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è una città fantasma immaginaria del Maine, dove si svolgono gli eventi della serie di videogiochi, film, libri e fumetti di Silent Hill. Nella prima trasposizione cinematografica la città di Silent Hill è situata nel Virginia Occidentale.

Caratteristiche

Silent Hill si presenta normalmente come una cittadina di provincia rurale americana dall'aspetto folkloristico e ricca di attrazioni turistiche, ubicata sul fittizio Lago Toluca. Tuttavia, a rendere questa città singolare è il suo potere: oltre alla sua apparente tranquilla città si cela un potere spirituale, in grado di riflettere il mondo interiore di un individuo sulla città stessa e manifestando quindi il suo subconscio, le sue paure e i suoi incubi, o le sue "colpe" (come ad esempio nel caso di James Sunderland, o di Alessa Gillespie). Non si sa secondo quale criterio il potere della città scelga di manifestarsi a una precisa persona, ma sembra che chiunque abbia una particolare situazione alle proprie spalle (sia che si tratti di un triste passato, oppure di vere e proprie cattive azioni) troverà a Silent Hill il suo incubo personale. Principalmente, la città assume due forme:

 Mondo Nebbioso ("Fog World") - La città è perennemente immersa nella nebbia o la pioggia, che cade all'infinito. Questa è la città che, inizialmente, si mostra agli occhi protagonisti, e dove questi, in quasi tutti i capitoli, iniziano il loro viaggio. In questa versione, il potere spirituale di Silent Hill emerge influenzando in modo superficiale la città, materializzando i mostri e riempiendo la città con una fitta nebbia. Al suono della sirena antibombardamento, la realtà muta in quella dell'Altromondo.

 Altromondo ("Otherworld") - Una città quasi astratta, senza cielo, nella quale tutto è buio e le creature circondano la città. Gli edifici cadono in deperimento, e alle strade si sostituiscono grate di ferro arrugginite, una sostanza simile a sangue rappreso ricopre ogni superficie e talvolta cadaveri, oppure carcasse sono sparse in alcuni angoli della città. L'aspetto specifico di questa dimensione può variare anche in base al subconscio dell'"ospite" della città nebbiosa.

Solo in rari casi la città appare a chi la attraversa come assolutamente normale e priva di pericoli.

Geografia, economia e storia

Silent Hill è una piccola e magnifica città turistica situata nel Nord America sulle rive del grande Lago Toluca. I residenti della comunità (diversamente dai pendolari delle città circostanti) traggono la maggior parte delle entrate dall'industria del turismo.

Prima del 1600, la città di Silent Hill era abitata da una sconosciuta tribù di Nativi americani, che usò il luogo per rituali sacri, atti a comunicare con i defunti (fu in tale occasione che al luogo fu dato l'appellativo di "Luogo Degli Spiriti Silenziosi"). Alla fine del secolo, la città fu fondata dai coloni, i quali tuttavia iniziarono rapidamente a morire a causa di un'epidemia, che spinse i pochi superstiti ad abbandonare la città. Per oltre un secolo, la città rimase inabitata, finché fu ricostruita come colonia penale nei primi anni dell'Ottocento (furono infatti erette le Prigioni e il Brookhaven Hospital).

Venti anni dopo scoppiò un'altra epidemia, e il Brookhaven Hospital fu riaperto per ospitare i contagiati. Negli anni quaranta del 1800 la prigione venne chiusa; intanto nel 1861 scoppia la Guerra Civile Americana. Negli anni cinquanta dell'Ottocento, un'altra ondata di coloni scoprì una miniera di carbone (la miniera di Wiltse), e la città divenne di nuovo prosperosa. Durante la Guerra Civile Americana, la città funse da campo per i prigionieri di guerra, ospitati nelle Prigioni Toluca. Dopo la fine del conflitto, la prigione fu trasformata in un penitenziario statale, e poco dopo, Silent Hill divenne una località turistica. All'incirca nello stesso periodo, un gruppo di fanatici religiosi fondarono una serie di culti apocalittici basati sull'escatologia dell'anonima tribù di Nativi americani che occupò la terra prima che arrivassero i coloni. Essi costituirono così L'Ordine, il cui culto (che adorava la divinità di nome Samael) praticava i sacrifici umani, la giromanzia e la necromanzia, in continui tentativi di resuscitare il loro dio, che credevano avrebbe portato il paradiso in terra attraverso la morte e la rinascita dell'intera umanità, mondata così dal peccato. Il culto favoriva inoltre l'uso di stupefacenti per i rituali, nonché la vendita degli stessi ai turisti della città. La droga sintetica, la PTV, veniva ricavata da una pianta chiamata White Claudia, che cresceva nelle zone del Lago Toluca. Il commercio dello stupefacente venne tuttavia ostacolato agli inizi degli anni ottanta del 1900 dalle forze di polizia locali.

Cronologia degli eventi

1500 circa Il territorio di Silent Hill è inizialmente occupato da una tribù indiana, la quale lo rende un luogo sacro.

1600 circa Il sito di Silent Hill viene occupato da alcuni coloni, che lo abbandonano in seguito al propagarsi di un'epidemia. Sulle fondamenta del culto dei nativi che li hanno preceduti, i coloni costituiscono "L'Ordine". Durante la Santa Inquisizione, le persecuzioni raggiungono anche Silent Hill, e molte donne innocenti finiscono giustiziate in quanto accusate di stregoneria. Tra queste vittime sarà ricordata una ragazza, Jennifer Carroll, alla quale dedicano, tre secoli più tardi, una strada e un monumento commemorativo al Rosewater Park.

1800 circa Il sito viene riutilizzato come colonia penale, che prenderà il nome di Prigione di Toluca, e viene edificata una missione per gli ammalati, in occasione di una successiva epidemia.

1820 circa La missione viene riabilitata, e diventa successivamente l'attuale ospedale psichiatrico di Brookehaven (Brookhaven Hospital).

1840 circa Viene chiusa la Prigione di Toluca.

1850 circa Con la scoperta delle miniere di carbone, il sito viene ripopolato, e viene fondata la città di Silent Hill.

1853 Viene fondata la città di Shepherd's Glen da Isaac Shepherd, Edith Holloway, Mason Bartlett e Cornelius Fitch. Il 23 settembre dello stesso anno i loro rispettivi discendenti, cioè Daniel Shepherd, Ann Holloway, Helen Bartlett e Theodore Fitch vengono sacrificati per appagare il volere del Dio.

1860 Una compagnia di commercio dei minerali, la Gillespie Coal & Iron Company, acquisisce il territorio montuoso del Devil's Pit, diventando una dei maggiori esponenti dell'economia della città.

1861 Con l'inizio della Guerra Civile Americana, il campo di reclusione provvisorio dismesso viene riaperto per i prigionieri di guerra, e trasformato in una struttura penitenziaria statale. Su di essa viene eretto l'attuale Silent Hill Historical Society, un museo che custodisce cimeli appartenenti alla storia di Silent Hill. Sorge nello stesso periodo il movimento religioso dell'Ordine.

1900 circa Con il crescente sviluppo economico, la città diventa una meta turistica.

1914 Un battello a vapore per turisti, il "Little Baroness", affonda presso il lago Toluca. I corpi delle persone a bordo non vengono mai ritrovati.

1960 circa Helen Grady cerca di uccidere il figlio asfissiandolo con del gas, in quanto la donna sostiene che egli sia un demonio che una dimensione parallela la incarica di eliminare. Viene ricoverata nel manicomio di Cedar Groove (Cedar Groove Sanitarium), e non si hanno più sue notizie.

1972 circa Nasce presumibilmente Alessa Gillespie, che viene adottata da un'adepta dell'Ordine, Dahlia Gillespie.

1973 circa Nasce presumibilmente Claudia Wolf, figlia di Leonard Wolf, altro adepto dell'Ordine.

1979 circa Dahlia sacrifica sua figlia Alessa affinché quest'ultima metta al mondo ciò che il suo culto chiama "Samael", che sopravvive grazie al salvataggio di Travis Grady, consentendole di preservare la sua parte incontaminata, che si reincarna in una bambina. Alessa viene dichiarata ufficialmente morta, ma è in realtà segregata di nascosto nelle fondamenta di un ospedale, dove, ridotta in uno stato semi-comatoso, viene assistita dal dottore Michael Kaufmann e l'infermiera Lisa Garland, che viene assassinata poco tempo dopo in quanto è un testimone oculare dei piani di Dahlia e del dottore. Nel frattempo i coniugi Harry e Jodie Mason trovano una neonata, reincarnazione della parte incontaminata di Alessa, che adottano e chiamano Cheryl.

anni ottanta circa Nasce presumibilmente Walter Sullivan, che viene abbandonato appena nato presso un complesso residenziale ad Ashfield, una città vicina a Silent Hill, e ritrovato da Frank Sunderland, sopraintendente della struttura, che segnala il caso alle autorità locali. Il bambino viene affidato alle cure di un orfanotrofio chiamato "Villa Speranza" ( Wish House), un edificio gestito dagli adepti dell'Ordine, i quali perpetrano gravi abusi ai bambini da essi ospitati per educarli al loro culto. Walter rimane irrimediabilmente segnato dall'influenza dell'Ordine.

1984 circa Muore Jodie Mason in seguito ad una malattia non meglio specificata.

1986 circa Harry Mason e la figlia Cheryl fanno un viaggio di vacanza a Silent Hill, e hanno un incidente stradale ai margini della città. Al suo risveglio, Harry non trova più sua figlia, e inizia a svolgere delle indagini, che lo portano a scoprire chi, o meglio, cosa è in realtà sua figlia, e ferma il rituale al quale Dahlia Gillespie e il dottor Kaufmann stavano lavorando da anni. Alessa genera una nuova reincarnazione, che affida a Harry. L'uomo da alla bambina lo stesso nome ed età anagrafici di Cheryl, tuttavia, rischiando di essere entrambi ancora oggetto di persecuzione da parte degli adepti dell'Ordine, cambiano nome e la bambina è conosciuta come Heather Morris.

1998 circa Muore di malattia Mary Shepherd Sunderland, moglie di James Sunderland.

Nello stesso periodo, Walter Sullivan, condannato in carcere a vita per l'omicidio a scopo esoterico di quattordici persone, si suicida nella sua cella.

2001 circa James Sunderland si reca a Silent Hill, quando questi riceve una strana lettera il cui mittente risulta essere Mary, la sua defunta moglie, ormai assente da più di tre anni, che lo invita a raggiungerla presso la suddetta città. Tra mille peripezie e vicissitudini, James comprende infine che il viaggio che ha intrapreso serviva in realtà a metterlo faccia a faccia con le sue colpe che egli aveva rimosso, ovvero l'omicidio di sua moglie. Le sorti dell'uomo restano tuttavia incerte.

2003 circa Heather Mason viene avvicinata da Douglas Cartland, un investigatore privato, e successivamente, incontra Claudia Wolf, un'adepta dell'Ordine. La ragazza non capisce cosa le sta accadendo fino a quando, ritornando a casa, trova suo padre Harry, brutalmente assassinato per mano di una creatura al servizio di Claudia. Sconvolta, Heather, aiutata da Douglas, si reca a Silent Hill, e ivi ricorda tutto il suo passato. Heather è la reincarnazione di Alessa Gillespie, e come ella, è in grado di far nascere il "Samael", motivo per il quale Claudia conduce la ragazza sul luogo. Heather riesce ad espellere tale creatura, ma Claudia la sottrae ad Heather prima che questa possa eliminarla, e il "Samael" viene alla luce. Heather lo affronta e lo elimina, dopodiché decide di lasciare definitivamente Silent Hill, e si costruisce una nuova vita.

Nello stesso anno, a Shepherd's Glen viene festeggiato il 150º anniversario della fondazione della città il 20 settembre e il 21 settembre; vengono sacrificati Nora Holloway, Joey Bartlett e Scarlet Fitch dai loro genitori per soddisfare il dio; Joshua Shepherd muore per un incidente su di una barca e suo fratello Alex Shepherd viene ricoverato in una clinica psichiatrica.

2004 circa Henry Townshend è confinato nella sua abitazione, dalla quale non riesce a uscire ed è impossibilitato ad interagire con il mondo esterno. L'unico modo in cui l'uomo può spostarsi è un grande buco circolare apparso improvvisamente nel suo bagno, che trasporta Henry in diversi luoghi correlati a persone che egli incontra, le quali vengono successivamente uccise. Nel corso della sua avventura, Henry scopre che gli eventi bizzarri che lo coinvolgono sono generati dalla riapparizione di Walter Sullivan, un serial killer ufficialmente morto alcuni anni prima che è intenzionato ultimare i "21 sacramenti", ossia gli omicidi da lui premeditati e compiuti nel corso di una decina di anni, e le ultime vittime da mietere sono proprio Henry ed Eileen, la sua vicina di casa. Henry affronta l'uomo e lo sconfigge, e la vicenda termina o con la salvezza dell'uomo de della sua vicina, o con il compimento del rituale di Sullivan.

2008 circa Il soldato Alex Shepherd ritorna alla sua città natale, Shepherd's Glen. Al suo arrivo scopre che sia Josh, il fratello minore, che il padre sono scomparsi, quindi Alex, insieme a un'amica, Elle Holloway, ed il vice sceriffo James Wheeler inizia la loro ricerca. Con lo svolgersi delle indagini, Alex apprende che la sua città e gli antenati che la fondarono, erano adepti dell'Ordine, e che per tale culto, i villici erano chiamati a sacrificare periodicamente i propri figli. In principio, Alex crede che il fratellino sia in pericolo, ma scopre poco dopo che Josh era già morto molti anni prima, accidentalmente annegato da Alex, e che Alex stesso avrebbe dovuto essere sacrificato. A quel punto, ad Alex non resta altro che fermare i suoi concittadini, prosecutori del culto, e ultimato il suo compito, di Alex non si conosce la sorte.

2012 circa Murphy Pendleton, condannato all'ergastolo aver ucciso Patrick Napier, un pedofilo responsabile della morte del figlio di Murphy, viene inviato insieme ad altri detenuti in trasferta presso una struttura penitenziaria. Durante il viaggio, l'autobus blindato che lo trasporta finisce in fondo ad una scarpata, e le persone che erano con lui sono disperse. Murphy va in cerca di aiuto e si ritrova ai margini di Silent Hill, dove viene trascinato nella dimensione parallela.

Luoghi di Silent Hill
La città di Silent Hill è divisa in tre parti: Paleville, South Vale e South-eastern district.

Paleville
Parte nord della città di Silent Hill. Contiene tre distretti: Old Silent Hill, Central Silent Hill e la Resort Area

Old Silent Hill
Un'area residenziale della città caratterizzata da abitazioni dall'architettura degli anni quaranta-cinquanta. Nonostante il nome, non si tratta della parte più vecchia di Silent Hill: quella distinzione riguarda South Vale, ubicazione delle due strutture più vecchie di Silent Hill, la prigione e il Brookhaven Hospital.

Elenco degli esercizi commerciali e altre strutture presenti nella Old Silent Hill:

 Crabs
 Convenience Store 8 -  Un piccolo super market locale di alimentari e casalinghi.
 Food and Liquor -  Questo negozio vende uova, latte, birra, vino, snack, bibite e cosce di pollo.
 El Encanto -
 Metropol Theater - Cinema situato all'angolo della Bachman e della Finney.
 Algernon
 Blue Belle
 Fish 'n' Fries
 Farmacia
 Book Store
 High Life
 Virginia's Bodas - Negozio di abiti da sposa.
 Jim Beam
 Lighting Co.
 Roger's Pastry Shop
 Souvenirs
 Shoes Repair and Luggage Renovators Luggage Repair
 Cut Rite Chainsaws - Un piccolo negozio di ferramenta situato lungo Bloch Street.
 Balkan Church - Una chiesa, probabilmente Cristiana Ortodossa, dove Harry Mason incontra Dahlia Gillespie per la prima volta.
 Hell Gas Station - Stazione di benzina situata vicino alla Balkan Church.
 Bridge Control Room - Un edificio a due piani situato a nord est della cittadina provvisto di un ponte semovente che conduce da Old Silent Hill a Central Silent Hill.
 Poston Market - Supermercato. Nella mappa del videogioco Silent Hill è indicato come Posion Market.
 Ichiron's Drugs -  Drogheria.
 Ghoul
 Ice Cream Bar
 Queen Burger - Fast food.
 Julio's Auto Parts - Negozio di auto.
 Horned Moon Dance
 Fresh Roasted Coffee - Caffè
 Café 5to2 - Un piccolo cafè situato su Bachman Rd. È il luogo in cui Harry, svegliandosi dall'incubo, comincia la ricerca della figlia.
 Midwich Elementary School - Una scuola elementare situata sul lato sud-ovest della città. Lisa Garland e Alessa Gillespie studiarono qui.
 Silver Goods
 Sundries Shop
 Market - Supermercato.
 Top Sales
 Mark Twain Books & Gifts - Questo negozio vende libri e regali..
 Casa Gordon - La casa di Kim Gordon, una degli insegnanti di Alessa della Midwich Elementary School.

Central Silent Hill
Parte del distretto commerciale di Silent Hill, è il cuore dei servizi pubblici della città, come la stazione di polizia, il teatro, l'ospedale, la clinica e l'ufficio postale. È collegata a Old Silent Hill tramite un ponte.

Elenco delle strutture e degli esercizi commerciali presenti in Central Silent Hill:

 Silent Hill Police Station - Il quartier generale delle forze di polizia di Silent Hill e della loro inutile guerra al traffico di droga legato all'Ordine. Vi lavora l'agente Gucci.
 Silent Hill Town Center - Un centro commerciale situato nella sezione nord-orientale di Central Silent Hill.
 Alchemilla Hospital - Ospedale principale della città. Qui Alessa fu ricoverata dopo esser stata bruciata nell'incendio della sua casa. L'ospedale, inoltre, funse da impianto di produzione per White Claudia, un processo supervisionato dal direttore dell'ospedale, Michael Kaufmann, membro dell'Ordine. Alessa fu tenuta nel seminterrato dell'ospedale per molti anni in uno stato semi-comatoso, assistita dalla infermiera tossicodipendente Lisa Garland.
 Green Lion Antiques - Un negozio d'antiquariato di proprietà di Dahlia Gillespie. Funse da quartier generale dell'Ordine. Il seminterrato contiene un altare utilizzato per i rituali dell'Ordine.
 Andy's Books - Una libreria situata al lato opposto dell'Alchemilla Hospital.
 The Family Butcher - Macelleria situata all'angolo di Low St. e Toluca Ave.
 Artaud Theater - Un vecchio teatro situato lungo Koontz Street.
 Riverside Motel - Un incantevole motel posto a sud dell'ospedale Alchemilla. Richard Grady commise suicidio mentre si trovava lì con suo figlio Travis.
 Greenfield Apartments - Complesso di appartamenti.
 Cedar Grove Sanitarium - Un ospedale psichiatrico ai margini di Silent Hill. Helen Grady fu ricoverata qui nei primi anni sessanta.
 Lumber Yard - Rifornimento locale per materiali da costruzione e legname.
 Hobby America
 Wild & Cool
 Chinese Art Goods
 Konami Burger
 Ufficio postale
 Just Cats
 Dai Dai Restaurant
 Nail Nail Nail - Negozio di manicure.
 Top Sales
 Cafe Sun - Caffè con posti a sedere all'aperto e ombrelloni.
 Green Pharmacy - Una farmacia vicina all'Alchemilla Hospital.
 Tramps Bar
 Sky Toys
 Downtown Fashion Center
 Flowers on Lexington
 Salmon - Pescheria specializzata nella vendita di salmoni.
 Cafe
 Son Corp. 366
 Hot Dog
 A Moveable Feast
 Tea Room
 Grand Master Book Store
 The Mirage
 Romantic Journey
 Vivre
 Old Town Antiques - Negozio d'antiquariato.
 The Andy Shop
 FAA
 Mushnik's Florist - Negozio di fiori
 Marigold
 Parking Garage - Garage
 Steak & Brew Burger
 VOWO
 Buffalo Chief
 Moondance Disco - Discoteca
 30 Records
 Hardware Rugs and Carpets - Negozio di tappeti.
 Rollies Dress Shop
 SH Sale Store
 S&W Bank - Banca
 Nathan's Convenience Store
 Ann Black
 The Car
 Market A
 Galaxy IWAI
 Loggia
 No. 1 Foto in 1 Ora - Fotografo.
 Contempo Casual - Negozio di vestiti.
 Fans - Casual Fashion since 1987 - Negozio di vestiti.
 Noltemi & Co.
 CASIS
 Wind
 Theater 3 - Cinema.
 Discount Variety
 Bait Shop

 Resort Area
La meta dei turisti nella parte nord del lago Toluca.

 South Park - Piccolo parco di divertimenti.
 Mec Burger - Un fast food.
 Annie's Bar - Un bar in cui Kaufmann lasciò dietro di sé una scia di indizi che Harry seguì.
 Indian Runner - Un negozio di generi vari di proprietà di un membro del sindacato locale per le droghe che conosceva Kaufmann.
 Norman's Motel - Un motel sulla riva nord del lago Toluca. Kaufmann viveva lì.
 Jude's Diner
 East Garage - Garage per automobili che si trova vicino al faro.
 West Garage - Garage per automobili che si trova vicino al faro.
 Churros Stand
 Docks
 The Lighthouse - Il faro sul lago Toluca, una delle strutture più antiche della città.
 Lakeside Amusement Park - Un parco di divertimenti a tema con vista sul lago.
 Lakeview Hotel  - Un maestoso hotel sulle rive del lago Toluca. Prima degli eventi di Silent Hill 2 fu teatro di un grande incendio.
 Chiesa- Una chiesa innominata usata dall'Ordine; sembra che sia stata costruita a cavallo tra gli eventi di Silent Hill e Silent Hill 3.

 South Vale
South Vale è una zona meridionale di Silent Hill che affaccia sul lago Toluca. Contiene un mix di aree residenziali e commerciali, ed è il centro principale dell'industria turistica della città, dal momento che vi sono ubicati, oltre al Lago Toluca, molti siti storici e monumenti. È qui che hanno luogo gli eventi di Silent Hill 2.

 Observation Deck and Hiking Trail - Ubicata sulla County Road 73, è una struttura che si trova sul lago Toluca e offre una vista della maggior parte del South Vale. Il ponte è parte di un sentiero che può essere usato per arrivare a Silent Hill a piedi. Il sentiero passa attraverso un piccolo, anonimo cimitero con una cappella, e al Silent Hill Ranch.
 Wood Side Apartments e Blue Creek Apartments - Due piccoli complessi di appartamenti con architettura simile a quella che si trova negli edifici di New York.
 The Baldwin Mansion - Una grande villa situata vicino ai Blue Creek Apartments. In Silent Hill 2 viene svelato che un uomo di nome Ernest Baldwin viveva lì, con la figlia che morì accidentalmente, e forse sua moglie (non viene detto se egli viveva con la moglie oppure no).
 Rosewater Park - Un parco sulla riva sud del lago Toluca. Vi sono diversi monumenti commemorativi, incluso uno per le persone che scomparvero a bordo della "Little Baroness", un battello a vapore che scomparve misteriosamente nel 1918 senza lasciare traccia, e un altro ad una donna uccisa durante l'inquisizione della chiesa cattolica, da alcuni cacciatori di streghe.
 Heaven's Night - Uno strip club dove Maria lavorava come ballerina.
 Brookhaven Hospital - Ospedale ed istituto di cura mentale nel South Vale.
 Silent Hill Historical Society - Museo storico sulla punta di South Vale costruito sulle rovine della prigione. Contiene un ritratto di Pyramid Head.
 Toluca Prison - Prigione dismessa un tempo usata come colonia penale della guerra civile.
 Boat Launch - Molo dove sono attraccati i natanti che attraversano il lago.
 Jacks Inn - Un piccolo motel situato a sud del parco Rosewater. Qui Douglas e Heather restarono in una stanza prima di dividersi.
 Neelys Bar - Un bar presente anche nel film.
 Pete's Bowl-O-Rama - Un bowling dove James incontra Eddie mentre questi mangia una pizza. È presente anche nel film.
 Happy Burger - Un fast food.
 Texxon Gas - Una stazione di benzina, dove Eddie era stato impiegato.
 Gonzale's Mexican Restaurant - Un ristorante messicano.
 Flower Shop - Un fioraio.
 Café Texan - Un caffè stile Western.
 Café Mist - Un caffè. È presente anche nel film.
 Big Jay's - Un Bar.
 Lucky Jade Restaurant - Un ristorante di South Vale.
 Grand Market - Un supermarket locale.
 St. Stella Church - Una chiesa.
 South Silent Hill Fire Station - Una caserma dei vigili del fuoco, che collaborò probabilmente allo spegnimento degli incendi del Lake View Hotel e della casa di Dahlia Gillespie.
 Ridgeview Medical Clinic - Una piccola clinica medica.
 Silent Hill Savings Bank - Una banca.
 Pet Center - Un negozio di animali.

 Lago Toluca
Il lago era circondato dalla foresta, su cui fu fondata la città di Silent Hill. Henry Townshend aveva una fotografia del lago Toluca nella sua camera da letto e andò a vederlo quando visitò i boschi di Silent Hill. Harry lo raggiunse per catturare lo spirito di Alessa. James lo attraversò per raggiungere il Lakeview Hotel.

 Wish House (anche nota come Hope House) - Un orfanotrofio condotto dall'Ordine, locato nei boschi di Silent Hill. Walter Sullivan vi crebbe.
 Sheppard's Orphanage - L'orfanotrofio in cui Ben, Moon, Karen e Alessa vivevano da bambini (anche questo probabilmente condotto dall'Ordine).
 The Water Prison (anche nota come Prigione Cilindrica o Panopticon) - Una prigione usata dall'Ordine per fare il lavaggio del cervello ai bambini che vivevano nella Wish House.

 Città vicine a Silent Hill
 Ashfield
Città nella quale abita Henry Townshend, protagonista di Silent Hill 4: The Room.

 Brahms
Città situata in riva al Lago Toluca, forse la più vicina a Silent Hill, anche se non sembra essere soggetta all'influenza del dio. È in una tavola calda di questa città che Travis Grady, il protagonista di Silent Hill: Origins, sosta col camion e prende un caffè poco prima di andare a Silent Hill. In Silent Hill: Downpour, leggendo i giornali, si scopre che Brahms era la città in cui il protagonista Murphy Pendleton viveva con sua moglie e suo figlio.

 Pleasant River
Una città che sembra trovarsi a nordest di Silent Hill. Walter Sullivan studiò nellUniversity of Pleasant River con Bobby Randolph, Sein Martin e Jasper Gein di Silent Hill 4: The Room. Questo luogo non compare mai nei giochi.

Portland
La città in cui viveva Harry Mason cinque anni dopo gli avvenimenti del primo Silent Hill. Harry e Heather vissero qui finché furono trovati e attaccati da un membro del culto, dopodiché si trasferirono in una città innominata che funge da scenario per la prima metà di Silent Hill 3.

Shepherd's Glen
Una città sulla riva occidentale del Lago Toluca. È la città natale di Alex Shepherd e il luogo in cui ha inizio il gioco Silent Hill: Homecoming. Un tocco di umorismo viene dato ai nomi delle strade, che fanno allusione a registi cinematografici famosi: Craven Ave., Carpinter Street, Kubrik Rd., eccetera.

In questa città, molto vicina a Silent Hill, risiede un passato oscuro e legato al culto dell'Ordine. Le famiglie che per prime l'avevano colonizzata, ovvero gli Shepherd, Holloway, Bartlett e Fitch, scatenarono una sorta di scisma tra i membri dell'Ordine di Silent Hill, perché volevano restare lontani da quella città. Perciò, dopo essersi definitivamente stabilite a Sheperd's Glen, le quattro famiglie fecero un patto col Dio di Silent Hill: se gli abitanti di Shepherd's Glen gli avessero offerto ogni 50 anni quattro vittime sacrificali, la città sarebbe stata preservata dal destino di Silent Hill.

Le quattro famiglie continuarono quindi a rispettare il patto e a sacrificare i propri discendenti a tempo debito, ma il 22 settembre 2003, giorno successivo al 150º anniversario dalla fondazione di Shepherd's Glen, Alex Shepherd scompare e suo fratello Joshua muore. Adam Shepherd, il loro padre, che aveva designato Joshua come suo successore e Alex come vittima sacrificale, non riesce a ritrovare il figlio ancora in vita, mentre le altre tre vittime sono già state sacrificate, e quindi il patto è rotto: Shepherd's Glen è ormai condannata. L'ira del Dio quindi si abbatte sulla città, che inizia inevitabilmente a sprofondare sempre più nell'Otherworld.

Accoglienza
Silent Hill è stata classificata al primo posto nelle "7 città immaginarie più spaventose" dalla rivista Todal DVD. È una delle città immaginarie più famose nel mondo dei videogiochi e il suo nome è diventato comune. La città è considerata in un certo un senso "un partecipante diretto" agli eventi della storia su cui gli sviluppatori hanno cercato di incarnare alcuni indizi per comprendere meglio la sua narrazione. Secondo la testata Igromania la città di Silent Hill è un luogo nebbioso, spaventoso e ultraterreno, che invece di respingere le persone le attrae a sé, personificando la forza oscura e la psicoenergetica negativa.

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Even before the OPEC/non-OPEC production cuts took effect in January 2017, Russia had already beaten Saudi Arabia to become China's single largest oil supplier for 2016. Since then, Saudi Arabia has sacrificed still more of its market share in the prized Chinese market, while Russia has dominated Beijing's top suppliers' list for most of this year.
Now Russia's oil giant, Rosneft—whose chief executive Igor Sechin is a close ally of Vladimir Putin—is reportedly aiming to further increase its crude oil deliveries to China, as Russia looks to boost energy ties with the world's biggest crude oil importer and top driver of global oil demand growth.
Since the OPEC/Russia oil production deal began, the U.S. has stepped up sanctions on Russia, which made Western banks and companies even more cautious in dealing with Russian firms. Considering this, it's not a huge surprise that Rosneft and Russia want to boost ties with Chinese firms, refiners, and banks.
Rosneft now aims to almost double its crude oil exports to China through Kazakhstan, Reuters reported last week, citing industry sources.
Although it's not immediately clear when that increase will take place, this plan is only the latest in a series of projects that boost Russian oil supplies to Chinese refiners. Chinese firms, on the other hand, recently made big investments in Russian energy projects and firms, including in a large stake in Rosneft.
Chinese industrial conglomerate CEFC recently agreed to buy 14.16 percent in Rosneft for approximately $9 billion. The deal didn't come as a surprise, coming on the heels of a Rosneft announcement regarding the sealing of a strategic partnership deal with CEFC, but it's clearly indicative of a continuing warming between Moscow and Beijing that gave the former the upper hand in the race for market share with Saudi Arabia.
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In June this year, Beijing Gas Group closed the deal to buy 20 percent in Rosneft's subsidiary Verkhnechonskneftegaz for around $1.1 billion, obtaining a stake in one of the largest producing fields in Eastern Siberia.
"Corporate partnerships with China are one of the very few alternatives still open to Russian players to finance their expansion ambitions," Alejandro Demichelis, director at boutique investment bank Hannam & Partners in London, told the Financial Times last month.
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Not my van, but it looks the same.
About a week ago I noticed that the right turn signal on my 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan was "clicking fast" when I turned it on. I remembered from one of my previous cars that this might mean my turn signal bulb needed to be replaced. I checked them all out, and the rear passenger bulb was burnt. The auto store only sells them in packs of two, so when I replaced the bulb (a quick fix), I replaced both.
Fast forward to yesterday. My wife informed me that someone had told her our taillights were not working now. The brake lights work, the turn signals work, but when the lights are on (at night), the taillights are not. Tonight when I got off work I checked the fuses, and they were fine. So when I got home, I decided I would take the light covers off again and inspect the bulbs. I took both bulbs out of their sockets and they looked fine. I put them all back in, refastened the light covers, and had Kim turn on the lights.
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Sara Sefchovich Wasongarz (2 de abril de 1949) es una socióloga, historiadora, escritora, catédratica, investigadora, traductora, comentarista y conferencista mexicana, autora de catorce libros y múltiples artículos en periódicos y revistas. Su primera novela, Demasiado amor, publicada en 1990, la hizo merecedora del Premio "Agustín Yáñez" y fue llevada al cine en 2002. Publica una columna en el periódico El Universal desde hace más de veinte años. Está casada con el investigador Carlos Martínez Assad.

Biografía
Nació en la Ciudad de México el 2 de abril de 1949. Realizó sus estudios de sociología a nivel licenciatura (1977) y maestría (1987) en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). En 2005 obtuvo un doctorado en Historia de México en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la misma universidad. Ha impartido clases en la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la UNAM y ha sido profesora visitante en la Universidad Estatal de Arizona.

Se desempeña como investigadora del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM desde 1977 y del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt) desde 1985. Obtuvo la beca Guggenheim en el período 1989-1990. Ha escrito libros de ensayo, novelas, libros colectivos, cuentos, artículos para revistas y suplementos culturales. Algunas de sus obras se han traducido a seis idiomas. En 2002, su novela Demasiado amor fue adaptada al cine bajo la dirección de Ernesto Rimoch y protagonizada por Karina Gidi y Ari Telch. Su libro La suerte de la consorte se presentó como texto medular del programa cultural «Leo... luego existo»  del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes en el Teatro Ocampo de Michoacán, esta obra es un ensayo acerca de la figura de la primera dama a lo largo de la historia de México, tema que la escritora también utilizó para su tesis doctoral Historia, ideas y novelas: las esposas de los gobernantes de México en 2005.

Ha colaborado para el periódico El Universal durante más de veinte años y también para los periódicos La Jornada y Reforma. Participó en el noticiero Monitor de 1996 a 1998 en Radio Red, y de 2002 a 2006 en Radio Monitor. Es columnista del sitio web Diario Judío.

Activismo
En 1992, Sefchovich fue cofundadora del Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (GIRE), para «difundir información sobre el aborto y la salud reproductiva y sexual y los derechos desde la perspectiva bioética, social y legal a los legisladores y a la prensa».

Obra

Novela
 Demasiado amor (1990)
 La señora de los sueños (1993)
 Vivir la vida, México (2000)

Ensayo
 La teoría de la literatura de Lukacs (1979)
 Las primeras damas (1982)
 Ideología y ficción en la obra de Luis Spota (1988)
 México: país de ideas, país de novelas (1989)
 Gabriela Mistral, en fuego y agua dibujada (1997)
 La suerte de la consorte, Las esposas de los gobernantes de México: historia de un olvido y relato de un fracaso (1999)
 Las PRIelecciones, historia y caricatura del dedazo (2000) —coautora—
 La suerte de la consorte. Las esposas de los gobernantes de México: historia de un olvido y relato de un fracaso (2002) —reescrita, aumentada, corregida y actualizada—
 Veinte preguntas ciudadanas a la mitad más visible de la pareja presidencial y sus respuestas también ciudadanas (2004)
 País de mentiras. La distancia entre el discurso y la realidad en la cultura Mexicana (2008)
 La suerte de la consorte. Las esposas de los gobernantes de México: historia de un olvido y relato de un fracaso (2010) —nueva edición corregida y puesta al día—
 ¿Son mejores las mujeres? (2011)
 ¡Atrévete! Propuesta hereje contra la violencia en México (2014)

Recopilación
 Mujeres en espejo. Antología de narradoras latinoamericanas del siglo XX Vol I (1983)
 Mujeres en espejo. Antología de narradoras latinoamericanas del siglo XX Vol II (1985)

Premios y distinciones
 Medalla "Gabino Barreda" al Mérito Académico por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México en 1989.
 Premio Plural de Ensayo en 1989.
 Premio "Agustín Yáñez" por el Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco y la Editorial Planeta Mexicana en 1990.
 Premio "Leona Gerard Endowed Lecture" por la Universidad de California en 1993.
 Mención Honorífica por el Club de Periodistas de México en 1997.
 Premio "Manuel Levinsky" por la Asociación de Periodistas y Escritores Israelitas de México (APEIM) en 2010.
 Medalla Omecíhuatl por el Instituto de las Mujeres de la Ciudad de México en 2011.

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Enlaces externos

Nacidos en Ciudad de México
Escritoras de México del siglo XX
Traductoras de México
Historiadoras de México
Sociólogos de México
Alumnado de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Académicos de México
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Judíos de México
Alumnado de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UNAM
Profesores de la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Investigadores del Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Historiadores de Ciudad de México
Escritoras de México del siglo XXI
Ensayistas de México del siglo XX
Ensayistas de México del siglo XXI
Novelistas de México del siglo XX
Novelistas de México del siglo XXI
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Jon Landau has suggested that my rule about album times is silly. To downgrade an album because it is less than 30 minutes long, he argues, is to encourage just the sort of flatulence we both oppose critically--the whole let's-stick-that-in way of doing things. Early albums by the Stones and Beatles, for instance, invariably run short, and so do perfectly respectable 12-song soul albums. Now, I have on occasion complained because an album was too long (Phil Ochs' Pleasures of the Harbor runs more than 50 minutes) and am on record against the "super session" idea, which usually boils down to everyone getting together for a week and making a few grand. But I am offended when a company scrimps because it is obvious that no one is in a position to complain, or tries thin material.
Landau, who is producing the MC5 for Atlantic, says economic considerations have nothing to do with it, because studio costs are meager compared to other parts of the investment, especially distribution. It seems to me though that businessman always try to save money, large or small, right down to the pencils in the supply room. Anyway, that's not what I was told by a now-departed Columbia producer, which is why I am especially suspicious of Columbia's practice of not listing times. (That's not a hard rule, by the way; Lou Adler's CBS-distributed Ode label always provides them.) The first Three Dog Night album, on Dunhill, contained 11 carefully produced songs and ran about 31 minutes. The second contained ten--including one throwaway instrumental--and ran about 28. What happened, I suspect, is that the group was over-committed and didn't have time to do that last track. Dunhill knew it had a sure seller and didn't worry about it. Mainstream released Big Brother & the Holding Company, on the other hand, because it knew it would never get anything but that 22 minutes out of the group. But why is Mel Brown's Blues for We, on Impulse, only 27 minutes? I don't know. But if I were a Mel Brown fan who had to pay for records, I think I'd feel cheated.
Of course, to charge a notch automatically is to penalize the artist for the sins of his label. Those early Stones and Beatles records were longer in their British versions. Until Sgt. Pepper, London and Capitol insisted on cutting them down, collecting unused tracks on extra albums which made them lots of money. (Actually, I wonder whether the groups themselves, in those halcyon days when music was money instead of art, really complained much.) I suppose this is unfair, although I do feel it's the responsibility of a popular artist to manipulate the social machinery--whether by hiring a good agent or ripping off CBS--to reach his audience. In a sense, this is part of the artistic endeavor, just like buying paint that doesn't fade or making a carbon of your manuscript--as far as I'm concerned, Malcolm Lowry never wrote that novel that burned up. Also, I don't regard an album as the expression of a unified creative force. Like all mass art, it represents a confluence of forces. If one doesn't pull its weight, the whole product suffers. After the Blind Faith fiasco, I might hesitate to recommend a Rolling Stones concert if it was scheduled for Madison Square Garden and its revolving stage.
On the other hand, I know very well I'd go to that concert myself. The businessmen have us so firmly by the balls that everyone feels helpless. The same applies to packaging. Everyone complains about Unipak (there are continual reports of its demise, none of which seem true) but if there's a super album in Unipak, you buy it, right? What can you do? What can you do about the new Elektra jackets, which fall apart without benefit of double-fold? Nothing, or almost nothing. And that's really the reason for charging an automatic notch for these various shady business practices. Maybe it'll get under their skins. On the other hand, because flexibility is a virtue, I may occasionally let a short album pass. If so, I'll say so, and try to say why. What do you think? Do packaging and short-changing matter to you? Or should I just forget about it?
On to CG4. As usual, 20 albums, some suggested by you good folks out there, some revealed to me in a dream. B plus or better is a pretty damned good record. My prejudices once more--should I keep doing this?--are antiwhiteblues, prosoulandAM. Here goes.
BONZO DOG BAND: Urban Spaceman (Imperial) Over a year ago these people, who then called themselves Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, released their first album, Gorilla. It was weird and annoying and I sold it. Since then they have put in a guest appearance in Magical Mystery Tour and hit small with the title song of this LP. They are still weird and annoying but I'm beginning to believe--sort of an English equivalent of the Mothers, eccentric rather than freaky, without Zappa's musical ambition or (hence) his pretensions and much superior to the other English-eccentric groups (the Deviants, the Scaffold). Not good rock, God knows. But good something. B
BREAD (Elektra) For years it has been my fond belief that a great rock band could be concocted of studio musicians. Professionals, you dig? Trained to communicate, with no hangups or pretensions. I was wrong because this is that group. It is super competent and super vapid, harmonizing tastefully on one well-executed "love song" after another. With a good beat, of course. If Crosby, etc. are the Limeliters of rock--and they are--then these guys are the Lettermen. C MINUS
THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS: Dylan's Gospel (Ode) I am no expert on gospel music, but I have noticed two basic types: small group, which is like rock and roll, and chorale, which is like Hugo Winterhalter. Despite some nice instrumentation, this is in the second category. The unimaginative selection of songs is sung with a lot of soul, natch'ly, but with no discernible conviction. C MINUS
LARRY CORYELL: Lady Coryell (Vanguard Apostolic) Larry Coryell is the greatest thing to happen to the guitar since stretched gut. The permanent evidence of this has been sparse, however--a bad record with the Free Spirits, timid ones with Gary Burton, a somewhat over-avant performance on the Jazz Composer's Orchestra set, and an inspired chorus here or there with jazz-rock leaders like Steve Marcus and Don Sebesky. This is far more satisfying but still crabbed and uneven. It includes some wonderfully funny wah-wah work alongside apparent homages to Wes Montgomery, near-parody singing alongside a couple of tracks (one composed by Coryell and featuring Elvin Jones, one composed by Junior Walker) that approach the soaring pyrotechnics Coryell can produce when he is good live. Recommended. B PLUS
FUSION (Atco) Intelligent incorporation of pure blues into a hard-rock framework, beautifully played and arranged, with a forgivable touch of pseudo-spade in the singing. Reminiscent of Steppenwolf, but more flexible (two vocalists). Worth a chance. B PLUS
HARPERS BIZARRE (Warner Bros.) If I liked soft stuff, I would rate this record very high, because (with production help from Lenny Waronker, a goodun) HB is about the best of the soft groups, good-humored and well-conceived. For your parents' anniversary. C PLUS
ISAAC HAYES: Hot Buttered Soul (Enterprise) This album is a smash, and it may be so overstated that it has its own validity--a baroque, luscious production job over the non-singing of one half of Sam & Dave's production-songwriting team. C
THE HOLLIES: Words and Music by Bob Dylan (Epic) Graham Nash left the Hollies in principled opposition to this record. I fail to understand his fuss, unless he was worried about writing royalties. A good selection of Dylan songs done in a totally unexceptionable style. Anyone who likes the group will like this record. B MINUS
J.B. HUTTO AND HIS HAWKS: Hawk Squat! (Delmark) Hutto is not an original guitarist, but he is incisive enough, and his singing is harsh and authoritative. Captures a lot of the spirit of Chicago blues, and it really moves. A MINUS
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY (Columbia) This is on the charts. Get it off. D
LEE MICHAELS (A&M) Michaels, a talented singer-organist from California, has been trying for years and is beginning to develop a name on sheer persistence. His previous two albums have been somewhat over produced, but solid, even though he has never proved he can do it all by himself, which is his ambition. This one was cut, as the ads tell us, in seven hours. That may be okay for the Beatles but doesn't make it here. Drummer Bartholomew Smith-Frost stretches things out with two drum breaks and Michaels' organ is often inflated. The final track, "Heighty Ho," now released in a half-length version as a single, is marvelously catchy and ebullient, but doesn't justify the rest. C
THE MOODY BLUES: On the Threshold of a Dream (Deram) Rod McKuen out of Ray Conniff with assists by Hugo Montenegro and Bob Crewe. Ugh. D MINUS
THE NEW YORK ROCK & ROLL ENSEMBLE: Faithful Friends (Atco) In case anyone is still wondering, this is one of the most useless groups in memory. They ought to be forced to play "A Whiter Shade of Pale" at a book party on Central Park South until they choke on their own hair, and Leonard Bernstein should be forced to embalm them. D
NILSSON: Harry (RCA Victor) Nilsson is an acquired taste which I have just acquired. In integrity of conception and skill of execution, this is an A album, but I can't completely forgive the whimsy at the heart of it. B PLUS
THE PURPLE GANG: The Purple Gang Strikes (Sire) For anyone who is into good-timey jug-band rock. Like most such groups, this one is literate, charming, and a trifle coy. Unlike most such groups, it is English. B MINUS
SPOOKY TOOTH: Spooky Two (A&M) At its best ("Waitin' for the Wind," "That Was Only Yesterday") this group is not significantly poorer than Blind Faith. At its worst ("Lost in My Dream," "I've Got Enough Heartaches") it is painfully overwrought. C PLUS
STEPPENWOLF: Early Steppenwolf (Dunhill) Despite the presence of some good and previously unreleased songs, this is an indulgence. It includes the 19-minute version of "The Pusher," which must have been a mind-blower in 1966 but ain't no more. John Kay and the Sparrow (Columbia CS 9758) features essentially the same personnel and is better. My copy was scratchy, by the way. C
JOHNNIE TAYLOR: Rare Stamps (Stax) I'm not normally a big Taylor fan, but this is a semi-greatest hits record that eliminates a lot of dross. B
JOE TEX: Buying a Book (Atlantic) Tex has been surviving on his rep for too long. This contains no surprises, except that the humor and the bedroom philosophy are getting very tiresome. C MINUS
LESLIE WEST: Mountain (Windfall) With Felix Pappalardi singing and playing bass regularly this could be New York's third supergroup. (The Rascals and the Spoonful got there first.) The visual possibilities alone--with West, the enormous ex-Vagrant guitarist, set against the hyperactive Pappalardi, are fantastic. West plays good guitar and is a good roarer, and Pappalardi is not only first-rate on several instruments but has a wonderful singing voice, sweet and mellow. Unfortunately, he hadn't decided to join the group when this was recorded, and so participates only as bassist and producer. West alone can't quite carry it. More like early Cream than Blind Faith. B
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Speaking of Rolling Stones concerts, a brief tour in late autumn now seems a virtual certainty. "Honky Tonk Women" has become their third million-selling single. I am very disappointed in the choice of songs on the new octagonal LP [Through the Past Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)]. Some are repeated for a third time ("Ruby Tuesday," "Let's Spend the Night Together") while great B sides ("We Love You," "Who's Driving My Plane?," "Child of the Moon," and "You Can't Always Get What You Want," which exists in a nine-minute version) remain uncollected. And whose fault is that?
Jim Stoller informs me that Phil Spector produced a film called something like The Big TNT Show at around the same time of The TAMI Show. Why doesn't some impresario revive that stuff?
Just in case you don't believe that I love you, you ought to know that I have just listened to one side (or part of one side) of the following albums: Christopher Scott: Switched On Bacharach (Decca), Hugo Montenegro: Moog Power (RCA Victor), Tartaglia: Good Morning, Star Shine (Capitol), Perrey & Kingsley: Spotlight on the Moog: Kaleidoscopic Vibrations (Vanguard), Dick Hyman: The Age of Electronicus (Command), the Copper Plated Integrated Circuit: Plugged In Pop (Command), and Richard Hayman: Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine (Command). All feature a Moog synthesizer or something similar. Hyman, who has had the most commercial success with the Moog, deserves it. I am selling his record and all the others tomorrow.
It is my sad duty to report that the film version of "Alice's Restaurant" is less than amusing.
Radio station WLTH in Gary, Indiana has banned "We Got More Soul" by Dyke & the Blazers because it implies that the black race has more than the white race. I wonder how anybody could suspect such a thing.
Dig this rock lyric from a recent installment of Mary Worth: "Take my hand and talk with me/ To where as happy children once we played/ Then hold me close and talk to me/ Till I forget to be afraid!/ This is a world we never made, my love!/ Yet in it we must spend our days!" Right on, sister.
In CG5: Ten Years After, Smith, Pacific Gas & Electric, and many other goodies.
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After Divya Spandana, Congress' Chirag Patnaik also quits Twitter
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Soon after the head of the Congress' social media wing Divya Spandana deleted her Twitter account, the team's member Chirag Patnaik has also left the micro-blogging site.
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Educational Testing Service (ETS), the creator of the TOEIC® Program, announced updates to the format of questions used in the TOEIC ® Listening and Reading test. The changes, which will more closely reflect the evolving use of English in the global workplace, will take effect beginning with the April 2018 public test administrations.
The usage of English globally is a dynamic process and there are some communication approaches and methods that have been used more frequently in recent years.
The updates more closely reflect the evolving use of the English language in the global workplace. This includes communication approaches and methods that have been used more frequently in recent years.
The updated test questions first appeared in TOEIC public test administrations held in Japan and Korea on May to 29, 2016.
With these updates, the overall quality and difficulty of the TOEIC Listening and Reading test will remain the same and as such the test will continue to be a fair, valid and reliable assessment of everyday and workplace English. There will be no change to the difficulty level or total testing time. There will be no changes in the administration of the test. The score report will remain unchanged with the exception of one additional Listening Ability Measured: Understanding a speaker's purpose or implied meaning in a phrase or sentence. The addition of the new Listening Ability Measured does not affect a test taker's overall score. Scores will continue to be comparable across test administrations.


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namespace Buzz\Test\Client;

use Buzz\Client\AbstractStream;
use Buzz\Message\Request;
use Buzz\Message\RequestInterface;
use Buzz\Message\MessageInterface;

class StreamClient extends AbstractStream
{
    public function send(RequestInterface $request, MessageInterface $response)
    {
    }
}

class AbstractStreamTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    public function testConvertsARequestToAContextArray()
    {
        $request = new Request('POST', '/resource/123', 'http://example.com');
        $request->addHeader('Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        $request->addHeader('Content-Length: 15');
        $request->setContent('foo=bar&bar=baz');

        $client = new StreamClient();
        $client->setMaxRedirects(5);
        $client->setIgnoreErrors(false);
        $client->setTimeout(10);
        $expected = array(
            'http' => array(
                'method'           => 'POST',
                'header'           => "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nContent-Length: 15",
                'content'          => 'foo=bar&bar=baz',
                'protocol_version' => 1.1,
                'ignore_errors'    => false,
                'follow_location'  => true,
                'max_redirects'    => 6,
                'timeout'          => 10,
            ),
            'ssl' => array(
                'verify_peer'      => true,
                'verify_host' => 2,
            ),
        );

        $this->assertEquals($expected, $client->getStreamContextArray($request));

        $client->setVerifyPeer(true);
        $expected['ssl']['verify_peer'] = true;
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $client->getStreamContextArray($request));

        $client->setMaxRedirects(0);
        $expected['http']['follow_location'] = false;
        $expected['http']['max_redirects'] = 1;
        $this->assertEquals($expected, $client->getStreamContextArray($request));
    }
}

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Home News Briefs JFLCO buys ENTACT
JFLCO buys ENTACT
J.F. Lehman & Company has acquired Westmont, Illinois-based ENTACT LLC, a provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services.
J.F. Lehman & Company has acquired Westmont, Illinois-based ENTACT LLC, a provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services. No financial terms were disclosed.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – J.F. Lehman & Company ("JFLCO"), a leading middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, is pleased to announce that an investment affiliate has acquired ENTACT, LLC ("ENTACT" or the "Company").
JFLCO is partnering with ENTACT's management team, who will remain meaningful shareholders of the business and continue to lead the Company in the next phase of its growth.
Founded in 1991, ENTACT is a leading national provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical services. The Company's robust suite of specialized capabilities address the unique needs of a discerning and diversified set of private and public sector customers located across the U.S. ENTACT's nearly 30-year track record of excellence has earned the Company the privilege of designing and executing its customers' most sophisticated environmental projects, which often utilize multiple components of ENTACT's comprehensive self-performance offerings. ENTACT is headquartered in Westmont, IL and has approximately 600 full-time employees.
"We are excited for ENTACT to join our portfolio of leading environmental and technical services companies," said Glenn Shor, a Partner with JFLCO. "We believe that the ENTACT team is poised to drive continued success, and the Company is an excellent fit with our investment strategy given its industry-leading performance, comprehensive suite of solutions and highly-talented workforce." Will Hanenberg, a Principal with JFLCO added, "We believe ENTACT has significant opportunities for growth as its service offerings should be well-suited to address the increasing need for both environmental stewardship and infrastructure investment."
Dean Pisani, CEO of ENTACT commented, "J.F. Lehman & Company is an excellent, value-add partner to support the next phase of ENTACT's growth. We look forward to leveraging JFLCO's industry experience and capital base while continuing on our successful history of providing exceptional service to our customers."
Debt financing for the transaction was provided by Deutsche Bank Credit Solutions & Direct Lending. Jones Day served as legal counsel for J.F. Lehman & Company. Houlihan Lokey served as lead financial advisor and RW Baird served as co-financial advisor to ENTACT and its shareholders in connection with the transaction. Kirkland & Ellis and K&L Gates served as legal counsel to ENTACT and its shareholders.
Founded in 1992, J.F. Lehman & Company is a leading middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors. The firm has offices in New York and Washington, D.C.
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While the article on student voice in the TES Magazine ("Right to be heard", January 23) was fair and balanced, it missed one crucial point with regard to the Insted scheme at Beauchamp College, where pupils observe lessons.
In order to take part in this scheme, students undergo a rigorous interview process and the selection and training of student observers is very thorough.
The students involved are dedicated and professional in their approach and the notion that students could "tell staff that they're going to be watched next and they had better look out" is anathema to me and to our Insted team.
I simply cannot conceive of this type of incident occurring and can assure you that if it did it would be a serious disciplinary matter.
Gill Greany, Assistant principal, Beauchamp College, Leicester.


It's no secret that J.Crew loyalists have been miffed with the brand over the past year: According to Business Insider, the company's sales fell 5 percent compared with the same period last year—a result of missing the mark with consumers in key categories such as knits and shoes.
Apparently, the brand is taking some serious steps to resolve the issue, meaning you'll likely see an all-new look at the brand in the coming months. WWD confirms that J.Crew has eliminated 175 jobs from its corporate offices, including head of women's design Tom Mora. He'll be replaced by sister-brand Madewell's current head of design, Somsack Sikhounmuong—a visionary who's become a style icon and media darling in his own right.
Yup, Jennifer Lawrence Tripped Again. But. Hey, She Looked Amazing in a Jason Wu Gown!
Retailers Say One-Piece Swimsuits Are In This Summer!


Our own Paul Jay has had an interesting life to say the least. An Air Force One-certified loadmaster, he has lived all over the globe, raced Minis on New Zealand airfields, loaded mine-planting dolphins onto cargo carriers, and even managed to find Frank Lockhart's final resting place; a task few have been successful at.
But Paul also has a love for vintage quarter and half midgets. A few years ago, we found this 1957 Race Craft at a snowmobile swap meet in New Lothrop, Michigan. It was rough. Like driven off a roof and scattered, but it still showed some of its lines.
It wasn't a simple restoration by any means, he has said he could have rebuilt our Eagle DGF 10 times over for the amount of time and effort it took to get the Race Craft looking like new again. The simpler it seemed, the harder it was to get spot-on. And if you know Paul, he likes thing spot-on.
Saturday morning, shortly before we had a private celebration, the last upholstery buttons were riveted in-place and he exclaimed that it was done.
The livery was something he came up with, and the would-be sponsor of 'Deising Pontiac - Milwaukee' is in tribute to where his father worked for 12 years, before the dealership moved from the Milwaukee Market.
Its not every day Kettle Moraine Preservation & Restoration gets a phone call asking to take care of a vintage racing machine for an undetermined amount of time.
With that said, a call came to us back in August when our friend Jim Liska wanted a place to showcase and house his King Kobra enduro kart, which was purchased from Milwaukee-based King Products in the winter of 1966.
The original asking price: $229. It rolled out the door for $200, thanks to Liska's mother Dolores talking the price down with King's John Dentici in fine fashion. That equates to roughly $1,536 today accounting for inflation. A good deal for a new racing kart of any kind. The Kobra enduro kart was Liska's second King Kart- he raced a King sprint kart starting in 1965 at the Badger Kart Club in Dousman, Wisconsin.
But the price isn't what is so special about this particular chassis. This exact Kobra was the final customer chassis sold by King Karts before the stock and tooling was sold to Elmer Freber to start production of a brand that exists and thrives to this day: Margay Racing LLC.
Liska's King Kobra was first raced in July, 1967 at Meadowdale Raceway in Carpentersville, Illinois. It was equipped with a McCullogh Mc91A engine coupled with a Horstman oil-can style muffler. Wheels were made by Precision Wheel, while the Pavesi brothers, who worked for Excalibur's Brooks Stevens, made the fuel tanks for King. The Liska family team also added side rails to keep their ace driver from sliding around, as there had not been any considerations for that from King.
In 1968, Liska achieved the Sr. Reed Valve High Points Championship at Wisconsin State Fair Park, a three-race enduro series promoted by Badger Kart Club. Three top-five finishes locked up a hotly contested title. Following that, the kart was raced by Liska at the Fair Park in 1969 to a fourth, and would have recaptured his BKC championship at the Mile in 1970 had he been a member of the club.
That would spell the end to Jim Liska's time on the track for a while- but not for his King Kobra. Ed Liska, Jim's father, loaned the chassis to a family in the Milwaukee area to run at local enduro events. A new front porch was added, along with Margay spindles, Margay Type 24 wheels and a front bumper from a Margay Concept.
The kart would go on to race at Blackhawk Farms and Road America a few times before finally being parked sometime in the mid-1970s.
Today, the kart has been restored as it last raced, but with the Mc90 engine package from Liska's King sprint chassis. It only makes sense that the last specimen from one brand has several add-ons from the new brand attached. The kart serves as a bridge between the old guard of King and new breed of Margay, forever linking the two brands and a place in-time.


Hot Stone is the most exciting restaurant we've visited in London this year. Hands down. This new addition to Angel Islington's Chapel Market road offers up a spectrum of sizzling Japanese dining styles – innovative Sushi and Sashimi, Yakitori grill and, being in the name, Japanese Hot Stone.
Why is Hot Stone so exciting? Dishes are not by the book here. Head chef Padam Raj Rai's command of the menu is dynamic and evolving – incorporating a seemingly endless stream of top quality ingredients – we're talking Kobe, Wagu, Truffles. Our Hot Stone experience reminded us of an encounter in Barcelona's La Boqueria market where, after clambering onto a stool fronted food stall and requesting a menu our chef bellowed back "I am the menu!" with arms flailing to the blue Spanish sky. In the same way Padam leverages 17 years of experience in some of the city's top restaurants (Nobu, Zuma and Sake no Hana) to create with what is best and to hand. Dishes such as Head Chef's signature truffle topped butter fish nigiri and foie gras topped wagu nigiri lurk off menu, in wait, ready to turn the Hot Stone experience on its head, transporting diners to the realms of fine dining and tasting menu excellence.
The Crunchy Roll, the 9 Chapel Roll, the Seared Butterfish Sashimi with truffle – Hot Stone's sushi offering is world class and absolutely on par with, if not better than, the high profile, award winning sushi creations available in Soho's Eat Tokyo which attract crowds throughout the week.
No visit is complete without taking on the Hot Stone. Here, responsibility shifts to the diner to execute Japanese delicacies of Kobe, Wagu or premium seafood – from first sizzling contact with the stone to first mouthwatering bite. Thoroughly enjoyable, these ingredients speak for themselves and are accompanied by moorish sauce options and sides of pickled veggies and steamed rice. Hot stone prices range from £10 to £25.
5 minutes from Angel underground station this restaurant is proving an instant hit with its strong concept, considered creativity and conscientious kitchen. Frequenting this spot is high on our foodie priority list and should be on yours too!
A huge thank you to the Hot Stone team for hosting us for the evening. As always all opinions are our own.


According to government statistics collated by EEF - the UK's manufacturing employers' organisation, the UK's 130,000 manufacturing businesses currently employ 2.7 million people, whose collective efforts contribute 10% of the country's Gross Value Added (GVA), making the UK the world's ninth largest manufacturing nation.
However, the statistic conceals a host of issues that are making the human workforce one of the most interesting, compelling and challenging issues facing the UK's manufacturing sector today.
Redline Group's Manufacturing and Operations division has been at the sharp end of professional recruitment for 35 years and its specialist team is headed by industry qualified manufacturing specialist Janet Marsh and experienced Recruitment Manager Rachael Palmer. We asked Janet and Rachael their views on the findings from the Employee Engagement Report and their views on what manufacturing companies could be doing to strategically improve recruitment & retention, and what should be done to close the skills gap in the manufacturing industry.
The report also explored which skills were the most difficult to recruit and retain in the manufacturing industry. Almost two thirds of respondents (61%) said Engineers, well ahead of all other skill categories, with design engineers and software engineers the most serious recruitment and retention challenges. Overall, the conclusion was clear that sourcing 'hard' technically-driven skillsets is a real difficulty for manufacturing businesses, far more so than sourcing softer skills.
Rachael Palmer, Redline's Manufacturing and Operations Manager comments: "Dealing with recruitment and retention challenges is made even more difficult by a 'lopsided' workforce demographic. Today, the majority of manufacturing workforce in the UK is clearly skewed to the more experienced worker: the report clearly found that their workforce have an average age of 40 and above. This is why several manufacturers are facing the prospect of a significant proportion of their current employees reaching retirement age within the next ten years. As the workforce ages, preserving great staff becomes not just difficult, it becomes impossible, as the experienced ones retire. This highlights the urgency for manufacturing owners and leaders to implement a comprehensive strategy that not only addresses how to hold onto good employees, but also how to find skilled new people, rapidly. Employee engagement must be a part of the recruitment strategy to ensure employee expectations are met." says Rachael.


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Q: Only the first of HTML5 videos is playing As the title says, only the first video of my videos seem to play and the latter two do not. For brevity I have written the HTML once, the code is the same for each video but the video source corresponds to each file, I have verified that this isn't the problem. Any pointers as to why my code is functioning as desired would be greatly appreciated.
HTML

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      <video id="my_video" width="540px" height="360px" poster="assets/css/images/poster-big-buck-bunny.png">
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         <button id="playpausebtn"></button>
         <input id="seekslider" type="range" min="0" max="100" value="0" step="1">
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            curtimetext = document.getElementById("curtimetext");
            durtimetext = document.getElementById("durtimetext");
            mutebtn = document.getElementById("mutebtn");
            volumeslider = document.getElementById("volumeslider");

    playbtn.addEventListener("click",playPause,false);
    bigplaybtn.addEventListener("click",playPause,false);
    transpausebutton.addEventListener("click",playPause,false);
    seekslider.addEventListener("change",vidSeek,false);
    vid.addEventListener("timeupdate",seektimeupdate,false);
    mutebtn.addEventListener("click",vidmute,false);
    volumeslider.addEventListener("change",setvolume,false);
        }
        window.onload = intializePlayer;
        function playPause(){
            if(vid.paused){
                vid.play();
                playbtn.style.background = "url(assets/css/images/Pause.png)";
                playbtn.style.backgroundSize = "20px 20px";
                bigplaybtn.style.display = "none";
                transpausebutton.style.display = "inline";
            }
            else {
                vid.pause();
                playbtn.style.background = "url(assets/css/images/Play.png)";
                playbtn.style.backgroundSize ="20px 20px";
                bigplaybtn.style.display = "inline";
                transpausebutton.style.display = "none";
            }
        }
        function vidSeek(){
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            vid.currentTime = seekto;
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            var curmins = Math.floor(vid.currentTime / 60);
            var cursecs = Math.floor(vid.currentTime - curmins * 60);
            var durmins = Math.floor(vid.duration / 60);
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            curtimetext.innerHTML = curmins+":"+cursecs;
            durtimetext.innerHTML = durmins+":"+dursecs;
        }
        function vidmute(){
            var userVolume;
            if(vid.muted){
                vid.muted = false;
                mutebtn.style.background = "url(assets/css/images/UM.png)";
                mutebtn.style.backgroundSize ="20px 20px";
                volumeslider.value = 100;
            }
            else {
                vid.muted = true;
                mutebtn.style.background = "url(assets/css/images/M.png)";
                mutebtn.style.backgroundSize ="20px 20px";
                volumeslider.value = 0;
            }
        }
        function setvolume(){
            vid.volume = volumeslider.value / 100;
        }

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Palate to Palette: Food, Art, and Travel in Japan with Justine Wong
An artist's journey to 100 romantic food watercolors.
Angela Hsu
Like so many other office workers, Justine Wong was tired of the daily grind. Despite having a stable design job—a boon for any recent art school grad—she felt ready for a change of pace. So Justine fused her restlessness with her desire to travel and make art, and started a Kickstarter campaign, "21 Days in Japan," a crowd-funded adventure that would take her across Japan's cities as she documented her daily food experiences. Ultimately, 135 backers donated $6,488 in Canadian dollars to sponsor her meals while traveling, starting from her arrival in Osaka, and continuing across Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima, Nagoya, and Hakone, up to her final days in Tokyo and Yokohama. In return, those who supported Justine's journey received a print from the project's 100 watercolor illustrations of sponsored foods—romantic studies of snacks, scenes, and meals that induce pangs of nostalgia in all who have ever eaten Japanese food.
This project was followed by an extended stay in Japan, where she shifted toward more abstract works influenced by her trips to the seaside around Kamakura and Izu. As she drew from the shapes and hues of collected pebbles and shells, she established a set of pieces that would culminate in the 2016 solo exhibition "No Hard Feelings" at Kaisu Hostel in Tokyo.
From Japan, I connected over Skype with Justine in her hometown Toronto for this interview. Against the glow of the computer screen she looked exactly like the artist I knew from Instagram: short, neat bangs, cat eyeliner, black shirt. As she paused to take in my questions on art and travel, I imagined her mind tracing its memories, trying to convey the scenes and colors from her Japan. Listening to Justine describe her escapades with strangers and wanderings across rural towns, it was easy to forget that this life on the go was also a kind of work—to see, to remember, and to transmute into art.
Justine Wong's studio.
photo by Justine Wong
How did you decide to crowd-fund your first trip to Japan?
I guess it goes a step back, when I had been working at an editorial magazine for almost two years as a junior designer. I was reaching my limit of working at an office. It was a good time to just travel somewhere by myself. I chose Japan, even though I actually had no plans for what to do. But being an illustrator, I think you're just naturally used to always working, and so I thought it might be an opportunity to create a space where I could explore [through] my artwork while I was traveling.
My boyfriend at the time was designing board games [funded through Kickstarter], which I helped with. Naturally, [Kickstarter] became an option for funding my own project. At the time, I wasn't even that interested in food; it was more me thinking of how I could immerse myself in a culture in any way. And so we just went down the route of food, which everyone can connect on.
Was it a kind of pressure, knowing that people had put money into supporting your travels?
Yes (laughs). At the time, it felt like I was just asking someone to be a part of my story. And so in that sense it didn't feel like a business transaction. It felt almost like a grandparent giving you allowance money, which you used to go find something interesting and bring back to show them. I think the pressure didn't really come until after I finished traveling, when I had to finish 100 paintings and get them printed and shipped out to the right people.
Justine Wong
When you arrived in Japan, how did you navigate a completely new place?
Prior to that, I had studied the sounds of the alphabet. So even if I didn't know something, I could at least sound it out to someone. But I also did small things—like when I was in Kyoto, I would go to the same café every morning. Even though most people would want to go to a different place every time, for me as a solo traveler, there was a desire to go somewhere where someone might recognize you every morning. By doing that, I actually met other travelers who also did the same thing, and then we would have a conversation and it would feel a little bit more like home. Or the baristas might recognize me and ask, "Why are you here again today?"
For choosing restaurants, I would just follow older people, because I trust their tastes. I feel like if they go there all the time, at that age they would go to their favorite places. They wouldn't necessarily go somewhere new, and so I would find myself following an old lady into a random place, even though I had no idea what they sold. Sometimes it paid off, and sometimes you got a really interesting experience.
After completing the "21 Days in Japan" project, when you were back in Toronto, you decided to move again to Tokyo for a longer period of time. What was different the second time around?
It took me three months to find an apartment where the fees of the guarantor weren't so high, because you usually have to pay two to three months of rent [up front]. And then there was just tackling the loneliness of being alone in a city. When you actually live somewhere versus when you travel, you have work to do and you still have to go through the motions of living.
And then there's how claustrophobic Tokyo can actually feel when you end up living there. At the end of six months, I started to find ways to balance. It was quite saturated [with noise and people], being in Tokyo all the time.
Works in progress.
Did you start traveling more, going to other prefectures?
I think I started doing that mostly because Toronto doesn't have any mountains and oceans; it just has a lake. While in Japan, I would always book Airbnbs in the middle of nowhere, even if they were really hard to get to. The times I did that I was greeted with kindness from people who would take me in, drive me everywhere, introduce me to their friends, and be super excited to let me experience their little town—those are interactions you don't exactly get in Tokyo. Because people are so busy [in Tokyo]. I found it the most valuable, actually, to travel out to the countryside.
I really liked to go to Izu [Shizuoka]. You're taking the train down the coast, along the ocean for about three hours. Then you have to take a bus that goes across the mountains into a little fishing town called Matsuzaki. It's less beach-like and more rocky, but they have amazing sunsets there. The whole coast just turns gold, and then it fades to a purple and then blue. There's barely anyone on the streets; it's just the ocean and really good seafood.
Your artwork used to be so focused on food, whereas now you seem to be going in a more abstract direction. Does this have something to do with these travels?
In the beginning my work was primarily an observational connection to the culture and environment of Japan. But the new pieces are based entirely on my personal feelings. There are so many times that I would go to the seaside just to balance out my life. So a lot of the pieces are about ways of balancing all these different parts of my life, to create a structure that stands on its own. In many ways, I feel like I've matured to a place now that is more of my work, rather than just repainting something beautiful that already exists.


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