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Spring (2014)
Posted on 6 June 2015 5 December 2021 By AntBit
First published by Sight & Sound, June 2015
Review: Writer/director Justin Benson and his co-director Aaron Moorhead have established themselves as specialists in the cross-breeding of genres. Their low-budget debut Resolution (2012) took a familiar cabin-in-the-woods scenario for a Pirandello-esque spin, sending its principal characters on a quest to meet their maker; and 'Bonestorm', their contribution to the 2014 anthology V/H/S Viral, equipped skaterboys with GoPro cameras to depict Mexican satanists, the undead and demons as just another escapade in the slackers' average day. Death, and the unusual blurring of different film forms, also dominate their latest, Spring, although love too is now incorporated into the genetic makeup.
Spring begins with Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) at his cancerous mother's bedside as she tells him she loves him before quietly passing away, casting the twentysomething ex-student adrift as the last in his line. Jobless, in trouble after a violent incident in a bar, and with nothing more to lose, Evan uses his small inheritance to flee to Italy. Still grieving, he ends up in a pretty coastal town where he begins to put down new roots, getting a job as a farmhand to local widower Angelo (Francesco Carnelutti), and embarking on a whirlwind affair with well-traveled evolutionary geneticist Louise (Nadia Hilker).
"Nature is crazy", comments Evan, amazed to see oranges and lemons growing on a single tree. "Old tree uses new tree", explains Angelo, adding that "volcano makes good soil" – even a volcano which, two millennia earlier, wiped out an entire city's populace (including Louise's ancestors). Yet what dies in winter often comes back to life in spring, and even as Evan begins to bloom again in Louise's presence and to contemplate a different future together with her, this engaging young couple's spring fling begins to resonate, over the course of a single week, with the cycles, recurrences and mutations that define all life – and death. If Louise will turn out to be an all-new (yet ancient) form of movie monster, the film itself is also a strange hybrid whose essential romance is enhanced, rather than disrupted, by the admixture of horror elements – and if the film's scope extends to the outer limits of science, history and theology, everything is grounded in the leads' charming, funny characters and believable performances.
"What do you like more, pool or ocean?" Although this question might seem natural enough when posed alongside the porous Italian coastline, Louise's words allude to the place of the finite within the infinite, as her own mutant immortality plays ocean to Evan's more circumscribed (gene) pool. For much as its tourist-town setting looks out over the boundless sea beyond, Spring exposes its week-long affair to eternity, extending way beyond the normal limits of the horror genre to engender a creature feature at the shoreline of biology and romance. Splicing the DNA of Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995) and Andrzej Zulawski's Possession (1981), this true original manages to be both melancholic and hopeful, contemporary and timeless.
Synopsis: California, present day. After his mother – his last remaining relative – dies, Evan gets into a vicious bar fight which sees him fired from his job as the bar's sous-chef and pursued by a gang and the police alike. Still grieving and with nothing left to lose, Evan heads to Italy, and in a coastal town spends his days working as a farmhand for the widower Angelo, and his nights with Louise, a sexually forward student of evolutionary genetics. In fact Louise is a quirk of nature: a mutated human who has fallen pregnant every twenty-two years for nearly two millennia, giving birth to a rejuvenated version of herself after a very brief period of gestation wherein she undergoes highly unstable (and aggressive) transformations. Having got herself inseminated by Evan and concerned that she might hurt him, Louise dumps him, but he, distraught, returns to her house and sees her in monstrous form. In love and unperturbed, he decides to stay with Louise until her final climactic transformation despite the danger to himself. With the immigration police on his tail, Evan travels with Louise to Naples, and then to Pompeii. Louise reveals that her own mother was made mortal by the chemicals that her body produced when she fell in love; after giving birth to Louise and passing on her condition, she and her husband were killed there in the eruption of 79 B.C.E.. Evan sees in the dawn with Louise, hoping she too will fall in love.
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Review: LOCKE & KEY: ALPHA #2
LOCKE & KEY: ALPHA #2
Written by Joe Hill
Art by Gabriel Rodriguez
Published by IDW Publishing
Release Date: December 18
Almost six years and thirty-nine issues later one of the most critically acclaimed comic books of the past decade has come to an end with Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez' Locke & Key: Alpha #2. As expected, the creative team of Hill and Rodriguez did their best Kerri Strug impression and stick the landing by providing closure in a very emotional final chapter to their masterpiece.
Locke & Key: Alpha is two issues telling the story of the climactic battle between the Locke family and the demonic Dodge who is hellbent on unleashing his fellow demons on Earth. Whereas issue one of the final series featured the resolution to the aforementioned final battle, issue two features the fallout, and feels more like an epilogue to the entire series. Some people may look at the word epilogue and roll their eyes, but Hill has spent years developing these characters who readers the world over have come to love, and he wisely realized that closure was not just important to the character, but you the reader as well. It's as if Hill and Rodriguez have been paying attention to some of the vitriol expressed towards shows on TV that leave things ambiguous or up to the readers imagination as they go off the air. This issue is all resolution and done so with the heart and character we have come to expect from the Locke family and their friends and foes. The keys play a large role, as they should, as emotional reunions commence, an old friend from one of the most beloved L&K stories makes an appearance, things are literally put back where they belong, and we even see the fruits of the labor put into Tyler and Duncan's summer project. This issue isn't going to be someone's first issue of the series, so I know I'm preaching to the choir with everything I'm saying, but for fans of the series this should be viewed as the perfect emotional capstone to a series that has been full of real emotion from the very start, despite all the craziness surrounding Keyhouse.
At this point what else can be said about Gabriel Rodriguez and his artistic contributions to the series? It really does say something this day in age that an artist stays on a series for the entirety of the book's lifespan. Issue after issue he took everything Joe Hill threw at him, and made it beautiful. There were issues he switched up his style, like in the classic issue Sparrow, or stories like Open The Moon where his work broke our hearts. Then there was every other issue where he brought consistency to the book that really allowed the reader to get comfortable. We didn't have to worry about anything changing up on us with a different artist, the twists and turns of the story did that enough. We knew what Keyhouse looked like, we could look at a key and know what one it was, and we could see the maturation of the Locke kids under the pencil of one man. I mention all of this because while Rodriguez is given a relatively quiet issue to draw to close out the book, he does so with the same level of talent and consistency mentioned above. He hammers home the emotional scenes, and gives visual callbacks to scenes we've seen throughout the series. Locke & Key has been his career defining work, and because of its beauty I know I will be eagerly anticipating what he has in store for the comic book world next.
If this review is reading more like an eulogy or celebration of Locke & Key as a whole it's because it is. The series is going to go down in history as one of the finest to ever grace the medium, and instead of going into detail about events of the issue, I wanted to tell you that it works, and it is satisfying. Congratulations to Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos, Chris Ryall, IDW and everyone that had a hand in crafting Locke & Key. You all created a masterpiece and it was an honor to be able to experience it.
To the fans who are going to miss the book I leave you with this, "Death is not the end of your life you know. Your body is a lock. Death is the key. The key turns and you're free. Free to be anywhere. Everywhere." The story may be over, and Locke & Key may be "dead" but it is not the end. It will live on in the hearts and minds of all it's fans, in all those fancy collections, and will forever be an example of the best that comics has to offer.
John Ernenputsch
Tags Gabriel Rodriguez, IDW Publishing, Joe Hill, Locke & Key Alpha
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Tag: Chucho Valdes
Back to Cuba, Through a Door I Hope Doesn't Slam Shut Again
Chucho Valdés (left) first played the Jazz Plaza Havana Festival in 1980, leading his legendary band, Irakere. He is the music director of this 32nd edition. Pianist Roberto Fonseca was just 15 at his Jazz Plaza Havana debut. He sis artistic director of the first edition of a sister event, Jazz Plaza Santiago.
Hard to believe I'm at JFK airport waiting to fly to Havana. Hard to believe I'm going back (haven't been since 2010). Hard to believe I can fly direct, and for less than it costs to visit my folks in Jacksonville. Hard to believe that this sudden ease, and the renewal of cultural exchange that was missing during the Bush years may soon get shut down again by a brutal Fascist.
Fidel, of course, is gone. Trump will be president. Among the things these two men have in common: they rose to power surprisingly, and by making promises quickly abandoned; they mastered the dark arts of fearmongering and propaganda. Among the things they don't share: One of them was exceedingly literate and recognized the meaning and value of culture.
Not sure I'll bring back rum or cigars when I return from the 32nd annual Havana Jazz Plaza Festival, but I will come back to with stories to write. Stories about pianist Arturo O'Farrill, who travels back this time with the ashes of his father, composer/bandleader Chico O'Farrill, to repatriate to an abandoned homeland. About trumpeter Terence Blanchard, who makes his first trip to the island, with a band that includes pianist Fabian Almazan, who left Cuba at age 9 and hasn't yet returned. About pianist Chucho Valdés, a towering presence among Cuban musicians and the longtime music director of this festival. And about other Cuban musicians, such as trumpeter Yasek Manzano, who we rarely get to hear in the U.S.
And about the long embrace between U.S. and Cuban musicians, and the issues of identity and politics that swirl around it.
Here's some background—a piece I wrote for The Wall Street Journal (also pasted below), after Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced a path toward normalized relations.
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Chucho Valdés At 74 & Irakere At 40—Still Growing
Photo: Frank Stewart
"I was a privileged child because Havana was a center for both Cuban music and jazz when I was a boy," Chucho Valdés told me several years ago, at his home in Havana's Miramar section, where congas sit alongside the grand piano and photographs of Cuban musical heroes hang next to a 1998 proclamation of "Chucho Valdés Day" in San Francisco. "Cuban music and American jazz, that's what we lived and breathed in my house. And to me they are different sons of the same mother: Africa."
Valdés, who recently turned 74, was 4 when he sat at the piano with his own father, pianist Bebo Valdés, who was a central figure among the first generation of big-band mambo arrangers in Cuba. During his decadelong tenure as pianist for Havana's famed Tropicana nightclub, Bebo led the island's top players and worked closely with visiting American stars.
As was his father's, Chucho's embrace of Cuban music and American jazz is bold, without stylistic prejudice, and always marked by invention. Chucho may well have crafted his own towering legacy atop his inheritance from his father, but nothing could have prepared the world for Irakere, the band Chucho founded in 1973, in Havana, and which took the world by storm five years later.
Chucho has revived the spirit and format of Irakere, 40 years past its founding. I heard them recently at Manhattan's Town Hall (set list below for notetakers), and was struck by how current the band sounds. That's because, in the true spirit of Cuban music and American jazz, Chucho never sits still, always leans forward.
(You can find a video of the group at the Lugano Jazz Festival here.)
As I wrote in my Wall Street Journal review of Chucho's new CD, "Tribute to Irakere (Live in Marciac)":
When pianist Chucho Valdés presented "Irakere 40" at Manhattan's Town Hall earlier this month, he rekindled the sound of a band with which he changed the course of Cuban music four decades ago. Older audience members might have attended Irakere's U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall during the 1978 Newport Jazz Festival. Appearing unannounced on a program that featured jazz pianists Mary Lou Williams, McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans, Irakere stole that show.
Then, Mr. Valdés introduced New Yorkers to a bold and subversive music, both a response to Cuba's post-revolution rejection of American jazz and rock and a seed for Cuban dance music now known as timbá. His tight band with a huge sound expressed a sweep of influences that ranged from Afro Cuban folkloric music to bebop, from Mr. Valdés' father, Bebo (a towering Cuban pianist and composer in his own right) to Blood, Sweat & Tears.
and as I point out:
With this project, Mr. Valdés neither takes a victory lap nor looks back. At 74, he remains a musician of restless and searching ambition….
Mr. Valdés call this album a tribute to Irakere. It sounds more like testimony to the continuity and vitality of a vision that has always spanned borders and genres, conflated centuries, defied politics and, by now, having influenced generations, is bigger than any one band.
Chucho Valdes Irakere 40 at Town Hall
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BHGE looks deeper into supply chain for carbon footprint answers
Bosses at Baker Hughes GE (BHGE) are looking "deeper into the supply chain" in an effort to shrink the energy service giant's carbon footprint.
by Mark Lammey
29/01/2019, 5:00 am Updated: 29/01/2019, 6:33 am
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Bosses at Baker Hughes GE (BHGE) are looking "deeper into the supply chain" in an effort to shrink the energy service giant's carbon footprint.
Derek Mathieson, chief marketing and technology officer at BHGE, said the company had paid "a lot of attention" to global logistics, including what materials are used for products and where they are shipped from.
Mr Mathieson said a range of investor groups were putting "enormous pressure" on exploration and production (E&P) companies to have credible low carbon strategies.
Large E&P companies have made commitments to start talking about what the industry must do to fit into the energy transition.
Mr Mathieson said the debate had not reached the same "depth" among investors on the supply chain's side of the market.
But he noted that more conversations were taking place around corporate responsibility throughout the contractor and energy services communities.
He was speaking after BHGE announced its intention to knock its carbon dioxide equivalent emissions down to net zero by 2050.
The company pledged to invest in low carbon products and services to bolster its clients' drive to keep their carbon footprints in check.
BHGE made the announcement at its 20th annual meeting in Florence, Italy.
A number of new technologies were launched at the event, including Lumen, a ground-based and aerial-drone based methane detection system.
A turbine fully-powered by hydrogen was also showcased.
Mr Mathieson said BHGE had good "line of sight" of its own carbon footprint and was focused on improving reporting standards.
And he said BHGE would learn more about the carbon footprint's of the companies who supply it with materials and products.
Mr Mathieson said the firm was focused on making everything it does more productive and efficient, and that lowering emissions is a big part of that.
Commenting on the net zero pledge, Mr Mathieson said it was "great" that BHGE had created a message about how it wants to progress.
He said: "A lot of our biggest customers are speaking about this in a more credible way.
"They're interested that a major technology and services provider is getting into this space and providing more momentum."
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Cameron Wilson
Have you ever noticed while watching a hockey game that players seem to be sniffing some sort of powder in a pouch or container? I know I did, and I was more than confused.
Well, after doing some research, the reason for them sniffing powder and the aggravated faces straight after was because the powder was smelling salts. The historic pregame ritual that some players partake in.
However, that led me to ask why they sniff smelling salts and what do they do?
Well, I've learned that this question has much more to it than what meets the eye, so without further or do, let's get into it.
What are smelling salts?
Smelling salts are made up of ammonia, water, and ethanol. An alternative formula is perfume and ammonium carbonate.
These formulas act as a physical stimulate.
The stimulation aspect comes from ammonia. Ammonia causes irrational to the nasal and lung membranes when sniffed. The result of this is involuntary inhaling causing you to breathe faster than usual, which sends more oxygen to the brain.
The smelling salt ritual in hockey
When it comes to intensity, hockey does not lack, being one of the most intense sports in the world: slamming bodies against boards and flying pucks at 100mph.
However, before this starts, everything appears normal, with players warming up on the benches and chit-chatting.
Until they reach for their smelling salts and their faces lose control, they let out an angry scream; the flip has been switched, and it's now game time.
How do smelling salts benefit hockey players?
Smelling salts work for hockey players because it makes them feel more alert and allows them to breathe better and more efficiently. Intrinsically increasing their performance due to their ability to play longer, harder and faster while also providing extra strength, speed, elevation in heart rate, and blood pressure.
Smelling salts also give the players a sense of intensity and drive. Much like caffeine makes us feel more awake, sniffing salts get us hyped up and ready to play as the intensity of the irritation triggers our fight or flight response giving us a brief surge of adrenaline.
Research, however, shows no performance-boosting noted from smelling salts. This gives us an indication that smelling salts is a placebo effect, giving hockey players the confidence needed to increase their performance and reap all the benefits listed above.
What are the negatives to smelling salts?
Athletes may use smelling salts to counteract the impact of head trauma, such as concussions, to get back in the game faster, especially in a brutal sport like hockey.
This can be highly detrimental to the athlete as concussive symptoms could be masked or hidden, resulting in delayed diagnosis/treatment. Also, a rapid return to the sport with a high risk of reinjury could worsen the consequences of head injury.
When someone is new to smelling salts, their head can jerk back involuntarily. This may cause additional damage to a person with a spinal injury or people in the surrounding area. Given that hockey players use ammonia on the bench, this could be a significant concern.
The tolerant dose of ammonia is 250 ppm within 1 hour. However, exposure to an additional 50 ppm of ammonia after this point can cause major side effects.
What are the side effects of smelling salts?
Vertigo: This is often in teenagers. However, this feeling passes within a few seconds, and the person quickly regains consciousness.
Coughing: The first-time user could get a cough due to the irritation of the nasal cavities.
Burning eyes: Ammonia can be an eye irritant. If the salt packet is held near to your face, then your eyes might start having some burning sensation.
More prolonged use of these irritant salts can damage the nasal membranes.
How long do the Smelling Salts effects last?
Surprisingly smelling salts reinforce a placebo effect, as scientifically, the kick and effects fizzle out immediately, with most players often admitting that the effects wear off after leaving the bench.
The brief mental boost is the only real effect of smelling salts, hence why you often see powerlifters use it just before a lift.
Hockey players, in truth, only use smelling salts for what it stands for rather than the physical effects themselves.
Are smelling salts dangerous?
No, when used with the recommended dose and in the proper context, for example, in a sporting situation or someone needs to regain consciousness after fainting.
The lethal dose of Ammonia is 2500-4500 ppm for 30 minutes. This will result in a fatality.
Where to get smelling salts?
Smelling salts are not a banned substance in the USA, so they are regularly found on major retailers like Amazon.
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The 3rd period
Smelling salts, in the bigger picture, are a massive placebo for hockey players, but it works for them never the less as the increased "performance" is due to the mental clarity and drive they get from the idea of sniffing smelling salts.
The very brief increase in physical performance is a bonus. So whether smelling salts make a difference in enhancing abilities is subjective to the player.
However, time and time again, they light up our screens with intense, thrilling hockey action, so whatever they need to get in the "zone" before the game shouldn't be frowned upon.
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Cameron is from Ottawa and played college hockey for Saskatchewan. He now coaches in Division III. He is passionate about traveling, treaking, woodwork, and ethnic food. Cameron is also interested in sharing his knowledge about the beautiful game of ice hockey.


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Andris Pone
I Give Trump the Gold Medal
by Andris Pone
• August 12, 2016 September 18, 2020
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By Andris Pone – President, Coin Branding
What's the biggest brand in the world? It's not Apple. Or Google. Or Microsoft or Coca-Cola or Facebook or McDonald's.
Not for me, anyway.
The above are the brands defined by Forbes as the top five Most Valuable in 2016, calculated through a formula involving EBIT and price-to-earnings multiples.
I think it's a lot more interesting to work from the definition of brand, being what people think of you. It's a definition that begs the question: which brands stoke within you the most powerful thoughts and feelings, good and bad? Which are the richest with meaning?
Microsoft? Give me a break.
Sure, they have among the highest awareness in the world. And true, there are many millions of people who love to hate them. But this is not a brand abundant with meaning. Ditto for IBM, GE, AT&T, Cisco or Oracle – some of the other brands in Forbes' tech-heavy top 20.
So let's broaden our focus in two ways. First, by assessing brands on what you think/feel about them: what they mean to you. And second, by throwing off Forbes' limited interpretation of what qualifies as a brand in the first place.
It is not only companies and products that can be brands. A brand is anyone or anything that anyone has ever thought about. These things and people can, depending on your point of view, be good or bad or even evil things. Most prominently, this list includes any human being, your pet, political parties and organizations, countries and regions, educational and religious institutions, terrorist groups, musicians and entertainers and that coffee shop or dry cleaner you love or hate down the street.
Based upon these criteria, and given that the Olympics are on, which brands in your world get the gold, silver and bronze – and why?
In reverse order, my personal podium looks like this:
Bronze: ISIS. Does this mean I like these clowns? Negative. But they provoke profound fear and loathing and constant headlines around the world. Related, note that I used the ISIS acronym as opposed to the other names this organization is known by, such as Daesh or IS or Islamic State. Proving that some names have more power than others, ISIS as a moniker has the highest ranking in the public consciousness because it is the easiest to say.
Silver: Harvard. Harvard has always been fascinating to me because I can imagine no single word in any language that commands such deep respect – instantaneously – year after year, decade after decade. All you have to do is say "so and so went to Harvard" and the conversation is over – except for the one other word very likely to be uttered in response: "wow."
And obviously you can tell I didn't go to Yale.
Gold: Donald Trump. Does this mean I like this clown? Personally, no. But there is presently no match for the level of apoplexy he provokes.
One of the beauties of this exercise is that you cannot possibly be wrong. Because there is no "wrong." Your thoughts are yours, so whatever you think is 100% correct. Even better, you can change your mind: because of the fleeting nature of what occupies our thoughts, the way your list looks next month or next year could be very different than today.
So: what does your podium look like?
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High Tech meets nostalgia at fahr(T)raum Mattsee – Multicopter Air Race contrasted with a fair in 1920s style
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Not only a spectacular drone race took place in front of fahr(T)raum Mattsee last weekend (09/10/10), but also a nostalgic fair with shooting and throwing galleries, high striker, carousel and mini-ferris wheel. Young and old attended the event, which took place in this configuration for the first time in the parking lot of the Ferdinand Porsche Erlebniswelt fahr(T)raum and behind it on the Unersee hill in Mattsee.
A total of 15 pilots from Austria, Germany and Switzerland competed in the « Multicopter Air Race » – a trend sport from the USA. During the race, the drones were controlled from the perspective of the flying objects using special transmission goggles. A short, narrow but difficult track had to be negotiated. A special challenge was the tower with a steep, upwards rotating 90° left turn. Spectators could witness the flight scenes live on the ground via large screens. The livestream transmission of the race on Facebook also drew considerable interest: until today, the videos have been called up approximately 11,000 times.
René Lausenhammer from the Red:bee Coptershop in Henndorf is enthusiastic: « Over 150 Led Cones Pro and 80 m LED strip were laid. The implementation and technology were equal to top events world-wide! » The youngest pilots were among the leaders and only 16 years old. The fastest lap was 10.680, the average was approximately 13.00 seconds. The crowning finish of the Saturday race was a spectacular night-flying show.
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WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (16-22 Dec)
Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand winning the SMBC Singapore Open. (PHOTO: Suhaimi Abdullah/R&A/R&A via Getty Images)
SINGAPORE — Here is a round-up of sports events and developments in the past week (16-22 December):
Defending champ to return for SMBC Singapore Open
Reigning champion Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand has confirmed that he will be defending his SMBC Singapore Open title at Sentosa Golf Club from 16 to 19 January.
The 24-year-old has had a stellar 2019 season. After his Singapore Open win in January, he won two more Asian Tour titles, including the Indonesian Masters, which allowed him to jump 12 places to No. 45 in the world golf rankings.
At the upcoming Open, Jazz will be taking on all three men's golf medallists at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics – England's Justin Rose, Sweden's Henrik Stenson and the United States' Matt Kuchar – among a top field at the Serapong Course.
Netball Singapore appoints new national head coach
Netball Singapore has appointed Annette Pearce as the new national head coach and technical manager, with effect from 15 January.
The 54-year-old New Zealander replaces compatriot Natalie Milicich, who stepped down after guiding the Singapore national team to a silver-medal showing at the recent SEA Games in the Philippines.
Pierce, who has signed a one-year contract, has worked with the national team as a video analyst for three previous head coaches – Kate Carpenter, Ruth Aitken and Milicich. She will be tasked to guide the national team in their next major tournament, the Asian Netball Championships in Jeonju, South Korea, in June.
Slingers get 1st win of ABL season
The Singapore Slingers registered their first win of the Asean Basketball League season with a 76-72 win over Macau Wolf Warriors at the OCBC Arena on Sunday (22 December).
Long-time American import Xavier Alexander led the way with a triple double – 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists – while new signing Marcus Elliott (15 points and eight rebounds) and Delvin Goh (10 points and nine rebounds) made major contributions.
The Slingers will next play back-to-back away games against Fubon Braves and Formosa Dreamers on 4 and 5 January respectively. Their next home game is against Saigon Heat on 8 January.
Registration open for 2XU Compression Run
Registration is open for the 10th edition of the 2XU Compression Run, which will take place on 5 April at the Formula One Pit Building. There are three run categories available: 5km, 10km and 21.1km.
For the first time, the event will be part of an Asian Series in three countries – in Indonesia on 21 June and in Malaysia on 19 July. Runners who complete runs in all three countries will receive a limited edition medal from each race that fits together to form one overall medal.
From next month, runners are encouraged to take part in the #HumanPerformanceMultiplied challenge – designed to enhance strength and endurance through workout sessions and training workshops. Participants will be part of a joint effort to clock a total of 2,100km, and they can also expect fitness sessions such as high-intensity interval training, kickboxing and spin classes.
Have a sports event to tell our users? Email us at sgnews.tips@verizonmedia.com. In your email, do provide as many details as possible, including videos and photos.
Ancient Afghan minaret in danger of 'collapse' after quakes
An 800-year-old minaret considered one of the finest examples of Islamic architecture in Afghanistan was damaged by two earthquakes this week and is in danger of collapse, an official has said.
Spain is spearheading calls for governments to start tackling Covid-19 as any other endemic respiratory virus like seasonal flu, despite WHO opposition and warnings that the approach is premature.
Kazakh leader denies fleeing country and says he was just taking 'deserved rest' during uprising
Former president also denies reports of rift between him and successor Kassym-Jomart Tokayev


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The Carson Valley Hospital is a historic hospital located at 1466 U.S. Route 395 in Gardnerville, Nevada. The hospital was built in 1914 by Dr. E. H. Hawkins, the county physician and health officer of Douglas County. The hospital was regarded as one of Nevada's best, and it included modern tools such as an X-ray machine, a rarity in small town hospitals at the time. While Hawkins anticipated that Douglas County would need a modern hospital for its growing population, the county's population actually fell at the 1920 census, and the community struggled to keep its hospital open. Hawkins sold the hospital in 1918, and it closed in 1924. The building was used for housing until 1958, when it was vacated.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1979.

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Home Lifestyle Venom Dunking On Spider-Man; The Meme On Internet
Venom Dunking On Spider-Man; The Meme On Internet
Venom Dunking over Spider-Man could be a lucrative picture that was taken out of the 200th edition of Venom #35 (Kael Ngu slam dunk basketball variant) which was first popularized by the This Pic Goes Hard, Feel Free To Screenshot style in late 2021. The image depicts an anti-hero Venom playing basketball with Marvel Spider-Man superheroes using the basketball. In the mid-2022 time frame, the picture was a huge hit on TikTok with bait-and-switch memes and skits like Deez Nuts humor.
One of the web's most important innovation are one of its most significant innovations is the Marvel meme. MCU followers constantly create authentic memes and then distribute them to other fans of superheroes. The most popular superheroes include Spider-Man, and many followers express their love for the character through memes. The Spider-Man being soaked in Venom memes is similar.
The latest fan art depicts an event in which Tom Hardy's Venom can dunk Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man during a basketball match. The past few months have seen Sony expand its criminally oriented properties as the studio expands its Sony Spider-Man Universe. In 2018, we saw the debut of Venom brought in the character of Hardy's Eddie Brock. The character was then given his sequel in the year before and was released in Venom's The Last of Us: There Be Carnage. After the rather uninspiring launch of the critically acclaimed Mobius, Sony turned its attention to other forthcoming SSU releases, such as Venom 3, Kraven the Hunter, and Madame Web.
The first instance of the Venom Dunking on Spider-Man image that could be seen was uploaded on March 4, 2021, via Twitter creator and Twitter user, @kaelngu. Posted a Venom dunking Peter Parker's Spider-Man which received more than 4400 likes, and 1180 retweets within about a period (shown in the following). The artwork was created for Venom issue number 35, issue 200, and specifically Kael Ngu's "Spider-Man Basketball Slam Dunk Variant." Garfield's return as Spider-Man in the film of the same name last season's Spider-Man the Movie: No Way Home has since sparked numerous discussions about what it would mean if Peter Parker could be the SSU's Spider-Man as Tom Holland's Spider-Man is currently within the MCU's Sacred Timeline. After first appearing in the role of the popular web-slinging superhero from The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man, Garfield returned for its sequel, which came out in 2014. But the third movie was canceled by Sony. In the wake of Spider-Man the Movie: The No Way Home has left many wanting to see Garfield reprise his Spider-Man role in a full-time capacity and a brand new fan art piece has been created that imagines a brand new crossover.
TikTok Bait-and-Switch Trend
On July 1 2022 TikToker @dxrkvsthewrld posted an image that utilized the clothing company Puma as the setting before uploading images of the Venom Dunking on Spider-Man image. The meme is based on the music clip "_Goodwill pants section" by Misery and was the audio track chosen in the vast majority of the following memes.
The move is regarded as funny and offensive. So, watching Venom take on Spider-Man is an imaginative and fun way to take on the superhero of the world and his arch-nemesis.
Spread of Meme
The meme's sound and format were quickly spread through TikTok with others trying to make it an opportunity to revive bait-and-switch Deez Nuts jokes, and figuring out the people they could find using the same set-up, but with different images as the main point of contention. Due to the excessive use of the meme beginning in July 2022, a lot of people were beginning to become annoyed with the trend, which led to the creation of a counter-meme where people like TikToker @ItsKibs, posted responses and skits about the negative reaction to the meme was receiving and racked up over 102,000 followers within five days.
Anti-Meme Variations
The meme was spreading across TikTok and other social media platforms, and users began making parodies of clips that create suspense but then break it with an out-of-the-blue statement like "I fucked your father," like the unanticipated John Cena trend. Instead of being used for Deez Nuts jokes, another usage of the meme was to use it to create a Mic Drop moment such as in the clip on TikTok shared on July 4, 2022.
"Deez nuts" is a well-known internet expression or slang that is used to disrupt or derail a conversation. It also refers to the testicle.
Online Trolling on Memes
Fans are obsessed with the image of Venom diving into Spider-Man following its beginning to become viral a couple of times over the last few days.
One user said, "The picture of Venom dunking on Spider-Man merely kills me each time I see it."
Another commenter said, "the image of poison dropping on a spider is one of my top ten favorite things ever.
A third user on Twitter said, "Idk what context it's utilized in, however, the image of Venom dunking on Spider-Man will all the time make me chuckle."
Who is Kael Ngu?
Kael Ngu is an illustrator freelance from Malaysia He began his career in the field of card game illustrations and concept artwork for a local game studio. At present, Kael is creating many covers for different publishers and also original artwork for private collectors across the globe.
Venom Dunking On Spider-Man On Instagram
The image that was posted on Instagram by @Venomhology is an epic basketball match between Venom with Garfield's Spider-Man. The extremely realistic-looking artwork shows Venom leaping on Spider-Man with his gigantic alien body almost sitting on his opponent's shoulders as Spider-Man tries to dunk him. The Spider-Man's head serves as a support in his dunking. Venom's toothy smile is evident in the artwork which quickly gained a lot of likes and positive comments that praised the artist's innovative idea.
History of the Meme
Venom and Spider-Man do share a bit of screen history, with the role played by Topher Grace in the film Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3, though that film saw Garfield's co- Peter Parker, Tobey Maguire confront the Symbiote. In July, Hardy revealed a script for the highly anticipated Venom 3 which led people to speculate about what direction the story might go with Brock and Venom this time. The crossover that is depicted in the new artwork may hint at a live-action scenario (though maybe without the basketball component). The conclusion of No Way Home's scene showed Venom discovering Spider-Man in his brief trip in the MCU timeline and the door has been opened for an MCU crossover, but there is still to be determined when this crossover will come to realization.
While it's not a likely scenario, this art provides intriguing renditions of these two characters. There is an amazing amount of detail that has been incorporated into the art's making. If Garfield's Spider-Man has a future is not yet confirmed because the actor has stated that he had no plans to reprise his role as Spider-Man. If the events leading up to No Way Home taught audiences something, it was that Garfield's words are not always reliable. Although a basketball match between Venom and Spider-Man could be a fun and exciting spectacle, however, the scenario depicted in the art is more like an episode of the comic book What If..? storyline than an enticing storyline for the next Venom film.
While people used this Venom Dunking on Spider-Man image to make fun of the character, the devoted Spider-Man fans thought of making a brand new action-packed and thrilling film of them together. After the final scene in No Way Home where Venom learns about Spider-Man arrived to find him on his MCU timeline.
Many believed that it could continue the story in a later season. In the end, it was clear that there was nothing to suggest that this was an illustration created to promote Marvel Comics.
However, you don't know for sure whether there's something major waiting for Marvel fans, and over the next few years, they will be paired to make a blockbuster.
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Why Is Venom-dunking On Spider-man A Popular Meme?
The famous Venom dunking photo can be traced to the comic book artist Kael Ngu who designed a variety of illustrations featuring Venom and Spidey fighting in a basketball game. Website Art station has revealed that the picture depicting basketball is the cover of Frankie's Comics & Golden Apple Comics' Venom #35.
Is Venom attracted by Spider-Man?
Apart from revealing that Venom is hungry for brains, Peter's appearance is appealing to Venom. Venom's appetite is evidence of his fascination with Peter Parker. However, it's crucial to note that this hasn't been an actual thing in comics.
What's the beef between Venom and Spider-Man?
Venom is a character from Marvel's Spiderman. He is also known in the comics as Eddie Brock. He doesn't like Spiderman because he believes it is his fault for all the luckless events in his life.
What do you think Venom is a Symbol for?
The scientific consensus is that people do not produce venom, however, they certainly can do it in a symbolic sense. This is why venom could be used to refer to "malice" or "hatred." If you meet people who seem to be to be awash in venom, take note that kindness is an effective remedy.
What is the reason Venom not able to Fight Spidey?
Some people are insensitive to his Spider-Sense. Venom is known for its ability to perform actions without activating its Spider-Sense. The reason for this is that the symbiote gained all the information about Peter's Spider-Sense and was able to fight it. The immunity was could be extended to Spider-Man's "son" Carnage.
What do you think Venom call himself? Eddie?
In the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock is not as excited as his symbiote companion is planning to create their version of a hero. He also suggests that they call them "The Lethal Protector", the classic name of Marvel Comics.
Venom Dunking On Spider-Man


Akita, Kodi, is going to be 12 in February and Chaz the Chihuahua turned 15 in June. I pretty much can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have Chaz. He's my ride-or-die. Like the dog would literally die for me if he felt I needed protecting. At 15, he's not as energetic or springy as he once was. But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
1. They don't tear your crap up.
Let me repeat that for those in the back who didn't hear me. THEY DON'T TEAR YOUR CRAP UP. I spent an entire puppyhood dealing with destroyed shoes, purses, furniture, even a mattress. OMG I wanted to kill Chaz a few times. There's no word to describe how mad you are when you come home to a shredded Temperpedic mattress or a chewed up brand new Louis Vuitton purse. You KNOW you have a real BFF when they don't friend divorce you over that. Now, the worst that happens is he might pull a fluff off his bed here and there but nothing on the level of The Great Louis Vuitton Purge of Chaz' 2007 Reign of Terror.
2. They don't constantly require your attention.
In fact, they spend most of their time sleeping. Lounging. Eating. Sleeping. They'll be friendly when you have time and you aren't messing with their all-important sleep schedules but otherwise, they are good.
3. They don't assault others.
Kodi has been the perfect canine specimen his entire life (well, except for a couple incidents) and would rather die than jump on someone or hurt a person. Chaz was a different story. I seriously weighed my options about Mexico or Canada he assaulted so many people... including my 80-year-old grandma when she hugged me. Oy.
Every time I think, boy, I'd sure love to have a puppy in the house, I dogsit my brother's gaggle of youngster hounds and I quickly come to the conclusion that I'll just have to keep my oldies but goodies kickin' for a few more years. If you are in the market for a loving, well-behaved couch potato, please consider a senior dog. They are affectionate, loving, kind, and need homes just as badly as the puppies.
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When traveling, we never truly get away. We might leave our daily stresses and responsibilities at home, but the best and worst of our personalities are always present wherever we go. Packed along with the toiletries and underwear are our greatest loves and deepest fears. We cannot escape them. We find ourselves in different surroundings, still grounded by the full range of our inescapable natures.
Optimally, a vacation helps us find balance, aided by the absence of the quotidian tasks that remain at home. We relax, regroup, and reflect. I recently spent a week in Venice. My friends surprised me by questioning my choice to travel alone. Won't you be lonely, they asked? No, I replied confidently. I'll meet people. It will be fine.
I'd been alone in Paris in 1988, not by choice. The friend I visited had a family crisis and departed for the US on the second day of my stay. I'd received sufficient guidance from him and from my brother, who'd recently the city to know how to get around. I met wonderful people in Paris every day.
I schmoozed with elderly German sisters while on the line to the Eiffel Tower, chatted with a French woman while taking a boat ride down the Seine, spoke to a Swedish man who sold Absolut Vodka while I dined on the Champs-Elysees, and met a recent American college graduate at the Louvre.
Eight years later, I stood up at his wedding. I also took a cruise to Alaska, where I similarly encountered many friendly strangers. So I already knew that my outgoing nature, a trait shared by much of my family, would serve me well in Italy.
In Venice, I bonded with an artist who made jewelry. When I popped into her store for the second time on my last day of the trip, she hugged my goodbye as we parted. Every day I connected with someone, even if for ten minutes. Those brief, sincere encounters were enough to quell any loneliness I might have felt.
Conversely, on the third day of my trip, I found myself overwhelmed with worry that I had eaten and spent too much. Overeating and overspending, or the urge to, are signs that I'm out of synch and stressed. I reminded myself that I always gained weight while on vacation but promptly lose it when I return home. I hadn't purchased anything extravagant, and enough wiggle room existed in my annual budget to absorb some extra expenses. I calmed down, but not until I suffered through several hours of distress.
After my small meltdown, I began to find an internal balance, which is when the magic began. On the third day of my eight-night trip, the housekeeper at my hotel broke my shower door. I'd book the cheapest double room at a luxury hotel, taking advantage of an off-season sale.
After the shower door broke, the hotel upgraded me six levels to a three-thousand-dollar-a-night suite, including a private hallway, a canal view, and a bathtub so large I could float in it. I'd always wondered what a suite in a luxury hotel might be like but never imagined I'd stay in one.
Because I was in that movie-star-like-suite, the hotel treated me like a star. I'd return to the suite late afternoons to find complimentary juices, alcohol, and food waiting for me. I felt like a princess.
I'd joked with a friend about finding romance in Italy but never expected to have my wish fulfilled. Initially, I met several young men with whom I had heartfelt conversations, but the vibes weren't romantic. By the sixth day, I assumed that romance wasn't in the cards on this trip. Then I met Giovanni.
He spotted me as I entered a woody bistro and spent the entirety of my dinner wooing me, including hand-feeding me breadsticks, offering me alcohol, and sitting shoulder to shoulder with me. Giovanni reminded me of an aging Robert De Niro but with a thick accent, and he charmed me completely. He asked if he could spend the night with me, but ultimately we decided to part company with a simple embrace.
The balance of adventure-manifesting my finer qualities and overcoming my more challenging traits, combined with some magic and romance resulted in the vacation of a lifetime. If I hadn't been forced to face my deficits, I'm sure I wouldn't have appreciated the adventures as much. Venice in winter is not crowded and is clean.
It's so beautiful, it's hard to absorb. Much of the city barely seems real, with its winding, narrow streets, clear blue water, the palette of soft colors, and medieval history. In Venice I did many of my favorite things: walked endlessly, looked at architecture and art, and ate delicious food.
When I first luxuriated in my movie-star suite, I thought, Well, I don't need to ever visit Venice again. This is it. I'll never again have a trip as good as this one. But on my last day, tears filled my eyes as my departure loomed.
I realized while another Venetian trip wouldn't be the same, I needed to return someday to discover myself again and have new adventures in that magical, beautiful place. Once back at home, my spirit was restored, having benefited from all that a sublime vacation can provide.
Joanna Charnas has been a social worker for over thirty years, and currently works in the Mental Health Department of a large teaching hospital. Her first book, Living Well with Chronic Illness (MSI Press, 2015), evolved from her career experiences and years as a patient. Her second book,100 Tips and Tools for Managing Chronic Illness (MSI Press, 2018), elaborates on the numerous methods she utilizes to maximize health and wellness. To learn more about her writing, go to joannacharnas.com.


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About Easton Youth Hockey Association (EYHA)
The Easton Youth Hockey League strives to provide an equal opportunity for all children to play organized hockey. Through hockey, children can develop character, sportsmanship, a sense of teamwork, respect for authority and commitment. Our primary goal is to allow all players to reach their potential and have fun learning to love the game of hockey.
House Program Philosophy
The house division begins the end of September and goes through early March. EYHA follows the ADM model for Mini-Mite through Bantam divisions. All players have 2 practices and one to two games per week. House division levels are based on player's birth year and USA Hockey sets the structure.
Division Levels are:
Mini-Mites 2012-2013
Mites 2010-2011
Squirts 2008-2008
Peewees 2006-2007
Bantams 2004-2005
Select & Tournament Team Program Philosophy
The Easton Youth Hockey Select & Tournament Team program is designed to offer the participants of Easton Youth Hockey Association a competitive playing environment that further develops skills and enjoyment of the game in conjunction with their house hockey league schedule. A primary goal of the EYHA Select Program is to develop the players' skill level to the extent that he/she is prepared to advance to the next level of play.
The Select & Tournament teams usually play 15 select & tournament games in conjunction with their house league schedule.
Based on interest and coaching support, the league may support a second Select team in each division called a "Tournament Team".
Select and Tournament Teams are comprised of players who have been evaluated and chosen based on above average skills and team play.
The Select Team will be filled first and if there are enough qualified players to comprise a competitive tournament team and coaching support the decision will be made to fill a Tournament Team roster.
All Select and/or Tournament Team rosters will be submitted to the EYHA Board for final approval.
No additional teams will be formed outside of the tryout process.
Select and/or Tournament Teams practice and game schedule will be booked through the EYHA Ice Scheduler and approved by the EYHA Board.


It's September 22nd, and that means summer is officially over. Though we still have some 90-degree days left here in Atlanta, we're still taking a moment to reflect on our favorite campaigns from the last few months. Some were funny, some were inspiring, but all of them caught our eye.
Why We Love It: Bring on the adrenaline! This is a brand that goes as far as their users. 37.5 placed their 6x10 foot pop-up shop on the edge of the Bastille, handing out gear to any climbers who came their way. Our favorite part of the campaign? 37.5 raised $15.000 for local climbing route improvements and raised awareness for land conservation.
Why We Love It: Fashion brands rarely have fun with their ad campaigns, oftentimes opting to display their products in a serious, high-class environment. Kate Spade decided to let baby goats climb on them to prove their durability. Adorable and effective.
Why We Love It: Anyone who's ever put makeup on in public knows you're likely to get some side-eye. With their #ProjectPDA Campaign, Covergirl set out to change public opinion. And as someone who's definitely been (gently, lovingly) mocked around the office for reapplying my lipstick, this campaign definitely resonated with me.
Why We Love It: Kids are our future, and with this campaign, Lego is making sure we know it. Building their futures from the inside out, these kids prove that they can be whoever they want to be.
Why We Love It: Everyone loves to use Instagram's Boomerang feature to capture the clinking of glasses, but Bacardi took the idea and ran with it. Trapping an entire town in an endless repeating loop, only to be broken free by the drink itself put a fun reversal on Instagram's feature.
Why We Love It: Our society today is no stranger to toxic masculinity, and Axe's campaign brings that to our attention using real data. According to Axe, some 59 percent of men believe they should act strong even if they feel scared, and nearly half think they shouldn't ask for help with their problems. It's time for us to rethink what young men are "supposed" to be like, and start accepting them for who they are.
Why we love it: We write all the time (link) about the importance of brands taking a stand for what they believe in. And unlike some brands who missed the mark this summer, Heineken's "Worlds Apart" campaign proves it's possible to tackle political commentary in a way that sparks real conversation. Perhaps the most important campaign on this list, this video reminds us to put our differences aside and come together. After all, we're all human.


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Egypt's 'Captains of Za'atari' to Premiere in 2021 Sundance World Documentary Competition
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 - 04:02 GMT
File: A scene from Captains of Za'atari.
CAIRO - 19 January 2021:El Gouna Film Festival announced the selection of the Egyptian documentary "Captains of Za'atari" to participate in the World Documentary Competition of the forthcoming Sundance Film Festival, which is set to be held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic from January 29 till February 3, 2021.
Directed by Ali Al Arabi, the film tells the story of two best friends who have been trapped in the Za'atari Refugee Camp in Jordan for over five years.
Unable to go home because of the war and unable to leave the camp due to stifling international laws, they don't let these facts hold them back and focus their energy on their first love – soccer.
Having never left the camp since they arrived, the two work against the odds to achieve their goal while making sure to pave a way for the next generation of youth in the camp.
"Captains of Za'atari" was part of CineGouna Springboard's films in post-production selection at the 3rd edition of GFF, where it won several awards and grants including; $10,000 from New Century Production, $10,000 worth of color grading services from The Cell Creative Media Solutions, in addition to a chance to participate in IEFTA's Global Film Expression Initiative and a sponsorship to attend a partnering festival lab or workshop
El Gouna Film Festival
Captains of Za'atari


RenderGin is a realtime raytracer which is able to render nurbs directly without tesselation (how cool is that, and in realtime!).
Unfortunatly Rendergin is not available any more. In August 2011 Autodesk aquired RenderGin what resulted in the death of a render engine.


Great news! One last donator came in and covered the last $150. This is amazing! I've got 1 IY fan art commission to finish, but just wanted to get the news out that we're going to be up for 2018, and ad-free. I'm hoping that sometime in 2018, to make the site a little more mobile friendly. Right now, it's been about time, so let pray I get that so it will be easier to view the site on most device widths.
Just wanted to pop on to let everyone know - Happy Thanksgiving. Also, I wanted to mention that we've only got $150 to raise for the site to stay up and ad-free for 2018. For December, if anyone donates over $50, I will do a custom fan art piece. I'm best at InuYasha, Sesshoumaru and Kagome. However, I've done others as well. If you do, please specify that you'd like a custom fan art piece in your donation note, as well as up to 2 IY characters that you'd like in your piece.
I was concerned to see that Nile paid the rest of the bill, but she said she was fine with it. I said that there had been 2- $50 donations by one of our members. After talking with Nile, she said that the $100 can go towards 2018's web hosting.
Everyone who has contributed their stories to the site, and has donated to keep it advertisement free for all, is amazing! I'm blown away by the Inuyasha fanfiction community. It warms my heart. Than you.
We didn't make the goal.
It's that time of the year. InuYasha-Fanfiction.com is going on 10 years, and we're needing to raise $500 for keeping it up and hosted in 2017. We've done pretty good keep the site up with little downtime over the last 10 years. Your donations have kept our site without advertising of any kind, which is what the community voted on years ago.
We've been grateful for all the help, but it's a new year, and we're hoping to get the hosting fee paid before it's due in March of 2017.
If you've found any value in the website (even a little bit of entertainment) throughout the years, please considering donating.
Again thank you, and we hope to keep this site open for it's 10th year!
IYFF website will be down June 25, until June 30. It will be undergoing some maintenance for the fan fiction software that it uses.
It's also time for the domain renew, and it's better for me to do this at this time, and not have to rush.
Please excuse the downtime. I don't have a lot of time to spare on updating, so I've had to piece out a little time here and there for the next few days.
Stay calm and we will be back up. In the mean time, Try Fanfiction.net and their extension InuYasha fan fiction collection.
After some extremely generous donations, we were able to fulfill this years hosting bill so we won't have to start bothering anyone again until August 2015. You are welcome to donate ahead of time for the next year, but we're securely able to keep InuYasha-Fanfiction.com open another year without adding any advertising. This is exciting news!!! You all are amazing!
We really appreciate the support over the last few years and hope to see this site remain for some time. It's amazing to read all of the fanfics, especially the variations in both Canon and Alternate universes.
2012 is the Year of the dragon. What Chinese zodiac animal are you?
Just wanted to take the time to welcome the newest members, and to say how great it is to see everyone writing and reading! I know school starts for many of you, so this will damper our activity, but keep on truckin'!
Read a little at a time (I know how hard that is, but it's better than not doing your homework!), or write when you're most comfortable (I, for one, can't write under pressure).
Soon, we should be having our 2nd Haiku contest. All of the mods have been very, very busy since we're all involved in multiple sites/groups on top of our personal lives, so we haven't done much besides our basic duties - I apoligize on our behalf. We'll be better behaved from now on.
And most of all, keep spreading the word - Inuyashafanfiction.com is the best place to read or submit Inuyasha fandom writing!
P.s.: As always, you can contact any of the mods for any questions you have, or click on "contact us" down on the bottom.
Haha, sorry folks! I know it's been a long time coming, but it's not my fault we kept getting ties! Anyways, please go vote! This is the tie-breaker for best overall... the Big Kahuna! Go! Now! Shoo!
Winners Announced & It's Time!
Here are the winners of the Haiku categories!
Congrats, guys! And good luck towards Best Overall!
If you weren't aware, we're having a Haiku contest! It's posted at the site's IY-FF LiveJournal site - that means you have to be registered with LJ in order to vote. We really need to decide between a few InuKag haiku and some Drama/Tragedy/Horror haiku, so come on over and share your opinion!
IYFF does not tolerate plagiarism. However, we do not drastically remove or ban people for life from websites. Recently, I asked DanaRose, one of my mods to step down and have removed the one fanfiction that had been reported as plagiarism.
To report plagiarism, please do not just say someone stole someone's work. You must include links, quotes to places and certain scenarios. Remember, the IY fandom has been around for awhile and for those who have only been writing and reading in this fandom the last 5 years, there are so many stories that the plots are so similar, and yet none of the authors ever read each other fanfics.
Wow! 2010 is year. I could care less if you call it two-thousand ten, twenty-ten, two thousand and ten... just have a safe and great new year. Please remember this site really needs your support. $5 and $10 donations DO help a ton!