The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs draws writers from across the United States (and Canada, I'm told). The enticement is the uninterrupted hours for writing, reading, respite from the rat race, spiritual nurturing, or all of the above.
Rather than a B & B, Dairy Hollow is a "bed and dinner." There is coffee in each suite. Add a granola bar and that is enough for me. It is much preferred to having to wake and be presentable at 8:00 am for community breakfast. As a contrast, it's nice to stop after hours of work and walk down to the dining room to meet with fellow residents for a gourmet meal.
WCDH consists of two fifties-era houses – one in the Usonian style – and both built on a hill with entrances on all levels. What I euphemistically call a suite is a bedroom with private bath and office area with wifi.
The bathroom in my suite, Spring Garden, has a pink tub and lavatory (no shower). The tiled walls are pink, yellow, and lime green. The space is rather narrow and one day, exiting the tub, I touched my bare backside to the rather cold tile wall. Quite an attention-getter.
The room includes a four-poster bed with the most comfortable mattress I have experienced away from home and a large chair for curling up to read.
Besides needing to make some strides in my latest fiction project, I used this time as a spiritual retreat. This year I completed the study Not a Silent Night, by Adam Hamilton. This unique take on the life of Mary (the mother of Jesus) stretches the mind a bit and allows us to see Jesus from Mary's point of view.
The trip was made with my BFF Pat and we are very good co-travelers. We agreed totally on the stop at Ferguson's on the way for a huge cinnamon roll and coffee. Coming home, lunch was at the Daisy Queen in Marshall for a fantastic burger and shake.
I arrived home on Saturday, October 31. I gave my loan trick-or-treater (a five-year-old friend named Cameron) a Slim Jim from a partial package I had in the pantry, then turned off my porch light.
Today, Sabbath — day of rest, I rode the church bus, attended Sunday School, assisted as liturgist in worship, took communion to the nursing home, picked up the dog at the boarder, put out the recycling for First Monday, and attended a Church Council meeting. Tomorrow back to my day job.
Adventures are more fun when shared with a friend, right? This year I thought I might miss the Arkansas Writers' Conference entirely, but almost last-minute decided I could go on Saturday to the last day of the event.
I volunteered to drive to the North Little Rock campus of Pulaski Tech College, and duly printed off the directions. I left my house before 7:00 a.m. to pick up Kayla, my young-enough-to-be-my-granddaughter friend from the White County Creative Writers' group.
I know where she lives. I've been there before. It's on a corner. But as I cruised around the Kamack addition, I couldn't seem to find either of the streets I needed to locate her corner.
Have I ever mentioned here that I am directionally challenged? I have lived in Beebe 15 years but am still able to lose my way going from point A to point B.
Of course I finally found her house, however, this beginning was a foreshadow of how the day was going to go.
We actually made it to the conference on time with no problems, after we figured out that exit 152B is off I-40 rather than Highway 67/167.
The morning sessions were wonderful, full of good speakers and learning. Kayla was able to pitch her book to a publisher. Since neither of us had registered early enough to be in the lunch count, we dashed out to find something to eat.
We stopped at the first food place we saw which, when we stepped inside, looked like Botulism City. Silently agreeing/ hoping that the hot grease would kill most germs, we ordered take out and rushed back to have lunch on Pulaski Tech's patio. The Lord's hand was on us and neither of us got sick.
After a stimulating afternoon, we started the trek home. The idea was to read the directions that had brought us there and 'flip flop'. But when I arrived at the place where I had exited I-40 East I saw no directions on how to get onto I-40 West. Nor did I see any instructions on the other side of the underpass.
So I continued straight ahead. This was after all a busy thoroughfare. Surely it would lead me to more familiar territory. In time, I came to HWY 107.
I turned onto that highway, using the western sun to choose my direction, the North Star being unavailable.
"YOU HAVE A GPS?" I inquired.
She queried 67/167 and we immediately heard the voice saying to turn right the next chance we got. I saw the Sherwood city limit sign and breathed a sigh of relief. Oh good, we're still in Arkansas.
Of course we found 67/167 just south of Jacksonville and in due time made it home. An adventurous day well spent.
My friend Kayla is Kayla Shown-Dean, free lance writer and author of Muted. Check out her website and blog here.
The guests are arriving. The photographer has taken pictures of our parents. All is ready. Now, I need to decide if I'm going through with this or not.
The first strains of a classical melody drifted in from the sanctuary, the signal to Annie's brothers to seat the guests. Her mother was putting the final touches on Cameron's flower basket.
Annie frowned at the thought of her daughter. The five-year-old disliked Jeff but surely that was jealousy. Understandable for a young child suddenly having to share her mommy with someone new.
At first Cameron took to Jeff and he reciprocated, taking her on outings and buying her special toys. But as Annie and Jeff became closer, the child's hostility grew. Her mother said Cameron was just spoiled.
In every other way, her relationship with Jeff was perfect. Annie could not believe she had found someone so caring. There had never been so much as a minor disagreement between them. Jeff brushed away every concern with a reasonable explanation … and a kiss.
Until last night. Right after the rehearsal dinner Annie's maid of honor came to her with a story that was circulating. Rumors of accusations by a member of Jeff's soccer team.
Though it was late, Annie called him. They needed to talk about this. Again, he took her in his arms and calmed her.
Now sitting in the bride's room at the church, her friends and family gathering upstairs, she realized it was at that moment she first thought of cancelling her wedding.
Who believes a kid? She'd heard those exact words before.
So, Annie didn't speak of it again. Uncle Joe never came to another reunion. Annie had no idea why. Maybe one of the other children told. Maybe a grown-up listened.
Annie stared into the mirror with horror. What had she said to Cameron when the child told her she didn't like Jeff? Was her daughter wanting to tell her more? Needing her to ask the right question, Why? Why doesn't Cameron like Jeff?
She stood and ran from the room. Holding up the satin skirt, she took the stairs two at a time. She needed to find her daughter. And ask the question.
If God called me to any task in this life, it must be to be a Mom. My entrance into this adventure began in 1953, when I was not quite 20 years old.
I've been a mom, a step-mom, a grandma, and most recently a "Grandma Dot", dubbed such by great-grands. I have been a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, a single mom, a mother-and grandmother-in-law. In 1989 I joined the ranks of 1.5 million seniors raising children they did not give birth to. From that I became a guardian, foster and finally an adoptive (aka 'real') mom.
I know I made some mistakes, but I must have done a fairly good job. I have a pillow that says "Greatest Mom in the Entire Universe". What more can I say?
It's strange that almost anywhere one applies for a job, experience is required. Yet, becoming a parent was a duty I took on with no experience whatsoever and from then on it was OJT (on the job training).
Still, it's not learning those things that made me a mother. It's the wiping tears and shedding tears. It's the praying and protecting. It's the caring and the counseling. And, it's the letting go.
That's the hardest thing a parent is called on to do. Whether it's 5-years-old going to kindergarten, an 18-year-old leaving for college or work, or a thirty-something moving off and taking your grandchildren with them — Moms want to hold onto their children, see them, talk to them often. Just to make sure they're okay.
I am truly blessed in my role as Mother. It's fun. My children don't wait for a special day to let me know I am loved. I feel it every day. Love you guys!
When my youngest son was in 3rd grade, the teacher would give the class new spelling words each Monday. Their assignment was to return on Tuesday with their definition of the word. Then the class would use the dictionary to see how close they had come to the correct meaning.
One week, 'disappoint' was on the list. Phillip said the meaning of that word was "to make someone mad at you." I got the message. Someone — probably me or a caregiver — had said to my little boy "I'm disappointed in you," in a voice that conveyed not disappointment but anger.
When I shared this with the teacher, she said more than half the class gave similar answers.
According to my F in Exams daily calendar, a high school student answered a test question: Romeo and Juliet is written entirely in Islamic pentameter.
An acquaintance once told me she had been invited to several holiday parties and needed 'to retaliate.' I'm sure she meant reciprocate, but then again . . .
I read this week that 'irregardless' is now a considered a word. Not a particularly good word, but it has been used enough to gain that distinction. That's sad.
Does all this mean that when someone facebooks 'time is going to fast' that it might indicate life is swiftly passing us by? Or does it mean it will soon be too late to take part in an ancient spiritual discipline?
God sent the angel Gabriel to speak to Mary. The message Gabriel brought? God wanted Mary to play a special role in his divine plan. Even though she was an unlikely candidate for the job. Females in Jewish society were not seen as persons of much value. They were often considered property. They had no rights of their own; certainly a woman would not be seen as one who could have a hand in saving the world.
How shocking that God chose a young virgin to bear God's son. But, that's the way it is with God. He calls unlikely people. God didn't ask Mary if she was willing. He expected her to obey.
The angel answered, but he didn't explain exactly how the Virgin Birth would work. He told her God would take care of things. God would be with her.
With a gigantic leap of faith, Mary accepted God's call.
When God calls us to a task, may we be as courageous as Mary and Joseph. May it be enough for us to know God will always be with us and that with God nothing is impossible.
Isn't it amazing how quickly things become hackneyed? Whether it's fashion — skirts long or short, toes round or pointed — celebrities who come and go in popularity, hobbies we take up that begin to bore us, or relationships we out grow. Things we couldn't live without — the boat, the rifle, the car, the house, the job — soon lose their newness and appeal and we are ready for something different, more exciting and challenging. Eventually, most of our interests become so trite, so… so… last week.
When the children of Israel were starving, and I mean starving in the wilderness, God gave them manna, fresh every morning, a miracle just for them. They were so grateful for this new versatile food. But before long they grew tired of the same old thing day after day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They cried that they longed for a change in diet. Manna, God's special miracle for his children, had become so last week.
In his indescribable love, God gave us the gift of his Son. God loved the world so much — he loved me and you so much — that he gave his son.
This is almost too great to comprehend. How could I ever feel blasé about it? How could I ever tire of the story of his birth, told in narrative and song, celebrated with friends and family in places decorated with lights and symbols of the nativity?
The story of how Christ came to live among us never grows cliché. The gift God gave us is experienced fresh and new every year when this season arrives, every week as we worship together, every day, every moment we choose to bask in the great love God has for us.


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There will only be 106 made and they're already all sold.
For many years, the McLaren F1 was arguably the king of sports cars. Only 106 were built from 1992 through 1998, each featuring a 6.1-liter BMW V-12 engine, good for a staggering 627 horsepower and a chest-thumping 479 lb-ft of torque. Back in the Nineties, those were absurd numbers, a fact further proved when the McLaren F1 shocked the world by setting the record for the fastest production car ever in 1998, topping out at 231 miles per hour. That was a record that stood for seven years, until the Bugatti Veyron crested 253 mph in '05.
Until now, that is. Above, is the first sketch McLaren has revealed of the BP23, a forthcoming hyper-GT car that McLaren promises will be faster, more powerful and more aerodynamic than anything it has ever produced. While McLaren is quick to note that this BP23 is not a successor to the F1, it'll certainly be viewed as one, because it also has three seats.
It's likely to have a 4.0-liter V-8 twin-turbo engine — found in the new 720S — but upgraded, and combined with a hybrid battery system, as found on McLaren's current hypercar, the P1. More than 50 percent of McLaren will be going hybrid by 2022, insiders say. There's no word on what those new performance numbers will be, but McLaren did reveal that only 106 will be produced and that they're all already sold.
Those lucky enough to have secured one will be working with McLaren Special Operations, the bespoke division of McLaren responsible for customizing each BP23 in a host of ways. The first vehicles will hit their new owners' driveways in 2019.


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BLOGWhy the Johnson Amendment Needs a Legislative Fix, Not an Executive Order
By Natalie Wyman Posted on: | May 15, 2017
At the beginning of the month, President Trump signed a much-anticipated executive order on religious liberty and free speech. The executive order expressed strong support for the freedom of every American to live and work consistently with their faith without fearing government discrimination or retaliation.
But there's also been a lot of misinformation circulating regarding the practical effects of the executive order—particularly its practical effects on the Johnson Amendment.
The Johnson Amendment is a speech restriction in the tax code that prohibits all nonprofits—including churches—from participating or intervening in elections. Alliance Defending Freedom has long advocated for a fix to the Johnson Amendment, because of its unconstitutional restrictions on a pastor's speech.
The IRS is notorious for abusing discretion
The executive order directs the U.S. Treasury "to the greatest extent practicable and to the extent permitted by law" to respect the freedom of organizations to engage in religious and political speech.
The problem is, history shows that the IRS can't be trusted.
The IRS is one of the largest and most unaccountable bureaucracies in the federal government. It is also one of the most scandal-laden. The IRS has been caught targeting conservative groups and harassing churches. We can't trust the IRS with emails, much less with properly respecting First Amendment freedoms of religion and speech.
As recently as 2014, the IRS told one atheist group that it had a list of 99 churches that merited high-priority investigation. And IRS investigations can mean audits, harassment, and even visits from other government agencies like the FBI.
The fact is, the IRS cannot be trusted with ensuring that pastors' and churches' freedom of speech is protected. Congressional action is necessary to remedy the unconstitutional restrictions on speech created by the Johnson Amendment.
A legislative problem requires legislative action
An executive order cannot repeal legislation, and President's Trump's executive order did not change the Johnson Amendment. Some pastors have assumed that the 1954 Johnson Amendment is impotent, but this is not the case. Its vague and confusing language gives the IRS too much deference to interpret the code and too much power to enforce it, leaving pastors vulnerable to IRS harassment. The executive order did nothing to practically change this language.
Theoretically, the federal agency charged with interpreting and applying this law should have enacted clarifying regulations, but the IRS has only added to the confusion over time. The IRS refuses to produce well-defined guidelines regarding the Johnson Amendment, so it is up to Congress to produce the solution that protects the constitutional rights of churches across the nation.
By clarifying that statements made "in the ordinary course of the organization's regular and customary activities" cannot be classified as participation in elections, the Free Speech Fairness Act frees churches and pastors from the fear of IRS retribution for making statements about politics from the pulpit according to sincerely-held religious beliefs.
Congress enacted this legislation, and therefore Congress should be the one to remedy the issue it inadvertently created in 1954.
Constitutional rights shouldn't depend on who's in the White House
Executive orders come and go. President Trump repealed executive orders signed by President Obama. President Obama repealed executive orders signed by President Bush. The list goes on.
While executive orders have a role to play, they do not establish long-term policy.
The executive order expressed support for the constitutional rights of pastors, but it cannot effectively repeal the legislation. And as no court has taken on addressing the constitutional problems present in the Johnson Amendment, this leaves the task of protecting churches' freedom of speech to Congress.
The Johnson Amendment's vague and confusing language violates the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement that citizens be informed with a reasonable degree of certainty of what the law requires so that they can conform their conduct accordingly. This lack of specific guidance from the IRS results in pervasive chill and massive self-censorship among America's church leaders.
The constitutional rights of pastors should not be conditional on who occupies the White House; rather, Congress needs to take on the task of setting up permanent protections of free speech for our nation's churches.
Congress must fix the Johnson Amendment
While President Trump's executive order was a good step in acknowledging that churches need relief from the Johnson Amendment's restrictions, practical legislative action is still essential. The Free Speech Fairness Act would effectively get the IRS out of the free speech police business and would prohibit the IRS from regulating the content of sermons in any way.
The decision about whether a particular church or pastor talks about candidates from the pulpit should reside with that church and with that pastor. The Free Speech Fairness Act would allow churches to speak as they would in the ordinary course of their ministries without fear of IRS retribution, and it is therefore the best solution to the Johnson Amendment's constitutional problems.
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Natalie worked as a lobbyist at the Family Foundation of Virginia and a grassroots associate at Heritage Action for America before joining the Alliance Defending Freedom team.

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What's so good about FFVII anyway? (big fat spoilers for the original game)
ailixchaerea	Uncategorized	 April 19, 2020 October 30, 2020 3 Minutes
The story.
The Final Fantasy games are a combination of gaming and story telling and each one has a different emphasis. My favorite FF title that balances good gaming with good storytelling is VI. My favorite for gameplay without attention paid to the story would either be XV or XIII-2. And my favorite for story, regardless of gameplay, is VII.
Nearly every Final Fantasy game has an identical plot, themes and story structuring. Since Final Fantasy uses a balance between gaming and story, the story often does not need to carry all the weight. I believe, though, that Final Fantasy VII is either the most successful version of the classic Final Fantasy story or the most ambitious.
No small part of this is the carefully consistent thematic language that discusses death. Two of the main characters are dead: one of them passes into the holistic network of souls (Lifestream) to preserve its interconnected vitality. the other dead person holds his identity separate and wants to absorb the interconnected whole into himself. And these two dead people are the main characters– as in, they move all of the plot pieces.
There is also the somewhat understated use of historical and mythic references. Final Fantasy VII is a post World War II legend. The upper plates of Midgar look a hell of a lot like romantic, 1940's, detective movie New York. You start the game blowing up energy "reactors", massive power sources that can provide indefinitely or destroy all life. The nuke parallels only get stronger from there: the WEAPONs are kaijus. The first kaiju-like movies in the sixties, Godzilla and stuff, were about mutants created by radiation that destroy entire cities.
Then there's the not-so-understated WWII references: Heidegger is named after Martin Heidegger, the German philosopher that collaborated with the Nazis and had a few of his students sent to concentration camps. Professor Hojo is also clearly modeled after Josef Mengele and the Cetra have an ancestral legend of a place called The Promised Land. The first Cetra victim of Hojo that we see is Aerith, who is one of our two dead main characters.
The first allegorical Jew of the game lays down her life to preserve the dignity and familial (one might say "brotherly") harmony between all souls.
To whit: the Lifestream borrows from ideas common in Hinduism that also appear in Buddhism. The soul of the individual needs to merge with all other souls and share the totality of its experience for its own good. And then there's this big fat Jesus thing going on with Aerith. Which is interesting because the Final Fantasy games are usually very critical of both religion and also just power in general. So I don't think it's a pro-religion thing, maybe pro-spirituality.
If not pro-spirituality it is at least spiritual-friendly. What clinches the whole spiritual "reading" is the importance of Cloud's subjectivity in the main plot. When we first meet Cloud, he doesn't even give his name until he's asked frankly- he's just Ex-SOLDIER. Later, Cloud falls into the Lifestream while being locked in his own mind. He is both in the afterlife and trapped inside of his own pain. Another human being, Tifa, bodily enters his mind with him.
Later, the party goes directly into the planet's core. Given that the Lifestream is every transmigrating soul crisscrossing through the core on their way to their next lives, this is familiar territory for Cloud. The final confrontation with Sephiroth even takes place in Cloud's mind, after the last boss fight.
Basically, I've never played a game that gets plot, mythic themes and characters to work so well together. It sucks you into a discussion of big ideas in a way that's poetic and exciting…and without getting preachy or taking sides. Or if it is, the side is that nukes and fascism are bad, which I happen to be okay with anyway 😉
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This article contributes to a growing body of empirical literature relating credit constraints and incomplete insurance to investment decisions. We use panel data from rural Ethiopia to investigate whether participation in a safety net program enhances fertilizer adoption. Using a difference-in-differences estimator and inverse propensity score weighting, we find that participation in Ethiopia's food-for-work (FFW) program increased fertilizer adoption in the short run, but not in the long run. Results also indicate that the intensity of fertilizer usage increased with livestock holdings for FFW-participant households, providing some evidence that the intervention helped asset-rich farm households more than asset-poor households. We find no significant effects of free distribution on fertilizer adoption or intensification. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that safety nets can be viewed as mechanisms that allow households to take on more risk to pursue higher profits. The results highlight the importance of safety net programs, their effectiveness in ensuring farmers that they will be protected against uninsured shocks, and how that assurance can translate into productivity-enhancing behavior.


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The ALLEA Permanent Working Group on Science and Ethics (PWGSE) is concerned with a wide range of issues, both 'internal' (within the scientific community) and 'external' (relations between science and society). Since ethical considerations have been an essential component in the consolidation of a united Europe, and also in the creation of ALLEA, the PWGSE was established to bring together experts from academies across Europe and provide them with a platform for continuous debate on research ethics and research integrity.
The PWGSE has been extending its capacities and activities during recent years, in order to adequately fulfil its mission of collective deliberation on topics such as research integrity, ethics education in science and research training, ethics of scientific policy advice, trust in science, scientific misconduct, and plagiarism, among others.
Further issues recently addressed include dual use, ethical aspects of risks, science and human rights, support for higher education and research in Palestine, research on human embryos, synthetic biology, nanotechnologies etc. Additionally, the group provides expertise for the Horizon 2020 funded ENERI project (European Network of Research Ethics and Research Integrity), which aims to train experts in ethics related issues and to harmonise research integrity infrastructures across Europe.
The PWGSE meets regularly and has also convened thematic meetings in wider settings, typically in partnerships with other relevant organisations such as the European Commission, the European Science Foundation (ESF), the International Council for Science (ICSU), or UNESCO, among many others. The members of the PWGSE drew on its extensive network of experts and institutions for the successful execution of the revision process.
Emerging issues: synthetic biology, nanotechnology, robotics a.o.
The PWGSE organised the workshop "Ethical Aspects of Open Access: A Windy Road" hosted by the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (KVAB) at the Academy Palace in Brussels on 1 February 2018.
Please find the workshop report presentations of the day here.
To check the concept and programme of the event, please click here.


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James Wrixham operated a ferry from his plantation across the South Edisto River (1).


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NEW BLACK PANTHERS vs BASEBALL TEAM VERONA (Apr 28, 2018)
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 11 (5-2), BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 4 (2-5) (Game 1) - Composite Box Score
Apr 28, 2018 at Verona (VR) (Gavagnin)
NEW BLACK PANTHERS ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
FALLACARA lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
PIZZOLINI ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1
LEONORA cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0
MICEU M 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
FURLAN rf 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
BERINI dh 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BARCHETTA dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DA RE c 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
SAYOL 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0
GHERGOLET 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
ZOTTI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
PASQUALI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
BURATO 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 4
BRIGGI G lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
MELIORI ss/p 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
DE BONI c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
BOTTARO dh/ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1
MONDO cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
ORRASH 2b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
CASTAGNA A 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 12 1 0
RAMPO rf 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
ALDEGHERI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
GERI p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEW BLACK PANTHERS ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
ZOTTI Matthias 5.0 4 4 2 0 5 0 0 2 0 17 20 4 4
PASQUALI Elia W,2-0 4.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 15 4 6
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
ALDEGHERI Mattia 6.0 1 4 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 22 24 5 7
GERI Massimiliano L,0-1 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 3
MELIORI Davide 2.0 2 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 14 5 1
Umpires - HP: CASER Andrea 1B: GARBIN Paolo
Weather: Sunny Game notes: Scorers - DA GIAU Silvio, GUARDA Pietro, OLIVIERI Daniela
ZOTTI faced 1 batter in the 6th.
ALDEGHERI faced 2 batters in the 7th.
GERI faced 1 batter in the 8th.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 11 (5-2), BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 4 (2-5) (Game 1)
NEW BLACK PANTHERS starters: 11/lf FALLACARA; 2/ss PIZZOLINI; 12/cf LEONORA; 25/3b MICEU M; 9/rf FURLAN; 23/dh BERINI; 31/c DA RE; 8/1b SAYOL; 57/2b GHERGOLET; 21/p ZOTTI;
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA starters: 33/3b BURATO; 9/lf BRIGGI G; 45/ss MELIORI; 8/c DE BONI; 5/dh BOTTARO; 12/cf MONDO; 10/2b ORRASH; 59/1b CASTAGNA A; 13/rf RAMPO; 38/p ALDEGHERI;
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 1st - FALLACARA struck out swinging. PIZZOLINI flied out to cf. LEONORA flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 1st - BURATO struck out swinging. BRIGGI G flied out to cf. MELIORI singled to pitcher. MELIORI out at second c to ss, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 2nd - MICEU M struck out swinging. FURLAN grounded out to 3b. BERINI walked. BERINI advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. BERINI out at second p to ss, picked off. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 2nd - DE BONI hit by pitch. BOTTARO grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b; DE BONI out on the play. MONDO flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 3rd - DA RE grounded out to ss. SAYOL grounded out to p. GHERGOLET walked. GHERGOLET advanced to second on a wild pitch. FALLACARA flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 3rd - ORRASH struck out swinging. CASTAGNA A struck out swinging. RAMPO struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 4th - PIZZOLINI grounded out to ss. LEONORA grounded out to ss. MICEU M struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 4th - BURATO grounded out to p, bunt. BRIGGI G flied out to 2b. MELIORI flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 5th - FURLAN reached on a throwing error by ss. FURLAN advanced to second on a passed ball. BERINI reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on the error; FURLAN advanced to third on a muffed throw by 3b, assist by ss. BERINI advanced to third on the error; FURLAN scored on the error, unearned. BERINI scored on a wild pitch, unearned. DA RE flied out to lf. SAYOL struck out swinging. GHERGOLET grounded out to 3b. 2 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 0 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 5th - DE BONI hit by pitch. BOTTARO singled to left field; DE BONI advanced to second. MONDO grounded out to 3b, SAC; BOTTARO advanced to second; DE BONI advanced to third. ORRASH reached on a fielding error by ss, RBI; DE BONI scored. CASTAGNA A grounded out to ss; ORRASH advanced to second; BOTTARO advanced to third. RAMPO doubled to right field, 2 RBI; ORRASH scored, unearned; BOTTARO scored, unearned. BURATO struck out swinging. 3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 6th - FALLACARA flied out to rf. PIZZOLINI struck out swinging. LEONORA reached on a fielding error by 3b. LEONORA advanced to second on an error by 2b, assist by p 1b ss, caught stealing. MICEU M grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 6th - BRIGGI G tripled to right field. PASQUALI to p for SAMSA. MELIORI singled to left center, RBI; BRIGGI G scored. MELIORI stole second. DE BONI grounded out to 3b. BOTTARO reached on a fielding error by 3b. MONDO grounded out to p; BOTTARO advanced to second; MELIORI advanced to third. ORRASH grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 7th - FURLAN reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to third on the error. BERINI singled to left center, RBI; FURLAN scored, unearned. GERI to p for ALDEGHERI. DA RE grounded out to c, SAC; BERINI advanced to second. SAYOL grounded out to ss; BERINI advanced to third. BERINI scored on a passed ball, unearned. GHERGOLET singled to center field. FALLACARA grounded out to 1b unassisted. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 7th - CASTAGNA A struck out looking. RAMPO grounded out to 2b. BURATO struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 8th - PIZZOLINI tripled to left center. MELIORI to p. BOTTARO to ss. / for GERI. LEONORA intentionally walked. LEONORA stole second. MICEU M fouled out to 1b. FURLAN intentionally walked. BERINI walked, RBI; FURLAN advanced to second; LEONORA advanced to third; PIZZOLINI scored. DA RE singled to center field, RBI; BERINI advanced to second; FURLAN advanced to third; LEONORA scored. SAYOL fouled out to 1b. GHERGOLET reached on an error by ss, advanced to second on the error; DA RE advanced to third on the error; BERINI scored on the error, unearned; FURLAN scored on the error, unearned. FALLACARA walked. PIZZOLINI singled to center field, advanced to second on a fielding error by cf, RBI; FALLACARA advanced to second, scored on the error, unearned; GHERGOLET advanced to third, scored on the error, unearned; DA RE scored, unearned. LEONORA flied out to ss. 7 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 8th - BRIGGI G flied out to cf. MELIORI grounded out to ss. DE BONI flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 9th - MICEU M flied out to lf. FURLAN reached on a fielding error by 3b. BARCHETTA to dh for BERINI. BARCHETTA reached on a fielder's choice; FURLAN out at second 2b to ss. DA RE flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 9th - BOTTARO flied out to rf. MONDO flied out to cf. ORRASH singled to third base. CASTAGNA A grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
NEW BLACK PANTHERS 11, BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 4 (Apr 28, 2018 at Verona (VR)) (Game 1)
NEW BLACK PANTHERS.. 000 020 270  - 11  5  2      (5-2)
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA 000 031 000  -  4  6  9      (2-5)
Pitchers: NEW BLACK PANTHERS - ZOTTI Matthias; PASQUALI Elia(6) and DA RE Giulio.
BASEBALL TEAM VERONA - ALDEGHERI Mattia; GERI Massimiliano(7); MELIORI Davide(8) and
DE BONI Filippo.
Win-PASQUALI Elia(2-0)  Loss-GERI Massimiliano(0-1)  T-3:00  A-46
Scorers - DA GIAU Silvio, GUARDA Pietro, OLIVIERI Daniela


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TWICE DELAYED, COMETS FINALLY HAVE THEIR DAY IN WASHINGTON
JOHN ALTAVILLA; Courant Staff WriterTHE HARTFORD COURANT
The Houston Comets have won three consecutive WNBA championships, quite an accomplishment at any level of professional sports. But until Monday, the team had been unable to have its titles validated in presidential fashion.
Opportunities for the Comets to make a White House visit -- now customary for champions of major collegiate and professional sports -- had twice been delayed. There were the bombings of the American embassies in Africa, and later the proceedings surrounding President Clinton's impeachment.
But Comets coach Van Chancellor got his chance to stroll the Rose Garden and listen to Clinton praise the perseverance the Comets displayed in 1999 by overcoming the death of teammate Kim Perrot to win another title.
"Adversity breaks some people," Clinton said. "It caused you to break records."
Visiting the White House was not new for a number of Comets. Jennifer Rizzotti was there after UConn's undefeated national championship season in 1995. Sheryl Swoopes has been there three times, first after Texas Tech's national championship in 1993 and again after the U.S. Olympic basketball team won gold in 1996.
"We got a chance to jog with the president in the snow," Swoopes said of the earlier visit. "I wasn't very excited about that."
Move Of Mystical Proportions
If the WNBA expects to convert skeptics who believe it's nothing more than the unwanted stepchild of NBA administrators, it should try to avoid embarrassing front office manipulations like the ones that took place in Washington last week.
Wes Unseld,the former NBA great, resigned as general manager of the Mystics and was replaced by Melissa McFerrin,one of the team's assistant coaches.
"As the Mystics and WNBA continue to grow it is neccessary to give more specific attention and use specialized resources," Unseld explained. "Melissa has an excellent knowledge of basketball."
Perhaps. But McFerrin has essentially been an assistant coach, working for Mystics coach Nancy Darsch at Ohio State and with the New York Liberty before joining the Mystics in 1999. Assistant coach to general manager is quite a career leap and one you will never see at the NBA level.
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The expansion Indiana Fever made their home debut at Conseco Fieldhouse Thursday with a 74-68 loss to the Sacramento Monarchs. The Fever, coached by Anne Donovan,the former Old Dominion All- American, committed 20 turnovers, five by former UConn guard Rita Williams,who is getting a chance to start at the point.
But what made the game special from the entertainment aspect were the battery-powered microphones NBA Entertainment made three members of the Fever wear -- Donovan, Stephanie McCarty and Kara Wolters,the former UConn center and current Olympian.
"I was afraid because you never know what's going to come out of my mouth," Wolters said. "But I guess if Michael Jordan can do it [wear microphones on the floor] then so can I."
Last Sunday, Wolters led the Fever with 12 points and five rebounds in their first game, a 72-52 loss at Sacramento.
Not-So-Secret Agent
It shouldn't be difficult to guess who Svetlana Abrosimova might hire as her agent when she enters the WNBA. Boris Lelchitski,the European talent scout who first brought Abrosimova to UConn's attention, is now in the player agent business.
He has two clients with the Phoenix Mercury, former Arizona standout Adia Barnes and 6-8 center Maria Stepanova. Lelchitski even convinced Barnes -- who is battling former UConn forwardStacy Hansmeyer and Louisiana Tech's Amanda Wilson for final roster spot -- to play overseas in Kiev, Ukraine, during the winter to gain international experience.
Injuries Impact Preseason
Injuries are already playing havoc. Rizzotti,the University of Hartford's coach, suffered a hip contusion in Houston's first exhibition game and missed its second. Jennifer Azzi broke her hand in Utah's exhibition opener. But the bug is especially strong in Charlotte where Sting coach T.R. Dunn is filling in out of pure necessity. Dawn Staley is recovering from knee surgery. Tracy Reid had a bad knee and thigh. Shalonda Enis (Achilles') and first-round pick Summer Erb (foot) are also out. Rookie guard Jill Morton (hamstring) and guard Andrea Stinson have also missed time with injuries. . . . Noteworthy players cut include Oklahoma's Phylesha Whaley (Minnesota), Illinois' Tauja Catchings (Phoenix), Old Dominion's Nyree Roberts (Indiana), Miami's Kym Hope (Orlando) and Louisiana Tech's Shaka Massey (Charlotte). Rosters must be trimmed to 11 by May 29.


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Inaria Postmortem
Inaria Postmortem January 14, 2006	Anthony Salter
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Around the end of October 2005, I decided to try to write a complete computer role-playing game in forty hours. I was inspired by this article by Jay Barnson on GameDev.net, Jeff Vogel's excellent work, and by my own love of RPGs. I am a professional game developer, but I'd never written an RPG engine and considered that a "hole" in my experience.
I picked a time limit because I've also been fascinated by people being forced to do the best they can with their skills under such limits; this was one reason why I wrote my Iron Gamedev article (the other reason was that I was feeling really goofy that day). And of course competions like the Ludum Dare also inspired me.
The project is now complete. You can download the game here, and the source files for both the game and the editor here. Here's a screenshot:
Now, the point of this project was to learn, not necessarily to make a complete and fun game. That said, I did want to make the game as good as it could be in the time I had. Here's an excerpt from my original design doc with my goals:
We need four things to be able to call the project a success.
We need to create the map structure and populate it with an initial terrain layout.
We need to allow the player to walk around the map and be blocked by passability data.
We need to create monsters and have them move toward the player and attack him when they get in range.
We need to allow the player to attack back, and to have the player somehow gain in abilities when he succeeds in killing monsters.
That's it. If we get that, we can publish it without fear of too much ridicule.
But that's not enough. What I want is:
A map structure where every map cell is a list of critters placed on that cell. When the cell is drawn, all objects in that cell are drawn, from bottom to top. Since the terrain object will be pushed on the map on load, it will always be drawn first, on the bottom.
A map structure that contains data for map links.
An inventory and a current equipment screen.
If we get all this implemented, I will consider the experiment a resounding success.
Finally, what I'd really like is:
An overworld, three towns, two castles, and eight dungeon maps.
An overall plot, no matter how thin.
Quests and quest objects.
If we get all this implemented, I'll be damn suprised.
Well, I didn't get quite everything on my list done, but I'm still very surprised at how much I accomplished. I got the map structure I wanted, an inventory, buying and selling, NPCs with different AI behaviors, levelling up, one town, two castles and eight dungeons. And a very, very thin plot, but not quests or quest items.
I kept rigorous track of my time, but since I have a full-time job and a family, I wasn't able to spend my hours over the course of a weekend or even a week or two. It took me about three months to finish the project, and I actually feel I did well completing it in that time. I am actually alloting myself four months to complete my next forty-hour project.
I would break down my time spent as follows: about five hours was spent fiddling with graphics, about thirty hours was spent writing code, and about five hours was spent creating the NPC data files and game levels.
What Went Right
Kicking it Old-School
Emulating an old Ultima-style RPG was the right tack to take. If I'd tried to write a 3D RPG, I simply would have gotten overwhelmed and probably quit. The feature set I wanted fell into the "tough but doable" range and made for a perfect forty-hour challenge.
Using the SDL
I wouldn't have completed what I did if I had not used the SDL and instead just used DirectDraw. End of story. I cannot imagine why someone would not want to use it for a project like this, it was so easy to use and saved me so much time.
Grabbing Graphics off the Web
All the items, monsters and NPCs in the game came from this page of free RPG tiles. This was a lifesaver – if I'd had to create the graphics myself, not only would they have looked like crap, I would have burned so much time on them that I would not have had any chance of completing my goal. As it was, I could not find any decent terrain tiles that I liked, so I ended up grabbing a lot of the ones I used out of Ultima VI. This cost me at least two hours, unfortunately.
Making an Editor
I spent about five hours making an editor for the engine – you can see a screenshot of it here and it's included with the source package linked above. I think this may have been my smartest move. I ended up spending far too much time on the code and far too little on the maps (see What Went Wrong, below), but if I hadn't had the editor I probably wouldn't have gotten more than one or two maps into the game.
Using my PDA to Sync Projects
I have an Asus A620 PocketPC-based PDA. I love it, and one of the things I use it for is to keep projects synched between work and home. This way I was able to work on my project at work, sync my PDA, take it home, sync it at home, and pick right up where I left off. Now that I've got some webspace, though, I'll probably set up a Subversion server to make it even easier, and give me real source control features like versioning.
Blogging the Process
This was vital. The fact that I knew people were watching kept me going when I got really tired of the project 🙂 I'd like to thank my friends Ryan Clark and Tom Mauer from work who tracked the progress of the project with interest, as well as Andrew Wooldridge and Gianfranco Berardi who linked to me, and to Sol who piped up with helpful suggestions when I mentioned I was using his tutorials.
Hoo boy, where to start?
Well, first, here's a screenshot of the most visually interesting bug I encountered during development:
Multiple Mistakes with the Editor
I made two huge mistakes with the editor. First off, I made it too early in the project. I made the editor when I felt I needed map data to work on, but once I had the map I then added lots of features to the map structure…which the editor then didn't support. I had to add the map level number, map name and map links all by hand. The editor still saved me time, but it could have been even better if I'd just made a temp map by hand to work on, finalized my map data structure, and then made the editor.
My second mistake was a doozy. I split the editor off into its own project, instead of simply creating a new editor source file in the base project. By splitting the editor off, I ensured that all maps would have to be moved from the editor folder to the actual game folder before they could be tested – and then moved back if additional work was needed. Maps quickly got out of date and filenames got confused. I finally fixed this by putting a hardcoded path into the editor source so that it saved and loaded from the game folder, a terribly hacky solution.
Secondly, I ensured that all the changes to the source files I made while writing the editor had to be merged back over to the game project, and then changes made there had to be merged back into the editor…it was just bad. Still much better than no editor at all, but these mistakes caused me to eat up time that could have been spent making the maps better. Which leads me to…
Too Much Time on Infrastructure, Not Enough on Content
Now…this is a thing that went wrong, but in the end, this was a learning exercise, not an attempt to make a publishable game. I wanted the game to be as good as it could be, but in the end the quality of the game is not that important.
That said, the game could have been twice as good with just one or two more hours spent on the content – and I'd have had those hours if I'd both planned better and not made those boneheaded mistakes with the editor. There are features in the engine that the player will never see…because I didn't have time to write content that uses them. Yay!
Schizophrenic Source Code
I almost didn't want to post the source…in just about every case, I started doing things the "right" OOP-ish way, and then reverted to procedural programming when time got tight.
For instance, there is an NPC class. Great! Do I subclass from that for all my NPC types so that I can program in individual unique NPC actions? Nope, I simply use that one class and have the Update() function determine the NPC's type and perform actions based on a classically bad switch/case statement. The input code is atrocious; I'm doing tons of stuff there that have nothing to do with input. I felt like crying when I put the code to draw the hit marker and projectile marker inside the input function with their own frame pumps…but it was either do that or cut them completely. I guess I can console myself with at least knowing that it was bad.
Despite all of that, I do consider the project a success. I learned a lot and created a fair amount of code that can and will be reused for other projects. And I'm planning on doing three more of these forty-hour learning exercises over the course of the next year.
7 Responses to Inaria Postmortem
Wynne says:
Based on the goals you set for yourself, I'd say that you deserve an A! (I think the highest compliment came from my wife, who said "Are you stil playing that silly game?") 🙂
Dock says:
Fantatic work, I'm very impressed at what you accomplished! It's great to read about what you think went right and wrong during development, and the forty hours spread over several months is a brilliant way to approach it. It's tempting to do something similar in the future. 🙂
Congrats! I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but I know how great a feeling it is to get something accomplished in a short time span. I can't wait to see your next project. B-)
Keith Weatherby II says:
Great Job! Fascinating post mortum (did I spell that right?). I'm going to attempt a 100-hour project. An adventure game, graphic though it is, it will be the crudest graphics ever, and using an adventure game creator. My goal is to make a complete working game with only the crudest of content (no sound/music only crude graphics to get my point across). If you can do an rpg in 40 hours, I should be able to do an adventure game in 100 🙂
Keith aka Uhfgood
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Making Peace is a new book out by a debut sci-fi and fantasy author today worth checking out. Adam has incredible talent with voice and character, and this reads like a book by someone who's a veteran writer.
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Battery uses salinity difference between freshwater and saltwater
Purple and orange dots represent positively and negatively charged ions, respectively. In Step 1, a small electric current is applied to charge the battery. Step 2, the fresh water is purged and replaced with seawater. Step 3, electricity is drawn from the battery for use, draining the battery of its stored energy. Step 4, seawater is discharged and replaced with river water, for the cycle to begin anew. (Credit: Yi Cui, Stanford University)
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a battery that takes advantage of the difference in salinity between freshwater and seawater to produce electricity, says Yi Cui, associate professor of materials science and engineering, who led the research team.
The battery consists of two electrodes (one positive, one negative) immersed in an electrolyte with sodium and chlorine ions, the components of ordinary table salt.
The battery is filled with freshwater and a small electric current is applied to charge it up. The freshwater is then drained and replaced with seawater. Because seawater is salty, containing 60 to 100 times more ions than freshwater, it increases the voltage between the two electrodes.
The manganese dioxide nanorods used to make the postiive electrode of Yi Cui's new battery (credit: Yi Cui)
Cui's team calculated that if all the world's rivers were put to use, their batteries could supply about 2 terawatts of electricity annually, roughly 13 percent of the world's current energy consumption.
A power plant operating with 50 cubic meters of freshwater per second could produce up to 100 megawatts of power, according to the team's calculations. That would be enough to provide electricity for about 100,000 households, says Cui.
Ref.: Yi Cui et al., Batteries for Efficient Energy Extraction from a Water Salinity Difference, Nano Letters, March 17, 2011.


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We hosted a full-day Symfony2 workshop for some of the Finnish Midgard developer community today. As I've written before, Midgard is now transitioning to Symfony2 as our PHP web framework of choice, and this workshop was organized to support that.
You can also find the Pinpoint sources for the tutorial from GitHub. I'll try to keep them updated for future use.
28 July 2011. 2 minute read.


I will have been in eleven different airports on this trip, and they still fascinate me. Airports reflect the cities they inhabit, but they also have that generic, institutional feel. Like Miami's airport, for example. I had a layover there for an hour or so and needed some food. They had the average pre-made sandwiches, hot dogs, and subpar baked goods, but they also had a Cuban quick service place. Of course they do. Cubans and their culture have greatly affected Miami's history, so to have a Cuban eatery in the first and last place one might see when visiting Miami makes total sense. I had to eat there. When would I get to eat plantains in an airport again?
So I grabbed my cafeteria tray, metal fork, and plastic knife (I was in an airport), and sidled up to the line. On the other side of the sneeze guard, there wasn't some overworked but eager chef sauteeing fresh garlic and onions as Buena Vista Social Club played in the background. There were metal pans filled with food and a lady in a paper hat staring at me. I felt like I was back in my high school cafeteria. I ordered the chicken with rice and plantains, and the lady slopped it on my plate.
That chicken might have been the dryest piece of meat I ever ate. Leather would have had more moisture. The plantains were overripe and overcooked. The rice tasted okay, but screwing up white rice is pretty hard to do. As I walked to my gate, full but disappointed, I came to a realization: airport food might embody a city's cuisine, but it's still going to taste like airport food.


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Reel Asian 2017: Blade of the Immortal
November 16, 2017 January 7, 2021 Sean Kelly
A young woman recruits the help of a samurai who can't die, in order to get revenge for his father's death in Blade of the Immortal. One night, the father of Rin Asano (Hana Sugisaki) is challenged and killed by the Itto-ryu lead by Anotsu Kagehisa (Sôta Fukushi). Now on her own, Rin seeks the help of Manji (Takuya Kimura), a samurai who is cursed with immortality. Working as Rin's bodyguard, Manji challenges the members of Itto-ryu one by one until they work their way up to Anotsu.
Blade of the Immortal is the 100th feature film from director Takashi Miike. Returning with similar period style of his 2010 hit 13 Assassins, Miike tells the story of Manji, a disgraced samurai, who is near death after killing off a group of bounty hunters that killed his younger sister Machi. However, a mysterious crone named Yaobikuni (Yôko Yamamoto) infuses Manji with blood worms, who heal any woulds inflicted on him. Fifty years later, Manji agrees to help with Rin's quest for revenge, particularly since she bears a great resemblance to Machi. What follows is a series of bloody battles working up to Anotsu.
Takashi Miike returns to familiar territory for his 100th film, with Blade of the Immortal delivering on the violent action Miike is known for. In fact, the fact the protagonist of Manji cannot die results in some ultraviolent sight gags, as he is essentially cut to pieces, yet still keeps on coming. While the plot of Blade of the Immortal is a bit on the formulaic side, moving from one fight to another, I cannot say that the film wasn't an entertaining addition to Takashi Miike's filmography.
8 / 10 stars
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Story SeriesBright Lights, No City
Emery Wishart
Bright Lights, No City is a project dedicated to documenting the stories of LGBTQIA+ youth from country WA. We thank Community Arts Network for funding this project.
The Centre for Stories collected a number of written and oral stories. Each participant's story has been thoughtfully crafted with the help of Oral Storytelling Trainer, Sisonke Msimang, and Writing Expert, Susan Midalia. This project was funded by Community Arts Network (CAN). CAN manages the Catalyst Community Arts fund on behalf of the State of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
In this story, Emery Wishart worked alongside Sisonke Msimang to craft and perfect his story.
About Emery: My name is Emery Wishart. I'm a young pre-service primary school teacher with a passion for supporting trans and gender diverse community development. I spent my adolescent years in country WA and want to share my experience of coming into my queer identity.
Emery's story was developed as an oral story. You can listen to an audio recording of the story below, or scroll down for the written version.
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My story starts in, basically, the end of year 12. And we've just graduated, and me and my friends have gone for a Leavers event to a family beach house. Just the three of us; nothing big, like, not going to Dunsborough or anything. But, yeah, we're hanging out and having a good time, just, sort of, chilling around after completing exams and that sort of thing. And I've had this big, sort of secret, weighing on me – fairly, fairly big – on my shoulders. And me and my friend, Tyler, have just been walking around this block all evening. There's this whole bunch of shacks and this road that just goes one way in a circle, and we were just lapping around, lap after lap.
And so, yeah, we're pottering along. And he has been pretty stressed out all day, and I've, sort of, noticed. I say, "Hey, what's going on? You can chat to me about anything. What's up?" And he's, like, "Oh, no. It's all good. Don't worry." But, of course, I, sort of did just wanted to know. And eventually, he – we're walking along, lap after lap, and he just let me know, "Oh. I'm gay." And I was, like, "Wow. that's amazing," and I was there to support him. And it was cool to hear him say that, but on the inside, I was also like, oh my god, yes! Like, I have a friend that's also queer. And so then I was like, okay. Whilst we're going on these laps, I'm going to – I'm going to tell him as well.
And so, we're going around lap after lap, and it's 1 AM, and we're just bog lapping around these shacks. It was really strange, but great. And yeah, so then he's, like, "Okay. I think we should go to bed. It's pretty late." And I was like, oh shit. I should have – I should have already told him about this. And so, we're walking along, and I'm trying to slow down the pace and take it a little bit slower, trying to wait around. And so, then we can see the shack. It's nearly time to get home, and I needed to tell him before we get home because my friend is asleep inside and I don't want to tell her yet – just want to tell Tyler.
And so I was like, okay, let's get this out: "Just so you know, I'm – I'm not straight either." And that was such a great thing to say, and he was so surprised and happy and excited. And as well, of course, we kept walking. So it's 1 AM, and we're lapping around and just having a great time talking about life and just how amazed we are that we both have a queer friend. It was so uplifting. We had this beautiful friendship, and now we've got even more in common. And it was a really important night for me. So, yeah, that was a huge night, Leavers.
And then from there, a couple of weeks later, I'm off to uni, moving to Perth to live with my grandparents and leaving Tyler behind. He's just staying in Collie. Pretty sad about that, but that's – that's life. And yeah, I got into architecture, and having to commute an hour and a half each way from Kalamunda to UWA was a huge – three hours a day on a bus. It's not fun. So I was tired from that and stressed out because architecture has this insane work ethic. Like, everyone expects perfect; good is not enough. It needs to be really good. And a lot of people are really good at it because they've wanted to be an architect since they were, like, a baby or something – a bit of an exaggeration.
But yeah, it was like this huge pressure to achieve, and I wasn't as into architecture as I thought I was going to be, but I just felt like I needed to do really well, so I was really trying. And on top of this pressure from that, I just knew to myself, I'd come out to Tyler as not straight, but that wasn't the end of it. There was more. This – it wasn't quite sorted yet, but I was just trying to keep that under wraps. I didn't want to go there. I didn't know what that label meant, if I was going to be okay, I didn't want this. So let's just keep pottering along with architecture, and it will go away. It will be fine. But yeah, when you try and repress things like that, that doesn't work.
So going along with architecture and this huge heavy weight, this sort of despair, like something – something's wrong – something is really wrong, and I know it's wrong. And who am I? What do I want? Where do I want to be? Who do I want to be? Do I like myself? Do I like my body? Like, no, it was really wrong. It was like this intense – this intense feeling that I just couldn't figure out. Was this okay? This was – no, this was not okay, and just trying to ignore that. So this pressure just kept getting bigger and bigger. And this huge well was forming, but it was filling up quicker than it could form. This big, dark place was getting huge. And I couldn't take it anymore in the last week of the semester. I ended up overdosing. And just – just wanted to get out here. Just, like, this was too much – too much pressure, too much everything.
And so, then I deferred out of uni and moved back home with my family in Collie, and they were pretty worried. They didn't think anything was wrong, and then I overdosed. And so, of course, now they know something is wrong. And I was just trying to put on a – put on a happy face, like, what's going on? Like, why? I'm fine. Don't worry; everything's okay. There's no pressure here, nothing to see. But it was still there – this huge pressure – I just had this feeling: I think I'm trans, and I need to ignore this. I need to just not accept that's what's going on. In society, a lot of trans people suffer immensely. And there's a lot of – like, "stigma" is not the right word, but sort of stigma around that. People don't want you to be trans; they don't want to see trans people. They – families don't want to have trans children. Like, all my family love me, all my friends accept me. This is going to be a mess, and I don't want to deal with that.
So I'm in Collie hanging out with my friend a lot. And yeah, we just – we'd go around bog laps in the car, hang out at his place. I'd finish work for the day, have a couple of days off, and I'd just, like, message him, like, "Hey. Do you want to go camping?" And we'd go camping for, like, a few days in the middle of the week at random swimming places around Collie because there's heaps of beautiful swimming areas. So our friendship was just so beautiful. Like, I was really open about everything with him, and at this point, he knew that I was struggling with, like, thinking about a trans identity.
And he was, like, "Okay. Cool," but also no one really knows how to say the right things or support you. Like, it's not his place to pull me out of a dark place. And also, how's he supposed to know how to help me accept myself? It was all about what I needed to do, not what he needed to do. So he was – he was there, and that was important. And I was just still in this – this horrible – this deep spot where I was stuck, and everything was just pretty rubbish. But I could see he was getting really sad about it. I was sad, which made him sad, which made me sad. It just went around, and it was pretty ridiculous.
It was really hurting me to see him upset, and I just went this has got to stop. I've got to sort this out so I can stop upsetting my friend. I was at home out in the back garden and just went I've got to accept I'm trans. I've just got to do it. And whatever consequences happen, like, they'll happen because I – I need to get better. I need to get out of this. And so, I did. I just went, okay, I'm trans let's deal with this, and had a good cry – yeah, like, a real good cry.
And then, yeah, I went and hung out with Tyler and probably cried some more, but was just, like – was pretty relieved. He was – he was okay with it, and I had finally accepted in myself, like, this is who I am. I'm going to embrace it. I'm going to live my life. I'm going to be alive. And I'm going to – yeah, I'm going to do this. And so, probably step one of that was, okay, let's – I want to socially transition, and I don't really feel comfortable doing this in a small country town where everyone, sort of gossips about everyone, and everyone knows everyone's business. I wanted to, sort of, do it away, like a little bit less publicly.
So I thought I would move to Perth and find some good people to live with. And I thought really purposefully, like, let's find a queer-friendly house. That's got to be number one on the list, and more points if there's queer people in the queer-friendly house. So I moved to Perth, moved in with a queer couple, a trans woman and her partner. And that was really special for me, just seeing two queer people just living ordinary lives, like having friends come over and visit, and then I'd meet friends and have more queer friends. And it was, like, gradually, bit by bit, this sense of queer community was forming. I was allowed to be me. And I'd be, like, "Yeah. I'm trans," and they'd be like, "Cool. Well, we'll use he/him pronouns. No probs," and like, can be feminine, can be masculine, doesn't really matter if you're straight or gay or trans. Like queer people just, sort of, like, "Cool. We'll embrace that."
And this sense of community was – bit by bit, inside me, like, being trans is okay, like I don't – I don't hate myself, this is all right. And I've got my friends around me. I've got, still, my best friend in Collie. We still chat and hang out, and that's a beautiful friendship, and now he's not sad anymore. Like, it's not this never-ending sad loop, but – and now I have this incredible family around me. It's a queer family, really. And yeah, I'm trans. So I'm queer. I'm here. I'm a man. And that's okay.
Copyright © 2018 Emery Wishart
These stories have been licensed to the Centre for Stories by the Storyteller. For reproduction and distribution of these stories, please contact the Centre for Stories.
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Aquella temporada es disputà també la 3a Inter-AMA, reservada a motocicletes de 250cc, programada a 5 proves celebrades entre l'1 i el 30 de juliol.

Trans-AMA 500cc
L'alemany Adolf Weil guanyà còmodament el campionat, amb un total de 5 victòries absolutes. Roger De Coster i Pierre Karsmakers (neerlandès instal·lat a Califòrnia que havia obtingut la nacionalitat americana justament aquell any) n'aconseguiren dues cadascú, mentre que Gerrit Wolsink, Willi Bauer i Jim Weinert se n'anotaren una.

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Inter-AMA 250cc
Tot i que el pilot amb més victòries absolutes fou Pierre Karsmakers, amb dues, el campió fou finalment el finlandès Heikki Mikkola amb una de sola, les mateixes que aconseguiren Marty Tripes i Jaroslav Falta.

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Referències

Edicions de la Trans-AMA
Competicions motociclistes del 1973

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