FIGHT fans love nothing better than a big knockout, and the UFC's newest British signing is promising to deliver.
Big-punching lightweight Marc Diakiese stormed onto the radar of UFC matchmakers Sean Shelby and Joe Silva with back-to-back one-punch knockout wins that totalled just ONE MINUTE.
And Doncaster-born Diakiese says he plans on showcasing his new-found knockout power on MMA's biggest global stage when he steps into the Octagon for his UFC debut at UFC 204.
Speaking to SunSport in Hamburg, Germany, where he was part of teammate Scott Askham's team at the recent UFC Fight Night event, Diakiese was relaxed and excited in equal measure ahead of his Octagon debut.
"I'm worried about NOTHING!" he grinned.
"I'm worried about getting there (and) doing some crazy stuff.
"I'm going to go in there and you're going to see the same reaction, the same thing, that I've been doing in my last few fights."
Those last few fights saw Diakiese produce two spectacular one-punch knockout finishes to defeat Rick Selvarajah and Kane Mousah while defending his BAMMA Lonsdale lightweight title.
A shot at the BAMMA world lightweight belt looked the likely next step for the Doncaster prospect, but that was before the UFC stepped in with a contract offer to bring the 23-year-old into the big leagues.
When the call came, Diakiese brushed it off as another one of his manager's jokes.
"When I found out I just thought it was a joke, as usual," he explained.
"Me and my manager are always messing about.
"I was on my way back from training. I was driving in my car and he rang me and said 'Oh, you've signed for the UFC' and I said 'You're joking!' I just thought he was joking as usual.
"But it was real, he wasn't joking, and I just had to wait for a few things to go through and that was it."
Now he's signed, Diakiese already has his sights set on the division's Top 10. No small task considering the UFC's 155lb lightweight division is arguably the toughest weight class in the sport right now.
But rather than be intimidated by the murderer's row of world-class talent in his division, Diakiese says he can't wait to dive into the shark tank and start claiming some big-name scalps.
"I'm just really excited," he said.
"I've trained with a few UFC fighters myself and I know where I'm at and I know where I stand among the Top 15, Top 10.
"So I'm really looking forward to it - I know I belong around the Top 10."
Diakiese's blistering finishes of Selvarajah and Mousah in BAMMA have made people on both sides of the Atlantic sit up and take notice. But it wasn't always KOs and bonuses for the young lightweight, who admitted it took a change in training camp to bring the very best out of him.
"I think it's all to do with my coach Daren Morris (of Atherton Submission Wrestling)," he explained.
"In my old gym - no disrespect to them - I was training but my mind was about winning rounds, I just kept thinking about rounds.
"Whereas with Daren Morris, every time I get in there I want to finish, and that's what he's put into me.
"He's put the killer instinct in there. Every time I get in there, I'm thinking I'm gonna finish him, I'm gonna finish. That's what he's put into me."
And that killer instinct shone through in his two recent KO finishes, which totalled just one minute, with his finish of the previously-undefeated Mousah coming with his first punch in anger in his most recent outing at BAMMA.
And as the UK's newest UFC signing, Diakiese has promised to bring the same level of excitement to the Octagon, starting in Manchester at UFC 204 when he takes on Sweden's Reza Madadi.
"It's good to know that obviously people are happy and know what I'm capable of," he said.
"I've started to believe in myself now and believe I can get there.
"All that matters, all that anybody can do, is put the work in, putting the effort in. I've put a lot of hours in with this sport and I believe I can be up there and be a world champion one day, so I'm just happy. It's good to know people out there are supporting me as well."
And he gave a message to the fans eagerly awaiting his Octagon debut on October 8, promising to bring the same brand of quick-hitting punch power we've seen in the UK to the Octagon.
"They are gonna land, those shots. You're gonna see them," he smiled.


Mathematics teacher, Selinsgrove (Pennsylvania) Area Middle School, 1973-1988; library, Selinsgrove (Pennsylvania) Area Middle School, 1988-1998; library, Apollo-Ridge (Pennsylvania) School District, since 1998. Trustee Pennsylvania Trust, Lewisburg, 1985-1998, Control Susquehanna Health Welfare Trust, Lewisburg, 1981-1998, chair, 1984-1985, secretary 1994-1998.
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Kyle, Diane Wagman was born on December 20, 1951 in York, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Leo A. and Mary Margaret (Dougherty) Wagman.
Bachelor of Science, Millersville University, 1973.
Certified elementary teacher, library science, Pennsylvania.
Active Junior Womans Club of Milton, Pennsylvania, 1985-1998, treasurer, 1989-1994. Outdoor chair Troop 605, Boy Scouts American, 1989-1993, committee chair, 1993-1996. Assistant leader, Girl Scouts United States, Milton, 1990-1993.
Member Selinsgrove Area Education Association (faculty representative 1979-1985, treasurer 1985-1998), Pennsylvania School Libraries Association, Pennsylvania Middle School Association (recording secretary 1991-1994, president 1994-1996, board directors since 1990), Delta Kappa Gamma (correspondent secretary 1990-1998).
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The prices in real estate in Shallowater, in the Texas region have had a strong rise in the last couple of months. The real estate prices for second hand homes have gone through a strong increase in this city.
The price per sq.feet in Shallowater has increased strongly during the last 6 months. In October, the average price per sq.feet was . In the following month the price per sq.feet increased considerably to $121. The price for the following two months in (December, January) had a considerable increment of 199 %. The price per sq.feet has had a considerable increase of 136 % in the last two months compared to the average price for the previous four months. This was obtained by comparing the first four months of the period going from a price per sq.feet of $90.5 to $123.5 during February, and March.
Based upon to the price in Shallowater (cities), this has gone up considerably in the last 6 months. The average price during our first sample month during October, is . During November the price went through a considerable rise reaching $292,652. During the following two months (December, January) the average price had a considerable increase of 217 % with regard to the previous two months. Based on an analysis of the first four prices and the last two months the average price has risen strongly 126 % during the last two months.
The graph showing the average price for bedrooms displays the property with the most expensive price has 1 bedroom. It is 13 % more costly than the average price of $334,541 in Shallowater. Based on the bedrooms values, properties with the highest prices are those with 1 bedroom. They are 13 % more expensive than the average aforementioned.
With regard to the average prices per sq.feet those properties with 1 bedroom are 5 % cheaper than the average price of ($121 / sq.feet) in Shallowater. Properties with the most affordable price based upon to the number of bedrooms / sq.feet are those with 1 bedroom. They are 5 % cheaper than the average value aforementioned.
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The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills intended to stave off sectional strife that passed during Millard Fillmore"s presidency. With the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the Mexican-American War, all the Mexican-owned territory between California and Texas was given to the United States. This included parts of New Mexico and Arizona. In addition, portions of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Colorado were ceded to the US.
The question that arose was what to do with slavery in these territories. Should it be allowed or forbidden? The issue was extremely important to both free and slave states because of the balance of power in terms of voting blocs in the US Senate and House of Representatives.
Henry Clay was a Whig Senator from Kentucky. He was nicknamed "The Great Compromiser" due to his efforts at helping bring these bills to fruition along with previous bills such as the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise Tariff of 1833. He personally owned slaves which he would later free in his will. However, his motivation in passing these compromises, especially the 1850 compromise, was to avoid Civil War.
Sectional strife was becoming more and more confrontational. With the addition of new territories and the question of whether they would be free or slave territories, the need for a compromise was the only thing that at that time would have averted outright violence.
Realizing this, Clay enlisted the help of Democratic Illinois Senator, Stephen Douglas who would eight years later be involved in a series of debates with Republican opponent Abraham Lincoln.
Clay, backed by Douglas, proposed five resolutions on January 29, 1850 which he hoped would bridge the gap between Southern and Northern interests.
In April of that year, a Committee of Thirteen was created to consider the resolutions. On May 8th, the committee led by Henry Clay, proposed the five resolutions combined into an omnibus bill. The bill did not receive unanimous support. Opponents on both sides were not happy with the
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In the beginning God created the first man and woman to look to Him as their ultimate source for every need.
This was God's good design, intended for all humanity.
Very quickly though an enemy entered the picture to spoil what God had planned, by deceiving the couple and causing them to question His goodness.
As a result, the man and woman distrusted God, acted on their own, and became separated from Him as their source.
… leading them to live independently of each other… and inclining them to blame each other for their problems.
Unfortunately, every marriage since has been corrupted by this same distorted pattern.
Now I understand that this story line is probably not news to you.
But I remind you of these facts today so you would be wary of a common problem… and know how to avoid it.
… and believing that the one they married is somehow standing in the way of their fulfillment.
But this is not according to the truth.
Your spouse is not your enemy.
Yes, spouses are capable of doing nasty things that might make them appear as your enemy.
But your spouse is not your adversary.
Your enemy is the one who is out to ruin God's design for humanity and plan for your marriage.
And he is the source of all misery – both in and outside of marriage.
Which is something we always need to remember… and protect ourselves against.
The good news is that this real enemy has already been defeated by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
With the result being… husbands and wives can be restored to God as their source… and to one another as loving companions who would stand against their true adversary together.
Experiencing this restoration can come quickly, too.
All it takes is for a couple to turn away from distrust and independence and turn to God in faithful dependence.


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Parapsyche apicalis (Banks, 1908)
A Caddisfly
MN Status:
Federal Status:
USFS:
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Habitats:
Small Rivers and Streams
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Map Interpretation
Basis for Listing
Parapsyche apicalis (a species of net-spinning caddisfly) appears to be at the northwestern edge of its range in Minnesota. Despite extensive, statewide sampling, this species is known in Minnesota only from specimens collected in May 2001 from Mill Creek in William O'Brien State Park in Washington County (St. Paul-Baldwin Plains and Moraines Subsection). Parapsyche apicalis was listed as a threatened species in 2013.
Mature larvae approach 10 mm (0.4 in.) and are likely the largest net-spinning caddisflies in Minnesota. Instead of portable cases, larvae produce retreats fixed to the substrate and made up of small pebbles and detritus. These retreats have capture nets made of silk that are used to filter out organic material suspended in the fast-moving current of their habitat. Adults are 10-12 mm (0.39-0.42 in.) in length; males are smaller than females. Both genders have grey wings with darker reticulation. They are very difficult to distinguish from the many other net-spinning caddisfly species known from Minnesota. Specimens can be definitively identified only by a close examination of the terminal abdominal segments under a microscope. Houghton (2012) has developed an identification manual and key to the caddisflies of Minnesota.
Parapsyche apicalis is cold-water stenothermic and requires fast moving current and rocky substrates. In Michigan, it has been shown experimentally to have one of the lowest tolerances to warm water of any aquatic insect. Furthermore, it is almost exclusively found in very small (< 1 m (3 ft.) wide) streams with dense canopy cover. For food, it produces silken nets that it uses to collect coarse organic particles suspended in the water column. Thus, the species is extremely sensitive to changes in canopy cover, riparian corridor, substrate, and water temperature or clarity. Mill Creek is an undisturbed, first-order stream with a heavily wooded canopy cover.
Biology / Life History
Nothing has been reported on the life cycle of the Minnesota population of P. apicalis. Studies in Michigan and Ontario have suggested a single generation per year. Larvae live for one year under the water consuming detritus and smaller aquatic insect larvae that they collect in their capture nets. In very cold streams, larvae may be present throughout the summer with a prolonged emergence of adults into September. In slightly warmer streams, adults are present only for a brief period in May and larvae disappear from April to October. This pattern suggests an egg diapause to avoid warm temperatures during the summer. The Mill Creek adult specimens were collected in May. No collection attempts have been made later in the year to see whether the species exhibits a prolonged emergence period.
Conservation / Management
Small coldwater streams appropriate for P. apicalis are very rare in east-central Minnesota and those that remain are under imminent threat of urban development. Further research is necessary to identify any additional populations of the species. Mill Creek is afforded protection within William O'Brien State Park. Any future development of the riparian corridor of this stream or any changes that would decrease water quality or increase water temperature should be approached cautiously to preserve this isolated population of P. apicalis. At the very least, establishing riparian buffer zones between human disturbance and P. apicalis habitat would likely benefit the species' conservation.
References and Additional Information
Houghton, David C. 2012. Biological diversity of the Minnesota caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera). ZooKeys 189:1-389.
Houghton, D. C. 2007. The effects of landscape-level disturbance on the composition of Minnesota caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) trophic functional groups: evidence for ecosystem homogenization. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 135(1-3):253-264.
Houghton, D. C., R. E. Dewalt, A. J. Pytel, C. M. Brandin, S. E. Rogers, D. E. Ruiter, E. Bright, P. L. Hudson, and B. J. Armitage. In press. Updated checklist of the Michigan (USA) caddisflies, with regional and habitat affinities. Zoosymposia.
Mackay, R. J. 2011. Aquatic insect communities of a small stream on Mont St. Hillaire, Quebec. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 26(5):1157-1183.
Singh, M. P., S. M. Smith, and A. D. Harrison. 1984. Emergence of some caddisflies (Trichoptera) from a wooded stream in southern Ontario. Hydrobiologia 112:223-232.
University of Minnesota Department of Entomology Insect Collection. 2009. UMSP Trichoptera: caddisflies. University of Minnesota, St. Paul. <http://www.entomology.umn.edu/museum/databases/>. Accessed 05 August 2009.
Wiggins, G. B. 1996. Larvae of the North American caddisfly genera (Trichoptera), Second edition. University of Toronto Press, Ontario, Canada. 457 pp.
Williams, D. D., and I. D. Hogg. 1988. Ecology and production of invertebrates in a Canadian coldwater spring-springbrook system. Holarctic Ecology 11(1):41-54.


He's practically shouting at my back as we pedal home from school together, his black and yellow Trail-A-Bike hitched behind my Norco hybrid. This is where he likes to do his daily after-school debriefing, and I'm left fighting to understand him over the wind and the traffic.
But today, I hear him loud and clear: his kindergarten teacher is a man. Big news for a not-quite five year-old with two moms, whose other caregivers and authority figures to date – preschool teachers, fine arts instructors, coaches, and babysitters – have all happened to be women. The funny thing is, my son has been in Monsieur L's class for over a week already. Guess he's been so busy adjusting to the daunting, new routines of big-kid school that the enormity of "my teacher's male, just like me" is only just sinking in.
And sure enough, as we first entered the classroom together, my son holding hands with both moms, I felt a pang inside, a strange mix of excitement, pride and wrenching grief. I didn't actually tear up until the next day, when I had to say goodbye to him in the line-up outside, and then stand back as he filed into the school with the rest of his class – his growing feet taking steps away from me already. Right before he was swallowed by the massive door, he turned back and blew me a kiss. My sweet boy. I blinked back my tears and blew one back, loving him with my whole heart and missing him already. Another queer mom had forewarned me that kindergarten hardens our sons, and in that moment, I found myself praying that this wouldn't happen anytime soon.
There's no formal Pre-K program here in BC, so kindergarten literally marks a child's entry into the school system, where they'll spent the next twelve years of their young lives. Amanda and I were all too aware that my son was moving from the safe cocoon of the preschool he'd attended three mornings a week with fourteen other kids, to an all-day program at the neighbourhood French Immersion school with over seven hundred students.
"He's so ready," his preschool teachers had reassured us in the spring. But like most parents, we wondered and worried about how it was going to go. Can he handle the gruelling, all-day schedule? we asked ourselves. Will he make new friends? Will he listen to the teacher? Will he eat anything for lunch?
My son is not yet five, one of the youngest in his cohort – he still struggles with snaps, zippers and shoelaces – yet he's already as tall as your average six year old. Will people expect too much of him? Will he be able to hold his own on the playground? Will he play nicely with others? Will others play nicely with him? Essentially, we were rehashing the same kinds of concerns we'd had when he'd first started preschool, revamped for this brand new age and stage. At play dates and kids' birthday parties over the summer, it's all parents could talk about: "Are you ready for kindergarten?" I, for one, longed for the summer to stretch on forever. My son may have been ready for kindergarten, but I sure wasn't.
As queer parents, there's always that additional, niggling worry – how will our family be received by the school? And most importantly, how will our gentle, sensitive, trusting boy continue to grow and make his way in a world that doesn't always smile kindly on queer families? We'd been dismayed to receive a five-page "Welcome to Kindergarten" form from the school over the summer, along with my son's assignment to Monsieur L's class. "Name of Mother?" the form asked off the top. "Name of Father?" Amanda took a deep breath, crossed out "Father," and penned in "Mother." Here we go, we thought. Welcome to the next twelve years of tirelessly advocating for our right to exist as a family. And while we were excited by the possibility of our son having his first male teacher, we were also left wondering – what kind of a man is Monsieur L?
"Let's just hope he's the kind of man who's open to a family headed by lesbian moms," Amanda noted grimly.
On the first day of school, we were greeted at the door of my son's classroom with a warm "Bonjour!" from a bright-eyed young teacher. So far so good.
Moments later, as Monsieur L enthusiastically welcomed his new students and the gathered group of parents, something caught my eye in the corner of the class. I did a double-take – could it really be? A small rainbow flag was sticking out of the pencil holder on Monsieur L's desk. I nudged Amanda. Not only are queer families welcome here, but oh-my-goddess, he bats for our team!
Monsieur L organized short interviews with all the parents that first week. When Amanda and I went in to meet him, one of the first things out of his mouth was an apology for the "Welcome to Kindergarten" form.
"Thank you for crossing out 'Father,'" he said. "That really helped when I raised the issue with our principal at the staff meeting this week." Amanda and I exchanged a glance – our small action had already made a difference. "These forms have been used by the school for a long time," he went on, "and they no longer reflect the reality of our student population. I told the principal, 'I can't believe this form was distributed to families in MY class, of all classes.'" He went on to say that he does a unit on diversity with his students every year, and gets his male partner to come in and talk to the class.
We couldn't believe our luck. In fact, we feel like we've won the lottery. A month and a half in now, our son still skips into to school every morning, eager to see what new and wonderful things Monsieur L has in store. A teacher who can get kids excited and motivated about learning is worth their weight in gold. A strong male role-model for a boy with two moms is a huge bonus. And an openly queer teacher who not only welcomes but champions our family? – what a spoil of riches. I cannot think of a better start to kindergarten, and to our relationship with the school system.
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Sara, thank you for posting this column. It gave me a lot of insight into how parents feel when seeing their children off to the start of a life in school.
I also think of how when I was growing up, a teacher like Monsieur L in all likelihood would have been forced to be closeted. I had marvellous teachers who, because of the culture in general, and even at a school which was considered progressive, would not have felt free to put a rainbow flag in the pencil-holder, much less introduce a partner to the class in a unit on diversity. It's so good to know there's been some true progress since then.
glad to hear all is going supremely well in the 'chocolate school' I'm still a bit disappointed tho that it is PAC not Pack for the PTA equivalent.


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Anyone who has ever played basketball for a team knows that each player has their own role. Some players are scorers, others are rebounders, and some are distributors. No matter what role you fill, it will benefit both yourself and your team by working hard on becoming a better shooter. This can help give your team an offensive boost and help you increase in the points per game department.
Making more shots is the single most effective way to become a better player. Below we have selected five drills (no training aides required) that we know can make you a more accurate shooter that you can begin working on today.
We have already discussed the five main steps that lead to great shooting. Now we want to help you take this a step further by showing you how to work on these steps so you develop muscle memory. In the video I take shots that are too far away from the hoop so I would actually suggest you be a step or two closer to the hoop when practicing this drill. The emphasis when doing form shooting should be on going through the five steps of good shooting. Once you become comfortable you can begin to speed up your shot. Another tip is that once you have the steps down to begin jumping on your shots with this drill to teach shooting touch and feel when taking shots close to the hoop.
While going out and shooting a basketball without someone defending you will make you more accurate, you may find it difficult to transition into a game situation when you don't have all day to get your shot off. This drill helps to replicate this by limiting the amount of time you can look at the hoop when shooting. It also helps with agility, timing, and balance.
Shooting three's with potency has become a huge part of the game. Being a great three point shooter will make you an invaluable asset to your team and will lead to a great many scoring opportunities. Developing the strength and endurance it takes to shot threes consistently takes time and effort. This drill works to build both of these by requiring you to put up a lot of deep shots quickly and by running all over the court.
2. Shoot from each spot while grabbing your rebound. Have an emphasis on speed and getting to each spot quickly.
3. Once you shoot the five shots on one side of the court go to the other side and shoot from the same spots on the other side.
The five spots drill will help you become a more consistent shooter from different areas of the court. By varying the five spots you are shooting from you'll be sure to eliminate any weaknesses you have shooting from a particular spot on the court (baseline, elbow, key, etc.).
Ray Allen is one of the greatest shooters in the history of basketball. So, when he does a shooting drill on a regular basis all players looking to make their shot better should take notice. This drill enhances agility, accuracy, and speed in a timed environment.
Pin this list to remind you to practice!


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The Twilight Saga— New Moon Parent Guide
However, after watching Bella sulk her way through another script, I'm left to conclude that the film's charm for most fans must lie with the guys and not the heroine.
Overall C+
Concerned that Bella's (Kristen Stewart) curiosity about their secret world may put everyone's safety at risk, Edward (Robert Pattinson) and his Vampire family move to an unknown location. Unfortunately, the forced separation only makes the teen-aged girl more desperate and reckless. Even when she is hounded by the attention of another young man (Jacob Black played by Taylor Lautner), her soul can't rest in peace.
Release date November 20, 2009
Sexual Content B
Profanity B
Substance Use B+
Why is The Twilight Saga— New Moon rated PG-13? The MPAA rated The Twilight Saga— New Moon PG-13 for some violence and action.
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There may be nothing, save Christmas, that has had so many females (and movie theater owners) counting the sleeps until its arrival. Luckily for them, the opening of Twilight Saga - The New Moon is like an early peek under the tree.
In the year since the release of the original Twilight blockbuster (which, as of April 2009 has grossed $191,465,414, according to imdb.com), the media hubbub swirling around the movie's stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart has hardly cooled. However, the next installment of this moneymaking machine promises to extend the hype to another cast member, Taylor Lautner, who portrays a muscular, alternative romantic interest in this story.
After moving to the cloudy Washington coast to live with her estranged father (Billy Burke), Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) fell in love with the reclusive Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), only to discover his secret. (For anyone who might have miraculously missed this revelation from the first film, the pale-faced boy who eschews the sunshine like the plague, is a vampire.) Within weeks of meeting him, Bella is throwing herself at Edward, trying to convince the bloodsucker to bite her neck so she can rid herself of the unhappy mortal existence she lives and become one of the undead with him. Fortunately, he appears to have more sense than the lovesick girl and manages to resist her insistent pleas.
As this film opens, their relationship has jeopardized the safety of Edward's family, especially after a simple paper cut almost causes a feeding frenzy at Bella's birthday party. In order to protect themselves and Bella, the Cullens pack up and move to an undisclosed location. Their sudden departure leaves Bella staring listlessly out the window during the day and screaming out in her sleep at night. Only after months of depressive behavior, which should have sent her father searching for some serious medical or psychological intervention, does Bella finally find comfort in the buff embrace of Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Yet he too is hounded by a dark secret, which hardly makes him a better alternative.
Without extensive discourse, the dialogue-challenged film relies on lengthy pregnant pauses punctuated by stammering conversations and camera shots that repeatedly pan around the characters, to convey much of the emotional angst in this story. There's that and the pining, wistful stares that pass between the individuals on screen. The action does pick up near the end of the film when Edward approaches the vampire's ruling body, known as the Volturi, with a death wish. Their denial causes him to take more drastic action that will force the hand of the leaders. And unfortunately, he's not the only one who considers suicide as an option to avoid heartache.
However, after watching Bella sulk her way through another script, completely incapable of dealing with the rocky nature of young love, I'm left to conclude that the film's charm for most fans must lie with the guys and not the heroine. It appears that for the faithful followers, this wildly popular saga is harmless escapism, a chance to gush over the exposed pecs on screen. But for other audience members, those who struggle with obsessive tendencies, Bella's fixation on something that threatens not only to harm, but also kill her, is troubling. (Substitute her infatuation for Edward with a fascination for the drug culture or a compulsive eating disorder or a passion for a boy who routinely drinks and drives, and suddenly the plot isn't quiet so entertaining.)
While this storyline of star-crossed lovers isn't new—Romeo and Juliet being a classic example—most parents likely wouldn't want their own daughters involved in a relationship that includes a dagger, or in this case, the necessity for a death-inducing nibble on the neck.
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner. Running time: 131 minutes. Theatrical release November 20, 2009. Updated July 17, 2017
The Twilight Saga— New Moon
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Why is The Twilight Saga— New Moon rated PG-13? The Twilight Saga— New Moon is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some violence and action.
The main character in this film, Bella, exhibits symptoms of serious mental illness intermingled with depressive and obsessive tendencies. These behaviors (mainly caused by a broken romantic relationship) lead her to take life-threatening risks and contemplate suicide. Violent depictions involve physical confrontations with fantastical immortal characters that are brutally tossed and beaten, as well as smashed into objects, walls and floors. Blood is seen when a character is cut and later injures her arm. A man's neck is broken and his head is torn off. A character recklessly rides a motorcycle without a helmet on two occasions—one of which results in a bloody head injury. A character admits to stealing a car. A wound is shown being stitched up. Sexual content consists of a couple of kisses involving at least one teen. Young men/teen males are frequently seen without shirts. A young man talks about trying to get lucky. Infrequent mild profanities and terms of deity are used. A character gets a tattoo as part of a rite of passage. An adult is briefly seen with beer.
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Billions ist eine US-amerikanische Fernsehserie mit Damian Lewis und Paul Giamatti in den Hauptrollen. Die Premiere der Serie erfolgte am 17. Januar 2016 beim Sender Showtime. Zuvor wurde die Folge bereits online veröffentlicht: auf Showtimes eigener Plattform Showtime-on-demand und auf Youtube, dort jedoch in einer zensierten Version. Am 21. Januar 2016 wurde bekannt gegeben, dass sich Sky PLC die Ausstrahlungsrechte an der Serie innerhalb eines neuen Vertrages mit CBS Studios für die Märkte des Vereinigten Königreichs, Irlands, Deutschlands, Österreichs und Italiens gesichert hat. Die deutschsprachige Ausstrahlung ist seit dem 25. April 2016 auf dem Pay-TV-Sender Sky Atlantic zu sehen. Die Serie basiert teilweise auf dem Vorgehen der realen New Yorker Staatsanwälte Eliot Spitzer und Preet Bharara.

Bereits nach Ausstrahlung der zweiten Folge entschied der ausstrahlende Sender Showtime, die Serie um eine zweite Staffel zu verlängern. Anfang März 2017 wurde Billions um eine dritte Staffel verlängert, Ende April 2018 um eine 4. Staffel. Im Mai 2019 wurde die Serie um eine fünfte Staffel verlängert, Im Oktober 2020 wurde eine sechste Staffel bestellt. Im Februar 2022 wurde die Serie von Showtime um eine siebte Staffel verlängert.

Handlung
Die Serie ist in der New Yorker Finanzwelt an der Wall Street angesiedelt und behandelt u. a. die Ermittlungen des United States Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti) gegen den erfolgreichen, aber durchaus auch skrupellosen Hedgefonds-Manager Bobby Axelrod (Lewis).

Besetzung und Synchronisation
Die Serie wird bei der Cinephon in Berlin vertont. Matthias Müntefering schreibt die Dialogbücher, Reinhard Knapp führt die Dialogregie.

Episodenliste

Rezeption
Das Medienmagazin dwdl.de äußerte sich folgendermaßen: "Der Pilot der PayTV-Serie Billions, ein spannender Wall-Street-Thriller u. a. mit Damian Lewis und Paul Giamatti, begeisterte fast alle Besucher, obgleich sie aufgrund der komplexen fortlaufenden Story kaum ein FreeTV-Sender in Deutschland wohl zeigen wollen würde. »Ich hätte trotzdem gerne gleich weitere Episoden gesehen«, sagt RTL-Einkäufer Jörg Graf begeistert über Schauspiel auf höchstem Niveau."

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website bei Showtime

Einzelnachweise

Fernsehserie (Vereinigte Staaten)
Fernsehserie der 2010er Jahre
Fernsehserie der 2020er Jahre


So we all know what Trump and his colleagues are up to. It's called "divide and conquer"! But what I'm concerned about is why the new negotiator from Mexico would overstep his bounds after discussing matters specific to Mexico/US and then move on to topics that involve all three proponents! Didn't anyone give him the "skinny" on how this works?


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Category Archives: Maps
Fun with Google Maps: the 18thC book trade
July 14, 2014 Book trade, Google, Google maps, MapsGoogle mapsshgregg
Stationers' Hall.
A few weeks ago I had the chance to take the annual Bibliographical Society Summer Tour. This year it was led by Professor James Raven and was a walking tour around the eighteenth-century London book trade. James Raven is well known in book history circles and this tour drew upon his research on the topography of the eighteenth-century book trade, the subject of his 2010 Panizzi lectures, and the focus of Bookscapes: Geographies of Printing and Publishing in London before 1800 (British Library, 2014). I'm not going to describe the tour here – although it was lively, thought provoking, and fun – but as we were walking from the area where Paternoster row once existed to Fleet Street, it struck me that the most appropriate way to record this event might be to map our walk. It had also occured to me that I hadn't yet played with Google Maps and it might be useful a process to pass on to my undergraduate students.
So what you see here (click on map image) is a rough and quick map of our tour using Google Maps. I've dropped a few pins to locations and figures that were mentioned on the tour, although it by no means reflects that breadth of James Raven's knowledge nor, indeed, the astonighly high concentration of booksellers, printers, and publishers in the areas around St. Paul's, Fleet Street, and the Strand during this period. In throwing together a map of the tour, I've not gone into much detail: I could have written much more extensive notes to people such as Abel Roper or the Murrays or Strahans, given more time. I also limited myself by deciding that I would only pin-point items or people for which image existed (and that the image was free to use and without any copyright issues, so I've relied heavily on Wikimedia Commons). In this sense, the map reflects the limits of the basic Google Maps app: images can only be downloaded from the web, so I couldn't use any of my own photographs (although I guess I could have upoaded them to, for example, flickr, and re-upload them from there). Of course, the other major limitation when using Google Maps for marking historical information is that it doesn't reflect the original street layout. In this case, the most obvious anomaly is that the route we took from Stationers' Hall to the East side of St Pauls, was attempting to trace what no longer exists: Paternoster Row, the historic focus of so much book trade activity up to WWII. But see this project to creat a virtual Paternoster Row at the University of Essex.
So, there are a number of lessons to hand on to students using Google Maps. But there are also significant gains to be had in the process of marking and annotating, in addition to the obvious visual impact of a map. I had fun imagining myself into the bookscape of eighteenth-century London. I hope you have fun with this map.
Defoe, Google, cities and Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
November 22, 2013 Defoe, Maps, Tourshgregg
Re-reading Robin Sloan's Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, I was struck by a passage that reminded me of some the issues that came up recently when teaching Daniel Defoe's A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain on our MA in Literature, Landscape and Environment. It was, to say the least, a surprising association between "a novel about books and technology, cryptography and conspiracy, friendship and love" and a description of eighteenth-century London. But here's the passage from Sloan's novel in which Neel Shah (CEO of a niche software company) and Kat Potente (west-coast evangelistic Google data-visualizer) are contemplating a New York sidewalk:
"It's so small but there are so many people," she says, watching the human flow. "They're … it's like fish. Or birds or ants, I don't know. Some superorganism." …
Neel nods knowingly. "The suburban mind cannot comprehend the emergent complexity of a New York sidewalk."
"I don't know about that," Kay says, narrowing her eyes. "I'm pretty good with complexity."
"See, I know what you're thinking," Neel says, shaking his head. "You're thinking it's just an agent-based simulation, and everybody out there follows a pretty simple set of rules" – Kat is nodding – "and if you can figure out those rules. You can model it. You can simulate the street, then the neighbourhood, then the whole city. Right?"
"Exactly. I mean, sure, I don't know what the rules are yet, but I could experiment and figure them out, and then it would be trivial – "
"Wrong."[1]
Neel believes that no computer of Google's could ever be big enough to analyse the city's complex and organic interactions. The allusions are rich, the most obvious of which is to the Simcity and The Sims franchises. But Sloan makes a Google employee extol the possibilities of designing an algorithm for a city of people; a fact that brings to mind Google's efforts to map and photograph the world in its entirety. Indeed, in a previous passage, Kat has used Google Street View to locate a secret library in New York. Both platforms have a set of related aims: to comprehend and model a complex ecology. But there's a gentle irony in this scene that it is Neel who is sceptical about such modelling. It's a question of scale, and – as any student of satire will know – comparing the ostensibly small with the apparently epic produces some interesting ironic effects. Neel's company designs the software to enable 3D digital simulations of female breasts, and the irony of a dubious industry in simulating a relatively small part of the female anatomy critiquing the gargantuan designs of Google Earth cuts both ways. However, it is Neel that has the last word – the city cannot be modelled or contained – so Sloan seems to be directing the irony primarily at Kat's, or Google's, totalizing hubris.
Now on the MA in Literature, Landscape and Environment, we were paying close attention to the modes through which eighteenth-century authors represent landscapes of various kinds, and at this point comparing Pope and Defoe's attitudes to the city of London. So here's the section from Defoe's Tour in which he grapples with the size and complexity of early eighteenth-century London:
This great Work is infinitely difficult in its Particulars, though not in itself; not that the City is so difficult to be described, but to do it in the narrow Compass of a Letter, which we see so fully takes up Two large Volumes in Folio, and which, yet, if I may venture to give an Opinion of it, is done but by Halves neither.[2]
Defoe, like Neel, acknowledges the limitations of contemporary technology: the attempt encompass London within a letter, when even John Strype's 1720 multi-volume folio edition of Stow's Survey is 'done by halves', may come at the cost of the complex 'Particulars' of the city. Defoe goes on to say that perhaps the City itself may indeed 'be viewed in a small Compass' (2:95). However, the attempt to contain and represent London as a whole is thwarted by its uncontrolled and complexly organic evolution:
It is the Disaster of London, as to the Beauty of its Figure, that it is thus stretched out in Buildings, just at the Pleasure of every Builder, or Undertaker of Buildings, and as the Convenience of the People directs, whether for Trade or otherwise; and this has spread the Face of it in a most straggling, confused Manner, out of all Shape, uncompact, and unequal. (2:95)
In response, Defoe circumscribes this vital London by drawing a 'A LINE of Measurement' (2:98), effectively creating a static model of London – a simulation, if you like – in order for it to be properly analysed.
There is a neat parallel between Defoe's and Kat Potente's – and Google's – attempts to model the complex ecology of cities. Both of these scenarios speak to the desire to be, in the words of Michel de Certeau, 'the solar eye', the voyeur elevated above a city laid before them. Such a perspective 'makes the complexity of the city readable, and immobilizes its opaque mobility in a transparent text' and creates, he argues, a 'panorama-city … a "theoretical" (that is, visual) simulacrum.'[3] It is a desire to overwrite the messy real city with a fictive version of the city.
Yet complicating such a desire, Defoe and (with the caveat of irony) Neel Shah are both also fascinated by what de Certeau calls the forces of 'human agglomeration and accumulation.' Partly out of frustration, but partly out of admiration, Defoe asks 'Whither will this monstrous City then extend? and where must a Circumvallation or Communication Line of it be placed?' (2:97). When Kat mentions Google's 'The Big Box' (a fictitious project of huge interlocking modular servers, and perhaps Sloan's dig at Google's search box[4]), Neel responds, "It's not big enough. This box" – Neel stretches out his hands, encompasses the sidewalk, the park, the streets beyond – "is bigger." (128). For Neel and Defoe, the city is always poised to burst beyond the confines of book or search box.
[1] Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (London: Atlantic, 2013), pp. 127-28.
[2] Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain, 3 vols (London, [1724-25]), 2:94. Further references in brackets after quotations.
[3] Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life, trans. Steven Rendall (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984), pp. 92-93.
[4] Google increased the size of its search box in 2009.
Mapping books, mapping a library
March 22, 2013 Annotations, libraries, Maps, ToolsAnnotationsshgregg
When I'm not working or blogging on Defoe, I'm working on Bishop Richard Hurd, the clergyman and literary scholar (1720-1808). Currently I've being paying attention to his library. Built in the 1780s, Hurd's library – both the book collection and the physical library itself – still exists at the old Bishopric palace of Hartlebury Castle. I'm not going to go into detail here, but suffice to say, it's a wonder (check their website for more details).
Now I knew from previous visits that the collection contained ms correspondence, Hurd's commonplace books, printed books he has annotated himself, works annotated by previous owners, as well as various material and written interventions by Richard Hurd Jr. (Hurd's nephew, secretary, and erstwhile librarian). What I wanted to do is to try to get a sense of how such books and their annotations might relate to each other and how they relate to Hurd's published output. Now the library has over 3,000 titles, of which quite a number are annotated, so I wanted to track such interactions with a case study of the relations between Hurd's publication, Moral and Political Dialogues (1759), and the various works by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon held in various editions in his library. But tracking – mapping – the complex relations between these books, their owners, and the annotations became almost impossible in traditional prose description; particularly as the annotations and the interactions were also time-sensitive. What I needed was a visual aid.
At about the same I came across the project Six Degrees of Francis Bacon (an inspired title for a project!) The striking way in which the project visually presented data to track a network of literary relationships was an inspiration. I didn't have such resources at hand, so I opted for a quick and dirty option and tried out some free mind-mapping software. What I produced – for a paper for the Writers and their libraries conference – rendered rather nicely a set of relations between objects and annotations.
It's quite striking. But I found that the mind-mapping tools I tried all depended upon a single (or a very limited number) of starting points from which sub-topics were then hierarchically related. As you can see, I ended up by having to put the rather vague and abstract phrase 'Hurd and Clarendon' as the epicentre of this series of interactions. Now I had a number of objects in my case study, none of which could be said to the origin of a subsequent series of relations. In fact that was the very problem I was trying to articulate: how can one envisage a variety of interactions between objects, the contexts of which are separated by time, but which came to occupy the same physical and chronological space?
Subsequently, I've started experimenting with a piece of software not out of beta yet but which looks fantastic and, more to the point, very easy to use. This is Scapple, designed by the producers of Scrivenor. Details at the literatureandlatte forum.
What striking is that because Scapple is designed to mimic the rather looser way people actually doodle ideas, it doesn't require a single starting-point. For a project like mine where I needed to map interactions between objects that have more complex and non-hierarchical relationships, this was ideal. Although I haven't yet played around with the aesthetic appearance, the tentative reconstruction I've begun already looks very different without a centre. At the moment I don't know if this will ever get beyond a personal tool, but even if that's all it does, it should enable me to better conceive and represent the idea I began with: a kind of dialogue or virtual conversation between authors and their annotations within a library.
Ropemaker's Alley and Digital Maps
September 19, 2012 Biography, Defoe, Mapsshgregg
Recently I've been playing around with the digital maps of London available online. Primarily, Allison Muri's The Grub Street Project, Locating London's Past and the map search function in Old Bailey Online. This inevitably led me to look at those places in London associated with Daniel Defoe. At about the same time, I had been re-reading Pat Roger's Grub Street: Studies in a Subculture and was again impressed by his detailed ecology of the parish of St Giles, Cripplegate ward. It is an area closely associated with Defoe, so I thought I'd take the opportunity to use some of these databases to briefly map out Defoe's place of death.
Here's a view of Cripplegate, or 'Creplegate Parish' in Strype's edition of Stow's Survey of the cities of London and Westminster (1720, 2 vols), courtesy of The Grub Street Project (click to see a zoom-able image):
As Rogers argues, Defoe's honorary membership of the Dunces club owes much to his beginning and ending his life within the purlieu of that home of the Dunces, Grub Street (Grub Street, 311-27). On Strype's 1720 edition of Stow's Survey (above), Grub street runs roughly North-South between and parallel to Moore Lane and White Cross Street. According to John R. Moore (Daniel Defoe: Citizen of the Modern World, 3) Defoe's father ran a business from Fore Street: on the Strype map this began at St. Giles, ran into Moore Street which then became Posterne Street at its eastern end. The minister of St. Giles, Samuel Annesley, was praised in an elegy by Defoe in 1697. In the section of John Rocque's A New and Accurate Survey of the cities of London and Westminster (1746), below, you can also see Grub Street running North off Fore Street (via Old Bailey Online, images courtesy of Motco Enterprises Limited Ref: http://www.motco.com):
In the last months of his life Defoe was hiding from creditors, and between August 1730 and April 1731 he took lodgings in Ropemaker's Alley, in the decidedly mixed environs of Cripplegate. Ropemaker's Alley was just a few streets East of White Cross Alley where his wife, Mary, had property and Max Novak suggested that this might have enabled Defoe to keep in touch with his family (Daniel Defoe: Master of Fictions, 702). Ropemaker's Alley cannot be seen in Strype's Map: it is just North of the City Walls in the area known as the 'Freedoms'. If you look on the Strype map it would be just above and just outside the far North-West corner of Cripplegate ward. On the next section of Rocque's 1746 map, below, you can see it fairly clearly as a thin street running North-West from Finsbury, bordering Moorfields ('a moorish rotten Ground', Strype, 1.70). South East off Finsbury and below Moorfields was Bethlehem Hospital, or Bedlam. The dotted line represents the boundary chains of the City.
Strype describes Ropemaker's Alley, in 'Cripplegate Ward without the Wall', as 'pretty broad, with several Garden Houses, which are well built and inhabited', which sounds rather genteel. Nearby, however, alleys and streets were 'meanly built and inhabited' and 'very mean' (Strype, 1:92) and the proximity to Grub Street would have confirmed for many Defoe's association with the profession of hacks. Defoe died on the 24th or the 25th April 1731 and was buried in Bunhill Fields, just North from Chiswell street, and which is now the location of the nineteenth-century memorial to Defoe.


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stated on August 5, 2012 in a campaign ad:
"As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel."
Message Machine 2012
By Molly Moorhead August 7, 2012
Mitt Romney says Barack Obama has not visited Israel as president
Following a trip in which he said Israel was blessed by the hand of providence, Mitt Romney is out with an ad questioning President Barack Obama's allegiance to the Jewish state.
"Who shares your values?" a narrator asks as an image of Obama appears. "As president, Barack Obama has never visited Israel and refuses to recognize Jerusalem as its capital."
Romney, the ad continues, "will be a different kind of president who stands by our allies. He knows America holds a deep and cherished relationship with Israel."
The ad closes with clips of Romney giving a speech in front of the Old City and praying at the Western Wall.
In another fact-check, we'll look at the ad's claims about Obama's record on Jerusalem as the nation's capital.
Here, we ask, has the president been there?
Before he moved to the White House
As an Illinois senator, Obama made his first visit to Israel in January of 2006. In 2008, while running for president, he returned on a multi-nation trip to Israel, Jordan, Germany, France and Britain. That trip, like Romney's this year, was designed to bolster his foreign policy credentials.
At the time, Obama declared America a friend of Israel and said we "must always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself."
But Romney's ad specified that Obama has not been to Israel "as president," and that assertion is correct.
As it turns out, that's not unusual.
Our colleagues at the Washington Post's Fact-Checker column delved into the archives of the historian's office at the U.S. State Department. According to those records, seven of the last 11 presidents (dating back to Harry Truman who was in the White House when Israel was established) never visited Israel.
The Obama campaign, when we asked for a response, pointed out that Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush were among those who never went to Israel. Democratic Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were the only ones to visit during their first term. George W. Bush went to Israel twice during his last year in office.
That historical context is noteworthy: A majority of the last 11 presidents did not visit Israel. But the Romney ad's claim is still accurate. We rate it True.
"Cherished Relationship," Romney campaign ad, Aug. 5, 2012
Email interview with Kara Carscaden, Obama campaign, Aug. 6, 2012
Email interview with Ryan Williams, Romney campaign, Aug. 6, 2012
Washington Post, "Obama knocked for not visiting Israel," Aug. 6, 2012
Associated Press, "Romney jabs Obama on US policy toward Israel day before Republican visits Jerusalem," July 27, 2012
Chicago Tribune, "'Friend of Israel' also woos Palestinians; Visiting Obama focuses on Israel's right to defend itself, wisdom of support for moderate Arabs," July 24, 2008, via Nexis
National Journal, "Romney Misleads with Israel Ad," Aug. 5, 2012
Department of State, Office of the Historian, Presidents Travels to Israel, accessed Aug. 6, 2012
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Lover of tragic Stratford mum trying to cash in on tragedy
Lover attempts to cash in over mum and tot death
Sunday Mercury
THE sick lover of a Midland mum who died after childbirth is trying to cash in on the tragedy by selling a picture of the baby she smothered.
Noel Bannister touted the horrifying photograph to the Sunday Mercury after demanding £1,000 to tell all about his doomed relationship with Elizabeth Tevenan.
The 30-year-old devout Roman Catholic had not known she was pregnant when she gave birth to a boy at the Stratford-upon-Avon home she shared with her parents.
Overcome with shock, a panicking Elizabeth smothered the 6Ib 13oz infant – posthumously named Nicholas Patrick – before she bled to death.
Farm labourer Mr Bannister was only traced and identified as the father after police used DNA samples.
The couple had been seeing each other on and off for three or four years, but it is believed they split up before the tragedy last November.
But last week Mr Bannister contacted our reporter and offered to sell his story, complete with a picture of his dead son, if we agreed to a quick cash deal.
He said: "I have everything you want, I don't have any pictures of me and Elizabeth but I have a picture of my son. Don't worry though, he was all cleaned up by the hospital staff so you could use that.
"But I want the money straight away if I am going to tell the story."
When questioned on why he wanted the cash so quickly, he insisted: "I want it in time for Christmas because I want to do something nice for the graves, you see."
Elizabeth was brought up by her strict but loving Catholic parents Bridget, 58, and Patrick, 70.
When asked what Bridget would think of him selling his story and the saddest of pictures, Mr Bannister said: "She can think what she likes to be honest. It was a load of nonsense she was reported to have said in the past. I tend to keep out of her way.
''The dad is nice, but the mum can be a bit of a handful."
After the double tragedy, devastated Bridget said she knew her daughter had been seeing Mr Bannister but had no idea she was expecting.
She said: "I would have hit the roof if I'd known she was pregnant, but I'd have calmed down.
"I would have loved a grandson. He was a beautiful baby.
''We are grief-stricken, we doted on our daughter, we have lost a lovely girl."
An inquest held at Warwickshire Coroner's Court earlier this year had heard that religious Mr and Bridget had never spoken to their daughter about sex.
It was also revealed that Elizabeth, described as a "shy, bubbly girl", had been taking painkillers for acute back pain before her death on November 13, 2008. She had even looked on the NHS Direct website for information about ulcers and stomach cancer two days before she gave birth.
Her mother had discovered her haemorrhaging in the bathroom of their home and called an ambulance, but she was confirmed dead on arrival at Warwick Hospital.
The baby's body was discovered beneath towels and a dressing gown an hour later by police officers who were alerted by doctors.
The inquest was told that Elizabeth had stuffed toilet tissue into her son's mouth and had pinched his nose to stop him breathing.
Det Insp Nigel Jones, of Warwickshire Police, said the mum-to-be had attended a netball coaching session just a few days before the birth.
He said: "It was clear that no-one knew she was pregnant. And there are no facts to identify that Elizabeth knew she was pregnant."
Coroner Sean McGovern recorded that the tragic mum had died of natural causes but said she had unlawfully killed her son.
He said: "I am entirely satisfied that Elizabeth was unaware of her pregnancy
"If she had been aware of this when her waters broke, earlier medical intervention could have prevented her death."
He concluded that Elizabeth unlawfully killed her baby "in a state of panic".
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Whiskey Radio Hour + Bottom Shelf Photos!
Coming up on Monday, April 10th, check me out as "Beverly" in Let's Find Out! by Cassandra Rose - a live radio play performed with the Whiskey Rebellion Theatre for the Whiskey Radio Hour Ep. 14, at Chief O'Neill's, doors at 8pm, show at 8:30pm. $5 donation gets you in a raffle for a bottle of whiskey!
You're in for a rare treat, because Amanda's fiancé Jonah is performing in Let's Find Out! as well!
Fun shots below from Fury Theatre's very successful fundraiser, Bottom Shelf Theatre!
Readings & a return to OLT
I've been slacking on updates lately as I get caught up on life. So here's a quick run down on the latest.
The Curse on Mordrake House was a hit at the Chicago Fringe - we sold out several houses and were one of the best selling shows of this year's festival!
I had a blast with my Chicago directing debut of El Words by Elizabeth Archer, part of the Short Attention Span Theatre Festival with Fury Theatre. So much love to my cast for an amazing experience and making our piece truly sing.
I'm acting in a staged reading, and now also directing a piece as well for the Stockyards Theatre Project at the Greenhouse Theatre Center this Tuesday at 7pm! It's a free reading that is the culmination of several writing workshops aimed at developing strong female characters. I'll be playing Ani in Shooting the Moon by Tanise Robnett, and directing Intensive Supervision by Alif Muhammad, both with Talif Productions. Each play or monologue presented will be followed by a Q&A to provide the writers with feedback.
Episodes of Cold Reboot have started trickling onto the soundwaves with the Synesthesia Theatre podcast, a Burning Brigid Media production. Listen for yours truly as Nurse Carol in episodes 4 & 5!
You'll see me on stage at the Oil Lamp Theater again this January, as I join the cast of The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney. Each actor takes on between 8-10 different characters as we see vignettes of life throughout the years in the same dining room of a single home. Tickets on sale now!
And wedding planning continues! I've slowed down my theatre activities a bit to try and get as much planning finished as possible, but will be back full steam as soon as possible.
Cheers all! Go make or partake in some art!
New Show, Commercial and more!
Back from vacation and back into the swing of things!
I was just cast as Shoshanna (and others) in The Dreamchild Neverists, Dream Theatre Company's most ambitious show yet. Runs Mar 24-April 17, and this one is going to be a huge undertaking (and totally worth it). Fun fact - one of my characters is a pink vampire poodle, AKA "Vampoodle"! We'll be dealing in a fantastical world full of strange characters and we'll be creating all kinds of delightful feats of puppetry, projection, and theatrical magic to bring them to life. More details and ticket information will be available soon, check back at the Current Projects page.
Meanwhile, my second spot for Innovative Express Care from last summer is now public! Check out the video here or on my Media - Commercials page. We had a little too much fun shooting different variations of my reaction shot in this - hope you enjoy! ;)
The audio drama Iron Horses Can't Be Broken is nearly for launch! The first episodes are being made available in February, and I can't wait to hear our hard work come to fruition. In the meantime, checkout Burning Brigid Media's page and my cast interview. I think listeners are going to love this very original steampunk western adventure story.
And finally, in an effort to continue building my strength and circus skills, I'll be taking a Circus Fitness course every Friday at the Actor's Gymnasium, next week through the end of March! I loved the Circus Arts Level 1 class I took, but it made me realize I definitely need to build up my strength in order to readily expand my circus skills.
Ready to make 2016 mine, see you at the theatre!
Wrapped on Iron Horses, on to Bedford Falls!
Yesterday I wrapped my part on Iron Horses Can't Be Broken with Burning Brigid Media. It's a little bittersweet, as it's been a truly delightful group to work with. Everyone was a total pro, and I was utterly impressed by the level of talent that came together to make this 11 episode audio-drama a reality. It's going to be a thrilling ride and I can't wait to share the podcast with everyone once it's live! Voiceover is definitely something I want to start doing a lot more of, if I can. It's totally convinced me that it's time to invest in a good home studio mic!
Audience Annihilated 3: The Trouble With Angels closed last weekend as well (to awesome final Halloween loving audiences) so now I can focus 100% of my efforts on my next project, It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. You may be familiar with the Frank Capra film, but this rendition of the holiday favorite is performed in 1946 by a Manhattan radio station as a live radio play! The viewers become the live studio audience and will be prompted to laugh, cry, and applaud along as the actors create the characters and live sound effects on stage. There are even a couple "live commercial breaks" and complimentary cookies and hot cocoa for all audience members. I am Sally Applewhite, Miss Ohio 1943, fresh off the set of her latest Hollywood film, playing the role of Mary Hatch in the radio play. The entire cast, aside from my role, are returning from last year's acclaimed production. I am beyond thrilled to be stepping into the Sally Applewhite role and help continue this Oil Lamp Theater tradition - which is already selling tickets like gangbusters! OLT now features reserved seating, so I highly recommend getting tickets early so you get your pick of seats. Tickets can be purchased at OilLampTheater.org Use my special "Friends & Family" discount code "life" to get $5 off tickets!
Hope to see you at the theater, friends! <3
Haunting your Dreams
Ah, October. One of my favorite times of year. I'm a summer lover, but fall has it's merits. Crisp days and changing leaves, pumpkin flavored everything, and of course....HALLOWEEN! My actor friends and I often joke that Halloween is "Actor Christmas" because we can go all out in crazy costumes, and everyone else is along for the ride too. Not to mention, many of us get the chance to scare the pants off our friends by working in various incarnations of haunted houses, horror shows, and so on.
This will mark my 3rd year performing in the Audience Annihilated series with Dream Theatre Company. For the uninitiated, Audience Annihilated is a part-haunted house, part-horror play that blurs the lines between audience and actor. Audience members have the option of playing the "lead" and interacting directly with the actors, or if you're too scared, you can watch from the safety of the gallery. This year we're performing "The Trouble with Angels", another original concept by Jeremy Menekseoglu. More info and tickets on my Current Projects page. I'm super excited for this one, as it touches on a lot of my personal fears, we've expanded the cast, and tickets are already selling fast. It's 1/2 the price of most haunted houses, and arguably a lot scarier - definitely check it out of you're a horror fan! Reservations are required due to the intimate nature of the performances.
I'll have to switch gears next week - as I start rehearsing for It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play with Oil Lamp Theater in Glenview. Definitely a much more cheerful show ;) This will be a fun one for me, as I've worked with all but 1 member of the cast before, and they're an amazing bunch of people. Tickets are on sale now, and OLT now offers reserved seating!
On a more personal note, October has also been quite dreamy, as on October 7th, my 7 year anniversary with my significant other Jonah, something pretty exciting happened.....we got engaged! In true theatrical fashion, he surprised me at a callback audition at Oil Lamp Theater, and even conspired with the theater director and some of the staff to pull it off. We're both super excited, and have planned a vacation to celebrate in January at Universal Studios Orlando (let's be honest, we're 90% going for Harry Potter World). I will be changing my name to Amanda Winston. Name changing is always an odd-thing in the actor world, as your name is your "brand". However, I think that Amanda Winston has a more unique ring to it than Amanda Meyer, and I won't need to carry my middle name to stand out for the 1,000's of Amanda Meyer's out there (there are tons of us....one was a math teach at my high school). While I have started to make a name for myself in the acting world, I don't think my brand will suffer much from making the switch to Amanda Winston. My inner feminist wants to say "you don't need to take his name", but what can I say, I like the name Winston!
Have a Happy Halloween everyone, and I hope to see you at the theatre!
Voiceovers and Angels
I can't believe it's already mid-September! It's been a relaxing summer filled with beach yoga, beach volleyball, late nights with friends, and auditioning.
I've worked up a new voiceover page, as I've started to drum up more work in that arena. I'm very fond of voice acting, and hope to continue to do more of it, and invest in a good home microphone for recording. Recently my voiceover work for Adagio Tea's Passport Program video was released, and today marked the first official recording session for Iron Horses Can't Be Broken, and original audio drama mini-series withBurning Brigid Media on their Synesthesia Theatre podcast. Iron Horses... has 11 episodes and will continue to record through October, with episodes available for free as they're released. What's awesome about Burning Brigid Media, is that they strive to cast and create stories about those that are traditionally marginalized, and treat those characters as living people rather than stereotypes. Iron Horses... is no exception.
Day 1 of "Iron Horses Can't Be Broken"!
Rehearsals have also begun for Audience Annihilated 3: The Trouble With Angels, the next installment of Dream Theatre Company's intimate horror experience just in time for Halloween. As we keep saying in rehearsal, this show is "going to ruin people". It's pretty freaking messed up, and I don't scare easy. I like to describe it as "The Strangers" meetings "Going Clear." This is a very unique experience, I definitely recommend it for Halloween thrill seekers. I'll be playing the character "Drill". Tickets are now on sale! https://www.artful.ly/store/events/7190
Soon I hope to share an webisode of #SelfieGuy that I appeared in. It's a very goofy web series, and it was a lot of fun shooting with that group. We shot a couple spots, so hope to see that soon!
Check out the links below for some past #SelfieGuy videos!
Watch out for that #selfieguy
Shon McGregory is a sneak!
Posted by Natalia Samoylova on Monday, September 7, 2015
#Selfieguy steals the ladies
This #selfieguy is a troublemaker.
Posted by Natalia Samoylova on Wednesday, September 9, 2015
It's going to be a busy Fall and Winter with the podcast, DTC's show, and then Oil Lamp Theater's It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (I'm playing Sally Applewhite/Mary).
More updates to come!
Mechanical Man Update & Podcast!
Announcement time! In light of an actor having to drop out, I have been promoted from "button pusher" to "Mrs. Heckwick/Prossie" in Dream Theatre Company's The Mechanical Man, to be performed at the Chicago Fringe Festival! While unexpected, this is exciting news, as many of you may have gathered, I'm a girl who likes to be on stage. This silent all-girl steampunk German Expressionist play is like nothing else you'll see in Chicago, let alone at the Chicago Fringe. We started rehearsing tonight, tried on some costumes, and I am already in love with this show.
Anna Menekseoglu, Managing Director of Dream Theatre, actor, director, knitter, costumer, and podcaster extraordinaire, did a podcast interview with Vinnie Lacey, co-founder and Executive Director of the Chicago Fringe. Anna teases Mechanical Man, reveals the origins of Dream Theatre, plugs MEDEA currently running at DTC, and explains the wonders of yarn bombing the Fringe. Check out the podcast below!
MEDEA Photos, more DTC fun
Opening weekend of Jeremy Menekseoglu's MEDEA with Dream Theatre Company was glorious. Thank you to our amazing audiences for helping us kick off this thing with a bang! Some production photos have been added to my MEDEA album courtesy of DTC Artistic Associate, #1 Fan, and Professional Audience Member, Marcia Clark! A couple other bonus photos in there as well.
Many many more chances to see MEDEA before we close! We run every Friday-Sunday @ 8pm through Sept. 14. No performances on Aug. 31 or Sept. 5. Tickets are $20. We take Cash & Credit Cards (Square) at the door. Reservations are strongly recommended as seating is limited to 28 seats per performance! 10 seats are available at Goldstar for 1/2 price every night, but they go fast!
In other news, I will be helping out DTC in another venture, this time behind the scenes! I'll be the board operator (pressing buttons for lights/sound/projections) for the Chicago Fringe Festival performances of The Mechanical Man! This all-girl silent steampunk play is a truly unique experience not to miss, and I am super jazzed to even be a very small part of it. Check out details in my Current Projects section!
Cheers, all!
Last Chance "Horn", Opening "Medea"!
It is the FINAL WEEKEND of Come Blow Your Horn with Oil Lamp Theater. It's been a delightful ride, romping about in Neil Simon land. If you haven't seen the show yet, tickets are going fast but there are a handful of seats left for Thursday and Saturday (Sunday is sold out, and Friday is nearly sold out!). For $5 off, enter my "Friends & Family" code, "Horn" at: http://oillamptheater.org/current_season.php. Hope to see you there!
No rest for the wicked....next up, Jeremy Menekseoglu's MEDEA, opens Aug 8, and runs Fridays-Sundays at 8pm at Dream Theatre Company's the new Dream Laboratory space through September 14th! Tickets and more info can be found at: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/3790. I'll be playing the Princess of Corinth, Glauce, as she attempts to make peace with Medea.....and I think most of us know how that ends.
Finally, I wanted to share a review of the work my very talented significant other and fellow actor, Jonah D. Winston. He is currently starring as Karl in Jedlicka Performing Arts Center's production of "Big Fish: The Musical".
Chicago Theatre Beat Review: Big Fish (Jedlicka Performing Arts Center)
Highlights: "also a knockout is Jonah D. Winston as Karl, the "giant" that Edward Bloom saves from a fearful populace. Winston has a gorgeous bass-baritone that we don't get to hear enough of in this show."
"Winston's Karl captures the loneliness and warmth of the giant Edward saves."
Congratulations, Jonah! Much deserved!! :)
What's up after MEDEA? Who knows? Could be something brewing at Dream Theatre, we shall see where the wind will blow!
Bowling for Medea: Save the Children!
This is a fundraiser event for MEDEA with Dream Theatre Company at our new space in Lincoln Square. It's our kickoff mainstage, and I'll be featured as "Glauce" when we open in August!
STRIKE OUT MEDEA!
DON'T LET THE CHILDREN BE SACRIFICED!
ALL YOU CAN BOWL & DRINK FOR ONLY $25!
**For less than the price of 4 Venti Peppermint Mocha Frappuccinos – you can make a difference**
EVERY PENNY HELPS!
Join Dream Theatre's quest to save two adorable twins by drinking, eating, bowling and preventing murder.
@ Lincoln Square Lanes
$25 in advance; $30 at the door
BUY TICKETS: https://www.artful.ly/store/events/3577
Even if the children are not saved there will still be LIVE BAND KARAOKE starting at 10pm
Dream Theatre is hosting an event at Lincoln Square Lanes to help raise funds for our first main stage MEDEA at Dream Laboratory. Join us in celebrating our successful move and our exciting season.
- For $25 ($30 @ the door) you'll receive 2 hours of UNLIMITED bowling and domestic beers/house wine
- Raffle tickets will be sold at the event. Make sure to enter for your chance to win some great prizes
- Food will also be available for purchase while enjoying the festivities
- Live Band Karaoke will begin at 10pm
DTC is a 501(c)3 public charity arts organization that produces original and innovative plays in an intimate theatre in Chicago since 2002. If you can't attend our event but would like to support our company, please consider donating via our website at www.dreamtheatrecompany.com
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The English Channel is a body of water that separates the island of Great Britain from the rest of Europe. People who live in the UK and want to visit Europe, or people from Europe who want to visit the UK, can take a ferry across or ride a train under the channel in a special tunnel called the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed the Chunnel). Both the ferries and trains carry cars. It is 563 km long, 246 km wide, and its narrowest part (34 km) is the Strait of Dover. On a clear day, it is possible to see the cliffs of Dover from Calais on the French side.
In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first known person to swim the English Channel, crossing it in just under 22 hours. The first woman to do this was Gertrude Ederle. In 2004, over 600 people were recorded making the crossing. The fastest time was achieved by Bulgarian swimmer Peter Stoychev in 2007, who managed it in 7 hours. Recently, officials have outlawed swimming in the English Channel.
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