energy security […]'
Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission launched
The UK government has launched a mission to tackle dementia named the 'Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Mission'. The government has pledged to double research funding for Dementia to £160 million a year by 2024.
The new taskforce, inspired by the Covid Vaccine Taskforce, will bring together industry, the NHS, academia and families living with dementia to accelerate dementia research. The mission will ringfence £95 million to boost the number of clinical trials and research projects to help achieve the £160m goal by 2024.
Health and Social Care Secretary, Steve Barclay, said: 'By harnessing the same spirit of innovation that delivered the vaccine rollout, this new Dementia mission, backed by £95 million of government funding, will help us find new ways to deliver earlier diagnosis, enhanced treatments and ensure a better quality of life for those living with this disease, both now and in the future.'
Bivalent Covid-19 vaccine approved to tackle Omicron variants
Researchers and scientists have been working to adapt the Covoid-19 vaccine so that it is effective against Omicron. As of last week, the new Moderna vaccine has been approved for adult booster doses by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and has been endorsed by the UK government's Commission on Human Medicines.
This 'bivalent' vaccine targets the original 2020 virus and the other 50% targets Omicron, with a good effectiveness against the Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5.
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed, Chair of the Commission on Human Medicines said: 'The virus, SARS-CoV-2, is continually evolving in order to evade the immunity provided by vaccines. This novel bivalent vaccine represents the next step in the development of vaccines to combat the virus, with its ability to lead to a broader immune response than the original vaccine.'
My Science Inquiry
The Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an open call for topics of inquiry in science and technology, particularly views from members of underrepresented groups in STEM.
Deadline: 9 September 2022
Greenhouse gas removals (GGR) business models
The Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy is looking to set out the Government's initial proposals for a business model to support deployment of engineered Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) projects. They are seeking views on the early proposals, the main design elements of the business model, and options for developing a market for negative emissions in the UK.
Deadline: 27 September 2022
UK-EU trading relationship
The International Trade Committee has launched an inquiry into the UK-EU trading relationship and is seeking views on issues relating to trading arrangements such as the impact on businesses and other stakeholders.
Deadline: Open for submissions
Further information can be found on the UK Parliament website.
To find more on eligibility for Horizon Europe funding for your sector, you can view the national contact points on the Government website as well as search for the European Funding and Tenders. Further information on the UK's association to Horizon Europe is available in the UK participation in Horizon Europe document.
Further information on the SME and start-up fund can be found on the European Commission website.
Horizon Europe Guarantee
This funding is to deliver the UK government's Horizon Europe guarantee, open to UK-based organisations successful in the first and second wave of Horizon Europe grant awards.
Deadline: No submission deadline
Knowledge transfer partnerships (KTP): 2022 to 2023 Round 3
UK-registered academic institutions, RTOs or Catapults can apply for a share of up to £9 million to fund innovation projects with businesses or not for profits. Organisations must be a UK-registered higher education or further education institution, research and technology organisation (RTO) or Catapult.
Deadline:14 September 2022
Farming Futures R&D Fund: Sustainable farm-based protein, feasibility studies
UK-registered organisations can apply for funding of up to £12.5million as a grant across the two strands of this competition. Funding is from the Farming Futures R&D Fund. Project costs must be between £200,000 and £500,000 and start by 1 April 2023, lasting up to 24 months.
Zero emission road freight hydrogen fuel cell truck demonstration
UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £140 million to demonstrate hydrogen fuel cell trucks. Projects must start on 1 March 2023 and have total grant funding request between £20 million and £90 million.
Deadline: 12 October 2022
Biomedical Catalyst 2022 Round 2: Industry-led R&D
UK-registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £25 million through Innovate UK to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges. Total project costs must be between £150,000 and £4 million and not exceed a grant request of £2 million.
You can find further details of the funding calls on the Government website.
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4:00 PM PT -- Joycelyn's attorney says Tuesday's news conference is part of the Savages' "continued extreme, unnecessary actions, which constitute harassment and are defamatory.
He adds the family's allegations are not based in fact and are simply an attempt to capitalize on their daughter for personal gain.
R. Kelly's been no help putting one of the young women living with him in contact with her parents, so now they want an in-person meeting to make sure she's okay.
Joycelyn Savage's parents held a press conference Tuesday morning near Atlanta with their lawyers to announce a plan to get in touch with their daughter. The Savages are requesting R. Kelly allow Joycelyn to come home to speak to them face-to-face on August 25 ... when he's in town for a concert.
As we reported ... the Savage family's hired a legal team to "seek the safe return" of Joycelyn because they're concerned for her health and safety. Joycelyn, however, has asked her parents to leave her alone and claims her dad knows where she's at.
The Savage family says her video's not enough to assure them she's fine, though, and because efforts to communicate with R. Kelly's team have been fruitless so far ... they're taking the next step.


18 Pinterest Beauty Fails That Were so Close yet so Far. Nailed It? Nope.
If you can get past all the cheeky quotes and the Nutella banana milkshake recipes, Pinterest is a great source for beauty tips and ideas; however, while things may look great in photos, recreating it can turn into Pinterest beauty fails.
The following people did attempt to get the same results but didn't exactly 'nail it'. While they were close, here are 18 Pinterest beauty tips that went hilariously wrong but are hilariously funny Pinterest beauty fails.
1) She looks disappointed but at least the sprinkles taste good.
2) It only took a few hours to do. Pretty Pinterest beauty fails?
3) Milk does the body good but apparently not when it comes to straightening hair.
5) She tried to show patriotism for July 4th and was so close.
6) Definitely the WRONG way.
7) I think nail polish should be applied to nails, not skin too.
8) No, that doesn't look right at all.
9) Nail art that is anything but.
10) This hair strengthening "recipe" didn't leave her hair straight but left her floor and walls sticky instead!
11) It's Halloween, nobody will notice. Not.
12) I'd leave this one for the salon professionals.
13) All ready to go to the mall.
14) Is it just me or did the colors just "marble" together.
15) How to NOT do fake bangs.
16) I don't think she was going for the poodle hair look.
17) These will look great…if you keep your hands in your pockets.
18) Poo sounds about right.
If you don't succeed, try and try again right? If you liked these 18 Pinterest beauty fails, please share them with your friends and family.
She Took Out Command Hooks and Used Them to Organize THIS in Her Home. I'm Definitely Doing This!
Broke Your Nail? Learn How to Fix Broken Nails with the Help of a Tea Bag!


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Atlanta Braves announce 2022 schedule
The Braves are set to play their home opener versus Cincinnati on Thursday, April 7.
Published: 2:40 PM EDT August 4, 2021
Updated: 2:40 PM EDT August 4, 2021
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves announced their 2022 regular-season schedule Wednesday.
According to a release, the Braves will begin next season with three games in Miami and three games in New York. This will be the fifth time in the last six seasons that the Braves have had their opening game away from home.
The 2022 season is set to begin in Miami at LoanDepot Park on Thursday, March 31.
The team will then return home to Truist Park with four games against Cincinnati. The Braves are set to play their home opener versus the Reds on Thursday, April 7.
The Braves will then face off against Washington at home and then head away to take on the San Diego Padres May 13-15, and the Los Angeles Dodgers June 24-26.
The team is also set to host the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, May 10 and Wednesday, May 11.
The Braves will play 15 of their final 24 games away from Truist Park but will end the season for the second year in a row with a three-game set at home against the New York Mets Sept. 30-Oct. 2.
See below for the full 2022 schedule.
Your 2022 Atlanta Braves Schedule‼ pic.twitter.com/mb6ALrpVtx
— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) August 4, 2021
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Jody Hedlund writes Secret #12: My secret for writing around my kids!
Please welcome author Jody Hedlund, and keep reading for info on how to enter her book giveaway! Read my Review of Unending Devotion, I HIGHLY recommend it!
Secret #12: My secret for writing around my kids.
Most days I have to write with my five kids running around me. They're busy with all of their normal kid-activities: practicing piano, jumping on the trampoline, doing homework, and playing with friends.
I plop down at the kitchen table where I can keep my eye on everyone and everything.
But with all the noise, activity, and general chaos, you might be wondering how in the world I can possibly concentrate and get anything done?
I put in my headphones and turn on Pandora (or Grooveshark). And I drown out the noise.
When I have inspirational music playing, for some reason it helps transport me into my story world. I'm able to focus on the words and my characters and write. I usually develop a new "station" for each book with music that makes me think of the story I'm developing.
Even with my headphones and music, I can still see all that's going on around me with that motherly-instinct that knows where her peeps are and what they're up to.
But the music helps me from getting distracted by the loudness of the world passing by me. And having earphones in is a signal to my kids that I'm busy. I've realized they're less apt to stop and talk to me or interrupt me when I'm wearing my headphones.
The other secret is that I've learned to keep the story flowing in spite of interruptions. For example, if I have to get up and get snacks for my younger children, when I sit back down, I don't have to spend a lot of time trying to get my train of thought back. I can usually just jump right back in where I left off.
I couldn't always write that way. But after continual practice day after day, I've worked my creative muscles to a new level of strength that wasn't possible when I was first writing.
My daily writing situation is far from ideal. But it just shows that we don't need the perfect conditions to do the things we love. We just have to love what we do enough, and we'll find a way to make it work.
What about you? Are you doing what you love right now, no matter how crazy your life is around you? Or have you been waiting for the perfect conditions?
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Well, it's no secret; my softball/kickball team is awful. With 4 games under our belt, we have a 0-3-1 record with approximately 15 runs scored total (the best team has probably over 50 if that explains anything). The last two games were murder, 45 minutes of hell x2. Error after error, out after out after out. Team morale is subpar; even our opponents don't relish in their victories.
All was not in vain by joining this league, though, as I've made multiple great girlfriends with whom I can see continuing to be friends and I've been on a date with a guy from my team (date 2 is Saturday!).
Another homerun is the drinking. I'm no alcoholic but I've played more drinking games (flippy cup and fingers) in the past month than I've played in the last 12 years and had a ball! It's the socializing in the league that have made the 6 weeks of "athletic" torture worth it.
Tonight is our final game and my fingers are crossed that we pull a W. Otherwise, I may just have to bust out my deck of cards for a round of Circle of Death to help drown in my sporty sorrows. Though I'm sure all will be forgotten when I'm on date 2 or when I'm cheers-ing with my new friends.


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Category Archives: Thriller
Comedy, Drama, Foreign Film, Horror, Independent Film, Narrative, Thriller, Top Films
January 19, 2020 Daniel Quitério Leave a comment
These are my top 10 films of 2019.
For all annual top films lists from 2002 to the present, click on the "Annual Top Films Lists" tab above.
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Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror, In Theatres, Independent Film, Narrative, Thriller, Top Films, War
The tradition continues. I've been documenting my top films of the year since 2002, when Bowling for Columbine took the top spot. This past year had some real gems, including those that made this list, as well as some that didn't, like low-budget indie The Florida Project and large-scale blockbuster Beauty and the Beast. Check out my 2017 list, then tell me what made your list.
Drama, Film Noir, Filmmakers, Foreign Film, Independent Film, Narrative, Sci-Fi, Short Film, Thriller
Short Film: "Doodlebug" by Christopher Nolan
December 18, 2015 Daniel Quitério 2 Comments
Christopher Nolan's first IMDb credit came for writing, directing, shooting, editing, and set designing his 3-minute short film, "Doodlebug" (1997). The black-and-white, noirish film was made while Nolan (then credited as "Chris") was studying English literature at university. Its lone performer, Jeremy Theobald, later starred in Nolan's feature debut, Following (1998), another black-and-white noir just a year later.
It doesn't take much to notice the early stages of Nolan's evolving "film mind" in this brief piece. The various levels of reality at play here are fully on display in a greater form in Nolan's 2010 film, Inception.
Now, see how it all began for the modern master…
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2015 Limité Film Guide: Staff Picks
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John Boyega in STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS (photo courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. © 2014. All rights reserved.)
Breathe deep. Following lackluster box office numbers of late, 2015 is aiming to usher in a wealth of cinematic riches with an onslaught of proven tentpoles. Such films scheduled with 2015 release dates includeFurious 7, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Pitch Perfect 2, Jurassic World,Ted 2, Spectre ("Bond 24"), <exhale> The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens, and Mission: Impossible 5 <exhale>. But in case that's not enough to quench your appetite, there's Peanuts coming in November. That doesn't hit your sweet spot? Fifty Shades of Grey bows in February.
Each of Limité's Film writers presents 10 of her or his most-anticipated films of 2015. Check out their picks, then tell us what you're looking forward to seeing in the new year.
All synopses are courtesy of IMDb.com, unless otherwise noted. As films are in various stages of production, information is subject to change, including release dates.
Click here to view the full guide.
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New York Film Festival Review: Citizenfour
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Edward Snowden and reporter Glenn Greenwald in CITIZENFOUR
Series: Special Presentation (World Premiere)
Who would have thought the year's greatest thriller would be a documentary? In the days following Citizenfour's world premiere at the New York Film Festival last Friday, various news and entertainment outlets have been lauding filmmaker Laura Poitras's achievement, and rightfully so. Of all the films this reviewer screened at the 52nd New York Film Festival, none has left an impact quite as deep as Citizenfour.
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Alternate Posters for GRAVITY
October 8, 2013 Daniel Quitério Leave a comment
Check out these terrific alternate posters for Gravity, courtesy of ShortList.com. These are my three favorites, but click here for more.
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[Throwback Thursday] Q&A: Aaron Guzikowski, Screenwriter of PRISONERS
September 19, 2013 Daniel Quitério 1 Comment
On August 24, 2009, LimitéMagazine.com originally posted my exclusive interview with Aaron Guzikowski, screenwriter of the upcoming film Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. At the time, the film was due for a release in late 2009, but after some delays, it will finally hit the big screen this September 20, following screenings at the Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals. In the meantime, Guzikowski's first produced screenplay, Contraband, made waves at theatres last year with Mark Wahlberg's and Kate Beckinsale's names above the title.
This Throwback Thursday, I'm reposting this interview in the wake of Prisoners' September release.
(originally posted August 24, 2009)
In New York and LA, you couldn't spit without hitting someone who's writing a screenplay. Out of the thousands who try, only a handful might actually sell their scripts, and even fewer will have them produced. So what's Aaron Guzikowski's secret?
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Official Trailer: Sandra Bullock in GRAVITY
May 11, 2013 Daniel Quitério Leave a comment
I have been waiting for this film for a very long time. Originally scheduled to be released last year, Gravity will now open on October 4, 2013. Director Alfonso Cuarón is one of my go-to directors. He has an ability to capture a very real and gritty aspect of life and the "human condition" (there's that term I hate so much). The director worked on this film with frequent collaborator, DP Emmanuel Lubezki, who just happens to be my favorite cinematographer. If only the film were pushed to a November/December release it might stand a better shot at Oscar gold. Here's hoping it resonates with voters.
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Astronauts attempt to return to earth after debris crashes into their space shuttle, leaving them drifting alone in space.
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Official Trailer: Byzantium
April 20, 2013 Daniel Quitério Leave a comment
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a local resort.
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The Great Silence
Most movie lovers fall into one of two camps. The greatest number seem to watch movies that entertain them, usually with pyrotechnics and effects and slam-bang action, without much pretense toward subtlety or craft. Most Americans seem to fall into this camp: they want to watch something big and exciting. And current - they want to watch and talk about the same movies everyone else is watching and talking about right now. These types of movies make them feel good. This is all fine, of course; nothing wrong with it.
The second main camp is composed of a much smaller number of people, who see film as art - they probably call it cinemaaaaaa - and who want to be challenged and intellectually motivated by what they watch. Big, brilliant epics like Lawrence of Arabia are fine, if a genius like David Lean is at the helm, but usually they want to watch a smaller, more intimate, possibly independently- produced feature. They don't mind tregedies - and I mean tragedies in the Greek sense, where the story doesn't end until all the principal players are dead; and they don't mind long, talky pictures, or films that take their languid, sweet time getting to any sort of action (like A Passage to India - whoops, there's David Lean again). This is all fine, too, of course.
There's a third group which seems to stand outside of the much larger camps, a group of odd ducks who seem to stand around like geeky acne- ridden teenagers at the school dance. This group loves some certain groups of movies and is indifferent to others. There are the sci-fi geeks, of course, and the splatterhounds who want to watch prop heads being ripped open. But there are also hippie-movie geeks, European-horror geeks, samurai geeks, Hong Kong action flick geeks. And spaghetti Western geeks.
The spaghetti Western lover is in a true minority because most of the films he enjoys are seen by others as being obviously inferior: after all, a lot of these cheap little Italian co-productions (and there were hundreds of them) are lacking subtlety, feature over-the- top scene chewing, dialog dubbed very badly, scripts that need polishing, etc. The great majority of these films - he will admit - were indeed made cheaply, so that they could capitalize on this whole wacky trend before it faded into oblivion. That's how the Italian film industry worked at the time: previously it had been sword-and-sandle flicks, featuring characters like Samson and Hercules. After the European Western died out, the giallos - stylish crime dramas - took over. The spaghetti Westerns burned bright and hot for a few years, but then they were gone. And as far as most of the modern cinematic world is concerned, that's just fine.
The Great Silence stands as one of the greatest of the Italian Westerns ever made, if not the greatest (it's hard to beat the Dollar films by Leone, of course). And it suffers from some of the same flaws that bedevil other similar productions. But even among its peers, it stands out, not just as a sort of nonconformist film - it doesn't even quite conform to the traditional spaghetti Western genre.
(****Note: Spoilers abound. If you're planning on watching this film - and you really should - then avert your gaze, because I'm going to be giving away the ending really soon.)
Silence takes place in a snowbound, mountainous section of Utah. Aside from Charles Bronson in The Great White Buffalo, how many Westerns can you think of that have snowy settings? Director Sergio Corbucci wanted an unconventional sense of place for this, his greatest film. He did something similar with the much better known Django - which, while it took place in a traditional Western town, was caked with great heaps of mud rather than dust. With nearly every frame of film we are reminded of how insufferably cold the landscape is.
Silence, the protagonist, doesn't speak a word throughout the picture - he can't, since when he was a boy he had had his throat cut by villains, who left him for dead. (Big mistake.) Silence is portrayed by French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, who was fortunate in that he didn't have to learn any lines for this film. Which was fine - a lot of Italian productions featured an international cast, who knew that their lines would be dubbed anyway - and probably redubbed for other markets. Silence's lover, the main female protagonist, is black (possibly Haitian, though this is not explicitly stated). Although black actresses were to be found nearly everywhere in the late 60's, having one as the main cowboy hero's girlfriend was unheard of.
The main thing that makes The Great Silence stand out, however, is the fact that it is so fucking relentlessly bleak. I'll just go ahead and tell you: the bad guys win. And they don't just win in the sense that they 'get away with it' - they win due to the fact that the hero and the hero's girlfriend and all of the religious people who opposed them are shot dead. And the bad guys even get to make money off of their corpses.
Cinema is full of downer-ending films, and even the spaghetti Western, despite its reliance on strong, singular heroes, abounds with examples where the protagonist dies at the end. (Not quite on the same level as the samurai pictures, but still.) But The Great Silence seems to wallow in its own sense of misery. Everyone is corrupt, or nearly so; the few virtuous characters die pointless deaths the same as everyone else. Sure, Silence gets his revenge on the men who had killed his parents; but he himself is gunned down by the scummy outlaws who are cleary his moral inferiors. Inferior, hell: the main antagonist, played brilliantly by Klaus Kinski, is a thoroughly slimy, rotten human being. But he's the one who rides away at the end of the film as a winner. The steadfast Mormons who suffered and fought bravely? Slaughtered like animals. Even Silence's girlfriend is gunned down, as is the newlay appointed county sheriff, who at first appears comical but soon proves his mettle. All dead.
All of this is not to say that The Great Silence is a completely morose film. Far from it! It's a beautiful film, and while the ending may not be morally uplifting, the viewer leaves knowing that he has watched a truly great piece of work. Corbucci made several Westerns, the most prominent of which was the afore-mentioned Django; but Silence is clearly his masterpiece. Or whatever passes for a masterpiece in such a bastard genre.
For that's what the Italian Western represents: a bastard genre, loved by only a few. Even 'spaghetti Western' is a pejorative term. And that's why these geeks who enjoy this sort of thing stand alone: because they realize what charms these films carry, and love them for it. And though the rest of the cinematic world may scoff, they know the truth: though these films are neither high art nor common vulgarity, they exist - like mankind standing between the angels above and the animals below - in some imperfect but exalted state between.


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Q: XPath and CSS in Oxygen XML Author: How to create a dynamic parameter in oxy_xpath I am creating an Oxygen framework to display XML data in Oxygen XML Author's author mode. This is part of the XML I have with two nodes <ab> in it:
<TEI>
<text>
    <body>
        <div n="A">
            <ab xml:id="n_d2e23" type="person">
                <seg type="name">
                    <persName>
                        <surname>Aarberg</surname>,
                        <forename>Peter von</forename>
                    </persName>
                    <roleName>König</roleName>
                    (<date from="ca. 1300" to="vor 1372">ca. 1300–vor 1372</date>)
                </seg>
                <seg type="affiliations">
                    <list>
                        <item>
                            <affiliation role="CEO" hkg:orgKey="#n_123_456">Best CEO they ever had</affiliation>
                        </item>
                    </list>
                </seg>
            </ab>

            <ab xml:id="n_123_456" source="SW_EB" type="organization">
                <seg type="name">
                    <orgName>Altenburger Hofdruckerei</orgName>
                </seg>
            </ab>
        </div>
    </body>
</text>
</TEI>

The first <ab> node has an attribute hkg:orgKey="#n_123_456" which is referring to the second <ab> node's attribute xml:id="n_123_456". I use the following CSS to display the value of <orgName> of the second <ab> node in the visual representation of the first <ab> node in Oxygen XML Author:
affiliation:after {
content: " role: " oxy_textfield(
    edit, "@role")
    " Organization ID: " oxy_textfield(
    edit, "@hkg:orgKey")
    "Organization name: " oxy_xpath(
        "/TEI/text/body/div/ab[@xml:id='n_123_456']/seg[@type='name']/orgName/text()"
    )
    " " oxy_url("gfx/link_register.png");
    link: attr("hkg:orgKey")
}

This works fine and the value of <orgName> of the 2nd <ab> node, in fact "Altenburger Hofdruckerei", is displayed within the first <ab> node - as long as I use the concrete value hkg:orgKey="#n_123_456". But now I need to create the line
/TEI/text/body/div/ab[@xml:id='n_123_456']/seg[@type='name']/orgName/text()

dynamically which means: Instead of the specific value xml:id=n_123_456 it should use whatever the value of the attribute @hkg:orgKey of the node <ab> of the 1st element <ab> is. I tried this:
/TEI/text/body/div/ab[@xml:id=@hkg:orgKey]/seg[@type='name']/orgName/text()

but it doesn't work. I also tried other variations like ab[@xml:id='@hkg:orgKey'] or ab[@xml:id=attr('hkg:orgKey')] and many more but none of them gave me the expected result.
Maybe it is a syntax problem. I really hope there will be a solution to this and I would be very thankful for assistance. Any help is appreciated.
I tried to send as much code as needed but of course shortened some parts not relevant in this context. If something is missing (or too much) please let me know.
Thanks in advance.

A: I will assume you have already declared in the CSS a mapping for the "hkg" prefix like:
  @namespace hkg "someNamespace";

I would replace:
link: attr("hkg:orgKey")

with:
 link: attr(hkg|orgKey);

because in CSS you refer to namespaced elements with "prefix|elementName" instead of "prefix:elementName".
As for the main question, this line:
 oxy_xpath("/TEI/text/body/div/ab[@xml:id='n_123_456']/seg[@type='name']/orgName/text()")

with:
 oxy_xpath(oxy_concat("/TEI/text/body/div/ab[@xml:id='", oxy_substring(attr(hkg|orgKey), 1), "']/seg[@type='name']/orgName/text()"))

I'm using oxy_concat to step outside of the string literal, evaluate the attribute value and use its value in the larger XPath expression. I used "oxy_substring" to remove the "#" from the attribute reference.

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He says search crews will continue to monitor the situation and the decision to search will be made on a day-to-day basis.
The search for Kyle began Monday morning. He and his mom were on their way to Lillian Larsen Elementary School when their vehicle was overtaken by floodwaters at the San Marcos Creek east crossing.
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Q: expect exiting after expect{send} statement when I run this script that I wrote to help installing AUR packages:
enter #!/bin/bash
#bash
function GO() {
    pack="$1"
    cower -ddf $pack
    cd "/home/$USER/applications/$pack"
    expect -c " set timeout -1
        eval spawn makepkg -Ascfi --noconfirm
        expect -nocase \"password for $USER:\" {send \"$pass\r\"}
        interact;"
    cd "../"

}
package="$1"
echo "I need your password for this, can I have it please?"
read -s pass
cd "/home/$USER/applications"

if [ "$package" == "update" ]
then
    file="/home/$USER/applications/update.pkgs"
    cower -u > file
    while IFS= read -r line
    do
        package=$(echo $line | cut -d " " -f2)
        GO $package
    done <"$file"
else
    GO $package
fi

echo "have a good day."

exit 0

sometimes interact just stoppes after it enters the password and it just echos "have a good day." and exits. am I doing something wrong? timeout is < 0, I have interact aftet the expect statement, anything I am missing?

A: The only thing I can see is that the password might have a quote in it. You might want to do this:
env _user="$USER" _pass="$pass" expect <<'END'
    set timeout -1
    spawn makepkg -Ascfi --noconfirm
    expect -nocase "password for $env(_user):" {
        send -- $env(_pass)
        send "\r"
    }
    interact
END

No need to eval spawn here.
Using the quoted heredoc makes the code easier to read too.


The Big Four Oh My Gods Festival of Kimba Extravaganza has kicked off with a long weekend trip to the Mt Selwyn Snowfields, and an overnight city break in Canberra.
Next up, my mother arrives for a week's visit. Note to self – sort out spare room so she has somewhere to sleep in comfort.
Dinner at Public Dining Room with some gorgeous BFFs, one of whom is also celebrating his Big Four Oh My Gods in August, takes place on Thursday. We're also farewelling them back to Ol' Blighty, until their eventual return once they've got the kids through school and set up, and hopefully brainwashed to emigrate to Australia!
Conveniently scheduled for this event is a haircut. Well played, Kimba. Well played.
Friday 9 August is my actual birthday – the Welshman has the day off and is taking over the school run as well as organising a birthday feast of some magnificence, bless him. I see shopping with my mother in my future. Helllllooooo, Birkenhead Point!
Saturday is my gorgeous dinner party at Cafe Sydney's private dining room with some of the Gorgeous Girls and their Handsome Husbands. There will be glam. And Champagne. And, terribly conveniently, another hair appointment. Who knew?
The next major event in the Big Four Oh My Gods Festival of Kimba Extravaganza is a trip to LA, featuring Huntington Beach, Disneyland, Palm Springs and San Diego where we will visit Seaworld and San Diego Zoo. There will be Minnie Mouse ears and Sephora in my future. Oh, and a little birthday trip to Tiffany & Co. As you do.
I'm not remotely worried about turning the Big Four Oh My Gods. I'm told it often heralds a new confidence and awareness. Dear gods. I only hope the world is ready!


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Myanmar Pavilion To Collaborate With ASEAN Pavilion At Expo 2020
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a regional grouping comprised of ten members: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. As a member state, Myanmar has actively engaged with the ASEAN community in terms of regional, economical and socio-cultural integration and development. Bringing the motto of ASEAN: "One Vision, One Identity, One Community" to the Expo 2020 Dubai, Myanmar Pavilion, and ASEAN Pavilion have come together to foster the collaborative effort in showcasing the legacy of ASEAN and its member states at the greatest global show.
On 26th September 2021, Levi Sap Nei Thang, Deputy Commissioner General of Myanmar Pavilion, formally met with Mr. Lee Yoong Yoong and Mr. Romeo Jr. Abad Arc from ASEAN Secretariat to visit the Myanmar Pavilion and ASEAN Pavilion respectively in advance of the opening ceremony of the Expo 2020. The discussion has drew inspiration for attracting visitors from all over the world to the ASEAN Pavilion with activities that will not only deliver cultural understanding but also excitement.
ASEAN Pavilion, located in Mobility District, displays examples of ASEAN's rich and unique culture, endearing the region to its citizens and the world. It will be a one-stop shop to understand ASEAN's role in the development of Southeast Asia. Visitors will be able to participate in the "ASEAN Trail Challenge" where they will be issued a game passport upon their first visit to ASEAN Pavilion. The passport will challenge a mission to visit all the pavilions of ASEAN member states, get all the stamps, return to the ASEAN Pavilion to claim rewards before 31st March 2022. Visitors can also join a fun ASEAN Game and VR experience when they visit the pavilion.
13th December 2021, named ASEAN Commemoration Day, will be the most exciting day for ASEAN at the expo with a series of exceptional events. Along with the special attendance of the Foreign Minister of Thailand, all member states will be participating in the morning and afternoon ceremonies of jaw-dropping cultural performances at Al Wasl, the center stage of the expo. The day will also bring up an ASEAN parade, waving the flags of all member states and showing up in colorful national costumes.
"Special thanks to Myanmar Pavilion for your kind support and generosity," mentioned Mr. Lee regarding Ms. Levi's contribution towards ASEAN Pavilion. The synergy between the two pavilions will surely bring pride and honor to the ASEAN community back home. Expo 2020 Dubai is packed with endless joy and discovery and ASEAN Pavilion is definitely on the top of the should-not-miss list.
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What Do Your Characters Want? (Part 3)
We've reached the top of the pyramid! Your characters have food, water, shelter, physical safety, emotional stability, a community, self-respect, and external respect. What else could they possibly want?
Missed the previous posts? You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
At the top of Maslow's hierarchy, there's fulfillment and self-actualization:
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In a general sense, this means not having obstacles (external or internal) between your character and what they need to fulfill their potential. Some people seek to get rid of or overcome any remaining obstacles; others seek to minimize what they need to feel fulfilled, for example through mindfulness and meditation. Where one person may aim to attain more money than they can ever spend to "buy" the freedom to pursue what they want, someone else may work to find contentment with what they already have, or sacrifice luxury to pursue self-actualization (e.g., a writer working a lower-wage 9-to-5 job to have time to write, rather than pursuing a more lucrative but also more time-intensive career that wouldn't leave space for creativity).
Because this builds on everything else beneath it on the pyramid, what your character needs to find fulfillment is far more complex and individualized than something as basic as "not starving." Still, once your character otherwise has their needs met, striving for this self-actualization will be part of their underlying motivation, whether they realize it or not.
Another thing to consider is that we don't want to just attain the things on the pyramid; we want to hold on to them. The fear of losing any of these needs will impact a character's behavior, and as you go down the pyramid, that fear will become a more pressing problem. Someone wouldn't be thrilled to be working at a dead-end job (for safety and stability) instead of following their dreams (self-actualization), but they would be terrified to lose access to food and water. A character's behavior will be significantly impacted by the extent of that fear, which circles back to the need to both be and feel secure, as we discussed in Part 1.
Also keep in mind that in all cases a character's motivations don't have to be rational. The motivation has to make sense to the character. Someone who believes their physical safety is in danger will fight to protect themselves, even if the threat is objectively small or nonexistent. Someone with depression may not feel loved and connected to their community, and act accordingly, even if externally that love and community is there.
Pinning down a character's motivations boils down to understanding that character's subjective perspective on whether their needs are being met. This is true for every character—villains and side characters are also the heroes of their own stories. One character's decisions don't have to (and may not) make sense to another. And don't forget: societies are made up of individuals whose needs and goals may or may not be aligned.
When a large enough group's needs aren't being met by society, we often see revolution, but when individuals are discontented, peer pressure may keep them quiet. Or they may choose to leave their community behind (if that doesn't risk losing their other needs) and create/find another.
Exiled characters aren't given a choice, but usually someone choosing to leave a community with which they're disillusioned (like in many dystopian stories) has a choice because there's an alternative community waiting, so there's hope of having their needs met elsewhere. But as I said in Part 2, rare characters (e.g., hermits and recluses) may be comfortable without a traditional community.
Once you've figured out which needs aren't currently being met for your characters, you'll have a stronger sense of what their immediate goals are, of what's driving their decisions and behavior. So it will be easier to know what choices they would make in every situation they face.
Developing new characters can feel daunting, but by traveling up the pyramid one section at a time, you can create layered but cohesive characters—and complex casts of characters—that your readers will love.
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Last time we talked about the basic needs of our characters: food, water, shelter, physical safety, and emotional safety. For many characters, these will be a given. They may not be living a life of luxury, but they aren't constantly worried about literally starving or being physically attacked. So we move up the pyramid to psychological needs:
The first of these is a sense of community and belonging. Rare characters may feel completely at ease when entirely separated from others, but most often people desire and seek emotional connections, with family, friends, or a larger community. Being entirely ostracized or physically cut off will impact your characters psychologically. So will feeling cut off, like in situations where they can't express themselves honestly to those around them, e.g., needing to keep a big secret, or even having to keep all their private thoughts hidden 1984–style. Your characters will seek out ways to connect (including but not limited to finding romantic love) and to maintain those connections, which plays a part in the drive to protect those they care about.
Keep in mind: Once a community already exists, loved ones become part of the central "unit" discussed in Part 1, influencing how your character evaluates whether the needs lower on the pyramid are being met. But a character without those ties in place will think first about physical needs, then about security, and only then about developing emotional connections.
This is why people bond over things like following the same sports team—they're inclined to find a reason to connect. But it's also why peer pressure and patriotism can be so impactful. We don't want to end up disconnected from our community, which can mean anything from family to country. So we do what those around us want, even if perhaps we don't agree it's the best choice. This impulse is partially driven by the lower levels of the pyramid since losing our community can also mean losing physical and emotional safety, or even access to things like food and water. This is why banishment is considered such a serious punishment.
Similarly, in some cases characters will band together—form a community—for the sake of safety. Their community becomes a tool to ensure their security. In dystopian stories, for example, you'll often see people who don't particularly like (or even trust) each other forced to work together for survival. This is still about the physical need of security, and only after that security is assured will those characters consider the psychological need of community, in the sense of emotional ties. In some cases, they'll have developed an emotional connection with others in the forced community—remember, people are complicated and inclined to connect—but the original community would arise out of the physical need, not the psychological one. This distinction will of course impact any given character's choices.
In extreme forms, this need to belong can get dangerous—think hazing rituals, blind obedience, or participating in the perpetration of genocide. But this also plays into everything from giving to an office charity drive to choosing what to wear (e.g., no business suits on the beach; no bikinis in the office). This desire for community is also why people who feel disconnected from those physically close to them feel such joy when finally finding "their people"—in a special club, an online forum, or even with just one person who understands them.
Ostracized or isolated characters may also invent a surrogate connection to fill this need. This can mean everything from anthropomorphizing inanimate objects (think Wilson from Cast Away) to creating imaginary friends and overidentifying with fictional characters. Or developing long-distance connections (like a pen pal), if the option exists.
Overall, people need to feel understood and valued. Even characters who externally take pride in being unique or the "odd one out" will still try to find where they belong, as well as friendship and (platonic and romantic) love.
Next we come to self-esteem and self-respect, which are frequently but not always tied into external respect and recognition, as well as social definitions of achievement. This is closely intertwined with the need for connection and belonging, since often our markers of success and achievement—things that lead to both external respect and self-esteem—come from our loved ones' and/or our larger community's values.
So this, too, plays into things like peer pressure and patriotism, both because our community's opinions can impact our self-esteem (easy example: body image issues) and because what our community has pressured us to do may not sit well with us, challenging our self-respect.
Self-respect being impacted by external opinions also explains why some characters will pursue goals set by someone else (like a high-paying career, or the more ambiguous ideal of honor) rather than prioritizing their own dreams. Or they may need constant adulation from large groups to feel valued. Others will intentionally work on separating their sense of self from external factors, on finding their own definitions of accomplishment. For example, a middle-aged character who lived their life according to society's values (e.g., a home, a career, marriage, children) may feel driven to leave all that behind and reconnect with themselves, to figure out their own priorities so they can find freedom from social pressures and thereby improve their self-esteem.
Ideally they would do this without losing their community and sense of belonging, or they would likely need to find a new community along the way.
In general, two needs being at odds like this is what creates conflict. Many stories explore the consequences of a character's self-respect (adhering to their moral beliefs) being at odds with another need (food, safety, community opinion), but this is the case with any two needs (e.g., community opinion vs. food). Maslow's hierarchy can help you understand why a character would make a specific choice when forced to decide. Remember: the lower on the pyramid, the more important the need. So a character may very well choose community over self-respect. Similarly, the more scared they are of starving, the more likely they'll choose food and water over most anything else.
Next time we'll discuss the last segment of the pyramid and some final tips. Meanwhile, don't forget to check out Part 1 here if you missed it, and post any questions or comments below!
When developing characters, we often talk about understanding their motivation. While people—and well-developed characters—are complex and unique, when broken down to the fundamentals, the same basic things motivate all people, whether your story is set in our contemporary world, in another time, or even in another world you create from scratch.
Some fundamental motivations include: survival, fear, and desire. While the way your character acts as a result of a given motivator will depend on things like personality and ethics, being aware of these common underlying motivations can help you understand which choices your characters would make and why. It can also help your characters be compelling and relatable whether they're heroes, villains, or somewhere in between.
One easy way to put your characters' motivations into perspective is to consider Maslow's hierarchy of needs:
Today we're going to focus on the base of the pyramid, labeled in the image above as "Basic Needs." These basic needs will often take center stage with poorer characters, dystopian and post-apocalyptic scenarios, or any other situation where resources are limited. When these fundamental needs aren't met, everything above them on the pyramid becomes irrelevant.
The foundation of the pyramid concerns physical needs: food, water, shelter. Without them, we can't survive, so if your character doesn't have access to these, their actions will be all about getting them. That could mean stealing, scavenging, finding whatever income source they can, or even revolution or war. Of course, it can also mean using or developing survivalist skills, and possibly making desperate choices (like drinking urine).
The way your character responds to a lack of basic needs will depend on the specific situation—on what obstacle stands between them and the nourishment they need—and what experience your character has dealing with scarcity. A city girl will make different choices than one who grew up fending for herself in nature, even if you strand them on the exact same island. Whatever the circumstances, if access to things like food and water is denied or threatened, getting those will be the priority.
Once their physical needs are met, your character can focus on safety, which includes both:
Physical safety: reasonable certainty that your body is not in danger of injury or severe illness.
Emotional safety: freedom from things like emotional abuse, but also feeling secure that your physical needs and safety will continue to be assured.
Financial security comes into play here in many societies, and so will things like knowing you have access to medical care if you ever need it.
Decisions made for the sake of establishing or holding on to safety can include things like taking self-defense classes, staying in an otherwise miserable job for the paycheck, hoarding resources (financial and otherwise), or literally trying to escape a dangerous situation.
Keep in mind that emotional security depends on the character's perspective, not necessarily the reality of their circumstances. In other words, they have to both have (physical) and believe in (emotional) the stability of their environment.
Bringing it back around to the fundamental need for food: someone who's always had to fight for every scrap will approach sharing very differently than someone who's always had enough, even if they're dropped into the exact same circumstances. One will approach the situation from a place of emotional security while the other will not. If they find themselves in a place of scarcity, the former character may seem naïve, reckless, or wasteful while the other seems practical. But if they're in a place of abundance, the first will be comfortable and unconcerned, whereas the other may seem paranoid, e.g., hoarding food though there's plenty to go around.
One more thing to keep in mind when developing your characters and societies is that human beings are complicated, and we're influenced by our relationships. So it helps to think of a character and their loved ones as one unit: if their significant other or child doesn't have enough food and water, that may be equally pressing to the central character's needs, depending on the character. So when creating your characters, consider your MC and the people they love and/or for whom they feel responsible (if any) as one entity. If there isn't enough to meet the entire unit's needs, then there isn't enough.
This need to provide for loved ones ties into the "psychological needs" categories, which we'll talk about next time!
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2019 Writers For Hope Auction for @RAINN!
No, it's not an April Fool's joke: The sixth annual Writers for Hope Auction is happening this week! Each year, editors, agents, and authors contribute amazing auction items to raise money to combat sexual assault, and 100% of the proceeds go to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), the United States' largest anti-sexual assault organization.
There are over 100 items being auctioned off this year. Whether you're looking for a critique opportunity, new books to read, or a great gift for a friend, this is a wonderful chance to get what you need while also standing up against sexual assault and supporting a wonderful organization that fights back. Bids start at only $10!
Bid here on an editorial letter from Anya
Bid here on an editorial letter from Jennifer
Don't forget: this year the auction goes all week, and bidding closes at 8:59pm EST (5:59pm PST) on Friday. Watch out for those last-minute bidders!
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Touchstone Editing Turns 4!
I can still remember it like it was just last week. It was the middle of one of the worst droughts in California's history, yet the day Anya and I planned to meet for coffee, we got caught in an absolute downpour. I made a run for it from the car, but it was no use. I got soaked.
Anya and I had kept in touch online for years, but I'd just moved to California, and it was our first time living near each other since college. We were excited to see each other and decided to meet halfway. We figured, what do extroverts do? They meet people for coffee.
I don't drink coffee, but I knew I was in the minority—most of the world is completely addicted to the stuff. Surely Anya was one of the normal people who loved coffee and drank it all the time.
So we both showed up to an adorable coffee shop in Redwood City, found each other inside, and... assumed the other would order some coffee. Cue baffled laughter:
"What do you mean you don't drink coffee?"
Once we'd finished laughing at ourselves, each other, and the situation, I ordered a hot chocolate and Anya got tea. We'd only planned to meet for an hour or two but ended up curled on one of the coffee shop's couches for much longer catching up. Then we got soaked again in the parking lot as we said our goodbyes.
Touchstone Editing was conceived at that coffee shop, but it was another seven months before the company officially launched. There was a lot to be done, after all: a website to create, a company philosophy to iron out, and endless delightful conversations about editing minutiae the likes of which only other editors would enjoy. And somehow, in the blink of an eye, here we are four years later.
To celebrate Touchstone turning 4, we're participating in the Build A Better Author Career Giveaway, hosted by Love Kissed Book Bargains. Anya and I are each giving away a FREE editorial letter.
Enter here by March 25, 2019 for a chance to win!
Be sure to check out the other offerings from all the participating author service providers, too.
We're also giving ourselves our first raises since we started the company: rates for developmental and copy editing are now $60/hour.
Finally, we wanted to do something exciting. Something intimidating. Something we've been working on behind the scenes for months. We decided to overhaul the entire website to make the overall aesthetic more modern.
I thought it would be fun to show you some before and after pictures to show how far we've come, so let's start with the homepage. The new version no longer has our testimonials, but you can still click over to the Testimonials page to read them all. We are by no means graphic designers, but we still had a lot of fun creating the images that you see on the homepage now.
On other pages we've introduced cute, thematic header images. On our About page, in addition to the new header image, we've added the story I just shared with you of how Touchstone got started.
And on the blog, as you can see, we've gone for a two-column look.
Take a look around! We'd love to know what you think. Love the new look? Think the new header images are fun? Have ideas for more improvements we could make? Let us know in the comments here, or feel free to shoot us an email with your thoughts!
That's all for now. Thanks for being a part of our celebration!
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Your First Manuscript May Be Holding You Back
Speculative fiction author Alexander Mazin recently wrote a detailed post (available in the original Russian here) on how heartbreaking it can be to watch writers waste their potential on endlessly trying to wrangle their first manuscript into something worth publishing (or more importantly, worth reading).
The main upshot is this: it's important to know when to let go. Often, the first manuscript someone writes is the example used because it is likely to be in the roughest shape. This isn't to say that it can't have an interesting premise, or potential within the characters. Rather, the amount of work necessary to shape that first draft into a story that lives up to the potential may be better spent elsewhere. Sometimes the best way to bring that initial idea to life is to extract the few good pieces and start over with a blank page. And sometimes the best thing you can do is tuck it in a (possibly virtual) drawer and move on to something new.
There are exceptions, of course. A first manuscript can (with plenty of revising) go on to be a huge success. Indeed some writers actually give up too soon, unwilling to put in the work required to transform a first draft into a finished work. Instead, they keep writing first drafts, possibly polishing the grammatical/syntactical errors, and expecting the result to blow readers away—or giving up on writing entirely when that isn't the case. As with most things, discernment is key.
But as Mazin wrote, clinging to a specific manuscript may be strangling your potential as a writer. This is actually true whether the project is your first or your fifth, though it's a safe bet your fifth first draft will be in better shape than your first, especially if you're taking time to study your craft alongside drafting the stories. By the time you write your fifth project, you'll likely be better able to see if the story is worth pursuing—and have an easier time letting go if not.
It's more difficult to have perspective on your first project, especially when it's your only project—the bearer of all your hopes and dreams for your writing career. That first manuscript holds a special place in your journey, and therefore in your heart. Even after having written, revised, and published other works, authors can be drawn back to that initial idea, that first story. You want to make it work.
Nevertheless, it's important to take a step back and assess the scope of work a manuscript would require to reach both its potential and your potential as a writer, whether continuing to spend your limited resources of time and energy on reshaping this material will be worth it.* When your first manuscript is no longer your only manuscript, it's much easier to accept if the answer is "no."
* This is something an editor can help you evaluate.
It all comes down to not letting determination become blind stubbornness that traps you in endless revisions. Letting go, moving on to a new project when the current one just isn't working, is neither failing nor giving up. In fact, it may be the saving grace of your career.
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Arts Centre Scrapped, Maribor to Get New University
Maribor, 06 January (STA) - Maribor was expected to get a huge arts centre as part of its 2012 role of European Capital of Culture. That never came to pass, but now the construction site on the bank of the Drava was sold to a Kuwaiti investor, who plans to build an international university there.
The site has been sold to Kuwaiti investor Hilal Arnaout for EUR 610,000. Construction is to begin this year and the project is slated for completion in 2016, Maribor Mayor Andrej Fištravec and the Kuwaiti investor told reporters in Maribor on Monday.
The price is well below the EUR 2.1m that the city-owned company ZIM paid for the plot in 2011, but Fištravec said the sale was an attempt to "save what can be saved".
The institution will be a private university franchise. Arnaout, who addressed reporters via videolink, rejected speculations that it would be some kind of Muslim centre. It will have "nothing to do with religion," he said.
The deal is an unlikely outcome for a site that was supposed to be the centrepiece of Maribor's stint as European Capital of Culture in 2012, a project that looked doomed from the beginning.
The cornerstone ceremony for the arts centre was held in October 2011, less than two months before the European Capital of Culture events kicked off, and was supposed to be completed in 2012.
But the money never materialised and all that was left of the project was a huge pit.
The local authorities tried to salvage the project by adding an arts gallery that the state was willing to co-fund to the tune of EUR 10m, but the city failed to supply its share of the funding and the state subsidy was allocated to the Park of Military History in Pivka.
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