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by The Doors
Album: Strange Days (1967)
Jim Morrison was depressed. He went to Robby Krieger's house, they went to a canyon to watch a sunset, at which time Jim realized he was depressed because "if you're strange, people are strange." He then wrote the rest of the lyrics, which are about feeling alienated.
Krieger, The Doors' guitarist, wrote the music. He did his guitar solo in one take.
The Doors played this on their only Ed Sullivan Show appearance. They also played "Light My Fire," and Sullivan never asked them to come back because Morrison sang the lines, "Girl we couldn't get much higher." >>
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This was covered by horror-core rap duo Twiztid on their album Freekshow. >>
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In 1987 the Liverpool band Echo & The Bunnymen covered this song, reaching #29 in the UK charts. Their version, which was featured in the film The Lost Boys, was produced by Ray Manzarek, who also played on the track. In a scene from the movie, the vampires' cave contains a huge poster of Jim Morrison in his Jesus pose.
Manzarek also played keyboards on the Echo & the Bunnymen song "Bedbugs And Ballyhoo"; Echo also covered the Doors song "Soul Kitchen," which appears on their album It's All Live Now. Their guitarist, Will Sergeant, told Songfacts: "We used to get compared to The Doors. I don't know why. It's probably because Mac [lead singer Ian McCulloch] had that kind of lower voice, similar to Jim Morrison. He never liked The Doors when we started out. He sort of got into them, as weeks went on, because I was always playing the tapes in the van. Then he got into the whole thing."
In the 1994 movie Forrest Gump, Forrest improves his ping pong game as this plays.
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Daniel from São PauloMost of the comments in this page just proves how right Jim was. The lyrics makes perfect sense and still a lot of people is talking about him having an acid trip while writing it down. If this was I'm the Walrus then I would agree, but it just makes all the sense in the world.
Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 22nd 1967, the Doors performed "People Are Strange" on the WPIX-TV program 'The Murray the K Show' from New York City...
Six days earlier on September 17th, 1969* the song had entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #65...
On the same show the quartet also performed "Light My Fire"; and at the time it was in its 17 week on the Top 100 and at position #32...
* See next posted below; and I made a mistake there, Sept. 17th is the correct date that "People Are Strange" did enter the Top 100..
Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 17th 1967, the Doors performed "People Are Strange" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'...
The very next day on September 18th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #65; and on October 22nd, 1967 it peaked at #12 {for 1 week} and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #6 on the Canadian RPM 100 Singles chart...
Was track one of side two on the quartet's 2nd studio album, "Strange Days", and the album reached #3 on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart...
One other track from the album also made the Top 100, "Love Me Two Times", it peaked at #25 on the chart...
R.I.P. Ray Manzarek {1939 - 2013} and 'The Lizard King' {1943 - 1971}.
Frank from Bristol, TnI believe the song is about projection, when you feel Isolated alone and depressed it is reflected in peoples strange faces and everything looks uneven. It works the same for the opposite polarity.
Anna from New Oxford, PaI bet he was on an acid trip. People are indeed very strange sometimes. And to Melissa, I am Ms. Mojo Risin'.
Mindi from Warwick, RiSeems as if some of you don't know the history of Jim Morrison very well. Jim himself pulled away from society. He felt he didn't belong there that he was wanted somewhere else so everyone to him was strange didn't fit his picture so to speak. Jim was a very spiritual man who was trying to get others to see his way not everything with him was LSD or getting high. Pick up his poetry books and read them and if you understand what he was saying then you somewhat understand who Jim was.
Danion from Auckland, New ZealandPersonally i don't think Jim had depression, he may have been a bit "Strange" but i don't think he had a form of depression. In my English exam i wrote about how Jim is against this social hierarchy "Woman are wicked when you're unwanted" saying that the woman he has seen aren't very nice to people or himself who aren't socially accepted. But really i think this is just about Jim on an LSD trip and seeing a new perspective on being strange and things that are strange.
Marie from Durham, United KingdomI think this song is about feeling different but i also think he has to be talking about the weirdness of looking at strangers faces when your tripping and the alien view of the world that LSD gives the taker. The doors of perception are opened when you trip and take it from me "Streets are uneven when your down".
Quinton from Nashville, TnThis song is about alienation from others and how strange other people can seem when you're strange yourself. This is how I was feeling just two nights ago when I had a deep introspective nightmare of a trip on four hits of acid. I felt so disconnected from society and myself that I wanted to just end it all. Thankfully I didn't, but I can't help but remember how the words of this song kept playing over and over in my mind. I truly believe that this song is about a bad trip and the result of an LSD induced disconnection with reality.
Jesse from San Antoino, Tx> Maybe a combination of both, on acid WHILE walking down a street and people look at you strange and you look at them back strange but actually YOU ARE BOTH STRANGE
Ellie from Melbourne, AustraliaI reckon the song could have possibly been either about acid or jims views of the people around him , but no matter how many books come out were never going to know.The only person who knows is jim himself, but thats the beuaty of songs , as many artist dont fully reveal what their songs are about it is about the connection between you and your interpretation of the song ,as well as what the artist intended the song to be about.Also i doubt jim would have just written a song about an acid trip, there would definantly be a deeprer meaning to it, and i believe the opinion that he was trying to describe an acid trip and nothing more only furthers the jims steryotype of a drunken dug addicted hippy when in actuall fact he was a great poet.
Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnFreaky little song.
Ray from Los Angeles, CaThis is the damn truth, because I've read it in multiple books. Jim Morrison was on one of his suicide trips, he was saying things like "i just don't think I can take it anymore" and really wanted it to be over. He was at the house two of his bandmates (Kriger & Densmore) shared in Laurel Canyon which is in Los Angeles. He was feeling suicidal all night and finally in the morning they told him "go watch the sunrise and see if you feel better." So he went off alone and watched it and when Morrison came back he was just elated! He said "I'm writing again, I got these lyrics..." The point of the song according to him (and I loosely quote) "People are strange, things are gonna be messed up. But if you can see the sun come up and everything's cool, then it's all you. It's a projection of yourself."
Chloe from St. Louis, Moacid?! why must every song be about acid?! this is just about the wierdness of society. never has a statement been so true- people are strange.
Matt from Houston, Txyes, they sure are strange
Rebeka from Rijeka, CroatiaThis is my favourite Doors song.The lyrics is so simple but so smart.I can just listen it all day long.
Chris from Tulsa, OkRobbie Krieger wrote some great stuff and he was a very good guitarist. He never really got the credit due him.
Nady from Adelaide, --Sorry Joshvall but the only time Jim was fat was toward the end of his life. He was in pretty good shape as a teenage (from what I can tell from photos). He was extremely intelligent for his age (I.Q. of 140 when he was just 16) but that doesnt make him a nerd. He was just well cultured:)
Joshvall from Huittinen, FinlandNady from Adelaide, actually Jim was quite fat and kind of nerd too during his teen years. So it's really possible that this song has got some inspriration of that also.
Herminio from Rosario, ArgentinaSorry but the first "fact" was at John´s house, not Robbie´s. I´m pretty shure about it because I have John´s book.
Nady from Adelaide, Australiaumm im pretty sure Jim Morrison was never a "fat nerd" there may be a hint of jealousy in the air, eh James?ilovejimmorrisonmorethanyoucoulddream
Tanita from Rijeka, CroatiaI agree with you Michael from Jacksonvillw !!! I couldn't tell it better myself ! =)
Lance from Malibu, CaI feel that the lyrics and meaning are open for all to interept. I can see the drug part but I can also see the other insperations as well
Evan from Riverside, NjNot only did the rap duo Twiztid remake it but they also changed the lyrics, "Women seem wicked when your unwanted", to "Women seem Twisted when your unwanted."
Moi-même from ParisWhile Morrisson did write songs about drugs, reducing this one to a bad trip would be dumbing it down. The way I see it, it's a brilliant description of the freudian uncanny.
Jason from State Of Fitz, NjI agree with jacle from lowell,its amazing that one of the greatest songs about alienation and lonliness was from a sex symbol "women seem wicked when your not wanted" is brillliant. I get chills everytime i hear this song
Tristan from Philadelphia, PaFirst time I heard this song was on my dads old record player off or Strange Days, before hearing it I thought, who are the doors? This song got me to be the fan I am today.
Michael from Jacksonvillw, FlThe reason why Jim took so much acid was to "find the unknown." If you read Rimbaud-Jim's favorite poet-you would know that Jim took drugs to express himself poetically, not to feel good; it was all for poetry. Not to mention, the Blake quote in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Jim read that and started dropping acid like they were pez. Also, that is where the Door got there name. In John Densmore's Riders on the Storm, Jim was having a writer's block so he went up to a friend's house that was on a hill that overlooked all of LA, and he wrote People are Strange. It is easy to be depressed when one is on writer's block, but this song is the greatest acid song of all time. Think of the word "stranger" as a pun; one who is on acid is obviously stranger than everyone else, but when you're on acid everything is strange. As for the people who think this song is about depression, I am just going to say that I have heard this song before I took acid and after, if you don't think this song is about acid, trust me it is.
Jack from Claremont, Mnwhat don't people get? jim morrison may have been a drug addict, but he wasn't high every minute of every day. Only later in his life. He wrote this song about all the strange people he encountered on his tours, and possibly even about himself.
Lalah from Wasilla, AkI sing this when the coworker in the cube next to me talkes to loud. It bugs her.
Erin from Arlington, NeI don't know whether the song is the result of depression or drugs, all i know is that i can't get this song out of my head, it's something everyone can relate to.
Leah from Brooklyn, NyThis song was covered by ECHO in the motion picture soundtrack of THE LOST BOYS.
Taylor from Barnum, Mnmy friends make fun of me for liking the doors, people are strange.(i am kinda obsessed) i have a t shirt of morrison and on the back it has the last verse to the song.im can play the intro on guitar and i play it over and over... and over. r i p morrison. forever 27
Taylor from Barnum, MnI love this song. I listen to it at least twice a day.it's a perfect song to listen to when your mad at people
Lalah from Wasilla, AkThis is the theme music that runs through my head when I am walking through airports.
Rich from St.pete, FlI agree with tori. it is about a trip- finding it difficult to recognize faces, sometimes they are distorted and ugly in the dark, and it's all you. and he used "seem"
Jack from Lowell, Ma"women seem wicked, when you're unwanted."
i think all of us fellas have been THERE. funny it should come from "sex symbol" Jim.
Dev01d from Wollongong, AustraliaThis is my favourite song by The Doors, also my favourite song to play on guitar. I just play the intro over and over. I think it's deffinately about depression and feeling alienated and doubt it's about drugs. I agree with Dustin that it's pretty stupid how people can't look past people's drug use.
Kim from Stuart, FlI believe I read something in a magazine that was a mixture of all these stories. Morrison was depressed, so he went for a walk in the desert, and saw some people having a tripping party in their garden. He sat and watched them a while from a distance (they were stoned out of their heads so they didn't notice), then went home and wrote this song.
Dustin from My Home, InThis song is obviously about depression any one who thinks this is about an lsd trip only focuese on the fact that jim has done drugs and can only focus on that to many great artists liek jimi hendrix have had there songs meaings tarred and featherd by people who know nothing of the band except that drugs are commonly associated with them and now ill get to how i figure it is abotu depression well the rain in the song could represnt the depression and faces comign out of the rain while it coudl be about an lsd trip which i highly highly doubt could represnt the people he meets wiht while he felt alienated becauzse of depression and the depression is what makes him strange so think abotu it like i see it it may be worng but it is jsut my opinion on it all
Fred from New York, NyNot EVERY song is about drugs, folks. Jim was inspired to write this song because of the strange people he met when he was touring.
Shrek from CaitlinMaybe not for you Tori..
Heather from Irving, Txthis is a badass song first off cause its very true people are strange but all in different ways!very strange..
Vanessa from Albuquerque, Nmpeople are strange and jim is hot
Ann from New York, NyThe '60's was about so much MORE than LSD; people took it to expand their minds, not to escape. Jim Morrison was a very serious poet who happened on the luck of expressing himself through music. Those of us who lived through the '60's and understand the era understand Jim.
Shea from Laguna Hills, Cahaha yeah definitely wasn't written about a lsd trip... jim morrison wrote this about being a constant stranger. read wild child by linda ashcroft.
Ashley from Moncton, CanadaIt's true, people are strange.
Elysia from Hamilton, New ZealandYou're probably all right. I think this song is about lonliness in general, this can be caused while tripping or depression or whatever. We all tend to feel alienated sometimes, Jim's mind saw things through in extreme measures..so why does it have to be literal? Maybe he felt that in his little world at the time he wrote it - that faces came out of the rain. Who knows what he was thinking and feeling at the time, but whatever you take from the song is probably right. He was an amazing poet that could and still can reach all of us on different levels.
Craig from Dunedin, New ZealandThis lyric is so introverted,sounds like extreme loneliness-blows me away every time! pssst...keep this a secret...Jim croons Tuesdays and Saturdays at a pub in town here,thinly disguised yank accent...
Josh from Ottumwa, Iano on LSD (acid) to Morrison the doors of perception are cleansed.Everyone is weird in a way,the faces he seen in the rain that night were part of the trip. not just things appear how they truelly are but people too. EVERYONE IS STRANGE!
Stefanie Magura from Rock Hill, ScMakes sense why it would be about LSD.
James from L.a., CaJim was a strange cat. He was never comfortable in his own skin. When he got famous, it blew his mind. Yeah, he was on acid a lot, but if you know anything about Morrison before he became famous, you know that he was a fat nerd for most of his life. That makes you strange, not LSD-- in fact, in the '60's people took acid to fit in.
Michael Picard from Lapwai, IdVery cool for describing people, very deep...
Melissa from Baltimore, Miyin and yang,yang and yin
bad and good,prude and sin
i am strange....I wouldnt have it any other way
i am ms.mojo risin'
Danny Brown from Rumson, NjIn Danny Sugarman's book "No One Here Gets Out Alive" he states jim was driving down a road and saw hippies dancing in the field and came up with the lyric...people are strange...is that true?
Tori from Boston, MaIt's about LSD. "When you're strange" is referring to when you're on drugs. Depression doesn't make faces come out of the rain.
Michela from Brescia, Italyi see the stars come out tonight, than every evening
jim is a star
he is brightest star of sky
Mike from Chicago, IlRobby Krieger wrote SOME of the music, not all of it.
Kev from Hull, Englandder! its about lsd
Austin from Holly, Mithis song was also covered by Echo and the bunnyman for the soundtrack to the cult horror film "the lost boys"
Brian from Paoli, InYeah I heard that too, I like the guitar or bass riff, and the solo is sweeeet.
Julie from Boston, Maaccording to Ray Manzerek, Jim wrote the song after leaving a party in New York very, very early in the morning watching the people come up out of the subways.
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Q: Determine Xcode derived data location from command line Is there a way to determine from the command line what the location of your derived data folder is after building with xcodebuild?
For example, after running xcodebuild:
xcodebuild -project projectname -target targetname

I want to be able to find out which folder the app is in. I would like to do this without changing the output path with CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR or within the project settings.
Any ideas?

A: xcodebuild -project myapp.xcodeproj -showBuildSettings

prints all build settings and values, in particular the folder where the app is build:

BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR =
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Q: let ABC be a right triangle at A such that $BC=2AB$. Find $\angle ACB$ So let $\triangle ABC$ be a right triangle at vertex $A$ such that $BC=2AB$. Find the $\angle ACB$
How can I find that angle without using cosine, sine and other things?
Since I've already figure out how to find it using cos: here's my approach:
We denote $\angle ABC$ as $\alpha$ so $$\cos\alpha=\frac{AB}{BC}=\frac{AB}{2AB}=\frac{1}{2}$$
We do $\cos^{-1}$ to find $\angle ABC$ then we do $90^\circ-\angle ABC$ to find $\angle ACB$.
So I'm looking for alternative way.
Thanks!

A: Hint: take an equilateral triangle and draw one of the altitudes. Remember this altitude is also an angle bisector and a median, so...


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Prince Harry pictured at first public engagement since royal exit announcement
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Prince Harry was pictured carrying out his first royal engagement today since he and his wife Meghan Markle announced they were stepping back as senior royals – a move that has been dubbed "Megxit".
The Duke of Sussex, 35, hosted the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draw today at Buckingham Palace in London.
He was pictured arriving at the event dressed smartly in a navy suit paired with a white shirt and grey tie, and shot a smile at the cameras as he entered.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, has stayed in London to host the Rugby League World Cup 2021 today while Duchess Meghan remains in Vancouver Island with baby Archie. [Photo: Getty]
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pictured at Buckingham Palace today. [Photo: Getty]
During the engagement, he met with representatives from all 21 nations taking part.
He will remain in the UK until next week, according to a source, despite reports that he may fly to rejoin Meghan and their baby Archie in Vancouver, Canada.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, pictured at the Rugby League World Cup 2021 draws today. [Photo: Getty]
"The duke has some meetings here early next week," a source told the PA news agency. It is not known what form these meetings will take.
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A screengrab taken from a video issued by Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) of the Duke of Sussex, the patron of the Rugby Football League, speaking about mental health. [Photo: PA]
Ahead of the engagement, the duke, who is a patron of the Rugby Football League, featured in a video to launch the Rugby League's new mental health awareness campaign – aimed at "mental fitness".
As part of a five-point mental fitness charter, organisers have vowed to train everyone involved in the league – including every player, official, match official and volunteer – to look after their own mental health.
This is to be achieved by the final match of the tournament, which takes place in October and November in 2021.
READ MORE: Duke and Duchess of Sussex losing titles 'very much a possibility'
In the footage, issued by Rugby League World Cup 2021 and later shared on the Sussex Royal Instagram account, Harry says: "Rugby League isn't just a sport, it's a community. And one that takes care of its own.
He adds: "For many years, it has been at the forefront of promoting and supporting good mental fitness, working hard to build a positive mindset for everyone involved in the sport."

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Q: "ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected NUMBER got -" but why? I have the a table example1 with 2 datetime columns, these columns does not necessarily have all days (i.e. might not include weekends). I want to create a sequence of days starting from a year ago and get the count of datetimes from table example1 which occurs on every given day for both columns.
Given a data like this:
col1        col2
01/01/2018  01/02/2018
01/02/2018  01/03/2018
01/03/2018  01/05/2018
01/03/2018  NULL

the desired ouptput I'm looking is:
OnDay      CCol1 CCol2
01/01/2018     1     0
01/02/2018     1     1
01/03/2018     2     1
01/04/2018     0     0
01/05/2018     0     1

This is what I've tried but I get this the annoying ORA-00932:
WITH all_days (Onday) AS (
    SELECT TRUNC(sysdate) OnDay FROM dual
    UNION ALL
    SELECT OnDay-1    FROM all_days
    WHERE Onday > TRUNC(sysdate-365,'Q')
)
SELECT
    OnDay
    ,COUNT(CASE WHEN TRUNC(ex.col1)=OnDay THEN 1 END) CCol1
    ,COUNT(CASE WHEN TRUNC(ex.col2)=OnDay THEN 1 END) CCol2
FROM all_days ad
LEFT JOIN example1 ex ON TRUNC(ex.col1)=ad.OnDay OR TRUNC(ex.col2)=ad.OnDay
GROUP BY OnDay

Funny enough, the recursive CTE works alone but after plugging the LEFT JOIN with the OR operator, I get the error that seems to be coming from SELECT OnDay-1.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
I'm using:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production

A: This should work:
WITH
    example1 as
        (
            SELECT To_Date('01.01.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL1", To_Date('01.02.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL2" FROM Dual
          UNION
            SELECT To_Date('01.02.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL1", To_Date('01.03.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL2" FROM Dual
          UNION
            SELECT To_Date('01.03.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL1", To_Date('01.05.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL2" FROM Dual
          UNION
            SELECT To_Date('01.03.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy') "COL1", Null "COL2" FROM Dual
        ),
    all_days AS
       (   SELECT TRUNC(To_Date('01.10.2022', 'mm.dd.yyyy'), 'dd') - (LEVEL-1) "ONDAY" FROM Dual CONNECT BY LEVEL <= 10    )

SELECT
    ONDAY,
    Sum(COL1) "COL1",
    Sum(COL2) "COL2"
FROM
    (
        SELECT
            ad.ONDAY,
            CASE WHEN TRUNC(ex.col1)=ad.ONDAY THEN 1 ELSE 0  END Col1,
            CASE WHEN TRUNC(ex.col2)=ad.ONDAY THEN 1 ELSE 0 END Col2
        FROM
            all_days ad
        LEFT JOIN
            example1 ex ON(ex.COL1=ad.ONDAY OR ex.COL2=ad.ONDAY)
    )
GROUP BY
    ONDAY
ORDER BY
    ONDAY


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How to survive the big freeze, Devon charities issue warnings
Old and young people could both be at risk
The elderly and the young are being warned of the health dangers of extreme cold weather as the South West prepares for an Arctic chill.
Age UK Devon urged older people not to open their bedroom windows at night because of the potentially dangerous effects of breathing in cold air.
They included the increased risk of chest infections, heart attacks and strokes, the charity said.
Meanwhile a health and social care provider extended its warning about the approaching cold snap to younger people on nights out.
"Young people put themselves at risk of hypothermia when it's really cold if they don't dress for the weather," said Sally Mayell, clinical director of pharmacy with Livewell Southwest.
Devon set for coldest day in FIVE YEARS as 'polar vortex' brings bitter freeze from Siberia
"They might not feel the cold on a night out when they've had a few drinks, but alcohol actually makes you lose your body heat."
The Met Office says bitterly cold air from western Russia arriving during the weekend will bring daytime temperatures no higher than 1C in some inland areas and nighttime minimums well below zero.
Those figures do not include the effect of a brisk easterly wind which will make the daytime high feel like minus 5C. The wintery blast is likely to continue for a fortnight, the Met Office says.
Met office issues alert
A cold weather alert has been put out by the Met Office as the Arctic blast approaches.
"Severe cold conditions" could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services, the Exeter-based agency says, in advice given out to social and health care providers.
"As the weekend approaches, average temperatures are likely to fall bringing a likelihood of meeting low temperature criteria," the alert says.
"The cold continental east or southeasterly wind will also become a factor, strengthening enough to give significant wind chill."
The Met Office says the alert is likely to be reviewed todayFRI, "and perhaps upgraded and extended further into the new week as the cold weather looks likely to continue".
The South West will be dry and bright todayFriday with some decent sunny spells, the forecaster says.
The strengthening southeasterly wind will make it feel "rather cold", with afternoon temperatures a degree down on yesterday, giving a maximum of 6C.
Tomorrow and Sunday will be mostly dry with sunny spells, but feeling "very cold" in the wind.
It will be "colder still on Monday, with rather cloudy skies and perhaps some snow showers developing".
The cold weather will continue into early March, the Met Office says.
Ms Mayell said: "Very cold weather can have serious effects on people's health, especially among the elderly and very young, people with mental health conditions and those with a long-term health condition, such as heart, lung or kidney disease." People on low incomes and with disabilities were also vulnerable.
Eight tips to protect your home during the Big Freeze this weekend
Anybody feeling unwell, even with a cough or cold, should seek advice from their pharmacist, who could supply some medicines normally only available on prescription.
"Keeping as warm as you can is really important – wear layers to trap the heat, use a hot water bottle, have hot drinks regularly a hot meal every day if you can. If you have an underlying condition, make sure you have enough of you regular medicines and enough food so you don't have to go out," she said.
"It's good to move about too, but if you have a heart or respiratory problem, stay indoors during very cold weather."
Young drinkers should dress warmly.
"I know youngsters want to look cool, but they can stay warm without ruining the look. Get a warm cheap jacket to hide under a seat ready for going home, stash a beanie, a scarf and gloves in the pockets. Women can stuff a pair of leggings in to their jacket pocket too – easily put on under a skirt or dress in the taxi queue!" she said.
Rare stratospheric event brings lengthy bitterly cold snap to Devon
"But most of all – look after each other. If your mate doesn't look well, stay together and get help."
Sarah Gunn, advice and wellbeing manager for AgeUK Devon, said people should look out for elderly relatives, friends and neighbours.
"A lot of us grew up with the idea that fresh air in the bedroom is healthy, and to leave the window open," she said.
"But it is not when the night is cold, especially if you are elderly. Keep your bedroom window closed at night."
An Age UK leaflet giving advice on staying warm and well in winter says bedrooms should be no cooler than 18C and living areas should not drop below 21C. Winter Wrapped Up can be read online at ageuk.org.uk or ordered by calling 0333 241 2340.


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Morning Update: More Billionaire Presidents 2020
The 2020 Democratic field, #MuteRKelly is working, censoring student journalism. Your BuzzFeed News newsletter, Jan. 29.
By Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Elamin Abdelmahmoud BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on January 29, 2019, at 7:51 a.m. ET
The battle for the 2020 Democratic nomination
The field is started to already look crowded, not just in terms of candidates but also organizations and voices seeking influence over the process.
In 2016, black women decided the Democratic nominee — and the math says they'll have a bigger say in 2020.
For this reason, She the People — a network of women of color in politics — is planning a 2020 presidential forum this spring. The message is simple: "No one will be the Democratic Party nominee without the support of women of color."
A central dilemma for white candidates will be: Can they move a black audience? To that end, Elizabeth Warren says she's spent her life figuring out why things are harder for black Americans.
You should also know:
👉 An Indiana mayor is joining the 2020 race in hopes of becoming the first millennial president.
👉 Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is floating a "centrist independent" run for president that would pit him against the political poles of Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. More Billionaire Presidents 2020.
A UK government memo says a no-deal "Brexodus" could see 250,000 expats returning to the UK
The internal document revealed that officials are preparing for a sudden rush of citizens coming home if Britain crashes out of the EU without a negotiated settlement.
Around 40% of those expats would be seniors who had retired to the continent. Their return would put significant strain on the National Health Service and the already-stretched social care services.
Around 1.3 million British citizens reside in countries across the EU, and there are concerns that an abrupt no-deal Brexit would badly disrupt their lives.
A FaceTime bug allows you to access someone's iPhone camera and microphone before they pick up. We confirmed that the bug exposes the call recipient's front-facing camera before it is answered if a volume button is pressed. Apple says a fix is coming later this week.
A woman spent an entire weekend stuck in the elevator of a $20 million NYC townhouse. The woman was identified by reports as 53-year-old Marites Fortaliza, a housekeeper for the homeowners. Authorities said she was alone in the home when she became trapped and didn't have a cellphone with her. The whole thing is a nightmare.
The #MuteRKelly campaign appears to be succeeding at US radio stations after the Lifetime doc. In light of renewed attention on the R&B singer and his sexual misconduct allegations, radio station workers are opting to no longer play Kelly's music.
So, yeah, that Jeff Bridges return as "The Dude" was just a beer ad with Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw. The people wanted more. So much more. A beer company, which we won't name here because we've already written a story on its ad, released the commercial yesterday.
Black Panther won the top prize at the 2019 Screen Actors Guild Awards. Stars of the film took home the coveted Outstanding Performance by a Cast award. Here are the rest of the winners at the SAG Awards. Spoiler: Yes, Rami Malek won.
A high school allegedly banned students from covering a classmate's arrest
Like others at her school, student journalist Kyra Howard noticed that a popular kid had stopped showing up for classes. It didn't take long to find out what had happened: Levi Stewart, 17, had been arrested off campus. He was charged as an adult, accused of a series of sexual assaults.
When Howard wanted to start reporting on the story, the school told her it was too sensitive a case for students to tackle. She offered a compromise: The paper would write about preventing sexual assaults instead. Administrators shot down that idea too.
Howard is not alone here — there is a wider trend of school administrators regularly blocking crucial stories that their students aim to publish.
Read Tyler Kingkade's story on the ways that student media is censored.
A boy called 911 to say he had "a really bad day" and needed help with homework
The young boy called a dispatcher in Lafayette, Indiana, to say his assignments had him feeling really overwhelmed.
Because the world is a good and decent place, the dispatcher, Antonia Bundy, stayed on the line with the boy and helped him with his homework.
The police department would like to stress that it doesn't condone anyone using 911 for nonemergency purposes.
However, you should listen to the recording of the call, because the whole thing is so sweet.
Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a curation editor for BuzzFeed News and is based in Toronto
Contact Elamin Abdelmahmoud at elamin.abdelmahmoud@buzzfeed.com.


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Nigerian police rescue 67 from 'inhuman' conditions at Islamic 'school'
The raid in Katsina came less than a month after about 300 men and boys were freed from another supposed Islamic school in neighbouring Kaduna state.
FILE: Police arrested one man, 78-year-old Mallam Bello Abdullahi Umar, for running what they called an "illegal detention/remand home." Picture: pixabay.com
Reuters | 825 days ago
MAIDUGURI - Police in northern Nigeria rescued nearly 70 men and boys from a second purported Islamic school where they were shackled and subjected to "inhuman and degrading treatments."
The raid in Katsina, the northwestern home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, came less than a month after about 300 men and boys were freed from another supposed Islamic school in neighbouring Kaduna state where they were allegedly tortured and sexually abused.
"In the course of the investigation, sixty-seven persons from the ages of 7 to 40 years were found shackled with chains," Katsina police spokesman Sanusi Buba said in a statement. "Victims were also found to have been subjected to various inhuman and degrading treatments."
The raid occurred on 12 October in Sabon Garin in the Daura local government area of Katsina state. Police issued a statement on Monday and said they were working to reunite the victims with their families.
Lawal Ahmad, a 33-year-old who was held captive, said he witnessed sexual assault, beatings and the death of other captives during his two years there.
"They were just beating, abusing and punishing us every day with the name of teaching us," he said through tears, adding "they are not teaching us for the sake of God."
Police arrested one man, 78-year-old Mallam Bello Abdullahi Umar, for running what they called an "illegal detention/remand home."
Lawai Musa, a trader who lived near the centre, told Reuters by phone that families sent unruly men and boys there believing it was an Islamic teaching facility that would straighten them out and teach them Islamic beliefs.
"The way he is treating the children is un-Islamic" he said. "We are not happy, they were treated illegally."
Islamic schools, known as Almajiris, are common across the mostly Muslim north of Nigeria. Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), a local organisation, estimates about 10 million children attend them.
In June, President Buhari, himself a Muslim, said the government planned to ban the schools, but would not do so immediately. After the incident in Kaduna, the president issued a statement calling on traditional authorities to work with the government to expose "unwanted cultural practices that amount to the abuse of children."
Buhari's office declined to immediately comment on the Katsina raid, saying it would issue a statement after a full briefing from the police.
"The command enjoins parents to desist from taking their children/wards to illegal, unauthorized or unapproved remand/rehabilitation centres," the police statement said.
WHO Africa: 'Only 10% of the continent is fully vaccinated; we are running too far behind'


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Ken & Erika's West LA Bungalow
We're so excited about this weekend's liquidation estate sale in West LA. There are so many awesome pieces of furniture, an eclectic collection of ethnic decor, vintage boho chic clothing – fun stuff!! Most enthralling of all is the story of Ken and Erika, both extremely interesting in their own right, and their lives are so clearly reflected in the items they collected.
Ken was such an interesting person, excuse me while I just name off thing after amazing thing that Ken accomplished!!
Ken's the guy who is responsible for training the birds in Alfred Hitchcock's famous movie, "The Birds".
He was friendly with Walt Disney and was an animal behavior advisor in Disney wildlife films such as "The Living Desert".
Ken travelled the world collecting birds and mammals for work and his own scientific interests, over many years adding specimens to museums.
He spent time in Burma hunting man-eating tigers with the infamous Burma Jack!!!
He collected rats out of Egypt's pyramids to be used in his successful search for a cure for Typhus.
He spent time in South America and discovered a canyon that nearly rivals the Grand Canyon for size (read: he discovered a magnificent canyon!!!)
He collected all manner of animals, birds and mammals throughout Australia and Africa.
During the Second World War Major Ken Stager spent six months behind Japanese lines in Burma harassing the enemy.
He was a part of the outfit known as Merrill's Marauders earning a Bronze Star.
He was a military advisor for Chiang Kai-sheck's forces against Chairman Mao's communists earning the China War Memorial Medal from the Government of the Republic of China for contributions made by American's in the China Theater during World War II.
He was responsible for a number of significant scientific discoveries in the field of ornithology.
What a remarkable life! His family tells us the stories he told and the adventures he had experienced would enthrall any audience – and they were all 100% true.
Ken's wife Erika led an equally distinguished life. Brazilian by birth Erika moved to Germany with her German born parents at the age of twelve. During WWII her school in Hamburg was bombed and she survived three days under twisted rubble before being rescued (can you imagine!).
After the war, at the age of twenty, her family moved back to South America where she began work in the fashion industry becoming chief fashion buyer for Sears in Brazil. After she met Ken in South America they moved to Los Angeles where she became head of the fashion department for Bullocks, often escorting famous film stars on fashion buying trips to New York and personally outfitting their wardrobes. How exciting!!
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Which of the following is a measure of fiscal reforms Government o India has adopted?
As well all know, Government of India collects tax revenue on various activities in the country. Which the following is a part of the tax revenue of the government?
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Which one of the following forms the largest share of deficit of Government of India Budget?
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SLR is maintained by the banks with themselves.
SLR restricts the banks leverage in pumping more money into the economy.
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Defence SA is South Australia's lead government agency for all defence matters.
Defence SA is a single point of contact for all defence stakeholders, streamlining their interaction across the South Australian Government. We are capturing valuable investment opportunities in the shipbuilding, cyber and systems, defence science and research and space domains.
South Australia is at the forefront of the nation's defence and space industries. Renowned for its innovation, world-class research and development, and a highly skilled workforce, the state's defence industry has a proud history of delivering some of Australia's largest and most complex defence projects. Defence SA's mission is to continue maximising investment and jobs from the Australian Defence Force and defence industries.
Working closely with Defence and industry, Defence SA targets investment and expansion opportunities, drives and supports the delivery of major defence projects and facilities, and pursues the location of additional Defence units and capabilities within the state. Defence SA also plays a key role in supporting the Australian Government's strategic defence policy through increasing local industry participation and ensuring state-of-the-art infrastructure and a highly skilled, industry-ready workforce is in place to underpin defence projects.
In recognition of the strong contribution that defence makes to the state's economic prosperity, South Australia's Premier is responsible for the Defence and Space Industries portfolio.
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The South Australian Government offers a strong and trusted voice, provides strategic advice and continues to raise the profile of the state's defence capabilities.
We support maximum Australian industry content for upcoming Defence projects in order to create a sustainable defence industry and sovereign capability for the nation.
South Australia is also supportive of additional Defence units for South Australia and the increased use of our Defence assets, such as the Cultana Training Area for combined arms experimentation training.
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Defence SA is committed to helping companies become more competitive to grow and sustain South Australia's defence industry through access to the global supply chain and export opportunities.
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the Board of The Rogatchi Foundation is very pleased to announce that distinguished Finnish diplomat and well-known cultural activist JUHA VÄNSKÄ has joined the International Advisory Board of The Rogatchi Foundation.
From the left: Finnish Ambassador to Lithuania Harri Mäki-Reinikka, Inna Rogatchi, Deputy Ambassador Juha Vänskä, Michael Rogatchi at the opening of the Michael Rogatchi's personal exhibition at the IV World Litvak Congress in Vilnius, September 2013. (C) The Rogatchi Foundation. On the wall : art work by Michael Rogatchi (C) Yiddishe Sun. 2013. Vilnius Public Jewish Library, Lithuania.
During all his multi-decade distinguished career, Mr Vänskä was known as exceptionally keen and successful promoter of the international cultural relations, initiator of the new international cultural events, contributor both in ideas and organising new meaningful cultural events which has become a great and widely respected, flourishing traditions. In his long and successful career, Juha Vänskä was working as the Media Affairs Counsellor in the General Consulate of Finland in St Petersburg, Russia , Deputy Ambassador in Lithuania , as the head of the Information Group at the Communications Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
He was personally involved in the establishing the memorable series of concerts in Kuopio, in many important theatrical, musical, artistic and literature events which has enriched the cultural landscape of Finland and the countries where Mr Vänskä was working so successfully. The one of his most remarkable international cultural initiatives was organised together with prolific musician Dmitry Sollertinsky, the son of the famous professor of St Petersburg conservatory and the closest friend of Dmitry Shostakovich, Ivan Sollertinsky, the series of three memorable concerts of maestro Maxim Shostakovich, the son of great composer.
In one special project, Jua Vänskä was personally responsible for organising a serious donation of the Rogatchi family library to the city library of Turku, Finland. The project in which several hundreds books had been donated to the one of the best in Finland library, has its long-term ongoing impact on this day, according to the library's leadership.
He also contributed masterly into the important exhibition and events The Rogatchi Foundation has conducted in Lithuania in 2013 -2015.
Known for both his top expertise in media matters, culture events and international co-operation, and charitable activities for many years, Counsellor Juha Vänskä is great new member of The Rogatchi Foundation International Advisory Board. We are greeting our dear friend Juha in his new capacity, and are looking forward for the new joint projects, and wonderful co-operation.


My current face will be Yasuo from league of legends. More specifically his cinematic look.
Working on a demon, almost done. Might name her Shantae, but claim her face.
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^ This reserve also expired on the 11th.
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I start my review with this basic statement because after my recent horrific movie-going experience with Jeepers Creepers, I honestly didn't have high hopes for another movie from the same genre. Add to that apprehension the danger sign that Artisan had pushed Soul Survivors around on the release schedule for about a year before revealing their lack of confidence in the film by releasing it on a paltry 600 screens, and all the pieces were in place for a disastrously awful movie.
Perhaps it was my lowered expectations, or maybe it's actually because the film largely succeeds at being a touch different than the average teen horror flick, but up until the extremely predictable ending, Soul Survivors works. Even though it's easy to tell how the film will wrap up, getting to that point is an entertaining ride.
The story begins with a group of four friends preparing to go to college. The guys are going away to school while their two girlfriends are staying, so they decide to go off to a club for a wild night. During this introduction of sorts, it is established that the four friends are essentially split into two couples. There's Cassie (Melissa Sagemiller) and Sean (Casey Affleck), the serious lovebirds, and Matt (Wes Bentley) and Annabel (Eliza Dushku), the wilder pair. We also learn that Cassie and Matt have previously had a serious relationship and that he might still be just a bit hung up on her.
Some weird things start to happen when the group goes to the club. Rather than simply stamping hands for people entering the building, the bouncers actually brand people with a symbol. And when the girls are out on the dance floor, a strange guy in a mask starts messing with Cassie as a bunch of Goth-appearing cronies look on.
After Sean is sent to round up Annabel so they can leave, Matt tries to put the moves on Cassie. Smooth guy that he is, he talks her into giving him "one last goodbye kiss." Sean sees the kiss, and he's upset. Cassie is driving and trying to talk to him, and all of a sudden, a car does a 180 in front of them. Inside the car are the guy with the mask and all of his creepy friends. Cassie broadsides them and both cars go over the railing.
When she wakes, Cassie finds herself confused as it seems she has had a head injury, but she soon learns that Sean is gone. Her bewilderment doesn't stop any time soon, as she starts having waking dreams when she is in class, and has the continued terror of being stalked by the man in the mask as he attempts to kill her. Cassie's world becomes a living nightmare as she contends with not only the guilt she feels over losing Sean, but also the fact that Matt and Annabel are behaving bizarrely while she is the one being labeled as crazy.
The story takes a number of peculiar twists and turns, and some of them are admittedly inexplicable even after the movie ends. Take, for example, the introduction of the Father Jude character (Luke Wilson), a character whose presence in the film never really makes much sense. Still, the mood evoked is dark and foreboding, and while the film itself is never particularly scary, there is a constant tension that builds. I also believe some of the confusion is intentional and appropriate, as we're being made to feel the same disorientation as our heroine.
Sagemiller, a relative unknown whose only previous film credit is in Get Over It, does a fine job of conveying that panicky mystification. The three other young leads are attractive and charismatic as well. Affleck has a somewhat limited role, but it's easy to buy him as the nice, sensitive guy. Taking a page from his Ricky Fitts book, Bentley is just creepy enough that it's never quite certain where his character stands. Dushku is basically playing Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer playing Annabel, but who cares? None of her fans are going to be particularly upset to see her continuing to play the wild, bad girl.
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Support for the Spent Convictions Bill is growing, with the LIV, the Victorian Bar and former shadow attorney-general John Pesutto coming out in favour of the scheme which would wipe clean the criminal record of those with minor convictions after 10 years, or five years for minors.
Meanwhile, opposition attorney-general Edward O'Donahue says the Liberal Nationals Coalition has yet to adopt a formal position on the Bill, but welcomes the debate, including the "thoughtful contribution from Mr Pesutto".
"In formulating our position, we will seek to balance the rights of victims of crime, prospective employers and others on one hand, with the rights of historic offenders who have demonstrated they have reformed and lived a life free of crime and have contributed to the community, on the other," Mr O'Donahue says.
Victoria is the only jurisdiction in Australia that does not have a scheme to remove old minor criminal convictions from the records of past offenders. Queensland introduced such a scheme in 1986 under the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government, Western Australia in 1988, the Commonwealth in 1989, and New South Wales in 1991. South Australia was the last to bring in spent convictions legislation in 2009.
The Labor Party made a commitment to the "examine the merits" of such a scheme before the 2014 election, but has so far failed to do so. The Reason Party's Fiona Patten introduced the legislation to the Upper House in early February.
In an opinion piece in the Sunday Age on 17 February Mr Pesutto said eligible low level offenders deserved a second chance "to clear their past offending history to rebuild their lives".
Mr Pesutto told of a friend whose efforts to move into a career in public life had been hampered by his record of minor offences committed many years previously, despite his record of unblemished behaviour since.
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There have been many instances of failed emergency exit systems in buses in case of a fire disaster. Two such grave disasters happened in 2013. One led to the death of 45 passengers on board a private bus which was headed towards Hyderabad from Bengaluru, when the bus caught fire near Mahabubnagar. And the other similar incident claimed seven lives in Haveri, within a month after the first.
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"Usually, luxury AC buses have an emergency exit window on the rear. One has to break the glass with a hammer in order to escape. Even the fire extinguishers installed in these buses can be operated only manually. They are equipped with rooftop emergency exit systems but often, panic-stricken passengers are unable to find the hammer," said Jagadish K.
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The World's Greatest Typography Instagram Now Has a Gallery in San Francisco
The inimitable Letterform Archive debuts its new Dogpatch space
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By Diane Rommel
If you go, right now, to Letterform Archive's Instagram page, you'll likely see all your coolest, best-dressed friends in the list of accounts in the "Followed By" section. For four decades, Letterform founder Rob Saunders has collected exceptional examples of the letter arts from around the world. The 75,000+ pieces in the collection range from "type ephemera" from 1930s Germany to a broadside of typefaces from a 1780s print shop to an equally old book from Indonesia containing a majestic illustration of a buraq, a winged, horse-like creature. For artists, designers, and all-purpose dreamers, it's a wonderland. The online archive makes much of these easily accessible.
Letterform Archive has been open to visitors since 2015 — welcoming, by their math, "10,000 visitors from 30 countries, including students, practitioners, and letterform admirers from every creative background." While COVID put a temporary halt to that, Saunders and his team were busy planning the debut of this new space in Dogpatch. The first exhibition will focus on the typography of the hugely influential Bauhaus school, founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. "We're either showing things that we have, or thing we want," Saunders says. This show represents the former; an upcoming exhibition on graffiti arts will focus on the latter.
Here, we talk to Saunders about the archive, its future, whether S.F. has a semi-official font, and the typeface he thinks in best.
InsideHook: Why is now the right time to open a gallery?
Rob Saunders: We've always wanted a gallery. Our old location — which is only about six or eight blocks away from where we are now — consisted of three live-work lofts that happened to be on the same hall, but were terribly inefficient. We were running up and down stairs and in and out of locked doors with books all the time. We knew we had to go — in the end, our landlord kind of forced us out . Gallery space was one of the criteria we had for a new space.
It's quite small, but it's a beautiful space in an old industrial building. It's was just an ambition that we've had for a while — to have a gallery and to be able to share the collection with the public in that way.
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Why start with Bauhaus typography?
Well, we're in the centenary of the school, which ran from 1919 to 1933, though the typography workshop wasn't established until 1925. There were a lot of anniversary [events] that happened around 2019, but we wanted to take a deeper dive and also address a slightly wider timespan.
This also happens to be a strength of the collection, something I've collected for a very long time.
I'm sure you could have done anything you wanted in the art or design world. Why letter arts?
it started, you know, like a lot of passions: I was very young. Calligraphy was the gateway drug. I started doing it at 18, and I went pretty deeply down that rabbit hole, which led to typography and graphic design. Then I studied that and was an educator for a while, out of college. [Saunders taught at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Tufts University.]
Were you practicing calligraphy at 18? I don't know a lot of 18-year-olds who make that choice.
I had a tutor who was learning it at Northwestern and turned me on to it, and I was just fascinated by it. I got an Osmiroid pen set, which is a fountain pen with edged tips, and started playing around. It was a pretty deep rabbit hole. I probably did my 10,000 hours of calligraphy within about two or three years.
Do you remember the first piece you bought for the collection?
I can't even remember the beginning — I was just a student buying books. It's not like, flip a switch and all of a sudden you're a crazy collector. A lot of the books were quite normal — just regular new books. It was a while before I got into collecting the antiquarian market. I can tell you, because I coded my books.— I did so religiously at the beginning, when I started collecting — which means that I can look in a book and see when I bought it, and for how much. There are things in the Bauhaus show that I acquired in 1981.
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Do you recall the last time you saw something that made you stop in your tracks?
It happens almost every day here. I'm surprised by shit all the time. The collection has exploded so much that I see things I've never seen before every day.
Anything in particular? Something super special?
I can think of a couple of things — some new arrivals and some that I've discovered in the collection. Just yesterday I was looking through four or five albums of matchbox covers from the late 19th century and early 20th century, from Sweden, Japan, and Belgium, all from the same factory, which exported them all over the world. But I don't know! I might have looked the other way and said Russian constructivism.
Do you find it to be as rich, creatively speaking, as it's ever been?
That's a complicated question. I'm optimistic about Dogpatch, the arts district here, because it's more affordable. But everything is racing beyond creatives, and freelancers, especially. It's a systemic problem.
I am optimistic. When we opened, we didn't anticipate the interest that we got in volume — neither in the demographic; it's way younger than we'd thought. It's actually concentrated on folks who, for example, trained in graphic design entirely on computers, and they crave [print].
As you know, San Francisco has a very rich design history. It turns out to have been, I think, an ideal place to open the Archive, because New York is kind of crowded as a market. San Francisco is surprisingly deep in design, and the young generation is amazing.
Bauhaus Typography
What do you hope the archive will be doing in a year or two that it's not doing now?
Honestly, nothing — we're doing enough for a year! We have plans to expand some programs. The biggest thing we'll face in the next year is the transition from sort of a [Covid-induced] hibernation state to [the archive] being back open to the public fully. Everybody will be masked, and [collection access] isn't as risky as, for example, a class or introductory visit with 20 people around a table talking to folks. So those services will open next year. But we've been really busy — we've been getting books ready, we've been doing a lot of digitization and cataloging for the online archive, and planning for the openings.
Do you think San Francisco has a signature font, the way Helvetica is associated with New York?
Some cities have commissioned fonts — Minneapolis comes to mind, and lots of cities in Europe. I don't believe New York or San Francisco had commissioned a font, and I don't think either one really over overwhelmingly suggests one, by proliferation of use cases, right? They're both pretty typographically diverse, and rich, environments.
Is there a typeface that you find yourself returning to — that helps you think better?
Syntax. It's been a favorite for almost 40 years, and I've used it off and on for various things.
Actually — I don't know. I had to blurt out something. That's an impossible question.
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