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Posted on 21 Jan 2011 21 Jan 2011 by Joseph Mallozzi
January 21, 2011: Pitching for Television!
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You've been invited to pitch story ideas for a television series that has just opened the door to freelance scripts. Congratulations. This is a huge opportunity. Don't screw it up!
To ensure you don't, here's some advice that will hopefully land you the gig or, at the very least, impress the producers enough that they'll be inclined to invite you back next time:
1. Come up with a with some terrific story ideas – no less than three, no more than five. Less than three suggests you haven't really invested the time and aren't all that interested in pitching the show. More than five and you start spreading yourself thin. More is definitely not merrier in this case. Focus on making those 3-5 pitches kick-ass rather than presenting a dozen ideas of various half-ass degree.
2. While the producers are no doubt receptive to hearing your ideas – you HAVE been invited to pitch after all – you don't want to overstay your welcome. Keep it short and sweet. Remember, they're producers. They have other matters to attend to like auditions, editing, and personal massages.
3. Pitch a story idea with a beginning, middle, and end. Hook your audience, engage them, then let 'em go and leave 'em happy. What is the unique situation that brings them onboard? What are the developments that will keep them glued to their sets? And, most importantly, what is the solution to the problem you've created that will leave them amazed and satisfied? We once had a freelance writer come in and pitch a scenario in which characters begin to vanish from Atlantis. As our heroes struggle to explain these mysterious disappearances, all around them Atlantis personnel continue to pop out of existence. We were intrigued. What happens? What IS the cause of these mysterious disappearances? "I don't know,"replied the freelancer with an embarrassed shrug. "I figured that's something you guys would come up with." Yeah. No. As Marty G. pointed out in the room: "That's what we pay you for.".
4. Pitch a beginning, middle, and end covering the major story points BUT resist the urge to overcomplicate. The truth is, the more details you provide, the more excuses you give someone to say no. I've sat in on pitches that started promisingly enough only to get bogged down in a quagmire of extraneous minutiae. Other times, a seemingly insignificant, totally unnecessary addition to a pitch served to totally derail it. I remember once being regaled with a way-too-long story idea and, about a third of the way through the laborious process, having the freelancer say: "The team reports their findings back to the General in charge. I call him Tiggle. When they go back to the planet…" But the rest of the pitch was lost on me because I was fixated on that damn Tiggle. All I could think was "Tiggle? General Tiggle? Why include that in the pitch? And why the hell would you name a character Tiggle?".
5. I don't care if you're pitching because your agent is forcing you to, you lost a bet, or you're killing time before your big lottery win – make sure you KNOW THE SHOW! You don't have to have watched every episode that ever aired but, at the very least, know enough to get the character names right and be cognizant of "how things work". We once had a freelancer come in and deliver a pitch that went something like: "SG-i are exploring a planet when they get separated from Tee-alk. When they try to gate back to Earth, they end up stranded in a dimension between Pakistan and India and have to avert a nuclear war." It was pretty clear from the pitch that the freelancer had never watched an episode of the series. How did we know? Well, for starters, it's SG-1 as in the number one, not SG-i as in the letter I. I mean, it IS the title of our damn series – Stargate: SG-1. Also, the name of the character who, at that time, had appeared in some 100+ episodes of the show was Teal'c (pronounced like the color teal with an addition of a hard k), not Tee-alk (pronounced like the crumpet accompaniment with the addition of an -alk). Finally, the gate doesn't send you to alternate dimensions. It just doesn't work that way. When informed of this, the freelancer's response was: "Why not?". Which brings us to my next rule –
6. Don't cling to your idea like a poisoned mother, cast adrift before the end of Mulholland Drive, clutches her antidote-antibodied child with a clear understand of the movie's ending. From my experience, it's rare for a freelancer to hit it out of the park. Most of the freelance pitches we bought were not ideas freelancers came up with but modified versions of their original pitch or a story element it contained. Occasionally, that original idea won't work for whatever reason, but it may give the producers an idea for another possible story. Go with the flow. They have a better idea of what they're looking for. If they take your story in a different direction than the one you envisioned, help out in the rebuilding process. Throw out a couple of ideas. Be receptive to change. At the end of the day, they won't be buying that original pitch but they WILL be buying the idea that came out of said pitch. Or story element. Or, in one case several years ago, a misinterpretation of the word "tracker".
7. Don't be f&%king weird! Granted, writers are, by their very nature weird, which is why they've chosen a career that demands very little social interaction – but I'm not talking about personal weirdness (although avoid conveying that if at all possible as well). I'm talking about creative weirdness, coming up with laughable-if-they-weren't-somewhat-creepy notions – ie. pitches involving cross-dressing skeletons or Beatle-wig sporting Fab Five-inspired civilizations. Yes, both true, and no, we didn't buy either pitch.
8. Timing! Of course the production will be setting the schedule for the pitch session, but it's not like you won't have any say in the matter. Both mornings and afternoons are great, but avoid the 11:30 to 12:00 pre-lunch "I can't concentrate. I want my butter chicken!" zone. In similar fashion, avoid the 12:30 to 1:00 post-lunch "Damn that butter chicken was good. Soooo tiiiiired!" zone as well. Also, if you have access to a time machine, try to avoid scheduling pitch sessions that may overlap with sudden and significant global developments or shocking celebrity deaths.
9. If the production has requested written pitches then awesome! You're a writer and, like most writers I know, are probably better on paper than over speakerphone. Apply all of the aforementioned advice to your document. Again, keep it short and sweet. That means no more than a page a pitch. One thing I always appreciated as a producer was a log-line/hook/one-liner at the top of the page that summed up the story (ie. When members of the Alantis expedition begin to vanish, McKay scrambles to learn the cause of the mysterious disappearances before it's too late). Suffice it to say, these doesn't require an ending.
10. Suck it up! It's not the end of the world! More often than not, pitch sessions don't result in a sale – and this has less to do with the merits of the ideas pitched than it does the needs of a particular production. In my case, a lot of the time, the ideas pitched were either too similar to stories we had already done or too close to stories that were already in development. Short of an actual sale, the latter was always the best possible outcome for a freelancer because it demonstrated a solid understanding of the series and what we were looking for, AND always concluded with an invitation to come back and pitch us again.
Okay, that's all you need to know. Or, all I can think of at the moment.
Now, get out there and sell that pitch!
You have two more days to get your questions in for Marjorie M. Liu, author of January's book of the month club pick: The Iron Hunt!
Posted in My TV Productions, Writing
57 thoughts on "January 21, 2011: Pitching for Television!"
asms says:
21 Jan 2011 at 8:32 pm
Former TV writer invites readers of his blog to send in their favourite recipes.
Each episode he takes one of the submissions and cooks it.
The submitter comes on set to assist with the cooking, during which we hear all about them and what led them to choosing their recipe.
Ends with Presenter, submitter and a guest judge eating the meal and critiquing it and suggesting changes as necessary.
Initial title is Foodgate.
@"I figured that's something you guys would come up with."
Someone actually did that? LOL
I mean clearly if they had any idea what they were doing, they would understand existing elements from the show and the characters/personalitys, and somehow work that into the story.
Not to mention understanding the story elements from previous episodes.
Were they expecting someone to hold their hand producing the script or something?
I'm kinda shocked someone said that.
It's like the biggest story mistake you could ever do.
Sg1efc says:
Well, I'm no writer. Will only say that people may have a great story and it can still get cancelled by an imbecilic network, i.e. SyFy Channel.
So if anyone in the future gets to do a new series or to restart a recently cancelled one, get a written guarantee from the network, studio or whoever, that says they will allow you to finish up the story no matter what, for the viewers who have been loyal to the series for over a decade. Or, film the ending first. That way if they go to cancel your series, they can play the end that was already taped in the beginning, so we are not all left hanging. 🙂
Have a nice weekend Mr. Mallozzi. 🙂
So, are you and Paul looking for pitches for your next brilliant project?
What?! We missed out on cross-dressing skeletons?!?!?
(I have a cross-dressing skeleton in my guest room. Seriously. I do. Mrs. Bucky in a wedding gown, who is anatomically male. Don't ask, other than she's part of a long standing art project.)
hal ehrlich says:
Question ??
I love what you just wrote about. I have never tried to write before, but after reading your blog daily it has inspired me quite a bit.
Well my question is who are we going to pitch our idea to , or are you just having fun talking about pitching things ?
Somewhere I did not get why you were talking about all of this….
But I find it very interesting..
Are you looking for ideas for a new show ?
Thanks joe!
dioxholster says:
fantastic stuff, but oh man it must be hard to pitch for current shows, especially ones I don't like. If I had to choose though it would be either Burn Notice or nope nothing. Sure there is Stargate but I don't want to channel fan-fic. SG-1 and SGA would've been ridiculously easy to pitch for, SGU not so much. Thats because its more serialized. Long ago back when SGA was on, I had an idea about a zpm during transport gets absorbed by the wormhole between gates, making gate travel unpredictable. You want to go check out a desert planet, you end up in a snowy one. that kinda thing. The science behind this was all wrong, but whatever, just wanted to get people lost again 🙁
But not many can pitch for original TV show unless they got some good resume I suppose.
"That's what we pay you for." — thats so harsh haha, was the freelancer upset by that? He had a good idea, its actually dumb of him not to be prepared like that. I guess you guys were sort of offended. Do you take pitches from just about anyone?
anyway my favorite pitch is Seinfeld's "nothing". A show about nothing!
If I ever had a solid pitch it would probably stem from one of the short stories that I've written back in school or college; thats when I had good fresh ideas, now not really mind still stuck to my old stories.
yesterday you said: "Well, someone once said "Write about what you know" – like, in my case, trekking across the universe exploring strange alien worlds battling evil."
Thats what people keep telling me but how can someone muster up the excitement to write about mundane stuff? Character-wise though, that is done automatically, whether I like it or not I will base them off people I know. As for personal experiences, I can break them down to emotional elements that can fit with a story about "aliens" and "other worlds", I do that deliberately. Its like using your own anecdotes. I guess all writers do that.
I think the trick as you said in a way is to anticipate what producers are looking for right this very minute.
scott_land says:
21 Jan 2011 at 10:30 pm
Hey Joseph,
Well its 11:09 PM where I am and I just saw your entry – can't wait to see what kind of comments people post here after reading it.
Heading up to Billings, MT tomorrow to pick up The Iron Hunt. Really looking forward to reading it. Sorry the major shopping area is about an hour, hour an half from us. So we try to make the trip count to save gas (thus buying the book so late when we buy a lot of other things at the same time).
The food pictures you post on here look delicious but I gotta ask, do you cook anything that is heart healthy? Just seeing if you make any great dishes in that genre. If you do would you mind sharing one of those with us?
I'm always looking to make something that sends the taste bud a soaring but not feel guilty about sinking the ol ticker.
BTW thanks for the Stargate comments.
In fact, I have huge and fucked up story ideas, which I already began to write in a book. It's at least 4 seasons worth, and deals with aliens, witches and dimensional beings. If you are interested by the wicked ideas of a french, send me a mail 😉
P.S. : I really hope you'll give SGU a proper ending, I rarely have seen such a good TV serie.
Lou Zucaro says:
Man, I'm so bummed that the Fab Five-inspired civilization never got produced. It would have fit really nicely in the dimension between India and Pakistan.
Anyway, thanks for this post, Joe. This kind of info from somebody who actually makes those kinds of decisions is really great.
Another amazing and helpful blog! Thank you.
Q1)
Do you need an agent to get invited to pitch an idea? Or does one have to stalk the producer by the parking lot to get a chance? LOL I know most series are closed to public scripts.
Did the staff or actors of SG series ever get together with the competition (BG for example) for a BBQ or drinks? Im curious how competitive it was at the time.
Did they ever get invited to visit the sets of SG, or did your staff ever visited the set of BG?
Very helpful info, it's much appreciated. I for one get quite annoyed when the Onion writes a story very similar to one I was working on for the next time they start taking freelancings.
Obviously if they pitch something that's similar to something that's already aired you can't tell much about them. But if they pitch something that's only still in development are you likely to give them another chance since they've demonstrated an ability to independently create something you're already set on producing?
One more question. If I'm pitching an idea, should I avoid resorting to the stereotypical scifi episodes, leaving it to the staff writers to do the "fighting to the death while out of phase in bizarro world" stories?
I lied, I have one more. It sounds like freelancers should try for one-off episodes and not insert themselves into a main story arc. Thoughts?
You know, it's funny you said not to be weird and also mentioned Mulholland Drive. I'm finally watching Twin Peaks and I can imagine a freelancer tryiing to out-creep David Lynch.
Sounds like the episode of Sanctuary where the character Will winds up doing some version of a Bollywood dance. That was a GREAT episode, too.
I'm not a big fiction kind of writer. My writing is more of my personal experiences, lessons learned, life with autism, etc. I've also written poetry that has gotten published (part of a larger group), and I used to write songs, one song being published.
Speaking of personal experiences, new info in the saga with my son's school district (that he does not even attend anymore). They are bringing their attorney to our meeting in February. He tried to get my educational advocate (i.e., not a legal representative) to get me to agree to sign a waiver of responsibility outside of going to mediation or due process. Does he think I am STUPID? Hell no. But this is no ordinary attorney. Look what he did to another family with a child with autism in another district. http://tinyurl.com/26ay84z I can so see him trying to do this to us. I may need some antinausea medication so I don't projectile vomit on him when he stands within my personal space. Actually him needing to be at the meeting shows me that they are scared to death of me because they know I have a good case. Good. Don't mess with my kid.
ganymede says:
…a seemingly "normal" Blog "Commenter" seeking a little excitement in her life, falls in-lust with a "TV" Alien Space-Vampire… An attraction to Insects and Anime ensue…
22 Jan 2011 at 2:04 am
Hello Joe & blog community!
MISS ME??????
I have a lot of blog catching up to do so bear with me.
First up "the pitch". Is it like that Seinfeld episode? I love Seinfeld very much. I'd love a Seinfeld movie, although I think it ended perfectly.
I think you might have missed one thing – don't try to be too trendy. Don't pitch about an overnight teen sensation that's really a vampire – Bieber meets Buffy.
Here's my pitch for a entire TV show:
It's a TV show about a group of writer/producers forced to listen to weird freelance pitches to pay the rent. Its American Idol meets Curb Your Enthusiasm.
One episode could have a guy pitching a sci-fi episode and he looks like Spock, which distracts all of the writers. Is it Leonard Nimoy under an alias?
Another episode could be "the crying girl". Any question from the writers and she dissolves into tears and each writer/producer handles it in his/her own way.
A third ep could have the brother-in-law of one of the writer/producers pitching an idea and it really sucks. This causes tension amongst the group.
How did I do Joe? That was my first pitch so be nice.
It's been pretty busy around here lately.
I'm learning some Flash as I create an animation..still got a way to go.
I'm stuck on your birthday present. Say, have you got a photo of you looking up diagonally? That would help me out.
I thought I lost someone that meant a lot to me but we're now talking again so that's awesome. But now another friend is being weird…why is that?
I beat my niece and nephew's high scores on Fruit Ninja.
I've been helping sis with her library course assignments (Information Architecture & Web Design).
I went to the zoo with my niece and snapped over 300 animal photos (well I didn't upload all of them). I like the zebra best.
I followed you on Twitter, even though your Twitter profile is a bit interesting-challenged at the moment. I am awaiting pearls of wisdom.
That's all that comes to mind for now
Adam writes: "Oh and, I read about your recent trip to Tokyo. sounds like it was fun! my suggestion? come down here to Australia next! there's lots to see and do!"
Answer: Thanks for the invite!The cancellation has given me tons of free time so I'll take you up on your kind offer and spend March through June at your place. I'll need a car, a king-size bed with a mattress that's not too hard but not too soft either, some great restaurant recommendations, and a per diem. Looking forward to seeing you!
Hey! I invited you weeks ago, said we'd arrange a barbeque and you ignored me 😛
Comment ça va ? Cool c'est le week end ;)!
Merci pour ces petits conseilles, mais il en faudra surement plus pour qu'une serie Tv me plaise, lol je suis très difficile et je décroche très vite^^!
En 2010 je n'ai accrochée réelement à aucune serie =S..les series des années 1995-2005 me manque (Buffy, Sydney Fox, Dark Angel, Mutant X, That 70's show, Charmed)…et Stargate biensure!!..
Bon Samedi,
Kisss!
Re: the remote – did you ever wonder what it was operating if not your garage door…would be amusing if a neighbour was suddenly having problems with his TV switching channels on its own…LOL
Mr. Mallozzi, please help some nerds out. We crave the dimensions of Destiny."
Answer: The next time I see James Robbins, our Production Designer, I'll see if he has schematics or, at the very least, a ballpark of the ship's scale. I just have to remember… Or, if VFX Supervisor Mark Savela happens by, he could probably answer the question.
Wouldn't Mark answer in pixels? LMAO
Best wishes to Mark at the upcoming VES awards. I've got a good feeling.
NFL playoff – I'm feeling like it's gonna be a Bears – Steelers superbowl but I haven't been right much so who knows.
Where and how will you be watching the Superbowl? A big spread at Rob's? I will probably be having a party on my own..Mum's not really up to travelling to my place to watch it. Who knows, she might send Dad around to keep me company. Generally everyone else is working or isn't interested in it (it's on at 10AM Melbourne time). I'm a bit envious of your Superbowl parties.
OMG reading your posts all in one go and I've soooo had enough of Jeffrey…LOL
Say Joe – have you read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot? It's on my to read list and I think you'd be interested.
Wikipedia – Henrietta Lacks
Does the end justify the means?
Joe: That said, you all might think otherwise once Ivon has finished editing together that video of me in Tokyo, consuming four Seven-Eleven chocolate eclairs during a sake outing.
OMG I am soooooo looking forward to that production. How is he treating it? Like a comedy, drama, medical documentary?
Man I love the look of those Romer's burgers. When I go to Vancouver I'm definitely eating there.
Re: IB photo ops – Ivon does NOT look like a wounded puppy or a used car salesman…LOL ….and is it Sara without an 'h' 'cos I've always spelt it with one? Oops! But I'm sure Ivon spells it with an 'h'. Ivon – which spelling is right, 'cos I hate spelling people's names wrong?
Why is the Peckinpah meal wrapped in brown paper?
Yeah I don't like Katherine Heigl either. What kind of actress disses the writers (publicly or otherwise)? She's got the lead role in the upcoming One For the Money (from the Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum series). All I can see is that she better not mess it up. That series is much loved.
You had me all the way up to #7, 'cause you know anything I'd come up with would be f&%king weird…and very, very pale. 😉
Speaking of television…not sure I'd even bother with it. There are too many channels all trying to produce original material. Shows – good shows – are hardly getting any exposure because they're on such remote channels the average person (me!) just can't remember where they are, or what time they're on. Terriers was mentioned a day or two ago. I really wanted to watch that show, but just could never remember it.
There's just too much to choose from, and when there is too much, you tend to 'buy' what's most familiar…like going into a grocery store and seeing 50 different brands of cereal. Product overload – there's just too much out there to pick from – so you end up grabbing the Fruit Loops because it's what you liked as a kid. I find myself sticking with ABC, NBC, and CBS…even PBS…because those are the channels I grew up with, and feel 'comfortable' with. The only other channel that has managed to grab my attention is USA, and that's because they've managed to come up with some fairly decent light, character-driven shows. They found an identity and so far it seems to be working. SyFy? If not for Stargate and Sanctuary, I wouldn't give it the time of day.
For the most part, however, I just ignore the 200 channels or whatever that I get, and stick with the major networks, and a smattering of other channels if something manages to catch my eye – and, more importantly – embed itself into my memory.
Just watched the creature cam. I think you're right…love the rainbow effect…saturated looks awesome. But it got me thinking…do animals see in colour…so I googled. Apparently it depends on the animal.
How animals see the world
The shark was very interesting…don't worry about the coloured wetsuit. No wonder we look like seals.
OK, I can't resist: Do spelling, punctuation and grammar count? 
Lisa R says:
That was interesting to read, Joe. Thanks for posting. That reminds me of some of the things I've read in my writing books (writing in general, not necessarily scripts).
"Remember, they're producers. They have other matters to attend to like auditions, editing, and personal massages."
Uhahahahahahahaa I laughed a lot!!
Very nice post indeed!
Paddy says:
Thanks for that post, it was actually really helpful, and the guru side of you i like… 😀
Why would an agent let the writer go into the pitch unprepared or at an ill-advised time slot? It's not just that commission they'd be flubbing, it's the call for more writers down the road.
And, if a skeleton were a cross-dresser, how would you know? The walk? The minute curvature differences between a male and female skull? — HDTV for ya'.
I've had my name for a General shot down before, too. Only it was as a recurring character and with the same reviewer, so … the name was stupid AND un-rememberable.
So, lunch is still a go for a meeting? Just not before or after? Hazzah! Show Joe: The Foodie Freelancer not shot down yet, then.
What a great post. Can we hear about the 'tracker' sale?
After seeing General Tiggle, I admit I totally lost it. I can't even imagine how someone with a name like that would make it to general rank. The troops wouldn't be able to keep themselves from giggling hysterically any time the name was given. Throw in the fab five haircuts and the dimension between Pakistan and India, and I'm totally useless for the rest of the day. My dog keeps staring at me as I break out snickering each time I think of it. And while I don't plan to be pitching any stories in this lifetime, I did find the process interesting. And with luck, some of your readers who hope to enter the profession will find it useful. Thanks for taking the time to post this.
22 Jan 2011 at 10:22 am
I'm using my kreskin mind powers here and I'm thinking that you're doing this because you (and powers that be with creative team of SGU) are pitching the show to a different network and they want some new ideas and direction.
Why not tie in old leads that were never finished in older storylines ?
For example, remember the Star Trek episode where people became infested by those crabs that controlled them? The end they blow away the queen and they find out they were sending this signal into deep space *que ominous music*
They never went beyond that.
Worked for the original Star Trek, *ahem* que Captain Kirk "KHAAAAAAANN!"
My problem with that reaction is that he already knew the ship would be picking him up in 2 hours so the shriek was unnecessary.
Point being they finished off an old storyline introduced in the original series.
Or you can pull the Hollywood hey lets REBOOT!!! How many have there been lately… works for some I guess.
If you want to really impress the mouthbreathing masses I'd suggest adding 2 hours of things exploding, no storyline, and boobs, plus maybe some football. Hows that sound ? A team of female football players who in their downtime travel the world as super vixens blowing things up. Thats the ticket, and you can call them XxX-Vixens! Might already be one who knows.
Tenacious D says:
@chevron7 after string of posts.
Lol. I see what you did there.
Jack B says:
I have a few pitches and the problems I face are always the same.
You can never get a production company to even look at the idea. They almost always ignore these emails.
Even after a lot of effort you might manage to get to the right person they always say 'no thanks' (without even looking at the idea) and if they do read it they can simply steal the idea.
I thought of creating a website to collect public ideas but offering the person protection of that idea while its on offer but finding a production company to work with is impossible too. Unless you can tell me who to speak to?
Are people actually going to offer up ideas on this blog and not via email?
joaniec says:
Thanks for the great advice Joe,
Now I just need to find a TV show who wants to hear my pitch!
Hope you're feeling better.
Wow, I really enjoyed reading this…. thanks for posting Joe! 🙂 Very interesting.
I would love to be a writer, but I seem to have perpetual writers block.
In more blunt terms, I'm a crappy writer. 😉
Major D.
Any news or small updates on SGU lately? I'm starting to get nervous…. are things still looking positive?
@Thornyrose
Obviously you've never been subjected to the horrible translation that is Zero Wing. I mean with phrases like "all your base are belong to us," who couldn't see these guys working for General Tiggle?
OK, here's the pitch:
Sam, Rodney, and Daniel "stone" into the Destiny, together with Math Boy* and Rush they turn the ship around, develop a new space drive, and get everyone home in time for dinner.
There would also be a sub plot of Teal'c joining Young and Scott for major alien ass kicking while Jack and Greer crack wise.
*Well, "Man" now. 😉
Hi again Joe!
This Capt. Tiggle seems to have been got stuck in peoples heads.
I know I can't stop thinking of his name.
How about using him in your next Stargate story ?
He is the new leader of SG-1 since Cam Mitchell got promoted to General.
He is on a mission right now to P540X. The team is hunting down a System Lord that somehow is still in operation.
Lets see what happens to the team on this adventure!
@PBMom:
Hope you bring your own representation…and good luck!
@BoltBait
But what would Daniel do? He's a cultural and historical anthropologist. He wouldn't be able to work a complex ancient computer. His memories of the Destiny computer were erased in SG-1 season 7.
Sam, McKay, Math Boy, and Rush might be able to pull this off, but it will piss off the Stargate-Protoss worse than anything pissed anyone off… ever…
Shiny says:
Aw, no Beatle planet? With the skinny ties and mop top wigs? The people vanishing pitch sounds like the people vanishing ep of STNG and the people vanishing ep of Voyager, etc.
Just finished watching Despicable Me; now that I'm way behind on actually going to movies I find that I'm too busy catching up on DVDs to actually go to the movies.
Turns out that I don't owe back city taxes, and the city owes me a refund of $15 dollars, but the city doesn't pay refunds under $20! Yet the city concocted interest and fees on negative fifteen bucks. I get the feeling I'll pay just to make them go away, but I'm getting royally ripped off by the City of Champions.
Gilder said>
OK, I can't resist: Do spelling, punctuation and grammar count?
LOL…Gilder and the grammar police…I love it!
😉 @Tenacious D
KEK says:
I know you don't feel it appropriate to get involved with fan campaigns, or tell us to go out and do things, but is there anything fans can do at all to help in any small way whatever plans you guys have for the franchise moving forward?
@chevron7
Yes, the only problem living in Melbourne (or in Aust for that matter) is having most NFL games played between 4am and 4pm Mondays.
Although I wouldn't move for anything in the world (except maybe a 3rd season of SGU)
Might just have to have a very long and early lunch to watch the game. Plenty of pubs around that'll have it on.
So we have Spartacus, game of thrones and camelot, so at least there are other cool shows out there. Joe about blood & chrome, do you think it will do better than SGU? If you get a third season will you change SGU to be more action oriented?
If i had to think of a new stargate spin-off it would be centered around our own worst enemy…china. haha. A space cold war involving spies and proxy wars and the whole nine yards. Much like the trust vs SG-1 stuff. kind of wacky though and no substance. Whatever makes people watch.
Well Joseph,
I got The Iron Hunt. Took a gamble and bought the other two books that seemed to go with it. Book person couldn't tell me if there was or there is going to be more. Here's a question for Liu. Are there only 3 and is there going to be more to this series? Probablly won't get it finished in time to offer up any questions to Liu.
Tried to start reading it today too but it seems that you just can't get any quality reading done in the middle of a kids playground trying to keep an eye on your own kids saying "daddy daddy look at me!", "watch as I…"
My response: "hey thats great", "hey don't put that thing in your mouth", "where the heck are your shoes!" "You give that back to him right now"
But anyways I digress…
Got throught epliouge or prolouge (whatever it is) and starting into the first chapter. Its got my interest so far.
Will try reading it tonight after me and the misses watch the next SG1 show in the series.
Digression again…. we are trying to work through all the Stargate shows and movies so I can catch her up to speed to watch the back half of season 2 of Stargate Universe too when and if it airs.
Darn she seems to guess everything thats going to happen in these Sg1 shows before it happens and asks me if shes right before it happens. Its driving me nuts. We are starting the SG1 season 3 tonight. So far she loves the Asgards as she puts it with their "kitten eyes" that no one messes with. *Rolling eyes here* (This is her first real science fiction show- bare with us).
In your opinion what season do you think was THE golden season for SG1 and Atlantis?
So far it seems like Universe's golden season is number 2.
But I have hope and faith that there will be a third season.
@Tenacious D: Daniel would translate a few things and basically just stand around looking hansome.
Honestly, I'd leave him out, but my wife and daughter only watch SG-1 in order to get a glimpse of him. So, yeah, can't leave him out.
I guess we should then add another sub plot of Dr. Park, Lt. James, Lt. Johansen, and Chloe all having to shower together. You know, lots of soaping up, etc. This is when we have the typical musical montage.
@Bolt Bait: Now, if you're gonna have a soaping up scene with the women, you've got to have one with the men too. I'd pay to watch that one. 🙂
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Hello sir, I do not know you but I wrote a synopsis for fun and maybe you might be interested (link below because i can not able to rewrite your site for personal reasons and do not worry c is not boring, there are drawings …).
[link edit]
[Sorry, Rham. Legally, we're unable to read unsolicited ideas for the show. Joe]


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Q: Proper menaging buttons in layout - Android Studio I want to put 4 buttons in in 2x2 way, but I would like to make their width constance as half of a screen. How to do it, when I want to keep it on horizontal mode too (so in horiozontal mode they have the same place and half of screen width)?
This is current my layout.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="#EB0808">
<!--    tools:context=".MainActivity">-->

<Button
    android:id="@+id/buttonSecondAnswer"
    android:layout_width="186dp"
    android:layout_height="104dp"
    android:text="Button"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.967"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/questionContentTextView"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.054" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/questionNumberTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="4dp"
    android:layout_weight="1"
    android:text="Question 1"
    android:textAlignment="center"
    android:textSize="32sp"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/questionContentTextView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_marginTop="72dp"
    android:text="someQuestionContent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.498"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/buttonFirstAnswer"
    android:layout_width="186dp"
    android:layout_height="104dp"
    android:text="Button"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintHorizontal_bias="0.022"
    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/questionContentTextView"
    app:layout_constraintVertical_bias="0.054" />

</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

A: So if you put items in a horizontal/vertical chain, if you set the width/height to 0dp, it will occupy whatever space is available on the x/y axis. For more info visit: https://developer.android.com/training/constraint-layout
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:background="#EB0808">
        <!--    tools:context=".MainActivity">-->

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button1"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/button2"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button2"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/button1" />

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button3"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/button1"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toStartOf="@id/button4"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"/>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/button4"
            android:layout_width="0dp"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Button"
            app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="@id/button3"
            app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
            app:layout_constraintStart_toEndOf="@id/button3" />

    </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

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Uncanny X-Men, Vol.1 – "Revolution" (Marvel NOW)
A so-so 'start' to a new Uncanny X-Men series…
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis | Artist: Chris Bachalo (1-4), Frazier Irving (#5) | Inks: Jaime Mendoza, Tim Townsend, Al Vey, Victor Olazaba & Frazier Irving | Colours: Chris Bachalo & Frazier Irving
The true flagship X-Men series returns... NOW! In the wake of the Phoenix event, the world has changed and is torn on exactly what Cyclops and his team of outlaw X-Men are – visionary revolutionaries or dangerous terrorists? Whatever the truth, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik are out in the world gathering new mutants and redefining the name Uncanny X-Men. But the challenges that they must overcome are fierce: once again, robotic Sentinels hunt the team and the mutants they protect... but when you find out who's doing the hunting, your jaw will drop! And if that's not enough, there's a mole on Cyclops's team – but who is it?
Collects: Uncanny X-Men #1-5
This is not a bad start to one of the Marvel NOW re-launch titles. Nevertheless, I had some issues with it, but they are more related to the overall direction of the Marvel NOW titles than this series per se. So: some good, some middling.
Sentinels!
Yes, Uncanny X-Men is quite fun, and this book has a cheeky and gentle wit and humour running throughout – Bachalo's artwork is a wonderful medium to realise this on the page, too. I've really grown to like it from Wolverine & the X-Men, despite initially not being too sure if I did. Speaking of W&tXM, the humour in Uncanny X-Men is very reminiscent of that, so I wonder if it is a conscious effort or just something Bachalo brings to the books he's working on? Either way, I enjoyed it.
That being said… I understand that Cyclops, Emma Frost and Magick are struggling with their powers – they're misfiring, malfunctioning, or out of control. They all were infused by the Phoenix Force in Avengers vs. X-Men, after all – and, if I remember correctly, there was a mention of at least Scott's difficulties coming to terms with his reduced control and powers in AvX: Consequences (or possible in volume one of All-New X-Men?). But… Why is Magneto having difficulty with his powers? He wasn't taken over by the Phoenix Force. I don't remember that coming up before, nor any reason being given for it.
The new mutants Cyclops & Co. have added to their numbers – new young recruits, people manifesting new powers since the arrival and dispersal of the Phoenix Force, are fun. It does mean, though, that we're seeing another series that is probably trying to attract younger readers, something more in common with Wolverine & the X-Men (another similarity, perhaps only brought to mind lazily by Bachalo's involvement). This despite fertile ground to explore a number of deeper issues. For example, who is culpable for the whole AvX mess (as they point out, it was Iron Man's mistake that split the Phoenix Force into five hosts in the first place…). There is plenty they could explore with this series, but instead it looks like they're going to wander off into other areas (the final chapter of the book turns the focus on to Magick and her misfiring powers). Revolution felt sadly unfulfilling and thin.
Love this bit. "Did he actually call a time-out?"
I don't know, ultimately, what I think about this book. Some of it I really liked (the art and humour), but some of it irked me because I think the whole franchise may have made some real problems for itself with these endless mass Events, crossovers, etc. I'll probably still check out book two, but I'm in no hurry to do so. So this is recommended, but perhaps for real Marvel fans only, and not for just-casual readers.
Skottie Young's Variant Cover for #1
[Because I can't pass up an opportunity to share Young's work…]
Labels: Al Vey, Brian Michael Bendis, Chris Bachalo, Comics, Frazier Irving, Graphic Novel, Jaime Mendoza, Marvel, Marvel NOW, Review, Revolution, Skottie Young, Tim Townsend, Uncanny X-Men, Victor Olazaba
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An Interview with PAT CADIGAN
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Keeping Elfy at Christmas…
Books Received (December)
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President Obama in Comics: An Interesting and Pecu...
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Firefighters from Ilkeston battled a garage fire today (Wednesday, December 3).
The crew was called to St Norbert Drive, Kirk Hallam, at 12.23pm, where they found a garage well alight.
They used one hose reel jet, one main line and two breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze, which was out by 1.11pm.


Can animals learn to share, cooperate, punish, and show empathy?
Nearly four years ago, a visitor to Brookfield Zoo, outside Chicago, captured an extraordinary event on video. A 3-year-old boy fell into a gorilla enclosure and was knocked unconscious. Within moments, Binti Jua, a female gorilla, approached, picked up the unconscious boy, and cradled him in her arms. Then she walked over and gently put the boy down in front of the caretaker's door. The event captured the nation's heart as newspaper headlines blared: "Gorilla Saves Boy."
Most reports suggested that Binti saved the boy because she felt empathy for him. Although there is no ambiguity about what the gorilla did, there are a lot of questions about why. Did she realize the boy was unconscious? Was she concerned about his well-being? Would she have acted in the same way toward a conscious boy, a cat, a teddy bear, or a bag of potato chips?
Despite what the headlines implied about Binti's moral fiber, the answer is by no means clear. Studies by developmental psychologists Susan Carey and Frank Keil, for example, have shown that children don't fully grasp the distinction between when a being is dead or alive until they are almost 10 years old. And to date, no study of ape intelligence comes close to showing that orangutans, gorillas, or chimpanzees have the mental sophistication of a 10-year-old human. We can only guess why Binti did what she did. And one incident is not enough to warrant conclusions.
But Binti's actions do raise the public and scientific interest in the broad question of what mental traits cause us to behave morally and to what extent other animals possess those tools. As a psychologist, I'm interested in the techniques we use to get at these questions: Can other creatures share, cooperate, punish cheaters, show empathy, and act altruistically?
In a 1988 study, University of Zurich ethologist Eduard Stammbach set up an experiment with long-tailed macaque monkeys he hoped might identify their ability to rein in aggressive behavior and act cooperatively. First each monkey was trained to press a lever on a machine to receive a popcorn treat. Once each animal knew what to do and when, subgroups were created, and a low-ranking member in each subgroup was trained to press a set of levers in a specific sequence that caused the machine to deliver enough popcorn for three individuals.
At first, high-ranking individuals threatened low-ranking individuals to keep them away from the dispenser altogether. Then the high-ranking individuals learned that the low-ranking individuals had a unique skill, so they followed them to the machine and waited to grab all the popcorn. Before long the low-ranking specialists stopped operating the machine. But their strike didn't last long. Some higher-ranking individuals changed. Rather than chase specialists away or eat all their popcorn, they began to inhibit their aggression. They approached peacefully and allowed the lower-ranking specialists to eat a portion of the popcorn. Further, some high-ranking individuals started grooming specialists more often, even during periods when the machine was inoperative. Although this attitude change enabled low-ranking specialists to access food that would normally be unobtainable, it had no impact on their dominance rank within the group. Specialists kept their low rank but were allowed a moment at the high table when their skills were of use to the royalty.
Other experiments have found that monkeys even have a rudimentary sense of ownership and respect for property. Although these might seem to be srictly human concerns, territorial animals such as sunfish, lizards, sparrows, and gibbons are invested in these issues. The space that a territory owner defends is like his property, and an intruder's respect reveals his acknowledgement of ownership and property rights.
In a 1991 study, for example, University of Zurich ethologists Hans Kummer and Marina Cords tested macaques that had something other macaques wanted--a see-through tube filled with raisins. The tube was either fixed to a wall or freestanding. If it was freestanding, it was attached to a long or a short piece of rope, or no rope at all. A subordinate animal was allowed first crack at the tube in all the various conditions. Then researchers observed how the more dominant individuals reacted. Although dominants often take resources away from subordinates, the experiments revealed rules underlying their responses. Consistently, dominants took ownership of fixed tubes more often than free tubes, and took over free tubes when the subordinates failed to carry them. Staying close to the tube and looking at it were not sufficient cues of ownership from the dominant's perspective. A dominant macaque would appear to inhibit its impulse to grab the tube if a subordinate held it close to its body. Here, then, is an intriguing example of how inhibition plays a crucial role in maintaining conventions among monkeys.
But in any social situation with conventions, individuals often find that it pays to break the rules. Would such rule-breakers be punished? To explore this possibility, I conducted experiments on the island of Cayo Santiago, a research station near Puerto Rico that is home to some 800 rhesus monkeys. This particular species has an interesting convention: Unlike long-tailed macaques, which don't share food, rhesus monkeys tend to call out when they find food. In the study, my colleagues and I located lone individuals and presented them with a small stash of food. Their first response was to look around, presumably to decide if there were enemies near. A few individuals waited and waited and then, as if in an infantry combat crouch, moved cautiously toward the food. Only half the discoverers called out. When they were detected by other group members, some were aggressively attacked. Our initial suspicion was that those who were being attacked were lower-ranking than those who were not. This hunch turned out to be false. Surprisingly, both high- and low-ranking individuals were attacked. Whether or not they were attacked seemed to depend on their vocal behavior. Silent discoverers who were caught with food were attacked more often and more severely than those who cried out. It was as if individuals were being punished for being inappropriately silent, for deceptively withholding information about a rich food source.
In a second experiment, we tested peripheral males, outsiders shifting between groups. Of 26 outsider males who were shown food, not one called out. They beelined to the food and either consumed it on the spot or gobbled a few pieces and then moved to a new location with a stash. Even if other monkeys discovered them with the food, the outsiders were never attacked. Thus, it seemed that members of an established rhesus community abide by a rule that says: Attack members that find food and don't share it. And the corollary seems to be: Why bother risking harm by assaulting onetime transgressors?
Thus research indicates that animals can inhibit their impulses and punish those who violate community rules. But what about empathy? What about Binti? Unless we can establish that animals understand the thoughts and feelings of others, we cannot assume that their behavior is moral as humans understand the word. Codes of moral behavior are founded on beliefs of right and wrong. How we form those beliefs is based on an idea of justice, a consideration of how particular actions affect others. And to understand how our behavior affects others requires empathy.
Ethologist Frans de Waal has offered several observations of apparent empathy among nonhuman primates in his 1996 book Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals, but richer insights come from a series of studies published about 40 years ago, when standards for animal welfare were minimal. Today the experiments would be deemed unethical, but they do provide a window on animal emotion that has yet to be opened by more recent observations.
The experiments were designed by psychologist Robert Miller and his colleagues to see if a monkey could interpret another monkey's facial expression, a presumed indicator of emotion. First, a researcher trained rhesus monkeys to pull a lever to avoid electroshock after hearing a specific sound. Then one of the monkeys, the actor, was put in a room with a lever and a live television image of a second animal, the receiver, which was out of sight and earshot. The receiver was exposed to the sound that indicated a shock was coming but lacked a lever to avoid it.
The assumption underlying this experiment was that the receiver would hear the sound, anticipate the shock, and show fear on its face. If the actor understood the receiver's facial expressions, then he would use this information to pull his lever. If the actor failed, both animals received a shock. Because shock trials were presented randomly, and neither animal could hear the other, there was no way to predict the timing of a response except by using the receiver's image in the monitor. As it turned out, the actor pulled the lever significantly more when the receiver heard the sound. Miller concluded that the actor was able to read the receiver's facial expressions. Moreover, he and his colleagues suggested that the animals behaved cooperatively: to avoid the shock, the receiver gave a signal and the actor read the receiver's signal.
Did the receiver intend to provide information to the actor? Was this a cooperative effort? The receiver, to be sure, must have felt helpless and afraid. But to establish that he was signaling the actor, one would have to demonstrate that he knew about the actor's presence. And, given the experimental design, he certainly did not. Rather, the receiver's response was elicited by the sound, perhaps as reflexively as we kick out our foot in response to the doctor's tiny mallet. It seems likely that the actor picked up on a change in the receiver's activity, one that was consistent enough to predict the shock. Using an expression to predict a response is not the same as seeing the expression as an indication of another's emotions.
This experiment leaves many loose ends. Although it is clear that rhesus monkeys can learn to avoid shock by attending to a facial expression, we don't know if this response is motivated by empathy, and empathy is necessary for altruism. One has to feel what it would be like to be someone else, to feel fear, pain, or joy. We don't know whether the actor was even aware of the receiver's feeling. There is no reason for the actor to care. From the actor's perspective, all that matters is that the image displayed on the video monitor functions as a reliable predictor of shock. A better experiment would allow the actor to see what was happening to the receiver but would restrict the shock to the receiver.
In a 1964 study, Jules Masserman and his colleagues ran a different experiment, again with rhesus monkeys. An actor was trained to pull one of two chains to receive its food in response to a brief flash of blue or red light. Next, a receiver was put into cage nearby, where the first could see it. The experimenter then changed the consequences of responding to the color of the flash. Pulling in response to one delivered food; pulling in response to the other delivered both food to the actor and a severe shock to the receiver. Most actors tested pulled the chain delivering the shock far less often than the chain delivering food. Two of the 15 actors even stopped pulling both chains for between 5 to 12 days; interestingly, these two had both experienced being shocked. When the actors were paired with new receivers, most continued to refrain from pulling the chain that delivered the shock. There was a tendency for pairs that knew each other well to show more altruistic behavior than pairs that were unfamiliar.
What is most remarkable about this last experiment is the possibility that some monkeys refrained from eating to avoid injuring another. Perhaps the actors empathized, feeling what it would be like to receive the shock. Alternatively, perhaps seeing another monkey grimace in pain is unpleasant or threatening, and rhesus monkeys will do whatever they can to avoid unpleasant conditions. Or perhaps the actor worried that one day it might be the recipient of a shock. Although refraining from eating appears to be a response of empathy or sympathy, it may actually be a selfish response.
As the experiments show, animals are by no means robots driven solely by instinctual responses. They are sensitive to their social and ecological environments, and under certain conditions they can inhibit one response and favor another. Moreover, they can punish others and sometimes alleviate another's pain. But no experiment to date has provided evidence that animals are aware of others' beliefs or intentions. And without such awareness, there can be no ethical judgment.


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Ohio's jobless rate grows
By Thomas Gnau
Ohio's unemployment rate edged up last month to 5.2 percent, up from 5 percent in June, as the number of unemployed people outpaced the number of people who won new jobs.
In its monthly report released Friday, the state said its non-agricultural wage and salary employment rose 1,600 over the month, from a revised 5,536,500 in June to 5,538,100 in July.
But the number of workers unemployed in Ohio also went up in July, rising 9,000 from 291,000 in June.
RELATED: Vandalia company's jobs commitment shrinks
The number of unemployed has increased by 19,000 in the past year from 281,000. In the same period, non-agricultural wage and salary employment grew by 47,500.
In July 2016, the jobless rate was 4.9 percent.
The U.S. unemployment rate for July was 4.3 percent, down from 4.4 percent in June and down from 4.9 percent in July 2016.
Cleveland economist George Zeller called the report "disappointing." He said the state's employment growth rate still appears to be an ongoing recovery from the 2007-2008 recession, but the speed of the recovery is too slow to provide sufficient jobs for all those who have lost jobs since the year 2000.
"July 2017 was the 56th consecutive month when Ohio's job growth has been below the USA national average," Zeller said in an email. "This highly alarming streak has now reached a highly alarming duration of 4 years and 8 additional months."
Sectors hit last month included construction — a loss of 1,700 jobs — and manufacturing, which saw a loss of 1,100 jobs.
Silfex plants in Eaton, Springfield face layoffs
Kettering Health opens new $10M health center in Centerville
FTC proposes noncompete clauses ban on employees
Regional Economic Outlook: Attracting and keeping skilled workers...
Regional economic outlook: Residents, businesses will still feel sting...
Thomas Gnau
Thomas Gnau is a business reporter who joined the Dayton Daily News in 2007. He has reported for daily newspapers in Ohio since 1991.


Since the removal of National Curriculum Levels in September 2014 we have developed and implemented our own assessment systems for Reading, Writing and Maths.
At Woodcote Primary we have introduced a system of learning ladders. These ladders include a range of targets which are used by teachers for personalised planning and assessment, and for pupils and parents to know a child's next steps. Each ladder relates to the expectations of each Year Group on a term by term basis.


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Q: Center one cell in Horizontal and Vertical I want centering one cell on a table.
This is my code in latex:
   \begin{table}[ht]
        \centering
        \caption{Parâmetros do \textit{dataset metadata.json}}
        \label{tab:hla:metadata}
        \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
        \begin{tabular}{l l l l}
        \toprule
        \multicolumn{2}{c}{\thead[b]{Nome da variável}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\thead[b]{Descrição}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\thead[b]{Tipo de Medida}} \\
        \midrule
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{concession\_name} & Indica o nome da Concessão responsável pela Autoestrada & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{road\_name} & Indica o nome da estrada & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{road\_type} & Indica a categoria de estrada: Autoestrada, Via-rápida, Urbana ou Rural  & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{sensor\_type} &  Indica o tipo de sensor: Contador ou Pórtico & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{km\_point} &  Indica o quilometro & Numérico \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{sensor\_id\_holder} &  Variável que identifica o Sensor & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{section} & Indica o troço  & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{state} &  Identifica o estado do Sensor: Ativo ou Inativo & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{concession\_holder} &  Indica o nome da Concessão responsável pela manutenção & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{bearing} & Indica  o Sentido  & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multicolumn{2}{l}{country} &  Variável que identifica o tipo & Cadeia de caracteres \\
        \multirow{}{}{location} & Longitude &   Variável que identifica o tipo & Numérico \\
         & Latitude &  Variável que identifica o tipo & Numérico \\
        \bottomrule
        \end{tabular}%
        }
    \end{table}

A: marmot comment. however your table i would set as follows:

*

*remove \resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{...}

*use tabularx for table environment. by use of column X the long text in the third column is then broken into more lines

*for shorter code define new command \mcl (see mwe below)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs, makecell, multirow, tabularx}
\newcommand\mcl[1]{\multicolumn{2}{@{}l}{#1}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\caption{Parâmetros do \textit{dataset metadata.json}}
\label{tab:hla:metadata}
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{@{} l l X l @{}}
\toprule
\multicolumn{2}{c}{\thead[b]{Nome da variável}}
                & \thead[b]{Descrição}
                    & \thead[b]{Tipo de Medida} \\
\midrule
\mcl{concession\_name}
                & Indica o nome da Concessão responsável pela Autoestrada
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{road\_name}
                & Indica o nome da estrada
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{road\_type}
                & Indica a categoria de estrada: Autoestrada, Via-rápida, Urbana ou Rural
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{sensor\_type}
                &  Indica o tipo de sensor: Contador ou Pórtico
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{km\_point} &  Indica o quilometro
                    & Numérico                  \\
\mcl{sensor\_id\_holder}
                &  Variável que identifica o Sensor
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{section}   & Indica o troço
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{state}     &  Identifica o estado do Sensor: Ativo ou Inativo
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{concession\_holder}
                &  Indica o nome da Concessão responsável pela manutenção
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{bearing}   & Indica  o Sentido
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\mcl{country}   &  Variável que identifica o tipo
                    & Cadeia de caracteres      \\
\multirow{2}{*}{location}
    & Longitude & Variável que identifica o tipo
                    & Numérico                  \\
    & Latitude  & Variável que identifica o tipo
                    & Numérico                  \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

(red lines indicate text border)

A: Use \makecell and tabularx  . Never use \resizebox for tables: fontsize will be incinsistent, and it very often makes the table unreadable. Also, I added some padding around rows:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[showframe]{geometry}
\usepackage{multirow, caption, makecell, tabularx, booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{array}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[ht]
    \centering\setcellgapes{2pt}\makegapedcells
    \renewcommand{\theadfont}{\normalsize}
    \caption{Parâmetros do \textit{dataset metadata.json}}
    \label{tab:hla:metadata}
    \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{l l X l}
    \toprule
    \multicolumn{2}{c}{\thead[b]{Nome da variável}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\thead[b]{Descrição}} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{\thead[b]{Tipo de Medida}} \\
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This is the second phase in my Personal Brand Coaching series, after completing the DECLARE Yourself session. The definition of "project" is to propel forward, like a ray of light, or to throw like a voice. I like to think of your website and social media in this way. Now that we have declared yourself and defined your brand, we will put it out there to the world (and the Universe) to begin connecting with the ideal people and ultimate projects and opportunities.
"At the end of this program, you will feel clear on your brand, confident talking about it and have your flow to consistently post about it.
Together we create your Social Media plan & a simple Squarespace Page to reflect your Personal Brand.
We identify your Personal Brand Voice, Purpose & Strategy for how to best tell your story.
We create your Personal Brand "Look", then shoot bio photos of you in your element, and snap your first few "template" content photos for you to mimic the direction. Then I teach you how to edit your photos for one consistent look using an easy app.
I guide you through creating your first few weeks of posts, and co-write the captions for you until you feel you have your flow.
Time to dive into the archives of photos for what you already have as potential content, and brainstorm what will provide content coming up. We will start to think of everything in your world as a potential post to support your purpose and cause. We will see your world like a documentary and find the stories. I will edit the photos into one consistent "look" and teach you how for future posting.
Once we see what we have, we will shoot what we need. We will figure out you in your element and capture it to tell your story. We will also picture "future you" and become her.
This is when I will take your whole story and put it on paper (well, on web.) I will transfer the words into a tangible website, and we will plot out your social media schedule.
Time to put it out there! We will make the site live, and marinate on it for a minute before shouting it from the rooftops. Let's see how it feels. Let's live with it for a few days. Let's revel in it ourselves before we show the world.
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PE – The Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce is working with its membership and the local business community as a whole, to support them in reopening their businesses and serving the community as quickly and safely as possible.
"We are hearing from many members who want to open their doors as quickly and efficiently as possible, but do so in a way that ensures the safety of their employees, customers and clients," said Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce Interim CEO, Gerard Adams. "The Chamber is taking a number of actions to support our members during this time."
As part of its efforts, the Chamber is supporting industry associations, many who are members of the organization, by reaching out to understand their challenges, share resources and communicate their concerns to government and public health officials. For those businesses not represented by an association, the Chamber is coordinating meetings between like-businesses to facilitate planning and collaboration with public health officials.
"The only way we will get through this successfully is if we work collaboratively and support one another," said Adams. "Our goal is to facilitate this cooperation and would encourage any member that would like to part of this initiative to reach out to us directly."
The Chamber will also host a general webinar about developing and understanding business operational plans necessary for reopening with Ryan Neale, Manager, Environmental Health, Chief Public Health Office, and Danny Miller, Director, Occupational Health & Safety this Wednesday, May 13 at 10:30 AM. The registration link can be found here or on the Chamber's website and Facebook page.
Moving forward, the Chamber continues to support its members by advocating for improvements to government programs that will assist members through this transition. One action the Chamber most recently called for is that government provide financial assistance to adapt business spaces to meet public health guidelines. On Thursday, May 7, the provincial government announced this program.
"Our team is in constant communication with government officials and decision-makers, relaying members' concerns and advocating for solutions that will allow our business community to reopen as soon as safely possible," said Adams. "All our members are eager to work together to safely jump-start our Island economy."
Chamber staff can be reached by emailing chamber@insighttestsite.com or by calling 902-628-2000.


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For example, #1,#2,#3,#4 outputs on VooDoo Lab Pedal Power 2 plus are delivering 100mA only, that means if you connect BIAS Pedal Distortion to these outputs plug, BIAS Pedal Distortion will produce unwanted high-pitch/hum noise due to insufficient current problem.
Please connect BIAS Distortion Pedal to #5 and #6 outputs of VooDoo Lab Pedal Power to feed it at 250mA.
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Putting up holiday lighting on your house and trees can involve a lot of work, time, and stress. Make your holidays brighter by letting Schulhoff's professionally trained arborists put up holiday lighting for you.
Fall is a very important time of the year to upkeep and take care of your trees and lawn. This is the time of year in which leaves are changing colors and, later, in which trees lose their leaves all together. The reason for this is due to the lack of energy the trees are receiving. Trees go into a dormant state in the winter, so it is crucial for the health of the tree to properly prepare them for the harsh conditions to come.
Fall is an important time of the year for trimming. As our trees start to go dormant, proper pruning will help to promote future growth patterns. As we work on maintaining the structure of the trees, we are trying to help them hold up better in the harsh winds, snows, and other stresses that do cause breakage. We can help protect the crown to promote growth, not fight against it, which allows the tree to grow and hold up better in the winter conditions. All trees, even fruit trees such as the Apples, Crab apples, and Pears, do require dormant season pruning and maintenance.
Fall is one of the best times of the year for root growth. As fall comes, the length of the days shortens, temperatures drop, and the above ground part of the tree goes into dormancy. It shifts its focus from photosynthesizing to gathering energy though its root system, and helping those roots grow will help the overall health of the tree. As the root system grows, it absorbs nutrients to help store for future use. Deep root fertilizing will help the tree absorb those nutrients. Our fertilizers will give the tree slow release nutrients, micro-nutrients, organic material, and microbial spores to help increase the health of the soil that the roots reside in. The fertilizer we use is a much better product for the soil, tree, and the environment.
One of the most beneficial practices for building the health of a lawn is topdressing with compost. Our Denver soils are poor, and we can't seem to add enough organic material to benefit them. To help offset this issue, we have been adding compost to lawns. Adding a larger volume of compost over a lawn helps to build the soil. The more you build the soil, the turf enjoys better conditions and will respond positively to the treatment. Most of the time, we combine composting with a heavy aeration to help incorporate the compost into the soil. Some of the benefits include: water permeation, nutrient release; reduction in compaction, increasing positive microbial activity, and the list goes on. If you are looking to help your lawn this fall, this may be something you may want to incorporate into your program.
Fall is a great time of year to consider removing tree stumps. Stump grinding will not only do away with the original stump, it will also grind the stump to the point that it will not produce much in the way of little sprouts all over the yard, as is common with stumps and root systems that are left in the yards where a tree used to stand. The tree stump is usually ground below the surface of the rest of the ground, getting rid of much of the pulp that could lead to future growth in that area or the area around it. Stump grinding usually limits the amount of future growth, makes the yard look better, and is affordable, making it a great option for most homeowners.


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Kelly Baldwin (born in 1977) is an American Homemaker, Famous Personality, and Celebrity Wife from Orlando, Florida. She is best-known as Joey Fatone's Spouse. Her husband is an American singer, dancer, TV personality, and actor.
Furthermore, the 42-year-old singer initially gained success as a member of the "NSYNC" in which he sang baritone. Joey also remained the host of the show called "The Singing Bee". Moreover, as a dancer, he came second on the famous dance reality show "Dancing with the Stars" in 2007.
The actor also gained popularity as the announcer for the game show "Family Feud" from 2010 to 2015. In addition, he also acted in numerous films like The Cooler Johnny, Homie Spumoni, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Dead 7, Izzie's Way Home, etc.
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Kelly Baldwin started a relationship with then-boyfriend, Fatone in 1995. According to a source, the couple met each other in high school for the first time. Soon, Kelly began dating the Common Knowledge show host. They also lived together as a pair for a long time before their wedding.
Furthermore, they remained in an ON and OFF affair due to Joey's flirty nature. Later, on March 21, 2001, Baldwin gave birth to their first child named Briahna Joely. Moreover, the actor proposed his girlfriend, Kelly in Orlando in a very special way.
Kelly forever desired to visit the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Therefore, Joey brought a billboard of the Greco-Roman Sculpture to propose her. It was 56 feet in width and 20 feet tall.
On September 9, 2004, Kelly Baldwin tied the knot with her husband "Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr.". Their marriage ceremony took place at the Oheka Castle on the Long Island. According to Wikipedia, Joey's nuptials were also attended by all of his bandmates.
The lovely couple also welcomed their second daughter "Kloey Alexandra" who was born January 11, 2010. Hence, Kelly shares two children with her spouse. Earlier, Fatone also had an affair with Amelia Fiona Driver (English-American actress, singer, and songwriter).
The ex-pair met each other on the set of the "Slow Burn" music video in 1998. Then in April 2001, they got engaged in a private ceremony. In fact, Amelia and Joey also announced their engagement in the media.
However, Fatone was double dating at that time and the actress came to know about it. Later, they broke up and parted their ways.
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Real Full Birth Name Kelly Baldwin.
Nick name Kelly.
Profession Homemaker.
Famous for Being the Wife of Joey Fatone (American Singer, Dancer, TV Personality, and Actor).
Age (As of 2019) 42 years old.
Date of Birth (DOB), Birthday 1977.
Birthplace/Hometown Orlando, Florida, USA.
Sexuality (Gay or Lesbian) Straight.
Gender Female.
Ethnicity White Caucasian Descent.
Sun Sign (Zodiac Sign) Not available.
House In Orlando, Florida, USA.
Social Media Account Stats Instagram: NA.
Twitter: --
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Height (Tall) Feet & Inches: 5' 6".
Centimeters: 168 cm.
Meters: 1.68 m.
Weight Kilograms: 60 Kg.
Pounds: 132 lbs.
Bra Size 36B.
Body Measurements (Breast-waist-hips) 38-32-36.
Shoe Size (UK) 6.
Tattoo details? NA.
Eye Color Blue.
Hair Color Blonde.
Parents Father: Name not Known.
Mother: --
Siblings Brother: Not Known.
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Marital Status Married since 2004.
Dating History? Love Affair with her boyfriend Joey.
Boyfriend None.
Husband/Spouse Name Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (m. 2004 - Present).
Son None.
Daughter 1. Briahna Joely (born March 21, 2001).
2. Kloey Alexandra (born January 11, 2010).
Highest Qualification Graduate with a Bachelors degree.
School Dr. Phillips High School.
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Favorite Celebrities Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio.
Actress: Charlize Theron.
Dream Holiday Destination Paris.
Favorite Color Black.
Love to do Reading, Theatre Play & Artwork.
Favorite Food Italian Cuisine.
Net worth (approx.) Under Revision (As of 2018).
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Joey Fatone's Wife was born in 1977 in Orlando, Florida, USA. Therefore, Kelly Baldwin's age is 42 years old, as of 2019.
There is no information about her early life, parents, childhood, and siblings available on the internet.
She graduated from Dr. Phillips High School. But she never shared anything about her college education and degree.
Furthermore, her partner, Joseph also dated his ex-girlfriend Alecia Beth Moore aka Pink in 2000.
She is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her first solo album named "Can't Take Me Home" which was released in 2000 gained huge fame.
Moreover, their relationship also didn't last long due to Fatone's other affairs.
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Before starting dating Kelly Baldwin, the actor had romantic links with his ex-partner "Jennifer McGill" (actress).
They remained together from 1992 to 1993.
According to Wikipedia, Kelly once filed for divorce from Joey many years ago.
She even said that her hubby appeared to be a bachelor even after their marriage.
In fact, there was also a rumor of Baldwin was in a relationship with someone else.
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Major announcement from NC mega-site may mean Toyota deal done
by: Steve Doyle
(WGHP) — Toyota and Panasonic's plans to build a battery-manufacturing facility for electric vehicles at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite could be revealed on Monday.
The Greensboro Chamber of Commerce late Friday scheduled a "major economic development announcement" for Monday afternoon by both state and mega-site officials. The announcement will be at 2 p.m., but the site has not been revealed. The announcement did not specify the parties involved.
That event will follow a series of meetings on Monday when two government boards will consider incentives that could be close the deal for the companies to invest more than $1 billion to build their facility on 1,000-plus acres near Liberty.
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. and the Greensboro City Council at 10 a.m. to review property transfers, tax cuts and utilities fees related to a project at the mega-site.
Toyota and Panasonic could open an electric-vehicle battery production facility on the megasite near Liberty.
And the NC Department of Commerce's Economic Investment Committee will meet by teleconference at 11 a.m. Monday.
Toyota Motor North America had announced Oct. 18 that it would build such a facility in the U.S. to begin production in 2025, starting with batteries for hybrid electric vehicles.
Toyota said it would invest $3.4 billion in the U.S. through 2030, including an initial plan to spend $1.3 billion for a plant that would employ 1,750.
Then last month the NC General Assembly approved $338 million toward improvements that could lure a manufacturer to the mega-site and specified site development and incentives for a company that would invest at least $1 billion and creates 1,750 jobs.
Both Bloomberg News and Automotive News have reported that Toyota has selected North Carolina, which was runner-up for the Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant in 2018. Toyota said it would select its site by the end of the year.
Bloomberg News had included Panasonic as a partner in the announcement. Panasonic long had partnered with Tesla on its electric vehicles.
Randolph County commissioners will take comment and ostensibly vote on the transfer of ownership of county property and to grant economic development tax cuts for a project that matches those specified by the state.
Greensboro will consider a resolution to authorize non-assessment of water/sewer development fees. The city is contracted to provide those services for the mega-site.
The Army Corps also on Monday also will conclude a public comment period about its environmental approval of the facility.
The state has budgeted to spend about $135 million this fiscal year for site development, $100 million to mitigate wetlands and $35 million for roadwork and more wetlands. There is $185 million to reimburse the manufacturer for costs of further site work, roadwork and wetlands mitigation as needed.
The mega-sites loss to Alabama in 2018 for the Toyota-Mazda facility largely has been attributed to Toyota's having its supply chain in place there.
But John Boyd Jr., principal in the Boyd Company, a New Jersey-based site selection firm who works heavily in the electronic vehicle segment and in North Carolina, told WGHP last week that he "would not be surprised in the least for North Carolina to get this trophy project.
"Unlike prior misses [by North Carolina], the EV sector is one that requires just a small fraction of the supply of parts that go into a combustible engine," Boyd said. "The supply chain is not nearly as much of a driver as it was on those near misses."
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THOMASVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — An investigation is underway after two people were found dead at Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation Center on the 700 block of Pineywood Road, according to Thomasville police.
At 7:56 p.m. Sunday, police say they started getting calls that people could not reach staff by phone and some residents hadn't seen staff at the facility.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)- A debate over whether Governor Glenn Youngkin can withhold funding from school districts that refuse to comply with his executive order ending the statewide school mask mandate is underway.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Governor Youngkin said his order allows parents to opt out of mask mandates and that they're considering tools to make sure that right is protected. However, as some school districts refuse to change their requirements, it's still unclear exactly what tools are at his disposal.


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Based on the summit of Hawaii's dormant Mauna Kea volcano, the W. M. Keck Observatory enables astronomers to explore the Universe using the Keck twin telescopes, the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes. The Observatory deployed RealVNC® remote access software with an Enterprise license to meet a variety of requirements across the Observatory, from the extraordinary such as remotely displaying screens from the telescope systems, to more commonplace requirements including remote administration and teleworking.
Keck Observatory had a number of requirements for RealVNC® software to fulfil. The Observatory wanted to remotely display screens from their telescope systems, based near the 4200-meter summit of Mauna Kea, so that they could be viewed by multiple users from both the headquarters at Kamuela on the Big Island of Hawaii and research facilities across the United States mainland. Further to this, the IT team wanted to be able to remotely manage and administer its systems, whilst staff needed secure access to their office PC, regardless of location.
RealVNC software has been deployed to staff at Keck Observatory allowing them secure remote access to data and applications on their office PCs, whether they are on the road or working from home. Using RealVNC remote access software, the Observatory's engineers and IT administrators are able to carry out round-the-clock remote IT administration, whether installing a new piece of software, performing upgrades or for troubleshooting, enhancing the efficient running of the Observatory.
The Observatory also uses RealVNC software to remotely display screens from the telescope systems, reducing the need for astronomers to travel to the summit for observation. VNC with an Enterprise license features configurable access restrictions and control rights that can be set so that a number of users can access and view the same screen, such as for remote observation, or with restricted access to ensure one user does not connect during another user's session.
RealVNC software was chosen for its high level of security, providing the IT team with the ability to set preferences regarding encryption, access restrictions and authentication. In addition, RealVNC software runs on a number of operating systems such as Windows, Mac and Unix, with a deployment tool available for Windows operating systems, making it easy for administrators to manage.
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Tech companies are taking over cities and becoming more powerful than some nations. Is there a moral stand developers inside these huge corporations should be taking? Or is the shift to a chicken farmer economy truly best for all?
We chat with GitLab's CEO and co-founder Sid Sijbrandij, about the GitLab model, the changes they've made since Microsoft purchased GitHub, his thoughts on that acquisition, and his compelling case for 100% remote work.


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Upcoming workshop at Brown Univ. set to help queer minorities overcome attraction to queer whites
Timothy Dionisopoulos on Mar 19, 2013 at 5:08 PM EDT
A group of Brown University students appear to be preparing an on-campus workshop in which "queer" participants will separate by race to work past their sexual attraction to Caucasians.
The "Protect me from what I want" workshop will apparently separate participants by race in order to work past their sexual attraction to Caucasians.
We "find ourselves falling always for the white queers... wishing we could have more agency in the process, be more intentional about who we desire and how," reads the official Facebook description of the event.
"We are invested in generating a politics of sexuality that compels us to interrogate beauty as privilege and constructed by systems of white supremacy, ableism, capitalism, and heteronormativity," it continues.
The Facebook page states the event is to take place in the Crystal Room at Brown University on April 8 from 6-7:30 p.m. The workshop called "Protect me from what I want: a workshop on privilege, power, and desire" is sponsored by an organization called the Comprehensive Allyship Network, according to the Facebook event page.
After two artistic performances, participants will apparently be directed to separate between [People of Color] POCs and Caucasians before continuing the discussion.
"We will break into POC and White caucus groups for a part of the workshop to unpack some of our specific experiences of racialized desire," reads the event description. "This will be an intentional, anti-racist, and feminist space."
From the Facebook page, it is unclear exactly which student group is hosting the event other than the Comprehensive Allyship Network, which is not listed as an official student organization.
Kelly Garrett, Coordinator of the LGBTQ Center at Brown University, acknowledged the event in an email to Campus Reform, but said did she not have any further details. The Brown University Events department and the Student Activities department told Campus Reform they were unaware of the event.
Students organizing the event, however, appear to attend Brown University and apparently have hosted similar events in the past, such as the Comprehensive Allyship Network. At time of publication, 899 students been invited, 117 had RSVP'd as attending, and 61 had replied "maybe."
Student organizers did not respond to Campus Reform's requests for comment in time for publication.
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