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A play on YouTube? 'Yellow Face' debuts, starring Christopher Gorham
Christopher Gorham and Linda Park in a scene from the new adaptation of David Henry Hwang's "Yellow Face."
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By David Ng
Plays are routinely adapted for the movies and television. But a YouTube adaptation of a stage drama is something new.
In a small theater on the campus of East Los Angeles College, actor Christopher Gorham was performing a scene from the David Henry Hwang play "Yellow Face" over and over again as a camera crew went through several set-ups of the dialogue-heavy sequence.
It was near the end of a three-week shoot that took place in late December. Gorham, who was on hiatus from the USA Network series "Covert Affairs," was playing the part of Marcus, a white actor who is mistakenly cast as an Asian character in the play-within-the-play. Sitting next to him in the scene was actor Ryun Yu, playing the role of a playwright suggestively named "DHH."
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The action was being shot on the theater's mostly bare stage, with scenery to be added digitally in post-production. With each take, Gorham went through a series of perplexed expressions as his character tried to go along with the playwright's insistence that Marcus -- all appearances to the contrary -- is of Asian descent.
"Yellow Face" was first performed at the Mark Taper Forum in 2007, before running at New York's Public Theater the same year. The new screen adaptation premiered on YouTube over the weekend and can be viewed here. (You can also watch a trailer for the production.)
This marks only the second time that a play by Hwang has been adapted for the screen. The other was David Cronenberg's much-maligned movie version of "M. Butterfly" in 1993.
Jeff Liu, who adapted and directed "Yellow Face," said that the structure of the play lent itself naturally to YouTube.
"There's a lot of direct address to the audience in the play. So we've turned those moments into a kind of online video diary," he said during a break in shooting. The movie also features abundant use of split screens and pop-up windows.
Gorham said that he got involved with the project through Liu, whom he has known since their college days at UCLA. The 38-year-old actor is in his third season of USA's "Covert Affairs," in which he plays blind CIA operative Auggie Anderson. The new season begins July 16.
Hwang dropped by the set during a brief stop in L.A. in December, but he said he wasn't directly involved with the making of the "Yellow Face" movie. During a lunch break, he socialized with the cast and crew.
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The Tony-winning playwright confirmed reports that he is working with "Fast & Furious 6" director Justin Lin on a screen adaptation of his latest play "Chinglish," which opened on Broadway in 2011 and had its local debut this year at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa.
Lin is an executive producer on the "Yellow Face" movie, which he produced through his online video channel known as YOMYOMF. Hwang said he couldn't provide additional details about the "Chinglish" adaptation except to say that it is in development.
Theater review: 'Yellow Face' at Mark Taper Forum
Theater review: 'Chinglish' at South Coast Repertory
For David Henry Hwang's 'Chinglish,' a case of bad timing in China
David Ng
David Ng is a former Company Town reporter for the Los Angeles Times.


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Q: PHP MD5 of array object does not match MD5 in Swift I am trying to do validate data sent over the net using the MD5 hash.
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This is the SWIFT iOS code that receives the server data and attempts to calculate the MD5 hash of the received data:
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And this is the SWIFT extension for the MD5:
extension String {

    var md5: String {

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If the server sends a single simple string the MD5 matches, but not with the array object.
What am I doing wrong?

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Solved: The Mystery of the Martian Meteorites
Precision dating of a single rock resolves lingering uncertainties about the Red Planet's history
By Lee Billings on July 26, 2013
Planetary scientists studying Mars have a slightly embarrassing secret: They don't really know how old most of the planet's surface is. They do have decent estimates, mostly based on counting craters pockmarking the Martian crust—more craters equate to a greater age. Yet the only way to pin down an age with something approaching absolute certainty is to closely analyze rock samples, and none of the rovers and landers set down on the Red Planet has carried the necessary equipment. Without precise ages the entire history of the planet is blurred, making it more difficult to answer important questions about when and whether Mars was ever truly habitable.
Fortunately, there are Martian rocks right here on Earth. Asteroids or comets can hit Mars hard enough to hurl chipped-off fragments of crust on interplanetary voyages to our world. Some 120 specimens out of the more than 60,000 meteorites in collections around the globe contain mixtures of minerals and microscopic air bubbles that match what we know of the Martian surface and atmosphere. Researchers can date these rare samples by measuring certain radioactive isotopes within them, because the isotopes decay into other elements at rates set by the laws of physics. With most igneous rocks, which begin life as molten material, calculating the ratio of a long-lived isotope, such as uranium 238, to its decay product, lead 206, yields a very good estimate of just how old that rock is—how long ago its isotopes became locked in minerals crystallizing out from a molten mass.
The trouble is that different isotopic tracers yield wildly different dates for the most common variety of Martian meteorites, hunks of igneous rock called shergottites. Grind up a whole shergottite, and the ratio of lead isotopes in the powder will suggest the rock is about four billion years old. If you instead look at various isotopes isolated within microscopic mineral grains inside the shergottite, you will conclude the rock is relatively youthful—only hundreds of millions of years old. This conundrum has flummoxed researchers for years, leaving them divided about the timing and duration of Martian volcanic activity, or when the consolidation of the Martian core and mantle occurred. Now, however, the matter seems to be settled: In a report appearing in the July 25 edition of Nature, a team of scientists lead by Desmond Moser of the University of Western Ontario has presented substantial new evidence that shergottites are young. They base their conclusions on a half-kilogram fragment of Mars known only as Northwest Africa 5298 (NWA 5298). (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group)
"Lots of groups just jump to [isotope] dating right away," says Kim Tait, a study co-author and mineralogist at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, which provided the sample of NWA 5298. "For us, the dating came absolutely last. We first looked very carefully at the minerals, scanning grain by grain so that we could really understand everything in context.... Every rock has a story to tell. Interpreting clues to uncover that story is where we come in."
"These tiny meteorites are packed with stories on the evolution of a whole planet, stories that we can't currently get from rovers," Moser says. "What we've done is sort out the 'page numbers' for the stories preserved in these rare fragments from space."
According to Tony Irving, a University of Washington geochemist who first identified NWA 5298's Martian provenance, a desert nomad discovered the meteorite in 2008 outside the Moroccan village of Bir Gandouz. An anonymous Moroccan middleman purchased the rock from the nomad and eventually sold it for an undisclosed sum to David Gregory, a Canadian physician who later donated it to the ROM. Analyzing a small sample of the meteorite, Irving recognized it as a shergottite based on its characteristic chemical composition as well as its network of "shock metamorphosed" glassy veins and vesicles formed by the immense pressure of an ejecting impact. He also noted the presence of micron-scale grains of baddeleyite, a highly durable zirconium-rich mineral that is often used in uranium–lead dating.
Those baddeleyite grains proved to be keystones for Moser's subsequent investigations, which found them to be only hundreds of millions of years old. This was consistent with previous studies, but proponents of the idea that shergottites are billions of years old have long argued that the youthful baddeleyite grains were generated by the great heat and stress of an ejecting impact and were thus not representative of the rock's true age.
Using a sophisticated scanning electron microscope, Moser and his colleagues first mapped the baddeleyite grains within a thin cross section of NWA 5298, then closely studied each one for clues about its past. Many of the grains bore concentric bands of material indicative of gradual growth, which in turn suggested they formed in slow-cooling magma. Subsequent uranium–lead radiogenic isotope dating showed their age to be approximately 187 million years. Even closer examination revealed that the grains' original crystalline structure had been obliterated by the passage of a sudden, strong shock wave. The only remaining crystalline minerals, in fact, were vanishingly thin rims of silica-rich zircon that had flowed around and flash-frozen onto the baddeleyite grains—a sign of shock melting followed by cooling in the frigid vacuum of space. Uranium and lead isotopes extracted from grains with those rims yielded an estimated age of less than 22 million years. After correcting for sources of lead contamination originating on Earth, such as the burning of leaded gasoline, measurements of lead isotopes from the bulk mineral matrix around the baddeleyite grains yielded a date in excess of four billion years. That bulk mineral matrix also showed a strange preponderance of inert Martian lead, a sign that the region deep within Mars where the rock first formed had stopped mixing with its surroundings a long time ago.
"What this means is that both the young and old age estimates are 'right,' but they mean different things," says Irving, who was not involved in the study. The young baddeleyite formed nearly 200 million years ago when the shergottites' source rock crystallized on or near the Martian surface. The far older lead, he says, is an artifact from a time about four billion years ago when most of the deep Martian interior had already cooled and ceased convecting.
As for why all that lead was there in the first place, Moser and his colleagues suggest its presence may be related to one or more truly giant impacts more than four billion years ago that struck with such disruptive force they permanently altered the chemistry of the Martian interior. Tentative evidence for such massive impacts can be seen in hemisphere-spanning differences in elevation and crustal thickness on Mars.
Thus, from a single, small meteorite, a rather epic narrative suggests itself: Before four billion years ago Mars was already dying, rapidly losing its interior heat to space, when a planetoid leftover from the solar system's formation may have slammed into it, melting some of the surface and sweeping away a significant portion of the atmosphere. The great scar from the impact gradually froze over and healed, and Mars settled into senescence. Much later, some 187 years million years ago, as dinosaurs walked the Earth, a slowly upwelling magma plume breached the Martian surface, pouring out young lavas imprinted with the signature of the ancient impact; these slowly crystallized and formed the baddeleyites. At least another 165 million years passed without incident, until a mountain-size asteroid fell out of the sky. The impact launched partially melted fragments of the crystallized lava up through the atmosphere and into space, glossing the baddeleyite grains with rims of molten zircon. One of those fragments drifted and spun alone in the dark for millions of years more, until some tens of millennia ago it crossed paths with a neighboring planet, falling to Earth in a fireball that landed in what is now the western Sahara desert of southern Morocco. It languished there, just another brown weathered rock in the sand, until, by chance, a passing person picked it up in 2008.
None of this dramatically revises our understanding of Mars, but it does finally put better dates on some key events in the planet's history while also raising new questions about its deep interior. The most noteworthy aspect of this abstruse dating study, though, is that its insights suggest ways to unravel other mysteries throughout the solar system.
What we've done in this study can be applied to any rock, anywhere," Tait says. "From primitive meteorites to asteroids to the inner rocky planets, we can use these analytical techniques to start piecing together a more detailed and accurate history of the solar system."
Lee Billings
Lee Billings is a senior editor for space and physics at Scientific American.
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Vica Miller Erotica Salon - November 17, 2010 / William Bennett Gallery
The evening's program:
— Tina Barry, On the Head of a Pin, micro fiction stories
— Laurie Silver, Better People, excerpt from a novel about a sardonic young woman who unwittingly joins a cult
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Everyday Ruralty: Merry Christmas from Patrice and the Handsome Horse!
Merry Christmas from Patrice and the Handsome Horse!
A very pregnant Pep, trying to catch up with her friends.
Tess' new twins watch Rocky Horse.
Look at the beautiful markings on Tess' baby.
"Do we get to eat the wreath?"
...and that PIG photo!!! Adorable!
Merry CHRIST-mas, Ms. Patrice. HOPE you have a blessed one with your family!!!
Merry Christmas! I will be back in the new year!
Loved seeing the other animals. Merry Christmas, Patrice!
Merry Christmas and love the pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Patrice, loved these photos; what a beautiful group of critters you've got.
What a spectacular collection of photos! No snow? Hope you and all your critters are having a very special Christmas!


The summer camp brochures are spread out on the coffee table. It's decision day – no more delays or procrastinating.
It shouldn't be a big deal – should it? Just pick a camp and off the child goes with the arrival of summer.
So, why have we been talking about this for the past few months?
The questions swirl. What is this friend doing? When is that friend going? How much money is this one? What are the hours of that one? What trips is this one doing? What kind of activities does that one have?
When did camp get so complicated? There are so many options to satisfy every possible desire. If there was just one camp – take it or leave it – it would be so much easier. Of course in this generation, where every whim must be satisfied, the endless choice of camps is par for the course.
What if we turned the table over? What if we dumped all the brochures?
What if we didn't send our kids to summer camp?
I hate making those kind of statements that make me seem old.
But damn it, some things really were better. Or at least simpler.
The majority of my summer days consisted of knocking on my friends' doors. No, there wasn't a play date arranged. I simply knocked and hoped. Or they did the same for me. Crazy, ain't it.
Anyway, one of my best friends lived across the street, and another was down the block. It would be the three of us and some other combo of kids in our neighborhood.
We played stick ball, Wiffle ball, wire ball, basketball, football and more. Yup, we played just about any sport that was out there that included a ball.
There were occasional trips to the area pool, fast food restaurant, and the pharmacy (for baseball cards, sodas, and candy bars). Throw in a week or so of vacation and, periodically, some sort of neighborhood summer camp.
Yes, we watched a lot of television and occasionally got bored. But that's OK.
How about a list of things you can gain from a July and August sans summer camp?
There were not scheduled events. We played the game the majority wanted or pouted on the side.
If we wanted to do something different, it was up to us to come up with something.
There were no counselors or parents around (some parents might have been home but did not come outside while we were playing). We made the rules, and we made the decisions.
So, what If I left my kids on the streets this summer?
No, of course I won't.
The world has changed. I get it.
So, I don't turn the table over. Instead, my wife and I pick camps with the boys and hope that they will find them fun, engaging and interesting.
Larry, his wife, and two children live in North Jersey. Yes, it's across the river. Larry is a freelance writer, educator, and blogger. His blog Me, Myself and Kids focuses on parenthood, education, and other stuff that runs through his head.


4-km from Hanumakonda crossroad in Warangal district is the Thousand Pillar Temple, a fine specimen of 'Kakatiya' architecture and sculpture. It is the main attraction of Hanamkonda. The temple was built by 'Rudra Devi' in 1163 AD.
The temple is in shape of a star and has three shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, Vishnu and Surya. The temple is built on a 1m high platform on the slopes of the Hanumakonda hill, and has a majestic monolithic Nandi. The black basalt Nandi, a monolith, has a lovely polished finish.
There are many small lingam shrines surrounding the gardens. The temple is famous for its richly carved pillars, screens and detailed sculpture. The atmosphere is calm and serene with the sonorous ringing of the puja bells, gentle chirping of the birds and the soothing cool breeze.
Air - The nearest airport is at Hyderabad , 157-km away.
Rail - Warangal has a railway station and is well connected by rail to important cities of India.
Road - APSTRC and Private buses connect Warangal with Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Karimnagar, Khammam and some other districts.


Recent articles in the Argus Leader and Pioneer Press have discussed the Frederick Manfred display at the Center for Western Studies.
and evidenced in the commitment to education by the Boe family in offering the Boe Forum on Public Affairs to the people of the Northern Plains.
Watch Executive Director Harry F. Thompson's guided tour of "Voices of the Northern Plains"
for C-SPAN's American History TV.
Even our archival research area features an exhibit! Visit this room on the second floor where nine interpretive panels tell the history of Augustana Academy. The Academy functioned from 1860-1971 and moved west with the college until being permanently established in Canton, SD. Famous graduates include Ole E. Rölvaag, South Dakota Governors Archie M. Gubbrud and Sigurd Anderson, and Mary (Harum) Hart. Additional Academy memorabilia is placed on display each summer during the Academy's reunion weekend.
There are several rotating exhibits at the Center in addition to the displays listed above.


He made the revelation while explaining Digimon Survive's position in the Digimon game series at an interview with Famitsu.
Xbox One and Steam versions are also confirmed outside of Japan.
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UPDATE JUNE 2015: Season 1 was a great success! You can binge-watch the entire first season of SEX with Sunny Megatron on the Showtime Anytime app or on Demand in most US and Eastern Canadian locations. The show is also available (or will be very soon) in Brazil, Poland, Italy, and Australia :)
If you haven't heard the buzz, my husband, Ken and I have been busy all summer filming a TV show. Yep! I'm going to be on the tee-vee! Ken is the consulting producer and I am the host and co-executive producer of a new show about sex on Showtime called SEX with Sunny Megatron.
Oh, and also, if you hadn't heard too, I said HUSBAND. This August, in the thick of filming and sort of losing our minds (but in a good way), Ken and I got MARRIED! It was a costumed #NoPantsWedding with a pub crawl reception and was a BLAST! See?!
It's been a whirlwind summer and we're really proud of our brand new show-baby. This is a project we've been developing along with co-executive producer, Paul Fishbein/Plausible Flims, for the last year and a half or so. With the help of The Jay & Tony Show (not a show at all but a production company– confusing, right?), Tricon Films and the continued and unwavering support of Showtime through every step of the way, we made this little idea of ours a reality. We're all super stoked to bring you this groundbreaking sex ed TV show that teaches by allowing you to dive into the heads and bedrooms of seemingly average people just like you. Here is the official show description:
Get ready for a fresh take on a very old subject. Sex blogger, pleasure advocate and cyber celebrity Sunny Megatron takes us on a journey into the surprising, underground world of adult play. Through honest conversation and compelling personal stories, everyday people expose their deepest, most intimate fantasies, and nothing is taboo. Frank, funny and always sex-positive, Sunny Megatron just might be the perfect cure for your bedroom blues.
This 8 week long docu-series premieres on 10/30/2014 at 11pm PST/EST and 10pm CST on Showtime just after Homeland. Remember to set your DVRs and/or subscribe to Showtime for 2 months so you don't miss an episode. The show will also air on TMN in Canada starting January 2015.
I also want to thank you for all of your support and encouragement over the years. This show would not be on air if it weren't for each and every one of you!
Here's to starting meaningful conversations about sexuality with the people of North America and bringing sex positivity to the masses!
~ XO, Sunny Megatron
P.S. To keep up with show happenings remember to like Sunny Megatron on Facebook, follow Sunny Megatron on Twitter and sign up for my newsletter ;)
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Hillary "Maliceon" Marek says:
So excited for you both!!! I do not have cable because lets face it in this line of work when do you ever have time to watch TV lol but I THINK there is an app I saw on my kindle for Showtime on demand. I do not know if I already need to be a subscriber or if its just like Hulu or Uverse? Is there going to be any alt. option to watching the show? Like clips on your youtube or dvd sales?? Keep me posted you know I will show support in anyway I can. Maybe with a sexpert taking to the masses something might sink in and I won't have to keep explaining to people that I am a blogger not a hooker, No I did not make "Sexpert" up and yes mom it is a real job.
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Hello, I just wanted to contact you guys to say that is refreshing to have a show about bdsm and fetishes that educate instead of make fun of or ridicule. Thank you for airing such an informational show about sex. I hope you do a Season 2 and hope you make an episode about foot fetishes (by far most popular fetish in the world) and trampling which is also a very popular fetish and sub-fetish of the foot fetish. Wish you guys Happy Holidays!
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Congratulations on the show and the nuptials!!! Best wishes for you both!! I'm a fan of your toy reviews and look forward to when you are able to add more reviews. I find them to not only be full of ver useful information, but your descriptions have helped me to decide on purchases. I'm a middle aged professional woman who makes good money, but.not only am I picky about my toys but am about how much I'm willing to spend as well. That being said, I recently purchased a L'Amourose Denia and am anxiously awaiting its arrival! I hope you can squeeze in a review about it soon!! I would love to hear your a sexpert opinion of this seemingly fabulous toy
Thank you for your great show, reviews and advice, and again, I wish you the very best with all of the good things that are coming your way!!!
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I've only just discovered your sex toy reviews. They're the best, most helpful ones I've watched thus far! Thank you! I particularly love videos where you compare similar toys and would love love love more videos like that. I get so confused of what toys to buy because they seem so similar and I know the differences will be in the finer details that I won't know until I own the toy and use it, at which point it is too late because once you own it you're typically stuck with it whether you like it or not. That's why I love how detailed you are about the specifics and logistics of the toys, such as your Lily vs. Siri video. I get so scared about buying the wrong toy and getting stuck with something I don't like. Suggestion for a future comparison video: the Lelo Ora vs. Elegance Dazzling Rotating Stimulator. They seem very similar and have a price difference and would love to know which one is better.
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'Lovecraft Country' Premiere: Monsters Fantastic and All Too Real
In the first episode of HBO's newest series, Tic and Co. venture into unfamiliar territory—and face disturbingly familiar evil
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Toward the end of the premiere of HBO's Lovecraft Country, a cop car creeps to a halt on an old, winding road in 1950s Massachusetts. It's dusk, and three Black travelers have pulled over to observe the adjoining woods. Two of them—the show's main characters, Tic (Jonathan Majors) and Leti (Jurnee Smollett)—stand on the roadside, staring off into the mass of trees. Tic's uncle, George (Courtney B. Vance), rests wearily in their vehicle. That's when he sees the police car approaching.
What ensues is a well-trodden narrative. The officer, who is white, walks up to their car with a loaded gun in hand. He demands that the group state their business and informs them that if they are not out of the county by sundown it will be his "sworn duty to hang every single one of you from these trees." As they attempt to flee the county, he follows close behind, occasionally ramming his front bumper into the back of their vehicle. It is not a false depiction. Things like this did happen, in places like these.
That's the point that Lovecraft Country builds toward in its first installment. In the roughly 40 minutes beforehand, we are introduced to a world of rigid extremes. Segregation and sundown towns exist because of exceptional racism. Black people are herded by a cabal of über-racist whites. Killer cops, arsenous firemen, teenagers with penchants for performing ape impressions—they all drive this world. The specter of whiteness at its most malevolent rules supreme.
The first time we see Tic, it is in a dream. He is a soldier in a battlefield that resembles a scene from War of the Worlds. After a UFO beams down a woman painted in red and a Kraken-like monster bursts out of the ground (a reference to the show's namesake, H.P. Lovecraft), a Jackie Robinson stand-in attacks the creature and splits it in two with his baseball bat. But the monster re-forms, because of course it does; the game is rigged. Then Tic wakes up.
The episode begins, in real life, on a segregated bus that has just entered Kentucky. The scene is the first entry into the world that Lovecraft Country hopes to transmit on screen. The bus breaks down, and Tic and another Black traveler are forced to walk into town—the emergency shuttle is for whites only. We learn that Tic is a Korean War veteran and an avid fan of pulp-horror novels, despite knowing their racist lineage. "I love that the heroes get to go on adventures in other worlds, defy insurmountable odds, defeat the monster, save the day," he explains, unaware that he may be inadvertently describing his own fate. Tic is returning home from Florida, to Chicago, to search for his father, who's mysteriously gone missing. The last Tic heard from his dad was via a strange letter urging him to claim a "long-lost inheritance" from his deceased mother's family in the fictional Ardham, Massachusetts. The relationship between these two men is a cloud that hangs over the series.
In Chicago, Tic's Uncle George is the writer and publisher of the Safe Negro Travel Guide, a fictional spinoff on the real-life Negro Motorist Green Book, or for short, the Green Book—a guidebook for Black travelers to avoid segregated restaurants and hotels along the vast American expanse during the Jim Crow era. His wife Hippolyta wants a larger role in the publishing process, or at least to accompany George on the research missions for the guide. He initially demurs because of the "danger," but later relents. Diana, their daughter, is an aspiring illustrator who sketches out comic strips for each of George's road trips. Showrunner Misha Green structures the neighborhood they live in as a place of respite in a world where families like theirs are uniquely vulnerable. Unfortunately for them, this is a story about other perilous and unknown worlds, and we don't stay in Chicago long—George agrees to help Tic find his father, while Leti, a childhood friend whose backstory is left glaringly unexplained, tags along.
During the journey portion of the episode—when the group travels from the Midwest to the Northeast—a James Baldwin monologue plays in the background. The group stops at segregated restaurants and orders at "colored" entrances while Baldwin remarks that "the inequality of the Negro in the United States has hindered the American Dream." At a gas station, a white teenager howls like a monkey at Tic, who is eating a banana while pumping fuel. At one point the group passes a long line of Black women and men, waiting at a bus stop directly in front of a sign that depicts a white family in a car. The sign, which has been utilized in other pieces of pop culture over the years, reads "There's No Place Like America Today!"
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The Baldwin monologue ends abruptly just before the group enters Simmonsville, where they are promptly chased out of town by a group of German shepherd–owning firemen. In sequence, these images show a constant, unending gauntlet of a world—one that the group faces as a mere fact of their existence. For Tic, Leti, and George, the encounter with the police officer on that old winding road in Massachusetts is not an anomaly; it is a normal, everyday occurrence.
There is a moment, right after the group fails to escape the sheriff, that should be the episode's crescendo. They are escorted by him and his deputies into the woods, where they will be killed. But like the Baldwin clip that precedes it, the scene feels naggingly incomplete. Instead of focusing on the everyday people who condoned and fostered segregated landscapes like New England's, Lovecraft Country centers the group's journey on the worst among them, who are cartoonishly evil. In the final minutes of the episode, when a pack of poly-eyed Lovecraftian vampires interrupt what would have surely been the group's execution, the show is, essentially, asking the viewer the age-old question of the horror genre: "Who, really, are the monsters here?" The problem for Lovecraft Country is that, in eschewing the mundane features of American racism, they have created two equally burlesque terrors.
History Lesson: Sundown Towns
This episode is aptly titled "Sundown," a reference to the dark history of "sundown towns" in America. Despite the popular Hollywood narrative, segregation was not a wholly Southern phenomenon. After the Civil War ended, and the racial breakthroughs of Reconstruction were lost to a combination of white backlash and apathy, Northern, Western, and Midwestern towns began to expel their Black populations. During these decades, referred to by historians as "the Nadir," the seeds of Jim Crow were planted around the entire country. That distinction is integral to the world that Lovecraft Country is attempting to portray.
In the South during this period, institutional racism was defined by a combination of exploitative labor practices (convict leasing and sharecropping) and rampant racial terrorism (lynchings, the emergence of the KKK, "race riots"). And while many of these things did happen above the Mason-Dixon Line, the main area of dispute in Northern race relations during this period was housing. During the same time frame in which white Southerners were overthrowing duly elected Black government officials, Northern and Western towns were threatening and, in some cases, killing their Black neighbors in hopes of racially purifying the areas in which they lived. With their Black population removed, rural towns and municipalities around the country passed laws making it illegal for Blacks to own property, or to even enter after sundown. Many towns put up signs explicitly warning Blacks not to "let the sun set on you here."
Sundown towns existed in every Northern, Western, and Midwestern state in the country. Even now, their legacy lives on in the form of de facto segregation. Because generations of Black families were excluded and purged from Northern white suburban and rural communities, now—even though laws explicitly banning Black residents are illegal—the descendants of those excluded Black families have a fraction of the generational wealth that their white counterparts do. As local governments still lack the resources to integrate these costly suburban and rural towns (and in combination with the racial steering in real estate), the modern American landscape is still inextricably linked to the legacy of sundown towns.
The physical terrain that Lovecraft Country relies on for its settings is indebted to this same history. A journey from Chicago to Massachusetts in the 1950s—like the one Tic, Leti, and George embark upon—would have been impossible to make without encountering a sundown town. It's why George would publish The Safe Negro Travel Guide in the first place: to help Black travelers avoid the spaces on the map where their citizenry was most in doubt.
Book Report: The Count of Monte Cristo
About midway through the premiere, there's a scene where Tic walks into his father's abandoned apartment. He picks up a book from one of his dad's shelves and takes it into the bedroom with him. The book is The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. Roughly summarized, the book revolves around a member of the French elite who, a few days before his wedding date, is framed for treason and thrown in jail. Eventually he escapes and (after finding buried treasure on an abandoned island) renames himself the Count of Monte Cristo. Emboldened by his newfound resources, the Count takes up a decadeslong quest for revenge against the men responsible for his imprisonment.
One of the biggest themes in Dumas's book is injustice. The Count is a person of color in antique French society who has been wronged and cannot turn to the law for help, and therefore must make his own justice. The character was inspired by Dumas's father, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas—a man born into enslavement who went on to become the highest-ranking Black military commander in the Western world (until Colin Powell). If there is one link between the book and Lovecraft Country it is this: All of these characters—Tic, the Count, Leti, George—have to create their own justice in a society bent on destroying them. Doing so has twisted and morphed them into something different than what they would have been if they had the privilege not to fight. If Dumas's work is a clue to viewers, it's that at some point Tic, Leti, and George will all have to deal with what they've had to become in order to survive.
One Lingering Question
Here is where we stand after one episode. The group—Tic, Leti, George—has survived a truly horrific road trip. They've been insulted, debased, and shot at. They were held at gunpoint by a white sheriff who was so racist that even after getting his shoulder bitten off by a vampire, he was somehow still capable of hurling more slurs at them. But right when it looked like they were all going to perish, a bunch of weird dog whistles went off in the surrounding woods and the vampires just ... ran away. The next morning our crew, still soaked in blood, saunters over to a giant mansion and is greeted by a blond-haired, blue-eyed mystery man who indicates "they've" been waiting for them. So this is the question: If the monsters in Lovecraft Country really are the people, why should Tic, Leti, and George trust their newfound saviors?
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Atul Bhalla is a conceptual artist working with environmental issues, particularly on water, for more than two decades. His work invites the audience to engage directly with urban and metropolitan spaces, and in particular water resources, in his city New Delhi, and those he visits during the course of international exhibitions and residencies. He did his work 'Yamuna Walk' was part of the traveling exhibition Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 years of art-walking at MAC Birmingham. He has also participated in the Yamuna Elbe Project, a project about two rivers – Elbe in Hamburg and the Yamuna in Delhi in 2011-12.
In his engagement with the eco-politics of water, Bhalla has been pushing for various thematic links through his multifaceted practice. Primarily using photography the artist explores histories and associative meanings of sites of everyday living, building narratives through performance and many times using text as well. His own body becomes a vessel in these explorations, as he photographs himself standing, sitting, lying or immersed in these spaces. He is particularly interested in the juncture where history makes itself visible in the present, not in a direct narrative manner but almost sublimely, where history is taken for granted despite its many implications which are in contrast to today's world view.
He has published two books on his performance works, Yamuna Walk by University Washington Press, and What will be my Defeat by GFLK Galerie für Lanschaftskunst Hamburg. The artist lives and works in New Delhi.
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"A solar array is something I might never have considered if not recommended by McKinstry," states Kevin Smith, Howard County judge. "I commend them for finding a way to introduce a renewable energy source that, above all else, provides real cost-savings, which allow the county to pay for critical maintenance and upgrades with zero cost burden for taxpayers. This project will have a profound impact on our county courthouse and several other key county facilities for years to come."
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If you go back far enough, the ancestors of all people trace to Africa. That much is clear. We are all Africans. But there's been considerable room for debate about exactly when and how many times modern humans made their way out of Africa to take up residence in distant locations throughout the world. It's also unclear what evolutionary or other factors might have driven our human ancestors to set off on such a perilous and uncertain journey (or journeys) in the first place.
By analyzing 787 newly sequenced complete human genomes representing more than 280 diverse and understudied populations, three new studies—two of which received NIH funding—now help to fill in some of those missing pages of our evolutionary history. The genomic evidence suggests that the earliest human inhabitants of Eurasia came from Africa and began to diverge genetically at least 50,000 years ago. While the new studies differ somewhat in their conclusions, the findings also lend support to the notion that our modern human ancestors dispersed out of Africa primarily in a single migratory event. If an earlier and ultimately failed voyage occurred, it left little trace in the genomes of people alive today.
In one of the three studies published in Nature [1], NIH grantee David Reich of Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues report on the genome sequences of 300 people from 142 different populations around the globe. The DNA samples, part of the Simons Genome Diversity Project, were carefully chosen to span much of the variation in human genetics, language, and culture. In a stroke of good timing, David spoke at NIH this past week, so I had a chance to query him about these results.
The new analysis of this diverse DNA dataset suggests that the ancestors of all present-day humans had slowly begun to split into distinct populations as long as 200,000 years ago. By 100,000 years ago, the ancestors of some contemporary human populations, including various populations of hunter-gatherers within Africa, already showed substantial differences at the genetic level. That's well before the archaeological evidence shows signs of more modern human behavior, including use of more complex tools and ornaments, such as necklaces.
As for people outside of Africa, the researchers estimate that the most ancient genetic differences go back about 50,000 years. That's consistent with earlier evidence that modern humans made their way from Africa into Eurasia at about that time.
All three studies weigh in on the long-standing debate among experts over whether the ancestors of Aborigines in Australia and Papuans in New Guinea might have departed Africa some 120,000 or 130,000 years ago, well prior to the event that brought the first people to Eurasia. Reich and his colleagues report no evidence in their sequence data for such an earlier dispersal of modern humans.
That's the general conclusion also of a second Nature report led by Eske Willerslev of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark [2]. Willerslev and colleagues generated high quality genomes for 83 Aborigines and 25 individual Papuans covering most of the Australian continent and the New Guinea Highlands. They estimated that Aborigines and Papuans have been separated for the last 37,000 years, long before the physical split of their shared ancient continent known as Sahul. The researchers further concluded that Australian Aborigines and Papuans from New Guinea diverged from Eurasians about 58,000 years ago, consistent with the hypothesis of a single out-of-Africa excursion.
In the third Nature study [3], Luca Pagani and Mait Metspalu of the Estonian Biocentre in Tartu and their colleagues analyzed 483 human genomes (including 379 newly generated genome sequences). Collectively, the genomes represented 125 populations from around the world.
They propose a slightly different model, including echoes of a potential earlier migration. While their analyses suggest that the genomes of modern Papuans derive primarily from a single migration of humans out of Africa, they report traces of DNA—accounting for at least 2 percent of the Papuan genome—reflecting a perhaps earlier and otherwise extinct out-of-Africa migration. These results lead them to suggest that modern humans living outside of Africa more than 75,000 years ago may have contributed a little bit of ancestry to non-Africans living today.
As for what might have driven our ancestors to make such an uncertain voyage all those years ago, of course we'll never have the full story. But Reich and colleagues say they see no evidence that one or a few major genetic mutations would have produced any shift in human traits and behavior since the time of that fateful departure. Instead, they contend it's more likely that cultural and environmental changes exerted a selective influence on mating and survival, and so were most likely to be the ultimate driving forces spurring the transformations that made Homo sapiens who we are today.
[1] The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations. Mallick S et al. Nature. 21 September 2016. [Epub ahead of print]
[2] Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia. Pagani L et al. Nature. 21 September 2016. [Epub ahead of print]
[3] A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia. Malaspinas AS et al. Nature. 21 September 2016. [Epub ahead of print]
Simons Genome Diversity Project (Simons Foundation, New York, NY)
Reich Lab (Harvard Medical School, Boston)
Estonian Biocentre (Tartu, Estonia)
Eske Willerslev (Natural History Museum of Denmark)
NIH Support: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Tags: Aborigines, Africa, anthropology, Australia, DNA, DNA analysis, Euroasia, evolution, evolutionary biology, genome, genomic history, genomics, human ancestry, human evolution, human genetics, human migration, hunter gatherer, molecular anthropology, New Guinea, Out of Africa, Papuans, population genetics, Sahul, Simons Genome Diversity Project
Martha says:
Hmm, I feel thrilled after reading this article on the discovery of us. The development of Human Beings always fascinates me .. Keep posting such enthusiastic articles.
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Casinos in Botswana
Botswana is one of Africa's success stories; a city of contrasted natural aura, ample supplies, additionally a swift-arising tourist region, engrossed by its proximity to South Africa and also by its breathtaking game reserves and national parks. Botswana casinos are a growing region of the economy, and casinos have advanced in several cities in the country, such as the capital, Gaborone, and the northern capital, Francis Town. Accordingly, the Botswana government has taken grand measures to ensure that the buildup of Botswana casinos pursues in line with the growing amounts of faraway tourists.
Francis Town is the biggest city in northern Botswana and also home to 2 casinos, the Marang Hotel, and also the Admiral at the Thapama Hotel. The city was the site of southern Africa's 1st "gold rush" in the mid nineteenth century, which appealed to visitors from all around the world in search of their fortune. Gravely for them, the gold proved perplexing and highly priced to mine, and most of the mining operations fell into disuse, although a handful remain. Today, the casinos of Francis Town give persons with the opportunity to strike it lucky; there is still gold here, if you are only privileged enough to find it!
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Africans adore betting, and Botswana casinos are set up to charm locals and gamblers from foreign. Acknowledging this, the government has been mindful not to overburden the Botswana casino industry with established codes and red tape, despite the fact that the industry has obviously efficiently been reviewed to certify that it upholds the largest manner of probity. Consequently, the Botswana casino sector continues to grow to meet the expectation of persons from all over, eager to find their fortune, like the prospectors of old.


Cirilia Rose is the brand ambassador for Woolyarns, a New Zealand mill, which develops and promotes singular yarns for hand knitters. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
So not only do we have twenty-five patterns—many of them timeless and some of them quirky—we also have a lot of attentive commentary on color selection, styling tips, and useful info on substituting yarns. This is one new book that I would highly recommend. Not only for the patterns, but especially for the spirit of the book and the thoughtful way Cirilia Rose approaches her knitting and explains her process.
I very much enjoyed reading it and admiring all the designs, so many beautiful knits.
Well-known knitwear designer Rose explores her myriad inspirations in this collection of 25 fashionable knitting projects that show the potential in beautiful yarn. Rose divides her projects into three categories—magpies, for projects that use the small bits of yarn that many knitters collect over the years; homebodies, for projects intended to evoke the comforts of home; and nomads, for projects that draw inspiration from street style, both American and international. The designs are fashionable yet accessible and there's a pleasing blend of accessories and garments. Standouts include the charming studio pullover, which incorporates unspun, curly locks of wool as a heart-shaped motif on a sweater, and the sophisticated loro vest, which features a combination of cables, lace, and moss stitch. VERDICT Rose has an engaging and unusual point of view. Unlike many knitting writers, her narrative sections are as interesting as her patterns—and the styling and photographs are marvelous.
Magpies, Homebodies, and Nomads: A Modern Knitter's Guide to Discovering and Exploring Style 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
Love her photos, designs, knitting, unique beautiful pieces of art.


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Emily Spry on crowd control in Sierra Leone.
I haven't written for a month, but that is certainly not because there hasn't been anything going on at the children's hospital in Freetown. Rather, it is the opposite. It is hard to sit and reflect when there is so much going on. I'll try to write up a few of the things from the past month that really stick in my mind.
As you know, one month ago Sierra Leone took a bold step and started to provide free healthcare for children under 5, and pregnant, and lactating women. As the only paediatric hospital in the country, with a huge deprived population on our doorstep, the children's hospital was always going to find itself very popular once user fees were removed.
Nonetheless, I have to admit that I froze, my heart in my mouth, as I swung through the gates on the first day and saw the throng of mothers filling the car park. These brightly dressed women (and the occasional father) all had babies in their arms or, more often, tied onto their backs with lappas. Toddlers stood or sat on the paving at their feet.
Thus, the first issue for free care was crowd control. We had rearranged the front entrance to the hospital so that there was a much larger area for registration and triage, with rows of newly-made benches, and wooden posts with string, festooned with ribbons in the national colours.
But we hadn't quite foreseen how large the crowd would be or how keenly they would press on the doors. Our few security staff were taken by surprise and found it hard to cope. There were squabbles and even some physical fights when some mothers felt that others were pushing ahead unfairly.
We were fortunate to have the services of the local policemen for the first week. They were polite, helpful, and very tall. Our previously-ignored instructions to the crowd (all babies under 2 months to come to the front, everyone else to form an orderly line etc) were quickly followed when these boys in bright blue turned up. Hastily-constructed barriers (concrete blocks and bush poles) also helped to mark out where people were supposed to queue.
The second issue was more difficult; the sheer numbers.
The government free health care initiative includes all health facilities and there are numerous peripheral health units all over Freetown also charged with treating children for free. But, we are told, people want to come to the hospital.
Certainly some people brought kids who were not sick; some apparently believed that talk of a "basic healthcare package" meant that they would, literally, be given a package of goodies if they attended. Some believed that they needed to register before a certain deadline to be able to use the free services in the future.
There was cheating too; someone was arrested for selling drugs obtained by taking the same child to several health facilities. And there were the inevitable rumours that Guineans were coming across the border to take advantage (Every country is suspicious of its neighbours and Sierra Leone is no exception).
But, as the days went by and the initial crush reduced slightly, most people brought their kids because they believed that they were sick.
This is a pressing dilemma. On the one hand, there are a lot of sick kids in Sierra Leone who are not getting medical treatment, too many of whom die as a result; this was the motivation for the whole endeavour. On the other hand, the hospital and its staff can only provide care of any quality to a certain number of patients per day.
For a few days, everyone can bust a gut, see a 70 patients, stay late into the evening, sweating it out in the outpatient consulting rooms. But eventually things have to return to a more normal level. The staff start getting exhausted and sick themselves. Mistakes increase, things get missed, no one has time to review the patients who are admitted to the wards because they are too busy admitting more.
Almost immediately, we decided that we had to start going through the queue and, based on WHO criteria, start sending only the "priority" cases inside and advising the "routine" cases to go to their local health centre. Emergency cases went straight up to the ER as usual.
It wasn't easy. These are people who might never have brought their children to government health services before because of the fees. And now they're being told that they can't come in to the hospital. We don't want to put them off; we want them to come back if their kid gets really sick.
Mothers who had queued for hours seemed to take the news surprisingly well from me, but many got angry with the Sierra Leonan nurses, saying that they were keeping the drugs for themselves and not allowing the people to have what they were owed. Rather stupidly, I got sunburnt, standing out in the car park for so long.
It is a world away from my last job in general practice in Mill Hill, North London, where there was not much chance of occupational sunburn. It's been an amazing experience but there is part of me that is looking forward to just seeing patients again and dealing with one problem at a time.
Emily Spry is a doctor from London who has taken a year out of her General Practice Specialty Training Programme to live and work in Sierra Leone, West Africa. She is working for the Welbodi Partnership, a charity which supports the main government Children's Hospital in a country where more than one quarter of children die before their fifth birthday.
What we are reading: 28 May 2010
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AgraFlora Organics Wholly Owned Subsidiary AAA Heidelberg Inc. to Acquire High Quality Cannabis Strains
C.AGRA | January 22, 2019
Canada NewsWire
VANCOUVER, Jan. 22, 2019
VANCOUVER, Jan. 22, 2019 /CNW/ - AgraFlora Organics International Inc. (formerly PUF Ventures Inc.) (the "Company") (CSE: AGRA) (Frankfurt: PU31) (OTCPK: PUFXF), a growth oriented and diversified international cannabis company, is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary, AAA Heidelberg Inc. is preparing to acquire a high-quality strain of cannabis to begin cultivation at its 8,800 square foot facility in London, Ontario.
"After receiving our license in October, we have been working to prepare the facility in London and identify the premiere stain for our first crop of high-quality boutique cannabis," said Chris Hornung, President of AAA Heidelberg Inc. "AAA is a boutique, small-batch, craft grower and our strategy is to produce high-quality cannabis with unique genetics demanding a premium price. Our team is in place, the facility is ready to go, and we are in the process of finalizing a distinct strain of high-quality cannabis. We are very excited to be procuring the seedlings to begin our first crop and look forward to a very productive year in 2019."
"With AAA Heidelberg and Propagation Services Canada both preparing for their first cannabis crops, AgraFlora will begin generating significant revenues in 2019," said Derek Ivany, President and CEO of AgraFlora Organics International Inc. "Our business in Canada is taking shape and we will soon have more than 250,000 square feet of growing area under cannabis production. We can now move our focus to the international markets where we have made considerable progress in Europe. We are also focusing on improving our extensive genetic library by adding unique cannabis genetics from Latin America. I have been in Colombia for a number of weeks sourcing exotic cannabis genetics/strains and will have more to announce in the near future."
AAA Heidelberg owns an 8,800 square foot indoor growing facility in London, Ontario. The facility has the most up-to-date growing and security technologies available and meets the highest level of pharmaceutical standards. It features a state-of-the-art HVAC system, a Surna Water Chilled Climate Control system and a security system that meets or exceeds all requirements demanded by Health Canada. These systems are backbone of the facility's automated control for the complete operations of the growing process.
This announcement follows the Health Canada grant of a cultivation license to AAA Heidelberg on October 15, 2018 and the acquisition of the remaining interest in AAA Heidelberg by AgraFlora on December 15, 2018.
In Delta, BC AgraFlora continues to work with its joint venture partners to convert an existing 2,200,000 square foot tomato greenhouse complex to cannabis production. The first phase of the retrofit is on schedule to complete 250,000 sq. ft. of flowering area by the summer of 2019. Propagation Services Canada intends on completing the total of 1,700,000 sq. ft. of flowering area by the end of 2019 and the final phase of the greenhouse retrofit is planned to include an additional 450,000 sq. ft. of flowering area scheduled for completion in the summer of 2020.
On January 7, 2019 the Company announced that management had initiated discussions regarding supply agreements and product development partnerships with several European Union based pharma companies. The discussions have advanced on both fronts and the management team will be travelling to Europe in early February to finalize potential agreements.
About AgraFlora Organics International Inc.
AgraFlora Organics International Inc. is a growth oriented and diversified company focused on the international cannabis industry. It owns an indoor cultivation operation in London, ON and is a joint venture partner in Propagation Service Canada and its large-scale 2,200,000 sq. ft. greenhouse complex in Delta, BC. The Company has a successful record of creating shareholder value and is actively pursuing other opportunities within the cannabis industry. For more information please visit: www.agraflora.com.
Derek Ivany
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Have you ever wanted to run your own radio station? This October the FCC is opening a window in which anyone can apply for to create their own low-power FM radio station. It could result in thousands of new radio stations. We visit current LPFM stations, and find out how you can get involved.
50 years after the March on Washington, historians are still defining the legacy of the civil rights movement, and of Dr. Martin Luther King. Syndicated columnist Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American culture, but has been overlooked… until now. On this edition, Williams speaks about his book, 1963: The Year of Hope & Hostility.
Combat, chemicals, and corporations; a special program in honor of Agent Orange Day. We'll look at the multigenerational legacy of Agent Orange -- a toxic defoliant used by the United States military in the jungles of Vietnam.


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Join us for Sparkling Sunday Brunch at Fratelli Ponzi Fine Food & Wine Bar. 21+ wine pairing 5-course brunch.
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We offer a deep selection of wines curated to complement our menu, along with draught Oregon microbrews and direct fair trade roasted coffee. Our wine list extends from Dundee Hills and Chehalem Mountains producers to other great wine regions of the world. We source locally as well as internationally and buy whenever possible direct from the producer to reduce transit, cost and waste.
As our menus often change every day - please note that our online menus may vary slightly from our daily menu. Our sister company, Fratelli Ponzi Fine Food & Wine Bar offers substantial appetizers, a wine centric Sunday brunch and different wine list available in flights, by the glass and to purchase retail. Fratelli Ponzi Importers supplies our kitchen with extra virgin olive oil direct from Michel and Rebecca Ponzi's Italian estate, along with selected coffee, chocolate and organic, non-GMO pasta made from heritage wheat.


Arctander has this to say "Oakmoss products are used extensively in perfumery. They form important parts of the notes in all fougere, chypre, or "moss" perfumes, and they are common ingredients in colognes, crepe de Chines, forest notes, new mown hay, pine fragrances, lavender bouqets, Oriental bases, fancy or modern bases, etc. They can lend body and naturalness, rich pleasant undertones and high fixative value in numerous types of floral fragrances as well.
Origin: The lichens which produce this absolute are found on oak and many other trees, mostly around the Mediterranean.
Totally amazing. A litte goes a long way. Wintergreen and moss notes. Very natural and unique and most of all strong.
Oakmoss absolute is one of my favourite fixatives. From bottle, it begins with intensely green, slightly sweet & sour type smell. There is also top notes of peppers.
Interestingly, to my nose, it begin slowly. But within two minutes, it blooms on my skin.
– from memory, it lasts 10+ hours on my skin.
I made my first Chypre attar with it. If you like Chypre or green perfume, you ought to give it a go.


Jerry Woodrome and Andy Hoffman are enjoying every moment of being Envision's National Industries for the Blind 2017 Employee of the Year nominees. Andy, especially, finds a way to mention it in most every conversation, and that's a good thing.
They have reason to beam with pride. They are now part of an elite group of employees at NIB-associated agencies across the country whose personal success represents everything NIB and the AbilityOne program are about.
Jerry is this year's Peter J. Salmon Employee of the Year Award winner. The award was established in 1968 to honor the late Dr. Salmon, one of the nation's outstanding advocates for people who are blind. He was instrumental in the passage of the Wagner-O'Day Act in 1938 and the formation of NIB, serving on the NIB board of directors in its early years.
In 21 years with Envision, Jerry has never failed to provide excellent support for his co-workers and supervisors as well as serving as a mentor to his peers. These attributes, and Jerry's ability to remain calm and focused under pressure, raise the bar for other employees and foster a positive work culture.
Although not a member of any formal committees at Envision, Jerry continually seeks areas for improvement, particularly in terms of safety and accessibility for his co-workers who are blind.
Andy was selected to receive the indirect labor Milton J. Samuelson Career Achievement Award. Established in 1966, this award is presented annually to an employee who demonstrates career advancement at an NIB-associated agency or in the community.
A customer service representative at Envision for the past five years, Andy is passionate about solutions and resources for employees who are blind or visually impaired. Andy is an advocate for other employees as well as himself and is not shy about suggesting ways to improve processes and the work environment.
Andy lives the Envision mission to improve the quality of life of people who are blind and visually impaired through employment, outreach, rehabilitation, education and research. Andy is a great ambassador for Envision who shares his time and talents by volunteering at Heather's Camp, Envision Kid's Club and Envision's high school and middle school assistive technology camps in the summer.
Just as Jerry and Andy are honored to be the 2017 Employees of the Year, Envision is equally proud of their ongoing efforts to promote excellence within the Envision family.