My dad is a big Elton John fan. Like, travel to Las Vegas on a whim to see the Red Piano tour for the third time big fan. There was an interminable time when every night he would sit and watch the same Elton John concert, and every car journey would be underscored by the same shuffle of Elton John's greatest hits. It's testament to the man's songwriting that Tiny Dancer is only slightly less charming the millionth time through.
At some point though, the battered old Best Of instead became Elton John Live in Australia - I think I probably gave it to my dad for Christmas in a definitely-not-hinting-to-change-the-CD sort of way. The live concert soon became the de facto soundtrack to any journey.
It's a great record, incidentally. Elton John's voice is shot to pieces and he growls his way through the whole thing like Tom Waits chewing razors. He's backed by an entire orchestra and there are some lovely arrangements of lesser known tracks.
I remember once sitting in the car with my dad, listening to the last track fade and the CD spin around to the beginning for the umpteenth time. The record opens with a low buzzing drone of violins, like a swarm of angry wasps. It climbs and climbs to a crescendo before falling away into a quiet harp motif and the first track proper. On this particular occasion we both sat in silence throughout the whole intro, and then my dad said: 'Every record should have an opening; you know, an introduction'. It was a throwaway remark really, but for whatever reason it stuck with me. And when it came to making my own record, I wanted it to have an introduction.
Minor song starts with droning violins (playing backwards, actually) that climb to a crescendo and then fall away into a quiet motif and the first track proper. What can I say - imitation is the highest form of flattery. But really I wanted the song as a whole to act as an overture to the record. It's the longest and most complex track on the album but it has so much ground to cover. I wanted to be able to say 'This is what the album sounds like', and have Minor Song represent all that.
It's important to me lyrically too. People keep asking me why I chose TRAGICOMICS, other than because Christopher Eatough doesn't do well on Google analytics. I suppose at its simplest it's because this music is less morose. It's about acknowledging tragedy, laughing and shaking your head at it, instead of revelling in it and all its glorious misery. Life is ridiculous and beautiful and stupid and takes both determination and indifference. I think tragicomic is a good word for it.
Minor Song is about figuring that out, and about discovering some kind of determination to stick with it despite all the nonsense. And it's about depression, and coping, and nostalgia, and all the other stuff that makes me feel old and human sometimes. But its gaze is fixed firmly ahead and I love it for it. The working title was 'The Optimist'; I often feel it would've been more appropriate. And given everything that's gone before, whether you know it or not, I couldn't think of a better way to start the record.


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Dreams interpretations
Meaning of dreams in Traditional Chinese Medicine
24 February 2022,
Igor Micunovic
Since the old times, people regard dreams as mysterious and meaningful
A dream is one of three states that the soul experiences during its lifetime. The other two states are the waking state and the sleeping state.
Since the old times, people regard dreams as mysterious and meaningful. Many people believe that the dream world—with its own metaphoric language, can help us fully understand our life in sanity and lead us to greater knowledge and self-realization. Dream interpretation has been practiced throughout all time very likely by all civilizations.
Unconscious lies hidden beneath the conscious mind of every person. It is an area that has a very distinct effect on dreams and on all human thoughts and actions.
Consciousness and unconsciousness
Consciousness is not a simple state, but has many "layers." Even when wide awake, we are not equally aware of everything around us or of our own actions. An experienced bus driver, for example, does not need to concentrate in order to change gear. In the same fashion, unconsciousness does not mean a lack of inactivity. During sleep, the brains are very active. Data from some unconscious layers can appear during sleep in the form of dreams. When we awaken that very unconscious data can trigger sudden inspirations or déjà vu itself.
What is sleep?
Sleep is an active process in which the body repairs and regenerates itself, as our brains process and analyze the days awaken state of action. We experience four or five sleep cycles, which are made up of various stages or kinds of sleep. Each has its own unique characteristics and is designed to maintain health and prepare us for a new day.
How much sleep?
The amount of sleep needed to maintain health varies from individual to individual. Most newborn babies spend 80% of their time asleep. By the age of three to five months, babies need less sleep, and the requirement continues to decrease throughout life. Someone needing eight hours in middle age is likely to need only seven when they reach old age.
The duration of sleep also changes as people grow older. By the age of 10, most people need between nine and 12 hours to sleep. The average for most adults is between seven and eight and a half hours.
Some adults need as little as six hours, while others require as much as nine. In general, a pattern of decreasing sleep needs continues until old age when a more interrupted, infant-like pattern may re-emerge.
The average person in the course of a lifetime will spend around 20 years asleep and experience at least 300,000 dreams. Sleeping and dreaming are active functions of the nervous system.
People die more quickly from lack of sleep than they do from lack of food. A person kept awake for long periods becomes increasingly disoriented, starts hallucinating, and after about 10 days of total sleep deprivation usually dies. Many people, however, have survived years with little sleep. It has been demonstrated that both dreaming sleep and non-dreaming sleep are necessary to maintain health and vitality.
Stages of Sleeping
Sleep involves four distinct stages that combine to form the sleep cycle. During the first stage, the individual relaxes and drifts between sleeping and waking. In the second stage, the person can be woken by even slight disturbances. The eyes roll from side to side. During stage three the body is greatly relaxed and only a loud disturbance could wake the person up. These three stages together take about 20 minutes. In stage four the body's tissues are repaired with the aid of growth hormone. After stage four the cycle goes into reverse but instead of waking up after stage one the person enters REM sleep and begins to dream. The cycle from stage one to four and back takes between 90 and 100 minutes. In the course of a night's sleep, this cycle repeats itself between four and five times.
Dreams in Chinese culture
The old form of the Chinese character for dream 夢 is made of characters for an eye, a man, a bed, and a moon, which indicates the process of sleeping with higher visions.
Ancient Taoist philosophers believed that a healthy person should sleep peacefully without dreams. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic (黃帝內經) states that the body's qi during the day circulates on the body surface, while during the night circulates within the body's interior.
Superhumans dreams in Daoism
Daoism is the Chinese primary religion and faith. Daoism sees dreams as delusions or results of daytime experiences and attachments. We have a tendency toward external objects as result of our attachments. Daoism tends to seek the perfect or true nature of human beings (Chin. 真人), which represents the original state of human beings without ego. People in the perfected stage occur to be in a dreamless state (Chin. 無夢).
When perfected men are in sleep, (or dreamless state of dream (Chin.夢中無夢)), it means they can control the actions in the dreams. Primarily they communicate with saints, deities, or superhuman beings in order to receive higher knowledge and purification.
People with wisdom search for great awakening (Chin. 大覺), which indicates that our life cycles are only a great dreaming (Chin. 大夢).
As previously mentioned the state of no dreams indicates that individuals have no dreams while sleeping and have no anxiety when awaken.
Famous Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi (Chin. 莊子) from the 4th century BC expresses the foundation for future Chinese understanding of dreams and reality. He tells the legendary story of Zhuang Zhou seeing himself in a dream as a butterfly, enjoying life and flying around without knowledge of his human origin. After he awakes deliberately wonders around and questions himself if he really is a person named Zhuang Zhou who dreamt of being a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming of being Zhuang Zhou. Such state he defined as "transformation of beings" (Chin. 物化).
Famous Taoist text Liezi (Chin. 列子) was compiled around 4h century BC gives instructions about dreams and reality. Dream waking state is associated with the spirit (Chin. 神), while the waking state is with the physical body. It differentiates waking horizons: happening, action, gain, loss, sorrow, happiness, birth, and death, which are connected to the body. Dreaming perspectives are direct dreams, upside-down dreams, thoughtful dreams, awakening dreams, joyful dreams, and fearful dreams. Spirit is connected and crossed with these six perspectives. During waking up, the body connects to external objects as it is attached. However, during dreams spirit seeks visions.
The dreams of the common people compared to people united with Dao are baseless from the original Chinese point of view. Ordinary people's minds are greedy, involved in outer affairs, full of desire and passions.
The Buddhism concept of the dream
The best explanation of Buddhist point of view in China expressed famous Chinese Buddhist monk and leader Yunqi Chuhong (Chin.云栖祩宏 1535-1615) aka Lianchi Zhuhong ( Chin.莲池祩宏) known as the "Master of the Lotus Pond".
According to old scriptures, he wrote: Living in this world (reality) is like having a big dream. When we arrive at this world, it is alike a dream process. "Like" and "comparable" are the terms merely used because there isn't a better way to compare things. However, it can be concluded that this life is the real dream, having no data for comparison. During our life phases, from youth to adulthood, and from maturity until death, in a flash of the cosmic moment, we entered the womb and came out of another. Shortly we are in and out of it again ad infinitum. When we are born we do not know where we come from, so when we are dead we do not know whether we are going. Finally, after thousands of births, we are still as ignorant and full of ourselves as ever. Even when we sunk to become other creatures, in thousands of rising again, we are still ignorant and full of ourselves as ever. Isn't this a real dream?
Dreams in traditional Chinese medicine
In TCM dreams are indications of internal conditions. In the case of TCM, cosmological principles of the traditional Chinese concept of the human body are applied. TCM has been studying dreams for more than 2,000 years and holds that recurring dreams are strong indicators of our health.
In Chinese medicine, dreaming is most closely associated with the Shen 神 (or Spirit), which is stored in the heart. If the heart is well and balanced, the spirit is stable at night, therefore people sleep peacefully and have pleasant dreams. In case the heart is deficient (energetically), symptoms such as insomnia, vivid dreams, or nightmares occur.
TCM states that during the day, vital energy (Qi) circulates on the body's surface through meridians, which are connected to organ systems. A balanced flow of vital energy regulates all organic systems to function well. During the night, vital energy moves to the interior of the body in order to let our body heal and reset. If this process is abrupt, sleep disorders will occur.
The five major internal organs (liver, heart, spleen, lungs and kidneys) may give us warnings in our dreams about our health issues.
Generally, happy and pleasant dreams indicate that qi (energy) is flowing well and there's no major problem. Recurrent nightmares and troubled dreams; when we are angry, agitated, terrified, sad, usually mean there's trouble with the flow of qi.
It is written in the Internal medicine of the Yellow emperor (Chin. Huang di Neijing黄帝内经): when the Yin ascends, it appears dreams of wading through great water in fear. When the Yang ascends, it appears dreams of great fire burning and scorching. When both Yin and Yang ascend, it may appear dreams of killing and mutilation. In case the upper pulse is abundant, we receive dreams of flying. When the lower pulse is abundant, we receive dreams of falling.
If overeaten we go to bed, we may dream of giving donations. Vice versa, in case of poverty or hunger, we might dream of receiving help.
For example, the heart is associated with the element of fire, therefore it appears dreams of smoke and fire when the heart is deficient, whereas when the heart's energy is abundant during sleeping one dreams of laughing. Joy emotion is linked to the heart (or lack of joy). Laughter is connected to joy.
In TCM, the heart governs the mind and is closely related to our ability to think clearly, sleep soundly and have a good memory. It is written in the first part of Huang di Neijing, known as the "Basic Questions" (Chin.素問): "When the heart is weak, one dreams of fires; if the dream takes place in the summertime, one dreams of volcanic eruptions".
The liver is associated with the element of wood, therefore dreams about forests and trees occur when is liver deficient, or when the liver is overactive, we dream of being angry.
The gallbladder has an influence on the length and quality of sleep. If the gallbladder qi is deficient, a person will wake early in the morning and not be able to fall back asleep. Also in this state, we can have dreams of fights, trials, and suicide.
When the lungs are overactive, we have dreams of crying and battles, whereas when lungs are deficient one will dream of white objects and murderous events. White is the color of the metal element in Chinese philosophy, and metal is the element of the lungs.
An abundance of activity in the small intestine delivers dreams of meeting a crowd. Hyper-activity of the large intestine causes dreams of fighting and hurting.
If the spleen is deficient, one dreams of being hungry and when the stomach is deficient, one dreams of having a large meal. In simple words, when our spleen is deficient we urge for nourishment and this manifests in our dreams.
When the kidney is deficient, one dreams of swimming after a shipwreck. If the dream takes place in winter, one dreams of plunging in water and being scared and when the Kidneys are weak, one dreams of being immersed in water. The emotion most closely associated with the kidney is fear.
The kidneys have a close relationship to the heart in Chinese medicine. The kidney energy is the source of all warmth and energy in the body. The second part of Huang di Neijing, known as Spiritual Axis (Chin. 灵枢经) states that, "When the kidneys are in excess, we might have dreams that the spine is detached from the body… when kidneys energy is weak, one dreams of being immersed in water."
Instead of conclusion
All cultures in the world tried to unbundle the mysteries of dreams. Chinese culture gives a great deal of importance to dreams in our daily life. Originally Chinese thought is described in Daoism and Buddhism. Traditional Chinese medicine for centuries studies the meaning of dreams and their interpretations. Chinese medicine relates dreams to our health and which changes we undergo. In a systematic and logical way, TCM documented its findings. Chinese medicine analyzes dreams according to Yin Yang and the Five elements theory.
The main factors included in the analysis of dreams are: time, season, color, emotion, place, social status of the dreamer, and daily activities.
Dr Igor Micunovic is internationally known specialist in integrative medicine and personal transformation. Dr Igor Micunovic is the Host and Author at Traditional Chinese Medicine - TCM Podcast. DrIgor Micunovic is a director board member of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), and member of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS). At present he is a president of Association of Acupuncturists of Montenegro – AAM.
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What does the Heisman do in the offseason?
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In addition, the Trust annually recognizes sports figures who share this mission through its Heisman Humanitarian Award.
Watch the above video to see more of what the Heisman does in the offseason and, specifically, the lives it was able to impact in 2018.
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WHO Driver Carrying Coronavirus Samples Shot Dead in Myanmar
A WHO driver carrying Coronavirus samples has been shot dead in Myanmar. The World Health Organization (WHO) vehicle carrying coronavirus test samples came under attack, leaving the driver dead and a government official seriously injured.
Pyae Sone Win Maung. WHO Driver Carrying Coronavirus Samples Shot Dead in Myanmar
The WHO confirmed that Pyae Sone Win Maung died of his injuries after the attack in the Minbya township in the north-western state of Rakhine. Reuters reported that the vehicle had come under gunfire.
Pyae Sone Win Maung was driving a well-marked United Nations vehicle when it was hit by gunfire in Rakhine State. The UN says dozens of civilians have been killed as fighting between the military and the armed ethnic Arakan Army group escalated in recent weeks.
The two sides have blamed each other for the WHO driver's death. Both the military in Myanmar (also called Burma) and the Arakan Army deny being involved. Myanmar's Maj-Gen Tun Tun Nyi, a military spokesman, said his forces had no reason to attack the UN vehicle.
According to a post on Facebook, the marked vehicle was travelling from Sittwe to Yangon bringing Covid-19 surveillance samples "in support of the Ministry of Health and Sports".
The UN did not say who carried out the shooting, which also left a government employee injured.
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The ongoing crisis in Myanmar including tensions between Buddhist and Muslim communities and the military crackdown by Myanmar Army and police is a multidimensional crisis with major geopolitical players involved.
As per the report Dmitry Mosyakov, director of the Centre for Southeast Asia, Australia and Oceania at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the conflict "was apparently fanned by external global players" and "has at least three dimensions".
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MEGU New York Honored With the Prestigious International Six-Star Diamond Award
American Academy of Hospitality Sciences to Make Elite Presentation May 7
MEGU New York
NEW YORK, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 7, MEGU New York (http://www.megurestaurants.com) will host an event to receive the very rare and coveted International Six-Star Diamond Award in front of hundreds of elite guests and media. Bestowed by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences (AAHS), this honor marks the first time an award of such caliber has been presented to a business dedicated to Japanese hospitality.
The International Six-Star Diamond Award carries the stringent Five-Star Diamond Award requirements yet demands something more - that unique "wow factor" that amazes customers with impressive culinary surprises and heroic hospitality feats. Reserved only for the industry's "creme de la creme," the award pays tribute to what's truly astonishing - such as the delicate, custom-created china that patrons dine upon at MEGU; the tiny, handcrafted igloos that cool and accompany each plate of sushi; the freshly shaven wasabi; and a distinctly authentic, yet decadent interior design that is setting new standards for Japanese restaurants everywhere.
"No doubt, the core aspects of MEGU's service, cuisine and the restaurant itself are daring, polished and superb," says Joseph Cinque, President/CEO of the AAHS. "But it's the incarnation of what's incredible, even unbelievable, that's immortalizing MEGU. We're thrilled to recognize all the artistic integrity, conscientious efforts and imaginative talent that have shaped this exquisite, highly differentiated fine-dining experience. The International Six-Star Diamond Award is a well-deserved 'toast' to the taste and textures of what defines MEGU."
Established in 2004, MEGU New York is the flagship restaurant to four additional MEGU restaurants. These restaurants are located throughout the world, making it an international icon of Japanese heritage and culture. In the aftermath of last year's earthquake in Japan, many tales of tragedy have been told. Yet since then, the stoic Japanese people have witnessed blessings - even triumphs, too. And that's exactly what Koichi Yokoyama, MEGU's president, hopes the people in his native country will see when he accepts this highly prestigious award on behalf of his New York restaurant.
"Receiving this award is an honor of such greatness within our industry, yet it's also a symbol of hope for the Japanese," Yokoyama says. "It demonstrates our ability to achieve extraordinary excellence, and inspires us to remember the success we are capable of achieving."
About MEGU Restaurant
Meaning "blessing" in Japanese, MEGU delivers sophisticated, organic dining experience - a veritable celebration of the very best in service, ingredients and cutting-edge aesthetics. Using the finest, rarest ingredients worldwide, MEGU seamlessly serves up authentic Japanese cuisine with an avant-garde flair. Distinct unto themselves, yet sharing a common mission to provide only the best, MEGU welcomes guests at these additional international locations - Midtown (New York); the Lotte Hotel in Moscow; The Pearl in Doha; Leela Palace in New Delhi; and The Alpina Gstaad in Gstaad, Switzerland, opening December 2012.
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Always Be My Maybe is a 2019 American romantic comedy film, written by Ali Wong, Randall Park and Michael Golamco and directed by Nahnatchka Khan. It stars Park and Wong as childhood friends Marcus and Sasha, who have not been in touch since a brief teenage fling ended badly. When Sasha returns to San Francisco to open a restaurant and romantic chemistry from their teenager years remains, Marcus's fears and Sasha's fame and demanding career challenge their potential new relationship. James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Daniel Dae Kim and Keanu Reeves also star.

The film was released in select theaters on May 29, 2019, and digitally on May 31, 2019, on Netflix.

Plot

Sasha Tran and Marcus Kim are childhood friends who grow up next door to each other in San Francisco. As Sasha's Vietnamese-immigrant/refugee parents regularly leave her home alone while they tend to their store, Marcus's parents often have her over for dinner, and Marcus's Korean-American mother Judy teaches her to cook.

Eventually Sasha and Marcus form a close friendship that carries on into their teenage years, but this is broken after his mother dies in an accident. Grieving, the two have sex but a wedge is driven between them when they argue shortly afterwards and they fall out of touch.

Sixteen years later, Sasha is a celebrity chef and engaged to Brandon Choi, a successful restaurateur. Marcus is still in San Francisco living with his widowed father and performs in a talented but largely unsuccessful band that only plays in his neighborhood. He also has a girlfriend Jenny, an Asian American woman with dreadlocks. Sasha breaks up with Brandon after he delays their wedding yet again. Briefly moving back to the Bay Area to oversee the opening of a new restaurant, she has a chance encounter with Marcus when he and his father are hired to install air conditioning at her temporary home.

After initial friction, they reconnect and become friends again, and Marcus admits to his father he still has feelings for Sasha. But before he can tell her, Sasha announces she has met someone new, and they wind up on a disastrous double date with Marcus' girlfriend and Sasha's new love interest: movie star Keanu Reeves. The long evening ultimately dissolves into chaos as Sasha confesses her longtime childhood crush on Marcus, a brawl breaks out between Marcus and Keanu, and Jenny ends up staying with Keanu for the night. Afterwards Marcus and Sasha have sex.

Sasha and Marcus then begin seeing each other, with Marcus reacquainting Sasha with the home and San Francisco Asian community she had distanced herself from, still harboring resentment of her absentee parents. He takes her to an old favorite Cantonese restaurant from their childhood, which Sasha remembers as terrible but discovers is delicious, marred only by her painful memories.

As Sasha reconnects to the city and the two fall in love, Marcus is taken aback to learn that, as planned, she still intends to move on to New York for her next project, once the San Francisco restaurant has launched. When Sasha asks Marcus to join her, he refuses and she leaves San Francisco alone.

Taken to task by both his father and his bandmates, Marcus realizes that his mother's death has made him scared to move on in life. He then moves out of his childhood home and takes steps to make his band more successful. He calls Sasha regularly with updates but, not receiving any reply, does not pursue her further until he discovers she is secretly supporting his musical ambitions. This emboldens Marcus to surprise Sasha on the red carpet at an awards show in Manhattan, asking for her to take him back and pledging to be wherever she is. She accepts. Reunited, Sasha takes Marcus to the New York restaurant she has been developing: it is named for and features Judy's recipes.

Cast
 Ali Wong as Sasha Tran
 Miya Cech as 12 Year Old Sasha
 Ashley Liao as 14/16 Year Old Sasha
 Randall Park as Marcus Kim
 Emerson Min as 12 Year Old Marcus
 Jackson Geach as 14/16 Year Old Marcus
 James Saito as Harry Kim
 Michelle Buteau as Veronica
 Anaiyah Bernier as 16 Year Old Veronica
 Vivian Bang as Jenny
 Karan Soni as Tony
 Charlyne Yi as Ginger
 Susan Park as Judy Kim
 Daniel Dae Kim as Brandon Choi
 Keanu Reeves as himself
 Lyrics Born as Quasar
 Casey Wilson as Chloe
 Raymond Ma as Quoc Tran
 Peggy Lu as Sandy Tran
 Peter New as Goat Guy

Production

Development and casting

Ali Wong and Randall Park met in the late 1990s during a "fried-rice cooking competition hosted by a mutual friend from the LCC Theatre Company, an Asian American performance group Park co-founded while attending UCLA." Park and Wong stayed in touch and remained close friends and supportive of each other's projects.

In 2016, Wong mentioned in a New Yorker interview that she and Park had been working for years to develop "our version of When Harry Met Sally...". Vulture's Jackson McHenry wrote a column in enthusiastic support of the project with the headline, "Dear Hollywood, Please Make Ali Wong and Randall Park's Dream Rom-Com." The project picked up steam and in August 2017, Netflix announced it had green-lit an untitled film written by Wong, Park and Michael Golamco, with the former set to costar in the film. In March 2018, Nahnatchka Khan was announced as attached in her directorial debut, with principal photography to begin in Vancouver and San Francisco in May 2018. In May 2018, Keanu Reeves, Daniel Dae Kim, Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang, Karan Soni, Charlyne Yi, James Saito, Lyrics Born, and Susan Park joined the cast of the film, titled Always Be My Maybe.

Reeves's casting was initially thought to be a pipe dream. "He's the dream guy," said Khan. "Like, we don't know what his schedule is, but this would be amazing." "We all thought it was going to be impossible to get him," said Park. "What was the likelihood of him being available, and then also him being willing to play himself? So let's try to think of other people that we could get." Alternatives to Reeves included Tony Leung, Mark Dacascos, M. Night Shyamalan and Paul Giamatti. Reeves, a big fan of Wong's stand-up, was on-board from the start and found a way to shoot his scene around his schedule. "He was like, 'I would be honored to be part of this love story,'" Khan said.

Reeves went over the script with Wong and Khan at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles. "He pitched a couple of things that made it in. Like wearing glasses that had no lens," Wong noted. "And the part in the game night scene where he lists all of these Chinese dignitaries, that was all his idea. And when he says, 'I don't have a problem, Sasha. What's your problem?' and starts air-fighting. It's hard to describe just how shockingly funny he is."

Filming
Principal photography began on May 30, 2018, in Vancouver. Additional filming took place in San Francisco from July 15 to 26, 2018. Reeves, who was in the middle of filming John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, flew into the city specifically to shoot his two scenes before returning to New York.

Music
Park's rap persona in the film is based on his earlier music career as a member of the 1990s Bay Area hip-hop group called Ill Again. The fictional band Hello Peril is a play on the term "yellow peril"—the "alleged threat to Western nations by East Asians". Rapper Lyrics Born appears as a band member. Park co-wrote several rap songs for the movie with hip-hop producer Dan the Automator. The song "I Punched Keanu Reeves" which plays in the end credits, was written by Park as "a tribute to Keanu, because he's such a big part of all our lives and because he actually agreed to be in our movie." Park had to get Reeves's permission for the song. "I sent him an email with some of the lyrics and asked if it would be OK, and he was totally down," Park said. "He even gave some suggestions."

The film's title is a play-on-words of the title of Mariah Carey's 1996 song "Always Be My Baby".

Release
Always Be My Maybe was released in select theaters on May 29, 2019, and on Netflix on May 31, 2019.

In July 2019, Netflix reported that the film was viewed by 32 million households in its first four weeks of release.

Reception

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of  based on  reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "Carried by the infectious charms of Ali Wong and Randall Park, Always Be My Maybe takes familiar rom-com beats and cleverly layers in smart social commentary to find its own sweet groove." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on reviews from 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

Courtney Howard of Variety wrote: "Perhaps the best sequences are multi-purpose. They're both funny and genuine, add a bubbly buoyancy through deft wit and charm, and tweak genre conventions." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called it "an irresistible romantic romp that turns the familiar into something sweet, sassy and laugh-out-loud funny."
Beandrea July of The Hollywood Reporter gave it a mixed review, and wrote: "In shouldering the weight of representing Asian love Always Be My Maybe doesn't quite allow its capable leads to do what has made them stars: just be themselves."

Accolades
Always Be My Maybe was nominated at the 2019 People's Choice Awards for "The Comedy Movie Star of 2019 - Ali Wong". Randall Park and Dan the Automator were nominated in the category for "Best Original Song - I Punched Keanu Reeves" by the 2019 Houston Film Critics Society Awards, but won the award at the 2019 Chicago Indie Awards.

References

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2019 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
Comedy films about Asian Americans
Asian-American romance films
Films about Korean Americans
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Films set in 1996
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Films set in 2003
Films set in 2019
Films set in San Francisco
Films shot in San Francisco
Films shot in Vancouver
Films scored by Michael Andrews
Midlife crisis films
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What I Watched September 2016
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 – It's not bad. I never went as crazy over the first How to Train Your Dragon as some people did, but this follow up is adequate but definitely lesser. There is nothing really wrong with it, but it just feels kind of unnecessary. ***
Saving Private Ryan – This isn't quite one of Spielberg's absolute best, but it is very good. The war scenes are to this day amazing to watch. Other parts of it drag on just a bit too long; I could do without the framing scenes, which I don't think are effective or add anything to the film. Overall, though, it is just great. ****1/2
The Big Short – This is a great movie. It starkly and humorously lays out the circumstances that lead to the recent financial collapse. It manages to combine a very important history/economics lesson with a funny, entertaining movie. It is just really, really good. *****
Bonnie & Clyde – There is a lot of great moments and performances in this movie, but I don't know how well I like how it came together. It is certainly very watchable, with a lot of great scenes. I really like the brief appearance by the late Gene Wilder. ****
Joe Dirt 2 – I liked Joe Dirt. Maybe I was just young and stupid, but I found it largely entertaining. This is just stupid and mean spirited; it is certainly not funny. A more unnecessary or unwanted sequel I couldn't imagine. 1/2
The Last Samurai – I think I like this movie a lot more than I should. There are some real problems, like the white savior stuff this movie indulges in and the historical inaccuracies, but I still find it to be a very entertaining film. Tom Cruise is usually good and Ken Wantanabe is great. ****
Chasing Amy – Kevin Smith writes some good dialogue, but unless you are as fascinated with the idea of lesbians as he is this movie hasn't aged particularly well. There are some fun scenes and some good ideas, but it feels a little flat to me. ***1/2
The November Man – Pierce Brosnan plays a spy that is more like Daniel Craig's Bond than his own. It isn't terrible, but there really isn't much here to recommend. **
Always – One of Spielberg's lesser known movies, this romantic comedy/drama about the ghost of Richard Dreyfuss helping his ex-girlfriend move on almost works. I love nothing more than movies about planes, and this is one such movie, but it struggles with tone for most of the runtime. It does some slapstick and some tear jerking, but mostly it just meanders around trying to sell a romance that only intermittently works. It is still largely entertaining, but it is easily among the director's lesser works. ***
Elizabeth: The Golden Age – This is a gorgeous movie, but it is also kind of melodramatic and overblown. The production design alone makes it worth watching, but I wouldn't say it is especially good. **1/2
Sully – see review here. ****
The Usual Suspects – The whole movie is its twist, which makes me want to keep lowering my score the more I think about it. This a plain story told in an interesting way. That first time through it is amazing, but there isn't much there for repeat viewings. ****
The Finest Hours – A perfectly fine disaster/ shipwreck movie. Chris Pine is good, but the actual rescue is dwarfed by some numbing search scenes. It just lacks the necessary spark to be at all memorable. ***
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey – Still great. It takes the same characters and set up of the first movie and does something completely different with it. It is just a lot of fun. ****
Ip Man 2 – This is like two different movies mashed together. It starts with Master Ip building up a new martial arts school after relocating in the last movie, but about halfway through it turns into Rocky IV with a less likeable villain. It is decently entertaining, but that split in the middle is hard to reconcile. ***
Ip Man 3 – This starts much like the previous movie, but this time the split in the middle makes for a better story instead of an inexplicable one. It starts with Ip fighting off some gangsters who want to demolish the school his son attends and builds into a rivalry between Master Ip and another Wing-chun master. I really like how that rivalry was dealt with; it is not what would normally be expected. ***1/2
The Good Dinosaur – This is one of the few Pixar films I missed in the theaters and I don't feel like I've missed much. It has an interesting look; with nearly photorealistic backgrounds mixed with very cartoony looking characters. The story is simple, with shockingly little going on for a Pixar movie. There is a base level quality that it doesn't drop below, but it doesn't really rise above a certain ceiling either. ***1/2
Underworld & Underworld Evolution – How do you make werewolves fighting vampires movie and make it this completely boring? These movies are unspeakably dull; the only thing of interest is Kate Beckinsale in skintight clothes. *1/2
DEBS – I watched this after happening upon Roger Ebert's scathing review. I don't really agree with him, but that doesn't make it good. It is a kind of flabby comedy spy spoof. There are some good moments, but it mostly just looks cheap and not especially well constructed. **1/2
Coffee Town – It has a fun cast in Glen Howerton and Ben Schwartz, but it doesn't really feel like it has a purpose. It is at its best when it is embracing that lack of purpose. Until its main plot comes into focus, it is a lot of fun watching this goofballs mess around a coffee shop. ***1/2
The Boxtrolls – I loved Kubo, but this was more like the Laika films that I more admire than enjoy. I can't deny the craftsmanship that is apparent on screen in this movie, but I don't much care for the aesthetic or characters. It is perfectly good for what it is, it just really isn't for me. ***1/2
Big Trouble in Little China – I feel like I don't have the words to talk about how much I like this movie. I really wish I had watched this as a kid. It is everything you could want out of a mystical kung fu movie starring Kurt Russell from the 80's. It is amazing. ****1/2
13 Assassins – I wanted something Seven Samurai like before seeing Magnificent 7 and this was the closest I could find on short notice. It starts with the usual gathering the team scenes, along with some to establish just how awful the villain of this movie are. But about an hour in it gets to the big fight scene and that doesn't disappoint. It is a nearly hour long fight scene that just keeps shifting and growing. It is great. ****1/2
Tomorrowland – This is a weird movie. One of its central plot's is a love story between George Clooney and a tiny girl. She is a robot, but it is still awkward. It is called Tomorrowland, but only the last act gets to that place. Also, it is a rather pessimistic movie about optimism. Still, Brad Bird can make a fine movie. ***
Aloha – This is in a lot of ways wrongheaded and ill conceived, but it is also well acted and intermittently entertaining. **
Magnificent 7 – See review here. ***
Galavant – I gushed about this show when the second season aired, but I will do so again now that the entire series has been added to Netflix. Galavant is only 18 half hour episodes long. Each episode has at least two songs. It ends up being about a 6 and a half hour long fantasy musical. It has some great characters and great songs. The second season is especially good. Timothy Omundson is particularly good as the inept King Richard. This is a show everyone should take a look at.
Psych – I know I've written about Psych before, but I felt the need to do so again. I watched as much as I could of this before it left Netflix. As this is one of my background noise staples, I hope it returns sooner rather than later. The more I watch this, the more I feel comfortable saying that this is a great TV show. It starts as a straight formula, but as it gets more comfortable with its characters it grows in some interesting ways. Psych's loving homages to all kinds of classic movies and TV shows are mostly very well done, and honestly more true to their inspirations than I initially realized. It does falter in the last season or two, as the show loses sight of its mysteries and kind of falls apart, but other than that it is great.


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Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry – how having your mother in prison affects your rights (part 2)
Yesterday we posted a piece about an ideologically-driven "inquiry" by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (chair – Harriet Harman MP) aimed at reducing yet further the incarceration of women, by reducing the incarcerations rates of mothers – here. Latest update on the "inquiry" website here.
Next Wednesday, 20 February, the "inquiry" will be taking evidence from, among others, Dr Jenny Earle, Programme Director, Prison Reform Trust. The charity has a Women's Programme devoted to female prisoners (fewer than 4,000). You will search the site in vain for recognition – let alone concern – that men are disproportionately handed prison sentences, or that conditions in men's prisons are generally far worse than in women's prisons.
Earle's title is "Director, Reducing Women's Imprisonment". Four other women have the titles, "Senior Programme Manager, Reducing Women's Imprisonment", "Programme Manager, Reducing Women's Imprisonment – Scotland & Northern Ireland", "Research Officer, Reducing Women's Imprisonment", "Executive Assistant, Reducing Women's Imprisonment".
My Wikipedia page, which was started by "The Vintage Feminist", contains the following, in response to the speech ("The Justice Gender Gap") of Philip Davies MP at our 2016 conference:
Jenny Earle, director of Prison Reform Trust's programme for reducing women's imprisonment in response said, "The evidence is not that women are treated more leniently. (J4MB: Lie.] In fact they are twice as likely as men to receive a custodial sentence for a first offence, [J4MB: Lie.] and the main offence for which women are imprisoned is theft and shoplifting" [J4MB: We haven't checked this out].
So, what sort of "evidence" is being presented to the "inquiry"? We turn to Ms Lucy Baldwin (as she describes herself) is a Senior Lecturer in Community and Criminal Justice at De Montford University, Leicester. Her personal profile page on the university website is here. She lists her interests as:
– Mothers and Prison
– Mothers and Sentencing
– Women and the Criminal Justice System
– Mental Health /Mentally Disordered Offenders
– Working with Domestic Abuse
– Equality and Diversity
– Sex Offenders
– Professional Practice /Professionalism
– Trauma Informed Practice
The deadline for written submissions to the committee has passed – it would have been an exercise in utter futility writing one, anyway, as we know from previous efforts – so I thought I'd open a written submission at random, to get a flavour of what "evidence" the "inquiry" will base its final recommendations on.
Lucy Baldwin's written submission ("I am writing in a personal capacity as a Senior Academic and Researcher from De Montfort University, Leicester") is here. Her recommendations, in full (emphases mine):
I note with cautious optimism the recent developments in relation to training for Sentencers as developed by Dr Shona Minson[5] and the recommendations in the recently published Female Offender Strategy[6] in relation to working more closely with the judiciary. However, I do not feel relying on 'God and good fortune that we get a good judge'', is sufficient. I echo and reiterate the recommendations of the PRT [J4MB: Prison Reform Trust] reports 'Sentencing Mothers' and 'What about me' [7].
I further offer;
– All Sentencers, being mindful of the rights of the child and safeguarding of children, ought to DIRECTED not to remand or sentence mothers to custody (in all but the most extreme of circumstances) and to justify their decision is based on risk of harm only if doing so. Given the vast weight of evidence that supports the view that women and children (and ergo society) are better served if women are sentenced to community alternatives. Better still and where appropriate not criminalised in the 1st instance (See Devon and Cornwall's deferred Caution scheme for example of excellent model of good practice amongst others[8])
– As per the afore mentioned, and as per many previous recommendations[9] when a mother is in court and may be remanded or sentenced to custody (as a last resort) , a, information must be sought (formally collated too) about her dependants and their care needs, b, all possible alternatives to custody should be explored by a FULL PSR, and c, sentencing should be deferred for a minimum period of 7 days ( but up to 3 weeks) to facilitate preparations being made for dependent children.
– Mandatory FULL PSR when sentencing women with dependent children – sentencing deferred for a minimum of 7 days if custody is being considered, PRS writers directed to find local alternative to custody options for women (potentially non-local too eg Trevi House)
– Community based non-custodial options must be the 'go to' sentence in all but the most serious of offences for women. I recommend following Scotland's lead in relation to a presumption against short sentences, ideally of less than 12 months (which Scotland are considering, after the success of the presumption against 3-month sentences)[10].
– The development of gender specific sentencing guidelines and training for Sentencers in relation to women and criminal justice. Player (2005) identified that 'Treating offenders equally has often been interpreted as treating them uniformly, resulting in particular problems for the fair treatment of women because it is based on a presumptive male subject'. Gender specific sentence guidelines would be much more likely to ensure that women were sentenced appropriately and in consideration of their and their children's best interest. Developing and implementing gender specific guidelines would potentially have a faster impact than the complete overhaul of the sentencing framework argued for above (and would perhaps meet with less resistance).
– I would also wish to see a presumption against pregnant mothers being sentenced to custody, in all but the most extreme of circumstances. That's not to say I don't feel that MBU's play a valuable role in supporting vulnerable mothers and their babies, in contact with the CJS, (particularly mothers with addiction issues), I do, but we see no reason for such places to be located within a prison. Successful mother/child therapeutic communities exist, see for example Trevi House, and Coolmine, Ireland, both work with mothers who have substance misuse issues and are therefore vulnerable to becoming entrenched in the CJS)[11].
– Importantly, consideration needs to be given to facilitate the permanent funding of organizations such as PAC, Children Heard and Seen, who clearly play a significant role in the lives of women who do end up in prison and supporting children on the outside. Prisons having devolved budgets may be the ideal opportunity for such organizations to be permanently 'factored in'.
– A renewed investment into women's center support. I wholeheartedly agree with the recommendations of the 'Women in Prison' Corston+10 report, which argues that women 'not only do women need to be diverted away from custody, but also need diverting toward support in the community'. It is therefore vital that wise investment ensures that such support is indeed available. Models like Scotland's 218 center in Glasgow, which has permanent funding and like Anawim need to be supported to exist, so they can become the 'go to' alternative to custody.
– Pursue all avenues of increasing child/ mother contact when a mother is in prison (where appropriate), via improved visiting spaces and quality of visits, and via technology (eg Skype, affordable telephone contact etc). Perhaps we can learn from Ireland where the prison service absorbs the cost of both phone calls and letters home, enabling women to speak to their children, sometimes daily, with at least one letter weekly (O'Malley and Devaney 2016).
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It's more complex than I thought?
I always like finding things that expand my understanding. A recent blog post on the history of the American creationist movement did just that. Like so many things in history, the story is more complex than it looks before you study it. Which is pretty much par for the course with anything involving people.
Read PZ Myers summarize Ronald Numbers' history of the creationist movement in the United States.


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A written commitment to create and maintain a smokefree environment is now part of the application procedure organisers must complete before district administrators can give the go-ahead for an event.
This new directive was launched at the Smokefree Capital City committee's first meeting on April 3, and was announced by its chairperson Maryum Khan, who is also Islamabad's deputy commissioner general. The city's first smokefree event was held just two days later - a family gala organised by traffic police and attended by approximately 12,000 people. All 120 stalls displayed information on tobacco control laws.
The Smokefree Capital City initiative is run by the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development, the World Health Organisation and The Union. Its goal is to protect citizens from tobacco smoke by ensuring that national tobacco control laws are well implemented and enforced.
The project's director, Dr Minhaj-us-Siraj said its aim was to prevent both the physical and financial damage caused by tobacco smoking. He said suffering was compounded by the fact that many smokers' earning powers are diminished through illness and early death, often leaving their families in poverty.
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Why is a file on the killing of a Derry teen by plastic bullet so secret?
Paul Whitters was fatally wounded 38 years ago. His mother is appealing for answers
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Paul Whitters's football boots, which are part of the Pat Finucane Centre's exhibition In Their Footsteps. Photograph: Pat Finucane Centre
If there's one thing Helen Whitters knows for certain, it's that her son Paul would have had a family.
"Knowing the type of boy he was, I'm sure he would have got married and had children. He just loved children."
The 15-year-old would happily take his toddler cousin to the shops in her buggy – "He didn't care if it wasn't macho" – and spent his evenings round at his girlfriend's house. He loved the Boomtown Rats and was particularly proud of his collection of punk badges, which were used to decorate the black box he kept his cassette tapes in.
Paul was shot in the head with a plastic bullet fired by a member of the RUC during rioting in Derry 38 years ago today. He died in hospital 10 days later after his family made the decision to turn off his life-support machine.
Why should a file on the death of my 15-year-old child, which happened almost 40 years ago, remain classified for another 40 years?
"You miss him all the time," says Helen. "Even things like technology – Paul was always curious about new things, so every time someone gets a new phone you're thinking, Paul would have had that as well.
"He's not here to see the latest innovations, which he would have loved, and of course at any family events he's just missing from our lives.
"I was deprived of my son, and of future grandchildren, but [my younger children] Aidan and Emma don't know how deprived they were because they didn't know him. He's a big loss to them as a brother."
Nobody has ever been charged in connection with Paul's death. In 2007 a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan, found it had been "wrong and unjustified" to fire at Paul, and the shooting was "clearly not consistent with RUC rules". She also found that his death had not been properly investigated.
But his family still do not have the full picture. In the National Archives in London lies a file with Paul's name on it. The document – titled "Paul Whitters: Killed by a Plastic Baton Round, April 1981" – is closed until 2059.
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"I find this deeply shocking," says Helen. "Why should a file on the death of my 15-year-old child, which happened almost 40 years ago, remain classified for another 40 years?"
Appeal to Bradley
On the anniversary of Paul being inflicted with the fatal injury, Helen today writes to the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Karen Bradley, appealing directly to her to "urgently" review the file's status and to provide her, as Paul's mother, with an unredacted copy of the file.
In her letter Helen writes: "I brought Paul into this world. When this file is opened on January 1st, 2059, I will not be alive. No one will still be alive who actually knew Paul as the lovely, handsome, caring, intelligent young man that he was.
"Your government does not have the right to withhold this from my family. You do not have the right to withhold this from his two brothers and sister."
Helen Whitters: 'I owe it to him to ensure that his file is not allowed to gather dust in a vault in London simply because it is seen as too embarrassing for the establishment'
The file's existence was uncovered by the Pat Finucane Centre, a human rights organisation that supports the Whitters family. It has also found files relating to other victims of plastic bullets in the North, including 11-year-old Stephen McConomy, which are closed until 2071.
"It is extremely unusual that there would be a file relating specifically to a named individual," says Paul O'Connor, director of the centre.
"Helen has deliberately chosen not to put in a Freedom of Information request, which might result in a heavily redacted file being made available.
"Instead she is making a direct appeal as Paul's mother to the Secretary of State to release the file to Paul's family. This is a file which is named after her son, and it is her right as a mother to access the information in it."
'Bigger picture'
Paul and his older brother Desmond were born in Scotland; six years after his death, she moved back to Glasgow with her two youngest children: Aidan, who had been only a baby when Paul died, and Emma, born two years afterwards.
"I thought the two of them needed the bigger picture of the world," says Helen. "I didn't want them to be defined by people always saying, 'That's that wee boy's sister', or 'That's Paul Whitters's brother, do you remember him?'
"They had the right to live their own lives."
Paul Whitters and his baby brother Aidan. Courtesy Whitters family
Helen, now 72, lives in Glasgow, where she spends much of her time looking after her two grandchildren. She continues to campaign on her son's behalf.
"What could there be in this file about a 15-year-old schoolboy? Is it because there's stuff in the file, nothing to do with Paul perhaps, that they don't want publicised?
"If we don't do our best to get these things opened up to the public, people will never understand.
"Even people here where I live haven't a clue about what happened in Northern Ireland – they wouldn't believe the half of it. It's important that they know what happened and about how people were treated when it did happen."
Paul would be 53 if he were still alive. "He might well have been a proud and loving father and husband," Helen writes. "Who knows what he might have achieved?
"I owe it to him to ensure that his file is not allowed to gather dust in a vault in London simply because it is seen as too embarrassing for the establishment."
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Theologian Lawrence Cunningham to Receive University of Portland's Highest Honor
Author: Michael O. Garvey
Lawrence S. Cunningham, John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, will receive the University of Portland's highest honor, the Christus Magister Medal, at the university's 2011 commencement exercises on May 8.
Cunningham, a scholar of systematic theology and culture, Christian spirituality, and the history of Christian spirituality, joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1987, having taught at Florida State University for the previous 21 years.
An award-winning teacher who chaired Notre Dame's Department of Theology from 1992 to 1997, he also has written for a wide variety of scholarly and popular journals, contributed numerous articles to encyclopedias and dictionaries of religion, and is the author or editor of some 25 books, including, most recently, Things Seen and Unseen: A Catholic Theologian's Notebook.
Adept at explaining complex and sometimes arcane details of Church history, liturgy, teaching, governance, and spiritual life, Cunningham is frequently consulted by journalists covering religious topics.
The recipient of numerous honors for his writing from the Catholic Press Association, Cunningham also has received honorary degrees from Bellarmine University, Neumann College, and Saint Anselm's College.
Originally published at newsinfo.nd.edu.
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9/21/2017, 10:19pm
Letter: DTH column displayed ignorance on Silent Sam
The Sept. 19 column "Removing all statues? Not so fast" demonstrates historical ignorance and an alarming lack of moral scrutiny.
The first half condemns Confederate soldiers for both treason and fighting for slavery, even if specific soldiers were not themselves slaveholders.
The author then claims that he does not "write this column to belittle the issue of racism, or slavery especially" yet in the subsequent paragraph asserts that "the movement toward condemning Silent Sam and similar monuments as racist statuary" is "too much of a reach."
This claim ignores Julian Carr's Silent Sam dedication speech, in which he recalls how he "horse-whipped a negro wench until her skirts hung in shreds."
To pretend Silent Sam is merely a monument to Confederate soldiers, and not a proliferation of violence against black bodies during the Jim Crow Era, is to willfully disregard the historic record.
The piece concludes by dismissing the fact that Thomas Jefferson was both a slave owner and rapist. These facts are dismissed despite documentation, notably from Benjamin Banneker, the son of ex-slaves, and contemporary abolitionists, that Jefferson was not only a slave owner and a rapist, but that he was, in fact, atypically cruel in his treatment of slaves even within his time period.
Banneker wrote of Jefferson's "detaining by fraud and violence so numerous a part of my brethren under groaning captivity and cruel oppression."
It is concerning that a campus writer would so easily deny both historic fact and the legitimate demands of student activists.


If you can't GLO, you can pray!
We're very excited to launch our first ever GLO conference for children's workers and their supporting elders this weekend. It's been amazing seeing so many booking in, we're thrilled to be welcoming around 140 people, and we would really value your prayers for our time together, and for what God will do in the lives of our kids as a result.
This year at Life Church Peterborough we've been thrilled to be able to baptise nine children. We've been praying for a new wave of salvation for our next generation. So often we can drift into making sure our young people are provided for and looked after at church, but we believe that that expectation is not where things must end. We can see in the New Testament how Jesus made time for the children, he didn't want them to just observe from a distance what was happening, but to draw near, so he could bless them and pray for them. Our passion is to bring children to Jesus and lead them into personal encounters with him.
As a dad I've been amazed to see how God speaks to my girls. Recently I prepared a sermon on Romans 6 and 7, law and grace. I wrestled the day before with finding a good image of how Jesus sets us free as a visual illustration. At breakfast the following day one of my daughters told me she had had a dream. She dreamt that she was stuck in a cage, but Jesus set her free. She ran home, and when she came home, found a party with birthday cake and candles and everything. I was so impressed to see how God had revealed to her in a dream what I had been wrestling with for a week! I asked her to draw a picture for me and used it as my visual illustration for the day, how powerful!
God speaks to and through our children. We mustn't underestimate what they can understand or the depth of relationship they can share with their heavenly father.
For the GLO conference, for a new inspiration for those working with children in our churches.
That we will see a new wave of salvation among the children in our churches.
That there will find new effective vehicles to reach children with the gospel in our day.
For all those that work with children in our churches, schools, medical professions, care facilities etc. that God may shine his light through them.
Have them draw a picture of their best friends and pray that they will come to know God.
Think of opportunities together how you and they can demonstrate the gospel to their friends and perhaps invite them for a church event.
Write a list of their favourite children's leaders, teachers, doctors etc. and pray for them that God will work through them. Perhaps give them each a number and roll a dice to pick who to pray for or make an old fashioned paper "fortune teller" to choose a name to pray for!
Ask them to take some time to listen to God and draw a picture of what they feel him saying to them... you might be surprised!