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"Fortress Europe: The Big Shiny Prison Volume II"
by Brett Stevens on January 30, 2013
FORTRESS EUROPE (The Big Shiny Prison Vol II)' is the sequel to 2009's 'THE BIG SHINY PRISON (Volume One)' and chronicles the authors journey through the European Counterculture in 2011.
This is a nonfiction road book/music journalism expose which defies all conventions, existing in the territory of Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road,' Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas.' This modern version of such writing follows author Ryan Bartek as he reveals a postmodern, dystopian vision of the European counterculture while interviewing a number of living legends face to face and drudging through the gutters of society.
'FORTRESS EUROPE (The Big Shiny Prison Vol. II)' covers all forms of extreme metal, punk rock, industrial, experimental, rock & electronic and features appearances/interviews with members of Brutal Truth, Master, Agathocles, Wolfbrigade, Rotting Christ, Killing Joke, Funeral Winds, Nahemah, Enochian Crescent, Moonsorrow, LAIBACH, Defeated Sanity, First Blood, Hello Bastards, Abortion, Panthiest, Arkangel, HATE, Repulsione, Dehuman, General Surgery, Corpus Christii, Fides Inversa, Excavated, Primordial, Splitter, Pyramido, Black Breath, Ingurgitating Oblivion, El Schlong, Spacemen 3 & legendary Detroit writer/60's radical John Sinclair and more.
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Metal Command says:
This description makes it sound like no one involved saw a hot shower during the whole time. Soap? What's that? I don't want to be a bourgeois metaller, but I like being clean, and grindcore likes squatting in its own bodily waste.
A. G. says:
Relax, dude. It's not like the book comes with grease stains.
This guy is pretty cool, but it is a little bit unfortunate that he's projecting his American "liberal vs conservative" social paradigm onto European culture. Oh well – that aside, I like the spirit of his project.

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Let's Talk About M-Corp (on Dave)
The following article is intended for those watching at Dave pace. UKTV Play viewers should keep the comments spoiler-free until broadcast. More info.
Hello there, Dave viewers. I must admit I'm slightly envious – you've got two episodes of Series XII left, and the rest of us have only got one. All that will change at 9pm tonight on Dave, and we'll all briefly be in the same boat for about forty minutes after the episode airs. As usual, this is the thread for viewers of all paces to register their thoughts on the episode, but the UKTV Play lot should be wary of giving anything away before broadcast.
After the episode airs, do catch up with the Play-paced discussion thread, listen to last Friday's Live Instant Reaction DwarfCast, and have a good old read of John's in-depth written review. This cycle will shortly begin to turn one last time, and the Play-paced discussion thread for Skipper will be along as the sweet sound of Jenna Russell floats from our televisions, ahead of the episode's release at around 10:20pm.
Tags: m-corp, red dwarf xii, spoilers-dave
9th November 2017, 9:00 by Ian Symes 44 comments
44 Responses to Let's Talk About M-Corp (on Dave)
Dollar Pound / November 9, 2017 at 11:18 pm / #
si / November 9, 2017 at 11:42 pm / #
Oh yeah, M-Corp was on telly tonight, wasn't it? We've all been too busy getting ready for Skipper that no-one's mentioned it.
So, er, yeah. Everything I said on the UKTV Play thread, but on TV.
Dollar Pound / November 10, 2017 at 7:33 am / #
i'm so stubborn
Stephen Abootman / November 10, 2017 at 5:07 pm / #
Just watched this as been away for the last couple of weeks (got back today and not really slept in the last 24 hours so perhaps not the best time to) & here are some notes from the recording that may or may not have been mentioned:
– The first scene featured Lister eating breakfast and sulking a bit with Rimmer pointing out that he's dead so Lister's better off than him.
– In the med room, Rimmer tricks Lister into finding out when he'll die (Chippy asks if he wants to know and Rimmer says 'beer?' so Lister replies 'go on then'.)
– When Rimmer is turned back on after reboot, I think they used the old Windows boot up sound (a fairly long monotone one)
– Pretty sure that Kryten said that whatever it was he found in the Captain's quarter was hidden by doughnuts.
– Bit hard to explain but they did a still shot of Lister on the sleeping quarters floor after he collapsed and it kind of looked like he was humping it (despite not moving) and people started giggling and Craig looked up with a big grin on his face.
– According to Robert, the script said "Kryten lifts the lid to reveal a zillion chips". Doug then stopped the scene during filming as there were too many chips.
Ben Saunders / November 10, 2017 at 5:52 pm / #
There were rather a lot of chips.
Pete Part Three / November 10, 2017 at 6:01 pm / #
I don't like the chips. They're the wrong shape, and they're just awful.
What I don't like about the scene is that it's JUST chips. Who eats a massive plate of JUST chips? No sausage, no fish, no king rib? Not very appetising. I think I've figured out the reason I don't like M-Corp as much now, honestly.
cwickham / November 10, 2017 at 8:06 pm / #
Later on in the scene Lister seems to be eating something that definitely isn't chips, but some sort of meat.
Dave / November 10, 2017 at 8:43 pm / #
Well at least it's fresh puke.
Stephen Abootman / November 10, 2017 at 10:43 pm / #
I think it's steak, Craig was having a lot of trouble chewing it to the point that they had to halt some scenes as he couldn't get his words out.
m-corp takes the krysis slot, the spookycool episode. m-corp is better tho. m-corp is the goodsmeg. even m-corp has one of those lines that just clunk like the incorrect sound effect from a quiz show goes off in everyone's head. what's with that? it just comes out of no-where. reminds you of the end, and then literally restages the end at the end. bleak and weird and funny.
reprazent
Flap Jack / November 11, 2017 at 3:02 pm / #
I've been wanting to say something in this thread since I saw it, but I've been struggling to think of things to say other than "love this, love that, this is good, ooh I liked that bit!". A* episode. It's hard to argue that this isn't the best of the Dave era (assuming Skipper doesn't beat it when it comes on TV next week). Excellent concept, good pacing, near-perfect balance of comedy and drama, all 4 leads get enough screen time. Just wonderful.
So, given a couple of days to think about it, here are my random extra thoughts:
– Chippy was definitely one of the best sentient appliances, I'd be happy for it to make a return, as there a plenty of plot reasons for a character to need medical assistance. Could've used it in Fathers & Suns, Can of Worms, Epideme etc.
– This made me think, is there a real distinction in Dwarf between sentient appliances like vending machines, Talkie Toaster, Skutters etc., deliberately humanoid robots like Kryten, and almost wholly software-based beings like Holly or medi-bot – or is that just a human prejudice? If there is, in which Category does Snacky belong? What about Rimmer? (P.S. BRING BACK SNACKY.)
– It didn't really make sense that The Cat in particular would become silent and invisible to Lister (not only is Cat a registered crew member by this point, but even an M-Corp ship should be expected to encounter non-M-Corp-employees at one point or another), but the results are so good I don't care. I'm willing to buy that this was a fully intentional psychological attack on Lister, to condition him to accept the teleport.
– The "piecing together Lister's personality/memories from security footage" idea didn't really scan as an explanation. I'd find it more believable that Kryten could take a back-up of Lister's current mind, and very slowly pick out and reassemble the uncorrupted parts. But either way, it was definitely worth getting that ending scene.
– Given that memories are brought up, and M-Corp specifically messes with Lister's brain, imagine if they had erased all non-M-Corp products from his memory, too? You could get a whole new episode out of that idea!
– I agree with the conclusion that the "lol women speak more than men" line was sexist and gratuitous. Doug should have really given that one further thought, or the script editor should have raised objections.
– On the subject of word counts, am I right in thinking that Lister's daily word limit of 200 is the same as the number Holly said he shared with Kochanski in Balance of Power? (Prior to the DNA/Psirens/Ouroboros retcon of course.) Nice coincidence if so.
– I'm really curious if any of the invisibility effects were done live, and if so, how? Was there a lot of green screen all over the place? Definitely looking forward to the DVD for that one.
– It was mentioned in the Dwarfcast that Cat looking like he was making a "wanking off" motion when he was shaking up the lager can was an unintentional joke… but was it? I definitely interpreted this as the primary intended joke as I was watching it.
Anyway, can't wait for Skipper! Except I obviously can wait, because I'm not watching the UKTV Play version. But I'm still excited. So far Series XII is 4 for 4. =D
– It was mentioned in the Dwarfcast that Cat looking like he was making a "wanking off" motion when he was shaking up the lager can was an unintentional joke… but was it?
Definitely an intentional visual gag. I'll eat my fucking shoes if it isn't.
Yeah, even if it wasn't intended in the script, there's no way it wasn't intended in the performance. It would've been noticed immediately in rehearsal.
Seb Patrick / November 11, 2017 at 9:32 pm / #
>What I don't like about the scene is that it's JUST chips. Who eats a massive plate of JUST chips?
I went to the chippy tonight and while I was waiting for my char sui fu yung and chips there were at LEAST two people who came in and just bought portions of chips and nothing else. So yah boo sucks to you.
>I went to the chippy tonight and while I was waiting for my char sui fu yung and chips there were at LEAST two people who came in and just bought portions of chips and nothing else. So yah boo sucks to you.
Yeah, a portion of chips though. What Lister was eating is more than a portion. And Kryten made it for him to be nice, you'd think he'd throw some fish on there or something. Also what the hell kind of chippy serves char sui fu yung, a foodstuff I had to google, and can you give me the exact opening times and address please
bloodteller / November 11, 2017 at 9:57 pm / #
yeah i had to google char sui fu yung too. why would a chippy serve that?
Dollar Pound / November 11, 2017 at 10:27 pm / #
vegan fish and chips
shout out for the normal cloche and also kryten's krysis cloche is hanging up by the sink when lister is preparing his beans. it's cos it's ep 5
if these ep 5s were ep 2s, would it get you on a roll to liking the other eps more?
The idea of a vegan fish and chip shop is bleaker than being the last human being alive three million years from earth with only a computer to keep you company
bloodteller / November 11, 2017 at 11:14 pm / #
isn't vegan fish and chips just chips and chips
"less choice than a vegan fish and chip shop"
Can I get a lettuce supper and a can of water, please
i asked my vegan friend about this and she said you wouldn't even be able to do chips at a vegan fish and chip shop, because of the oils or something like that
so it'd just be a nothing shop, really
Jonsmad / November 12, 2017 at 12:53 am / #
My new Head Cannon…
Kryten becomes Invisible to Lister along with all non Mcorp tech. Unseen by Lister he removes Talkie toaster from garbage hold and Installs him in the sleeping quarters, making good on his mechocracy election promise lister unable to hear the toaster forcing grilled bread at him , makes some toast in him for the first time in decades with beans. Before lister is reverted to being 23, and proceeds to twat the toaster regularly for talking or singing or anything, eventually strapping him to a skipper device and sending him off to the dimension where every single denial of toast from lister was actually the opposite decision of a toastaholic Lister.
Bexley Heath / November 12, 2017 at 5:16 pm / #
http://www.messyvegancook.com/vegan-fish-and-chips-in-london/
I've had this, it's pretty good.
Taiwan Tony / November 12, 2017 at 7:08 pm / #
>Well at least it's fresh puke.
God, you're dumb.
Oh now.
>yeah i had to google char sui fu yung too. why would a chippy serve that?
Because it's a Chinese chippy, as many of the chippies on Merseyside are.
This doesn't seem to be as much of a thing in the south. When I lived in London you had chippies or you had Chinese takeaways that also did chips, but you didn't get proper Chinese chippies the way you do here. They serve the full standard range of "English" chip shop fare (and do it better than anyone, frankly), but they also do Chinese food. As such, you can get a fu yung or a chow mein with proper chip shop chips.
i suppose that makes sense, don't know if there are any chinese chip shops in my town though.
mind you, i once overheard someone say they had "bean sprouts and chips" so maybe there's just some chip shop i'm missing out on
Maybe they actually had beans, sprouts, and chips.
You'd have to crack a window open after that, wouldn't you.
Lily / November 12, 2017 at 10:29 pm / #
This doesn't seem to be as much of a thing in the south. When I lived in London ….
London isn't the south. I'm a southerner and most towns I've lived in have had that fish & chip shop that also does Chinese. Pretty standard practice in places that aren't quite big enough to provide a customer base for two takeaways.
si / November 13, 2017 at 1:46 am / #
London isn't the south.
It's souther than the north.
Hamish / November 13, 2017 at 5:50 am / #
And here I am in the Great White North, an hours drive west from the most northerly city with any significant population in Canada, and I am still technically south of Manchester when compared on a globe.
Now isn't geography fun?
Flap Jack / November 13, 2017 at 7:48 am / #
Yeah, a portion of chips though. What Lister was eating is more than a portion.
I for one am shocked – SHOCKED – that Red Dwarf would resort to the low art of exaggeration. What purpose does it serve to move straight from Lister being warned about looking after his health to Lister eating a massive pile of one type of fried food? None that I can think of. It completely undermines the character of David Lister, who – as we all know – has only been depicted as having totally realistic and relatable eating habits up until now.
Dave / November 13, 2017 at 7:56 am / #
They could have taken the potatoes used to make those chips and made a comically-sized giant plate of mash instead.
But Red Dwarf would never stoop so low.
I know, right? It's fucking ridiculous. Robots, I can believe in. Holograms, I can believe. But one man eating that amount of chips?? It's just absurd. Talk about suspension of disbelief! That is Series VIII levels of silliness.
Honestly though, some of the Bodyswap food stuff I find (almost) a bit much. Mostly the stuff in deleted scenes, though, if I remember rightly. I find "a whole pound of butter" fucking hilarious, but pouring gravy on your head is a bit silly.
I watch Red Dwarf for hard-hitting gritty realistic sci-fi, clearly.
bloodteller / November 13, 2017 at 8:24 am / #
honestly i could eat that amount of chips
just watch me
kryten can't pick up small amounts of things with his big old chip shovel hands
Now there's a small point: Is it just me or have Kryten's hands gotten bigger
Seb Patrick / November 13, 2017 at 9:23 am / #
>London isn't the south.
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Q: IntelliJ downloads all the jars from my local maven repo to the system/jars folder I am new to intelliJ and trying to import maven projects. IntelliJ downloads all the jars from my local maven repo to the system/jars folder. Which is getting huge.
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Mr Harish Bijoor touched on the basics of advertising and explored the present, past as well its future with special refer- ence to the representation of men in Indian media over the years.
The different events that were held during the meet were Ad-Centric (paper presentation), Adzap (Ice breaker), Ad making (viral video competition), iQ (Quiz), Pitch it Right, workshops based on ad photography, social media marketing, print ads, audio visuals, etc.
The key event for media meet was the panel discussion held on 3rd September which was moderated by Prof Anil Pinto. The panelists for the evening were Ms.SnehaIype, Ms.Valerie Pinto, Mr.VikramSood, Mr. VimalParathsarathy and Mr.VipulThakkar.
The Battle of Creativity truly brought out the talents and skills of the participants and got together students from various parts of the country in a sprit of harmony and togetherness.
The seventh Media Conclave was held at the Ohio conference hall at 10 a.m. on September 10, 2011. Research papers were presented by the Traditional Media team under the guidance of Prof. Naresh Rao and in the presence of the guest of honor Mr. Chandan Nandy- Chief News Editor, The Deccan Herald, Bangalore, and other faculties of the Media Studies department of Christ University.
Students presented paper on topics like: Community radio- A key to rural development, The perception of colors in newspapers and Are ads on television more effective than ads in print?
Following the presentation, the guest lecture was delivered by Mr. Chandan Nandy who spoke about the changes in journalism over the years. He stressed on the point that newspapers should be open to all kinds of ideas, story ideas, and subject matter and so on, hence stressing that the news from rural regions should also be given importance. He also stressed that journalism cannot be taught in a class and so, students should be asked to do extensive field work.
Following the speech, Mr. Nandy along with Prof. Naresh Rao released special copies of the University news letter 'Commix' by the students of First M.S. Communication.
On 9th September 2011, Transtalkies held the film screening of the Documentary film "Partners in crime" directed by Ms Paromita Vohra. Ms Paromita Vohra herself was present to present her film. Paromita Vohra is a documentary filmmaker and writer based in Mumbai whose films explore issues of politics, feminism, culture and desire.
Partners in Crime explores the grey horizons of copyright and culture in times when technology is changing the contours of the market. The film also takes you through a story about art, crime, love and money which is running the piracy market be it a pirated DVD openly available of the pre released film or "inspiration" from old songs which is blended with modern orchestra and becomes a super hit.
The film was well made and it presented a serious topic with a little humor without diluting the importance of the issue, which was Piracy and ownership intellectual rights.
All the hard work put in by the post graduate students of the Department of computer Science has finally paid dividends. The annual national IT festival GATEWAYS 2011 was inaugurated by Mr. Tilak K, Chair, University Relationships Nokia-Siemens Networks. This academic year saw the organization of a festival that surpassed all expectations and boundaries. This was propelled with a turnout of 34 colleges and 298 students taking part from across the country. Gateways this year saw the organization of events such as IT Quiz, Paper Presentation, Dumb Charades, Gaming, Web Page Designing, Best Manager and a lot more along with the added attraction introduced this year- Gateways Carnival, made this fest more exciting than it has ever been before with double the fun, excitement and experience with its attempt to make its presence felt not only throughout the campus but in the entire city as well.
There was a festive feel within the campus with the Gateways Carnival being organized. It was also aimed to involve all the other Christites, at the same time spreading the festive spirit. The carnival was filled with fun, games, pomp and show. A few cultural performances by the post graduate students of the Computer Science Department added to the success and colors of Gateways. With the organization team going all out in the marketing this year, the publicity of Gateways extended not only across the campus but right through the city.
Blossoms start with an Intra Departmental Cultural Fest and culminates in to an Inter Deanery Competitions. This includes Music, Dance, Literary, Art & Theater events. Under the above mentioned categories, we had twenty different events organized last year which are as follows: Rangoli, Triology, Cartooning, Pot Painting, Collage, Flower arrangement, Short story/essay/poetry, Extempore, Debate, Potpourri, Dumb Charade, Jam, Quiz, Indian Music, Western music- electric, Western music- acoustic, Indian dance, Mime, Street Theater & Proscenium Theater.
For the last two consecutive years, CUIM has bagged the OVERALL WINNERS - TROPHY!
We are looking forward to a hat-trick win this year too..!
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The CNN Democratic presidential debate just wrapped up with a plethora of candidates battling it out in hopes of replacing President Trump. Instead of hosting an informative debate, CNN managed to turn it into more of a political reality show which could have been entitled Keeping Up with the Kandidates.
With 20 Democratic candidates stunting for the presidential nomination, CNN took advantage of their desperation to try and distinguish themselves from the competition. The CNN moderators, Jake Tapper, Dana Bash, and Don Lemon, encouraged infighting. They continually used questions that were based on their previous criticisms of each other.
One of the most critical face-offs occurred when the conversation turned to criminal justice reform, and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hi.) took this as her chance to call out Kamala Harris' (D-Ca.) hypocrisy.
Gabbard stated, "Senator Harris says she's proud of her record as a prosecutor and that she'll be a prosecutor president. But I'm deeply concerned about this record. There are too many examples to cite, but for one, she put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations. Then laughed when she was asked if she had ever smoked marijuana. She blocked evidence. She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so. She kept people in prison beyond their sentences to use them as cheap labor for the state of California."
While Harris is a former prosecutor, the media has rebranded her as a warrior for criminal justice reform. When Gabbard finally called her on the duplicity of her platform, Harris looked profoundly annoyed and was unwilling to rebuttal.
However, later on in a post-debate interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Harris aimed at Gabbard. "This is going to sound immodest, but obviously I'm a top-tier candidate, and so I did expect that I'd be on the stage and take some hits tonight. When people are at 0 or 1% or whatever she might be at, so I did expect to take some hits tonight."
If Kamala can't handle answering to a Congresswoman from Hawaii, how can she honestly expect the American people to agree to put her in charge of an entire nation?
Two of the most radical candidates, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Sen. Bernie Sander (D–Vt.) are running close in the polls and were unified when it came to criticizing 'Republican talking points.' They used this phrase to deflect from questions they seemingly did not want to address. However, the moderators made it evident that they wanted to break up this chummy relationship and asked probing questions to have the progressive candidates turn on one another potentially.
One of their questions was: "Senator Warren, you make it a point to say you're a capitalist. Is that your way of saying you're a safer choice than Senator Sanders?"
When the moderators were not stirring up strife between the candidates, they were taking shots at President Trump and his voters.
Don Lemmon did not hold back and suggested that the president is a bigot. "What do you say to those Trump voters who prioritize the economy over the president's bigotry?" Lemon asked during the debate.
Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire called Lemon on his outrageous display and stated, "Don Lemon is fine calling Trump voters racist. They don't care if the president is a vicious bigot so long as they get their tax cut. What journalism [sic] from Don Lemon. What a great, objective journalist he is. CNN, the most trusted name in the news. What a joke."
One topic that CNN religiously covered for two-plus years was interestingly not mentioned. The Russia collusion narrative was a forefront topic for the television channel for years, but not a mention of Russia or Robert Mueller were uttered. Critics were quick to point this out, but it is not surprising this was the case since Mueller's showing in the hearings was undoubtedly embarrassing to the left's agenda.
William A. Jacobson, both professor and media critic from Cornell Law School, explained. "After almost three years of non-stop Russia-collusion conspiracy theories by CNN and other liberal media, and threats by Democrats to impeach Trump by several of the Democratic presidential candidates, those topics were ignored during the CNN Democratic first debate. That is a sign of how badly the Mueller Report and testimony hurt Democrats."
However, the words racist or racism were spoken 15 times, climate change was reviewed 28 times the word "border" was said 29 times, and healthcare-relevant remarks were mentioned 112 times.
Both sides of the political aisle heavily criticized the format for the debate. The strict time restraints left little room for actual debating and rebuttals. It was the choice of questions that critics say fell very short of expectations. Many of the questions were worded with the intent on having one candidate demean the other. While stiff competition and tough questions are completely necessary and expected, the questions came off as catty and superficial at best.
President Trump's America is thriving, and voters are currently living in a country where there is increasingly low unemployment and rising wages. None of the democratic candidates brought any realistic propositions on how they will actually help the American people continue in success. Instead, a lot of the narrative was taken over with the concepts on increasing taxes on the wealthy, illegal immigration, socialistic healthcare, and climate change.
The debates are foreshadowing about what is to come. The odds of President Trump being re-elected is becoming more and more likely.
The Democratic debate failed miserably at highlighting important issues pertinent to the American people because its CNN moderators were too occupied showcasing themselves and playing the roles of celebrity hosts.
While many Americans consider presidential debates to be a necessary mechanism in helping to pick a commander-in-chief for our country, the same cannot be said for CNN. CNN's production was laughable, and the moderators seemed intent on creating hype instead of educating voters on crucial issues for the 2020 election.
The presidential election is not a laughing matter, and serious citizens do not appreciate presidential debates that lack sincere effort.
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Two young people, involved with IPPF's youth and abortion stigma project in India, write about their experiences of sharing information in their local community. This post is reproduced from the FPA India blogsite.
I work as a peer educator in the Murhu project of Family Planning Association of India. Before working with FPA India, concepts such as abortion, contraception, copper-T, etc. were alien to me. Yes, I had heard of 'condom' somewhere, but how it is used, its benefits, were unknown to me. I didn't even know about STDs and their risks. When FPA India came to Murhu, they explained to us about the basket of contraceptive choices, women's right to abortion, and everything associated to sexual and reproductive health and rights. Abortion, especially, was something nobody spoke about or even accessed because of the stigma associated with 'ending a pregnancy'.
All the information provided by FPA India helped broaden my viewpoint and motivated me to join them as a peer educator. Now, I support abortion as a choice and even tell people in my community, about how it is alright to opt for abortion in case of an unwanted pregnancy. I am glad that I am getting a chance to learn so much from FPA India.
Abortion, especially, was something nobody spoke about or even accessed because of the stigma associated with 'ending a pregnancy'.
I work with FPA India as a peer educator in the Khunti district of Jharkhand. Earlier, I used to consider abortion a sin and did not have much knowledge about contraception either. But, it was the information and services provided by FPA India that put an end to my superstitious beliefs. And now, I take so much pride in associating myself with FPA India and talking about its initiatives in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. As a peer educator, I work towards destigmatising abortion in our village, especially by educating young women and newly-weds. Every time I support someone to opt for contraception, it gives me a lot of happiness because I feel like I am helping in bringing about a change.


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Dallas Teacher Inspires Students By Dancing To 'Uptown Funk'
Scot Pankey, a secondary school educator in Dallas, certainly knows how to relate to his students. In 2015, Mr. Pankey figured out that his students spent a lot of time watching YouTube videos.
This clever teacher came up with a project involving the entire class: a choreographed dance number to the tune of Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk," which features Bruno Mars on vocals.
The short clip starts off with him sitting at his desk and looking like he would rather like to be somewhere else; suddenly, music starts playing and he becomes animated enough to start dancing, as reported on here by the BBC.
Mr. Pankey clearly has some moves and to date, the video has been seen by over 14 million including Bruno Mars, who wrote online:
I cried at the end, thank you to everyone who was involved in making this video.
The following year, Mr. Pankey and his class produced an even slicker video, using the song 'Good Day to be Alive' by Andy Grammer that attracted an even bigger audience.
Pass this video around so that your friends and family can be reminded of teachers who made going to school a fun and uplifting experience.


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Messiah II - slim and dancing
A great work such as Handel's "Messiah" -- especially if it has been around for nearly three centuries -- will inevitably be subject to different interpretations as it passes through musical styles and eras.
My second "Messiah" of this Christmas season looked back toward the baroque 18th century, while the first had more in common with the Romantic 19th. This time, the venue was St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Mamaroneck, N.Y., celebrating its bicentennial year.
Music Director Eric Milnes led a chamber orchestra of about 15 playing on period instruments, and a choir of about 25, compared to the 400 singers and 70 instrumentalists performing at Carnegie Hall last month in a concert produced by Distinguished Concerts International NY (DCINY).
As I wrote about "Messiah" I, making a Carnegie Hall debut in this work was a thrilling and very special experience.
"Messiah" II was astonishingly different.
At Carnegie, the DCINY chorus, consisting of more than a dozen choirs from around the world, produced a mighty and magnificent sound, aided by conductor Jonathan Griffith's inspired antiphonal placement of singers at the ends of the first balcony.
With just three rehearsals, it seemed to me that Griffith was, first of all, striving for clarity of expression as he melded the choirs. There were unique characteristics, such as his emphasis on taking silent breaths. Can you imagine 400 people all audibly taking a breath at the same time?
"Messiah" at St. Thomas Church, Mamaroneck, N.Y.
At St. Thomas, the church was full -- but this audience numbered about 220, compared to 2,800, an intimate living room compared to an awe-inspiring hall.
Milnes, a baroque specialist who has conducted "Messiah" many times, has put his individual mark on this work. He conducted from the harpsichord, whose gentle, ethereal sound complemented the warm sonic color of the baroque instruments.
With a much smaller group and more time for rehearsal, Milnes conducted a "Messiah" that was quite brisk. This "Messiah" danced, with rising and falling dynamics that shaped phrases like an urgent conversation. It was as if we were speaking one-on-one -- "Have you seen the glory of the Lord? Let me tell you about this. It's wonderful!"
He also varied the articulation. One example that resonates in my head was the phrase in the sublime chorus, "Worthy is the Lamb." The next few words are "that was slain." I've only ever heard the phrase sung legato, but Milnes had us detach the last three words - "Worthy is the Lamb. That. Was. Slain." Now there is a poignant contrast between the two phrases.
Here's Milnes conducting the Hallelujah Chorus in rehearsal at St. Thomas, with a tympani solo at the end that I've never heard before.
Milnes' collaboration with a stellar group of soloists and skilled instrumentalists produced a "Messiah" that received a tumultuous ovation at the end. However, this interpretation also touched people directly in the heart.
After the applause and bows, as musicians were packing up and audience members shrugging into their coats, a woman came backstage with tears in her eyes, just looking to find someone to whom she could say, "that was profoundly moving. I have never heard 'Messiah' like that."
A Carnegie debut in a hall of memories
Radio dramas are described as "theater of the mind," but a work of music that comes pretty close to that description for me is Handel's "Messiah," which captivated me from a young age.
I was electrified by the drama baked into the oratorio's music as it told the story of humankind's redemption through the coming of the Christ. When the tenor opened with "Comfort ye, my people," the violins accented with a sweet, soothing melody. In the bass air, when "the nations so furiously raged," so did the music. When the holy one is betrayed - "He was despised," "Thy rebuke hath broken his heart" -- the grief is palpable.
"Messiah - Refreshed" at Carnegie Hall
The great soaring choruses - "Hallelujah," "Worthy is the lamb" and the "Amen," "For unto us a child is born" - seemed to break open a vision of the heavens.
Growing up in New York, "Messiah" was a part of Christmas, usually at Carnegie Hall. My mother would take me and my brother and sometimes one of our friends. She got box seats - a special experience with red velvet chairs and a vestibule to hang coats.
Since I tend toward anxiety, I always worried about whether anyone would stand during the Hallelujah Chorus. Would I be the only one? If no one else stood, should I sit down quickly?
So the curtain rose on a multi-layered theater of the mind on Nov. 26, 2017 when I made my Carnegie Hall debut in the chorus (soprano section) of "Messiah," produced by Distinguished Concerts International of New York (DCINY).
This organization, celebrating its tenth year, produces concerts, including large scale choral works with auditioned and invited choirs from around the world, which also contribute financial support. This mighty "Messiah," using the Thomas Beecham/Eugene Goossens 1959 version for full symphony orchestra, featured more than 400 singers and around 60 instrumentalists. The concert title was "Messiah - Refreshed," referring to this version more suited to the Romantic age.
With conductor Jonathan Griffith.
A few weeks before the concert, they needed additional singers and reached out to a Connecticut group with which I'd sung "Messiah." That group put the word out to its list and it took me a nanosecond to say "yes" to appearing on the august stage of the hall inaugurated by Tchaikovsky in 1891 and since host to so many immortals. (As a pianist, it's a thrill to tread the same floor as Horowitz and Rubenstein.)
Our first rehearsal, in a hotel ballroom, besides resembling a cattle call, indicated DCINY's reach and attraction. I was astonished to hear ensembles introduced that had traveled from several states as well as Canada, Mexico, Austria, France, Hong Kong - and Australia!
Our dynamic maestro, DCINY co-founder Jonathan Griffith, led rehearsals with a big personality and deep choral knowledge, shaping the drama of the work and bringing out the group's best sound. When we "got" an important point, he would let out a triumphant "YES!"
Singing soprano means you get to hit the thrilling high notes, such as the high A toward the end of the great "Amen" that slices into the music with ecstatic joy. As our section gelled, the sound waves from my neighbors' voices resonated in my head.
After two days and seven hours of rehearsals, concert day began with a dress rehearsal and I stepped onto the stage for the first time. Note: there is very little wing space on stage right, so since my group was in an assembly room four flights up, we were lined up and waited ... then we hustled down the stairs and whoosh! - right onto the bright lights of the stage.
The lovely white and gold auditorium, with its gently curving balcony lines, seems to embrace the performer, and its acoustics are legendary. How is it possible that a 2,800-seat hall can seem like an intimate music salon?
Carnegie Hall: the view from the stage.
Our choral group was scheduled to perform in parts 2 and 3. The chorus for part 1 took seats on both ends of the first balcony. They also sang "Hallelujah" and "Worthy is the lamb," with us, for a surround sound effect. For the first time, we heard the rich orchestral instrumentation. "The trumpet shall sound" -- another favorite air.
After lunch break, we reassemble. This is it; showtime. Breathe. Stretch. Focus. Hum. Warm up the voice. Relax the jaw. Relax the tongue. Prepare for those Handelian high Fs, Gs and As. Hurry up and wait. Line up. Down the stairs. Music down at the side, in the left hand. Bright stage lights! Walk onto the riser ... carefully. Turn. The house lights are still up and there is a person in every seat. My daughter springs up to wave. I smile.
The house lights fade to black. I look up at the box seats and see my mother, with two kids, laying down a legacy of music in a magical hall, in a great city. I hope my daughter will also feel it, generation to generation.
We open our books and we're away. We're onstage for more than an hour, but it goes fast. At the first few notes of "Hallelujah," people begin to get to their feet and by the time we swing into "for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth," everyone I can see is standing.
Look mom, I'm standing on the stage of Carnegie Hall. It's a miracle. How do we sound? Hallelujah.
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Waiting for Hamlet
Milton's famous dictum – "they also serve who only stand and wait" – came to mind while experiencing the existential confusion of the duo at the heart of a new opera, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
Composer and librettist Herschel Garfein's work musicalizes Tom Stoppard's 1966 play, which took two minor characters at the edges of Hamlet and gave them universal anxieties – "What is my part in great events?", "What am I doing here?", "Do I really understand what's going on?"
Rosencrantz is receiving a fully-staged (and sensationally good) production with piano accompaniment at the Seagle Music Colony in Schroon Lake, N.Y. as part of the summer opera training program's expanded initiative to support new works. Last year, the program produced a memorable staging of Mack and McGuire's Roscoe based on the William Kennedy novel, which went on to have an orchestral, semi-staged production with Deborah Voigt and the Albany Symphony.
A scene from the opera Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Photo/Seagle Music Colony
In Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are two school friends of the prince, hired to spy on him and deliver him to an assassin. They prove to be unequal to the task and their eventual fate is announced with the dry line, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead."
With a healthy nod to Beckett's existential Waiting for Godot, Stoppard created two bewildered bumblers trying to make sense of events whipping past their eyes – a prince who pretends to be mad, a murder mystery surrounding the previous king, a vengeful current king, a queen with loose morals. He also brilliantly created major characters out of the Player and his "tragedians" – the troupe that arrives at court and mimes the circumstances of the former king's death – who deliver witty comments on acting and theater, artifice and reality.
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Garfein's intriguing music generally follows a narrative line since R and G are mostly passive characters commenting on the action, and he delightfully uses vaudeville style in "Your Uncle is the King of Denmark." In addition, "Guildenstern's Aria," "The Butterfly Song" and the final chorus, "Was It All for This?" are particularly striking.
It's the first staging for Rosencrantz, which has had excerpts produced, and it's to be hoped the opera will have further development. While Garfein and director Richard Kagey's staging have beautifully mined the absurdist humor in the play, the dramatic drive sags in the second act, with, for instance, one too many ruminations upon death.
A bit more exposition for those not familiar with Hamlet would help audiences through what seems to be a puzzling plot. In the final duel scene, for instance, Hamlet's opponent Laertes's name isn't mentioned until halfway through the scene, much less why he's dueling. Although any theater work can be enjoyed on its own, reading at least a synopsis of Hamlet before seeing the opera will help.
In this production, the ensemble acting is particularly strong. The July 22, 2017 cast featured Joshua Cook as a genial Rosencrantz, Zachary Crowle as a brooding Guildenstern, Andrew Henry as a charismatic Player, Kevin Bryant as a magnetic, arrogant Hamlet and Bridget Cappel as the sweet-voiced boy actor Alfred.
Clearly the cast had strong training in farce and absurdist styles, and director Kagey's blocking created some beautiful stage pictures. Andrew Bisantz conducted with verve as master pianists Jennifer McGuire and José Meléndez negotiated the fast-moving score with enormous skill. Jim Koehnle's set is simple but effective, with a barn-board backdrop, steps creating several levels and some clever projection work (Hamlet's "to be or not to be" soliloquy is projected on the backdrop while he mimes it downstage). Of Therese Tresco's Elizabethan costumes, the colorful plume on the Player's dramatic black hat was particularly effective.
In the beginning, R and G note that "we were sent for," but in the end they bungle their mission completely. Let's hope that any of us responds to a similar call with more aplomb – but, of course, nothing is a sure thing.
Far away from violence and fear
I knew the cast of Come From Away, a new Broadway musical that celebrates the best of humanity in the dark days following 9/11, would get the Newfoundland accents right where a woman said early on that planes were landing at the "hairport."
The Rock's version of Celtic speech -- attaching an "h" to a beginning vowel and speaking with a rhythmic verve -- was just one of the island's unique ways that greeted 6,500 passengers from 38 planes forced to land in the town of Gander on that day of terror.
As American authorities closed U.S. airspace, dozens of incoming flights were diverted to Canada. With just 10,000 people, Gander's extra-long runway, from the days when it was a transatlantic refueling stop, made it a perfect location.
What happened to the passengers next was first told in a 2003 book by journalist Jim DeFede, The Day the World Came to Town.
The people of Gander and its neighboring towns mobilized in an army of concern and hospitality, opening churches, community halls and schools as shelters, providing clothing and food (even kosher meals), setting up phone banks and fax machines.
Then they went further - inviting the "plane people" into their homes for a bed and a shower, taking care of the animals on the planes, offering to lend personal vehicles for sightseeing.
In a place that's mostly white and mostly Christian, they took care of people from all over the world -- a point that now resonates most powerfully in a time of suspicion and fear.
The Canadian creators of Come From Away's book, music and lyrics, Irene Sankoff and David Hein, attended a tenth-anniversary reunion in Gander in 2011. The show was then initially developed by producer Michael Rubinoff at Canada's Sheridan College, where the dynamic music theater performance program held a celebration in New York on opening weekend.
Featuring an ensemble cast, the show opens with a rousing "Welcome to the Rock," a fast-moving introduction to Newfoundland, a windswept island on the edge of the north Atlantic, "where the winter tried to kill us." The island's harsh weather serves as a clue to its culture - sturdy people in a seafaring economy whose instinct is to band together for survival and whose humor is legendary.
Lest the idea of a "9/11 musical" (as some unfortunate headlines had it) conjure up the ultimate in bad taste, the horrific events in the U.S. are referred to through reactions - to a radio report, an unseen TV, a phone call.
Left, Jenn Colella as American Airlines pilot Beverley Bass, and passengers..
A musical in the modern style that mixes narrative, song and movement, the 12-member cast plays many parts against Beowulf Boritt's spare set of planks and trees.
Director Christopher Ashley and choreographer Kelly Devine move the action swiftly, from the local Tim Hortons coffee shop to the airport, the planes and the town.
An eight-piece onstage band keeps the Irish-flavored music whirling, especially in a bar scene where some of the newcomers are made honorary Newfoundlanders by drinking the fiery rum called "screech" and kissing a cod.
One of the most affecting moments - again, in today's atmosphere - was a song called "Prayer," where the firefighter's mother prays at a Catholic church, the Muslim goes down on his knees and a Jewish rabbi chants. The song begins with the prayer of St. Francis: "Make me a channel of your peace."
The stress and tension of those days isn't glossed over - the school bus drivers are on strike and have to be convinced to come off the picket lines to drive hundreds of passengers from the airport, a Muslim passenger is the object of suspicion, people stuck in a strange place just want to get home, a woman is desperate for news of her firefighter son in New York.
The cast are all excellent, but standouts for me were the zestful Jenn Colella as American Airlines' first female captain, Beverley Bass and Joel Hatch as Gander Mayor Claude Elliott.
At times, the party atmosphere and celebration of all things Newfoundland made me a little uncomfortable, given the context. Yet the joy of discovering such humanity in a moment of ultimate darkness and evil bubbles to the surface, especially since one realizes that Americans were the refugees at that moment and were given shelter.
This was expressed most amusingly as an African-American passenger, played by Rodney Hicks, is told by the mayor to go get some barbecue grills out of some backyards so a big cook-out can help feed the passengers.
The black man is convinced he's going to be shot, then wonderingly relates how "every single person invited me in for a cup of tea and offered to help me steal their own grill."
"Sure, if you need it, go ahead and take it" -- that was the prevailing reaction in Gander, Newfoundland and its next-door towns on September 11, 2001.
This wonderful musical extols generosity and emotions that should last long after the current angry climate is swept away.
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Monsters In 'Dungeons & Dragons' Cover Up Their Boobs
By Sean Abrams
"Dungeons & Dragons" is preparing itself to appeal to a much wider audience, balancing out female nudity with a healthier dose of bare-chested male creatures in its newest "Monster Manual."
While the game's seductive characters have always been a major draw for the (predominantly straight and horny) male players, marketing techniques for the role-playing game are now changing to appease more women who are eager to become Dungeon Masters.
Yep, that's right: "D&D" is catching on among the ladies. And that means, in 2016, nudity is no longer at the forefront of the game.
In fact, traditional creatures, like nymphs or harpies who were always known for their allure, are now either nonexistent or covered up.
Overly sexualizing a character is now left up to a player's own discretion, leaving it to overly stimulated nerds to express their own deepest sexual desires in their character designs.
As "Dungeons & Dragons" Senior Manager Mike Mearls tells Kotaku of this shift away from huge monster boobs,
In the game's earliest years, you definitely had a sense of nudity (looking at you, topless succubus in the 1st edition 'DMG' ['Dungeon Master's Guide']!) as something that was becoming a common counter-culture of the time.
And by common counter-culture, he means the blatant T&A thrown at drooling guys around the world.
Not only did the percentage of female players back in the '70s range from a mere .4 to 2.3 percent, but the game went so far as to actually discourage players from taking on female-based roles by automatically decreasing their strength.
Female characters in the game were also visualized as overtly sexual and over-the-top — they used their large breasts as a means of luring men to their death.
But, in an effort to level the playing field (get it??), "D&D" developers are now covering up the goodies and designing "sexy" characters that take on the male form as well.
For instance, Lead Rules Developer Matthew Crawford cites the succubus, a seductive demon that uses its feminine charms to attract (and obviously kill) dudes.
While this supernatural entity has been known for flaunting its naked body around, there was never a mention of its male counterpart, the incubus, doing the same.
I mean, c'mon! What does someone have to do to see some monster dong around here?
By the sounds of it, "Dungeons & Dragons" is finally stepping out from behind the shadow of its nerdy, glasses-wearing creators who developed depictions of women they still could only look at, but not touch.
There's Pornhub for that.
A video/board game that's getting with the times? Sounds pretty lit, if you ask me.
Citations: Dungeons & Dragons' Gradual Shift Away From Monster Boobs (Kotaku)


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My 2016 Big League All-Stars
As I have every year since becoming a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, this is my ballot for this year's big league All-Star Game, which he will be played in San Diego on Tuesday, July 12th.
The BBBA voting is different from the big league voting, in that we vote for 3 Infielders, 3 Catchers, 7 Outfielders in each league, and 5 starting and 5 relief pitchers.
The National League also has 2 Designated Hitters, to even out the teams evenly.
☆☆☆☆ My American League All-Star Game Starters ☆☆☆☆
1st Base... Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tigers... Chris Davis, Baltimore Orioles... Eric Hosmer, Kansas City Royals.
2nd Base...Ian Kinsler, Detroit Tigers... Robinson Cano, Seattle Mariners... Jose Altuve, Houston Astros.
3rd Base...Nick Castellanos, Detroit Tigers... Evan Longoria, Tampa Bay Rays... Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays.
Shortstop...Xander Bogarts, Boston Red Sox... Carlos Correa, Houston Astros... Francisco Lindor, Cleveland Indians.
Outfielders (7)... Mike Trout, LA Angels of Anaheim
Mark Trumbo, Baltimore Orioles
Jackie Bradley, Jr., Boston Red Sox
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
Carlos Beltran, New York Yankees
George Springer, Houston Astros
Jose Bautista, TorontoBlue Jays
Catcher... Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals... Matt Wieters, Baltimore Orioles... Evan Gattis, Houston Astros.
Designated Hitter (2) ...Victor Martinez, Detroit Tigers
Carlos Santana, Cleveland Indians
Starting Pitchers (5)... Michael Fulmer, Detroit Tigers... Chris Sale, Chicago White Sox... Cole Hamels, Texas Rangers...Danny Salazar, Cleveland Indians... Rich Hill, Oakland Athletics.
Relievers (5)... Steve Cishek, Seattle Mariners... Francisco Rodriguez, Detroit Tigers... Zack Britton, Baltimore Orioles... Wade Davis, Kansas City Royals... Arnoldis Chapman, New York Yankees.
☆☆☆☆ My National League All-Star Game Starters
1st Base... Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona Diamondbacks... Will Myers, San Diego Padres...Brandon Belt, San Francisco Giants.
2nd Base... Daniel Murphy, Washington Nationals... Derek Dietrich, Miami Marlins... Niel Walker, New York Mets.
3rd Base... Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies... Kristen Bryant, Chicago Cubs... Jake Lamb, Arizona Diamondbacks.
Shortstop... Trevor Strory, Colorado Rockies... Brandon Crawford, San Francisco Giants... Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers.
Outfielders (7)... Yoenis Cespedes, New York Mets
Marcell Ozuna, Miami Marlins
Adam Duvall, Cincinnati Reds
Christian Yelich, Miami Marlins
Jay Bruce, Cincinnati Reds
Starling Marte, Pittsburgh Pirates
Carlos Gonzalez, Colorado Rockies
Designated Hitter... Adam Duvall, Cincinnati Reds... Matt Kemp, San Diego Padres
Catcher... Wilson Ramos, Washington Nationals... Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants... Jonathan Lucroy, Milwaukee Brewers.
Starting Pitchers (5)... Steven Strasburg, Washington Nationals... Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers... Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins... Jake Arietta, Chicago Cubs... Madison Bumgarner, San Francisco Giants.
Relivers (5)... A.J. Ramos, Miami Marlins... Jeurys Familia, New York Mets... Kenley Jansen, Los Angeles Dodgers... Mark Melancon, Pittsburgh Pirates, Brad Zeigler, Arizona Diamondbacks.
As always, no ballot is completely right, but I believe it's a good, solid ballot of players who should be playing in the annual big league extravaganza next week.
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All out #VoteKinsler
You all know I love my Detroit Tigers, and it's that time again for me to help a Tigers player get to next week's All-Star Game in San Diego.
⚾ Ian Kinsler is in this year's Final Vote and as I've done for every Tigers player in the vote, I'm going all out as possible between now and Friday at 4pm, when the Final Vote totals will be revealed.
Of course Ian is getting help from teammate and 11-Time All-Star Miguel Cabrera.
Cabrera, who was selected to the team, finish 2nd in the fans voting to the Royals Eric Hosmer.
Kinsler is having a terrific year for the Tigers, and he deserves to be a big league All-Star this season.
Today in Cleveland the Tigers finally beat the Indians, 12-2, and Ian collected 3 base hits, giving him 100 hits on the year.
The Tigers are teaming up with the Pittsburgh Pirates and their #VoteMarte campain for outfielder Starling Marte.
☆☆☆☆ When you go to vote, you just select BOTH Kinsler in the American League and Marte in the National League, and then vote. ☆☆☆☆
Starling Marte is a terrific baseball player, and is most deserving of a All-Star selection in the Senior Circuit.
☆☆☆☆ The Tigers haven't gone to the All-Star Game with just one player since 2009, when shortstop Carlos Guillen was the only Motown player to participate in the game. ☆☆☆☆
The Tigers are one of the founding members of the American League, have 116 years of history, and the fan base, to get behind the #VoteKinsler #FinalVote to get Ian Kinsler to what would be his 5th All-Star selection.
I believe in supporting Mt team, and it's players, to the best of my ability every year, and I'll give it as much as I can before the weekend is done.
I hope you do as much for #VoteKinsler as you can...I really appreciate it, and I know that the Tigers and Ian Kinsler will as well.
Play Ball... and #VoteKinsler ⚾✔🐹
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PDN Analyzer version 2·0
Power Integrity essentials
PDN Analyzer simulation
The practical performance of a PCB design layout depends on a multitude of factors, many of which can be predicted, to a reasonable degree, through a range of PCB design analysis tools such as post-layout Signal Integrity analysis. What's often neglected however, or simply relegated to a 'rule of thumb' methodology, is developing the most effective layout design for board's DC Power Delivery systems. This is the judgment applied to the design of a board's copper areas that provide both the DC supply rails to the circuitry, and their ground or common return path to the DC supply source. The desired outcome is an efficient design that maintains the integrity of the design's DC power layout.
With modern digital designs featuring high-speed circuitry, multiple devices, densely populated boards and multiple supply rails, the demands placed on a design's DC power distribution network warrants a more analytical approach to its design. The DC analysis of a Power Delivery Network (PDN), or the results of its DC Power Integrity (PI-DC), is basically aimed at ensuring that adequate copper has been provided in the path from the voltage sources to the loads – in other words, that the planes, traces and vias on the board are of sufficient size (and characteristics) to meet the power consumption requirements of the devices on the board.
Fortunately, the guesswork can be removed from the assessment of a PCB's power delivery network (PDN) through the use of a DC Power Integrity (PI-DC) simulation tool, which analyzes a board design's DC performance based on its electrical and physical properties. Such a tool is now available for Altium Designer as the Altium PDN Analyzer powered by CST® (Computer Simulation Technology).
Provided as a downloadable Altium Extension application, the PDN Analyzer integrates directly with Altium Designer to allow PI-DC simulation and analysis of the current PCB project. Since the PDN Analyzer functions within Altium Designer there are no manual data import/export requirements, data conversions or separate applications to be run – simply start the PDN Analyzer from the Schematic or PCB editor, set the desired test parameters and run the simulation. The results are primarily delivered through 2D/3D modeling of the circuit board copper layout, allowing a quick assessment of the results and the opportunity to perform exploratory 'what if' testing of the PCB layout design.
The PDN Analyzer interface shown with the Altium Designer Spirit Level example PCB, and the results of a PI-DC Voltage Drop simulation of its Top layer GND net return for the VCCINT supply.
► See information on Installing and Licensing the PDN Analyzer extension.
First released as PDN Analyzer version 1.x, the significantly revised PDN Analyzer version 2.0 offers a redesigned interface, new features and more comprehensive results reporting.
The PDN Analyzer improvements include:
Completely redesigned user interface.
More compact layout.
Integrated batch analysis.
Support for increased network complexity.
Detailed simulation results tables, including power reporting.
True simultaneous multi-net simulation and linking.
Voltage rail net nomination with PCB cross probe.
Multi-source support.
Intelligent voltage regulator modeling, including sense line support.
HTML report generation with image capture.
Trace, shape, and via current/density limits.
Series element model includes voltage drop parameter for diodes.
Visualization features, including:
Voltage contour.
Current direction.
Peak value location.
Differential voltage probe.
The following information on this page provides an overview of the basic electrical and practical principles that apply to Power Integrity Analysis, and also includes installation and licensing information for PDN Analyzer v2.0.
Note that the PDN Analyzer powered by CST® runs on Windows 64-bit systems only.
The PDN Analyzer 2.0 extension is available for Altium Designer 17.1 and later.
► See the PDN Analyzer v2 Example Guide for information on performing power integrity simulations in PDN Analyzer v2.0.
► See information on the previous version of the PDN Analyzer (version 1.x)
In essence, the PI-DC (or 'IR drop') problem is fairly straightforward: the resistance embodied in the board's power supply shapes (traces, polygons, planes etc) consumes power and voltage, robbing those from the various loads. As you would expect, the IR issues will increase in complexity with the number of loads on the supply through interaction in the power and ground copper paths.
Figure 1: A basic block diagram of the power and ground shapes, and the applied loads.
Figure 1 (above) shows a simple block diagram of a circuit's power source, and its power and ground shapes (traces and planes) that deliver power to the various loads (memory, microcontrollers, etc.). Note that all the loads are tied to the same power and ground shapes, and depend on those shapes to provide their operating voltage(s). In general, we tend to assume that those power and ground shapes have 0Ω resistance, which isn't necessarily true, and that assumption can cause problems. Because relatively large currents are often involved, even small resistances in the power and ground shapes can cause significant power consumption (loss) and voltage drops.
Figure 2: 'IR Drop' effects
Figure 2 demonstrates an example of the problems that can arise if the resistance of the power and ground shapes are not properly considered. Even though each shape has a relatively small resistance of only 0.25Ω, they have caused the voltage at the load to drop from 5V to 4.5V. The designer has to be aware of this drop and ensure it can be accommodated, or change the design to lessen it, to ensure that that the final design will not fail in the field.
The problem, however, seems easy to solve – simply make the power and ground shapes short or large enough to represent an insignificant resistance, using the following relationship: R = ρ * L/A, where:
R is the total resistance of a shape (trace or plane)
ρ is the resistivity of the material used for the shape (typically copper, ρ ≈ 1.7µΩ-cm)
L is the length of the shape
A is the cross-section area of the shape (width x thickness)
Put simply, if you make your power and ground shapes short, thick and wide, you will minimize their resistance.
The difficulty with that, however, is that overly large shapes consume valuable routing space and may limit the amount of space for other voltage shapes. A design which has the properly sized power and ground shapes will be more compact and use less layers than one which arbitrarily uses overly large planes or traces. The intent of PI-DC analysis is to inform a designer that the board design's power and ground shapes are adequate, but not overly large.
Another consideration for IR drop is the fact that the amount of power consumed is I2R – so a small increase in current through a resistance causes a large increase in power consumption. This can manifest itself as thermal problems where the design heats up significantly because the power and/or ground shapes are not large enough to accommodate the current passing through them. By ensuring very small IR drop through power and ground shapes, power consumption in those shapes is minimized.
At the extreme, if a shape is resistive enough (very narrow and long) and has sufficient current flowing through it, that shape essentially becomes a 'fuse', thereby melting the copper shape and causing the design to fail – and possibly presenting a dangerous situation. The IPC-2152 standard for PCB current carrying capacity addresses this issue, but with pessimistic assumptions (no nearby thermally conductive copper to help draw heat away, for instance) and designers often apply that specification using the most conservative assumptions, such as only allowing a minimum temperature increase. While PI-DC cannot replace the IPC-2152 standard as a guideline for thermal considerations, it can give valuable insight into how a design can safely be optimized by studying the voltage drops and current densities of the power delivery system. A design that is optimized for the lowest current density and voltage drop between the sources and all loads will also generate less heat and have less chance of thermal issues.
Another aspect PI-DC analysis addresses is the amount of vias used for power delivery. The problem is quite similar to that of sizing the copper shapes properly: if there are not enough vias, voltage is lost and power is wasted through IR drop, but if too many vias are used, valuable routing real estate is wasted. In particular, if too many vias are used for a particular voltage path, those vias pass through shapes on other layers and reduce their copper cross-section, thereby causing problems for those other voltages. In the same way as correctly dimensioning shapes, analyzing the voltage at the load points allows proper via sizing and/or numbering.
Finally, there is a significant advantage in simulating the final design exactly as it appears physically, to ensure it is optimized. PI-DC simulation provides a final check that connectors and regulators are sized appropriately, in case loads have been dropped or added during the design process, for example.
In the absence of reliable data on the voltage drop through a PCB's various power shapes, ground shapes and vias, a designer is forced to be conservative by using excessive plane shapes, trace sizes and vias, which consume valuable design real estate and increase layers and the design form factor. The Altium PDN Analyzer provides accurate information about a design's DC power distribution suitability in an easy-to-use and straightforward manner to enable designers to make the most efficient power distribution designs possible.
Not only are the results suitable for final design verification, but they can also be used in the planning stages of a design to architect power delivery as efficiently as possible in advance. PI-DC is an invaluable tool in achieving the most efficient and robust power delivery network possible, the PDN Analyzer makes running that simulation and analysis process straightforward, intuitive and efficient.
Among these and other advantages that the PDN Analyzer brings to your PCB designs, it also delivers the following benefits:
Product reliability: Helps to ensure the correct performance of individual supplies within the design, in terms of standing voltage levels, voltage stability, and trace heating/damage.
Improved PCB layout: Provides information that can be applied in creating the most effective use of board space, and allows the easy identification and correction of problematic high current density areas.
Knowledge: No longer rely on a rule of thumb approach or approximate calculations when considering the layout of DC current paths.
In its most very basic form, a board layout that will be subject to PI-DC analysis might be composed of a Voltage Regulator source and its load, with interconnecting copper areas of various shapes and track widths.
A base circuit example of a power source and load.
The base circuit's PCB layout, with a range of copper shapes and traces connected by layers and vias.
The PDN Analyzer panel interface (Tools » PDN Analyzer) visually emulates a Power Source to Load circuit net that incorporates tangible Power and Ground paths – much as shown in the above circuit and also the conceptual block diagram (Fig. 1). The application automatically extracts all physical and electrical information (netlist, devices and layer shapes, etc) from the currently active PCB design, which provides data for the PI-DC simulation engine.
The PDN Analyzer panel interface showing a PI simulation setup for the basic circuit and board layout.
Here, the voltage source is the output of U1 (5V between pins 3 and 2), and the load is a specified current through RL (0.1A). Once the initial parameters have been entered via the interface (source/load voltages and currents, etc) and the simulation has been run, the resulting analysis data is graphically modeled in the PCB editor as a rendered 2D or 3D image.
The Voltage Drop simulation results for the board's PWR and GND nets copper (U1 to RL, and RL to U1).
The PDN Analyzer PI simulation can be set to show Voltage (IR Drop, above image) or Current Density (below image) results for all applicable board layers.
The Current Density map for both the PWR and GND nets (U1 to RL).
► See the PDN Analyzer example guide for a complete description of using the PDN Analyzer and interpreting its results.
The PDN Analyzer installation includes Altium's SpiritLevel-SL1 PCB reference project with a number of PDN analysis configuration file examples. Access and then unzip the project and samples from the PDNA File » Explore Samples menu option.
The PDN Analyzer application is added to Altium Designer by installing the PDN Analyzer Extension. Its functionality is enabled with a matching software License.
The PDN Analyzer is installed (and updated) from the software's Extensions & Updates view, which is accessed from the User drop down menu (
) located at the top right of the Altium Designer GUI.
Select the Purchased tab in the Extensions & Updates view, locate the PDN Analyzer icon and then click its
button to download and install the extension. Restart Altium Designer to enable the application.
The extension icon, prior to the PDN Analyzer's installation.
A timed Trial License may be offered for the PDN Analyzer. If you wish to use the PDNA on a evaluation basis, follow through the guided steps and confirm the license activation in the License Management view. Otherwise, proceed with a standard license scheme as descibed below.
Once installed, the extension will appear under the Extension & Updates view's Installed tab. The PDN Analyzer tool is available from the Altium Designer Tools menu as PDN Analyzer, when a Schematic or PCB project document is open. Note that if the PDN Analyzer is unlicensed, a related error message will appear – see below for license activation steps.
Once installed and licensed, the PDN Analyzer icon will also appear under the Updates tab (in Extensions & Updates) when a new version is available for download. Hover the mouse cursor over the icon's download button to see the version information, or select the extension's title to expose more information.
► See the Altium Designer Extensions page for more detailed information about installing and managing extensions.
The PDN Analyzer can be licensed using any of Altium's standard License schemes; by activating a On-demand or Standalone license from Altium's License Server, or from an internal network Private License Server.
To locate a license served by Altium's licensing portal, open the Altium Designer License Management view (select License Management from the
menu) and scan through the Available Licenses list for an On-demand or Standalone PDN Analyzer powered by CST® license entry. Select the desired license and type (On-Demand/Standalone) and click the Use link to activate that license for the PDN Analyzer extension.
When the license is activated, its Assigned Seat Count number will increment and the entry's Used column will include a 'Used by me' entry.
► See the Altium Designer Licensing page for more information on Altium licensing and types of licenses.


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A special electronic circuit under the influence of flowing current and applied voltage generates impulses in a quantity proportional to the electricity consumed. Power consumption is indicated by the LED flashing. The number of pulses is converted into energy consumed, and its value is indicated by a segment LCD display. The figures after the decimal point indicate hundredth parts (.01 kWh = 10 Wh).
The device has a pulse output SO + - SO-. This allows you to connect another impulse device reading (SO) pulses generated by the indicator. For correct operation of the meter, no additional device is required.
The indicator has the option of sealing the covers of the input and output terminals preventing the bypass of the indicator.


The Odyssey, sequel to The Iliad, is one of the oldest and most influential works of western literature, attributed to the Greek poet Homer. It is thought that this semi-historical saga may have included earlier writings and folktales common to the time (the 8th century BC). The epitome of the voyage tale, in a highly accomplished non-linear style full of of exciting episodes and many protagonists.
The Odyssey tells the story of the noble and cunning king Odysseus (known to the Romans as Ulysses) during his long return home after the fall of Troy. It is also a story of his wife Penelope and son Telemachus, and of Zeus and Athena who, as ever, seek to influence the folly of humankind to their own ends. The first part of the saga tells of Telemachus' search for his father, Penelope's struggle with the many disreputable suitors who would replace the missing husband and king, Odysseus, meanwhile, has been taken captive by the nymph Calypso and held for seven years. The dramatic adventures which ensue are interspersed with many anecdotes and remembrances, often retold by the hero himself as tales within the tale itself. At last returning home, Odysseus and his son conspire to test the faithful Penelope and revenge themselves upon the abusive suitors. Slaying them and reuniting with his wife, he is favored by gods and regains his household.
In Pylos, Telemachus feasts with Nestor and hears tales about the fates of the Greeks returning from the Trojan War, but hears no substantive news of Odysseus. He continues his search to Sparta.