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E! ANNOUNCES NEW LOCAL PRODUCTION HOW DO I LOOK? SOUTH AFRICA WITH HOST ROXY BURGER
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E! Entertainment Television – NBCUniversal International Networks' channel dedicated to pop culture – today announced their latest local production – How Do I Look? South Africa. The brand new, local version of NBCUniversal International Formats' highly popular international franchise, will be hosted by South African media personality Roxy Burger (Top Billing, Strictly Come Dancing). Over the 12-episode series, Burger will be on the case to solve South Africa's most shocking fashion crimes. How Do I Look? South Africa will premiere on 17 November at 8pm CAT exclusively on E!.
Based on the hit U.S. format, How Do I Look? South Africa will feature style-challenged participants from all walks of life as they each embark on the ultimate makeover journey with the help of their friends, Roxy, and her professional glam squad – including celebrity hair stylist Saadique Ryklief. And, with his keen eye for fashion, E! South Africa host Katleho Sinivasan will join Roxy as the show's style expert. Roxy and Kat will accompany the participants every step of the way until their fresh new look is revealed at the end of each episode. Viewers can look forward to touching personal stories as well as lots of practical fashion, beauty and lifestyle tips.
"The launch of How Do I Look? South Africa underscores E!'s on-going commitment to bring South African audiences locally relevant content," said Lee Raftery, Chief Marketing & Content Officer and MD UK & Emerging Markets, NBCU International. "The show is the perfect fit for fashion-forward E! fans, and offers viewers a great entertainment experience as they follow the ultimate style transformations."
How Do I Look? South Africa will be produced by Urban Brew, sponsored by Sandton City / Eastgate Shopping Centre. The first episode premieres on 17 November at 8pm CAT only on E! Entertainment Television (DStv channel 124).
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No. 22 Michigan State builds big lead, tops Toledo 81-68
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By DANA GAURUDER
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) Max Christie had 14 points, Gabe Brown scored 12 and No. 22 Michigan State built a big lead early and defeated Toledo 81-68 on Saturday.
Tyson Walker added 11 points and six assists and Marcus Bingham Jr. contributed 10 points and six rebounds for the Spartans (7-2). A.J. Hoggard had 10 points and four assists.
Michigan State took control with a 33-5 outburst in the first half and led by as many as 26 points before the break.
"That was as good a first half as we've played all year, if you look at offense and defense," Spartans coach Tom Izzo said. "I was really pleased with our penetrations and kickouts, the open 3s. We just couldn't make one in the first four or five minutes and then we started making our 3s and moving the ball."
Toledo (6-2) was led by Ryan Rollins, who had 21 points. Setric Millner Jr. tossed in 17 points and RayJ Dennis added 13 points and 10 rebounds.
"I just thought we got stagnant," Toledo coach Tod Kowalczyk said. "Part of it is you have a really hard time communicating because your offense is away from (your bench). That 10-minute stretch, it wasn't good offensive basketball. This is one of the hardest places to play in the country."
Brown and Bingham combined for 18 first-half points as the Spartans took a 43-23 halftime lead. Michigan State, which was averaging 16.1 turnovers per game, turned the ball over just four times before the break.
"In the first half, we took care of the ball," Christie said. "If we can take care of the ball like that, we get more possessions and more shots. Then if we can get into the paint and hit open shots like we did in the first half, especially from the 3, then we're a great team."
The Rockets used a 7-0 spurt to close to 64-55 with six minutes remaining. The Spartans scored the next six points to get their lead into double digits again.
"Toledo came out and absolutely kicked our butts in the first four minutes and that kind of set the tone for the rest of the half," Christie said of the Rockets' rally.
Kowalczyk was pleased with his team's second-half response.
"I thought we played really well in the second half," he said. "The first half, we just got sped up and didn't play well."
LOOKING FOR REVENGE
The Spartans begin Big Ten play next week with a road game against Minnesota and a home game against Penn State.
Last season, Michigan State visited Minneapolis as a ranked team and got pummeled 81-56. The Spartans will try to avert a repeat this year.
"Conference play is so much different than regular season (nonconference) play," Spartans coach Tom Izzo said. "Last year, we went up there and got our clocks cleaned."
Michigan State has held opponents in all of its nonconference victories under 70 points. The Spartans set the defensive tone early by turning nine Toledo turnovers into 14 points during the first half. The Rockets were playing a ranked team for the first time and struggled to handle the Spartans' size and quickness in the first half. They showed resiliency with their second-half comeback.
Toledo: Host Bradley on Tuesday.
Michigan State: At Minnesota on Wednesday for Big Ten opener.
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If the 2013-14 Dallas Mavericks were '90s songs
The only season preview you need: if the upcoming Mavs season were set to 90s songs, here's what I imagine it would be.
By Rebecca Lawson@beccaaftersix Oct 28, 2013, 8:00am CDT
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You guys, the NBA is the best and 90s music is the best. If you don't agree with those sentiments (or are too young to understand what I'm talking about) please feel free to not read further. But you really should read further.
On this NBA eve, like Christmas Eve through the eyes of a child, we're all full of excitement and hope and promise and happiness. And that is exactly what 90s music is. Look at this list of songs I tried really hard to fit into this article: Ace of Base's "The Sign." Blues Traveler's "Run Around." Fastball's "The Way." Del Amitri's "Roll To Me." Anything by Sugar Ray or early Matchbox Twenty. Third Eye Blind's "Semi-Charmed Life." Eagle Eye Cherry's "Save Tonight." Deep Blue Something's "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Tell me you don't smile just reading that list.
But there's only so much space in this article. After extensively listening to weeks and weeks of 90s music, and with a lot of insistence encouragement from our own Kirk Henderson, I present to you the 2013-14 Mavericks in the form of 90s song dedications.
The "What IS This Team, Anyway?" Dedication
The Front Office - Gin Blossoms, "Follow You Down"
I know we're headed somewhere, I can see how far we've come
But still I can't remember anything
Let's not do the wrong thing and I'll swear it might be fun
It's a long way down when all the knots we've tied have come undone
Anywhere you go, I'll follow you down...
I'll follow you down, but not that far
There was no way I was going to not put a Gin Blossoms song on this. And "Follow You Down" perfectly describes the Mavs' offseason, or really, the past two offseasons. This 2013-14 season, we're headed somewhere. It's somewhere better than last season, we think, with players on multi-year contracts and our superstar in better shape than ever. We've fallen down, down from the highs of 2011. We're not sure where the front office has taken us since then. As a fan, I always believe my team will try to be competitive, and if that means I have to suffer a few down seasons, okay.
I have a breaking point, probably, but if they can "just not do the wrong thing" I'll follow them down for a while. So long as "down" still means "somewhat competitive."
The "We Really Need Point Guards, Hope and Youth" Dedication
Shane Larkin and Gal Mekel - Spin Doctors, "Two Princes"
Larkin:
This one he got a princely racket
That's what I said now
Got some Big Seal upon his jacket
Ain't in his head now
Mekel:
Marry him, marry me
I'm the one that loved you baby can't you see?
Ain't got no future or family tree
But I know what a prince and lover ought to be
Last season, the Mavericks' point guard at the end of the season was Mike James. MIKE JAMES. Who is both (a) old and (b) only sort of a point guard. Based on the amount of point guards the Mavs accumulated during the offseason, I have to think they agreed with me that this was a position of some need. They signed vets Jose Calderon and Devin Harris. But the two rookies - Shane Larkin and Gal Mekel - are the subjects of our 90s dedication.
Mekel, the rookie who has worked the whole offseason, given up his space representing Israel in Eurobasket, to be the point guard who loves us. Larkin, the son of Barry Larkin, who's "got the princely racket," but who (due to injury) will be joining the rotation soon as the presumed point guard of the future.
These two princes will be learning under Calderon for the chance to be what a prince and lover point guard ought to be.
The "Oh God Please No" Dedication
Monta Ellis - Chumbawumba, "Tubthumping"
I get knocked down
But I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
MONTA BALL!!!!
Do you know how easy it is to relate almost every single 90s song to Monta Ellis? Because I do. But ultimately I couldn't resist the opportunity to put the 90s classic "Tubthumping" on this list, and it works as well as anything. "I'm going to play Monta basketball." "I'm passing too much." All real quotes that play into the media narrative of "I get knocked down. But you're never gonna keep me down." (Cue evil laughter.)
Also, consider this: A whiskey drink. A vodka drink. A lager drink. A cider drink. All things we, as fans, could very realistically be doing on a regular basis should Monta Basketball start haunting our dreams.
I hope we can keep him down, a little. But we're never gonna keep him down, who are we kidding.
Honorable Mention goes to Kris Kross, "Jump," for obvious reasons.
The "Hey! We Have a Young Player on a Good Contract!" Dedication
Brandan Wright - Alanis Morissette, "Head Over Feet"
You've already won me over in spite of me
And don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet
Don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are
I couldn't help it, it's all your fault
You guys, I really really like Brandan Wright. I have liked Brandan Wright ever since my first full season watching the Mavs, and I am so happy he's back with the Mavs this season and every lyric of this song fits this situation perfectly. He's "stated [his] case, time and again." He waited for the Mavs to be able to afford him this summer the way Alanis's fictional lover "held [his] breath and the door for [her]."
Y'all, "I'm not used to [having good young players I like on reasonable contracts]." YAY.
The "Oh My God They're Back Again" Dedication
Devin Harris - Backstreet Boys, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Oh my God, we're back again
Brothers, sisters, everybody sing
Gonna bring the flavor, show you how
Gotta question for you better answer now, yeah
Because obviously.
The "What the Heck Happened Here?" Dedication
Vince Carter - OMC, "How Bizarre"
Pele yells, "We're outta here," Seena says, "Right on"
Make your moves and starting grooves before they knew we were gone
Jumped into the Chevy, headed for big lights
Wanna know the rest? Hey, buy the rights
Look no further than our recent roundtable on Vince for how surprised a lot of our staff has been at Vince filling such a nice role here in Dallas. In my own player preview a few weeks ago, I talked about how crazy it is that VC's career numbers were in some statistical categories, the highest they've been in his career. At age 37, Vince is still a good player filling a very important role on this Mavs team. And that is...well, bizarre might be a good way to describe it.
We didn't know Vince wasn't gone.
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And really, how long has it been since you had this song stuck in your head? YOU'RE WELCOME.
The "Fine Whatever Please Just Try To Be Good" Dedication
Jae Crowder - The Verve, "Bittersweet Symphony"
And I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no
So....Carlisle is still pretty determined to give Jae Crowder playing time. I'm guessing that continues! As we know, Crowder does do some things pretty well, but ultimately his determination to take low percentage shots is kind of the worst. A million different people from one day to the next.
Really, I just wanted to put this one on here for Andy, our resident Jae Crowder hater enthusiast, though.
The "I Love You Always Forever" Dedication
Dirk Nowitzki - Aerosmith, "I Don't Want To Miss a Thing"
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Sooooo many classic 90s love song options here. Shania Twain, "You're Still The One." Donna Lewis, "I Love You Always Forever." Ultimately though, I couldn't pass on Aerosmith's ode to Liv Tyler and Ben Affleck.
Enjoy the last few years of Dirk, everyone. Stay lost in those moments, that sweet surrender. I know I will.
Feel free to add your own 90s song dedications to Mavs current, former or theoretical in the comments below! BASKETBALL SEASON!
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ATHENS FALLS IN TITLE GAME AT MONTOURSVILLE TOURNAMENT
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | September 4, 2021
MONTOURSVILLE — Athens rallied for a 3-2 win over Montoursville in its season-opener, but couldn't quite duplicate the feat later in day in a 4-2 loss to Danville in the championship game of the Montoursville Tournament here Saturday in boys soccer action.
"Overall, it was a decent day," said Lezak. "It showed us exactly what we needed to see, and exactly what we need to work on."
Athens 3, Montoursville 2
Athens scored three second-half goals to rally for a 3-2 win over Montoursville in the opening game of the tournament.
Dino Pulizzi scored in the 21st minute, and again in the 35th minutes to give the Warriors a 2-0 lead at the half.
Junior Brayden Post put Athens on the board five minutes into the second half to trim the deficit to 2-1.
Sophomore Korey Miller scored his first varsity goal, off an assist from senior Mason Hughey, with 5:53 remaining to tie the match at 2-2.
Just 75 seconds later, senior Nate Quinn, off a feed from Miller, netted the goaded goal.
"We changed up our line-up at half, and came back to get the win," said Lezak.
Athens had a 7-6 edge in shots-on-goal. Both teams had three corner kicks.
Championship Game
Danville 4, Athens 2
Athens again rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie the game, but Danville scored two more goals late in the game for a 4-2 win in the championship game.
The Ironmen scored midway through the first half, and again with 9:50 remaining to take a 2-0 lead.
Senior Daniel Horton put the Wildcats on the board with an unassisted goal with 6:22 left in the first half.
With just 44 seconds remaining before the intermission, Quinn, off an assist from junior Tucker Brown, found the back of the net to tie the game at 2-2.
Danville scored with 13 1/2 minutes left in the contest, and again 10 minutes later to ice the win.
"Danville's last two goals were just sloppy play on our part," said Lezak.
Danville had an 8-6 edge in shots-on-goal, and a 7-0 advantage in corner kicks.
The Wildcats, now 1-1, host Towanda Tuesday, then travel to Midd-West Wednesday, and Horseheads Saturday.
"We have a tough week ahead of us, so we need to get some rest and get back to training Monday," noted Lezak
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Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
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Recently, I watched a video that a Facebook friend had posted. In it, Van Havig, co-owner of Portland's brilliant new Gigantic Brewing, was interviewed by a student at the University of Oregon School of Multimedia Journalism on the state of craft brewing in the Northwest. It was one of the most inspiring, positive, aggressive – and true – pieces of craft brewing wisdom put to video in the past 20 years.
" What did you really think the big boys were going to do….lay down and die? Think about it. You're running one of these mega-conglomerate-brew-water-soft-drink thingys. Your market starts to go south, and you can see the writing on the wall – it's a brand new world, and increasingly people don't want your products, and worse, they don't like you. What do you do? Well, if you're Hostess Foods, you die, which is what the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread did today. Or you fight back by making the beers that people do want and changing your brand to something that people don't hate. Sure, it's sort of dishonest, but these businesses have nothing but money at the heart of them. And when money turns against them, it will flow in another direction and those working there will be the victims (18,000 at Hostess). My point is this: we're winning. They have all the money and we're winning. They dress up as us, and we're winning. They pay for draft lines, illegally, under the table, and we're winning. They own the stadiums, and we're winning. Why waste our time worrying about them? They were either going to adapt or die, and they're adapting. Did we expect something else? And who's got 30%, 40%, 50% growth? They're going to do whatever they do, and we can't stop them. Doesn't matter. All we have to do is stay ourselves, stay agile, and make good beer. The rest will take care of itself….
…From a public image point of view, there's also this: there are few things less attractive than someone who complains while winning handily. Yeah, the other guy is cheating. But if you're running the table, there's little point in mentioning it….
About the same time I read/watched these, I got an email from Bradley Tucker, a communications consultant for Bloomberg Businessweek, who wanted me to check out an article written by Devin Leonard, a staff writer who keeps a finger on the pulse of the beverage biz. I didn't see the email for almost month after but, oddly, happened across Leonard's piece, "The Plot to Destroy America's Beer" and read every word, riveted. In it, Leonard profiles AB/InBev's automaton chairman, Carlos Brito, a Brazilian whose public image and demeanor is so seamless and pre-fabricated that he's known, even among friends, as "The Robot". The piece details AB/InBev's attempts since their take-over of Anheuser-Busch to make Bud and its bewildering maze of associated brands more profitable, a strategy mostly implemented by off-loading a dozen or so of the old AB's most loyal and tenured suppliers, such as the company which has always made the beechwood strips that sit at the bottom of AB's tanks and serve as little chaise lounges upon which yeast flocculates. They also ejected AB's long-time German hops supplier, opting to use cheaper and less favorful hops from more negotiable sources. The net result of this, as the article portrays, is that life-long fans of the company's brand like Hoegaarden and Beck's have begun to abandon the beers in droves, even as Brito trumpets his success at making the bands "more profitable".
As I wrote in my second piece about AB/InBev, back in December of 2011, American kids of my era (I'm 60) were taught that beer meant Budweiser…or, if you were a little independent, a "free thinker", maybe it meant Miller or Pabst or Schlitz, or, later, Coors or Michelob. There was no real choice in beers. Every beer manufactured in the US after prohibition and before 1983-ish was basically the same watery, insipid pilsner-style adjunct lager as Bud. Your only other choice was imports but, for about 90% of the population, imports were things shady types drank in beatnik hang-outs in New York or in German restaurants or pubs peopled by British ex-patriates. They were simply not part of our world.
But, finally, starting in the early 80s (yes, some breweries started earlier but the craft movement got into gear in the 80s), a phenomenon began for which AB simply had no answer: small craft brewers springing up in garages and warehouses and vacant storefronts in cities and small towns all over the country, most abandoning the "traditional" American beers in favor of the robust ale styles of Belgium, Great Britain, Scotland, and other parts of Europe. The beers were stronger, higher in alcohol, far hoppier, and – most of all – simply light years more flavorful.
The generation of kids who began to come of drinking age in the late 90s were the first in over 100 years to reach their majority without the slam-dunk presumption that they'd just select one of the major brands and meekly settle into a life-long beer rut without question or prejudice. These kids, many of them, never saw Daddy or Mommy with a Bud or Miller or Coors or Pabst in their hand and far more of today's kids will have the same experience. They see Deschutes and Anchor and Boulder and Rogue or any one of an exploding number of other all-American, small-producer, artisan, properly-made, for-love-not-money beers bearing unstuffy, unpretentious labels, rowdy or irreverent names, and booming flavors too numerous to even catalog. These beers could be anything and these kids come to adulthood fully aware that "Beer" can mean anything you can conceive and concoct from grains, yeast, hops, and God Knows what else, and get into a container.
Since 1983, the number of craft breweries in the US has skyrocketed. At this writing, by an estimate given to me by a beer business writer friend, we're hovering just under 2,000 working craft breweries in the US and will pass 2,000 even sooner than the fall 2013 projections; sometime around mid-May, barring hindrances. The biggest thing about this phenomenon is that breweries have failed at a rate that's unimaginably lower than start-ups in most other business segments. In Seattle, since I moved here 20 years ago, less than five breweries have failed. This is all drawn from memory and is in no way scientific or complete, but I know of two of any note: Aviator Ales of Woodinville and Baron Brewing of Seattle, the owners of which still own Three Skulls Brewing, so that can be counted as only a partial failure. Many have been sold or merged but, in general, when breweries go into business and make good beer, they find an audience.
Yeah, Van, we sure did. And Anheuser-Busch, Bud, InBev, MillerCoors, etc., have already lost…they just don't know it yet but they do know that nothing they've tried – from "bitter beer face" to "born-on dating" and its half-truth step-child "Fresh beer tastes better" – has served to even slow the skyrocketing growth of American craft brewing, much less stop it. So, they adapt, as Brother Oliver observed. AB spawned Shock Top, their answer to the undeniable success of Blue Moon, that Belgian golden masquerading as an Regular Joe easy drinker. They've tried more than a dozen "craft beers" of their own, carefully not labelled as products of AB/InBev, because they're fully aware that we don't like them. Only Shock Top has had any success and it will probably stay that way because, fundamentally, Ab/InBev just doesn't get it. Their recent attempt to acquire Corona and the brewing of a 6% ABV lager so they can strengthen their craft beer cred(!) shows how out-of-touch with the new American beer culture they really are. They see a demographic sheet that tells them that Corona drinkers and craft beer fans are roughly the same age bracket and equate that fizzy, wimpy BudMillerCoors clone with craft beer. And they really think higher alcohol is why we all drink craft beer. If it didn't directly impact so many lives of workers and suppliers who will suffer for their ivory-tower arrogance, it would be funny.
It appears, to a casual glance, that the mass-producers are still the dominant force in the marketplace and, going only by dollars, they are. But as Garrett Oliver observed, "…who's got 30%, 40%, 50% growth?" Not Ab/InBev…Us, craft beer, the real American beer community, that's who's growing at that astronomical rate. It will almost certainly not happen in my lifetime but it might in yours that Bud and similar beers become just another ordinary segment of the beverage picture, large but not dominant, the ghost of a bygone era when we simply didn't know – and were determinedly discouraged from knowing – that anything else in beer terms was possible. And the incredible fact is that this is already a done deal. It cannot be stopped, no matter what the mega-brewers do. The momentum is already too strong and their position and tactics never change: scorn, attempts at diminishing craft beer by smirkily observing that it's less than 10% of the American beer market, and attempts to join 'em if you can't beat 'em by acquiring Goose Island and associating with Widmer and Red Hook and deviously marketing their own "craft beers", which are always bad or deadly mediocre because they're clumsily trying to do something that they're totally unequipped to do: produce beer that contains the element of love and passion that is the hallmark of great craft beer.
1. The Gateway Beer: Victory "Prima" Pils – This is Pilsner as God intended; available in most of the US, clean and crisp as any mass adjunct, but far more flavorful and expertly crafted. There is absolutely NOTHING about this beer that will scare off a Bud victim. It's firmly in their comfort zone and made by a real, genuine top-tier craft brewer. I've wooed HUNDREDS of adjunct drinkers with this beer and it rarely ever fails.
2. Hops 101: Terminal Gravity ESG – In the Northwest, step two is a slam dunk. This rye-based Golden from Enterprise, Oregon's superb TG contains enough hops presence to detect but stops short of outright bitterness. It's smooth as polished glass and immensely flavorful. I've watched a LOT of life-long Bud Light drinkers taste this, get a look of utter shock on their faces, and exclaim, "Wow! That's pretty good!" For much of the US, getting TG is going to be nearly impossible, unless you go to an online beer retailer who carries it, so here are a few possible replacements: Victory Brewing "Summer Love", Lawson's Finest Liquids' "Knockout Blonde", Sixpoint Brewing "Sweet Action".
3. Both Feet In The Water: Deschutes Brewery "River Ale" – This brand new ale from the inimitable Deschutes is the perfect transition point out of adjunct lager habituation and into the modern world of American craft brewing. As with all Dechutes ales, it has a pronounced hops presence but it's restrained enough to make it about as easy-drinkin' a light Amber/Pale as you'll ever find. It's relentlessly refreshing and has a creamy, welcoming texture and – unlike all the rest of the Deschutes catalog – it's simply-stated and mild. No craft beer expertise needed to appreciate the charms of this stuff, just a working tongue. This is not an ale that is destined to be the earth-shaking classic that has become the Deschutes norm but it will, mark my words, grow into a wildly popular, near-omnipresent sight at picnics, barbecues, and casual dinners all over the West and anywhere else Deschutes is sold. DO NOT make this the first beer your Bud Light-infected pal tastes. Do the steps, as they say in an altogether different venue, and bring them here gradually but, once they've arrived at River Ale, entry into the larger American Craft world is going to be as easy as riding a Slip 'N' Slide.
Sorry, guys…the culture has already changed…and it's a runaway train that you have no hope of catching.


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A neon wilderness is like any other wilderness.
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Lisa Factora-Borchers
By Deesha Philyaw
Last year, I heard through the social media grapevine that the anthology Lisa Factora-Borchers had edited, Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence (AK Press, 2014), was going into a second printing. The collection consists of fifty letters from writers, activists, artists, and students who are survivors of sexual assault. Gloria Steinem praised Dear Sister, and Publishers Weekly hailed it for offering "comfort, solidarity, reassurance, [and] the possibility of healing."
The Publishers Weekly review reminds me of Lisa herself—a Filipina-American writer, poet, and editorial director at Bitch Media committed to making the publishing and editing worlds more inclusive, equitable, and accessible for writers of color.
Lisa is a longtime contributor and editor at make/shift magazine and has also worked as a nonfiction editor with Literary Mama. Her publishing credits include The Rumpus, The Independent (UK), Refinery 29, The Feminist Wire, Mutha, and Bitch. She has contributed to the anthologies Verses Typhoon Yolanda: A Storm of Filipino Poets (Pawa Press, 2014) and Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Frontlines (PM Press, 2016).
Lisa holds a BA in English from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio; a joint master's degree in Counseling Psychology and Pastoral Ministry from Boston College; and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. She has led group workshops, retreats, and forums on race, feminism, political consciousness, spirituality, transformative listening, and sustainable, everyday activism.
In this interview, Lisa talks about being a Catholic feminist, writing across genre, and pushing back against a singular narrative about New York.
The Rumpus: On your blog, you wrote that you've left New York more than once. Where are you now? Whatever that means to you.
Lisa Factora-Borchers: That is such a profound question. There're so many ways to answer it. I have now based my writing and my residency in Columbus, Ohio. Where I am. That's probably the easiest way to explain where I am.
Rumpus: And where are you right now as a writer?
Factora-Borchers: After I finished my MFA program, I went through an incredible amount of transition. I had a child during my MFA program; my family and I moved out of New York. My plan was to work immediately on my book project, but then the election happened and something tilted in my axis. I felt called to do something alongside my writing. I wanted to do something reminiscent of what Marge Piercy described in "To Be of Use." I wanted to do something with my hands, in the world, and burn this volatile energy. I found a job that fit what I wanted to do and in January, I started as the new editorial director at Bitch Media. That level of leadership and editorial vision has both limited my time to write and sharpened my analysis.
I've never had such a public position before, and it's a privilege to work in the capacity in which I do now. To shape conversations about feminism, media, and writing is a dream. All the while, my own writing has deepened because I'm doing so much reading and editing. I write quickly now, because I have to. I've learned to get over my perfectionism and write into the truth instead of being afraid that what I express isn't good enough.
Rumpus: And, where are you right now as a mother who writes, or as a writer who is a mother, however you arrange that?
Factora-Borchers: You know, they're two very consuming jobs. And I want to be careful in how I label that. You know, when people say job, it has a pejorative ring, like a burden, but it isn't. They're two very consuming callings that I feel. And for me, the writing is informed by the mothering, and the mothering is informed by the writing. I need them both.
Both my children are very young. I have a two-year-old and seven-year-old. Their dependency, needs, and their demands for time and presence—it's not a joke! Parenting just brings you to the reactive level of living. It's breathing, security, food, air, education. I mean, they're the things that a child needs no matter what else is going on in my life. That's what they need hour to hour.
And in addition to my amazing but consuming job as an editorial director, there is writing. And the type of writing that I want to do and I need to do is much more reflective, and it needs to be going constantly deeper and deeper and deeper into myself. And so [writing and parenting], in an ideal world, would complement each other, and they can. But the reality is, there's a lot of time, at least right now, that they're conflicting. There isn't enough brainpower in a day for me to get through one or the other. So that leaves me as a writer sometimes feeling neglectful of my craft. And sometimes as a mother, that leaves me feeling neglectful as a mother.
I really try to surround myself with writers and mothers who remind me that that is an illusion. It's a falsehood to constantly feel that you're neglecting yourself, or you're neglecting your children when all I'm trying to do is to cultivate my craft and cultivate my children. And doing it imperfectly is how you're supposed to do it. It's an extremely organic and frustrating process, but it's also the one that I'm most proud of, I think.
Rumpus: What are some of the projects you're working on?
Factora-Borchers: My primary project is my next book, which was my thesis at Columbia. When I finished there, it was a collection of essays on US Catholicism and contemporary feminism. Now I'm turning it into a single-arc memoir about my experience of being a Catholic feminist. I always get raised eyebrows when I mention the focus of my book. A lot of surprise. A lot of "how is that even possible?" kinds of questions. That usually comes from what people superficially know of both camps. Most people think of rigidity and conservatism with the Church, and with feminism, people think about reproductive health and US-centric white suffragettes or second wave feminists.
Rumpus: Do you have a title for it yet?
Factora-Borchers: I do not have a title for that yet. And I probably should, shouldn't I? It'd be great if I did.
Rumpus: I also read on your website that you've been writing since you were eight years old, and your mom gave you a journal when you left New York to go to Ohio. Is that when you began to identify as a writer, at eight, or did that come much later?
Factora-Borchers: I think it was honestly in that moment that my mom gave me a journal. I was really young, but I struggled really deeply with that move. All of my siblings did. I'm the youngest of four. We were so attached to our home and our community that we had in New Jersey. And when my mom gave me that journal, it just felt so natural. And I remember looking at it, and it was the first time someone had given me something that said diary on it, and it had a little lock on it. And I just felt, "Finally. Someone's given me something to do with all the things inside me."
I don't know if, to put a label on it, that's when I identified as a writer. But it was the most natural gift that I ever received from anyone. Because it felt like she had given me something that I had been looking for for a long time. It was decades later when I realized that [writing] was more than just a hobby or beyond something I do in my spare time.
Rumpus: How did having New York at your roots, followed by a move to Ohio, shape you as a writer?
Factora-Borchers: Place is sacred. It's a reflective point for me as a writer. Beyond Ohio and New York, there are a lot of places that I've lived. I've lived in Seattle, I've lived in Boston. And in each place, I've learned a lot about myself, about how to raise a family, how to be a mother, how to be a life partner. And all of that has been a part of cultivating who I am as a writer.
I am deeply influenced by the differences between rural and urban areas. And that they both have their benefits and their misgivings. And it's taken a long time to really appreciate those differences and not to idealize one or the other.
One of the benefits of being somewhat—I think nomadic is a strong term—but as someone who has moved from place to place as an adult, I've grown to be proud that I can be in multiple places, adapt, and find home and build home wherever I am, under any circumstances. I've drawn that out as a strength, and it's something that I try to teach my children that no matter what the conditions of life are, you always have to be able to find your home, and to create home and relationships and a connection to places and people, wherever that is, because control is an illusion. You might have to move for a job, or you might have to move for a partner, or you might have to move for whatever reason. One of the biggest realizations in my MFA program was how sacred the concept of place is to me. It is the grounding of all things: where.
When I look back, I don't think there's one place that's shaped me more or less. Each place that I'm in shapes me based on what it's revealed to me. In Ohio, I've lived in the three major cities—Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland. A lot of people collapse Ohio into this Midwestern swing state, kind of known for its middle of the road-ness because it represents both rural and urban. But some parts of Ohio are diverse places depending on the region. My experience in Cincinnati was so different than living in Cleveland. And I've been living in Columbus for about ten months and that's been so different, too.
So in the different cities, even within the same state, my writing definitely fluctuates with place and how I'm relating, or not relating, to the community. Sometimes it's dissonance, sometimes it's connection, and my writing, to me, will always reflect how I am disjointed or in harmony with place.
Rumpus: In one of your posts in the series you did last year on leaving New York, you really didn't mince words. You talked about these writers, the "fame addicts," who don't know any narrative of New York other than their own. You address their condescension and tell them to "close their lips." I love that, by the way.
Factora-Borchers: Thank you. I remember the mood I was in when I wrote that. When I was very young, I lived in New Jersey and New York was just another place. It was an incredible place, but it was normalized as just another place because my family was there; it was another place to call home. It was only as I was growing up later on in Ohio that New York became this kind of mystical place of fantasy and intrigue, associated with success and the American dream and making it big and the Frank Sinatra song.
And when I returned to New York [as an adult], I reflected on New York as a Filipino American. The Filipino diaspora was a huge part of understanding my ability as a person to find home in multiple places, including New York. New York was always this place I considered home because my paternal grandmother was there. I have memories of being with her and my father's side and his relatives. It was a place that held my ethnic groups and young memories of realizing what a Filipino community was. There was always a strong population of Filipinos there, particularly in Queens.
Understanding that part of my identity as a Filipino American was a sacred part of being in New York again. That was something Ohio couldn't fulfill for me, just by representation and demographics. And so, when people, particularly writers, only speak of New York in terms of ambition and a kind of capitalism, driven by the lights of New York—I think that narrative is just old and overdone and somewhat superficial. It's true, but it's only one part of New York.
New York is the city that both my parents came to when they left the Philippines. It was the place from my childhood where I could see and discover and play and just be. So when I wrote that post, I was a little annoyed at that popularized, singular narrative of the magic of New York. It's not just a place of careerism and the overcoming the odds. It's also a place of migration and immigration and diaspora.
Rumpus: Speaking of identity, when did you first identify as a feminist?
Factora-Borchers: I think it began, actually, with my faith. Which is, for a lot of people who are Catholic, an oxymoron. They see Catholicism and feminism as different, as radically oppositional. But my experience of Catholicism has always been deeply rooted in concepts of justice, concepts of human dignity. And that was the cornerstone for my thoughts later on, in college and beyond, around what does it mean that I'm a woman? What does it mean that I'm a woman of color in this country? What does it mean that I am a woman of color in white-dominated spaces?
And the more that the vocabulary [of feminism] came to me, the more my writing started taking on much more hard-cut definitions around feminism. Feminism was a place where I could push back against the areas of Catholicism that I began to question and eventually not agree with. And through my writing, I was able to connect with other writers across other faiths and across other ideologies, who are using writing in a similar way, to make sense of uncharted territory. Others who are experiencing the world and find it messy and complicated and painful and want to write something that makes sense of all that.
I wrote about what I found most contentious and most troubling. And it just happened to be issues relating to women, gender, and sexuality. I was always most compelled and fascinated and intrigued by narratives and personal stories, particularly with women. And that's just where it took me and that's where it is still taking me.
In some ways, I think "feminist writer" is limiting now. The word "feminism" is being exploited [such that] anything that relates to women is labeled "feminist." I'm more careful with the word. I'm more clear on what my politics are, and I want my writing to reflect that. Feminism has always been an enormous part of my faith. I've always experienced both though not in harmony. But that disjointedness [is] an area that I'm really compelled to stay in and to keep writing into.
Rumpus: So if time, money, or childcare were not factors, what would you be writing about?
Factora-Borchers: The exact same things! [Laughs] I have some circles of privilege in my life where I am able to depend on my partner to help raise and support our family, and our relationship is one that's incredibly supportive of my art, so I focus on the things that I'm most intrigued and fascinated by and obsessed with. This would be my project if I had $10 in the bank account or $10 million in the bank account.
Life is too short as a writer to write about things that don't hold me. And my writing isn't very good when I try to pretend that I'm into something that I'm not. That's not to say that I haven't written short pieces that I use just for the hustle of being a writer. Sometimes you need to get paid and need to pay the bills and feed your kids. But my privilege extends that I am able to write what I most want to write, this story about Catholicism and feminism. That would be would be my next book no matter what.
Rumpus: Let's talk about Dear Sister and how it came about. And it's in its second printing?
Factora-Borchers: Yes!
Rumpus: So what's that journey been like?
Factora-Borchers: Oh my goodness! It's been an amazing journey. It's been a long journey. I don't think I've ever talked to anybody, particularly women-identified individuals, who didn't grow up in some way with an awareness that whatever you do, when it pertains to your sexuality, it might lead to becoming a person who was assaulted or harassed or abused or raped. That in some way, sexual violence has always been on your radar. And that was my experience, not as a survivor of sexual assault, but there are survivors of many things. There are survivors of harassment, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, and various forms of control and domination.
After college, I was working as a medical and legal advocate for survivors of sexual violence and rape and incest. And there was one particular case where I was in the hospital with a survivor, and it was after their rape examination kit had been conducted. It was an extremely frustrating and painful experience to witness, again. And I just remember handing her the folder, and it had all the 1-800 numbers and pamphlets, and I was so pissed off. I was done. I was so finished with handing out folders. And I remember thinking, Is this the best we can fucking do? Just handing out fucking folders? Is this the best I can give this person after surviving what she's just survived? A folder? I wish there was something that could give her, to just get her through tonight. And that was in 2001.
Fast forward about seven or eight years of my just sitting on that idea, and one of my friends, Alexis Pauline Gumbs—she's a writer and activist, this amazing poet—she emailed me with a message saying that someone in her community had just been raped and asked, "Could you write her a letter? You know, just letting her know that she is supported?" And I thought, that would be such a beautiful gesture, from a stranger, to get that letter. And then I thought, wouldn't it be amazing if there was a book of letters that we could give survivors from survivors who had been through their healing process, something to pass something on?
Fast forward, several years later, and after calls for submission and the balancing act of finding a publisher and getting the manuscript where it needed to be, Dear Sister came out.
And I'm so proud of the contributors who worked with me in that process. It was an arduous journey. But it was one of the most emotional and powerful things that I could do as an editor, and it's probably the thing I'm most proud of. I'll always be proud of that project.
Rumpus: And now that it's gone into a second printing, have you started thinking about what's next with that project?
Factora-Borchers: I think in both the best and worst way Dear Sister is always going to be with me. There's never going to be a time in my life when no one is recovering from being raped. I will never not be thinking about survivors and how I can better advocate or make space for their stories. I'd like to someday add a curriculum to it so readers can better utilize it in communities and with their families. I get messages from people who have repaired relationships using the book or have traveled the world with the anthology in their backpack. To visualize the book having a role in that kind of movement and healing is the greatest reward as an editor.
I had this donation request come in from the Central California Women's Facility for a group of women who are incarcerated, some for life, who were doing a healing circle. After they received the books for their healing circle, they sent a card and someone had written, "Thank you for making us feel human." It's been months since that note came in the mail, and it still makes and breaks my heart.
Rumpus: Do you have a preferred genre?
Factora-Borchers: I try to remind myself not to be constrained by genre. I don't know what happened in writing. I feel like in the Internet and the publication worlds, people want to know what is it that you write. Do you just write fiction, and what kind of fiction? As if your writing has to follow this particular linear, knowable, concrete category. And I've really been trying to push back against that by also saying I do write poetry, though I'm [not yet] comfortable saying it's a genre that I'm publishing in. There have been really small poems that I've published.
I'd love to see writers be vocal about [the fact] that they write across genre. That might reveal certain strengths and certain weaknesses, but that's part of being an artist. You're not supposed to be great at every single genre. We're all dominant with one hand, but it's not like the other is completely limp, you know? It has mobility, too. And with practice it gets stronger and more artistic as well. I would love to see that more, writers just [writing] across genre, not worrying so much about excelling and branding in just one thing. I know publishing has other ideas in mind for branding, but I would love to see more resistance against that.
Rumpus: Is there anything that you feel like, "I can't write about that"? Or, "I shouldn't write about that"?
Factora-Borchers: I think every writer struggles with writing about their family, their family of origin. Most writers I know have struggled with the balance of privacy and art and revelation. What makes a story universal is how specific you can name a struggle. And sometimes writing about specific pain and memory and family, sets off alarm bells for a lot of writers. I've struggled with that too. I don't have some deep dark secret that would make my family story a bestseller or something. It's not juicy; it's not something that's going to be on the Hallmark channel or Lifetime or something like that. But when you're trying to write about something personal that involves your family, people say, "You just need to be brave!" I hear that, I know that. But there's still something. I have a deep respect for privacy for my family members, and I would like to write more openly about them, but I know it would not be their preference to have details of their lives for public consumption.
And I respect that. I just have a deep reverence for people who are not on Facebook, who don't tell the world on Instagram how cute their dogs are or what their kids look like or their new glasses. Every little thing is for consumption. And I'm part of that, too. But I have a pretty uncrossable line if I have a sense that someone does not want to be written about or in the public eye.
Rumpus: Have you run into the challenge of how much do you write about mothering because of concerns about your children's privacy?
Factora-Borchers: I have thought about it, and I'm very cognizant when I'm writing about my children that I'm telling a story about my life and my experiences, a life that includes them. I'm not trying to narrate their lives for them. Like right now, I'm working on an essay about the decision to raise my children Catholic even though very few of the issues that I agree with Church on would lead me down that path. The things that I believe around sexuality and gender are in absolute opposition to what the Church advocates for. So, how can I make the decision to baptize my daughter and bring her to church? So I write about my decision to do that. And I tried to imagine thirty years from now, her reading it, and if I am in any way harming or circumventing her path as an individual. And I don't have a definitive answer, but I just know that those are the questions I have for myself.
But I'm also not going to write about my path as a mother and not write about my children. I don't know how to do that. It's a balance, but I think that with a series of questions that I consistently rate my work with, I have a pretty high standard to make sure that I'm not doing harm or trying to be a voiceover for their lives or something. And if they want to grow up and be writers and write about me as their mother, I'm all for that, too.
Rumpus: Thinking back to our AWP panel this year, "What Writers of Color Want White Editors to Know"—have you had a white editor ask you to write about something based on your ethnic and cultural roots, and you pushed back on it? Or was there a narrative you wanted to put forth, and the editor was against it?
Factora-Borchers: I think for the most part, I have been pretty fortunate to work with very supportive editors. That being said, my terminology, when I talk about issues of race, is pretty strong. And I don't mince words when I use phrases like white supremacy or white domination. I capitalize if I'm referring to the African-American community, or the Black community. I capitalize B for Black, and B for Brown. A very strong part of my politics is capitalization and reflecting in grammar how I choose to represent my thoughts on the page.
So the pushback that I've received are around those small but really significant tidbits, those markers. To uncapitalize the B for black, uncapitalized B for brown, and why are you capitalizing this anyway? It's just a color. And I just make a note of it and won't write with them again. I won't work with that particular editor again, because I've had times where I've been asked to rewrite it and I will not uncapitalize, I will not put in small caps, or lower case.
And I know how that sounds, like, what difference does it make? To me, it's a big difference. To the Black women that I've worked with, it's important to them. It's important to me. And I think as writers, it isn't just about capitalization or lower case. It's incredibly political, and they're incredibly important to have.
Rumpus: Who are your writing heroes? Any genre.
Factora-Borchers: Barbara Jane Reyes, Ninotchka Rosca, Evelina Galang. These are all Filipino writers and heroes of mine. There's so many. I love Roxane Gay, oh my gosh. I love everything she writes. Whether it's in print, or on a blog, or in a tweet. Anything that woman writes, I eat it up like it's dessert. [Laughs] Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vanessa Mártir, Daisy Hernandez. bell hooks. Michelle Alexander. Gloria Anzaldúa. Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza. She's a feminist theologian.
Rumpus: That reminds me. Was your reconciliation of Catholicism and feminism through some of these writers, or was it something you learned from your mother or your grandmothers?
Factora-Borchers: I don't know if it's a full reconciliation. I think there's a small battle that's simply part of my life, a perpetual agitation, and every year, I come a little bit closer to a manageable friction. I don't think that there's An Answer, or something that's going to be delivered to me, or something that I'm ever going to attain. It comes, honestly, just from reading the lives and works of radical women of color. June Jordan, for example, or Audre Lorde. The women who have infused spirituality into their feminist, such that feminism and feminist action is their spiritual practice. It doesn't have to be a Catholic voice per se, but anyone who recognizes that there's something larger and there's something else, the spiritual realm. Any writer who's able to infuse that into their writing has helped me.
In particular, This Bridge Called My Back was an enormous book for me in my twenties. And it wasn't so much that it laid this clear pathway —this is how you reconcile being a Catholic, and this is how you reconcile being a feminist at the same time. It was just these painful years of trying to understand that I could not choose between the two, that in some way [neither] of them was completely fulfilling. I needed both of them, I needed to braid them together in my own way. I don't know if that's reconciliation as much as it was that I had to make my own way and not be embarrassed or ashamed that I am different. I had to learn to be withstanding, you know, while being demonized.
There are tons of Catholics who think I'm, you know, Satan's daughter or something. People have told me I'm unfit to speak about theology, or if I deviate in any way from Catholic theology, or any teaching on gender or sexuality, I'm not a real Catholic. It took a long time to undo that kind of harm and to just have faith in my own feminism. And it's something I still work on.
There are writers across race, cultures, and time who have affirmed my Filipino culture, affirmed my faith, and they've affirmed my feminism. Those are my heroes.
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Mexico halts operations at 32 coal mines over safety fears
Cecilia Jamasmie | August 10, 2012 | 2:10 pm Energy Europe Latin America Coal
The Mexican government halted operations at 32 small coal mines in the northern state of Coahuila on Thursday due to safety issues that have already caused the death of 13 coal miners in the last three weeks.
According to Azteca Noticias the closures will last as long as needed while inspections allow authorities to determine which mines are safe to work on and which are not.
Mexico's Minister of Economy, Bruno Ferrari, told the newspaper that the government was aiming to set "exemplary sanctions."
"It requires hard work and determination, because we are talking about human lives, and those who do not give them safe and healthy working conditions are committing crimes," he added.
Coal mining is a major job source for the Coahuila residents, but highly unregulated.
In 2006 methane explosion at Piedras Negras mine in the same state, owned by Grupo Mexico, caused the death of 65 miners.
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Kingston, Jamaica – Thursday 6th June 2013: Digicel today launched the new BlackBerry® Q10 smartphone powered by BlackBerry® 10 in the Caribbean, El Salvador and Panama. Built with precision and offering premium performance in a signature design, the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone combines BlackBerry's best physical keyboard and a touch screen with the power of the BlackBerry 10 platform to help you communicate and collaborate faster and more efficiently. The BlackBerry Q10 smartphone includes advanced hardware, communications and multimedia features, and provides long battery life that lets you confidently stay ahead and take action all day long.
The new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone will be available from Digicel stores across the Caribbean from June 14th and in El Salvador and Panama at the end of June.
· The ever present BlackBerry® Hub, which brings all your conversations together in one easy to manage place that you can access at any time from any app with a simple "peek", so you're always only one swipe away from what matters to you.
· BlackBerry® Balance™ technology, which protects what's important to you and the business you work for.
· BBM™ (BlackBerry® Messenger), which lets you share things with the people that matter to you in an instant. BBM in BlackBerry 10 includes voice calling and video chat, and lets you share your screen with another BlackBerry 10 contact.
· BlackBerry® Remember, which helps you tackle tasks quickly with a new way to collect, organize and action all the information sitting in different places across your smartphone.
Digicel Group Limited is a leading global communications provider with operations in 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. After 12 years of operation, total investment to date stands at over US$4.5 billion worldwide. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
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Sleep Retailer – 01/22/20
Boyd Sleep is heading to the winter Las Vegas Market with an array of new product offerings across its portfolio of brands. The updated Nautica Home collection features five mattress options and is supported by an array of new digital resources. Additionally, the company is also unveiling a new addition to its Innerflex Hybrid Innerspring mattress line-up.
Retailing from $599 to $999, the Nautica Home collection features an array of features and benefits. The memory foam models include a 10-inch mattress made with Celliant responsive fiber technology that captures the body's natural energy to help rejuvenate and refresh, while the 12- and 14-inch models feature the company's IceLux cool-to-the-touch fabric that regulates body temperature to help facilitate falling asleep.
Rounding out the Nautica Home assortment are 12- and 14-inch hybrid innerspring models that feature the company's body adaptive gel. These mattresses are designed to automatically adjust and contour to the individual shape and sleep style, providing pressure reducing comfort and support. All Nautica Home mattresses are made with CertiPUR-US certified foams and are designed to pair well with adjustable bed bases.
In addition to the new mattresses, Boyd Sleep has also updated its Nautica Home Program with the launch of a new website: https://www.boydmattresses.com/nautica. In addition to highlighting the five-bed lifestyle brand collection, the new site also includes a dealer locator and the patented Nautica Home Mattress Selector feature to assist with the shopping process: https://boydmattresses.com/nautica/sleep-metrics. Earlier this month, the company also launched the Nautica Home Social Media PPC and Digital Display Ad campaign.
Boyd Sleep is also adding a new option to its Innerflex Hybrid Innerspring line. The Ava is a 12-inch premium styled euro-top model with gel memory foam, wrapped tri-zone pocket coils, edge support and with a dark side panel. The Ava model economically ships compressed for delivery via UPS or Fedex.


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Being Chaos
107K Reads 2.6K Votes 13 Part Story
By SuperGirlWithTheBook Completed
They never came looking.
They never found me.
I was tortured for months in plain sight, yet no one rescued me.
I guess my torturer had finally decided I was useless after staying loyal to the people who never looked for me.
One day he decided to finally kill me.
Of course, that never works out because I manage to avoid death every time.
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-Probably Contains Spoilers (read at own risk)
-Not like other Chaos stories
-ONLY READ IF YOU'VE READ ALL OF PERCY JACKSON
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Percy Jackson, Son of Chaos [Completed]
By DragonWolf52
A new camper named Micheal Lakes shows up at camp one afternoon, after the war with Gaia. He steals Percy 's friends and left him with nothing. Percy went on a mission for Athena for Annabeth 's hand in marriage before he loses her too. After he comes back, he founds out that Annabeth cheated on him with Michael. He had enough and left camp. On the way, he went to his mother 's house and found that she was murdered. Poseidon disowned him, thinking that Percy did it and praised Micheal as his favorite son. With nothing to live for, Percy attempts suicide when a mysterious man named Chaos stops him and ends up adopting him.
3,000 years later, Percy Jackson changed into a different man. He is now the leader and commander in Chaos 's army. He is also an assassin for Chaos. But when the Greek Gods need help against a war they couldn't win, will Percy turn his back on the people that ruined his life? Or will he end up saving then like last time?
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The Son of Chaos: Percy Jackson
By heroichalfblood
Percy Jackson is the son of Poseidon. He's known this for years. He's accepted it. He's proud of it. He's a hero because of it.
But his world comes crashing down when he finds out that Chaos, lord of creation, is his real father. Percy must leave behind his old life and become the heir of Chaos.
Five years later, Percy is unstoppable. He's even more of a hero than before. But what happens when he must go back to the life he left behind?
A/N: Beginning's a bit rough, not gonna lie. But it gets better, trust me. Wow, shamelessly self promoing yayy
War's Warrior
By MyLifeMyRules27
He was forgotten. He was mistreated. He was disowned. He was cheated on by his lover. He was in their time 500 years ago. He is their only chance of survival against their new enemy. He was Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon. He is Shadow, son of Chaos. This story used to be "The Forgotten Chaos Warrior."
Percy Jackson: Assassin of Chaos
By Owlheart75
When Drake, son of Poseidon, devotes his life to ruining Percy's, he leaves camp. But suddenly Chaos, creator of the universe, appears and asks him to be his assassin and commander of his army.
With Chaos blessing, Percy becomes the second most powerful being in the universe.
A threat rises to Earth, and Percy must stop it before it wipes out humanity.
With the help of old friends and a team of deadly assassins, Percy is not alone. Will he leave Earth to it's fate? Or can he learn to put the past behind him?
I adopted this story from @ShelbyLynnWilson don't forget to check out her stories as well.
Temporary hiatus.
Betrayed But Back (Percy Jackson Chaos Story)
By jessiecookie
Percy Jackson was betrayed by everyone he knew. It all started when he found out he had a brother named Evan, and everyone's attention turned to him. All of his friends were gone, but Percy was relieved that he still had Annabeth. At least he thought. Wrong! One day he found her making out with Evan on the beach, the day he was about to propose to her. Hurt beyond words, Percy ran away. But what happens when a mysterious force named Chaos takes him in? And what happens when Percy has to come back to Earth to help Camp Half Blood out with his team?
(P.S. I know that everybody makes these now, but I'm really obsessed with them and wanted to try my own!)
The Seasons of Chaos
By Scarlet-Ink
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After being betrayed by majority of his friends and having his family killed, Percy Jackson joins the army of Chaos and becomes progressively colder and harder. Three centuries later, Percy's life is once again turned upside down. This is the story of a frozen heart being thawed.
(I've also posted this on fanfiction.net)
Percy Jackson and The Council's Army
By Jash_Parikh
The war is over; Percy Jackson hopes to breathe a sigh of relief and have his happily ever after with Annabeth Chase.
In comes Gwen - a daughter of Venus, claiming to be Octavian's sister. When her lies and accusations threaten to create a rift between the newly formed Alliance between the Greeks and Romans, Chiron and Annabeth think it best to banish Percy from camp to avoid war.
Devastated from the betrayal, miserable as he has nowhere to go, he stumbles across an ancient deity  in a secluded forest while going nowhere in particular. The deity offers Percy a job. A job that requires a lot of killing the bad guys.
But Percy feels too bitter and broken to do good.
Meanwhile another deity is planning revenge on someone. This deity emanates raw power, and is considered one of the most powerful in the universe. And he wishes to attack earth. Camp half-blood precisely.
When a nefarious plot threatens Earth, what side will the now banished hero of Olympus chose?
With the enemy so powerful and the campers so hopelessly outnumbered, and with the option of revenge available, will he snap? Will the ghosts of his past haunt him? Or will he conquer them and go on to win the war for the ones that betrayed him? Will he abandon his family? Will he chose  vengeance over forgiveness? Will the campers pay for their treachery? Or will their hero once again try to save the day in such a suicidal war?
Find out only in "Percy Jackson and The Council's Army" - a book full of twists and turns till the end.
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Highest rank: #201 in Fanfiction.
Top 500: Consistently Since January 2017 - July 17, 2017
Top 1000: From September 2016 - July 19, 2017, August 8 - August 28 2017.
Epsilon (A Percy Jackson/Chaos fanfic)
By IceBurgs3000
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Epsilon, champion of Chaos, leader of the Elite Team.  His past, it's almost deafening.  He thinks he has no heart, no soul, a broken soldier.  But, there's something, a light in the darkness, shining through the gloom of his life.  He just has to reach for it, and grab.
It's been five hundred years since his betrayal and only on that fateful day, did the Fates decide it was time to go back to Earth.
Hidden behind his hood, Epsilon is no more than a puppy in denial, but this pup has teeth and claws, and he can tear you limb from limb.
All characters belong to Rick Riordan.  Please do not request a certain pairing.  Please do not steal my work.  Not all details were my ideas.
Percy Jackson the son of Chaos
By percyjacksonfannest2
He was a hero that was loved. He was a boy that had a good heart.
But that person is gone.
Now he is cold, sad and lonly and it was all their fault.
That smiling guy is dead he is now only a shadow of what used to be.
He is Chaos's son and only joy.
He must go back and save the universe from Order, Chaos's brother.
Will he survive?
More importantly, is he even who he think he is? Or is he someone else?
All the PJO characters belongs to our great Uncle Rick Riordan.
The King of the Galaxy
By KillOctavian
Everyone in Percy Jackson's life abandoned him. No one would accept him, even after he won the gods two wars and jumped in Tartarus for the one he loved most. He was executed for being 'too powerful'.  Betrayal shattered his heart and caused one of the kindest demigods to turn fold and bitter.
Chaos accepted him with open arms and makes Percy the King of the Galaxy's and commander of his army. 4,567 years later, the now-combined camps need King/Commander Alpha's [Percy's] help to win a war against the Titans, making this the 3rd Titan war. Will Percy help those who've hurt him most, or sit back and watch as they all get destroyed?


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Despite the rain this Sunday (10 August), children in Durham were in good voices when pirates and princesses invaded the Prince Bishops Shopping Centre.
The weather did not stop the little pirates and princesses getting dressed up and singing their hearts out with some of their favourite characters.
Grace Elizabeth Carter, aged 5 from Langley Moor got to meet and sing a song with Snow White and Captain Jack. "Snow White is my favourite princess; she's lovely and kind and has a beautiful voice", said Grace, "but Jack Sparrow is a scary pirate."
Grace's mum, Tracy Carter, said "she's been really looking forward to meeting the princesses all week and I don't think a bit of rain has spoiled her day. She's had a great time and enjoyed making a tiara, getting her face painted and joining in the songs and games; she's already planning what outfit she will be wearing next week."
The event is the first in a series of four that are taking place across August.
For the next three Sunday's, children are invited to take part in a range of different activities and meet many of their favourite characters including; Rapunzel, Pirate Jake, Tinkerbell and the Snow Princess.
Richard Toynbee, centre manager of Prince Bishops Shopping Centre said, "There's no escaping the popularity of the film Frozen at the moment, and I know how much my son loves Jake and the Neverland Pirates, so we thought it'd be a nice idea to hold some pirate and princess events across the summer holidays."
"Although our first event has been slightly dampened by the Great British weather, the children were able to take refuge from the rain in the Little Bishops Play Palace and they all seemed to really enjoy themselves - which is what it's all about."
The next three events take place on Sunday 17, 24 and 31 August, between 12-4pm. Alongside crafts, face painting, treasure hunts and themed photo booths, children can take part in princess etiquette lessons, pirate boot camp and singing, dancing and drama classes. You can find out more in our News & Events area.


For our first blog post of 2019, we wanted to give you an update on the work that NGOsource's parent organization TechSoup is doing to connect civil society organizations and changemakers to the resources they need for a more equitable planet.
Over the last 30 years, TechSoup has built the largest network of civil society organizations in the world, over 1 million in total. In 2018 alone, TechSoup connected 150,000 NGOs with over $1.9 billion worth of resources, including donated and discounted technology, services, and funding.
But there's much more work to do. There are over 12 million civil society organizations globally, so we've just scratched the surface. Those organizations serve billions of the most vulnerable people on the planet and address the world's most pressing problems. Yet they are woefully under-resourced in an increasingly digital world. TechSoup is committed to connecting them to the resources, support, and guidance they need to achieve their missions.
In November, TechSoup launched a Growth Capital Campaign with the goal of raising $11.5 million. This campaign will allow us to increase the resources we distribute globally from $1.9 billion in 2018 to $4.8 billion by 2021. We'll increase our reach to serve 1.7 million organizations around the world. For every $100 invested, we will distribute over $47,000 of additional resources to the nonprofit sector.
We're excited by support for the campaign we've received so far. We just received a commitment from the Nonprofit Finance Fund to invest $4 million in TechSoup over two years.
In addition, we've launched a Direct Public Offering (DPO) which stems from our belief that TechSoup should be financed by people and entities of diverse economic means who care about supporting civil society. Our DPO will allow nearly anyone to invest in TechSoup and receive a financial benefit while helping our organization grow its capacity to support more changemakers worldwide. TechSoup is the first nonprofit organization that the SEC has qualified to do a Reg A+ Tier 2 offering, which allows us to reach out to our stakeholders in all 50 states and engage them as impact investors. We've gotten some positive press about the DPO: Forbes, Impact Alpha, Locavesting. We're hoping it will be a model that other nonprofit social enterprises can use to raise growth capital in the future.
If you are interested in joining our effort to strengthen global civil society as an impact investor, please take a look at the TechSoup Offering pages on the SVX.US impact investing marketplace. Investments in TechSoup will have an annual return of 2 to 5 percent over five years. Please contact Ken Tsunoda, TechSoup's VP of Development, at invest@techsoup.org if you have questions or want more information.
We hope you'll consider joining us in our campaign to expand TechSoup's support of global civil society organizations worldwide. Whether it's providing food to people who need it, helping young people learn to code, or supporting communities after a disaster, civil society organizations bring people together to make an impact on the issues they care about the most. They need our collective help.


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Like I said before, this system was rolled out to all RR models now. Same crap in all new models. Well done JLR, well done. This way they spoil all their recent customers. What are they trying to achieve? Make all customers swear they'll never buy a JLR again?
Picked up my Velar today, had asked for the new software to be installed (which they did), all connectivity seems ok at the moment including Online Media and iPhone X with the latest iOS version.
Will keep a check on it over the next few days and report back.
I do wonder if it is certain hardware from certain suppliers that is causing the issues. There might be several different hardware suppliers to reduce risk of supply chain and hence production issues. Those with "problem" cars might unfortunately have the same hardware in common. My car has been at the supplying dealer for over two weeks and so far o resolution.
Picked up my new build Feb 28th. I've had a few small niggles with the Bluetooth, USB, and the screens, but things seems to have settled down a bit. Waiting for the next version of the software to hopefully make everything 100%, but mine is definitely less buggy than what I'm reading from you folks that get the first wave!
@ Loz : good point. different hardware supplier might explain why with the same soft specs some people have bugs when some others don't.
Interestingly when mine was in for its aborted update they did say that they needed to keep it in longer as a part needed ordering to enable part of the update to be installed.
Hi there, how will I get this update. Is there an option to download.
Hi jpthomas, you must go to your local dealer/retailer to have it applied. Contact them in advance to confirm they are offering it as some have found their dealer is holding it back for unknown reasons.
A clue as to what's coming — maybe.
Just watched a promotional video of Jaguar's new I-Pace (which is quite fun and fast)... and I immediately recognized the same base software running on my Velar. Interestingly the I-Pace's marketing spin clearly mentions nothing about CarPlay or Android Auto, but rather you can "use Apple and Android apps through" InControl interface. Hmmm, that sounds like JLR isn't interested in paying licensing fees to Apple or Google (Certainly not the only brand, not wanting to play: https://blog.caranddriver.com/bmw-to-tr ... nnual-fee/) ...or there is some technical reason. I simply don't think the 2018/2019 models will see CarPlay or Android Auto, if ever. That said, that's the least of my worries. I just want what's described by Land Rover, to actually work. With this software not just now in the Sport and original Range, but in Jaguar's I-Pace... there surely HAS to be a solution coming. Right? Hopefully the forthcoming March update proves to be a big improvement.... FINGERS CROSSED. (I cannot connect my phone USB at all. No Siri voice control or play-through. Audio drops out, no InControl app access, etc. — fortunately Bluetooth works just fine.) — and anxious to keep this thread active for the next software release from JLR.
software updates for Velar cannot be performed by a simple download, such as what you do with your smartphone. It's a real shame , but you have to proceed this vith your JLR car dealer.


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The trophy may be awarded annually to a person aged 65 or over who flies or only ceased flying during the previous calendar year, and who has been conspicuously involved in aviation in general and sporting aviation in particular, for their work, initiative, devotion or in other ways.
Citations to be circulated to the BGA/BHPA/BMAA Panel and to Elizabeth Douglas, the Panel Chairman.


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Nevada Sports Betting Crushes Records With $5 Billion Year
Adam Candee
Other states might challenge Nevada sports betting for supremacy in future years, but the Silver State still reigns.
Nevada wrapped up 2018 with another huge month, helping the total handle for the year over $5 billion. Sportsbooks also held a record-setting amount over those 12 months — more than $300 million.
Nevada sportsbooks took $562 million in wagers in December alone. That actually is the smallest handle in the past three months, including a record-setting $581 million in November.
That handle led to a robust $44 million in revenue for Nevada operators, an above-average win of 7.85 percent. While not the highest revenue total on record, it is one of the better holds in the past two decades.
A strong showing on football buoys books
The anomaly of October's public bashing of Nevada sportsbooks feels years in the past now. Football remains the king of Nevada sports betting with nearly a third of a billion dollars wagered in December.
Books held 9.42 percent of football bets on a long slate of NFL games and a full menu of college football bowls. Compared to an October in which bettors cleaned out books on favorable NFL results, the last two months looked much better for operators.
Here's how handle broke down by sport in Nevada sports betting in December:
What's next in Nevada sports betting
Nevada now faces competition from seven other states with legal sports betting, most notably New Jersey and Pennsylvania. More jurisdictions soon will join the market, with Arkansas and Washington, D.C., legalizing sports betting last year.
Early returns in New Jersey look quite promising, especially with mobile sports betting and remote account registration and funding. A group of Nevada operators including MGM Resorts and Caesars asked state regulators last year to consider moving to that model from in-person registration. They declined to act on that ask in January.
Whether that more stringent requirement ultimately slows the growth of Nevada sports betting remains to be seen. Thus far, the option of legal sports betting elsewhere in America does not appear to have dented Nevada's armor.
Adam Candee is the managing editor of Legal Sports Report. He covers sports business and news from Las Vegas, where he works as a sports radio host for ESPN, BetQL, and VSiN. Adam is a former editor and reporter at the Las Vegas Sun, Arizona Daily Sun, and KLAS-TV. He can be reached at [email protected]
Nevada Sports Betting Still Reigns In First Full Year Of National Competition
By Matthew Waters
Nevada Sports Betting Breaks Another Record As US Handle Nears $1 Billion In November
By Adam Candee
Nevada Takes In Another Record For Sports Betting Handle With $460 Million In March


Microsoft Edge is the successor to Microsoft Internet Explorer and comes built into Windows 10. Pictured: the Edge web browser.
Microsoft is poised to ditch Microsoft Edge, the default web browser on Windows 10, according to reports from The Verge and Windows Central.
Instead, Microsoft could release a new browser that's based on Chromium, the web engine that powers the leading Google Chrome web browser.
Chromium is a leading web standard, while Microsoft's EdgeHTML has lagged considerably.
Among other things, this would open the door for Google Chrome to finally come to the Windows Store on Windows 10.
Microsoft is slated to discontinue Edge, the browser that comes built into Windows 10, according to reports from The Verge and Windows Central. Edge was introduced in 2015 as the successor to Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The idea, according to those reports, is that Microsoft is moving away from its own EdgeHTML rendering engine and towards Chromium, the web engine that powers Google Chrome. Chromium, first released by Google in 2008, has become the web's predominant standard, thanks to the wild success of the Chrome browser.
The success of Chromium has become something of a headache for Microsoft, both internally and externally — The Verge reported that employees and customers alike have been frustrated that the Microsoft Edge browser doesn't work properly with some websites and apps that were optimized for Chromium.
It sounds like Microsoft is poised to release a new browser, based on Chromium, that would leave EdgeHTML in the past. Intriguingly, The Verge reported that this move would also open the door for a version of Google Chrome on the Windows app store — the main thing stopping that from happening, so far, is that Microsoft has required all web browsers in the Windows Store to use EdgeHTML. If EdgeHTML goes, so too will that barrier.
Of note is that this new browser could recycle the Edge name, and it could even take much of its interface. After all, Microsoft Edge may not have been as mature or fully featured as Google Chrome, but it has a slick interface and pretty solid performance. However, the engine is the very heart of a web browser, and without EdgeHTML, it would really and truly be a whole new piece of software, whatever Microsoft ends up naming it.
Also of note is that such a web browser could play right into a new round of rumors that Microsoft is working on a so-called "Windows Lite." That hypothetical version of Windows would be stripped down to be little more than a web browser, similar to Google ChromeOS, which is Microsoft's chief competitor in the classroom market.
In the same way that Google ChromeOS is based on a Chromium core, a new web browser could give Microsoft the foundation for that supposed Windows Lite, which could take on Google on its own turf.
Microsoft declined to comment. The Verge reported that there could be more details as soon as this week.


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