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I put a spell on you! Or, more of why I love spooky sf/f
Hocus Pocus!
I don't remember when I first saw Hocus Pocus. While preparing this post, I was surprised to learn the movie came out in the summer of 1993. I was quite certain I had seen it long before that. Given when it came out, it is a toss-up whether it was a movie that my late husband (Ray) and I saw it in a theatre, or whether we didn't see it until later when it was on cable or out of video. I know that since sometime in the mid-nineties that it has been broadcast during every October on ABC- and Disney-owned channels. It always gets high ratings, and the DVD/Blue ray sales have been a reliable strong seller every year. Which might make one wonder why I need to write about it at all, because it seems to be one of the most popular spooky movies, ever.
I love the movie. Spoiler warning: I can't talk about why I think this movie is worthwhile without giving away a key part of the ending, so if you don't want to be spoiled, go stream the movie now!
In case you aren't familiar: the movie begins on October 31, 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, where the notorious (and elderly) Sanderson sisters, widely believed to be witches, have lured a young girl into their cottage. They brew a magic potion which they force the child to drink, and proceed to leech her life away, making themselves young again.
The girl's older brother, Thackery Binx, tries to interrupt the ritual and save his sister, but he fails. He is transformed into a black cat by the sisters and cursed to live forever with his guilt.
The townspeople of Salem storm the cottage and find the dead body of the girl. The witches refuse to say what has happened to her brother. The witch sisters are sentenced to be hanged, but before they are executed, the eldest with, Winifred, casts a spell which she claims will allow them to rise from the grave again—one an All Hallow's Eve with a full moon, if a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle.
Jump forward 300 years, and Max (who will be our protagonist) is a teen-ager unhappy that his parents have moved the family to Salem. Max has an encounter with a pair of local bullies, which doesn't make him like the new home any better. He is also not fond of the town's local folklore about the Sanderson sisters and witches in general. He is really unhappy when his parents saddle him with the job of taking his younger sister, Dani, trick-or-treating. But early in the evening they meet a classmate Max has a crush on, Allison.
Because Allison thinks that Max's skepticism is a bit too cynical, and because Max is anxious to impress Allison, they wind up in the old Sanderson Cottage (which has been preserved as a museum). When Max announces he is going to light the so-called Black Flame Candle and prove that witches are myths, a black cat attempts to stop him. Max manages to light the candle, anyway and the witches rise from the dead.
What follows is horror-comedy romp with some elements of musical theatre thrown in. The black cat is the cursed Thackery (who answers to Binx for the rest of the movie), who has lurked around the cottage for 300 years trying to prevent anyone lighting that candle. He can speak to the three kids, though know one else apparently can understand him. The kids flee, unsuccessfully try to warn the adults that the witches are back. The witches, meanwhile, have perform their life-stealing ritual on some children before sunrise or they go back to being dead, so there is a bit of a race.
At several points the witches capture one or more of the kids. At at least two points the kids appear to defeat the witches. Along the one a long dead lover of two of the sisters is raised as a kind of zombie/revenant who assists the witches in chasing the kids.
Eventually there is a dramatic stand-off in a cemetery, and with a bit of cleverness, bravery, and self-sacrifice, evil is thwarted.
The three witches are played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker. It wouldn't be fair to say that Midler steals the show, because all of the show's comedy and menace are built around her character. The director, Kenny Ortega, said in later interviews that he told the three of them to play it as over the top and campy as if they were drag queens, and it certainly worked.
I've seen reviews that Max doesn't really have a character arc, and I don't understand how people can be that blind. In the early part of the film, the bullies are absolutely correct that Max looks down his nose at what he sees as the provinciality of the Salem natives. And when Allison scoffs at his scoffing, it's clear that she sees his skepticism as performative. He doesn't believe because it isn't cool to be credulous. Just as he pretends not to care about his younger sister because, again, it would be uncool to feel warmth or affection for his kid sister. By the end of the film, that pretense is gone, and he doesn't just take a risk to save his little sister, but he gulps down the potion and forces the witches to kill him in her stead.
It's not bravado or a clever trick. He doesn't reveal afterward that he only pretended to swallow it. He swallows it, the witches perform the next part of the ritual. We see his life force literally being taken from him.
Once the witches are defeated, we also get a nice pair of parallel scenes, one in which Max and Dani share a moment, and then because Binx fulfilled his mission, we see a similar scene between his ghost and the spirt of his little sister, who has been waiting for him to join her in the afterlife for 300 years.
Unlike the last campy & spooky two movies I've written about, this one came out after I was well and truly out of the closet. So I felt freer to revel in the camp vibe and all it implied. A few times when I've found myself in conversation with other queer fans of the show discussing it, I've found out that a lot of them like to ask the question: so which Sanderson sister are you? For the record, Ray was definitely and enthusiastically a Sarah. I had to admit that I want to be Winifred, but I'm really a Mary.
The film is funny. It has many nice spooky moments. If you haven't seen it, give it a try. Maybe it will cast a spell on you, too.
You're So Cool, Brewster! — more of why I love spooky sf/f
When the original Fright Night came out in August of 1985, I was in my mid-twenties and preparing to move to Seattle to finish my college degree. It was a time when I had virtually no disposable income, so I very seldom saw movies in the theatre. Combine that with the fact that horror movies often give me nightmares (and I'm a sleepwalker, so I would get up in a panic during the dream and find whoever I can in the house, shake them awake and frantically try to convince them there is a killer in the house), I did not see Fright Night that summer. One of my friends did go see it, and his description just convinced me even more that I shouldn't see it.
Over a year later, I and some friends in Seattle were going to have a movie night. Which at that time involved us pooling some money to go to a video store and rent a both a video player and one or more movies, which we would take back (usually to Club Chaos, which was an apartment share by two of those friends that had an enormous living room) and watch while eating a bunch of junk food. It was often the case that only a subset of the gang would go get the movie, so you were never quite certain what we might be watching.
One of those nights Fright Night was in the mix. At least one of my friends who had seen it before assured me that it was more of a comedy like Ghostbusters than a scary slasher film like Nightmare on Elm Street, so I figured it would be fun.
In the opening minutes, it does indeed seem to be more of a cheesy romp than a serious horror picture… but that's because the movie begins with a movie within the movie. A cheesy vampire film which are main character is watching on television. The protagonist of the film is Charley Brewster, a teen-ager who loves horror movies, and faithfully watching a weekly show hosted by an actor named Peter Vincent who used to star in a series of vampire hunter movies himself.
Charley lives with his mom in what seems to be a typical 80s movie suburb. And someone has recently moved into the empty house next door. Charley hears strange noises and even a scream coming from the old house, and becomes convinced that the new neighbor, Jerry Dandridge, is a vampire who is luring women to his home before feasting on their blood.
Charley's best friend is "Evil Ed" who loves those horror movies even more than Charley does. But he doesn't believe the neighbor is a vampire. Charley's girlfriend, Amy, breaks up with him because of his obsession with the neighbor. And, of course, Charley's mom and the police also all fail to believe him.
So Charley tracks down the actor, Peter Vincent (who hosts the aforementioned weekly horror show at one of the local stations, so lives in the same city), and tries to get him to help prove that the neighbor is a vampire. The actor doesn't believe him either, and points out that he's just an actor—the vampire hunter he played was fictitious.
Amy, meanwhile, has become concerned about Charley's mental health, and she hires Vincent to pretend to test the neighbor and then prove to Charley that the neighbor isn't a vampire. And so the actor (who thinks this is some easy money) puts on his costume and grabs his character's equipment bag and visits the neighbor. In the course of the discussion, just as he's leaving, Vincent pulls out his pocket mirror while getting something else out of the pocket, and realizes that Dandridge, standing behind him, has no reflection.
(l to r) "Evil Ed", Charley, and Amy, as portrayed by Stephen Geoffreys, William Ragsdale, and Amanda Bearse.
While there had been a lot of humor in the movie at this point, and not much in the way of gore, the tone was paranoid rather than a laughfest. And that tension ramps up from this point, as the vampire starts stalking Charley, Charley's mom, and Amy threatening to do terrible things if Charley keeps telling people about him.
This is also where we start getting more of the transformations and start seeing more of the death scenes explicitly.
Dandridge kills and turns Evil Ed and sends Ed to kill Peter Vincent and then Charley. The scene where Dandridge stalks and corners Evil Ed in what has to be the most labyrinthine alleys to ever appear in a movie, is remarkably chilling, even though we never see a hint of blood.
Ed doesn't succeed in killing Vincent, who burns him with a cross and forces him to flee by leaping out of the apartment's window. Ed beats Vincent to Charley's house (Vincent is on his way to warn Charley), and they have a fight during which Evil Ed transforms into a wolf, but he still winds up impaled through the chest with a broken table leg.
Dandridge has, meanwhile, lured Amy to his house and has started the process of turning her into a vampire, trapping Charley in a room with her slumbering body so that she can feed on Charley when she rises. Vincent manages to help Charley escape, and then the two of them have a protracted fight with Dandridge, before eventually killing him and, since Dandridge died before Amy ever drank the blood of another, she reverts to human and all is well (or as well as it can be, given that a number of people have died on screen by this point).
The special effects are all practical effects, this is before the era of CGI, and some of them haven't aged quite as well as others. Some of the creature effects looked cheesy even in 1986. I don't think the effects are the reason this movie never gave me serious nightmares.
No, I think that's because I spent a lot of the movie trying to decide if all the gay subtext was going to come out in the open. And also not feeling free to comment on any of said subtext because, while it is true that two of the people in that friend group were part of a very tiny number of friends who I had come out to only a few months before (though come out is a strong word, since it began with, "I think I'm gay" and quickly morphed into, "Or I'm bi—yeah, that's it. Not completely gay after all!" which was so not true).
It was clear to me that Charley wasn't into Amy or even the idea of making out with her as Amy was interested in him. There's even a moment before Amy breaks up with him where she is angrily trying to get him to stop looking through the binoculars at the neighbor and come have sex with her, for goodness sake.
It was also clear that Evil Ed had the hots for Charley. I'm sorry, totally straight teen-age boys don't joke about giving their male best friend hickeys and so forth as often as Evil Ed did.
The scene where Dandridge corners Ed in the alley and talks him into giving in without a fight is very much written and acted as a seduction. They never make it completely clear what the difference is, but just being killed by a vampire isn't enough to make the corpse rise later as undead. The vampire has to choose to do it, and given how he talks Ed into surrendering, it seemed to imply that the other person's consent was part of the situation. Though the later seduction of Amy seems to involve some sort of vampiric mesmerism, so maybe consent isn't exactly the right word.
The movie ended with Charley and Amy back together, in Charley's bedroom, where he looks out the window at the once again deserted house next door. He turns to Amy just as we see a pair of glowing red eyes appear in one of the windows of the house. And as the movie fades to black, the last line of dialogue is spoken in Evil Ed's voice: "You're so cool, Brewster!"
Vampires often are metaphors for sex, so it isn't surprising that scenes where a male vampire is stalking a male victim will be homoerotic. But some of the earlier stuff between Evil Ed and Charley are a bit different.
Most of Fright Night isn't played for laughs. My friend's assurance that it wouldn't be nightmare inducing wasn't completely wrong… though I personally think that on a scale of Ghostbusters to Nightmare on Elm Street that Fright Night lands smack dab in the middle. It is one of the spooky movies that fairly regularly figures in my Halloween movie marathons, and I have to admit in no small part because I keep thinking how much better things would have gone if Ed had simply declared his love for Charley early on.
Just as I'm sure that the sequel wouldn't have been the awful mess it was if Evil Ed had been the villain, as been planned. Alas, Stephen Geoffreys, who played Evil Ed, turned down the chance to be in the second movie in order to play the lead in another horror movie that flopped even worse than Fright Night part 2 did. Geoffreys appeared in a couple more movies that didn't do well, then he spent the next dozen years or so appearing in gay porn films under a couple stage names. Since 2007 he's been getting work in various horror and action films.
Anyway, with its 80s hair styles, sometimes cheesy effects, and the unresolved gay sub-text, Fright Night makes for a good popcorn movie, and not just at Halloween.
If I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you — more of why I love spooky sf/f
"The charge, my fellow council members, is witchcraft." (Click to embiggen>
I've written more than once about the fact that actual scary movies give me nightmares. And I'm the kind of sleepwalker who, when having a nightmare, I will go around the house waking up everyone I can find and tell them very emphatically that we are in danger and need to come up with a plan to defeat the killer/monster/demon/alien that is trying to break into the house. So generally speaking (with some big exceptions) I avoid a lot of horror movies. On the other hand, I love Halloween, and I love spooky movies, particularly funny spooky movies. So this next confession will not surprise some of you: when the cheesy parody horror movie, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark came out in theatres very breifly in 1988… I actually went to a theatre and paid full price and saw it. My (now ex-)wife, and a couple of our friends accompanied me, and we all paid for the experience. One of those friends is a mostly-straight friend who said upfront that 75% of the reason he was willing to go was because he had lusted after the horror host Elvira (played by amazing Cassandra Peterson) since high school.
A few years later, one of the few disputes that I had with (at the time my soon-to-be-ex-wife) Julie while we were splitting assets was who would get to keep the VHS of Elvira: Mistress of the Dark. Of all the things to argue over it was one of the dumbest, I admit… I'm just happy that we got through all that and now, 29 years later, we're good friends and can laugh together about such things.
As it happened, my first husband, Ray, loved the movie, and we owned it on VHS and upgraded to DVD before he died. And my husband Michael thinks the movie is funny and is more than willing to watch it with me about every other Halloween, so, yay!
But, let's get to the actual movie. Outside of the movie, Elvira is a horror host (played by Peterson) who had a syndicated sci fi/fantasy/horror movie show on various cables for years. The movie proceeds on the conceit that Elvira is a real person, not just a character which Peterson plays, and when the local California station she appears on gets a new owner who sexually harasses her, she gets fired. But she isn't upset because she's about to open a show in Las Vegas… except her agent informs her that the show in Vegas will only go forward if she can put up $50,000 of the production cost.
Right after she says she doesn't have that kind of money, a studio intern knocks on her dressing room door to tell her she has a telegram. According to the telegram, her Great-Aunt Morgana Talbot, has died and that Elvira is a named as a beneficiary in the will ("I didn't know I had a good aunt, let alone a great one."). So Elvira drives across country to the quaint town of Falwell, Massachusetts for the reading of the will.
"Listen sister, if I want your opinion, I'll beat it out of you." Elvira's fist confrontation with Chastity Pariah (Click to embiggen)
What follows is a parody of several old horror movies (and a few Lovecraft stories), but even more a parody of all those movies about small minded small town people being against outsiders, et cetera. While there is one scene that is a direct take-off on Flashdance, the majority of the movie is a retelling of Footloose with Elvira in the Kevin Bacon role.
And the movie is funny. I mean, Edie McClurg should have gotten an award for her hilarious turn as Chastity Pariah, hypocritical council member.
Elvira's great-aunt doesn't leave her any money, just her house, her book of "recipes", and her pet poodle named Algonquin.
The kicker is that Morgana was a powerful witch, the book is actually a very old and potent grimoire, and the poodle is actually a familiar. Elvira spends much of the rest of the movie figuring this out, and slowly learning the Morgana's brother, Vincent, is the evil warlock who killed Elvira's mother, Divana, and that possession of the book is going to decide the balance of supernatural powers for the next century.
In between, Elvira tries to iniiate a romance with the very hunky but virginal owner of the local movie theatre, becomes a hero for the town's teen-agers who wish the town was less backwards, and has various misadventures trying to use the mystical book. I know the movie is set in Massachusetts, but some of the more jokes in the sequence where she mistakes a potion to conjure a demon for a casserole recipe resonated extremely deeply with my southern Missouri/Oklahoma soul, okay?
Part of the meta of the movie is that Elvira, despite being played by a cisgendered woman, is essentially a drag queen. And while what little other queer subtext is very, very sub, that 80s drag queen/queer camp vibe is extremely strong in the movie. All of the villains are either defenders of the old Traditional Family Values notions or the even more ancient Toxic Masculinity tropes, while Elvira and her supporters are champions of Everyone Is Valid, and Being True To Your Self is More Important Than Pleasing Societal Expectations.
Which is very queer. So even though the vast majority of the sex and innuendo in the film is quite hetero, there is simultaneously an extremely strong non-hetero message being promulgated throughout.
At the time when the movie came out, I was still trying to pretend I was bisexual, which I very dysfunctionally saw as being half-heterosexual. I was trying to walk an extremely difficult tightrope. And this movie seemed to walk a similar tightrope… but when I re-watched it, I began seeing that the tightrope was as false as Chastity Pariah's moral superiority.
Eventually, the camp sensibilities and the sex-positive subtext of this movie was one of the many examples that helped convince me to stop trying to compromise my true self.
And years later, it's just an extremely funny movie to watch during Halloween season. And what more could you ask for?
What's spooky for me may not be spooky for you
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Many years ago the gaming group I was in rotated who was running the game and which system/world we were playing in, and most of us gave our scenarios titles, which sometimes we told the players in advance. One time I had titled a sci-fi adventure where the players eventually found themselves in a dark, twisty location being pursued by something which they weren't sure what the something was, just that it had killed some other people, "Welcome to Your Standard Nightmare." I didn't mention the title up front, it was after we were finished that I identified the scenario, and suddenly we were having a debate on what, really, a standard (or universal) nightmare ought to be.
I was reminded of this incident by two different events recently. First, after a few weeks of working on my Halloween playlist, I took a dip into a couple of music streaming services to see what they were serving up on various Halloween channels. The other was a series of disturbing dreams I had in the wee small hours of a recent morning.
Quick digression: the psychological definition of a nightmare is an unpleasant dream evoking an emotional response which disturbs the sleep cycle. It doesn't necessarily have to be scary to be a nightmare as far as psychologists are concerned, but it does have to actually make you wake up to qualify as a nightmare. So while colloquially we usually think of nightmares as bad dreams, usually invoking fear or despair, other kinds of emotions can be involved.
So, I've more than once had a nightmare where I woke up extremely angry. And that was very disturbing, especially during those initial moments of waking up where you don't quite realize it was only a dream. I had a new one, this time, I woke up extremely annoyed. Three times in one night. The first two didn't really have any element most people would think of a spooky: I was trying to set up some sound equipment for some kind of party or concert, and someone kept moving my toolbox full of patch cables. There were a number of people in the dream, most of whom I haven't seen in person in many years. And they were all being uncharacteristically unhelpful. The second one involved someone I didn't recognize who kept trying to make me go to this place I also didn't recognize and pack up things that had been left behind by someone. Oddly, once I gave in, I recognized all of the blankets and towels (which were only a subset of the items) as ones that had belonged to my family when I was a child and a teen-ager. The third one was like a combination: I was walking somewhere intending to retrieve something I needed, and I noticed an open door of an apartment, I think, and inside I saw scattered around clothes that belong to me. When I was checking out the place and gathering things, people kept wandering in to try to take stuff from me—and they people each had these weird glowing eyes and I was absolutely convinced that they were undead or something similar.
Even then, when I woke up, I wasn't feeling fear, but extreme annoyance that I had to deal with weird creatures and someone stealing my clothes when I really just wanted to go get the thing—whatever it was—that I had started out looking for. (And no, I don't need any dream analysis. My subconscious is never subtle. I know what I'm feeling anxiety about right now.)
The thing was, even though my feeling at each awakening was annoyance—neither anger nor fear—there were still moments while I was waking up where I felt that disturbing confusion about what was real and what wasn't. Which is its own kind of spooky.
Many Halloween playlists I see on various streaming services or that people post often contain songs that I don't think are spooky at all. Many seem to be chosen because the title of the song has a tenuous connection to some spooky concepts, while the lyrics of the song are often just standard pop fare.
I happen to believe that a Halloween playlist should consist of tracks where the content of the track has some connection to ideas, moods, et cetera, that people associate with Halloween, trick or treating, monsters, and so forth. I make exceptions for instrumental tracks from movies and such that I personally find spooky. I realize that most of those don't seem spooky if you don't recognize where they are from (but some are very eery and really set a spooky mood even when you don't recognize their source). Anyway, here is my 2018 Halloween playlist:
1. "It's alive!" From the Young Frankenstein soundtrack. This isn't a song, it's the dialog for one of the funniest scenes in the movie, when Dr Frahnk-in-steen finds out that he put an abnormal brain in the body of his creation.
2. "Monster Mash" A blue grass cover of the classic Halloween song by a band called Hayseed Dixie. It's quite fun.
3. "Science Fiction Double Feature" From the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the campy lyrics describe several classic sci fi thriller movies.
4. "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" by Julie Brown. "Everybody run! The Homecoming Queen's got a gun!" and "…it's like the whole school was totally coked or something!"
5. "Anything Can Happen On Halloween" by Tim Curry from the movie The Worse Witch. A fun song.
6. "Thriller" by Michael Jackson (with narration in the middle by Vincent Price). A classic for Halloween. And you can dance to it!
7. "GhostBusters (I'm Not Afraid" by Fallout Boy. An interesting cover/re-imagining of the original Ghostbusters them recorded for the new GhostBusters movie.
8. "Rest in Peace" from Once More, With Feeling, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode. "Whisper in a dead man's ear doesn't make it real."
9. "Bad Moon Rising" by Mourning Ritual. A very creepy re-imagining of the old Creedence Clearwater Revival hit that I first heard in one of the spookiest, creepiest episodes of the Teen Wolf TV series. I can't hear this song without reliving the scenes where Void Stiles was doing various horrific things.
10. "Monster Mash (featuring Black Magic" by Halloween FX Productions. A cute cover of the Halloween classic.
11. "Mean Green Mother from Outer Space" from Little Shop of Horrors just fun!
12. "Haunted Honeymoon Main Title" by John Morris. A spooky instrumental from one of my favorite comedies ever. Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, and Dom DeLuis in a hilarious send-up of 30s mystery radio shows and spooky forties movies.
13. "Teen Wolf Main Theme" by Dino Meneghin & Bloody Beetroots. The theme for the Teen Wolf series is just some really dramatic music.
14. "Theme from the Ghost and Mr. Chicken" – if you aren't familiar with this comedy send up of various Hitchcock-esque movie tropes starring Don Knotts, you really need to Netflix it or something. And the organ music is suitably spooky and silly, at the same time.
15. ""Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" Yes, the theme song from the original cartoon series.
16. "Dark Shadows" the original eerie, spooky, haunting theme song from the '60s gothic horror soap opera.
17. "Funeral March of a Marionette" an orchestral piece which was used as the theme for the old Alfred Hitchcock show.
18. "The Munster's Theme" by Jack Marshall. A tiki-fied cover of the them song for the 1960s horror comedy series.
19. "Mamushka" by Raul Julia and Marc Shaiman. The silly show-stopper song from the theatrical Addams Family movie.
20. "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers. The original, classic Halloween Novelty song.


A recent post by David Mathias on WoodNet caught my attention. I had read several of his articles in the Popular Woodworking blog! His new book, "Greene & Greene Furniture — Poems of Wood & Light", will be available in late September. Immediately after reading his post, I followed the link in the signature line of Mathias' entry on WoodNet; it took me to the wonderful web site he has dedicated to this book.
Browsing through the site showed how much love he has invested in this effort; included is a realistic-looking page-turning of sample pages in the book. And they contain stunning photographs of content never before published. Shortly after I placed my (pre-)order, I received a personal note from David, thanking me for the order; very cool!
In addition to the pages to order the book, it contains a Blog (don't miss it!), Photo Galleries, Book Preview, a YouTube video trailer with beautiful music, a Table of Contents for the book, an About page, a Contact page (call him, or e-mail him), and a Links page.
The book will be available through several sources, including Mathias' web site (of course!), where you can either place an order, or pre-order, for payment when the book is available. It will also be available through F&W Publishing in September 2010; you can pre-order from the Woodworker's Bookshop.
I have no commercial interest in the book; however, I am Affiliate member of the Woodworker's Bookshop (Disclosure: I get a small commission from your purchases through the Affiliate on the Sidebar). I am truly excited about this book because, slowly, the Greene & Greene mystique is pulling me in.


I am now an approved translator of texts from the European Parliament, from English and Italian to Swedish.
Link to and spread my website address to everyone who may be able to use my services. This website was created with help from Digitalpiloterna, Karin Gustafsson from Tilltro. The texts were translated into English by Catherine Brix and into Italian by Paola Manca.
Starting April 2013 I can offer translation services together with post-translation layout services so the translated text fits in your InDesign file.
Branner Translation is part of Branner Konsult AB as of January 2013.
The Swedish Association of Professional Translators (SFÖ) arranged a very good language editing course led by Sara Rösare from Språkkonsulterna and another SFÖ course is just around the corner. Hopefully, it will be as inspiring and valuable as the autumn one was.


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There was one extraordinary meeting in the life of the Russian author Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov1 that took place in the city of Yakutsk—a meeting with a holy man who was to be recognized later as a saint by the Russian Orthodox Church. On his way back from the Far East to St. Petersburg via Siberia, the author of The Frigate Pallada made the acquaintance of Innocent (Veniaminov), then Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kuril Islands, and the Aleutian Islands, the future Metropolitan of Moscow.
Holy Hierarch Innocent Holy Hierarch Innocent (born Ivan Evseevich Popov-Veniaminov; 1797–1879) was a prominent Church figure and a missionary, who enlightened the peoples of Eastern Siberia and Russian America. Initially he was a priest in Irkutsk; in 1823, he volunteered to go as a priest to Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, where he evangelized Aleutians. For this purpose he studied the Aleutian (also Aleut) language. Through his efforts Christianity was spread all over the Aleutian Islands. Then he was transferred to what is now Baranov Island and converted the Tlingits to Christianity. Widowed in 1840, he was tonsured and soon became Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kuril and Aleutian Islands. His apostolic ministry in Eastern Siberia lasted as long as twenty-seven years. The Holy Scriptures were translated into the Yakut, Aleutian, and Kuril languages. In 1868, he became Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna and headed the Russian Orthodox Mission Society. The holy hierarch fell asleep in the Lord on Holy Saturday of 1879. Wasn't this a clear sign of his sainthood? Today his relics rest at the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra.
The author of The Frigate Pallada managed to discern the greatness of the future holy hierarch's personality. He above all mentions "the apostle of Siberia" as the explorer of the shortest route to the Sea of Okhotsk: "An overland route from it to Yakutsk presents many inconveniences… Through the efforts of His Eminence Innocent, Archbishop of Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands, and the former Governor of Kamchatka Vasily Zavoiko, the current route to the Sea of Okhotsk was discovered and the port of Ayan was founded… If I am not mistaken, the first human being to tread this path in 1845 was His Eminence Innocent… He tried to find a new route to the sea because the previous one (leading from Yakutsk to Okhotsk) was considered inconvenient, and he paved the way to the building of the Yakutsk-Ayan Trail" (ibid, pp. 491-498).
Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov A few lines from the essay, "Through Eastern Siberia", give us an idea of the conversation between Archbishop Innocent and Goncharov. "His Eminence inquired after my travels and the whole of our squadron closely (ibid, p. 601)." They also talked about the archpastor's missionary work, about Metropolitan Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow, of whose life and knowledge the future holy hierarch spoke "with great ardor".
Thanks to Goncharov's essay we know what Archbishop Innocent liked to recall and talk about: "During those evening talks all subjects were discussed, particularly Nicholas I, the reigning monarch of that time. His Eminence used to tell me about his reception by the emperor, their conversations, and the questions His Majesty asked him regarding the inclement climate of Eastern Siberia. By the way, the archbishop recounted how in St. Petersburg he had received the news of his wife's death and had been elevated to the rank of archimandrite, and then—of Archbishop of Yakutsk, the Kuril and Aleutian Islands.
"'There is no church on the Kuril Islands,' the reporter said.
But what he said about the holy hierarch ("He is a great historic personality… And the further Siberia is settled, comes to life and is made human, the higher and clearer this apostolic figure becomes… Behold a Siberian by birth, an apostle and a missionary who was sent to us by the Almighty Himself!") is indicative of his correct spiritual perception of Metropolitan Innocent's personality. Goncharov writes even about his personal impression—something he would otherwise have never written about: "My personal impression was the happiest one." All of this indicates that the figure of the future holy hierarch is perceived by him as an outstanding one, which goes beyond ordinary phenomena. By calling Metropolitan Innocent an apostle, Goncharov in effect recognizes his sainthood, thus manifesting his own keen spiritual vision.
A special point is the time of writing of two parts of the memories of Holy Hierarch Innocent. The first part dates back to the 1850s and was included in the book, The Frigate Pallada. At that time Goncharov didn't display any strong religious inclination. His memories of Metropolitan Innocent are rather historical by nature here. In the chapter "From Yakutsk" the saint is portrayed as a missionary and translator of the Gospel into the languages of peoples of Siberia, on a par with other heroes (of whom he probably writes more), such as Archpriest Dimitry Khitrov, who compiled "A Concise Grammar of the Yakut Language", along with Archpriest Nikita Zapolsky. We should also take into account the fact that the holy hierarch was still alive and most probably wouldn't appreciate intimate details of his private life in the press. And he didn't welcome commendation. Once the hierarch admitted: "Can I ascribe to myself anything that was done in my presence or through me? For God sees how hard it is for me to read or hear that I am praised for something… I admit I wish, if possible, that my name could be mentioned nowhere except in lists and names to pray for… (Pravoslavnaya Moskva. 1997. Iss. 29-30. P. 1)" As for the essay, "Through Eastern Siberia", it was written later, in 1889, after the death of "the apostle of Siberia". The 1860s saw a notable change in the writer's spiritual life, when he was more seriously and deeply committed to Orthodoxy. There is an interesting piece of evidence on this matter. It is a letter by Archpriest Vasily Peretersky from St. Panteleimon's Church in St. Petersburg to M.F. Speransky of November 11, 1912, which reads: "I have served at St. Panteleimon's Church since 1869 permanently… Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov lived in the same parish for over thirty years… He attended the house of God on Sundays and major feasts; every year he carried out his Christian duty by participating in the sacraments of confession and Communion [though it may sound strange, such was a requirement which applied to all Christians in the Synodal period in the Russian Empire: to confess and take Communion at least once a year and thus "carry out your Christian duty".—Trans.] in his parish church… The reposed Ivan Alexandrovich, at least for the last twenty years of his life, was a truly faithful son of the Orthodox Church." Besides that, it should be remembered that in 1883, the book by Ivan Barsukov entitled, Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, was published; and in 1887 the "Works" of Metropolitan Innocent were collected and released by the same Barsukov. In that period Goncharov perceived the figure of St. Innocent in a different light. As a result invaluable details of the writer Goncharov's meetings with Metropolitan Innocent, interesting details of the everyday life and the missionary work of the future saint appeared in the press.
1 Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891) was a great nineteenth-century Russian novelist. He is the author of the immortal novels Oblomov (in which the life of the main character is portrayed not only as a social phenomenon of "oblomovshchina", but also as a philosophical interpretation of Russian national character, a special moral path that opposes the vanity of the all-absorbing "progress"), An Ordinary Story (in which the conflict of a youthful romantic and his very pragmatic uncle symbolizes a major collision "realism vs. romanticism" in Russian life), and The Precipice (where we find his critique of nihilism and search for the moral ideal, particularly among the female characters). In addition, Goncharov is the author of The Frigate Pallada travel diaries which he wrote when he served as secretary of an around-the-world Russian naval expedition in 1852-1854.—Trans.
He built a church with his own hands, traveled to remote areas by kayak, dog sled, even reindeer. He learned six dialects of the native language and developed the first written alphabet for the native Aleuts. He translated the Bible and other sacred books into their language. Years later, he also translated scriptural books into other Alaskan native languages.


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It's official: Genocide-chic is not "in."
After a backlash from customers, Spanish clothing retailer Zara announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell a shirt reminiscent of uniforms worn by Holocaust prisoners.
The child's shirt features horizontal navy-and-white stripes and a six-pointed star with "sheriff" written faintly across the left breast — in the same spot where Nazis forced European Jews to wear the Star of David. Though the uniforms worn by concentration camp prisoners had vertical rather than horizontal stripes, to some the combination of the stripes and six-pointed yellow star was a haunting reminder of Nazi genocide.
@zh1nt0 We honestly apologize, the T Shirt was inspired by the sheriff's stars from the Classic Western films and is no longer in our stores — ZARA (@ZARA) August 27, 2014
Zara's said the shirt was inspired by classic Westerns — which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, since everybody knows no sheriff worth his six-shooters would be caught dead in Breton stripes.

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DPIIT and states presented the developed land and infrastructure available for Japanese investors in these townships, a statement by the commerce and industry ministry said.
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New Delhi: India on Monday showcased investment opportunities in different emerging sectors including ICT, renewable energy, electric vehicles, drones, robotics and textiles for Japanese firms. During a joint meeting between the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)) and Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) various ways to increase investments were discussed. They reviewed progress under Japanese Industrial Townships (JITs) in India.
JITs were set up in April 2015. Japan is the only country that has dedicated country-focused industrial townships across India.
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Use supersports rubber for wet commuting? Are you mental??!!
TO OUR long-term test Suzuki GSX-S750, and its current rubber solutions. Regular viewers might recall that we'd fitted some Michelin Power RS tyres over the summer, in order to sharpen up the seven-fiddy's sporty skillz. I rode on the RSs at the tyre's launch in Qatar last year, and they worked incredibly well at Doha's baking hot desert circuit. Michelin only brought full-beans litre bikes, and even going as fast as I could, on S1000RRs, ZX-10Rs and R1s, I couldn't provoke the slightest misbehaviour from them.
As I reported earlier, they did seem a bit much for the 750 on track, with a quick session at Silverstone tying the roadster's suspension in knots a bit. But as sporty road rubber, they were spot-on whenever I had a blast on the Queen's highway. Fast warmup, oodles of grip, great feedback – they got a big tick in every box, and I'll gladly recommend them for the hardest of road rider.
When the clocks went back though, I got a bit nervous. Surely any tyre which was up for a 200bhp track thrashing in the Middle East desert will panic a bit trundling along a soaking wet A24 in the North Surrey cultural desert?
With that in mind, I got on the telefonino to our good friends at Avon tyres, and asked for a set of their trusty Spirit ST sporty touring tyres. Like the Power RSs, I've tried these before in their natural habitat and happily recommend them for all-year road use.
As luck would have it, though, I had a last-minute bikey job on the 750 before I got the chance to fit the Avons. An early morning start meant I didn't want to disturb the neighbours with my F1-level Yamaha Tracer Akrapovic race exhaust note, so the 750 was the obvious choice, even with the sport rubber in place.
I just had to take my wee girl to Kingston, which is about five miles away. It was a cold, damp morning, so I set off carefully, with the traction control turned on, and a gentle right wrist. We got to our destination, and I dropped her off, waiting half an hour at the event she was attending before jumping back on the bike – certainly long enough for the tyres to cool down completely again.
Okay, it's a fairly simple, urban route, rather than a load of 100mph sweepers, but what braking, accelerating and roundabout surfing I had to do through the urban sprawl was really impressive. What was even more impressive was when I arrived home though. I have to park out the front, then go through the house, open a side gate and take the bike through. This takes a couple of minutes of course, but when I got through, locked the gate, and then parked the bike outside my garage, I caught sight of the rear tyre. Was that a wisp of steam? Really?
As you can see – the ground is 8 degrees C, and wet (really wet in places). And the tyres are nearly 20 degrees, more than five minutes after parking up. That's enough to feel warm to the touch, and clearly enough for the Michelins to work really well, even in cold road conditions, after just five miles of urban use. Impressive stuff!
I'll still be fitting the Spirits though. Their extra water-clearing tread will be a boon in standing water, where the Michelins' slick edges might let me down. But what we have learned is that the Power RS is very much an all-round supersports tyre, and is more than up to use in wet and cooler conditions. Smart!


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Cet objet peut s'acheter contre 40 Gage d'amour.
Actuellement, l'item souffre d'un bug visuel, il ne possède pas 1 charge mais 50 charges !
It's 50 charges when bought from the vendor.
Just tried this achivement. We were around 15 people, taking turns to channel the prism on our leader. Leader recieved 50 stacks but only got achievment for 10 stacks. Need 50 seperate people it seems.
Did make a post on the official wow forums in costumer support, and achievements.
Has 1 minute cool down not 30 seconds. So I takes at least 6 people.
Just got this achievement in the raid of 40. Huge thanks to Wildroot from Detheroc for organizing this raid and keeping it going for 4+ hours.
Realistically can be done with less than 40 people, as long as the buff is refreshed in time.
Rewards Prisme d'amour véritable in 6.1.
You actually cannot return this item for a full refund if any of the charges have been used, if you were thinking of doing that like I was. It returns the message: "Sorry, this item cannot be refunded."
If you're wondering how to get the Prisme d'amour manufacturé, you need 40xGage d'amours. The quickest way to do this is by farming 190xBreloque ravissantes to create 19xBracelet de breloques ravissantess.
First, complete one of the following quests Un nuage de Cologne classieuse, Une parfaite petite pointe de parfum, Bombardement de bonbons. There should be plenty of people by the quest givers so that you can complete this immediately and receive 5xGage d'amour.
Second, purchase a Trousse de collectionneur de breloques ravissantes from Kalin Colportecœur. You can then farm the 190xBreloque ravissantes you need to create the Bracelet de breloques ravissantess in about 10 minutes by going to Gorgrond to kill Larvelin pierréclats. There are two packs near 53,74 that insta-spawn after the opposite group is killed. Simply go back and forth between these two groups and you're done.
After you have farmed your Breloque ravissantes, complete each of the 4 capital city daily quests (1xBracelet de breloques ravissantes each).
Use the remaining 15xBracelet de breloques ravissantess to purchase 15xGage d'amours from Marchande ravissante.
Congratulations! Now you have the 40xGage d'amours you need to purchase the Prisme d'amour manufacturé sold by Marchande ravissante.
The goblins of the Crown Chemical Co. are smart. Attempting to sell them back a prism without the full 50 charges will fail after the confirmation popup.
Upon mousing over the item at the vendor it will say it has 1 charge but this is a mistake. When you purchase the item it correctly states it has 50 charges.
If you happen to have kept this item in hope for a fix to the achievement, you did everything right!
The item now has a 30 second cd and puts a stacking buff on you which lasts 5 minutes. So you can easily do the They really love me achievement by yourself.
Since you cannot trade the prism and it may be hard to find a second person with one, just add a Starter Edition account to your battle.net account and use the prism on a toon created on your test-account. Since the achievement is battle.net account wide all achievements earned by your test account are also credited on your active account.
This achievement can now be done with only 2 people. As mentioned the item now has 30 seconds cooldown and puts a stacking 5 minutes debuff on you. So basically you can have two people spamming each other until 50 stacks. Ofc it will go much faster with a larger group but 2 people with prisms is all you need now.
If you are a hunter, and you get bored doing this... DO NOT FEIGN DEATH! My husband had 6 to go before getting the 50, decided to feign death because he thought it would be funny... The buff went away. Don't be silly like him for the love of Warcraft.
To get the achievement, you must buy a Prisme d'amour manufacturé from the love dealer in one of the main cities for 40 Gage d'amour.
Find a group and set up a circle. The one who's turn, stands in the middle. The others now have the prism on the player in the middle until he has 50 stacks and gets the third achievement. Then comes the next turn.
Have 25 Love Rays active on you simultaneously.
Have 50 Love Rays active on you simultaneously.
"The love within this object is limitless."
Tombeur - Have 10 love rays active on you simultaneously.
Sous le signe de l'amour - Have 25 love rays active on you simultaneously.
Tout le monde m'aime ! - Have 50 love rays active on you simultaneously.
Achieving Tout le monde m'aime ! rewards you with a Prisme d'amour véritable that you can use to add to your toy collection. You can then use the True Love Prism toy.
You cannot buff yourself, you can only buff other people, which means you can only give the achievement, and you have to have other people give it to you (counting multiple accounts as "other people"). Beware. Do it with people you trust. Pairing with a single partner works well.
To apply the buff, you target a player's character and use Prisme d'amour manufacturé on them. The buff has a five minute duration. The duration is extended each time the buff is applied and the count is incremented. As long as the buff keeps getting reapplied before it expires, the buff count increments. You need 10 buffs, then 25 buffs, then 50 buffs.
It takes about 25 minutes to build up 50 buffs on another player using Prisme d'amour manufacturé. Don't waste any charges and don't test it out, you will need all 50 charges to grant the achievement to your partner. Coming up short fails to grant the achievement and wastes your charges.
See comments in Tout le monde m'aime ! or Prisme d'amour véritable for more details.
"Contient une quantité limitée d'amour."


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HEAVY RAINS LIKELY OVER COASTAL ODISHA AS CYCLONIC STORM LOOMS OVER BAY
Bhubaneswar : A severe cyclonic storm is likely to hit the Odisha- West Bengal coast on May 26 triggering heavy rains in coastal Odisha, according to the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) at the Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA) here.
Numerical models have been indicating the formation of a low pressure area over the central Bay of Bengal on Saturday which would move northwestwards before intensifying into a cyclonic storm on May 25.
It is likely to move in a north-northwestward direction close to the Odisha coastline towards the Odisha-West Bengal coast, Dr. Sarat Chandra Sahu, Director of CEC, said.
The system may cross the coast either in the districts of Bhadrak or Balasore or close to Digha in West Bengal, he said.
Dr Sahu said as per climatology most of the cyclones developing over the bay just before onset of the south-west monsoon have moved towards the West Bengal-Bangladesh coast.
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"If favourable meteorological conditions prevail along the coast it will intensify into a severe cyclonic storm. Otherwise, it will cross the coast as a cyclonic storm," he said.
However, the cyclone's path, intensity and wind speed can be predicted with accuracy on May 24 because the monsoon current is interwined with the system, Dr. Sahu said adding model products fluctuated from day to day.
The cyclonic storm may not be of great intensity due to monsoon current, he said.
The wind speed would vary from 65 to 90 km per hour if it crossed the coast as a cyclone but it would increase to 100 km per hour gusting to 120 km per hour in case it turns into a severe cyclonic storm.
The Odisha coast would experience higher wind speed and heavy to very heavy rainfall was likely in Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Kendrapara and Jajpur districts from May 25 evening to May 27 morning.
The system would then move towards Bihar, he said.
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AB Bonita is a former Memory Athlete who represented the Philippines in Local and International Memory Sports Competitions.
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World Memory Championship 2017 – Jakarta, Indonesia
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Taiwan Open Memory Championship 2015 (PH Team brought home a total of 27 medals)
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MEP Centers Aid Manufacturers on Cybersecurity
Centers in the MEP National NetworkTM assist small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) on managing their Cybersecurity risks using a variety of tools, including adoption of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework/framework).
The recent release of version 1.1 of the Framework explains how the Framework can be used by manufacturers to understand and assess their cybersecurity risk.
The Cybersecurity Framework is designed to reduce risk by improving the management of cybersecurity risk. Manufacturers using the Framework can measure and assign values to their risk along with the cost and benefits of steps taken to reduce risk. The better a manufacturer can measure its cybersecurity risk and costs, the more effective its cybersecurity solutions will be. Over time, self-assessment should improve decision-making on a manufacturer's cybersecurity investment priorities. The Framework can be used to self-assess cybersecurity risk.
The MEP National Network has been dynamic in providing awareness and assistance to help U.S. manufacturers protect their information assets from the risks of cyberattacks. MEP Centers across the nation provide valuable assistance to SMMs seeking reduction of their cyber risks. For additional information, visit the NIST MEP Cybersecurity Resources for Manufacturers webpage (https://www.nist.gov/mep/cybersecurity-resources-manufacturers).
MEP Centers work with clients to help identify, assess and manage their cybersecurity risks. MEP Centers guide SMMs through a self-assessment against the Cybersecurity Framework.
MEP Centers also assist manufacturers in the Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain who must meet the DFARS Cybersecurity requirements. Since 2017, the MEP National Network has provided direct assistance to over 1100 DoD contractors.
All DoD contractors and subcontractors that process, store or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) must meet the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) minimum security requirements or risk losing their DoD contracts. These cybersecurity requirements must be implemented based on the information security guidance in NIST Special Publication 800-171 rev 1, titled "Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-Federal Information Systems and Organizations" (https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-171r1.pdf).
MEP Centers help manufacturers through a self-assessment process using NIST Handbook 162 "NIST MEP Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Handbook For Assessing NIST SP 800-171 Security Requirements in Response to DFARS Cybersecurity Requirements." The Handbook is available at: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/hb/2017/NIST.HB.162.pdf
Since its publication in November 2017, Handbook 162 has been downloaded over 13,000 times. The Handbook provides a step-by-step guide to self-assessment of an information system against the security requirements in NIST SP 800-171 rev 1. It serves as an invaluable resource for SMMs to better understand security requirements and their implementation.
The Handbook may also be useful for other communities outside the DoD supply chain interested in applying the NIST SP 800-171 security requirements, including those seeking to comply with the CUI Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clause.
"Working with our MEP we have successfully assessed our compliance against the NIST 800-171 Cybersecurity standard. We completed the necessary documents such as the System Security Plan (SSP) and the Plan of Action with Milestones (POAM) and are working towards full compliance in 2018. We appreciate the expertise and professionalism brought to Flexfab, LLC throughout the project." —Doug Drenth, Flexfab LLC, Corporate Director of IT
The MEP National Network helps SMMs understand, select and manage the best set of Cybersecurity requirements to meet their needs. As new industry-developed security requirements are released, MEP Centers stand ready to assist SMMs with cybersecurity resources to protect their businesses.
Additional Cybersecurity guidance for SMMs can be found in:
NISTIR 7621rev1 - Small Business Information Security: The Fundamentals, https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/7621/rev-1/final, and
NISTIR 8183 - The Cybersecurity Framework Manufacturing Profile, https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8183/final
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Mars CEO: Industry Must Fix 'Broken' Engine Of Global Business To Tackle Urgent Climate & Social Threats
- CEO GRANT REID, SPEAKING AHEAD OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CLIMATE WEEK, BELIEVES THE ENGINE OF GLOBAL BUSINESS - ITS SUPPLY CHAIN - IS BROKEN AND REQUIRES TRANSFORMATIONAL, CROSS-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION TO FIX IT
- SAYS THAT TO DELIVER ON UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THE PARIS ACCORD IT REQUIRES WIDENING THE FOCUS TO INCLUDE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FAR BEYOND DIRECT OPERATIONS
- COMMENTS COME AS MARS LAUNCHES ITS "SUSTAINABLE IN A GENERATION PLAN" - IN WHICH IT WILL INVEST ALMOST $1 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO TACKLE URGENT THREATS INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, POVERTY IN THE SUPPLY CHAINS AND SCARCITY OF RESOURCES
- M&M'S - ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ICONIC BRANDS - STEPS UP TO ENGAGE CONSUMERS ON CRITICAL SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES
MCLEAN, Virginia, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mars CEO Grant F. Reid today said business needs to lead "transformational change" in order to tackle the most urgent threats facing the planet and its people.
Speaking ahead of this month's UN General Assembly and Climate Week in New York, Mr. Reid said the responsibility had never been greater for industry: "If we are to help deliver on the targets agreed in Paris and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, there has to be a huge step change. While many companies have been working on being more sustainable, the current level of progress is nowhere near enough."
"Mars has been in business for four generations and intends to be for the next four generations. The only way that will happen is if we do things differently to ensure that the planet is healthy and all people in our extended supply chains have the opportunity to thrive. We must work together, because the engine of global business - its supply chain - is broken, and requires transformational, cross-industry collaboration to fix it."
Mr. Reid said that when tackling Greenhouse Gas emissions for example, many businesses, including Mars, have made good progress on the impact of their own direct operations, but haven't made enough progress in their broader supply chains. He added that efforts to address poverty and human rights down the global supply chain have been well-intentioned, but have not yielded satisfactory progress.
"Data and connectivity are helping us get smarter about our impact every year. Today, climate science is clear and we understand the environmental and social challenges in our supply chain better than ever before. With this knowledge, it is clear that the scale of intervention needs to be much bolder - now is the time for business to reassess its role and responsibility in the face of the evidence."
As part of its response to these challenges, Mars today announced its "Sustainable in a Generation Plan." The plan includes a set of far-reaching goals and ambitions underpinned by science and a determination to drive impact throughout the extended supply chain. To accelerate progress, Mars will invest approximately $1billion in its Sustainable in a Generation Plan. The plan focuses on areas where Mars can impact change on some of the world's biggest problems, as defined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable in a Generation Plan outlines three interconnected ambitions:
-- Healthy Planet - with an ambition to reduce environmental impacts in
line with what science says is necessary to keep the planet healthy -
focusing on climate action, water stewardship and land management. For
example, Mars has announced a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
across its value chain by 67% by 2050 - dramatically expanding on
previous goals to reduce GHGs in its operations.
-- Thriving People - with an ambition to meaningfully improve the working
lives of one million people in its value chain to enable them to thrive
- focusing on increasing income, respecting human rights and unlocking
opportunities for women. For example, we have launched the Livelihoods
Fund for Family Farming to foster sustainability and poverty reduction
in extended supply chains and the Farmer Income Lab, a collaborative
"think-do tank" focused on generating the missing insights needed to
eradicate smallholder poverty.
-- Nourishing Wellbeing - with an ambition to advance science, innovation
and marketing in ways that help billions of people and their pets lead
healthier, happier lives. This continues on its current efforts around
food safety and security; product and ingredient renovation; and
responsible marketing.
Mr. Reid added: "This plan is about not just doing better, but doing what's necessary. We're doing this because it's the right thing to do but also because it's good business. Creating mutual benefits for the people in our supply chain, and mitigating our impact on the environment are sound business choices. We also know that increasingly our consumers care about these issues as much as we do."
During the UN General Assembly, Mars will reveal plans to engage consumers on this topic through one of the world's biggest brands, M&M's. The new campaign leverages Mars' tremendous reach with consumers to champion the power of renewable energy and highlight the need for action in addressing climate change. Mars purchases enough wind power to offset the electricity needed for all U.S. production of M&M's. Renewable energy also plays an important role in Mars' Sustainable in a Generation Plan and key markets (U.S. & U.K.) already use it to power 100% of operations, with more markets to follow in 2018.
Mr. Reid said: "Through our much-loved M&M's brand, we can inspire consumers on this important topic and shine the spotlight on renewable energy - one of the solutions that will help us to tackle climate change and meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals."
Mars has a history of working on sustainability with others including helping create a united global front to act on climate change. The business spoke out at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) in Marrakech last year, by signing a letter urging global leaders to commit to the Paris Climate Agreement, and last year launched its Moy wind farm in the Scottish Highlands to generate renewable electricity equivalent to the company's entire U.K. operations.
Barry Parkin, Mars Chief Sustainability and Health and Wellbeing Officer said: "We know we cannot grow and prosper unless the planet, people and communities on which we rely are healthy and thriving."
"Doing what's right, not just doing better, is at the very core of our new plan. It's about pushing the boundaries and extending our bold ambitions across our extended supply chain. When we do that, and when others join us, only then will we have the greatest impact."
To find out more about the Mars Sustainable in a Generation plan, visit: www.SustainableInAGeneration.com [https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/2LbcBnw0WVC3].
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars is a family-owned business with more than a century of history making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world's best-loved brands: M&M's(®), SNICKERS(®), TWIX(®), MILKY WAY(®), DOVE(®), PEDIGREE(®), ROYAL CANIN(®), WHISKAS(®), EXTRA(®), ORBIT(®), 5(TM), SKITTLES(®), UNCLE BEN'S(®), MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA(®). Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD(®) Pet Hospitals. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles - Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom - inspire its more than 85,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.
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I make videos on many questions that others came up with, or just curious on what would happen when I push the operating system to its limits where it just completely stops working, or something like that. I find it interesting to see many operating systems would behave on many different types of behaviors that I try my best to explain what would happen if I were to do said scenario.
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I started using computers back in 2005 where Windows XP was popular. I was curious on what my computer would do when it comes to many tasks. Many of which I had no idea or any set of answers on what said scenarios would do since my family and I didn't have internet back then.
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Here is the new Jalie Pull-on Pencil Skirt! I chose the knee length version with waistband. Options include skirt with waistband, skirt without waistband, and color-blocking. All can be made at mini or knee length. Since I am petite, I did have to shorten the knee length version to bring it above my knee. This is pretty standard for me with all patterns.
I love, love, love this waistband! It's wide, it feels comfortable, and there is elastic enclosed in the top that you can't even tell is there. This is a very quick and easy sew. Perfect for dressing up or for casual wear.
Jalie bottoms are usually a size S for me, but when it comes to a skirt, lately I'm finding I need a little more room on the back side. A size S graded out to a T was perfect for me.
My skirt fabric was a nice med/heavy knit purchased from Joann's Fabrics.
My top is also made from Jalie 2805.
This looks lovely! It goes so well with your top too.
Thank you! It was so hard trying to find something local to match to the skirt print. I had to order online, hoping to get a good-enough match. Thankfully I did!
I love this skirt on you. It looks like a perfect fit, plus comfy yet dressy. Jalie waistbands with the hidden elastic are my favorite.
Thanks Kristin! I think Jalie has the best waistband construction in patterns that I've seen!
Thank you for this review. A question... Have you ever made colette patterns Mabel - and if so, how do they compare? I am coming to really trust Jalie. (I love my Eleonore jeans and my Marie Claude.. have made multiples of both.) After your review I will definitely make this pattern. Thanks!
Hello! Yes, I have made the Mabel. Here is my blog post about it http://sewingbyshirley.blogspot.com/2015/01/jalie-dolman-top.html I prefer Jalie's pattern because of the elastic in the waist. Since you have already made the Eleonore, you are already familiar with the method of sewing the elastic in the waistband. Both are very simple skirts to make though!


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Q: Import Keystore in order to Sign Applet One of the security reps at my company gave me a keystore to use when I sign my applet.  However, I'm having issues actually importing the keystore.  I tried executing the following, but nothing happened... well almost nothing...  The keytool application prompted me for my password which I entered and then hit return.  The tool responded by placing the cursor on the next line and it just sat there for like 10 minutes at which time I killed the process.  I'm assuming that I'm doing something wrong and am hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.
C:/program files/java/jdk1.6.0_19/bin/keytool" -import -alias company -keystore D:/companysig.jks

Thanks,
Jeremy

A: If you have a keystore, you can just use that keystore with the jarsigner command. For an example, see here (you inform the keystore to be used for signing, as well as the alias of the key to use):
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Signing_jar_files_with_jarsigner
When you use they keytool import option, you will be importing a key you specify (that's in a file) to the keystore you specify. If you don't specify the file, the command probably wants to read the key from standard input, and the process was waiting for the key that never arrived. But in any case, in your case I don't see why you'd need to use this.
If you wish to import the whole keystore into another keystore you need to use the importkeystore option:
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The Composer of Desafinado, Plays est le premier album solo du musicien brésilien Antônio Carlos Jobim. Sorti en 1963 aux États-Unis, le disque contient les versions instrumentales de douze classiques de la bossa nova composés par Jobim. Les arrangements sont du chef d'orchestre allemand Claus Ogerman.  Ce travail marquera le début d'une longue collaboration musicale entre Ogerman et Jobim .

Des douze titres que comprend l'album, la plupart sont devenus des standards de jazz, en particulier The Girl from Ipanema, une des chansons les plus enregistrées de l'histoire avec Yesterday des Beatles. L'enregistrement la même année de The Girl from Ipanema par João Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto, Stan Getz et Antônio Carlos Jobim pour l'album Getz/Gilberto est devenu un hit mondial en 1964.

Contexte
En réponse au succès de l'album Jazz Samba en 1962, qui marqua le début de la vague de bossa nova aux États-Unis, Creed Taylor, en charge de Verve Records, décida d'enregistrer d'autres disques consacrés à la nouvelle musique brésilienne. Il invita Antônio Carlos Jobim, l'un des principaux créateurs de la bossa nova au Brésil, à enregistrer à New York son premier album solo.

Sur le disque, Jobim, pianiste de formation, joue à la fois du piano et de la guitare. Les producteurs s'étaient tout d'abord opposés à ce que l'artiste utilise le piano pour cet album. Ils voulaient projeter l'image du latin lover avec sa guitare, ce que reflète la pochette de l'album. Jobim, dans une interview radiophonique de 1988 sur NPR dans l'émission Fresh Air avec Terry Gross, a rappelé ce conflit avec les producteurs américains:  «... Quand je suis arrivé aux États-Unis, ils ne voulaient pas me laisser jouer au piano. Ils ont dit, écoutez Antonio, vous devez être le latin lover. Vous devez jouer de la guitare. Vous savez, avec le piano, vous détruisez cette image. Donc j'ai utilisé la guitare, qui était mon deuxième instrument et que j'avais appris à jouer à l'oreille...».

Hommages
L'album a été intronisé au Latin Grammy Hall of Fame en 2001 . En 2007, le magazine Rolling Stone Brasil l'a classé 58ème dans la liste Os 100 Maiores Discos da Música Brasileira (Les 100 plus grands disques de la musique brésilienne). Pete Welding de DownBeat a déclaré: «Si le mouvement de la bossa nova n'avait pas produit autre chose que ce disque, cela aurait déjà suffit à justifier son existence.» .

Liste des morceaux
 The Girl from Ipanema (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel ) - 2:42
 Amor em Paz (Once I Loved) (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 3:36
 Agua de Beber (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel) - 2:50
 Vivo Sonhando (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 2:35
 O Morro Não Tem Vez (Favela) (Antônio Carlos Jobim,Vinicius de Moraes) - 3:20
 Insensatez (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 2:53
 Corcovado (Antônio Carlos Jobim) - 2:25
 One Note Samba (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Jon Hendricks) - 2:14
 Méditation (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel) - 3:15
 Só Danço Samba (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 2:21
 Chega de Saudade (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes) - 4:19
 Desafinado (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça) - 2:44

Musiciens
 Antônio Carlos Jobim - piano, guitare (en re-recording)
 Leo Wright - flûte
 George Duvivier - contrebasse
 Jimmy Cleveland - trombone (pistes: 3, 4, 9, 12)
 Edison Machado - batterie
 Section de cordes (non créditée)
 Claus Ogerman - arrangements, direction d'orchestre

Références

Liens externes

Album d'Antônio Carlos Jobim
Album publié par Verve Records
Album de bossa nova
Album produit par Creed Taylor
Premier album musical sorti en 1963
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NarratorGeoffrey Giuliano The Icon Players
NovelsClassic NovelsClassicsClassics
Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments which were published from October 1846 to April 1848 under the title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation.
The story centers around Paul Dombey, the stern owner of the Firm. He is totally immersed in having his newly born son continue the business, and entirely neglects his daughter Florence. Tragedy occurs, and Florence's plight worsens. As the years go by, Mr. Dombey sees to it that the man she loves, his employee, is sent far away. Mr Dombey remarries, but his marriage is eventually destroyed, his fortune gone, he becomes destitute. Finally he accepts help from his daughter, and life changes for him. Many wonderful characters interweave the tale, as in all Dickens literary masterpieces.
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Q: Transaction being promoted to distributed in Entity Framework We have a problem with transactions that are being promoted to distributed when it shouldn't. We are using Entity Framework 4.1 and TransactionScope in a WCF service:
    [OperationBehavior(TransactionScopeRequired = true)]
    [TransactionFlow(TransactionFlowOption.Allowed)]
    public void SetCapLength(Guid orderId, int capLength){}

A ObjectContext-instance is created for each service request and only one is used during the entire request.
We are using SQL Server 2008 R2.
The promotion to distributed transaction seems very random.
Anyone knows what can cause E.F. to promote our transaction?

A: You are using TransactionFlowOption - so if you are lucky and everything is correctly configured the transaction from client flows to your service = distributed transaction. All local transactions on the service side will join the distributed transaction.


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Q: Show that $f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$ is uniformly continuous on $[1,\infty)$ Verification of argument. Show that $f(x) = \frac{1}{x}$ is uniformly continuous on $[1,\infty)$
Generally speaking I understand why this function is uniformly continuous, but I wanted to just verify that my logical thinking on the matter is correct.

Definition: A function $f: S \to \mathbb{R}$ is uniformly continuous if for all $\epsilon >0$, there exists $\delta >0$ such that for all $x,y \in S$ if $|x-y| < \delta \Rightarrow |f(x) - f(y)| < \epsilon$.

Analyzing the expression: $$|f(x) -f(y)| = \frac{|x-y|}{|x||y|} < \frac{\delta}{|x||y|}$$
We are given that $x,y \in [1,\infty)$ and we want $\frac{|x-y|}{|x||y|} < \epsilon$. This means that for any value in the set, $$\frac{\delta}{|x||y|} < \delta $$. So if we let $\delta = \epsilon$ then we will have a relationship such that:
$$\frac{|x-y|}{|x||y|} < \frac{\delta}{|x||y|} = \frac{\epsilon}{|x||y|} < \epsilon$$. And we are done.
I feel perhaps I could word the explanation better as to how we make the jump to concluding that the $\delta$ we chose is the right one. Feedback on the proof? THanks in advance.

A: You  are on the right track.
Your $\delta$ is correct.
Just note that since $x,y\geq 1$ then $\frac{1}{xy} \leq 1$
Also another proof: this functions has bounded derivative in $[1,+\infty)$ so it is Lipschitz continuous,thus uniformly continuous.